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Overview

Ralph J. Gutierrez is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily falls within Environmental Science, with a focus across several subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Developmental Biology.

Their work covers a range of topics, notably Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Fire effects on ecosystems, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior as well as Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies.

Recent publications by Gutierrez include:

  • Habitat selection by spotted owls after a megafire reflects their adaptation to historical frequent-fire regimes, 2020, Landscape Ecology
  • California spotted owl habitat selection in a fire-managed landscape suggests conservation benefit of restoring historical fire regimes, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Using the ecological significance of animal vocalizations to improve inference in acoustic monitoring programs, 2020, Conservation Biology
  • Elevational gradients strongly mediate habitat selection patterns in a nocturnal predator, 2021, Ecosphere
  • Older forests function as energetic and demographic refugia for a climate-sensitive species, 2023, Oecologia

They have frequently published in the following venues:

  • Landscape Ecology
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Conservation Biology
  • Ecosphere
  • Oecologia

Ralph J. Gutierrez has collaborated extensively with the following co-authors:

  • M. Zachariah Peery
  • Sheila A. Whitmore
  • William J. Berigan
  • John J. Keane
  • Gavin M. Jones

Best Publications

  • Understanding and managing conservation conflicts

    Steve M. Redpath;Juliette Young;Anna Evely;William M. Adams

  • CLIMATE, HABITAT QUALITY, AND FITNESS IN NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL POPULATIONS IN NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA

    Alan B. Franklin;Alan B. Franklin;David R. Anderson;R. J. Gutiérrez;Kenneth P. Burnham

  • Modeling species occurrence dynamics with multiple states and imperfect detection

    Darryl I. MacKenzie;James D. Nichols;Mark E. Seamans;Mark E. Seamans;R. J. Gutiérrez

  • Status and trends in demography of northern spotted owls, 1985-2003

    Robert G. Anthony;Eric D. Forsman;Alan B. Franklin;David R. Anderson

  • OCCUPANCY ESTIMATION AND MODELING WITH MULTIPLE STATES AND STATE UNCERTAINTY

    James D. Nichols;James E. Hines;Darryl I. Mackenzie;Mark E. Seamans

  • The California Spotted Owl: A Technical Assessment of Its Current Status.

    Jared Verner;Kevin S. McKelvey;Barry R. Noon;R. J. Gutierrez

  • Megafires: an emerging threat to old-forest species

    Gavin M Jones;RJ Gutiérrez;Douglas J Tempel;Sheila A Whitmore

  • Using Decision Modeling with Stakeholders to Reduce Human–Wildlife Conflict: a Raptor–Grouse Case Study

    S. M. Redpath;B. E. Arroyo;F. M. Leckie;P. Bacon

  • Don't forget to look down - collaborative approaches to predator conservation

    Steve M. Redpath;John D. C. Linnell;Marco Festa-Bianchet;Luigi Boitani

  • Spotted owl metapopulation dynamics in Southern California

    William S. Lahaye;R.J. Gutierrez;H. Resit Akcakaya

  • FURTHER INSIGHTS INTO THE MULTIPLE-SATISFACTIONS APPROACH FOR HUNTER MANAGEMENT

    D. J. Decker;T. L. Brown;Ralph J. Gutierrez

  • Conflicts in conservation: Navigating towards solutions

    Stephen M. Redpath;R. J. Gutiérrez;Kevin A. Wood;Juliette C. Young

  • Population dynamics of the California Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis): a meta-analysis

    Alan B. Franklin;R. J. Gutiérrez;James D. Nichols;Mark E. Seamans

  • The Invasion of Barred Owls and its Potential Effect on the Spotted Owl: a Conservation Conundrum

    Ralph J Gutierrez;M. Cody;S. Courtney;Alan B. Franklin

  • Genic Variation, Systematic, and Biogeographic Relationships of Some Galliform Birds

    R. J. Gutiérrez;Robert M. Zink;Suh Y. Yang

  • Habitat selection by northern spotted owls : The consequences of prey selection and distribution

    James P. Ward;James P. Ward;R. J. Gutiérrez;Barry R. Noon

  • PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF SPOTTED OWL (STRIX OCCIDENTALIS) POPULATIONS BASED ON MITOCHONDRIAL DNA SEQUENCES: GENE FLOW, GENETIC STRUCTURE, AND A NOVEL BIOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERN.

    George F. Barrowclough;R. J. Gutiérrez;Jeffrey G. Groth

  • Summer habitat ecology of Northern Spotted Owls in northwestern California

    David M. Solis;R. J. Gutiérrez

  • Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis)

    R. J. Gutiérrez;A. B. Franklin;W. S. Lahaye;Alan Poole

  • Short-term effects of wildfires on spotted owl survival, site fidelity, mate fidelity, and reproductive success

    Monica L. Bond;Monica L. Bond;Ralph J Gutierrez;Alan B. Franklin;William S. LaHaye

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Zachariah Peery
M. Zachariah Peery University of Wisconsin–Madison
Alan B. Franklin
Alan B. Franklin United States Department of Agriculture
Stephen M. Redpath
Stephen M. Redpath University of Aberdeen
Barry R. Noon
Barry R. Noon Colorado State University
Gary C. White
Gary C. White Colorado State University
Malcolm P. North
Malcolm P. North US Forest Service
James D. Nichols
James D. Nichols United States Geological Survey
Eric D. Forsman
Eric D. Forsman US Forest Service
James E. Hines
James E. Hines United States Geological Survey
Mark Reed
Mark Reed Scotland's Rural College

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