Vermont Staff Member
Dr. Therese M. Donovan
Assistant Unit Leader
Phone: (802) 656 - 2516
Email: tdonovan@usgs.gov
Faculty Email: tdonovan@uvm.edu
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Education
- Ph D University of Missouri-Columbia 1994
- MS Eastern Illinois University 1986
- BS Eastern Illinois University 1986
- BS Eastern Illinois University 1984
Biography
Terri joined the Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit in 2000, where she is the Assistant Unit Leader and Associate Research Professor in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. Terri's research emphases include population dynamics, population modeling and structured decision making, landscape ecology, and conservation biology. Current research efforts focus on adaptive management for both game and non-game species, including population dynamics of moose and ecosystem monitoring with remote devices such as trail cameras and recording units. With a background in education, Terri is an avid teacher and enjoys working with all age groups. Current teaching efforts include an on-line Principles of Modeling course and an on-line Occupancy Modeling course, both geared for graduate students and professionals. Terri also directs the Spreadsheet/R Project, a suite of tutorials on quantitative data analysis and modeling in ecology, and oversees the development of the Adaptive Management Toolkit, a suite of R packages to enable adaptive management.
Areas of Expertise
AI/Machine Learning, Biodiversity, Decision Support/Analysis, Hydroacoustics/Bioacoustics, Population Dynamics, Population and Community Ecology, Species Distribution Modeling, Statistics and Modelling, Wildlife Management
Taxon Groups Studied
Amphibians, Bats, Carnivores, Furbearers, Gamebirds, Nongame Fish/Wildlife, Songbirds, Species of Greatest Conservation Need, Ungulates
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
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| Winter, M., J. A. Shaffer, D. H. Johnson, T. M. Donovan, W. D. Svedarsky, P. W. Jones, and B. R. Euliss. 2005. Habitat and nesting of Le Conte's Sparrows in the northern tallgrass prairie. Journal of Field Ornithology 76:61�71. | April 2005 |
| Winter, M., D. H. Johnson, J. A. Shaffer, T. M. Donovan, and W. D. Svedarsky. 2006. How consistent are the effects of patch size and landscape composition on density and nest success of grassland birds? Journal of Wildlife Management 70:158-172. | June 2006 |
| Watrous, K. S., T. M. Donovan, R. Mickey, S. R. Darling, A. Hicks, and S. Von Oettengen. 2006. Predicting and mapping the minimum habitat requirements of the Indiana Bat in the Champlain Valley. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:1228-1237 | Download | December 2006 |
| Van Horn, M. A., and T. M. Donovan. 1994. Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus). In The Birds of North America, No. 88 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington D. C. : The American Ornithologists' Union. | January 1994 |
| Troy, A., A. M. Strong, S. C. Bosworth, T. M. Donovan, N. J. Buckley. 2005. Attitudes of dairy farmers regarding adoption of management practices for grassland songbirds. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33:528-538. | Abstract | Download | October 2005 |
| Tierney, G., B. Mitchell;, A. Miller-Rushing, J. Katz, E. Denny, C. Brauer, T. Donovan, A. D. Richardson, M. Toomey, A. Kozlowski, J. Weltzin, K. Gerst, E. Sharron, O. Sonnentag, and F. Dieffenbach. 2013. Phenology monitoring protocol: Northeast Temperate Network. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NETN/NRR—2013/681. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. Published Report-2197242. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | July 2013 |
| Thompson, F. R. III, T. M. Donovan, R. DeGraaf, J. Faaborg, and S. K. Robinson. 2002. A multi-scale perspective of the effects of forest fragmentation on birds in eastern forests. Studies in Avian Biology 25:8-19. | December 2002 |
| Thompson, F. R. III, S. K. Robinson, T. M. Donovan, J. Faaborg, and D. Whitehead. 2000. Biogeographic, landscape, and local factors affecting cowbird abundance and host parasitism levels. Pages 271-279 In Ecology and management of cowbirds (T. Cooke, S. K. Robinson, S. I. Rothstein, S. G. Sealy, J. N. M. Smith, eds. ). University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. | January 2001 |
| Smith, K. W., W. S. Keeton, T. M. Donovan, and B. Mitchell. 2008. Stand-level forest structure in avian habitat: scale dependencies in predicting occurrences in a heterogeneous forest. Forest Science 54:36-46. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | February 2008 |
| Shustack, D. P., A. M. Strong, and T. M. Donovan. 2010. Habitat use patterns of Bobolinks and Savannah Sparrows in the northeastern United States. Avian Conservation and Ecology 5(2): 11. [online] URL: http://www.ace-eco.org/vol5/iss2/art11/ | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | December 2010 |
| Schwenk, W. S., and T. M. Donovan. 2011. A multi-species framework for landscape conservation planning. Conservation Biology 25:1010-1021. | Abstract | Download | October 2011 |
| Schwenk, W. S., T. M. Donovan, W. S. Keeton, and J. S. Nunery. 2012. Carbon storage, timber production, and biodiversity: comparing ecosystem services with multi-criteria decision analysis. Ecological Applications 22:1612-1627. | Abstract | Download | July 2012 |
| Rosenblatt, E., R. Mickey, S. Creel, K. Gieder, J. Murdoch, and T. Donovan. 2023. Advances in wildlife abundance estimation using pedigree reconstruction. Ecology and Evolution 13(10):e10650. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | October 2023 |
