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

My research interests encompass avian ecology, conservation biology, adaptive management, behavioral ecology and life history evolution. More specifically, I am interested in the biotic and abiotic factors that influence habitat selection in both game and non-game birds. Numerous ecosystem components may play a role in species abundance and habitat quality, features that were previously not accounted for in management proposals. By investigating how habitat features such as patch size, patch interior-to-edge ratio, topography, weather, plant species composition, and other factors that influence avian abundance and distribution, we can create predictive models that are effective in future management actions.