Quantitative Conservation Lab - University of Washington's Projects
Amburgey SM, AA Yackel Adams, B Gardner, B Lardner, AJ Knox, and SJ Converse. 2021. Tools for increasing visual encounter probabilities for invasive species removal: a case study of brown treesnakes. Neobiota 70:107-122.
Barzen JA, SJ Converse, PH Adler, A Lacy, E Gray, and A Gossens. 2018. Examination of multiple working hypotheses to address reproductive failure in reintroduced Whooping Cranes. The Condor 120:632-649
Contains data and code for in-review publication on a method for estimating components of observation error in aerial surveys of marine birds
This is a repository for code and data for an in-review manuscript on the effects of suburban development on bird communities.
Doll CF, SJ Converse, CB Edwards, and CB Schultz. 2022. Using structured decision making to guide habitat restoration for butterflies: a case study of Oregon silverspots. Journal of Insect Conservation 26:219-230.
Edwards HA, SJ Converse, KD Swan, and A Moehrenschlager. 2022. Trading off hatching success and cost in the captive breeding of Whooping Cranes. Animal Conservation 25:101-109.
Hostetter NJ, NJ Lunn, ES Richardson, EV Regehr, and SJ Converse. Age-structured Jolly-Seber model expands inference and improves parameter estimation from capture-recapture data. PLOS One 16:e0252748
Lloyd, N. A., N. J. Hostetter, C. L. Jackson, S. J. Converse, and A. Moehrenschlager. 2019. Optimizing release strategies: a stepping-stone approach to reintroduction. Animal Conservation 22:105–115.
Petracca LP, B Gardner, BT Maletzke, and SJ Converse. 2023. Merging integrated population models and individual-based models to project population dynamics of recolonizing species. Biological Conservation.
Regehr, E. V., N. J. Hostetter, R. R. Wilson, K. D. Rode, M. S. Martin, and S. J. Converse. 2018. Integrated Population Modeling Provides the First Empirical Estimates of Vital Rates and Abundance for Polar Bears in the Chukchi Sea. Scientific Reports 8:16780.
Royle J.A. and S.J. Converse. 2014. Hierarchical spatial capture-recapture models: modeling population density in stratified populations. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5:37-43.
Sipe H, IN Keren, and SJ Converse. 2023. Integrating community science and agency-collected monitoring data to expand monitoring capacity at large spatial scales. Ecology and Evolution.
Sorel MH, RW Zabel, DS Johnson, AM Wargo Rub, and SJ Converse. 2021. Estimating population-specific predation effects on Chinook salmon via data integration. Journal of Applied Ecology 58:372-381.
Sorel MH, JC Jorgensen, RW Zabel, MD Scheuerell, AR Murdoch, CM Kamphaus, SJ Converse. 2023. Incorporating life history diversity in an integrated population model to inform viability analysis. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
Sorel MH, AR Murdoch, RW Zabel, CM Kamphaus, ER Buhle, MD Scheuerell, and SJ Converse. 2023. Effects of population density and environmental conditions on life-history prevalence in a migratory fish. Ecology and Evolution.
Sorel MH, AR Murdoch, RW Zabel, JC Jorgensen, CM Kamphaus, and SJ Converse. Juvenile life history diversity is associated with lifetime individual heterogeneity in a migratory fish. Ecosphere 14:e4366.
Code and data associated with manuscript on modeling Wenatchee spring Chinook salmon population responses to habitat restoration and hatchery management strategies
Todd Zaragoza MI, AJ DuVall, JA Howard, DM Mazurkiewicz, and SJ Converse. 2023. Laying sequence and oceanographic factors affect egg size in Scripps's Murrelets (Synthliboramphus scrippsi) at Santa Barbara Island. Marine Ornithology 51:1-9.
Warlick AJ, DS Johnson, TS Gelatt, and SJ Converse. 2022. Environmental drivers of demography and potential factors limiting the recovery of an endangered marine top predator. Ecosphere 2022: e4325.
Warlick AJ, GK Himes Boor, TL McGuire, KEW Shelden, EK Jacobson, C Boyd, PR Wade, AE Punt, SJ Converse. 2023. Demographic and environmental drivers of population dynamics and viability in an endangered top predator using an integrated model. Animal Conservation.
Contains data and code to reproduce publication analyses examining environmental drivers and viability of Steller sea lions using an integrated population model