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Todd C. Esque, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, United States 
Area:
Ecology

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2023 Dutcher KE, Nussear KE, Heaton JS, Esque TC, Vandergast AG. Move it or lose it: Predicted effects of culverts and population density on Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) connectivity. Plos One. 18: e0286820. PMID 37768995 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286820  0.301
2020 Hromada SJ, Esque TC, Vandergast AG, Dutcher KE, Mitchell CI, Gray ME, Chang T, Dickson BG, Nussear KE. Using movement to inform conservation corridor design for Mojave desert tortoise. Movement Ecology. 8: 38. PMID 33042548 DOI: 10.1186/s40462-020-00224-8  0.304
2020 Dutcher KE, Vandergast AG, Esque TC, Mitelberg A, Matocq MD, Heaton JS, Nussear KE. Genes in space: what Mojave desert tortoise genetics can tell us about landscape connectivity Conservation Genetics. 21: 289-303. DOI: 10.1007/S10592-020-01251-Z  0.742
2019 Mitelberg A, Vandergast AG, Nussear KE, Dutcher K, Esque TC. Development of a Genotyping Protocol for Mojave Desert Tortoise Scat Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 18: 123. DOI: 10.2744/Ccb-1394.1  0.702
2019 Inman R, Fotheringham AS, Franklin J, Esque TC, Edwards T, Nussear KE. Local niche differences predict genotype associations in sister taxa of desert tortoise Diversity and Distributions. 25: 1194-1209. DOI: 10.1111/Ddi.12927  0.391
2018 Aiello C, Esque T, Nussear K, Emblidge P, Hudson P. Associating sex-biased and seasonal behaviour with contact patterns and transmission risk in Gopherus agassizii Behaviour. 155: 585-619. DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003477  0.7
2018 Inman R, Franklin J, Esque T, Nussear K. Spatial sampling bias in the Neotoma paleoecological archives affects species paleo-distribution models Quaternary Science Reviews. 198: 115-125. DOI: 10.1016/J.Quascirev.2018.08.015  0.301
2018 Shryock DF, DeFalco LA, Esque TC. Spatial decision-support tools to guide restoration and seed-sourcing in the Desert Southwest Ecosphere. 9: e02453. DOI: 10.1002/Ecs2.2453  0.359
2017 Wiens JD, Schumaker NH, Inman RD, Esque TC, Longshore KM, Nussear KE. SPATIAL DEMOGRAPHIC MODELS TO INFORM CONSERVATION PLANNING OF GOLDEN EAGLES IN RENEWABLE ENERGY LANDSCAPES. The Journal of Raptor Research. 51: 234-257. PMID 30220786 DOI: 10.3356/Jrr-16-77.1  0.412
2017 Custer NA, DeFalco LA, Nussear KE, Esque TC. Drawing a line in the sand: Effectiveness of off-highway vehicle management in California's Sonoran desert. Journal of Environmental Management. PMID 28238545 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jenvman.2017.02.033  0.358
2017 Simes M, Johnson D, Streit J, Longshore K, Nussear KE, Esque TC. Common Raven (Corvus corax) kleptoparasitism at a Golden Eagle (Aquila chyrsaetos) nest in southern Nevada The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 129: 195-198. DOI: 10.1676/1559-4491-129.1.195  0.362
2016 Shryock DF, Havrilla CA, DeFalco LA, Esque TC, Custer NA, Wood TE. Landscape genetic approaches to guide native plant restoration in the Mojave Desert. Ecological Applications : a Publication of the Ecological Society of America. PMID 28135767 DOI: 10.1002/Eap.1447  0.437
2016 Dilt TE, Weisberg PJ, Leitner P, Matocq MD, Inman RD, Nussear KE, Esque TC. Multiscale connectivity and graph theory highlight critical areas for conservation under climate change. Ecological Applications : a Publication of the Ecological Society of America. 26: 1223-37. PMID 27509760 DOI: 10.1890/15-0925  0.388
2016 Aiello CM, Nussear KE, Esque TC, Emblidge PG, Sah P, Bansal S, Hudson PJ. Host contact and shedding patterns clarify variation in pathogen exposure and transmission in threatened tortoise Gopherus agassizii: implications for disease modeling and management. The Journal of Animal Ecology. PMID 26935482 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12511  0.327
