Current Research

Extend the scientific basis for ecosystem management in a manner that maintains the character (structure and processes) of ecosystems while providing for human benefits derived from ecosystem services. My current research is focused in four broad areas:1. Improve the analysis of wildlife population and community response to spatial and temporal changes in climate, land use, and land cover within multiple-use landscapes.2. Develop and test cartographic-based approaches to biodiversity assessments.3. Extend conservation scientists' ability to design landscapes in a spatially explicit and perhaps optimal way.4. Document trends in wildlife resources for land use policy.

Research Interests

My research is focused generally on understanding wildlife population and community response to changing landscape patterns driven by climate change, land use, natural disturbance, and land management activities. There is growing evidence that the distribution and abundance of species may exhibit critical thresholds in their response to reduced habitat amounts, degradation in habitat quality, and increases in habitat fragmentation. My future work will test for the existence of these thresholds and explore their use in setting important conservation targets for how natural resources are managed.

Past Research

Many factors affect the pattern of biodiversity we observe across broad geographic areas. Some of those factors stem from natural disturbance events, others originate from the manner that humans occupy, manage, and modify the environments that also support a diverse array of species. The results from my research are expected to provide policy- and decision-makers with scientific information and predictions about how wildlife species may respond to natural and human-caused disturbances to landscapes. In particular, my research helps focus land management planning on those geographic areas requiring restoration efforts, and on those species that are vulnerable to habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, and climate change.

Why This Research is Important

Education

• University of Vermont, B.S. Wildlife Biology 1979
• Colorado State University, M.S. Wildlife Biology 1982
• Colorado State University, Ph.D. Wildlife Biology 1992

Professional Experience

Professional Organizations

• Landscape Ecology, Editorial Board (2004 - 2007)
  Coordinated peer review and made publication recommendations
• The American Naturalist, Editorial Board (2002 - 2005)
  Coordinated peer review and made publication recommendations
• Environmental Management, Editorial Board (1999 - 2004)
  Coordinated peer review and made publication recommendations
• The Wildlife Society, Editorial Board (1990 - 1993)
  Coordinated peer review and made publication recommendations

Awards & Recognition

Featured Publications & Products

• Flather, Curtis H.; Hayward, Gregory D.; Beissinger, Steven R.; Stephens, Philip A. 2011. Minimum viable populations: Is there a 'magic number' for conservation practitioners.
• Gutzwiller, Kevin J.; Flather, Curtis H. 2011. Wetland features and landscape context predict the risk of wetland habitat loss.
• Flather, Curtis H.; Wilson, Kenneth R.; Shriner, Susan A. 2009. Geographic approaches to biodiversity conservation: implications of scale and error to landscape planning.
• Robles, Marcos D.; Flather, Curtis H.; Nelson, Mark D.; Cutko, Andrew. 2008. The geography of private forests that support at-risk species in the conterminous United States.
• Carmel, Yohay; Flather, Curtis H. 2004. Comparing landscape scale vegetation dynamics following recent disturbance in climatically similar sites in California and the Mediterranean basin.
• Flather, Curtis H.; Bevers, Michael. 2002. Patchy reaction-diffusion and population abundance: the relative importance of habitat amount and arrangement.
• Donovan, Therese M.; Flather, Curtis H. 2002. Relationships among North American songbird trends, habitat fragmentation, and landscape occupancy.