| Rosenblatt, E., K. Gieder, T. Donovan, J. Murdoch, T. Smith, M. Heaton, T. Kalbfleisch, B. Murdoch, S. Bhattarai, E. Pacht, E. Verbist, V. Basnayake, and S. McKay. 2023. Genetic diversity and connectivity of moose (Alces alces americana) in eastern North America. Conservation Genetics 24:235-248. | Download | Publisher Website | January 2023 |
| Rosenblatt, E., J. DeBow, J. Blouin, T. Donovan, J. Murdoch, S. Creel, W. Rogers, K. Gieder, N. Forti, and C. Alexander. Juvenile moose (Alces alces) stress and nutrition dynamics relate to landscape characteristics, climate-mediated factors, and survival. Conservation Physiology 9:coab048. | Abstract | Download | July 2021 |
| Robinson, S. K., F. R. Thompson III, T. M. Donovan, D. R. Whitehead, and J. Faaborg. 1995. Regional forest fragmentation and the nesting success of migratory birds. Science 267:1987-1990. | Download | January 1995 |
| Rinehart, K., T. Donovan, B. Mitchell, R. Long. 2009. Factors influencing occupancy patterns of Eastern Newts across Vermont. Journal of Herpetology 43(3):521-531. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | September 2009 |
| Puchala, E.A., D.L. Parrish, and T.M. Donovan. 2016. Predicting the stability of endangered Stonecats (Noturus flavus) in the LaPlatte River, Vermont. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 145: 903-912. | Abstract | June 2016 |
| Perlut, N., C. Freeman-Gallant, A. M. Strong, T. M. Donovan, C. W. Kilpatrick, and N. J. Zalik. 2008. Agricultural management affects evolutionary processes in a migratory songbird. Molecular Ecology 17:1248-1255. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | February 2008 |
| Perlut, N., A. Strong, T. M. Donovan, and N. Buckley. 2006. Grassland songbirds in a dynamic management landscape: behavioral responses and management strategies. Ecological Applications 16:2235-2247. | Download | December 2006 |
| Perlut, N. G., A. M. Strong, T. M. Donovan, and N. J. Buckley. 2008. Regional population viability of grassland songbirds: effects of agricultural management. Biological Conservation 141:3139-3151. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | December 2008 |
| Perlut, N. G., A. M. Strong, T. M. Donovan, and N. J. Buckley. 2008. Grassland songbird survival and recruitment in heterogeneous agricultural landscapes: implications for source-sink demography. Ecology 89:1941-1952. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | July 2008 |
| Pearman-Gillman, S., M. Duveneck, J. Murdoch, and T. M. Donovan. 2020. Species distribution changes under alternative landscape futures: Using a scenario framework to identify drivers and consequences of landscape change on wildlife in New England. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:164. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00164. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | June 2020 |
| Pearman-Gillman, S., M. Duveneck, J. Murdoch, and T. Donovan. 2020. Wildlife resistence and protection in a changing New England landscape. PLOS ONE 15(9): e0239525. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239525 | Abstract | Publisher Website | September 2020 |
| Pearman-Gillman, S, J. E. Katz, R. Mickey, J. Murdoch, and T. Donovan. 2020. Predicting wildlife distribution patterns in New England USA with expert elicitation techniques. Global Ecology and Conservation 21:e00853. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | March 2020 |
| Noa, L., D. H. Hirth, T. M. Donovan, and D. Cimprich. 2007. Demographic differences of black-capped vireos in two habitat types in central Texas. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:1042-1049. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | June 2007 |
| Murdoch, J., H. Davie, M. Galbadrah, T. Donovan, and R. Reading. 2013. Do Siberian marmots influence toad-headed agama occupancy? Examining the influence of marmot colonies and three steppe habitats in Mongolia. Journal of Arid Environments 92:76-80. | Download | January 2013 |
| Mitchell, B. R., and T. M. Donovan. Mob mentality: the effect of a mobbing tape on detections during point count surveys. Open Ornithology Journal 1:8-19. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | July 2008 |
| McKenny, H., W. S. Keeton, and T. M. Donovan. 2006. The effects of structure-based forestry on red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus) populations in northern hardwood forests. Forest Ecology and Management 230:186-196. | April 2006 |
| Martin, T. E., D. F. DeSante, C. R. Paine, T. M. Donovan, R. Dettmers, J. Manolis, and K. Burton. 1995. Breeding productivity and adult survival in nongame birds. Pages 23-26 In Our living resources: A report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U. S. plants, animals, and ecosystems (E. T. LaRoe, editor). U. S. D. I. National Biological Service, Washington D. C. | January 1995 |
| Long, R. A., T. M. Donovan, P. MacKay, W. J. Zielinski, and J. S. Buzas. 2007. Effectiveness of scat detection dogs for detecting forest carnivores. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:2007-2017. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | August 2007 |
| Long, R. A., T. M. Donovan, P. MacKay, W. J. Zielinski, and J. S. Buzas. 2007. Comparing scat detection dogs, cameras, and hair snares for surveying carnivores. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:2018-2025. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | August 2007 |
| Long, R. A., T. M. Donovan, P. MacKay, J. S. Buzas, and W. J. Zielinski. Predicting carnivore occurrence using data collected with multiple, noninvasive methods.Landscape Ecology 26:327-340. | Abstract | Download | October 2010 |
| Katz, J., S. Hafner, and T. Donovan. 2016. Tools for automated acoustic monitoring within the R package monitoR. Bioacoustics. DOI:10.1080/09524622.2016.1138415 | Abstract | Publisher Website | January 2016 |
