Mike Knowles

Fort Collins, CO 80526
United States
- RPA Wildlife Assessments and Updates since 1984.
- Identifying potential suitable habitat for the Ivory-billed woodpecker across its historic range.
- Montreal Process sustainable forestry initiative indicator reports.
- Projecting biodiversity response to changes in landscape composition and habitat conditions in forest ecosystems.
It expands the knowledge of how wildlife resources respond to changing environmental conditions, including shifts in land use and land management, human populations and housing, fragmentation of native vegetation, and climate change.
- Colorado State University, B.S., Wildlife Biology, 1984
- Duke University, M.E.M., Resource Ecology, 1992
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.; 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
- 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 scientif
- 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