published or in press:

Farwell, L. S., A. N. Stillman, J. D. Lancaster, S. P. Turbek, J. M. Muñoz, A. M. Peele, R. J. Rylander, G. M. Yanega, M. N. Iglecia, O. J. Robinson, A. M. Duren, A. Hannuksela, A. Huang, G. S. Yarris, C. G. Eger. 2025. Leveraging eBird data products to inform regional bird conservation priorities and objectives. Ornithological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duaf074

Silveira, E. M. O., A. Anand, A. M. Pidgeon, E. Wood, R. E. Buron, A. Bar-Massada, L. S. Farwell, A. R. Ives, B. Zuckerberg, N. C. Coops, V. C. Radeloff. 2025. Scalogram habitat measures as predictors of bird abundance. Ecography e07389. PDF | Link

Razenkova, E., K. E. Lewinska, H. Yin, L. S. Farwell, A. M. Pidgeon, P. Hostert, N. C. Coops, and V. C. Radeloff. 2025. Medium-resolution Dynamic Habitat Indices from Landsat and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery. Ecological Indicators 113367. PDF | Link

Carroll, K. A., A. M. Pidgeon, P. R. Elsen, L. S. Farwell, V. C. Radeloff. 2025. Biodiversity metric selection and their applications for spatial conservation planning. Diversity and Distributions 31, e13952. PDF | Link

Xu, J., L. S. Farwell, V. C. Radeloff, D. Luther, M. Songer, W. J. Cooper, Q. Huang. 2024. Avian biodiversity across guilds in North America versus vegetation structure as measured by the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI). Remote Sensing of Environment 315, e114446. PDF | Link

Carroll, K. A., A. M. Pidgeon, P. R. Elsen, L. S. Farwell, D. Gudex-Cross, B. Zuckerberg, V. C. Radeloff. 2023. Mapping multi-scale breeding bird species distributions across the United States and evaluating their conservation applications. Ecological Applications 34, e2934. PDF | Link

Silveira, E. M. O., A. M. Pidgeon, L. S. Farwell, M. L. Hobi, E. Razenkova, B. Zuckerberg, N. C. Coops, V. C. Radeloff. 2023. Multi-scale habitat models that combine satellite sensors with different resolutions explain bird richness patterns best. Remote Sensing of Environment 295, e113661. PDF | Link

Suraci, J. P., L. S. Farwell, C. E. Littlefield, P. T. Freeman, L. J. Zachmann, V. Landau, J. J. Anderson, B. G. Dickson. 2023. Achieving conservation targets by jointly addressing climate change and biodiversity loss. Ecosphere 14, e4490. PDF | Link

Carroll, K. A., L. S. Farwell, A. M. Pidgeon, E. Razenkova, D. Gudex-Cross, D. P. Helmers, K. E. Lewinska, P. R. Elsen, V. C. Radeloff. 2022. Mapping breeding bird species richness at management-relevant resolutions across the United States. Ecological Applications 32, e2624. PDF | Link

Hobi, M. L., L. S. Farwell, M. Dubinin, A. M. Pidgeon, N. C. Coops, V. C. Radeloff. 2021. Patterns of bird species richness explained by annual variation in remotely sensed Dynamic Habitat Indices. Ecological Indicators 127, e107774. PDF | Link

Silveira, E. M. O., V. C. Radeloff, S. Martinuzzi, G. J. Martinez Pastur, L. O. Rivera, N. Politi, L. Lizarranga, L. S. Farwell, P. R. Elsen, A. M. Pidgeon. 2021. Spatio-temporal remotely sensed indices identify hotspots of biodiversity conservation concern. Remote Sensing of Environment 258, e112368. PDF | Link

Elsen, P. R., L. S. Farwell, A. M. Pidgeon, V. C. Radeloff. 2021. Contrasting seasonal patterns of relative temperature and thermal heterogeneity and their influence on breeding and winter bird richness patterns across the conterminous United States. Ecography 44, e05520. PDF | Link

Farwell, L. S., D. Gudex-Cross, I. E. Anise, M. J. Bosch, A. M. Olah, V. C. Radeloff, E. Razenkova, N. Rogova, E. M. O. Silveira, M. M. Smith, A. M. Pidgeon. 2021. Satellite image texture captures vegetation heterogeneity and explains patterns of bird richness. Remote Sensing of Environment 253, e112175. PDF | Link

Farwell, L. S., P. R. Elsen, E. Razenkova, A. M. Pidgeon, V. C. Radeloff. 2020. Habitat heterogeneity captured by 30-m resolution satellite image texture predicts bird richness across the United States. Ecological Applications 30, e2157.  PDF | Link

Farwell, L. S., P. B. Wood, R. Dettmers, M. C. Brittingham. 2020. Threshold responses of songbirds to forest loss and fragmentation across the Marcellus-Utica shale gas region of central Appalachia, USA. Landscape Ecology 35, 1353-1370. PDF | Link

Elsen, P. R., L. S. Farwell, A. M. Pidgeon, V. C. Radeloff. 2020. Landsat 8 TIRS-derived relative temperature and thermal heterogeneity predict winter bird species richness patterns across the U.S. Remote Sensing of Environment 236, 1-11. PDF | Link

Farwell, L. S., P. B. Wood, D. J. Brown, J. Sheehan. 2019. Proximity to shale gas infrastructure alters breeding songbird abundance and distribution. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 121, 1-20. PDF | Link

Farwell, L. S., P. B. Wood, J. Sheehan, G. A. George. 2016. Shale gas development effects on the songbird community in a central Appalachian forest. Biological Conservation 201, 78-91. PDF | Link

Farwell, L. S., J. M. Marzluff. 2013. A new bully on the block: Does urbanization promote Bewick’s wren (Thryomanes bewickii) aggressive exclusion of Pacific wrens (Troglodytes pacificus)? Biological Conservation 161, 128-141. PDF | Link

in review (submitted or pending Revisions):

Farwell, L. S., E. M. O. Silveira, V. C. Radeloff, A. M. Pidgeon. (In review). Satellite image texture for biodiversity and habitat assessments.

Razenkova, E., K. A. Carroll, L. S. Farwell, P. R. Elsen, A. M. Pidgeon, V. C. Radeloff. (In review.) Explaining bird richness with the Dynamic Habitat Indices across the conterminous United States.