Jim Rivers

Rivers, Jim

Position Type:
Faculty
Job Title:
Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology
Department:
Forest Engineering, Resources & Management
Office Location:
342 Peavy Forest Science Center (PFSC)
Phone Number:
(541) 737-6581
Email:
jim.rivers@oregonstate.edu
CV:
Rivers_CV_September 2024.pdf
Advising:  Graduate Major Advisor
Website:
Forest Animal Ecology Lab
Education
B.S. (Honors), 1997, University of Massachusetts
M.S., 1999, Kansas State University
Ph.D., 2008, University of California, Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Silviculture, Fire, Forest Health and Biodiversity
Forest, Wildlife and Landscape Ecology
Research Interests
  • Conservation Biology
  • Disturbance Ecology
  • Wildlife Ecology
Ecology and conservation of native pollinators; Wildlife conservation in managed forests
Graduate Students:
Selected Publications:

  1. Garcia-Heras, M.S., C. Wolf, J. Bailey Guerrero, L. J. Adrean, S. K. Nelson, D. D. Roby, M. G. Betts, and J. W. Rivers. 2024. Marine habitat use and movement in response to ocean warming by a threatened forest-nesting seabird. Global Ecology and Conservation 50:e02857. 

  2. Rivers, J. W. 2024. Fungal inoculations and mechanical wounding of trees have limited efficacy for snag creation two decades after treatment. Forest Ecology and Management 553:e121651. 

  3. Zitomer, R. A., S. M. Galbraith, M. G. Betts, A. R. Moldenke, R. A. Progar, and J. W. Rivers. 2023. Bee diversity decreases rapidly with time since harvest in intensively managed conifer forests. Ecological Applications 33:e2855

  4. Ulyshen, M., K. R. Urban-Mead, J. B. Dorey, and J. W. Rivers. 2023. Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops. Biological Reviews 98:1118-1141

  5. Kerstens, M. E., and J. W. Rivers. 2023. Is green the new black? Black-backed Woodpecker vital rates do not differ between unburned and burned forests within a pyrodiverse landscape. Ornithological Applications 125:duad010. 

  6. Galbraith, S. M., J. H. Cane, and J. W. Rivers. 2021. Wildfire severity influences offspring sex ratio in a native solitary bee. Oecologia 195(1):65–75.

  7. Rivers, J. W., S. M. Galbraith, J. H. Cane, C. B. Schultz, M. D. Ulyshen, and U. G. Kormann. 2018. A review of research needs for pollinators in managed conifer forests. Journal of Forestry 116(6):563–572.