Sarah C. Sawyer

US Forest Service — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

21h-index2.2kcitations64works3.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Fire effects on ecosystems(27), Species Distribution and Climate Change(23), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(15), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(14), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior(13)

Publications64 total

Evaluating evidence of changing regional occupancy of four bat species in response to forest management practices
Forest Ecology and Management·2026Open Access
Passive acoustic monitoring can provide insights into occupancy dynamics and impacts of disturbance for at‐risk species
Ecological Applications·2026Open Access
Severe fire has impacted populations of the California spotted owl more than fuels management or drought-related tree mortality
Forest Ecology and Management·2025· 1 cited
Fuels management mitigates megafires to the benefit of old forest species
Forest Ecology and Management·2025· 2 cited
Summer roost site suitability analyses for 4 special status bat species in the Eastern United States
Journal of Mammalogy·2025
Evaluating macroecological fire impacts on bird populations
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment·2025· 1 cited
Rapid implementation and adaptive design of a large-scale monitoring program for a declining species
Biological Conservation·2025· 3 cited
Rapid Declines in Southern Sierra Nevada Fisher Habitat Driven by Drought and Wildfire
Diversity and Distributions·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Rapid Declines in Southern Sierra Nevada Fisher Habitat Driven by Drought and Wildfire"
2025
Conserving landscape dynamics, not just landscapes
BioScience·2025· 13 cited
Author response for "Rapid Declines in Southern Sierra Nevada Fisher Habitat Driven by Drought and Wildfire"
2025
Author response for "Rapid Declines in Southern Sierra Nevada Fisher Habitat Driven by Drought and Wildfire"
2024
Quantifying the Capacity for Assisted Migration to Achieve Conservation and Forestry Goals Under Climate Change
Journal of Biogeography·2024· 4 cited
A scalable and transferable approach to combining emerging conservation technologies to identify biodiversity change after large disturbances
Journal of Applied Ecology·2024· 24 cited
Using bioacoustics to enhance the efficiency of spotted owl surveys and facilitate forest restoration
Journal of Wildlife Management·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Estimating population size for California spotted owls and barred owls across the Sierra Nevada ecosystem with bioacoustics
Ecological Indicators·2023· 28 citedOpen Access
Landscape heterogeneity provides co‐benefits to predator and prey
Ecological Applications·2023· 18 cited
Forest heterogeneity outweighs movement costs by enhancing hunting success and reproductive output in California spotted owls
Landscape Ecology·2023· 13 cited
Incorporating pyrodiversity into wildlife habitat assessments for rapid post‐fire management: A woodpecker case study
Ecological Applications·2023· 10 cited
Multi-trophic occupancy modeling connects temporal dynamics of woodpeckers and beetle sign following fire
PLoS ONE·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

M. Zachariah Peery(23), John J. Keane(19), Gavin M. Jones(14), Sheila A. Whitmore(14), Connor M. Wood(13), H. Anu Kramer(12), R. J. Gutiérrez(11), Brian P. Dotters(10), Kevin G. Kelly(9), William J. Berigan(9), Kevin N. Roberts(9), Holger Klinck(8), Ceeanna J. Zulla(6), Robert L. Wilkerson(5), Rodney B. Siegel(5), Kate McGinn(5), Dana S. Reid(5), Hugh D. Safford(4), R. J. Gutiérrez(4), Morgan W. Tingley(4)