@article{sanchez_petrasova_skrip_collins_lawrimore_vogler_terando_vukomanovic_mitasova_meentemeyer_2023, title={Spatially interactive modeling of land change identifies location-specific adaptations most likely to lower future flood risk}, volume={13}, ISSN={["2045-2322"]}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46195-9}, DOI={10.1038/s41598-023-46195-9}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={1}, journal={SCIENTIFIC REPORTS}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Sanchez, Georgina M. and Petrasova, Anna and Skrip, Megan M. and Collins, Elyssa L. and Lawrimore, Margaret A. and Vogler, John B. and Terando, Adam and Vukomanovic, Jelena and Mitasova, Helena and Meentemeyer, Ross K.}, year={2023}, month={Nov} }
 @article{jones_skrip_seliger_jones_wakie_takeuchi_petras_petrasova_meentemeyer_2022, title={Spotted lanternfly predicted to establish in California by 2033 without preventative management}, volume={5}, ISSN={["2399-3642"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03447-0}, DOI={10.1038/s42003-022-03447-0}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={1}, journal={COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY}, author={Jones, Chris and Skrip, Megan M. and Seliger, Benjamin J. and Jones, Shannon and Wakie, Tewodros and Takeuchi, Yu and Petras, Vaclav and Petrasova, Anna and Meentemeyer, Ross K.}, year={2022}, month={Jun} }
 @misc{mcwilliams_carter_cooper-mullin_demoranville_frawley_pierce_skrip_2021, title={How Birds During Migration Maintain (Oxidative) Balance}, volume={9}, ISSN={["2296-701X"]}, DOI={10.3389/fevo.2021.742642}, abstractNote={Animals dynamically adjust their physiology and behavior to survive in changing environments, and seasonal migration is one life stage that demonstrates these dynamic adjustments. As birds migrate between breeding and wintering areas, they incur physiological demands that challenge their antioxidant system. Migrating birds presumably respond to these oxidative challenges by up-regulating protective endogenous systems or accumulating dietary antioxidants at stopover sites, although our understanding of the pre-migration preparations and mid-migration responses of birds to such oxidative challenges is as yet incomplete. Here we review evidence from field and captive-bird studies that address the following questions: (1) Do migratory birds build antioxidant capacity as they build fat stores in preparation for long flights? (2) Is oxidative damage an inevitable consequence of oxidative challenges such as flight, and, if so, how is the extent of damage affected by factors such as the response of the antioxidant system, the level of energetic challenge, and the availability of dietary antioxidants? (3) Do migratory birds ‘recover’ from the oxidative damage accrued during long-duration flights, and, if so, does the pace of this rebalancing of oxidative status depend on the quality of the stopover site? The answer to all these questions is a qualified ‘yes’ although ecological factors (e.g., diet and habitat quality, geographic barriers to migration, and weather) affect how the antioxidant system responds. Furthermore, the pace of this dynamic physiological response remains an open question, despite its potential importance for shaping outcomes on timescales ranging from single flights to migratory journeys. In sum, the antioxidant system of birds during migration is impressively dynamic and responsive to environmental conditions, and thus provides ample opportunities to study how the physiology of migratory birds responds to a changing and challenging world.}, journal={FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION}, author={McWilliams, Scott and Carter, Wales and Cooper-Mullin, Clara and DeMoranville, Kristen and Frawley, Abigail and Pierce, Barbara and Skrip, Megan}, year={2021}, month={Oct} }
 @article{jones_jones_petrasova_petras_gaydos_skrip_takeuchi_bigsby_meentemeyer_2021, title={Iteratively forecasting biological invasions with PoPS and a little help from our friends}, volume={6}, ISSN={["1540-9309"]}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.2357}, DOI={10.1002/fee.2357}, abstractNote={Ecological forecasting has vast potential to support environmental decision making with repeated, testable predictions across management‐relevant timescales and locations. Yet resource managers rarely use co‐designed forecasting systems or embed them in decision making. Although prediction of planned management outcomes is particularly important for biological invasions to optimize when and where resources should be allocated, spatial–temporal models of spread typically have not been openly shared, iteratively updated, or interactive to facilitate exploration of management actions. We describe a species‐agnostic, open‐source framework – called the Pest or Pathogen Spread (PoPS) Forecasting Platform – for co‐designing near‐term iterative forecasts of biological invasions. Two case studies are presented to demonstrate that iterative calibration yields higher forecast skill than using only the earliest‐available data to predict future spread. The PoPS framework is a primary example of an ecological forecasting system that has been both scientifically improved and optimized for real‐world decision making through sustained participation and use by management stakeholders.