Publications

• Sofaer, Helen R.; Flather, Curtis H.; Skagen, Susan K.; Steen, Valerie A.; Noon, Barry R. 2019. Clustering and ensembling approaches to support surrogatebased species management.
• Martinuzzi, Sebastian ; Allstadt, Andrew J.; Pidgeon, Anna M.; Flather, Curtis H.; Jolly, William M.; Radeloff, Volker C. 2019. Future changes in fire weather, spring droughts, and false springs across U.S. National Forests and Grasslands.
• Carter, Sarah K.; Fleishman, Erica ; Leinwand, Ian I F.; Flather, Curtis H.; Carr, Natasha B.; Fogarty, Frank A.; Leu, Matthias ; Noon, Barry R.; Wohlfeil, Martha E.; Wood, David J. A. 2019. Quantifying ecological integrity of terrestrial systems to inform management of multiple-use public lands in the United States.
• Howard, Christine ; Flather, Curtis H.; Stephens, Philip A. 2019. What drives at-risk species richness Environmental factors are more influential than anthropogenic factors or biological traits.
• Cubbage, Frederick ; Abt, Robert ; Sheffield, Ray ; Flather, Curt ; Wickham, James . 2018. Forest wetland area and the forest sector economy in the U.S. South.
• Sofaer, Helen R.; Jarnevich, Catherine S.; Flather, Curtis H. 2018. Misleading prioritizations from modelling range shifts under climate change.
• Flather, C. H.; Knowles, M. S.; Baggett, L. S. 2017. Land cover dynamics across the Great Plains and their influence on breeding birds: Potential artefact of data and analysis limitations.
• Reynolds, Richard T.; Lambert, Jeffrey S.; Flather, Curtis H.; White, Gary C.; Bird, Benjamin J.; Baggett, L. Scott; Lambert, Carrie; Bayard de Volo, Shelley. 2017. Long-term demography of the Northern Goshawk in a variable environment.
• Bateman, Brooke L.; Pidgeon, Anna M.; Radeloff, Volker C.; Flather, Curtis H.; VanDerWal, Jeremy; Akcakaya, H. Resit; Thogmartin, Wayne E.; Albright, Thomas P.; Vavrus, Stephen J.; Heglund, Patricia J. 2016. Potential breeding distributions of U.S. birds predicted with both short-term variability and long-term average climate data.
• Hayward, Gregory D.; Flather, Curtis H.; Rowland, Mary M.; Terney, Regis; Mellen-McLean, Kim; Malcolm, Karl D.; McCarthy, Clinton; Boyce, Douglas A. 2016. Applying the 2012 Planning Rule to conserve species: A practitioner's reference.
• Carter, Sarah K.; Carr, Natasha B.; Flather, Curtis H.; Fleishman, Erica; Leu, Matthias; Noon, Barry R.; Wood, David J. A. 2016. Assessing ecological integrity using multiscale information from Bureau of Land Management Assessment and Monitoring Programs Chapter 4.
• Evans, Daniel M.; Che-Castaldo, Judy P.; Crouse, Deborah; Davis, Frank W.; Epanchin-Niell, Rebecca; Flather, Curtis H.; Frohlich, R. Kipp; Goble, Dale D.; Li, Ya-Wei; Male, Timothy D.; Master, Lawrence L.; Moskwik, Matthew P.; Neel, Maile C.; Noon, Barry R.; Parmesan, Camille; Schwartz, Mark W.; Scott, J. Michael; Williams, Byron K. 2016. Species recovery in the United States: Increasing the effectiveness of the Endangered Species Act.
• Flather, Curtis. 2016. Wildlife, fish, and biodiversity Chapter 11.
• Gutzwiller, Kevin J.; Riffell, Samuel K.; Flather, Curtis H. 2015. Avian abundance thresholds, human-altered landscapes, and the challenge of assemblage-level conservation.
• Chocron, Rachel; Flather, Curtis H.; Kadmon, Ronen. 2015. Bird diversity and environmental heterogeneity in North America: A test of the area-heterogeneity trade-off.
• Wood, Eric M.; Pidgeon, Anna M.; Radeloff, Volker C.; Helmers, David P.; Culbert, Patrick D.; Keuler, Nicholas S.; Flather, Curtis H. 2015. Long-term avian community response to housing development at the boundary of US protected areas: Effect size increases with time.
• Nelson, Mark D.; Flather, Curtis; Riitters, Kurt H.; Sieg, Carolyn; Garner, James D. 2015. National report on sustainable forests 2015: conservation of biological diversity.
• Wood, Eric M.; Pidgeon, Anna M.; Radeloff, Volker C.; Helmers, David; Culbert, Patrick D.; Keuler, Nicholas S.; Flather, Curtis H. 2014. Housing development erodes avian community structure in U.S. protected areas.
• Wood, Eric M.; Pidgeon, Anna M.; Radeloff, Volker C.; Helmers, David; Culbert, Patrick D.; Keuler, Nicholas S.; Flather, Curtis H. 2014. Housing development erodes avian community structure in U.S. protected areas.