2016 Esque T, Inman R, Nussear K, Webb R, Girard M, DeGayner J. Comparison of Methods to Monitor the Distribution and Impacts of Unauthorized Travel Routes in a Border Park Natural Areas Journal. 36: 248-258. DOI: 10.3375/043.036.0305  0.327
2016 Nafus MG, Esque TC, Averill-Murray RC, Nussear KE, Swaisgood RR. Habitat drives dispersal and survival of translocated juvenile desert tortoises Journal of Applied Ecology. 54: 430-438. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12774  0.411
2016 Inman RD, Esque TC, Nussear KE, Leitner P, Matocq MD, Weisberg PJ, Dilts TE. Impacts of climate change and renewable energy development on habitat of an endemic squirrel, Xerospermophilus mohavensis , in the Mojave Desert, USA Biological Conservation. 200: 112-121. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2016.05.033  0.364
2016 Sah P, Nussear KE, Esque TC, Aiello CM, Hudson PJ, Bansal S. Inferring social structure and its drivers from refuge use in the desert tortoise, a relatively solitary species Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 70: 1277-1289. DOI: 10.1007/S00265-016-2136-9  0.385
2016 Drake KK, Bowen L, Nussear KE, Esque TC, Berger AJ, Custer NA, Waters SC, Johnson JD, Miles AK, Lewison RL. Negative impacts of invasive plants on conservation of sensitive desert wildlife Ecosphere. 7: e01531. DOI: 10.1002/Ecs2.1531  0.345
2015 Edwards T, Berry KH, Inman RD, Esque TC, Nussear KE, Jones CA, Culver M. Testing Taxon Tenacity of Tortoises: evidence for a geographical selection gradient at a secondary contact zone. Ecology and Evolution. 5: 2095-114. PMID 26045959 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.1500  0.713
2015 Bowen L, Miles AK, Drake KK, Waters SC, Esque TC, Nussear KE. Integrating Gene Transcription-Based Biomarkers to Understand Desert Tortoise and Ecosystem Health. Ecohealth. PMID 25561383 DOI: 10.1007/S10393-014-0998-8  0.69
2015 Simes MT, Longshore KM, Nussear KE, Beatty GL, Brown DE, Esque TC. Black-Tailed and White-Tailed Jackrabbits in the American West: History, Ecology, Ecological Significance, and Survey Methods Western North American Naturalist. 75: 491-519. DOI: 10.3398/064.075.0406  0.713
2015 Emblidge PG, Nussear KE, Esque TC, Aiello CM, Walde AD. Severe mortality of a population of threatened Agassiz's desert tortoises: The american badger as a potential predator Endangered Species Research. 28: 109-116. DOI: 10.3354/Esr00680  0.719
2015 Shryock DF, Esque TC, Chen FC. Topography and climate are more important drivers of long-term, post-fire vegetation assembly than time-since-fire in the Sonoran Desert, US Journal of Vegetation Science. 26: 1134-1147. DOI: 10.1111/Jvs.12324  0.377
2015 Shryock DF, Havrilla CA, DeFalco LA, Esque TC, Custer NA, Wood TE. Landscape genomics of Sphaeralcea ambigua in the Mojave Desert: a multivariate, spatially-explicit approach to guide ecological restoration Conservation Genetics. DOI: 10.1007/S10592-015-0741-1  0.38
2015 Drake KK, Esque TC, Nussear KE, Defalco LA, Scoles-Sciulla SJ, Modlin AT, Medica PA. Desert tortoise use of burned habitat in the Eastern Mojave desert Journal of Wildlife Management. 79: 618-629. DOI: 10.1002/Jwmg.874  0.732
2014 Shryock DF, Esque TC, Hughes L. Population viability of Pediocactus bradyi (Cactaceae) in a changing climate. American Journal of Botany. 101: 1944-53. PMID 25366859 DOI: 10.3732/Ajb.1400035  0.383
2014 Shryock DF, DeFalco LA, Esque TC. Life-history traits predict perennial species response to fire in a desert ecosystem. Ecology and Evolution. 4: 3046-59. PMID 25247062 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.1159  0.394
2014 Germano J, Van Zerr VE, Esque TC, Nussear KE, Lamberski N. Impacts of upper respiratory tract disease on olfactory behavior of the Mojave desert tortoise. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 50: 354-8. PMID 24506425 DOI: 10.7589/2013-06-130  0.687
2014 Jones LC, Schwinning S, Esque TC. Seedling ecology and restoration of blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) in the mojave desert, United States Restoration Ecology. 22: 692-700. DOI: 10.1111/Rec.12128  0.306
