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Melissa Songer is affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on several interconnected subfields including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The core topics of Melissa Songer's scholarly work encompass Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies.

They have published multiple papers in various frequent venues, which include:

  • Biological Conservation
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Remote Sensing

Recent significant publications authored or coauthored by Melissa Songer include:

  • Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements, 2020, Conservation Biology
  • Giant Panda National Park, a step towards streamlining protected areas and cohesive conservation management in China, 2020, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Projected shifts in the distribution range of Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) in the Hindu Kush Himalaya due to climate change, 2021, Ecological Informatics
  • A global assessment of the impact of individual protected areas on preventing forest loss, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Efficacy and management challenges of the zoning designations of China's national parks, 2021, Biological Conservation

Melissa Songer frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors, including:

  • Qiongyu Huang
  • Xuehua Liu
  • Peter Leimgruber
  • Hongbo Yang
  • Jindong Zhang

Their research output and collaborative efforts reflect a strong engagement with conservation science, particularly in the context of protected area management, species distribution under climate change scenarios, and ecological modeling approaches. The breadth of their publication venues indicates an interdisciplinary approach spanning ecology, conservation biology, and environmental science disciplines.

Best Publications

  • The Fate of Wild Tigers

    Eric Dinerstein;Colby Loucks;Eric Wikramanayake;Joshua Ginsberg

  • Fragmentation of Asia's remaining wildlands: implications for Asian elephant conservation

    Peter Leimgruber;J. B. Gagnon;Christen M. Wemmer;D. S. Kelly

  • Forest cover change patterns in Myanmar (Burma) 1990-2000.

    Peter Leimgruber;Daniel S. Kelly;Marc K. Steininger;Jake Brunner

  • Modeling Impacts of Climate Change on Giant Panda Habitat

    Melissa Songer;Melanie Delion;Alex Biggs;Qiongyu Huang

  • Monitoring wildlife abundance and diversity with infra-red camera traps in Guanyinshan Nature Reserve of Shaanxi Province, China

    Xuehua Liu;Pengfeng Wu;Melissa Songer;Qiong Cai

  • Losing a jewel-Rapid declines in Myanmar's intact forests from 2002-2014.

    Tejas Bhagwat;Andrea Hess;Ned Horning;Thiri Khaing

  • Using residents' perceptions to improve park-people relationships in Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary, Myanmar

    Teri D. Allendorf;Myint Aung;Melissa Songer

  • Setting Priorities for Tiger Conservation: 2005–2015

    Eric W. Sanderson;Jessica Forrest;Colby Loucks;Joshua Ginsberg

  • Spatial and temporal deforestation dynamics in protected and unprotected dry forests: a case study from Myanmar (Burma)

    Melissa Songer;Myint Aung;Briony Senior;Ruth DeFries

  • Giant Panda National Park, a step towards streamlining protected areas and cohesive conservation management in China

    Qiongyu Huang;Yuxiang Fei;Hongbo Yang;Xiaodong Gu

  • Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements

    Michael J. Noonan;Michael J. Noonan;Christen H. Fleming;Christen H. Fleming;Marlee A. Tucker;Marlee A. Tucker;Roland Kays;Roland Kays

  • Modeling population viability of captive elephants in Myanmar (Burma): implications for wild populations

    P. Leimgruber;B. Senior;Myint Aung;M. A. Songer

  • Niche dynamics of deer mice in a fragmented, old-growth-forest landscape.

    Melissa A. Songer;Mark V. Lomolino;David R. Perault

  • Assessment of Mining Extent and Expansion in Myanmar Based on Freely-Available Satellite Imagery

    Katherine J. LaJeunesse Connette;Grant Connette;Asja Bernd;Paing Phyo

  • A global assessment of the impact of individual protected areas on preventing forest loss

    Hongbo Yang;Hongbo Yang;Hongbo Yang;Andrés Viña;Andrés Viña;Julie Ann Winkler;Min Gon Chung

  • Conservation status of Asian elephants: the influence of habitat and governance

    A. Calabrese;J. M. Calabrese;Melissa A. Songer;M. Wegmann

  • Projected shifts in the distribution range of Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) in the Hindu Kush Himalaya due to climate change

    Babar Zahoor;Xuehua Liu;Lalit Kumar;Yunchuan Dai

  • Incorporating biotic interactions reveals potential climate tolerance of giant pandas

    Fang Wang;Fang Wang;Qing Zhao;William J. McShea;Melissa A. Songer

  • New elephant crisis in Asia-Early warning signs from Myanmar

    Christie Sampson;Christie Sampson;John McEvoy;Zaw Min Oo;Aung Myo Chit

  • Mapping Distinct Forest Types Improves Overall Forest Identification Based on Multi-Spectral Landsat Imagery for Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region

    Grant Connette;Patrick Oswald;Melissa Songer;Peter Leimgruber

  • Setting priorities for conservation and recovery of wild tigers: 2005-2015. The technical assessment

    E. Sanderson;J. Forrest;C. Loucks;J. Ginsberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Leimgruber
Peter Leimgruber Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Justin M. Calabrese
Justin M. Calabrese University of Maryland, College Park
Thomas Mueller
Thomas Mueller Goethe University Frankfurt
William J. McShea
William J. McShea Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Eric Wikramanayake
Eric Wikramanayake World Wide Fund for Nature
Timothy G. O'Brien
Timothy G. O'Brien Wildlife Conservation Society
Jianguo Liu
Jianguo Liu Michigan State University
Eric W. Sanderson
Eric W. Sanderson Wildlife Conservation Society
Steven L. Monfort
Steven L. Monfort Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

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