2018
Ali, A.H., A.T. Ford, J.S. Evans, R. Amin, J.R. Gohen (2018) Evaluating support for rangeland-restoration practices by rural Somalis: an unlikely win-win for local livelihoods and the world's most endangered antelope?. Biological Conservation.
Fekety, P. A., M. J. Falkowski, A. T. Hudak, T. B. Jain, and J. S. Evans (2018) Ecoregion-level imputation of forest biomass and composition using disjunct LiDAR collections. Canadian Journal of Forest Research
2017
Ali, A.H., A.T. Ford, J.S. Evans, R. Amin, J.R. Gohen (2017) Resource selection and landscape change reveal mechanisms suppressing population recovery for the world's most endangered antelope. Journal of Applied Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12856
Evans J.S., J. Oakleaf J, S.A. Cushman (submitted) A Statistical Toolbox for Surface Gradient and Geomorphometric Modeling. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
Evans, J.S. and M.A. Murphy (in review) GeNetIt: An R package for spatial graph theoretical genetic connectivity modeling. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
Evans, J.S., D.L. MacKenzie, K.E., Doherty, M.A. Murphy (submitted) Understanding the spatial-temporal effects in dynamic populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Falkowski, M.J., J.S. Evans, C. Hagen, S. Carleton, D.E. Naugle (2017) Mapping Woody Invasion in Support of Proactive Prairie Grouse Conservation in Western North America. Journal of Range Ecology and Management 70(1):15-24
Gabrielsen, C.G., M.A. Murphy & J.S. Evans (in review) Assessing the Effects of Climate Variation on Wetland Ephemerality and Ecosystem Services in a Large Agricultural Region. Global Change Biology
Kiesecker, J.M., K. Sochi, J.S Evans, M. Heiner, C.M. Kennedy, and J.R. Oakleaf (2017) Conservation in the real world: Pragmatism does not equal surrender, in Effective Conservation Science: Not Dogma. Ed; P. Kareiva. M. Marvier & B. Stilliman. Oxford University Press, Oxford UK.
Kiesecker, J.M., J.S. Evans, K.Sochi, J.Fargione, D. Naugle, K.Doherty (2017) Win-Win for Wind and Wildlife in Energy Sprawl Solutions: Balancing Global Development and Conservation Chapter 4, pp.53-64 ed., J.M. Kiesecker and D.E. Naugle. Island Press, Washington DC.
Murphy, M.A., W.C. Funk, E. Muths, J.S.Evans (accepted) A landscape genetics approach for science-based conservation planning along the Front Range, Colorado. Conservation Genetics.
Reinhardt, J., D.E. Naugle, J. Maestas, B. Allred, J.S. Evans, M. Falkowski (2017) Next-generation restoration for sage-grouse: A framework for visualizing local conifer cuts within a landscape context. Ecosphere. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1888
Griscom, B.W., Ellis, P.W., Baccini, A., Marthinus, D., Evans, J.S., Ruslandi. (2016). Synthesizing global and local datasets to estimate jurisdictional forest carbon fluxes in Berau, Indonesia. PLoS ONE, 11, e0146357.
2016
Doherty K.E., J.S. Evans, P.S. Coates, L.M Juliusson, B.C. Fedy (2016) Importance of regional variation in conservation planning: A range-wide example of the Greater Sage-grouse. Ecosphere 7(10): e01462
Gabrielsen, C.G., M.A. Murphy, J.S. Evans (2016) Using Probabilistic, Multiscale Approaches to Identify Spatial and Temporal Wetland Gradients. Remote Sensing of the Environment 184:522-538.
Griscom, B.W., Ellis, P.W., Baccini, A., Marthinus, D., Evans, J.S., Ruslandi. (2016). Synthesizing global and local datasets to estimate jurisdictional forest carbon fluxes in Berau, Indonesia. PLoS ONE, 11, e0146357.
Kennedy, C.M., P.L. Hawthorne, D.A. Miteva, L. Baumgarten, K Sochi, M. Matsumoto, J.S. Evans, M. Viera, P. Ferreira, et al., (2016) Optimizing Land Use Decision-making to Brazilian Agriculture Profits, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Biological Conservation 204(B):221-230
Smith, J.T., Evans, J.S., Martin, B.H., Baruch-Mordo, S., Kiesecker, J.M. & Naugle, D.E. (2016). Reducing cultivation risk for at-risk species: predicting outcomes of conservation easements for sage-grouse. Biological Conservation, 201, 10–19.
Evans, J.S. & Murphy, M. (2016). GeNetIt: spatial graph-theoretic genetic gravity modelling.
Evans, J.S. & Murphy, M.A. (2016). rfUtilities: random forests model selection and performance evaluation.
Evans, J.S. & Ram, K. (2016). spatialEco: spatial analysis and modelling.
