Alabama Research: Projects, Research Publications, Presentations, Thesis and Dissertations, Technical Publications

Alabama Research Activities

The Alabama Unit has identified four areas in which to concentrate its research efforts: 1) determining the effects of forest management techniques on wildlife species, 2) investigating the ecology and management of stream corridors, 3) investigating the status, life history and habitat requirements of endangered or threatened species to obtain information necessary for the development of comprehensive recovery plans, and 4) investigating the ecology and management of fish and wildlife species on landscape scales. The Unit will not be restricted to these areas of investigation; however, it will work towards the development of comprehensive research programs in each.

Projects

Project	Completion Date
Adaptive Management for Turkey Harvest in Alabama	September 2020	The Alabama Units is conducting long-term research project for Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to inform science-based (adaptive) management of Eastern Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallapavo; hereafter Turkey) populations across the state. Applying AM requires a decision tool based on region-specific vital rates for turkey populations. Current, region-specific vital rates and harvest rates are unavailable, except as expert opinion. The tool will employ a population model that predicts the dynamics of Turkey populations based on vital rates and a management model that predicts the effects of harvest regulations on vital rates. This research will estimate the temporal and spatial variation in vital rates, update the recently developed expert-driven model, test methods for monitoring decision criteria, and provide the agency with a method for incorporating the best available information in decisions regarding Turkey harvest.	None
Grassland habitat management for diverse taxa and stakeholders	July 2016	This project is focused on adapting and modifying decision models developed for grassland bird population management to consider non-avian taxa that rely on the same habitat and are of high conservation concern	This project is focused on adapting and modifying decision models developed for grassland bird population management to consider non-avian taxa that rely on the same habitat and are of high conservation concern
Population viability and reclassification criteria of the listed population of Steller’s Eider in Alaska.	August 2016	The Alaska-breeding population of Steller’s eider (Polysticta stelleri) was classified as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act (Act) in 1997 based upon a substantial decrease in the species’ nesting range in Alaska. The reduction in the number of Steller’s eiders nesting in Alaska increased the vulnerability of the population (Federal Register 1997). Following listing, a recovery plan was developed (USFWS 2002) that specifies population criteria for reclassification from Threatened to Endangered and Threatened to delisted. For delisting to occur, subpopulations with <1% chance of extinction within 100 years must exist on both the Arctic Coastal Plain (ACP), and in western (YKD) Alaska. The Alabama Unit will be using recently collected data to estimate extinction probabilities and determine the likelihood of misclassifying the population status based on recent surveys.	None
American Black Duck Survival and Recruitment analyses	September 2013	Estimating annual survival, inter-seasonal movement and annual recruitment rates of American Black Ducks.	None
Horseshoe crab abundance	May 2015	Gathering and analyzing horseshoe crab mark recapture data to estimate abundance in support of the Delaware Bay horseshoe crab harvest management plan	None
Grassland bird occupancy modeling	December 2014	Estimating grassland bird habitat use and associations to parameterize a habitat management projection model for decision analysis on grassland bird habitat management.	None
White-Tailed Deer demographics at Ft. Rucker Alabama	January 2014	Using Time Lapse Photography to monitor deer populations and estimate the effects of coyote management on deer abundance and harvest.	None
Deer Density and recriutment	May 2016	We are using time lapse photography to estimate white-tailed deer demographic rates for use in a population model that will inform harvest management decision analysis.	We are using time lapse photography to estimate white-tailed deer demographic rates for use in a population model that will inform harvest management decision analysis.
