| Developing management strategies aimed at addressing the multitude of threats and stressors faced by wildlife requires an empirical understanding of species' distributions and their changes over time. Consequently, in 2016, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife initiated Terrestrial Species Stressor Monitoring (TSM) surveys across drought-stricken regions of the state. TSM surveys collect baseline wildlife occurrence data and associations with climate and habitat features. As part of this effort, we deployed camera traps and acoustic detectors at 218 sites across the Mojave Desert ecoregion. We used data from these sensors and multi-species occupancy models to evaluate the distributions of 15 mammal species and 34 songbird species in the Mojave Desert. Black-tailed jackrabbit, kit fox, black-throated sparrow, and horned lark were among the mammal and songbird species with the highest estimated occupancies. Mammal occupancy was positively associated with artificial water provisioning sites, and both mammal and bird communities were positively associated with elevation and negatively associated with temperature. Our research is among the first to use multiple sensor types, both visual and acoustic, to collect information on diverse taxa. We demonstrate the utility of this approach for monitoring biodiversity at landscape levels and tracking management actions aimed at addressing risks to wildlife persistence. |