2014 Aiello CM, Nussear KE, Walde AD, Esque TC, Emblidge PG, Sah P, Bansal S, Hudson PJ. Disease dynamics during wildlife translocations: Disruptions to the host population and potential consequences for transmission in desert tortoise contact networks Animal Conservation. 17: 27-39. DOI: 10.1111/Acv.12147  0.715
2013 Vandergast AG, Inman RD, Barr KR, Nussear KE, Esque TC, Hathaway SA, Wood DA, Medica PA, Breinholt JW, Stephen CL, Gottscho AD, Marks SB, Bryan Jennings W, Fisher RN. Evolutionary hotspots in the mojave desert Diversity. 5: 293-319. DOI: 10.3390/D5020293  0.735
2013 Inman RD, Esque TC, Nussear KE, Leitner P, Matocq MD, Weisberg PJ, Dilts TE, Vandergast AG. Is there room for all of us? Renewable energy and Xerospermophilus mohavensis Endangered Species Research. 20: 1-18. DOI: 10.3354/Esr00487  0.706
2013 Esque TC, Webb RH, Wallace CSA, Van Riper C, McCreedy C, Smythe L. Desert fires fueled by native annual forbs: Effects of fire on communities of plants and birds in the lower sonoran desert of Arizona Southwestern Naturalist. 58: 223-233. DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909-58.2.223  0.392
2013 Wood DA, Vandergast AG, Barr KR, Inman RD, Esque TC, Nussear KE, Fisher RN. Comparative phylogeography reveals deep lineages and regional evolutionary hotspots in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts Diversity and Distributions. 19: 722-737. DOI: 10.1111/Ddi.12022  0.751
2013 Van Linn PF, Nussear KE, Esque TC, Defalco LA, Inman RD, Abella SR. Estimating wildfire risk on a Mojave Desert landscape using remote sensing and field sampling International Journal of Wildland Fire. 22: 770-779. DOI: 10.1071/Wf12158  0.694
2013 Webb RH, Esque TC, Nussear KE, Sturm M. Disruption rates for one vulnerable soil in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA Journal of Arid Environments. 95: 75-83. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jaridenv.2013.03.016  0.661
2012 Reynolds MB, DeFalco LA, Esque TC. Short seed longevity, variable germination conditions, and infrequent establishment events provide a narrow window for Yucca brevifolia (Agavaceae) recruitment. American Journal of Botany. 99: 1647-54. PMID 23028005 DOI: 10.3732/Ajb.1200099  0.362
2012 Medica PA, Nussear KE, Esque TC, Saethre MB. Long-term growth of Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in a southern Nevada population Journal of Herpetology. 46: 213-220. DOI: 10.1670/11-327  0.711
2012 Defalco LA, Esque TC, Nicklas MB, Kane JM. Supplementing seed banks to rehabilitate disturbed Mojave Desert shrublands: Where do all the seeds go? Restoration Ecology. 20: 85-94. DOI: 10.1111/J.1526-100X.2010.00739.X  0.338
2012 Drake KK, Nussear KE, Esque TC, Barber AM, Vittum KM, Medica PA, Tracy CR, Hunter KW. Does translocation influence physiological stress in the desert tortoise? Animal Conservation. 15: 560-570. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-1795.2012.00549.X  0.735
2012 Waitman BA, Vander Wall SB, Esque TC. Seed dispersal and seed fate in Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) Journal of Arid Environments. 81: 1-8. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jaridenv.2011.12.012  0.314
2011 Smith CI, Tank S, Godsoe W, Levenick J, Strand E, Esque T, Pellmyr O. Comparative phylogeography of a coevolved community: Concerted population expansions in Joshua trees and four Yucca moths Plos One. 6. PMID 22028785 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0025628  0.405
2011 Anderson I, Averill-Murray R, Berry KH, Emerson A, Yee J, Mack J, Anderson K, Brown MB, Darst C, Croft B, Drake KK, Nussear KE, Esque TC, Barber AM, Vittum KM, ... ... Esque TC, et al. Desert Tortoise Council Symposium Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery. 21: 37. DOI: 10.5818/1529-9651-21.2.37  0.516
2011 Hagerty BE, Nussear KE, Esque TC, Tracy CR. Making molehills out of mountains: Landscape genetics of the Mojave desert tortoise Landscape Ecology. 26: 267-280. DOI: 10.1007/S10980-010-9550-6  0.734