Inventory and conservation planning for species of greatest conservaiton need on state-owned lands in Alabama	March 2012	Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (ALCFWRU) is leading a 5-year research project (hereafter referred to as ICP) to investigate the factors influencing the distribution and abundance of species of Greatest Conservation Need identified in the State Wildlife Action Plan on 13 state-owned wildlife management areas, natural areas, and parks.	Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (ALCFWRU) is leading a 5-year research project (hereafter referred to as ICP) to investigate the factors influencing the distribution and abundance of species of Greatest Conservation Need identified in the State Wildlife Action Plan on 13 state-owned wildlife management areas, natural areas, and parks. ICP includes land in five ecological regions, and could include most of the 303 species of greatest conservation need (GCN) listed in the State’s Wildlife Action Plan. ICP relies upon a team of co-investigators composed mainly of faculty and researchers from Auburn University and Appalachian State University who advise the graduate students and technicians engaged in field research. Cooperator contributed funds are currently supporting 10 graduate students in 4 graduate degree programs at Auburn University and 1 graduate student at Appalachian State University. ICP oversight comes from a steering committee composed of the Unit Leader and decision-makers from 3 divisions of the Alabama DCNR who provide input on the selection of study areas, coordination with land managers, research objectives, and expected products. The expected products from ICP include reports and decision support tools that will be used to evaluate management alternatives for each of the study areas. After reviewing a provisional decision support tool for one of the study areas developed by ALCFWRU staff and a technical team of land managers and decision makers from ADCNR using Structured Decision Making, the ICP Steering Committee elected to provisionally support the devel opment of similar tools for each of the 13 study areas
Optimal Conservation Strategies to Cope with Climate Change	September 2013	1. Identify focal species for planning conservation actions within each ecoregion. Focal species should represent the species most sensitive to resource and process limitations in the southeastern region (Lambeck 1999) and should represent a broad array of taxa. 2. Assess the state of populations of focal species based on the best available information. This may include survey data (e.g. Breeding Bird Surveys, mid-winter waterfowl surveys, North American Amphibian Monitoring Program) or expert opinion. 3. Determine population objectives and habitat objectives for focal species that will ensure their persistence. 4. Identify and quantify the effects of management and policy alternatives for the conservation of focal species. 5. Develop habitat relationship models for focal species that will be suitable for predicting population responses to climate change and conservation actions. 6. Determine optimal conservation strategies based on the identified management and policy alternatives that are most likely to sustain populations of focal species. 7. Identify key elements for monitoring that will reduce uncertainty regarding the effect of climate change on terrestrial and aquatic populations and their habitats and measure progress towards population and habitat objectives.	None
Mapping the distribution of longleaf ecosystems for herpetofauna conservation	August 2010	Over the last two centuries, the longleaf pine ecosystem has been dramatically altered by logging, replanting with other pine species, and fire suppression. This reduction in habitat has affected numerous birds, reptiles, and amphibians. The best known example of this is the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis), a federally endangered species that inhabits old growth longleaf pine woodlands. The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is another longleaf pine inhabitant. It is listed as federally threatened west of the Mobile and Tombigbee rivers in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1990). The black pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi) is also a longleaf ecosystem inhabitant and a species whose abundance is in decline. Successful management of both the gopher tortoise and the black pine snake requires knowledge of the current distribution of the longleaf pine ecosystem. The goal of this project is to assess what is mapped and what can be improved in the Hogland Longleaf Pine Ecosystem Map for the purpose of enhancing the ability to manage and conserve the gopher tortoise and black pine snake. Additionally, we intend to relate gopher tortoise burrow density to the improved predicted probability map. Our specific hypotheses: 1. Hogland's (2005) work accurately maps the occurrence of longleaf pine woodlands. If hypothesis 1 is shown to be false then: 2. The accuracy of the map can be improved with addition of soils and landform information. 3. The inaccuracy of the data is related to the distribution and scope of the field sampling effort. 4. Gopher tortoise population densities are related to the same characteristics that are used to map longleaf pine woodlands. Objectives: � Determine the accuracy of the longleaf ecosystem map created by Hogland (2005) across its range in the Gulf Coastal Plains of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. � Determine whether the accuracy of the map can be further improved by incorporating information on soils (STATSGO) or landform � Determine whether FIA and USDA Forest Service Continuous Inventory of Stands (CISC) data can be used to improve the accuracy of the map	None
