A5021025450- Avian ecology and behavior
- Bird parasitology and diseases
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Livestock and Poultry Management
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Marine animal studies overview
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
Pennsylvania Game Commission
2023-2024
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
2023-2024
West Virginia University
2019-2023
North Carolina State University
2022
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
2022
Missouri Department of Conservation
2020
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
2019
South Dakota State University
2019
Conventional life-history theory predicts that energy-demanding events such as reproduction and migration must be temporally segregated to avoid resource limitation. Here, we provide, our knowledge, the first direct evidence of ‘itinerant breeding’ in a migratory bird, an incredibly rare breeding strategy (less than 0.1% extant bird species) involves temporal overlap reproductive periods annual cycle. Based on GPS-tracking over 200 female American woodcock, most woodcock (greater 80%) nested...
Abstract Using data from the mid-1990s to present, we assessed correlations of Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) hunter cooperator reports seven states Breeding Bird Survey, Christmas Count, and eBird determine which program’s trends best reflected patterns seen in hunter-sourced that has historically been used for monitoring purposes. Count most closely state-wide long-term flush rates. an analytical approach accounts sources bias examines abundance at a finer spatial scale, observed pattern...
Abstract Population growth is highly sensitive to changes in reproductive rates for many avian species. Understanding how are related environmental conditions can give managers insight into factors contributing population change. Harvest trends of eastern wild turkey northeastern South Dakota suggest a decline abundance. We investigated influencing success this important game bird identify potential the decline. monitored nesting rate, nest survival, renesting clutch size, hatchability, and...
Abstract Population growth can be sensitive to changes in survival rates for many avian species. Understanding sources of mortality, and how mitigate negative effects on survival, give managers insight into factors contributing population change. Harvest trends eastern wild turkeys ( Meleagris gallopavo silvestris ) northeastern South Dakota suggest a decline abundance. We investigated influencing identify potential the decline. monitored 122 female using VHF radio transmitters from February...
Population genomics applied to game species conservation can help delineate management units, ensure appropriate harvest levels and identify populations needing genetic rescue safeguard their adaptive potential. The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) is rapidly declining in much of the eastern USA due a combination forest maturation habitat fragmentation. More recently, mortality from West Nile Virus may have affected connectivity local populations; however, approaches never explicitly...