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Thomas D. Sisk is affiliated with Northern Arizona University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a specialization in several subfields including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's work explores topics related to Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology.

Thomas D. Sisk has contributed to multiple scholarly publications and has collaborated with frequent co-authors such as Steven E. Sesnie, Lacrecia A. Johnson, Emily Yurcich, John Goodwin, and Rebecca E. Chester.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Multisensor models for assessing recurrent fire compatibility with habitat recovery for a critically endangered species, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Drought Exacerbates Negative Consequences of High-Intensity Cattle Grazing in a Semiarid Grassland, 2020, Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

Their publications are frequently found in venues such as Remote Sensing of Environment and the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Ecological Responses to Habitat Edges: Mechanisms, Models, and Variability Explained

    Leslie Ries;Robert J. Fletcher;James Battin;Thomas D. Sisk

  • A checklist for ecological management of landscapes for conservation

    David Lindenmayer;Richard J. Hobbs;Rebecca Montague-Drake;Jason Alexandra

  • A PREDICTIVE MODEL OF EDGE EFFECTS

    Leslie Ries;Thomas D. Sisk

  • Integrating Landscape Ecology into Natural Resource Management

    Jianguo Liu;William W. Taylor

  • BIRD ASSEMBLAGES IN PATCHY WOODLANDS: MODELING THE EFFECTS OF EDGE AND MATRIX HABITATS

    Thomas D. Sisk;Nick M. Haddad;Paul R. Ehrlich

  • Identifying Extinction Threats: Global Analyses of the Distribution of Biodiversity and the Expansion of the Human Enterprise

    Thomas D. Sisk;Alan E. Launer;Kathy R. Switky;Paul R. Ehrlich

  • Techniques and guidelines for monitoring neotropical butterflies.

    Helen R. Sparrow;Thomas D. Sisk;Paul R. Ehrlich;Dennis D. Murphy

  • Hedgerows in an agri-natural landscape: Potential habitat value for native bees

    Laura E. Hannon;Thomas D. Sisk

  • Identifying Extinction Threats

    Thomas D. Sisk;Alan E. Launer;Kathy R. Switky;Paul R. Ehrlich

  • Mapping the probability of large fire occurrence in northern Arizona, USA

    Brett G. Dickson;Brett G. Dickson;John W. Prather;Yaguang Xu;Haydee M. Hampton

  • Impact of Grazing Intensity during Drought in an Arizona Grassland

    Matthew R. R. Loeser;Thomas D. Sisk;Timothy E. Crews

  • Efficient species-level monitoring at the landscape scale.

    Barry R. Noon;Larissa L. Bailey;Thomas D. Sisk;Kevin S. Mckelvey

  • Recommendations for Integrating Restoration Ecology and Conservation Biology in Ponderosa Pine Forests of the Southwestern United States

    Reed F. Noss;Paul Beier;W. Wallace Covington;R. Edward Grumbine

  • What is an edge species? The implications of sensitivity to habitat edges

    Leslie Ries;Thomas D. Sisk

  • Remotely sensed indicators of habitat heterogeneity: Use of synthetic aperture radar in mapping vegetation structure and bird habitat

    Marc L. Imhoff;Thomas D. Sisk;Thomas D. Sisk;Anthony Milne;Garth Morgan

  • Limits to Ponderosa Pine Regeneration Following Large High-Severity Forest Fires in the United States Southwest

    Collin Haffey;Collin Haffey;Thomas D. Sisk;Craig D. Allen;Andrea E. Thode

  • Habitat edges and avian ecology: Geographic patterns and insights for western landscapes

    Thomas D. Sisk;James Battin

  • EDGE RESPONSES OF TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE BIRDS

    Catherine A. Lindell;Samuel K. Riffell;Sara A. Kaiser;Andrea L. Battin

  • Prioritizing conservation effort through the use of biological soil crusts as ecosystem function indicators in an arid region

    Matthew A. Bowker;Mark E. Miller;Jayne Belnap;Thomas D. Sisk

  • Informing Strategic Efforts to Expand and Connect Protected Areas Using a Model of Ecological Flow, with Application to the Western United States

    Brett G. Dickson;Christine M. Albano;Brad H. McRae;Jesse J. Anderson

  • Linking Ecosystem Health Indicators and Collaborative Management: a Systematic Framework to Evaluate Ecological and Social Outcomes

    Tischa A. Muñoz-Erickson;Bernardo Aguilar-González;Thomas D. Sisk

  • Microclimatic Changes Induced by Ecological Restoration of Ponderosa Pine Forests in Northern Arizona

    Cecilia L. Meyer;Thomas D. Sisk;W. Wallace Covington

Frequent Co-Authors

Leslie Ries
Leslie Ries Georgetown University
Barry R. Noon
Barry R. Noon Colorado State University
Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul R. Ehrlich Stanford University
Nancy Collins Johnson
Nancy Collins Johnson Northern Arizona University
Nick M. Haddad
Nick M. Haddad Michigan State University
Matthew A. Bowker
Matthew A. Bowker Northern Arizona University
Reed F. Noss
Reed F. Noss University of Florida
Anne K. Salomon
Anne K. Salomon Simon Fraser University
Dennis D. Murphy
Dennis D. Murphy University of Nevada Reno
Marc L. Imhoff
Marc L. Imhoff Goddard Space Flight Center

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