Data Development for a Decision Support Tool for Longleaf and Open Pine Ecosystems	June 2011	1. Identify and obtain the available spatial data for the development of an open pine decision support tool for the historical range of longleaf pine. 2. Map the density of suitable sites for the restoration of open pine ecosystems based on land form, land use, and range limits. 3. Map the relative ability for land managers to use fire for the maintenance of open pine ecosystems based on the density of urban and developed lands. 4. Use the density of conservation lands to determine where the potential exists for long-term conservation and maintenance of open pine systems.	None
Climate change in the Southeastern US and its impacts on bird habitats	September 2011	Fish and wildlife agencies are increasingly challenged in responding to a changing climate. Several climate models developed under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have recently predicted changes in temperature and rainfall patterns throughout much of North America. These changes are expected to cause substantial changes in habitat conditions and thus species distributions. State fish and wildlife agencies will need to respond to a changing climate and incorporate it into their planning efforts. Unfortunately, no models have yet been developed to effectively step down the current suite of Global Circulation Models (GCM) to scales suitable for conservation planning. Only recently have models been tested that provide any degree of certainty for sub-regions of the United States. A more fine-scaled approach to predict climate changes related must be established before effects on animal habitats and populations can be predicted. Such an approach will enable states to make informed, adaptive decisions in their planning for their fishery and wildlife resources. The research proposed here seeks to estimate the rates of historic change in land use-land cover (LULC) in response to changes in climatologic parameters. Map land cover-land use for at least three time periods between 1970 and 2006 using available LandSat TM data based on habitat classes that are important to wildlife conservation. 1. Estimate the rate and uncertainty of transition among habitat classes in relation to climatologic and abiotic factors that govern LULC. MOD 1 Additons 1. Determine the spatial and thematic resolution necessary to estimate the relationships between recent changes in land use and land cover (LULC) and the distribution of bird populations. 2. Estimate historic LULC at decadal intervals between 1970 and 2006 using available Multi-spectral scanner (MSS) and LandSat Thematic Mapper (TM) data at spatial and thematic resolutions that will be useful for conservation of fish and wildlife populations. 3. Estimate rates and uncertainty in historic LULC change at decadal intervals between 1970 and 2006 and their relationship to important climatologic and abiotic factors that govern LULC.	None
Exploitation and Catch of Shoal Bass in the Lower Flint River Basin and Angler Use, Effort, and Economic Impact of This Fishery	June 2024	The Flint River below Lake Blackshear supports a popular Shoal Bass fishery that is currently managed by a 305-mm minimum-length limit. Hydropeaking flows from Crisp County Dam have reduced Shoal Bass recruitment in the river downstream, prompting GADNR to initiate a stocking program in the 1970s that continues today. Geomorphology of the Flint River changes beginning in this section, characterized by limestone outcroppings, deep channel, and a hydraulic connection to the Upper Floridan aquifer resulting in large groundwater inputs. Approximately 32 km downstream of Crisp County Dam, the Flint River enters the headwaters of Lake Chehaw, created by Albany Dam. Below that dam is a 150-km reach of river that ends at the headwaters of Lake Seminole around Bainbridge, Georgia. This reach is the second-longest undammed section of stream across the entire Shoal Bass range. Hydropeaking flows from Crisp County Dam are reregulated through Albany Dam, and like upstream, these flows have reduced Shoal Bass recruitment in the river downstream, prompting GADNR to stock Shoal Bass. Geomorphology of this reach of the Flint River is similar to the one above, with the addition of numerous springs that add to stream flow and provide summer thermal refugia for species such as Gulf-strain Striped Bass. In the late 1800s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened and maintained a 1-m low-water navigation channel from Albany, Georgia, to Bainbridge, Georgia, to facilitate steamboat and barge navigation . This was accomplished by dredging and blasting shoals, which resulted in man-made rock islands that are still extant today. The effects of these activities on the Shoal Bass population are unknown, but likely have resulted in deeper channels, swifter currents, and possibly exacerbating the impacts of hydropeaking flows.	The objectives of this study are to 1) estimate exploitation of Shoal Bass in the lower Flint River, 2) evaluate the current 305-mm MLL, as well as other harvest restriction scenarios, on the population, 3) describe seasonal movement patterns and habitat use of Shoal Bass in the Flint River between Albany Dam and Lake Seminole, and 4) estimate hatch-date distribution and daily growth of age-0 Shoal Bass in the lower Flint River basin.
