Melissa Songer

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

35h-index3.3kcitations99works2.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(61), Species Distribution and Climate Change(36), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(23), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management(19), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology(14)

Publications98 total

Characterizing Role of Spatial Features in Improving Mangrove Classification—A Case Study over the Mesoamerican Reef Region
Remote Sensing·2025Open Access
An Optimised Method to Identify Reintroduced Swift Foxes ( <i>Vulpes velox</i> ) Through <scp>SNP</scp> Genotyping of Non‐Invasively Collected Scat Samples Using In‐Solution Hybridisation Capture
Molecular Ecology Resources·2025
What is a season to an oryx? Movement rates identify three seasons for scimitar-horned oryx reintroduced into their native range
Movement Ecology·2025Open Access
Post‐release settlement and resource selection by reintroduced Swift fox
Restoration Ecology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Modeling Worldwide Tree Biodiversity Using Canopy Structure Metrics from Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation Data
Remote Sensing·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Coexistence between Przewalski's horse and Asiatic wild ass in the desert: The importance of people
Journal of Applied Ecology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Avian diversity across guilds in North America versus vegetation structure as measured by the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI)
Remote Sensing of Environment·2024· 6 cited
Effects of climate warming on soil nitrogen cycles and bamboo growth in core giant panda habitat
The Science of The Total Environment·2024· 2 cited
Field experiment reveals complex warming impacts on giant pandas' bamboo diet
Biological Conservation·2024· 6 cited
Understanding the transition of community land use from shifting cultivation to cash cropping in southern Tanintharyi, Myanmar
People and Nature·2024Open Access
Prioritizing global tall forests toward the 30 × 30 goals
Conservation Biology·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Harmonizing spatial scales and ecological theories to predict avian richness and functional diversity within forest ecosystems
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Land-use change is associated with multi-century loss of elephant ecosystems in Asia
Scientific Reports·2023· 35 citedOpen Access
Identifying stable and overlapping habitats for a predator (common leopard) and prey species (Himalayan grey goral &amp; Himalayan grey langur) in northern Pakistan
Global Ecology and Conservation·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
The search behavior of terrestrial mammals
2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Mitigating the Impacts of Road on Two Asian Equids: Lessons from Their Home Range Requirements
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023Open Access
Implications of habitat overlap between giant panda and sambar for sympatric multi-species conservation
Wildlife Research·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Experience and social factors influence movement and habitat selection in scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) reintroduced into Chad
Movement Ecology·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Social science for conservation in working landscapes and seascapes
Frontiers in Conservation Science·2022· 19 citedOpen Access
Harmonizing spatial scales and ecological theories to predict avian richness and functional diversity within forest ecosystems
2022· 5 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Peter Leimgruber(21), Xuehua Liu(13), Qiongyu Huang(11), Myint Aung(7), Grant M. Connette(6), Jared A. Stabach(6), Hongbo Yang(6), Xiangbo He(6), Babar Zahoor(6), Qiong Cai(5), Yun Zhu(5), Xiaoming Shao(5), Thomas Mueller(4), Jindong Zhang(4), Jianguo Liu(4), Lalit Kumar(4), Eric Dinerstein(3), Colby Loucks(3), Eric Wikramanayake(3), Eric W. Sanderson(3)