| Katz, J., S. Hafner, and T. Donovan. 2016. Assessment of Error Rates in Acoustic Monitoring with the R package monitoR. Bioacoustics. DOI:10.1080/09524622.2015.1133320 | Abstract | Publisher Website | January 2016 |
| Katz, J. and T. M. Donovan. 2017. AMModels: Adaptive Management Model Manager. R package version 0.1.2. | February 2016 |
| Jones, P. W., and T. M. Donovan. Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus). 1996. In The Birds of North America, No. 261 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds. ). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington D. C. : The American Ornithologists' Union. | January 1996 |
| Howell, C. A., S. C. Latta, T. M. Donovan, P. A. Porneluzi, and J. Faaborg. 2000. Landscape effects mediate breeding bird abundance in midwestern forests. Landscape Ecology 15:547-563. | January 2001 |
| Howe, E., J. E. Marsden, T. M. Donovan, and R. Lamberson. 2012. A life cycle approach to modeling sea lamprey population dynamics in the Lake Champlain basin to evaluate alternative control strategies. Journal of Great Lakes Research 38:101-114. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | December 2011 |
| Hochachka, W. M., T. E. Martin, V. Artman, C. R. Smith, S. J. Hejl, D. E. Andersen, D. Curson, L. Petit, N. Mathews, T. Donovan, E. E. Klaas, P. B. Wood, J. C. Manolis, K. P. McFarland, J. V. Nichols, J. C. Bednarz, D. M. Evans, J. P. Duguay, S. Garner, J. Tewksbury, K. L. Purcell, J. Faaborg, C. B. Goguen, C. Rimmer, R. Dettmers, M. Knutson, J. A. Collazo, L. Garner, D. Whitehead, and G. Geupel. 1999. Scale dependence in the effects of forest coverage on parasitization by brown-headed cowbirds. Studies in Avian Biology 18:80-88. | January 1999 |
| Hall, C. A. S., P. W. Jones, T. M. Donovan, and J. P. Gibbs. 2000. Neoclassical economics and its effects on wildlife and wildlife management. The Wildlife Society Bulletin 28:16-25. | January 2001 |
| Farrell, L. E. D M. Levy, T. Donovan, R. Mickey, A. Howard, J. Vashon, M. Freeman, K. Royar, and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2018. Landscape connectivity for bobcat (Lynx rufus) and lynx (Lynx canadensis) in the northeastern Northeastern United States. PLoS ONE 13(3): e0194243. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194243 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | March 2018 |
| Faaborg, J., M. Brittingham, T. M. Donovan, and J. Blake. 1995. Neotropical migrant responses to habitat fragmentation in the temperate zone. In The ecology and management of Neotropical migratory birds (T. E. Martin and D. Finch, eds. ). Oxford Press. | January 1995 |
| Faaborg, J., F. R. Thompson III, S. K. Robinson, T. M. Donovan, D. R. Whitehead, and J. Brawn. 1998. Understanding fragmented Midwestern landscapes: The future. Pages 193-208 In Avian Conservation: Research and management (J. M. Marzluff and R. Sallabanks, eds. ). Island Press, Washington D. C. | January 1998 |
| Espenshade, J., J. D. Murdoch, T. M. Donovan, R. E. Manning, and C. A. Bettigole. 2018. Public acceptability of development in the Northern Forest of Vermont, USA – the influence of wildlife information, recreation involvement, and demographic characteristics. PLoS ONE 13(12):e0203515. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | December 2018 |
| Duerr, A., D. E. Capen, and T. M. Donovan. 2007. Wildlife management increases breeding dispersal in double-crested cormorants. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:2565-2574. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | November 2007 |
| Duerr, A., D. E. Capen, and T. M. Donovan. 2012. Energetic considerations for managing double-crested cormorants on Lake Champlain. Journal of Great Lakes Research 38:131-140. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | December 2011 |
| Driscoll, M. L., and T. M. Donovan. 2004. Landscape context moderates edge effects: Nesting success of Wood Thrushes in central New York. Conservation Biology 18:1330-1338. | Download | October 2004 |
| Driscoll, M. L., T. M. Donovan, R. Mickey, A. Howard, and K. Fleming. 2005. Determinants of Wood Thrush nesting success: a multi-scale, model selection approach. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:699-708. | Download | May 2004 |
| Donovan. T. M., C. Balantic, J. Katz, M. Massar, R. Knutson, K. Duh, P. W. Jones, K. Epstein, J. Lacasse-Roger, and J. Dias. 2021. Remote Ecological Monitoring with Smartphones and Tasker. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 12:163–173. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | June 2021 |
| Donovan, T.M., and R. M. Mickey. 2019. Bayesian Statistics for Beginners. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. | May 2019 |
| Donovan, T.M., M.D. Freeman, A. Howard, K. Royar, H. Abouelezz, and R. Mickey. 2011. Quantifying home range habitat requirements for bobcats (Lynx rufus) in Vermont. Biological Conservation 144:2799-2809. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | October 2011 |
| Donovan, T.M. and J. E Katz. 2018. AMModels: An R package for storing models, data, and metadata to facilitate adaptive management. PLoS ONE 13(2): e0188966. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188966 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | January 2018 |
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Donovan, T., and J. Hines. 2007. Exercises in occupancy modeling and estimation. Electronic book. |
December 2007 |
| Donovan, T., K. E. Freemark, B. Maurer, L. Petit, S. K. Robinson, and V. Saab. 1999. Setting local and regional objectives for the persistence of bird populations. In Strategies for bird conservation: The Partners in Flight planning process (R. E. Bonney, D. Pashley, R. J. Cooper, and L. Niles, eds. ). http://birds. cornell. edu/pifcapemay. Proceedings RMRS-P-15. Ogden, UT: U. S. D. A., Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Statiion, 281 p. | January 1999 |
