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Overview

John R. Squires is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a significant emphasis on ecology, ecological modeling, and global and planetary change.

The scientist's published work covers multiple interconnected fields, including wildlife ecology and conservation, species distribution and climate change, fire effects on ecosystems, rangeland and wildlife management, animal ecology and behavior studies, animal virus infections studies, and plant virus research studies.

Frequent coauthors associated with John R. Squires include Joseph D. Holbrook, Lucretia E. Olson, Jacob S. Ivan, Nichole L. Bjornlie, and Richard T. Reynolds.

The venues where John R. Squires publishes are varied but show recurring contributions in specific journals. These include Forest Ecology and Management, Birds of the World, Current Biology, Virology, and Ecology and Evolution.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by John R. Squires demonstrate a broad scope of research interests and topics:

  • Complex evolutionary history of felid anelloviruses, 2021, Virology
  • Experimental recreationist noise alters behavior and space use of wildlife, 2024, Current Biology
  • Spaceborne LiDAR and animal-environment relationships: An assessment for forest carnivores and their prey in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, 2022, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Improved prediction of Canada lynx distribution through regional model transferability and data efficiency, 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • A solar energy desalination analysis tool, sedat, with data and models for selecting technologies and regions, 2022, Scientific Data

Best Publications

  • Viability Analysis in Biological Evaluations: Concepts of Population Viability Analysis, Biological Population, and Ecological Scale

    Leonard F. Ruggiero;Gregory D. Hayward;John R. Squires

  • Wolverine gene flow across a narrow climatic niche.

    Michael K. Schwartz;Jeffrey P. Copeland;Neil J. Anderson;John R. Squires

  • The bioclimatic envelope of the wolverine (Gulo gulo): do climatic constraints limit its geographic distribution?

    Jeffrey Copeland;Kevin McKelvey;Keith Aubry;Arild Landa

  • Combining resource selection and movement behavior to predict corridors for Canada lynx at their southern range periphery

    John R. Squires;Nicholas J. DeCesare;Lucretia E. Olson;Jay A. Kolbe

  • Using environmental DNA methods to improve winter surveys for rare carnivores: DNA from snow and improved noninvasive techniques

    Thomas W. Franklin;Kevin S. McKelvey;Jessie D. Golding;Daniel H. Mason

  • Climate change predicted to shift wolverine distributions, connectivity, and dispersal corridors

    Kevin S. McKelvey;Jeffrey P. Copeland;Michael K. Schwartz;Jeremy S. Littell

  • Efficacy of lures and hair snares to detect lynx

    Gregory W. McDaniel;Kevin S. McKelvey;John R. Squires;Leonard F. Ruggiero

  • Ecology and Conservation of Lynx in the United States

    Leonard F. Ruggiero;Keith B. Aubry;Steven W. Buskirk;Gary M. Koehler

  • Effect of forest canopy on GPS‐based movement data

    Nicholas J. DeCesare;John R. Squires;Jay A. Kolbe

  • Functional responses in habitat selection: clarifying hypotheses and interpretations.

    Joseph D. Holbrook;Joseph D. Holbrook;Lucretia E. Olson;Nicholas J. DeCesare;Mark Hebblewhite

  • DNA Analysis of Hair and Scat Collected Along Snow Tracks to Document the Presence of Canada Lynx

    Kevin S. McKELVEY;Jeffrey Von Kienast;Keith B. Aubry;Gary M. Koehler

  • Northern goshawk ecology: An assessment of current knowledge and information needs for conservation and management

    John R. Squires;Patricia L. Kennedy

  • Winter Prey Selection of Canada Lynx in Northwestern Montana

    John R. Squires;Leonard F. Ruggiero

  • Seasonal Resource Selection of Canada Lynx in Managed Forests of the Northern Rocky Mountains

    John R. Squires;Nicholas J. Decesare;Jay A. Kolbe;Leonard F. Ruggiero

  • Wolverines in winter: Indirect habitat loss and functional responses to backcountry recreation

    Kimberly Heinemeyer;John Squires;Mark Hebblewhite;Julia J. O'Keefe

  • Understanding and predicting habitat for wildlife conservation: the case of Canada lynx at the range periphery

    Joseph D. Holbrook;Joseph D. Holbrook;John R. Squires;Lucretia E. Olson;Nicholas J. DeCesare

  • Hierarchical den selection of Canada lynx in western Montana

    John R. Squires;Nicholas J. Decesare;Jay A. Kolbe;Leonard F. Ruggiero

  • Nest site preference of northern goshawks in southcentral Wyoming

    John R. Squires;Leonard F. Ruggiero

  • Inferring Geographic Isolation of Wolverines in California Using Historical DNA

    Michael K. Schwartz;Keith B. Aubry;Kevin S. Mckelvey;Kristine L. Pilgrim

  • Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

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  • Ecology of Canada lynx in southern boreal forests [Chapter 13]

    Keith B. Aubry;Gary M. Koehler;John R. Squires

  • Seasonal Resource Selection of Canada Lynx in Managed Forests of the

    John R. Squires;Nicholas J. Decesare;Leonard F. Ruggiero

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin S. McKelvey
Kevin S. McKelvey US Forest Service
Michael K. Schwartz
Michael K. Schwartz US Forest Service
Keith B. Aubry
Keith B. Aubry US Forest Service
Mark Hebblewhite
Mark Hebblewhite University of Montana
Rick L. Lawrence
Rick L. Lawrence Montana State University
Steven W. Buskirk
Steven W. Buskirk University of Wyoming
Charles J. Krebs
Charles J. Krebs University of British Columbia
Sean A. Parks
Sean A. Parks US Forest Service
Eric M. Gese
Eric M. Gese United States Department of Agriculture
Arvind Varsani
Arvind Varsani Arizona State University

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