2015
MacKenzie, D.I. & Evans, J.S. (2015). Analysis of male greater sage grouse lek count data (Technical Report). USFWS.
Doherty, K.E., Evans, J.S., Coates, P.S., Juliusson, L. & Fedy, B.C. (2015). Importance of regional variation in conservation planning and defining thresholds for a declining species: a range-wide example of the Greater Sage-grouse (Technical Report). USFWS.
Doherty, K.E., Evans, J.S., Walker, J., Devries, J.H. & Howerter, D.W. (2015). Building the foundation for international conservation planning for breeding ducks across the U.S. and Canadian border. PLoS ONE, 10, e0116735.
Dunscomb, J.K., Evans, J.S., Strager, J.M., Strager, M.P. & Kiesecker, J.M. (2015). Assessing future energy development across the Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative (Technical Report No. 2012–2). Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative.
Evans, J.S., Pedraza, C., Walschburger, T., González, J.C. & Kiesecker, J.M. (2015). A Shell-TNC Development by Design project for implementation of the mitigation hierarchy in Colombia’s Magdalena River Basin to enable Shell to manage impacts from both conventional and unconventional oil and gas development (phase I critical habitat analysis) (Technical Report). The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA.
Evans, J.S., Schill, S.R. & Raber, G.T. (2015). A systematic framework for spatial conservation planning and ecological priority design: an example from St. Lucia, Eastern Caribbean. In: Central American Biodiversity (ed. Huettmann, F.). Springer New York, pp. 603–623.
Lipsey, M.K., Doherty, K.E., Naugle, D.E., Fields, S., Evans, J.S., Davis, S.K. & Koper, N. (2015). One step ahead of the plow: using cropland conversion risk to guide Sprague’s Pipit conservation in the northern Great Plains. Biological Conservation, 191, 739–749.
Strager, M.P., Strager, J.M., Evans, J.S., Dunscomb, J.K., Kreps, B.J. & Maxwell, A.E. (2015). Combining a spatial model and demand forecasts to map future surface coal mining in Appalachia. PLoS ONE, 10, e0128813.
2014
Evans, J.S. & Kiesecker, J.M. (2014). Shale gas, wind and water: assessing the potential cumulative impacts of energy development on ecosystem services within the Marcellus Play. PLoS ONE, 9, e89210.
2013
Baruch-Mordo, S., Evans, J.S., Severson, J.P., Naugle, D.E., Maestas, J.D., Kiesecker, J.M., Falkowski, M.J., Hagen, C.A. & Reese, K.P. (2013). Saving sage-grouse from the trees: a proactive solution to reducing a key threat to a candidate species. Biological Conservation, 167, 233–241.
Copeland, H.E., Pocewicz, A., Naugle, D.E., Griffiths, T., Keinath, D., Evans, J. & Platt, J. (2013). Measuring the effectiveness of conservation: a novel framework to quantify the benefits of sage-grouse conservation policy and easements in Wyoming. PLoS ONE, 8, e67261.
Heiner, M., Yunden, B., Kiesecker, J.M., Galbrakh, D., Batsaikhan, N., Ganbaatar, M., Ichinkhorloo, O., Oidov, E., Donchinbuu, E., von Wehrden, H., Reading, R., Olson, K., Jackson, R., Evans, J., McKenney, B., Oakleaf, J. & Sochi, K. (2013). Identifying conservation priorities in the face of future development: applying development by design in the Mongolian Gobi. The Nature Conservancy, Ulanbaatar.
Kiesecker, J.M., Sochi, K., Heiner, M., McKenney, B., Evans, J. & Copeland, H. (2013). Development by Design: using a revisionist history to guide a sustainable future. In: Encyclopedia of biodiversity (ed. Levin, S.). Academic Press, Waltham, pp. 495–507.
Murphy, M.A., Evans, J.S. & Gabrielsen, C.G. (2013). Wetland hydroperiod and climate change. Plains and Prairie Pothole Landscape Conservation Cooperative.
2011
Evans, J.S., Murphy, M.A., Holden, Z.A. & Cushman, S.A. (2011). Modeling species distribution and change using random forest. In: Predictive Species and Habitat Modeling in Landscape Ecology (eds. Drew, C.A., Wiersma, Y.F. & Huettmann, F.). Springer New York, pp. 139–159.
Heiner, M., Galbrakh, D., Kiesecker, J.M., McKenney, B., Evans, J., Enkhtsetseg, T., Dash, Z., Vanchindorj, U., Baast, O., Dolgorjav, S., Radnaabazar, G., Donchinbuu, E., Lhamjav, O., Gongor, S., Girvetz, E. & McDonald, R. (2011). Identifying conservation priorities in the face of future development: applying development by design in the grasslands of Mongolia. The Nature Conservancy, Ulanbaatar.