Evaluating the spatial and temporal distribution and ecology of Bighead and Silver Carp and native fishes of the lower Red River basin	September 2023	This project will devote substantial effort to understanding the spatial and temporal distribution of Bighead Carp and Silver Carp in the Red River basin.	Both the Bighead Carp (<i>Hypophthalmichthys nobilis</i>) and Silver Carp (<i>H. molitrix</i>) were introduced to the United States in the 1970s. Since that time, the two species have become prolific invaders. In the Red River Basin, Bighead Carp have been captured periodically, often as part of other sampling efforts targeting other species. However, there has never been extensive sampling efforts that covered much of the Red River basin and specifically targeted Bighead and/or Silver carps. We partnered with the Texas Parks and Wildlife, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, and Arkansas Game and Fish to develop management actions applicable to this basin that will help minimize spread of these invasive species. This project will devote substantial effort to understanding the spatial and temporal distribution of carp in the Red River basin and assess native fish assemblages that might be affected by their presence. This basic biological information serves as a foundation for developing programs for removal if deemed problematic.
Puerto Rican Boa Population Viability Analysis for Species Status Assessment	September 2022	Working USFWS biologists and partner agencies and researchers we are developing viability models using available information to support classification decisions for Puerto Rican Boa and Eastern Black Rail.	Working USFWS biologists and partner agencies and researchers we are developing viability models using available information to support classification decisions for Puerto Rican Boa and Eastern Black Rail.
Southwestern Species Status Assessment	March 2020	Developed modeling techniques to support a variety of listing decisions under the Endangered Species Act supporting the USFWS. We worked on Sonora Desert Tortoise, Gila Chub, White-Bark Pine, White-tailed Ptarmigan among others. We also developed curriculum for a short course on data analysis and modeling for USFWS biologists.	Developed modeling techniques to support a variety of listing decisions under the Endangered Species Act supporting the USFWS.
Spectacled Eider Listing Status	March 2018	Researchers at the Alabama Unit are analyzing survey data to examine the effect of observational uncertainty on the status of the population.	None

Research Publications

Research Publications	Publication Date
Zentner, D. L., S. L. Wolf, S. K. Brewer and D. E. Shoup. 2021. A review of factors affecting PIT-tag detection using mobile arrays and use of mobile antennas to detect PIT-tagged suckers in a wadeable Ozark stream. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41: 697-710.	February 2021
Yorke, E.H., Judy, C.E., Saveraid, T.C, McGowan, C.P., Caldwell, F. C. in press, Distal Border Fragments of the Equine Navicular Bone: Significance in current clinical lameness.	February 2014
Wolf, S. and S. K. Brewer. 2021. Survival and movement patterns of Rainbow Trout stocked in a groundwater-influenced warmwater stream. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10566	January 2021
Wilson, H. M., P. L. Flint, A. N. Powell, J. B. Grand, and C. L. Moran. 2012. Population ecology of breeding Pacific Common Eiders on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Wildlife Monographs,182:1-29; DOI: 10.1002/wmon.8	October 2012
Williams, B.L., R.W. Holtfreter, S.S. Ditchkoff, and J.B. Grand. 2011. Trap style influences wild pig behavior and trapping success. J. Wildlife Manage. 75(3)432-436.	February 2011
Williams, B.L., R.W. Holtfreter, S.S. Ditchkoff, and J.B. Grand. 2011. Efficiency of Time-lapse intervals and simple baits for camera surveys of wild pigs. J. Wildlife Manage. 75(3)655-659.	April 2011
Tucker, J. W., W. D. Robinson, and J. B. Grand. 2004. Influence of fire on Bachman's Sparrow, an endemic North American songbird. Journal of Wildlife Managment 68(4):1114-1123.	July 2004
Tucker, J. W., Robinson, W. D., Grand, J. B. 2006. Breeding productivity of Bachman's sparrows in fire-managed longleaf pine forests. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 118:2 (131-137).	June 2006
Terhune, T. M., D. C. Sisson, J. B. Grand, H. L. Stribling. 2007. Factors Influencing Survival of Radiotagged and Banded Northern Bobwhites in Georgia. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(4):1288-1297.	June 2007