• Kalyuzhny, Michael; Seri, Efrat; Chocron, Rachel; Flather, Curtis H.; Kadmon, Ronen; Shnerb, Nadav M. 2014. Niche versus neutrality: a dynamical analysis.
• Reese, Gordon C.; Wilson, Kenneth R.; Flather, Curtis H. 2014. Performance of species richness estimators across assemblage types and survey parameters.
• Czech, B.; Covington, S.; Crimmins, T. M.; Ericson, J. A.; Flather, C.; Gale, M.; Gerst, K.; Higgins, M.; Kaib, M.; Marino, E.; Moran, T.; Morton, J.; Niemuth, N.; Peckett, H.; Savignano, D.; Saperstein, L.; Skorupa, S.; Wagener, E.; Wilen, B.; Wolfe, B. 2014. Planning for climate change on the National Wildlife Refuge System.
• Pidgeon, Anna M.; Flather, Curtis H.; Radeloff, Volker C.; Lepczyk, Christopher A.; Keuler, Nicholas S.; Wood, Eric M.; Stewart, Susan I.; Hammer, Roger B. 2014. Systematic temporal patterns in the relationship between housing development and forest bird biodiversity.
• Kalyuzhny, Michael; Schreiber, Yishai; Chocron, Rachel; Flather, Curtis H.; Kessler, David A.; Shnerb, Nadav M. 2014. Temporal fluctuation scaling in populations and communities.
• Cushman, Samuel A.; Landguth, Erin L.; Flather, Curtis H. 2013. Evaluating population connectivity for species of conservation concern in the American Great Plains.
• Wickham, James D.; Flather, Curtis H. 2013. Integrating biodiversity and drinking water protection goals through geographic analysis.
• Reese, Gordon C.; Wilson, Kenneth R.; Flather, Curtis H. 2013. Program SimAssem: software for simulating species assemblages and estimating species richness.
• Sturges, Frank; Joyce, Linda; Brown, Tom; Flather, Curt; Mockrin, Miranda; Reeves, Matt. 2013. Science You Can Use Bulletin: Coming to a landscape near you: Natural resource changes in the Interior West.
• Culbert, Patrick D.; Radeloff, Volker C.; Flather, Curtis H.; Kellndorfer, Josef M.; Rittenhouse, Chadwick D.; Pidgeon, Anna M. 2013. The influence of vertical and horizontal habitat structure on nationwide patterns of avian biodiversity.
• Lepczyk, Christopher A.; Wunnicke, Aaron; Radeloff, Volker C.; Flather, Curtis H.; Pidgeon, Anna M.; Hammer, Roger B. 2013. Using housing growth to estimate habitat change: detecting Ovenbird response in a rapidly growing New England State.
• Flather, Curtis H.; Knowles, Michael S.; Jones, Martin F.; Schilli, Carol. 2013. Wildlife population and harvest trends in the United States: a technical document supporting the Forest Service 2010 RPA Assessment.
• Cushman, Samuel A.; Landguth, Erin L.; Flather, Curtis H. 2012. Evaluating the sufficiency of protected lands for maintaining wildlife population connectivity in the northern Rocky Mountains.
• Loftus, Andrew J.; Flather, Curtis H. 2012. Fish and other aquatic resource trends in the United States: a technical document supporting the Forest Service 2010 RPA Assessment.
• Rittenhouse, Chadwick D.; Pidgeon, Anna M.; Albright, Thomas P.; Culbert, Patrick D.; Clayton, Murray K.; Flather, Curtis H.; Masek, Jeffrey G.; Radeloff, Volker C. 2012. Land-cover change and avian diversity in the conterminous United States.
• Culbert, Patrick D.; Radeloff, Volker C.; St-Louis, Veronique; Flather, Curtis H.; Rittenhouse, Chadwick D.; Albright, Thomas P.; Pidgeon, Anna M. 2012. Modeling broad-scale patterns of avian species richness across the Midwestern United States with measures of satellite image texture.
• Mockrin, Miranda H.; Aiken, Richard A.; Flather, Curtis H. 2012. Wildlife-associated recreation trends in the United States: a technical document supporting the Forest Service 2010 RPA Assessment.
• Flather, Curtis H.; Hayward, Gregory D.; Beissinger, Steven R.; Stephens, Philip A. 2011. A general target for MVPs: Unsupported and unnecessary.
• York, Patricia; Evangelista, Paul; Kumar, Sunil; Graham, James; Flather, Curtis; Stohlgren, Thomas. 2011. A habitat overlap analysis derived from Maxent for Tamarisk and the South-western Willow Flycatcher.
• Hansen, Andrew J.; Phillips, Linda Bowers; Flather, Curtis H.; Robinson-Cox, Jim. 2011. Carrying capacity for species richness as context for conservation: a case study of North American birds.
