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

Staff Member

Dr. William Beatty

Post Doc

Research Publications Publication Date
Weller, F.W., W.S. Beatty, E.B. Webb, D.C. Kesler, D.G. Krementz, K. Asante, L.W. Naylor. Environmental drivers of autumn migration departure decisions in midcontinental mallards. Movement Ecology | Abstract January 2022
Kesler, D.C., A.H Raedeke, J.R. Foggia, W.S. Beatty, E.B. Webb, D.D. Humburg, and LW. Naylor. 2014. Effects of satellite transmitters on captive and free-ranging mallards. Wildlife Society Bulletin 38:557-565. September 2014
Beatty, W.S., E.B. Webb, D.C. Kesler, A.H. Raedeke, L.W. Naylor, and D.D. Humburg. 2014. Landscape effects on mallard habitat selection at multiple scales during the non-breeding season. Landscape Ecology 29:989-1000. April 2014
Beatty, W.S., D.C. Kesler, E.B. Webb, A.H. Raedeke, L.W. Naylor, and D.D. Humburg. 2014. The role of protected area wetlands in waterfowl habitat conservation: implications for protected area network design. Biological Conservation 176:144-152. June 2014
Beatty, W.S., D.C. Kesler, E.B. Webb, A.H. Raedeke, L.W. Naylor, and D.D. Humburg. 2013. Quantitative and qualitative approaches to identifying migration chronology in a continental migrant. PLoS ONE 8(10):e75673. October 2013
Beatty, W. S., E. B. Webb, D. C. Kesler, L. W. Naylor, A. H. Raedeke, D. D. Humburg, J.M Coluccy, and G.J. Soulliere. 2015. An empirical test of a continental management strategy: do landscape energetic models predict waterfowl space use during the non-breeding period? Journal of Wildlife Management September 2015
Beatty, W. S., D. C. Kesler, E. B. Webb, L. W. Naylor, A. H. Raedeke, D. D. Humburg, J.M Coluccy, and G.J. Soulliere. How will predicted land use change affect waterfowl spring stopover ecology? Inferences from an agent-based model September 2017
Project Completion Date
Movements and habitat selection of mid-continent mallards December 2013
Agent-based modeling of movements and habitat selection of mid-continent mallards January 2021
Using agent-based waterfowl movement models to identify conservation solutions to large scale environmental variation and land use change September 2014
Presentations Presentation Date
William S. Beatty, Dylan C. Kesler, Elisabeth B. Webb, Andrew H. Raedeke, Luke W. Naylor, Dale D. Humburg. Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Identifying Migration Chronology in a Continental Migrant. Presented at the American Ornothologist's Union meeting, Chicago, IL 2013 August 2013
W. Beatty, E. Webb, D. Kesler, A. Raedeke, L. Naylor, G. Soulliere, and J. Coluccy. Modeling mallard and American black duck movement as a function of energetic surfaces. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Kansas City, Missouri. January 2014
W. Beatty, E. Webb, D. Kesler, A. Raedeke, L. Naylor, D. Humburg, G. Soulliere, and J. Coluccy. How will predicted land use change affect mallard spring migration stopover ecology? Inferences from an agent-based model February 2016
W. Beatty, E. Webb, D. Kesler, A. Raedeke, L. Naylor, D. Humburg, G. Soulliere, and J. Coluccy. Effects of landscpae energetics on mallard and American black duck movement October 2014
W. Beatty, E. Webb, D. Kesler, A. Raedeke, L. Naylor, D. Humburg, G. Soulliere, and J. Coluccy. Effects of landscpae energetics on mallard and American black duck movement February 2016
Beatty, B., E. Webb, D. Kesler, D. Humburg, L. Naylor, A. Raedeke, and S. Schaeffer. Mid-continent Mallard Habitat Use and Selection of Wetland Reserve Program Easements During Migration and Winter. North American Duck Symposium, Memphis, Tennessee. January 2013
Beatty, B. E. Webb, D. Kesler, D. Humburg, L. Naylor, A. Raedeke, and S. Schaeffer. Mallard Selection of Private Lands Enrolled in Conservation Easement Programs. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Wichita, Kansas. December 2012