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

Staff Member


Ashlee Mikkelsen

Master's

Research Publications Publication Date
Mikkelsen, AJ, DB Lesmeister, KM O'Reilly, and KM Dugger. 2021. Feather corticosterone reveals developmental challenges in a long-term study of juvenile northern spotted owls. Functional Ecology 00:1–13, DOI:10.1111/1365-2435.13944. November 2021
Mikkelsen, A. J., D. B. Lesmeister, K. M. O’Reilly, and K. M. Dugger. 2023. Juvenile Northern Spotted Owls with higher mass and intermediate levels of corticosterone have greater long-term survival. Ornithological Applications 125:duad015. DOI: 10.1093/ornithapp/duad015 April 2023
Presentations Presentation Date
Mikkelsen, A.J., K.M. Dugger, and D.B. Lesmeister. 2020. You Need Some Meat on Those Bones! The Effect of Weight and Time on Northern Spotted Owl Recruitment. 2020 Annual Meeting of the Washington Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Spokane, WA, April 28-May 1, 2020. April 2020
Mikkelsen, A.J., K.M. Dugger, D.B. Lesmeister, and K.M. O’Reilly. 2019. Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Effects of Stress on Juvenile Northern Spotted Owls. Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society 2019 Annual Meeting, Feb. 27 - March 1, Bend, OR. February 2019
Mikkelsen, A.J., K.M. Dugger, D.B. Lesmeister, and K.M. O'Reilly. 2020. Patterns in Juvenile Northern Spotted Owl Feather Corticosterone Relative to Environmental and Individual Variation. 2020 Annual Meeting of the Washington Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Spokane, WA, April 28-May 1, 2020. April 2020
Mikkelsen, A.J., K.M. Dugger, D.B. Lesmeister, and K.M. O'Reilly. 2020. Using Stress Hormones to Link the Environment to Apparent Survival in Non-Territorial Northern Spotted Owls. Oregon Chapter of The Wildlife Society's Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2020, Eugene, OR. February 2020