• Albright, Thomas P.; Pidgeon, Anna M.; Rittenhouse, Chadwick D.; Clayton, Murray K.; Flather, Curtis H.; Culbert, Patrick D.; Radeloff, Volker C. 2011. Heat waves measured with MODIS land surface temperature data predict changes in avian community structure.
• Flather, C. H.; Knowles, M. S; Sieg, C. H. 2011. Indicator 1.04: Number of native forest-associated species.
• Flather, C. H.; Knowles, M. S; Sieg, C. H. 2011. Indicator 1.05: Number and status of native forest-associated species at risk, as determined by legislation or scientific assessment.
• Flather, C. H.; Knowles, M. S; Sieg, C. H. 2011. Indicator 1.07. Number and geographic distribution of forest-associated species at risk of losing genetic variation and locally adapted genotypes.
• Sieg, C. H.; Owen, S. M.; Flather, C. H. 2011. Indicator 1.08. Population levels of selected representative forest-associated species to describe genetic diversity.
• Beissinger, Steven R.; Flather, Curtis H.; Hayward, Gregory D.; Stephens, Philip A. 2011. No safety in numbers.
• Phillips, Linda Bowers; Hansen, Andrew J.; Flather, Curtis H.; Robinson-Cox, Jim. 2010. Applying species-energy theory to conservation: A case study for North American birds.
• Rittenhouse, Chadwick D.; Pidgeon, Anna M.; Albright, Thomas P.; Culbert, Patrick D.; Clayton, Murray K.; Flather, Curtis H.; Huang, Chengquan; Masek, Jeffrey G.; Radeloff, Volker C. 2010. Avifauna response to hurricanes: regional changes in community similarity.
• Albright, Thomas P.; Pidgeon, Anna M.; Rittenhouse, Chadwick D.; Clayton, Murray K.; Wardlow, Brian D.; Flather, Curtis H.; Culbert, Patrick D.; Radeloff, Volker C. 2010. Combined effects of heat waves and droughts on avian communities across the conterminous United States.
• Rittenhouse, Chadwick D.; Pidgeon, Anna M.; Albright, Thomas P.; Culbert, Patrick D.; Clayton, Murray K.; Flather, Curtis H.; Huang, Chengquan; Masek, Jeffrey G.; Stewart, Susan I.; Radeloff, Volker C. 2010. Conservation of forest birds: evidence of a shifting baseline in community structure.
• Albright, Thomas P.; Pidgeon, Anna M.; Rittenhouse, Chadwick D.; Clayton, Murray K.; Flather, Curtis H.; Culbert, Patrick D.; Wardlow, Brian D.; Radeloff, Volker C. 2010. Effects of drought on avian community structure.
• Radeloff, Volker. C.; Stewart, Susan I.; Hawbaker, Todd J.; Gimmi, Urs; Pidgeon, Anna M.; Flather, Curtis H.; Hammer, Roger. B.; Helmers, David P. 2010. Housing growth in and near United States protected areas limits their conservation value.
• Cushman, Samuel A.; Landguth, Erin L.; Flather, Curtis. 2010. Phase I: Climate change and connectivity: Assessing landscape and species vulnerability.
• McRoberts, Ronald E.; Nelson, Mark D.; Mahal, Lisa; Flather, Curtis H.; Alig, Ralph J.; Comas, Sara. 2010. Private forest habitat for at-risk species: where is it and where might it be changing.
• Shifley, S. R.; Flather, C. H.; Smith, W. B.; Riitters, K. H.; Sieg, C. H. 2010. Status and progress in large-scale assessment of biological diversity in the United States.
• Hayward, Gregory D.; Flather, Curtis H.; Uloth, Erin; Safford, Hugh D.; Cleaves, David A. 2009. Managing fish and wildlife habitat in the face of climate change: USDA Forest Service perspective.
• Flather, Curtis H.; Knowles, Michael S.; Brady, Stephen J. 2009. Population and harvest trends of big game and small game species: a technical document supporting the USDA Forest Service Interim Update of the 2000 RPA Assessment.
• Dickson, Brett G.; Noon, Barry R.; Flather, Curtis H.; Jentsch, Stephanie; Block, William M. 2009. Quantifying the multi-scale response of avifauna to prescribed fire experiments in the southwest United States.
• Joyce, Linda A.; Flather, Curtis H.; Koopman, Marni. 2008. Analysis of potential impacts of climate change on wildlife habitats in the U.S..
• Cushman, Samuel A.; McKelvey, Kevin S.; Flather, Curtis H.; McGarigal, Kevin. 2008. Do forest community types provide a sufficient basis to evaluate biological diversity.
• Phillips, Linda B.; Hansen, Andrew J.; Flather, Curtis H. 2008. Evaluating the species energy relationship with the newest measures of ecosystem energy: NDVI versus MODIS primary production.