}, number={7}, journal={FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Jones, Chris M. and Jones, Shannon and Petrasova, Anna and Petras, Vaclav and Gaydos, Devon and Skrip, Megan M. and Takeuchi, Yu and Bigsby, Kevin and Meentemeyer, Ross K.}, year={2021}, month={Jun} }
 @article{vukomanovic_skrip_meentemeyer_2019, title={Making It Spatial Makes It Personal: Engaging Stakeholders with Geospatial Participatory Modeling}, volume={8}, ISSN={["2073-445X"]}, url={https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/8/2/38}, DOI={10.3390/land8020038}, abstractNote={Participatory research methods are increasingly used to collectively understand complex social-environmental problems and to design solutions through diverse and inclusive stakeholder engagement. But participatory research rarely engages stakeholders to co-develop and co-interpret models that conceptualize and quantify system dynamics for comparing scenarios of alternate action. Even fewer participatory projects have engaged people using geospatial simulations of dynamic landscape processes and spatially explicit planning scenarios. We contend that geospatial participatory modeling (GPM) can confer multiple benefits over non-spatial approaches for participatory research processes, by (a) personalizing connections to problems and their solutions through visualizations of place, (b) resolving abstract notions of landscape connectivity, and (c) clarifying the spatial scales of drivers, data, and decision-making authority. We illustrate through a case study how GPM is bringing stakeholders together to balance population growth and conservation in a coastal region facing dramatic landscape change due to urbanization and sea level rise. We find that an adaptive, iterative process of model development, sharing, and revision drive innovation of methods and ultimately improve the realism of land change models. This co-production of knowledge enables all participants to fully understand problems, evaluate the acceptability of trade-offs, and build buy-in for management actions in the places where they live and work.}, number={2}, journal={LAND}, author={Vukomanovic, Jelena and Skrip, Megan M. and Meentemeyer, Ross K.}, year={2019}, month={Feb} }
 @article{skrip_seeram_yuan_ma_mcwilliams_2016, title={Dietary antioxidants and flight exercise in female birds affect allocation of nutrients to eggs: how carry-over effects work}, volume={219}, url={https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.137802}, DOI={10.1242/jeb.137802}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT}, number={17}, journal={Journal of Experimental Biology}, author={Skrip, Megan M. and Seeram, Navindra P. and Yuan, Tao and Ma, Hang and McWilliams, Scott R.}, year={2016}, month={Sep}, pages={2716–2725} }
 @article{skrip_mcwilliams_2016, title={Oxidative balance in birds: An atoms-to-organisms-to-ecology primer for ornithologists}, volume={87}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84960351507&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1111/jofo.12135}, abstractNote={All air-breathing organisms must face the challenge of oxidative damage, and understanding how animals cope can lend insight into their ecology. Unlike other vertebrates, birds rely primarily on fats to fuel endurance exercise such as migration, and therefore face a greater potential for damage from the reactive by-products of their own metabolism. We review the physiological ecology of migrating birds through the lens of oxidation–reduction chemistry, underscoring how oxidative balance in wild birds may affect their dietary choices and use of critical stopover habitats during migration. Recent studies reveal that migratory birds prepare for oxidative challenges either by up-regulating endogenous antioxidants or by consuming them in their diet, and they repair oxidative damage after long flights, although much remains to be discovered about how birds maintain oxidative balance over the course of migration. We conclude by describing some of the most used and useful measures of antioxidant status and oxidative damage that field ornithologists can include in their tool kit of techniques to probe the oxidative balance of wild birds. Balance oxidativo en aves: introducción para ornitólogos desde los átomos hocia