| Donovan, T., J. Hines, and D. MacKenzie. 2024. occupancyTuts: Occupancy Modeling Tutorials with RPresence. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10.1111/2041-210X.14285 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | January 2024 |
| Donovan, T., Brown, M., & Katz, J. 2015. Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit R Projects: R for Fledglings. Retrieved from https://www.uvm.edu/rsenr/vtcfwru/R/?Page=fledglings/fledglings.htm | January 2015 |
| Donovan, T. M., and J. G. Goetz. 1999. Exploring demographic and environmental stochasticity with spreadsheets. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 80:235-239. | January 1999 |
| Donovan, T. M., and F. R. Thompson, III. 2001. Modeling the ecological trap hypothesis: A landscape and sensitivity analysis for a migrant songbird. Ecological Applications 11:871-882. | Download | April 2000 |
| Donovan, T. M., and C. Welden. 2002. Spreadsheet exercises in ecology and evolution. Sinauer Associates, Inc. Sunderland, MA. 556 pages. | Publisher Website | January 2002 |
| Donovan, T. M., and C. Welden. 2002. Spreadsheet exercises in conservation biology and landscape ecology. Sinauer Associates, Inc. Sunderland, MA. 464 pages. | Publisher Website | January 2002 |
| Donovan, T. M., and C. M. Stanley. 1995. A new method of determining ovenbird age on the basis of rectrix shape. Journal of Field Ornithology 66:247-252. | January 1995 |
| Donovan, T. M., and C. Flather. 2002. Relationships among North American songbird trends, habitat fragmentation, and landscape occupancy. Ecological Applications. 12:364-374. | Download | September 2001 |
| Donovan, T. M., and A. M. Strong. 2002. Linkages between landscape theory and population dynamics: a review of empirical evidence. Pages 35-54 In: J. Bissonnette and I. Storch, editors. Landscape ecology and resource management: linking theory with practice. Island Press. | December 2002 |
| Donovan, T. M., R. H. Lamberson, A. Kimber, F. R. Thompson III, and J. Faaborg. 1995. Modeling the effects of habitat fragmentation on source and sink demography of Neotropical migrant birds. Conservation Biology 9:1396-1407. | Download | January 1995 |
| Donovan, T. M., P. W. Jones, E. M. Annand, and F. R. Thompson III. 1997. Variation in local-scale edge effects: Mechanisms and landscape context. Ecology 78:2064-2075. | Download | January 1997 |
| Donovan, T. M., J. Buzas, P. W. Jones, H. L. Gibbs. 2006. Tracking dispersal in birds: assessing the potential of elemental markers. Auk 123:1-12. | April 2006 |
| Donovan, T. M., G. S. Warrington, W. S. Schwenk, and J. H. Dinitz. 2012. Estimating landscape carrying capacity through maximum clique analysis. Ecological Applications 22:2265-2276. | Abstract | Download | December 2012 |
| Donovan, T. M., F. R. Thompson III, and J. Faaborg. 2000. Cowbird distribution at different scales of fragmentation: Tradeoffs between breeding and feeding opportunities. Pages 255-264 In Ecology and management of cowbirds (T. Cooke, S. K. Robinson, S. I. Rothstein, S. G. Sealy, J. N. M. Smith, eds. ). University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. | Download | January 2001 |
| Donovan, T. M., F. R. Thompson III, J. Faaborg, and J. Probst. 1995. Reproductive success of migratory birds in habitat sources and sinks. Conservation Biology 9:1380-1395. | Download | January 1995 |
| Donovan, T. M., D. Clark, R. W. Howe, and B. Danielson. 1996. Metapopulations and the conservation of Neotropical migratory birds in the Midwest. In Managing Midwest landscapes for the conservation of Neotropical migratory birds (F. R. Thompson III, editor). North Central Forest Experiment Station General Technical Report NC-187. | January 1996 |
| Donovan, T. M., C. Danforth, D. Shustack. 2008. Predicting annual fecundity from nest success. Open Ornithology Journal 1:20-28. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | July 2008 |
| Donovan, T. M., C. Beardmore, D. Bonter, J. Brawn, J. A. Fitzgerald, R. Ford, S. Geautreax, L. George, C. Hunter, T. E. Martin, J. Price, K. Rosenberg, P. Vickery, and T. Bentley Wigley. (The Partners in Flight Research Working Group). 2002. Priority research needs for conservation of Neotropical migrants. Journal of Field Ornithology 73:329-338. | Download | September 2001 |
| Donovan, T. M, and R. H. Lamberson. 2001. Area-sensitive distribution patterns can counteract the negative effects of habitat fragmentation on breeding birds. Ecology 82:1170-1179. | Download | March 2000 |
| DeBow, J., J. Blouin, E. Rosenblatt, K. Gieder, W. Cottrell, J. Murdoch, and T. Donovan. 2021. Effects of winter ticks and internal parasites on moose survival in Vermont, USA. Journal of Wildlife Management. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.22101 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | August 2021 |
| DeBow, J., J. Blouin, E. Rosenblatt, K. Gieder, J. Murdoch, and T. Donovan. 2023. Birth Rates and Calf Survival in a Parasite Rich Moose Herd in Vermont, USA. Alces 58: 51–73. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | February 2023 |
| Cornell, K., and T. Donovan. 2010. Effects of spatial habitat heterogeneity on habitat selection and annual fecundity for a forest songbird. Landscape Ecology 25:109-122. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | January 2010 |
| Cornell, K. L, and T. M. Donovan. 2010. Scale-dependent mechanisms of habitat selection for a migratory passerine: An experimental approach. Auk 127:899-908. | Abstract | Download | November 2010 |