• Flather, Curtis H.; Knowles, Michael S.; McNees, Jason. 2008. Geographic patterns of at-risk species: A technical document supporting the USDA Forest Service Interim Update of the 2000 RPA Assessment.
• Grunzweig, Jose M.; Carmel, Yohay; Riov, Joseph; Sever, Nava; McCreary, Douglas D.; Flather, Curtis H. 2008. Growth, resource storage, and adaptation to drought in California and eastern Mediterranean oak seedlings.
• Lepczyk, Christopher A.; Flather, Curtis H.; Radeloff, Volker C.; Pidgeon, Anna M.; Hammer, Roger B.; Liu, Jianguo. 2008. Human impacts on regional avian diversity and abundance.
• Stohlgren, Thomas J.; Flather, Curtis; Jarnevich, Catherine S.; Barnett, David T.; Kartesz, John. 2008. Rejoinder to Harrison (2008): The myth of plant species saturation.
• Stohlgren, Thomas J.; Barnett, David T.; Jarnevich, Catherine S.; Flather, Curtis; Kartesz, John. 2008. The myth of plant species saturation.
• McCreary, Douglas; Gruzweig, Jose M.; Carmel, Yohay; Flather, Curtis H. 2008. The response of native oaks from California and Israel to drought.
• Raphael, Martin G.; Molina, Randy; Flather, Curtis H.; Holthausen, Richard S.; Johnson, Richard L.; Marcot, Bruce G.; Olson, Deanna H.; Peine, John D.; Sieg, Carolyn Hull; Swanson, Cindy S. 2007. A process for selection and implementation of conservation approaches.
• Pidgeon, A. M.; Radeloff, V. C.; Flather, C. H.; Lepczyk, C. A.; Clayton, M. K.; Hawbaker, T. J.; Hammer, R. B. 2007. Associations of forest bird species richness with housing and landscape pattern across the United States.
• Hof, John; Flather, Curtis. 2007. Optimization of landscape pattern Chapter 8.
• Flather, Curtis H.; Sieg, Carolyn Hull. 2007. Species rarity: definition, causes, and classification.
• Marcot, Bruce G.; Flather, Curtis H. 2007. Species-level strategies for conserving rare or little-known species Chapter 6.
• Carmel, Yohay; Flather, Curtis; Dean, Denis. 2006. A methodology for translating positional error into measures of attribute error, and combining the two error sources.
• Carmel, Yohay; Flather, Curtis H. 2006. Constrained range expansion and climate change assessments.
• Hamer, Tammy L.; Flather, Curtis H.; Noon, Barry R. 2006. Factors associated with grassland bird species richness: The relative roles of grassland area, landscape structure, and prey.
• Hof, John; Flather, Curtis; Baltic, Tony; King, Rudy. 2006. Nonparametric projections of forest and rangeland condition indicators: A technical document supporting the 2005 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment Update.
• Flather, Curtis H.; Stohlgren, Thomas J.; Jarnevich, Catherine; Barnett, David; Kartesz, John. 2006. Plant species invasions along the latitudinal gradient in the United States: Reply.
• Shriner, Susan A.; Wilson, Kenneth R.; Flather, Curtis H. 2006. Reserve networks based on richness hotspots and representation vary with scale.
• Stohlgren, Thomas J.; Barnett, David T.; Flather, Curtis H.; Fuller, Pam L.; Peterjohn, Bruce G.; Kartesz, John T.; Master, Lawrence L. 2006. Species richness and patterns of invasion in plants, birds, and fishes in the United States.
• Reese, Gordon C.; Wilson, Kenneth R.; Hoeting, Jennifer A.; Flather, Curtis H. 2005. Factors affecting species distribution predictions: A simulation modeling experiment.
• Stohlgren, Thomas J.; Barnett, David; Flather, Curtis; Kartesz, John; Peterjohn, Bruce. 2005. Plant species invasions along the latitudinal gradient in the United States.
• Cade, Brian S.; Noon, Barry R.; Flather, Curtis H. 2005. Quantile regression reveals hidden bias and uncertainty in habitat models.
• Bender, Darren J.; Flather, Curtis H.; Wilson, Kenneth R.; Reese, Gordon C. 2005. Regional data to support biodiversity assessments: terrestrial vertebrate and butterfly data from the Southwest.
• Hof, John G.; Flather, Curtis H.; Baltic, Tony J.; King, Rudy M. 2004. Forest and rangeland ecosystem condition indicators: identifying national areas of opportunity using data development analysis.