Smith, D.R., C.P. McGowan, J.P. Daily, J.D. Nichols, J.A. Sweka, and J.E. Lyons 2013 Evaluating a multispecies adaptive management framework: must uncertainty impede effective decision-making? Journal of Applied Ecology, early online August 28, 2013 doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12145 \| Publisher Website	December 2013
Sharp, N. W., M. S. Mitchell, and J. B. Grand. 2009. Sources, sinks, and spatial ecology of cotton mice in longleaf pine stands undergoing restoration. Journal of Mammalogy.	December 2009
Schamber, J. L., P. L. Flint, et al. (2009). "Population Dynamics of Long-tailed Ducks Breeding on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska." Arctic 62(2): 190-200.	April 2009
S. S. Ditchkoff, B.L. Williams, M.S. Mitchell, J.B. Grand, and J.J> Millspaugh. Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in Wild Pig Populations Fluctuate Based on Reproductive Cycle. Wildlife Society Bulletin: 00(0): 000-000, 201X \| Abstract	February 2011	Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) pose considerable ecological problems as an invasive exotic. However, our understanding of many aspects of the ecology of this species is limited. Our goal was to examine the relationships between patterns of stress and reproductive behavior in a free ranging population of wild pigs through analysis of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites. We collected fecal samples from both trapped and hunter harvested animals between August 2004 and January 2006. Sexually mature pigs on Fort Benning had two seasons of elevated stress levels corresponding with two distinct periods of increased farrowing activity (March/April and July/August). For sexually mature females, fecal glucocorticoid levels were greater during the peak farrowing seasons than during the rest of the year. Fecal glucocorticoids in sexually mature males peaked during the periods immediately preceding each breeding season, and were at their lowest point during the peak farrowing seasons. Fecal glucocorticoid concentrations did not differ among sexually immature individuals of either sex between the breeding seasons and the rest of the year. Individuals collected from traps exhibited greater fecal glucocorticoid concentrations than individuals collected via hunter harvest. Mature males likely experienced their greatest levels of stress during the peak of the breeding season due to heightened breeding activity, and decreased stress during the peak of the farrowing season due to a decrease in breeding activity as the majority of receptive females were already pregnant. The timing of peak stress levels among both sexes of sexually mature animals and the lack of fluctuations in stress levels among sexually immature animals lead us to conclude that reproduction and the timing of peak reproductive activity are the major factors influencing stress among free-ranging wild pigs. This study has established baseline parameters of stress in wild pig populations, and highlights the temporal periods during which particular classes of animals experience the greatest levels of stress.
Runge, M.C., J.B. Grand, and M.S. Mitchell. 2013. Structured decision making. pp. 51-72. In P.R. Krausman and J.W. Cain eds. Wildlife Management and conservation: Contemporary principles and practices. Johns Hopkins Baltimore, Maryland.	January 2013
Rodger, A. W., , S. L. Wolf, T. A. Starks, J. P. Burroughs, and S. K. Brewer. 2021. Seasonal diet and habitat use of large, introduced Rainbow Trout in an Ozark Highland stream, North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41:1764-1780. https://doi.org/10.1002/najfm.10694	July 2021
Robinson, OJ, McGowan, CP, Apodaca, JJ, in review, Decision analysis for habitat conservation of an endangered, range limited salamander, for submission to Animal Conservation	December 2016
Robinson, OJ, McGowan CP, Devers P. in review, Deciphering density dependent dynamics using multiple system models and Bayesian model weight updating. Submitted to Ecology February 2016.	May 2017
Robinson OJ, McGowan CP, Devers PK. (2016) Updating movement estimates for American black ducks (Anas rubripes) PeerJ 4:e1787	February 2016
Robinson OJ, McGowan CP, Devers PK, Brook RW, Huang M, Jones M, McAuley DG, Zimmerman G. 2016, A full annual cycle modeling framework for American black ducks, Natural Resource Modeling 29: 159–174.	February 2016
Price Tack JL, West B, McGowan CP, Ditchkoff S, Reves SJ, Keever A, Grand JB, in review, A semi-automated system for processing time-lapse camera trap images. submitted to Methods in Ecology and Evolution.	November 2016