| Clarfeld, L., A. Sirén, B. Mulhall, T. Wilson, E. Bernier, J. Farrell, G. Lunde, N. Hardy, K. Gieder, R. Abrams, S. Staats, S. McLellan, and T. Donovan. 2023. Evaluating a tandem human-machine approach to labelling of wildlife in remote camera monitoring. Ecological Informatics 77:e102257 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102257. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | August 2023 |
| Cherukuri, A, A. Strong, and T. M. Donovan. 2018. Developing a monitoring protocol for least bitterns (Ixobrychis exilis) in New England: Detection probability and occupancy modeling. Northeastern Naturalist 25:56-71. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.025.0104 | Abstract | Publisher Website | January 2018 |
| Chellman, I.C., D.L. Parrish, and T.M. Donovan. 2017. Estimating population demographic parameters for the mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) in Vermont. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 12(2):422-434. | Abstract | August 2017 |
| Brown, M., C. D. Canham, L. Murphy, and T. M. Donovan. 2018. Timber harvest as the predominant disturbance regime in northeastern U.S. forests: effects of harvest intensification. Ecosphere 9:1-19. DOI:10.1002/ecs2.2062 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | April 2018 |
| Brown, M., C. Canham, T. Buchholz, J. Gunn, and T. Donovan. 2024. Net carbon sequestration implications of intensified timber harvest in northeastern U.S. forests. Ecosphere 15(2): e4758. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4758 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | February 2024 |
| Brown, M. L., T. M. Donovan, W. S. Schwenk, and D. M. Theobald. 2013. Predicting impacts of future human population growth and development on occupancy rates of forest-dependent birds . Biological Conservation. Available online 31 October 2013, ISSN 0006-3207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.07.039 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | October 2013 |
| Brown, M. L., T. M. Donovan, R. M. Mickey, G. S. Warrington, W. S. Schwenk, and D. S. Theobald. 2017. Predicting effects of future development on a territorial forest songbird: methodology matters. Landscape Ecology 33:93-108. DOI 10.1007/s10980-017-0586-8 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | October 2017 |
| Brauer, C., T. Donovan, R. Mickey, J. Katz, and B. Mitchell. 2016. A comparison of acoustic montoring methods for common anurans of the northeastern United States. Wildlife Society Bulletin 40:140-149. | Publisher Website | February 2016 |
| Bonter, D. N., T. M. Donovan, and E. W. Brooks. 2007. Daily changes in energetic condition in landbirds during migration stopover on the south shore of Lake Ontario. Auk 124:122-133 | Abstract | Download | January 2007 |
| Bonter, D. N., T. M. Donovan, E. Brooks. 2008. What are we missing with ground-level mist nets? Using elevated nets at a migration stopover site. Journal of Field Ornithology 79:314-320. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | September 2008 |
| Bonter, D. N., S. A. Gauthreaux, Jr., and T. M. Donovan. 2009. Characteristics of important stopover locations for migrating birds: Remote sensing with radar in the Great Lakes Basin. Conservation Biology 23:440-448. | Abstract | Download | April 2009 |
| Blouin, J., J. DeBow, E. Rosenblatt, J. Hines, C. Alexander, K. Gieder, N. Fortin, J. Murdoch, and T. Donovan. 2021. Moose habitat selection and fitness consequences during two critical winter tick life stages in Vermont, USA. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:642276. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | May 2021 |
| Blouin, J., J. DeBow, E. Rosenblatt, C. Alexander, K. Gieder, J. Murdoch, and T. Donovan. Modeling moose habitat use by age, sex, and season in Vermont, USA using high-resolution lidar and National Land Cover data. Alces 57:71-98. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | September 2021 |
| Bettigole, C., T. M. Donovan, R. Manning, and J. Austin. 2013. Normative standards for land use in Vermont: Implications for biodiversity. Biological Conservation. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | August 2013 |
| Bettigole, C., T. Donovan, R. Manning, J. Austin, and R. Long. 2013. Acceptability of residential development in a regional landscape: Potential effects on wildlife occupancy patterns. Biological Conservation. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | October 2013 |
| Balantic, C., and T. M. Donovan. 2019. Temporally-adaptive acoustic sampling to maximize detection across a suite of focal wildlife species. Ecology and Evolution 9(18)10582-10600. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5579 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | August 2019 |
| Balantic, C., and T. M. Donovan. 2019. Statistical learning mitigation of false positive detections in automated acoustic wildlife monitoring. Bioacoustics 29(3):296-321. DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2019.1605309 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | May 2019 |
| Balantic, C., and T. M. Donovan. 2019. Dynamic wildlife occupancy models using automated acoustic monitoring data. Ecological Applications 29(3):e01854. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | April 2019 |
| Balantic, C., and T. Donovan. 2020. AMMonitor: Remote monitoring of biodiversity in an adaptive framework with R. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 11:869-877. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13397 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | April 2020 |
| Aylward, C. J. D. Murdoch, T. M. Donovan, C. W. Kilpatrick, C. Bernier, and J. Katz. 2018. Estimating distribution and connectivity of recolonizing American marten (Martes americana) in the northeastern United States using expert elicitation techniques. Animal Conservation. doi:10.1111/acv.12417 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | June 2018 |