• Flather, Curtis H.; Ricketts, Taylor H.; Sieg, Carolyn Hull; Knowles, Michael S.; Fay, John P.; McNees, Jason. 2003. Criterion 1: Conservation of biological diversity - Indicator 6: The number of forest dependent species.
• Flather, Curtis H.; Ricketts, Taylor H.; Sieg, Carolyn Hull; Knowles, Michael S.; Fay, John P.; McNees, Jason. 2003. Criterion 1: Conservation of biological diversity - Indicator 7: The status (threatened, rare, vulnerable, endangered, or extinct) of forest dependent species at risk of not maintaining viable breeding populations, as determined by legislation or scientific assessment.
• Flather, Curtis H.; Sieg, Carolyn Hull; Knowles, Michael S.; McNees, Jason. 2003. Criterion 1: Conservation of biological diversity - Indicator 8: The number of forest dependent species that occupy a small portion of their former range.
• Sieg, Carolyn Hull; Flather, Curtis H.; Barstatis, Noah. 2003. Criterion 1: Conservation of biological diversity - Indicator 9: Population levels of representative species from diverse habitats monitored across their range.
• Vance, Melissa D.; Fahrig, Lenore; Flather, Curtis H. 2003. Effect of reproductive rate on minimum habitat requirements of forest-breeding birds.
• Bevers, Michael ; Flather, Curtis H.; Hof, John ; Kaiser, H. Fred. 2003. Sustaining wildlife populations in productively managed forests.
• Flather, Curtis H.; Bevers, Michael; Hof, John. 2002. Prescribing habitat layouts: Analysis of optimal placement for landscape planning Chapter 23.
• Boulinier, Thierry; Nichols, James D.; Hines, James E.; Sauer, John R.; Flather, Curtis H.; Pollock, Kenneth H. 2001. Forest fragmentation and bird community dynamics: inference at regional scales.
• Hansen, Andrew J.; Neilson, Ronald P.; Dale, Virginia H.; Flather, Curtis H.; Iverson, Louis R.; Currie, David J.; Shafer, Sarah; Cook, Rosamonde; Bartlein, Partick J. 2001. Global change in forests: responses of species, communities, and biomes.
• Flather, Curtis H.; Sieg, Carolyn Hull. 2000. Applicability of Montreal Process Criterion 1 - conservation of biological diversity - to rangeland sustainability.
• Cook, Rosamonde R.; Flather, Curtis H.; Wilson, Kenneth R. 2000. Faunal characteristics of the Southern Rocky Mountains of New Mexico: implications for biodiversity analysis and assessment.
• Loftus, Andrew J.; Flather, Curtis H. 2000. Fish and other aquatic resource trends in the United States.
• Hof, John; Flather, Curtis; Baltic, Tony; Davies, Stephen. 1999. National projections of forest and rangeland condition indicators: a supporting technical document for the 1999 RPA assessment..
• Bevers, Michael; Flather, Curtis H. 1999. Numerically exploring habitat fragmentation effects on populations using cell-based coupled map lattices.
• Sieg, Carolyn Hull; Flather, Curtis H.; McCanny, Stephen. 1999. Recent biodiversity patterns in the Great Plains: Implications for restoration and management.
• Flather, Curtis H.; Brady, Stephen J.; Knowles, Michael S. 1999. Wildlife resource trends in the United States: A technical document supporting the 2000 RPA Assessment.
• Flather, Curtis H.; Knowles, Michael S.; Kendall, Iris A. 1998. Threatened and endangered species geography: characteristics of hot spots in the conterminous United States.
• Flather, Curtis H.; Wilson, Kenneth R.; Dean, Denis J.; McComb, William C. 1997. Identifying gaps in conservation networks: of indicators and uncertainty in geographic-based analyses.
• Hof, John; Flather, Curtis H. 1996. Accounting for connectivity and spatial correlation in the optimal placement of wildlife habitat.
• Flather, Curtis H. 1996. Fitting species-accumulation functions and assessing regional land use impacts on avian diversity.
• Joyce, Linda A.; Flather, Curtis H.; Flebbe, Patricia A.; Hoekstra, Thomas W.; Ursic, Stan J. 1990. Integrating Forage, Wildlife, Water, and Fish Projections with Timber Projections at the Regional Level: A Case Study in Southern United States.

Research Highlights

Highlight	Title	Year
RMRS-2016-206	Bird Biodiversity in the Wildland Urban Interface This project used readily available data on protected area locations, housing density, and bird communities in six large regional study areas to ...	2016