Post Van Der Burg, M., Bly, B.B., Vercautheren, T., Grand, J.B., and Tyre, A.J. On the role of budget sufficiency, cost Efficiency and uncertainty in species management. Journal of Wildlife Management: 00(0): 000-000, 200X \| Abstract	November 2013	Many conservation planning frameworks rely on the assumption that one should prioritize locations for management actions based on the highest predicted conservation value (i.e. abundance, occupancy). This strategy may underperform relative to the expected outcome if one is working with a limited budget or the predicted responses are uncertain. Yet, cost and tolerance to uncertainty rarely become part of species management plans. We used field data and predictive models to simulate a decision problem involving western burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) using prairie dog colonies (Cynomys ludovicianus) in western Nebraska. We considered two species management strategies: one that simply maximized abundance and one that maximized abundance in a cost-efficient way. We then used heuristic decision algorithms to compare the two strategies in terms of how well they met a hypothetical conservation objective. Finally, we performed an info-gap decision analysis to determine how these strategies performed under different budget constraints and uncertainty about owl response. Our results suggested that when budgets were sufficient to manage all sites, the maximizing strategy was optimal and suggested investing more in expensive actions. This pattern persisted for restricted budgets up to about 50% of the sufficient budget. Below this budget, the cost-efficient strategy was optimal and suggested investing in the cheaper actions. When uncertainty in the expected responses was introduced, the ”maximize” strategy remained robust under a sufficient budget. Reducing the budget induced a slight trade-off between expected performance and robustness, which suggested that the most robust strategy depended both on one’s budget and tolerance to uncertainty. Our results suggest that wildlife managers should explicitly account for budget limitations and be realistic about their expected levels of performance.
Petersen, M. R., J. B. Grand, and C. P. Dau. 2000. Spectacled Eider(Somateria fischeri). In The Birds of North America, (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds. ). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and The AmericanOrnithologists' Union, Washington, D. C. No. 547.	November 2000
Nichols, J.D., Hollmen, T.E. and Grand, J.B., 2016. Monitoring for the Management of Disease Risk in Animal Translocation Programmes. EcoHealth, pp.1-11. \| Abstract	January 2016	Monitoring is best viewed as a component of some larger programme focused on science or conservation. The value of monitoring is determined by the extent to which it informs the parent process. Animal translocation programmes are typically designed to augment or establish viable animal populations without changing the local community in any detrimental way. Such programmes seek to minimize disease risk to local wild animals and to translocated animals. Disease monitoring can inform translocation decisions by (1) providing information for state-dependent decisions, (2) assessing progress towards programme objectives, (3) permitting learning in order to make better decisions in the future, and (4) providing parameter estimates for process models. Here we discuss specific decisions that can be informed by both pre-release and post-release disease monitoring programmes. We specify state variables and vital rates needed to inform these decisions. We then discuss monitoring data and analytic methods that can be used to estimate these state variables and vital rates. Our discussion is necessarily general, but hopefully provides a basis for tailoring disease monitoring approaches to specific translocation programmes.
Mouser, J., S. K. Brewer, M. L. Niemiller, R. Mollenhauer, and R. A. Van Den Bussche. 2021. Comparing traditional visual surveys to novel environmental DNA surveys for detection of cavefishes and cave crayfishes. Subterranean Biology 39: 79-105doi: 10.3897/subtbiol.39.64279	July 2021
Moore, D. M. and S. K. Brewer. 2021. Evaluation of VIE, PIT, and p-Chip tagging methods in a small bodied minnow species. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41:1066-1078.	June 2021
Mollenhauer R., S. K. Brewer, J. S. Perkin, D. Swedberg, M. Wedgeworth, and Z. D. Steffensmeier. 2021. Connectivity and flow regime direct conservation priorities for pelagophil fishes. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	July 2021
