Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Chris Custer

PhD
Email: cac6877@psu.edu

Research Publications Publication Date
Wagner, T., E.M. Schliep, J.S. North, H. Kundel, J.K. Ruzich, C.A. Custer, and G.J.A. Hansen. 2023. Predicting climate change impacts on poikilotherms using physiologically guided species abundance models. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: 15: e2214199120 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2214199120 April 2023
North, J.S., E.M. Schliep, G.J.A. Hansen, J. Kundel, C.A. Custer, P. McLaughlin, and T. Wagner. 2024. Accounting for spatiotemporal sampling variation in joint species distribution models. Journal of Applied Ecology 61:186-201. http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14547 November 2023
Custer, C.A., J.S. North, E.M. Schliep, M.R. Verhoeven, G.J.A. Hansen, T. Wagner. 2024. Predicting climate change effects using a joint species, spatially dependent physiologically guided abundance model. Ecology, Statistical Report. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4362 June 2024
Custer, C.A., D.P. Fischer, G. Smith, A. Henning, M.K. Schall, M. Shank, T.A. Wertz, and T. Wagner. 2024. Quantifying the relative importance of biotic and abiotic factors in landscape-based models of stream fish distributions. Community Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42974-024-00183-9 May 2024
Project Completion Date
Fish habitat restoration to promote adaptation: resilience of sport fishing in lakes of the Upper Midwest July 2025
Presentations Presentation Date
Wagner, T., C. Custer, J. North, E. Schliep M. Verhoven, GJA Hansen. 2024. Predicting fish responses to climate change using a joint species, spatially dependent physiologically guided abundance model. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Honolulu, HI. August 2024
Hansen, GJA., C. Custer, J. North, E. Schliep M. Verhoven, D. Link, H. Masui, and T. Wagner. 2024. Projected warming and fish community responses in lakes of the Midwestern United States. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Honolulu, HI. August 2024
Hansen, G.J.A., E.M. Schliep, J. North, C. Custer, J. Nelson, H. Kundel, and T. Wagner. 2023. Predicting climate change impacts on poikilotherms using physiologically guided species abundance models. Species on the Move Conference. May 2023
Custer, CA, EM Schliep, JS North, GJA Hansen, H Kundel, JKR Nelson, T Wagner. 2023. Developing a joint species, spatially dependent physiologically guided abundance model to improve predictions under future climate change scenarios. Southern Division American Fisheries Society Meeting, Norfolk, VA. February 2023
Custer, CA, EM Schliep, JS North, GJA Hansen, H Kundel, JKR Nelson, T Wagner. 2023. Developing a joint species, spatially dependent physiologically guided abundance model to improve predictions under future climate change scenarios. Northeast Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, Hershey, PA. May 2023
Custer, C. Fischer, D., Henning, A., Hintz, D., Schall, M.K., Shank, M., Smith, G., Wertz, T., and Wagner, T. Quantifying the roles of biotic and abiotic factors structuring stream fish communities. Keystone Coldwater Conference & PA Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. February 25-26, 2022. February 2022