| Abouelezz, H. G, T. M. Donovan, J. Murdoch. R. M. Mickey, M. Freeman, and K. Royar. 2018. Landscape composition mediates movement and habitat selection in bobcats (Lynx rufus): Implications for conservation planning. Landscape Ecology 33:1301-1318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0654-8 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | August 2018 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
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| Wilson, TL, APK Sirén, J Berube, L Clarfeld TM Donovan. 2023. Designing camera trap arrays for multi-species monitoring of mammals at large spatial extents. Annual Meeting, International Association for Landscape Ecology- North America, Riverside, California, 19-23 March2023. | March 2023 |
| Siren, A., L. Clarfeld, C. Balantic, K. Gieder, P. Jensen, T. Wilson, and T. Donovan. Northeast Wildlife Monitoring Network (NEWMN): A Unifying Framework for Regional Collaboration Using Autonomous Monitoring Units. Northeast Natural History Conference, Burlington VT, 21-23 April 2023. | April 2023 |
| Siren, A., Clarfeld, L, C. Balantic, R. Cliche, M. Feehan, K. Gieder, P. Jensen, H. Jones, L. Kantar, R. Patry, L. Prout, S. Wixsom, T. Wilson, and T. Donovan. Northeast Wildlife Monitoring Network (NEWMN): A unifying framework for regional collaboration using autonomous monitoring units. April 3 - 5, 2022. 77th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Association. Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. | April 2022 |
| Rosenblatt, E., T. M. Donovan, and J. Murdoch. Novel wildlife population estimates using pedigree reconstruction: exploring applications with moose (Alces alces). April 15-17, 2018. 74th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference. April 15-17, 2018. Burlington Vermont | April 2018 |
| Rosenblatt, E., J. D. Murdoch, J. Debow, J. Blouin, and T. Donovan. Moose stress dynamics related to landscape characteristics and climate-mediated factors. April 19-21, 2020. 76th Annual Northeast Fish & Wildlife Conference, Long Branch, New Jersey. | April 2020 |
| Rosenblatt, E., J. D. Murdoch, J. Debow, J. Blouin, and T. Donovan. Moose stress and nutrition dynamics related to landscape characteristics and climate-mediated factors. Sept 28 - Oct 2, 2020. The 27<sup>th</sup>annual conference of The Wildlife Society (virtual conference). | September 2020 |
| Pearman-Gillman, S., T. M. Donovan, J. Murdoch, and J. Katz. 2018. Estimating wildlife distributions using expert elicitation techniques: an assessment of harvested species in the Northeastern United States. April 15-17, 2018. 74th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Burlington, Vermont. | April 2018 |
| Pearman-Gillman, S., J. Murdoch, and T. M. Donovan. Wildlife in a future New England landscape: Estimating species distributions under projected climate and landscape change. April 14-16, 2019. 75th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Groton, Connecticut. | April 2019 |
| Katz, J. E., S. Hafner, and T. M. Donovan. 2014. Automated acoustic monitoring: reporting survey presence for a northeastern warbler . 70th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Portland, ME. | April 2014 |
| Katz, J. E., S. Hafner, and T. M. Donovan. 2014. monitor: an R package for automated acoustic monitoring, tested on two northeastern warblers. 70th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Portland, ME. | April 2014 |
| Jensen, P., J. Walker, J. Frair, S. McNulty, R. Bakerian, V. Rojas, A. Siren, L. Clarfeld, T. Donovan, T. Wilson, et al. Many hands make light work: establishing a camera trap network to inventory and monitor wildlife populations across broad spatial and temporal scales. April 3 - 5, 2022. 77th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Association. Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. | April 2022 |
| DeBow, J., J. Murdoch, T. M. Donovan, and C. Alexander. 2017. Overview of moose mortality and productivity research in northern Vermont. April 15-17, 2018. 74th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Burlington, Vermont. | April 2018 |
| DeBow, J., J. Blouin, E. Rosenblatt, J. D. Murdoch, K. Gieder, C. Alexander, and T. Donovan. Effects of winter ticks and other parasites on moose survival in Vermont, USA. April 19-21, 2020. 76th Annual Northeast Fish & Wildlife Conference, Long Branch, New Jersey. | April 2020 |
| DeBow, J., E. Rosenblatt, J. Blouin, C. Alexander, T. Donovan, and J. Murdoch. Parasite induced moose decline in northeastern Vermont: Year three update. June 10-14, 2019. 53rd Annual North American Moose Conference. Carrabassett Valley, Maine. | June 2019 |
| DeBow, J., C. Alexander, J. Murdoch, and T. M. Donovan. An Overview of Ongoing Moose Mortality and Productivity Research in Northern Vermont. Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative Conference, Burlington, VT. 15 December 2017. | December 2017 |
| DeBow, J, C. Alexander, J. Murdoch, and T. Donovan. Assessing mortality and productivity of moose in northern Vermont: Year one preliminary data. 51st Annual Moose Conference and Workshop, Ingonish, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, August 28 - September 01 2017. | August 2017 |
| Cummings, J., and T. Donovan. 2014. The Value of Maps in Natural Resource Management: An Application of Expected Value of Sample Information. 70th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Confernce, Portald, ME. | April 2014 |
| Cummings, J. and T. Donovan. Structured Decision Making provides insight when selecting a preferred population monitoring program. The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting. Sept 29 - Oct 3, 2019. Reno, Nevada | September 2019 |
| Cole, W., T. M. Donovan, M. Brown, and J. Murdoch. Effects of landscape development on bobcat carrying capacity in Vermont. | December 2014 |
