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Overview

Wayne E. Thogmartin is a researcher affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their work predominantly spans environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on various subfields such as ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, ecological modeling, global and planetary change, and genetics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of species distribution and climate change, plant and animal studies, wildlife ecology and conservation, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, avian ecology and behavior, bat biology and ecology studies, and economic and environmental valuation.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jay E. Diffendorfer, Darius J. Semmens, Laura López-Hoffman, Jonathan J. Derbridge, and Brady J. Mattsson.

Wayne E. Thogmartin has published multiple papers in prominent venues. Recent publications include:

  • The scope and severity of white-nose syndrome on hibernating bats in North America, 2021, Conservation Biology
  • NABat: A top-down, bottom-up solution to collaborative continental-scale monitoring, 2021, AMBIO
  • Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century, 2025, Science
  • Demographic and potential biological removal models identify raptor species sensitive to current and future wind energy, 2021, Ecosphere
  • Lessons learned from comparing spatially explicit models and the Partners in Flight approach to estimate population sizes of boreal birds in Alberta, Canada, 2020, Ornithological Applications

The scholar frequently publishes in journals such as Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Scientific Reports, Ecology and Evolution, Conservation Biology, and Biological Conservation.

Best Publications

  • Monarch butterfly population decline in North America: identifying the threatening processes.

    Wayne E. Thogmartin;Ruscena Wiederholt;Karen Oberhauser;Ryan G. Drum

  • The scope and severity of white-nose syndrome on hibernating bats in North America

    Tina L. Cheng;Jonathan D. Reichard;Jeremy T. H. Coleman;Theodore J. Weller

  • Quasi-extinction risk and population targets for the Eastern, migratory population of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus).

    Brice X. Semmens;Darius J. Semmens;Wayne E. Thogmartin;Ruscena Wiederholt

  • Pesticides and pollinators: A socioecological synthesis

    Douglas B. Sponsler;Christina M. Grozinger;Claudia Hitaj;Maj Rundlöf

  • A plan for the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat)

    Susan C. Loeb;Thomas J. Rodhouse;Laura E. Ellison;Cori L. Lausen

  • A HIERARCHICAL SPATIAL MODEL OF AVIAN ABUNDANCE WITH APPLICATION TO CERULEAN WARBLERS

    Wayne E. Thogmartin;John R. Sauer;Melinda G. Knutson

  • Restoring monarch butterfly habitat in the Midwestern US: ?all hands on deck?

    Wayne E. Thogmartin;Laura Lopez-Hoffman;Jason J. Rohweder;James E. Diffendorfer

  • Evaluation of downscaled, gridded climate data for the conterminous United States.

    Robert J. Behnke;Stephen J. Vavrus;Andrew Allstadt;Thomas P. Albright

  • A trans‐national monarch butterfly population model and implications for regional conservation priorities

    Karen Oberhauser;Ruscena Wiederholt;James E. Diffendorfer;Darius J. Semmens

  • White-nose syndrome is likely to extirpate the endangered Indiana bat over large parts of its range

    Wayne E. Thogmartin;Carol A. Sanders-Reed;Jennifer A. Szymanski;Patrick C. McKann

  • Spring plant phenology and false springs in the conterminous US during the 21st century

    Andrew J Allstadt;Stephen J Vavrus;Patricia J Heglund;Anna M Pidgeon

  • Current and Future Land Use around a Nationwide Protected Area Network

    Christopher M. Hamilton;Sebastian Martinuzzi;Andrew J. Plantinga;Volker C. Radeloff

  • Predicting regional abundance of rare grassland birds with a hierarchical spatial count model

    Wayne E. Thogmartin;Melinda G. Knutson;John R. Sauer

  • Population-level impact of white-nose syndrome on the endangered Indiana bat

    Wayne E. Thogmartin;R. Andrew King;Patrick C. McKann;Jennifer A. Szymanski

  • Exposure and Effects of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Tree Swallows Nesting in Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA

    Christine M. Custer;Thomas W. Custer;Paul M. Dummer;Matthew A. Etterson

  • LANDSCAPE ATTRIBUTES AND NEST-SITE SELECTION IN WILD TURKEYS

    Wayne E. Thogmartin

  • The pace of past climate change vs. potential bird distributions and land use in the United States.

    Brooke L. Bateman;Anna M. Pidgeon;Volker C. Radeloff;Jeremy VanDerWal

  • A review of the population estimation approach of the North American landbird conservation plan

    Wayne E. Thogmartin;Frank P. Howe;Frances C. James;Douglas H. Johnson

  • Multi-scale responses of vegetation to removal of horse grazing from Great Basin (USA) mountain ranges

    Erik A. Beever;Erik A. Beever;Robin J. Tausch;Wayne E. Thogmartin

  • National Valuation of Monarch Butterflies Indicates an Untapped Potential for Incentive‐Based Conservation

    Jay E. Diffendorfer;John B. Loomis;Leslie Ries;Karen S Oberhauser

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen S. Oberhauser
Karen S. Oberhauser University of Wisconsin–Madison
Volker C. Radeloff
Volker C. Radeloff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Anna M. Pidgeon
Anna M. Pidgeon University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kenneth J. Bagstad
Kenneth J. Bagstad United States Geological Survey
Brice X. Semmens
Brice X. Semmens University of California, San Diego
Michael C. Runge
Michael C. Runge United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Orley R. Taylor
Orley R. Taylor University of Kansas
John B. Loomis
John B. Loomis Colorado State University
Robin E. Russell
Robin E. Russell United States Geological Survey
Douglas H. Johnson
Douglas H. Johnson United States Geological Survey

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