Kiesecker, J.M., Evans, J.S., Fargione, J., Doherty, K., Foresman, K.R., Kunz, T.H., Naugle, D., Nibbelink, N.P. & Niemuth, N.D. (2011). Win-win for wind and wildlife: a vision to facilitate sustainable development. PLoS ONE, 6, e17566.
2010
Cushman, S.A., Gutzweiler, K., Evans, J.S. & McGarigal, K. (2010). The gradient paradigm: a conceptual and analytical framework for landscape ecology. In: Spatial Complexity, Informatics, and Wildlife Conservation (eds. Cushman, S.A. & Huettmann, F.). Springer Japan, pp. 83–108.
Doherty, K.E., Naugle, D.E. & Evans, J.S. (2010). A currency for offsetting energy development impacts: horse-trading sage-grouse on the open market. PLoS ONE, 5, e10339.
Doherty, K.E., Tack, J.D., Evans, J.S. & Naugle, D.E. (2010). Mapping breeding densities of greater sage-grouse: a tool for range-wide conservation planning ( No. L10PG00911). Bureau of Land Management.
Hegel, T.M., Cushman, S.A., Evans, J. & Huettmann, F. (2010). Current state of the art for statistical modelling of species distributions. In: Spatial Complexity, Informatics, and Wildlife Conservation (eds. Cushman, S.A. & Huettmann, F.). Springer Japan, pp. 273–311.
Murphy, M.A., Evans, J.S. & Storfer, A. (2010). Quantifying Bufo boreas connectivity in Yellowstone National Park with landscape genetics. Ecology, 91, 252–261.
2009
Evans, J.S. & Cushman, S.A. (2009). Gradient modeling of conifer species using random forests. Landscape Ecology, 24, 673–683.
2007
Evans, J.S. & Hudak, A.T. (2007). A multiscale curvature algorithm for classifying discrete return LiDAR in forested environments. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 45, 1029–1038.
Storfer, A., Murphy, M.A., Evans, J.S., Goldberg, C.S., Robinson, S., Spear, S.F., Dezzani, R., Delmelle, E., Vierling, L. & Waits, L.P. (2007). Putting the “landscape” in landscape genetics. Heredity, 98, 128–142.
2006
Rehfeldt, G.E., Crookston, N.L., Warwell, M.V. & Evans, J.S. (2006). Empirical analyses of plant-climate relationships for the western United States. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 167, 1123–1150.
Hudak, A.T., N.L. Crookston, J.S. Evans, M.J. Falkowski, A.M.S. Smith, P. Gessler and P. Morgan. (2006) Regression modeling and mapping of coniferous forest basal area and tree density from discrete-return lidar and multispectral satellite data. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 32: 126-138.
Hudak, A.T., N.L. Crookston, J.S. Evans, M.J. Falkowski, A.M.S. Smith, P. Gessler and P. Morgan. (2006) Regression modeling and mapping of coniferous forest basal area and tree density from discrete-return lidar and multispectral satellite data. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 32: 126-138.
2004
Hudak, A., P. Robichaud, J.S. Evans, J. Clark, K. Lannom, P. Morgan and C. Stone. (2004) Field validation of Burned Area Reflectance Classification (BARC) products for post fire assessment. UNL Faculty Publications, Paper 220.
2003
Evans, J.S., and T. Rice. (2003) Scale and Variance in Spatial Models. Proceedings of the 6th annual Forest Service Geospatial Conference. USDA Forest Service Geospatial Service and Technology Center. CD-ROM 10:23-37.
McDonald, G.I., J.S. Evans., M. Moeur., T. Rice., E. Strand. (2003) Using digital terrain modeling and satellite imagery to map interactions among fire and forest microbes.in Galley, K.E.M., Klinger, R.C., Sugihara, N.G., Miscellaneous publication No. 13, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL.
2000
Evans, J.S., T.B. Jain., R.T. Graham. (2000) Using Multiple Spatial Scales to Typify Historic Western White Pine Abundance. Proceedings of the 5nd annual Forest Service Geospatial Conference. USDA Forest Service Geospatial Service and Technology Center. CD-ROM 8.
1998
Evans J.S., L. Baptista, and S. Bailey. (1998) Modeling the Fragmentation Response of Gradient Gene Flow. Ecological Modeling. 72:38-46
1997
Quincy Library Group. (1997) Resource Advisory Committee, General technical report on implementation of natural resource management plan. Rogue Institute, Misc. publication 42.
1996
Evans J.S. & L. Baptista. (1996) Spatial Dynamics of Salt Marsh Sparrows; Movements and Impacts in a Gradient Based Gene Flow System. The American Naturalist 158:120-135.
1994
Evans J.S., & R. Mandel. (1994) Spatial Analysis of Policy and Environmental Planning in Interdisciplinary Monitoring. Rogue Institute, Misc. publication 47, 1997. Monitoring. Rogue Institute, Misc. publication 47, 1997.