los organismos y a la ecología Todos los organismos que respiran aire deben enfrentarse al reto del daño por oxidación. Entender como los animales pueden manejar este daño puede dar indicios sobre su ecología. Contrario a otros vertebrados, las aves se basan primordialmente en grasas como combustible para ejercicios que requieren una resistencia alta, como la migración. Por lo tanto, las aves se enfrentan a un mayor potencial daño oxidativo por parte de los subproductos reactivos de su propio metabolismo. Aquí revisamos la ecología fisiológica de aves migratorias a través de la lupa de la química de oxido-reducción, resaltando como el balance oxidativo en aves silvestres puede afectar sus preferencias en la dieta y uso de hábitats críticos de escala durante la migración. Estudios recientes revelan que las aves migratorias se preparan para los retos oxidativos mediante el incremento de antioxidantes endógenos, o mediante el consumo en su dieta y reparan daños oxidativos después de vuelos largos. Sin embargo, aun queda mucho por descubrir sobre como las aves mantienen su balance oxidativo a lo largo del transcurso de la migración. Concluimos describiendo algunos de las medidas útiles y mas utilizadas del estatus antioxidante y daño oxidativo que los ornitólogos de campo puede incluir dentro de sus técnicas para la exploración del balance oxidativo en aves silvestres.}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Field Ornithology}, author={Skrip, M.M. and Mcwilliams, S.R.}, year={2016}, pages={1–20} }
 @article{skrip_2015, title={Crafting and evaluating Broader Impact activities: A theory-based guide for scientists}, volume={13}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84930592894&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1890/140209}, abstractNote={To secure research funding from grant‐awarding agencies such as the US National Science Foundation, scientists – despite not typically being trained in non‐technical communication or public engagement – must competitively formulate so‐called Broader Impacts activities. Dissemination activities are often proposed as Broader Impacts of research, but what characteristics of these activities truly indicate their potential to be “broad” or “impactful”? How can the “impacts” of very different activities be fairly compared during peer review? Combining the experiences of successful practitioners with communication theory, I have synthesized a five‐point framework that could help both proposers and reviewers craft and compare Broader Impacts dissemination activities. This “Broader Impacts Impact Framework” summarizes best practices in communication and outreach, and can be easily used by scientists during proposal writing and review. This framework focuses on five main factors: who, why, what, how, and with whom.}, number={5}, journal={Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment}, author={Skrip, M.M.}, year={2015}, pages={273–279} }
 @article{skrip_bauchinger_goymann_fusani_cardinale_alan_mcwilliams_2015, title={Migrating songbirds on stopover prepare for, and recover from, oxidative challenges posed by long-distance flight}, volume={5}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84938629455&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1002/ece3.1601}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={15}, journal={Ecology and Evolution}, author={Skrip, M.M. and Bauchinger, U. and Goymann, W. and Fusani, L. and Cardinale, M. and Alan, R.R. and Mcwilliams, S.R.}, year={2015}, pages={3198–3209} }
 @article{skrip_porter_swift_schiavone_2011, title={Fall-winter survival of ruffed grouse in New York state}, volume={18}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-83455224841&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1656/045.018.0401}, abstractNote={Abstract In New York, Bonasa umbellus (Ruffed Grouse) abundance has declined since the 1960s, presumably due to forest maturation. Wildlife managers expressed concern that hunting may contribute to the population decline as habitat quality decreases. We monitored fall—winter survival of 169 radio-marked Ruffed Grouse at 2 study areas in New York differing in forest age and composition. Fewer than 11% of radio-marked birds were harvested, and seasonal survival was similar at the 2 study areas in both study years (0.38 and 0.51, 2007–2008; 0.48 and 0.48, 2008–2009). Predation, particularly by raptors, was the largest source of mortality, but locations of predation events were not associated with forest age or configuration within 300 m. We found no evidence to support a reduction in harvest limits, although our harvest estimates may have been biased low.}, number={4}, journal={Northeastern Naturalist}, author={Skrip, M.M. and Porter, W.F. and Swift, B.L. and Schiavone, M.V.}, year={2011}, pages={395–410} }