| Clarfeld, L., K. Gieder, and T. M. Donovan. 2024. Estimating moose productivity from trail cameras and hunter sightings in Vermont. 78th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Association. Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. | April 2024 |
| Clarfeld, L., K. Gieder, S. Wixsom, C. Bernier, A. Sirén, J. Peckham, R. Abrams, S. Gifford, S. Staats, L. McNally, and T. Donovan. Forest monitoring for early successional species in the Green Mountains. April 3 - 5, 2022. 2022 Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative Annual Conference. Burlington, Vermont, USA. | December 2022 |
| Clarfeld, L., D. Ignizio, C. Balantic, A. Siren, and T. Donovan. AMMonitor: A remote wildlife monitoring framework. April 3 - 5, 2022. 77th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Association. Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. | April 2022 |
| Clarfeld, L. C. Balantic, T. Wang, and T. Donovan. Machine learning: Opening the black box. April 3 - 5, 2022. 77th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Association. Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. | April 2022 |
| Clarfeld, L, A. Siren, P. Jensen, T. Wilson, C. Balantic, J. Frair, T. Donovan. August 14-19, 2022. Ecological Society of American & Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Joint Meeting. Montreal, Quebec, CA. | August 2022 |
| Brown, M., T. Donovan, W. S. Schwenk. D. Theobald. 2013. Predicting Impacts of Future Human Population Growth and Development on Occupancy Rates of Forest-Dependent Birds. 70th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Confernce, Portald, ME. | April 2014 |
| Brown, M., T. Donovan, G. Warrington, W. S. Schwenk. D. Theobald. 2014. Predicting Effects of Future Human Population Growth and Development on a Territorial Forest Songbird: Small Declines in Occupancy Equates to Large Declines in Landscape Carrying Capacity. 70th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Confernce, Portald, ME. | April 2014 |
| Brown, M., C. Canham, and T. Donovan. 2016. Effects of Forest Biomass Energy Production on Long-Term Northern Forest Structure and Composition. Northeast Natural History Conference | April 2016 |
| Brown, M. L, C. Canham, L. Murphy, and T. M. Donovan. Effects of forest biomass energy production on long-term Northern Forest structure, composition and wildlife. April 15-17, 2018. 74th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Burlington, Vermont. | April 2018 |
| Blouin, J., J. Debow, E. Rosenblatt, J. Murdoch, C. Alexander, and T. Donovan. Assessing moose habitat suitability in Vermont using GPS radio-collar data and lidar. April 19-21, 2020. 76th Annual Northeast Fish & Wildlife Conference, Long Branch, New Jersey. | April 2020 |
| Blouin, J., J. DeBow, E. Rosenblatt, J. Hines, C. Alexander, K. Gieder, N. Fortin, J. Murdoch, and T. Donovan. Moose habitat selection and fitness consequences during two critical winter tick (<i>Dermacentor albipictus</i>) life stages in Vermont, USA. Dec 17 - 19, 2020. 2020 Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative Conference. (Virtual conference). | December 2020 |
| Blouin, J., J. DeBow, E. Rosenblatt, J. Hines, C. Alexander, K. Gieder, N. Fortin, J. Murdoch, and T. Donovan. Choices Matter: Fitness Consequences of Habitat Selection by Moose During Two Critical Winter Tick Life Stages in Vermont, USA. April 26 - 28, 2021. 76th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Association (Virtual conference). | April 2021 |
| Blouin, J., J. DeBow, E. Rosenblatt, C. Alexander, K. Gieder, N. Fortin, J. Murdoch, and T. Donovan. Modeling moose habitat suitability by age, sex, and season in Vermont, USA based on GPS radio-collar data and lidar imagery. Dec 17 - 19, 2020. 2020 Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative Conference. (Virtual conference). | December 2020 |
| Blouin, J., J. DeBow, E. Rosenblatt, C. Alexander, K. Gieder, N. Fortin, J. Murdoch, and T. Donovan. Assessing Habitat Suitability by Age, Sex, and Season for Moose in Vermont, USA . April 26 - 28, 2021. 76th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Association (Virtual conference). | April 2021 |
| Blouin, J. DeBow, J., E. Rosenblatt, T. Donovan, J. Murdoch, and C. Alexander. Assessing moose habitat suitability in Vermont using GPS radio-collar data and LIDAR imagery. June 10-14, 2019. 53d Annual North American Moose Conference. Carrabassett Valley, Maine. | June 2019 |
| Berube, J., A. P. K. Sirén, C. Frank, L. Clarfeld, B. Simpson, T.M. Donovan, T. L. Wilson. 2022. Perfecting the Imperfect Detection of Ticks: Winter Tick Epizootics and Moose Populations in the Northeastern U.S. Presentation. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Spokane, WA. 6-10 November. | November 2022 |
| Berube, J. APK Sirén, CF Sullivan, L Clarfeld, B Simpson, TM Donovan, TL Wilson. 2023. A Big Little Problem: Assessing Winter Tick Epizootics and Moose Populations in the Northeastern U.S. 78<sup>th</sup> Annual Fish and Wildlife conference, Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Hershey Pennsylvania, April 30 – May 2. | May 2023 |
| Balantic, C., T. M. Donovan, J. Katz, and M. Massar. Temporally-adaptive acoustic sampling to maximize detection across a suite of focal wildlife species with the R package AMMonitor. April 15-17, 2018. 74th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Burlington, Vermont. | April 2018 |
| Balantic, C., T. M. Donovan, J. Katz, and M. Massar. Temporally-adaptive acoustic sampling to maximize detection across a suite of focal wildlife species with the R package AMMonitoR. Northeast Regional Environmental Acoustics Symposium, University of New Hampshire. March 20, 2018. Durham, NH. | March 2018 |