2010 Esque TC, Kaye JP, Eckert SE, Defalco LA, Tracy CR. Short-term soil inorganic N pulse after experimental fire alters invasive and native annual plant production in a Mojave Desert shrubland. Oecologia. 164: 253-63. PMID 20419316 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-010-1617-1  0.523
2010 Esque TC, Nussear KE, Drake KK, Walde AD, Berry KH, Averill-Murray RC, Woodman AP, Boarman WI, Medica PA, Mack J, Heaton JS. Effects of subsidized predators, resource variability, and human population density on desert tortoise populations in the Mojave Desert, USA Endangered Species Research. 12: 167-177. DOI: 10.3354/Esr00298  0.735
2010 Esque TC, Young JA, Tracy CR. Short-term effects of experimental fires on a Mojave Desert seed bank Journal of Arid Environments. 74: 1302-1308. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jaridenv.2010.04.011  0.57
2009 Godsoe W, Strand E, Smith CI, Yoder JB, Esque TC, Pellmyr O. Divergence in an obligate mutualism is not explained by divergent climatic factors. The New Phytologist. 183: 589-99. PMID 19659584 DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-8137.2009.02942.X  0.405
2009 Waitman BA, Draper TM, Esque TC. The effects of seeding sterile triticale on a native plant community after wildfire in a pinyon pinemountain mahogany woodland International Journal of Wildland Fire. 18: 659-664. DOI: 10.1071/Wf07157  0.325
2009 DeFalco LA, Esque TC, Kane JM, Nicklas MB. Seed banks in a degraded desert shrubland: Influence of soil surface condition and harvester ant activity on seed abundance Journal of Arid Environments. 73: 885-893. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jaridenv.2009.04.017  0.317
2008 Heaton JS, Cablk ME, Nussear KE, Esque TC, Medica PA, Sagebiel JC, Francis SS. Comparison of effects of humans versus wildlife-detector dogs Southwestern Naturalist. 53: 472-479. DOI: 10.1894/Pas-03.1  0.705
2008 Heaton JS, Nussear KE, Esque TC, Inman RD, Davenport FM, Leuteritz TE, Medica PA, Strout NW, Burgess PA, Benvenuti L. Spatially explicit decision support for selecting translocation areas for Mojave desert tortoises Biodiversity and Conservation. 17: 575-590. DOI: 10.1007/S10531-007-9282-3  0.71
2008 Nussear KE, Esque TC, Heaton JS, Cablk ME, Drake KK, Valentin C, Yee JL, Medica PA. Are wildlife detector dogs or people better at finding Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii)? Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 3: 103-115.  0.643
2007 Nussear KE, Esque TC, Haines DF, Tracy CR. Desert Tortoise Hibernation: Temperatures, Timing, and Environment Copeia. 2007: 378-386. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[378:Dthtta]2.0.Co;2  0.528
2007 Nussear KE, Esque TC, Haines DF, Tracy CR. Desert tortoise hibernation: Temperatures, timing, and environment Copeia. 378-386.  0.643
2006 Tracy CR, Nussear KE, Esque TC, Dean-Bradley K, Tracy CR, Defalco LA, Castle KT, Zimmerman LC, Espinoza RE, Barber AM. The importance of physiological ecology in conservation biology. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 46: 1191-205. PMID 21672817 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icl054  0.768
2006 Vander Wall SB, Esque T, Haines D, Garnett M, Waitman BA. Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) seeds are dispersed by seed-caching rodents Ecoscience. 13: 539-543. DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860(2006)13[539:Jtybsa]2.0.Co;2  0.3
2003 Esque TC, Schwalbe CR, Defalco LA, Duncan RB, Hughes TJ. Effects of desert wildfires on desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and other small vertebrates Southwestern Naturalist. 48: 103-111. DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0103:Eodwod>2.0.Co;2  0.391
2002 Nussear KE, Esque TC, Tracy CR. Continuously recording body temperature in terrestrial chelonians Herpetological Review. 33: 113-115.  0.637
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