Erik Beever

Dr. Erik Beever Research Ecologist USGS Northern Rocky Mtns. Science Center 2327 University Way, Ste. 2 Bozeman, MT 59715 United States of America Phone: +1 (406) 994-7670 Fax: +1 (406) 994-6556 E-mail: ebeever(at)usgs.gov URL Institution: www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/ Personal URL: link Phone: +1 (406) 994-7670 Fax: +1 (406) 994-6556 E-mail: ebeever(at)usgs.gov URL Institution: www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/ Personal URL: link

Additional functions:
„X Invited Member, IUCN Protected Areas Specialist Group
„X Invited Member, IUCN Species Survival Commission, Lagomorph Specialist Group
„X Editorial Board Member, The Open Conservation Biology Journal
„X The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)
„X The American Society of Mammalogists (ASM)
„X Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)
„X The Wildlife Society (TWS)
Chair, Biological Diversity Working Group;
Member, Biometrics Working Group;
Member, Climate Change Working Group
„X Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society



Key Publications of Erik Beever (up to ten) :
Beever, E.A., L.E. Hall, J. Varner, A. Loosen, J.J. Lawler, F.A. Smith, J. Dunham, and M. Gahl. Behavior as a mechanism for coping with climate change. Accepted with minor revisions, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

E.A. Beever, J. Perrine, T. Rickman, M. Flores, C. Waters, S. Weber, B. Yardley, D. Thoma, M. Magnuson, N. Nordensten, and T. Chesley-Preston. 2016. Pika (Ochotona princeps) losses from two isolated regions reflect temperature and water balance, but reflect habitat area in a mainland region. Journal of Mammalogy 97(6):1495-1511.

E.A. Beever, J. O’Leary, C. Mengelt, et al. (+15 other authors). 2016. Improving conservation outcomes with a new paradigm for understanding species’ fundamental and realized adaptive capacity. Conservation Letters 9(2):131-137.

Beever, E.A., S.Z. Dobrowski, J. Long, A.R. Mynsberge, and N.B. Piekielek. 2013. Understanding relationships among abundance, extirpation, and climate at ecoregion scales. Ecology 94(7):1563-1571

Beever, E.A., C. Ray, J.L. Wilkening, P.F. Brussard, and P.W. Mote. 2011. Contemporary climate change alters the pace and drivers of extinction. Global Change Biology 17(6):2054-2070.

Beever, E.A., C. Ray, P.W. Mote, and J.L. Wilkening. 2010. Testing alternative models of climate-mediated extirpations. Ecological Applications 20(1):164-178.

Beever, E.A., R.J. Tausch, and W.E. Thogmartin. 2008. Landscape- and local-scale responses of vegetation to removal of horse grazing from Great Basin (U.S.A.) mountain ranges. Plant Ecology 196(2):163-184.

Beever, E.A., R.J. Tausch, and P.F. Brussard. 2003. Characterizing grazing disturbance in semiarid ecosystems across broad spatial scales using multiple indices. Ecological Applications 13(1):119-136.

Beever, E.A., P.F. Brussard, and J. Berger. 2003. Patterns of extirpation among isolated populations of pikas (Ochotona princeps) in the Great Basin. Journal of Mammalogy 84(1):37-54.



Expertise of Erik Beever:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Scientific / Fundamental Research
Topic Biosphere	Animals
Methods	Data Collection - Measurement
	Data Analysis
Mountain Research Initiative	Long-term monitoring and analysis of indicators of environmental change in mount
	Integrated model-based studies of environmental change in diff. mountain regions
	Process studies along altitudinal gradients and in associated headwater basins

Specialties of Erik Beever:
Disturbance ecology, mechanisms of biotic responses to climate change, and monitoring in conservation reserves, all at community to landscape scales. Greatest experience with mammals, but also with plants, soils, reptiles, amphibians, and ants.

Last update: 11/17/23
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)

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