| Balantic, C., T. M. Donovan, J. Katz, and M. Massar. Machine learning mitigation of false positives in automated acoustic wildlife monitoring with the R package AMMonitor. April 15-17, 2018. 74th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Burlington, Vermont. | April 2018 |
| Balantic, C. and T. M. Donovan. 2019. Landscape-scale monitoring using smartphones and the R package AMMonitor. April 14-16, 2019. 75th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Groton, Connecticut. | April 2019 |
| Aylward, C., J. Murdoch, T. Donovan, and W. Kilpatrick. 2017. Modeling distribution and connectivity of recovering American marten populations in Vermont using expert elicitation techniques. 97th Meeting of the American Society of Mammologists. Moscow, ID. 20 June - 24 June 2017. | June 2017 |
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| Winter, M., D. H. Johnson, J. A. Dechant, T. M. Donovan, and W. D. Svedarsky. 2001. Evaluation of the bird conservation area concept in the northern tallgrass prairie. Annual report. U.S.G.S. | December 2001 |
| Tierney, G., B. Mitchell, A. Miller-Rushing, J. Katz, E. Denny, C. Brauer, T. Donovan, A. Richardson, M. Toomey, A. Kozlowski, J. Weltzin, K. Gerst, E. Sharron, O. Sonnentag, F. Dieffenbach . 2013. Phenology monitoring protocol: Northeast Temperate Network. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NETN/NRR—2013/681. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. Published Report-2197242. | Download | July 2013 |
| Donovan, T.M., and K. Watrous. Habitat requirements of the Indiana Bat (Myotis Sodalis) in the Champlain Valley, VT and NY. Final Report. Research Work Order 31. U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. | December 2006 |
| Donovan, T.M., K. Rinehart, and J. Cummings. 2014. Improving Structured Decision Making Processes through Relational Database Development and Analysis. Final Report to the U.S. Geological Survey. | March 2014 |
| Donovan, T.M., J. Katz, C. Brauer, and B. Mitchell. 2014. Acoustical Monitoring of Biodiversity and Phenology: A Pilot Wildlife Monitoring Partnership for Adaptive Management. Final Report to the National Park Service. | September 2014 |
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Donovan, T., and J. Hines. 2007. Exercises in occupancy modeling and estimation. Electronic book. |
September 2007 |
| Donovan, T. M., and K. Cornell. 2007. Relationships between forest bird abundance and nesting productivity in Vermont. Final Report. Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. | July 2007 |
| Donovan, T. M., and A. Duerr. 2007. Influence of egg oiling on the metapopulation dynamics of double-crested cormorants. Final Report. Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. | July 2007 |
| Donovan, T. M., W. S. Schwenk, and W. Keeton. 2011. The influence of forest attributes on indicators of biodiversity: Establishing guidelines for sustainable forest management. Final Report for the Northeastern States Research Cooperative. | January 2011 |
| Donovan, T. M., C. Brauer, J. Katz, and B. Mitchell. 2013. A pilot test for monitoring phenology with acoustic sensors. Final Report to the National Phenology Network. | December 2013 |
| Donovan, T. M. 2008. How much forest is enough? Effects of forest amount and arrangement on forest bird population viability. McIntire Stennis Final Report. | September 2008 |
| Donovan, T. M. 2006. Identifying the effects of scale on population dynamics in birds: An individually-based approach. Final Report. National Science Foundation Grant No. 0344369. | December 2006 |
| Donovan, T. M. 200 Towards a theory of landscape effects on population dynamics in birds. Final Report. The National Science Foundation Grant No. 0108875. | December 2005 |
| Donovan, T. 2006. Effects of habitat fragmentation on bird species richness in the continental U.S. Final Report Research Work Order 32. NASA. | June 2007 |
| Bonter, D. N., and T. M. Donovan. 2003. An Inventory of Migration Stopover Concentration Areas in the Northeastern United States: Remote Sensing with WSR-88D (NEXRAD) Radar. A final report to the USFWS. | September 2003 |
| Bonter, D. N., and T. M. Donovan. 2002. Near-shore habitat priorities for migratory songbirds (GL99072). Final report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office | October 2002 |
| Bonter, D. N., and T. M. Donovan. 2002. Migratory landbird stopover concentration areas in the Great Lakes Basin. Final report to the Nature Conservancy. | July 2002 |
| Type | Citation | Publication Date |
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| Software Release | McKay, S.D., Rosenblatt, E., Donovan, T.M., Gieder, K., Murdoch, J., Smith, T.P.L., Heaton, M.P., Kalbfleisch, T.S., Murdoch, B.M., Bhattarai, S., Pacht, E., Verbist, E., and Basnayake, V., 2023, Population Structure and Genetic Diversity of Eastern North American Moose: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9B30K2L | September 2022 |
| Data Release | Donovan, T., J. E. Hines, and D. MacKenzie. 2023. occupancyTuts: Tutorials for occupancy modeling with RPresence. Version 1.1.0: U.S. Geological Survey software release. Reston, VA. https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KJ84U5 | February 2023 |
| Software Release | Clarfeld, L., Donovan, T., Siren, A., Mulhall, B., Bernier, E., Farrell, J., Lunde, G., Hardy, N., Abrams, R., Staats, S., and McLellan, S., 2023, Evaluating a tandem human-machine approach to labelling of wildlife in remote camera monitoring: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FGUQEZ. | August 2023 |
| Software Release | Balantic, C., and Donovan, T. AMMonitor: Remote monitoring of biodiversity in an adaptive framework. Version 1.0.0: U.S. Geological Survey software release. Reston, VA. https://doi.org/10.5066/P9669095 | August 2022 |