Mitchell, M. S., L. B. Pacifici, J. B. Grand, and R. A. Powell. 2009. Contributions of vital rates to growth of a protected population of American black bears. Ursus 20:77-84.	December 2009
Miller, D. A., J. B. Grand, T. F. Fondell, R. M. Anthony. 2006. Pr4dator functional response and prey survival: direct and indirect interactions affecting a marked prey population. Journal of Animal Ecology 75(1):101-110.	December 2005
Miller, D. A., Grand, J. B., Fondell, T. F., and Anthony, R. M. 2007. Optimizing Nest Survival and Female Survival: Consequences of Nest Site Selection for Canada Geese. Condor 109:4(769-780)	November 2007
Miller, A. and S. K. Brewer. 2021. Riverscape nesting dynamics of Neosho Smallmouth Bass: To cluster or not to cluster? Diversity and Distributions 27: 1005– 1018. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13250	February 2021
Miller, A. and S. K. Brewer. 2020. Spatiotemporal variation in age-0 Smallmouth Bass abundances depends on physicochemical conditions and network position. Ecosphere 11( 9):e03245. 10.1002/ecs2.3245	September 2020
Millard MJ, Sweka JA, McGowan CP, Smith DR, 2015, Assessment and Management of North American Horseshoe Crab Populations, with Emphasis on a Multispecies Framework for Delaware Bay Populations, in Carmichael RH, Botton ML, Shin PKS, Cheung SG (eds.) Changing global perspectives on biology, conservation, and management of horseshoe crabs, Springer 2015.	December 2015
McGowan, CP. 2015, Comparing Models of Red Knot population dynamics, The Condor 117 (4), 494-502.	November 2015
McGowan, CP, Smith, DR, Nichols, JD, Lyons, JE, Sweka, J, Kalasz, K, Niles, LJ, Wong, R, Brust, J, Davis, M, Spear, B, in review, Implementing a framework for multi-species, multi-objective adaptive management in Delaware Bay. Biological Conservation, 191: 759-769.	November 2015
McGowan, CP, JE Lyons, and D.R. Smith, 2015, Developing objectives with multiple stakeholders: adaptive management of horseshoe crabs and Red Knots in the Delaware Bay. Environmental Management, 55 (4), 972-982. \| Download	March 2015
McGowan, CP, Gardner, B. 2013, Evaluating Methodological Assumptions of Catch-Curve Survival Estimation for Un-Marked Precocial Chicks. Waterbirds 36: 82-87	March 2013
McGowan, CP, Allan NA, Servoss J, Headwall S, Woolridge B, in review, Incorporating population viability models into species status assessment and listing decisions under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. for submission to Endangered Species Research	October 2017
McGowan, C.P., M.R. Ryan, M.C. Runge, J.J. Millspaugh, J. Cochrane, 2011. The role of demographic compensation theory in incidental take assessments for endangered species. Biological Conservation 144, 730-737.	February 2011
McGowan, C.P., M. C. Runge, M. A. Larson, 2011. Incorporating parametric uncertainty into population viability models. Biological Conservation, 144, 1400-1408.	May 2011
McGowan, C.P., J.E. Hines, J.D. Nichols, J.E. Lyons, D.R. Smith, K. Kalasz, L.J. Niles, A. Dey, N.A. Clark, P.W. Atkinson, C.D.T. Minton, W. Kendal. 2011. Demographic consequences of migratory stopover: linking red knot survival to horseshoe crab spawning abundance. Ecosphere 2: art 69.	June 2011
McGowan, C.P., D.H. Catlin, T.L. Shaffer, C.L. Gratto Trevor, C. Aron, 2014. Establishing endangered species recovery criteria using predictive simulation modeling. Biological Conservation 177, 220–229	September 2014
McGowan, C.P., D.C. Kessler, M.R. Ryan, 2011, Endangered species management: A Synthesis. Lessons in Conservation, Available on line February 2011. \| Publisher Website	February 2011
McGowan, C.P., 2012. Demography. in: T. Simons, E. Nol, R. Beotcher (eds.) The American Oysterchatcher, in R. Poole The Birds of North America On-Line.	January 2012
McGowan, C.P. 2013, A Structured approach to incidental take decision making. Environmental Managment 51:241–250	August 2013
McGowan, C. P., Ryan, M.R. 2010. Arguments for Using Population Models in Incidental Take Assessments for Endangered Species. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 1: 183-188 \| Abstract \| Publisher Website	November 2010	Population models can be useful tools for evaluating management strategies and risks for a given species. A major, but often overlooked, component of endangered or threatened species management and recovery is the incidental take allowance of many endangered species laws. In the United States population models are seldom applied to address specific incidental take scenarios. We believe it is prudent for wildlife management agencies like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to embrace explicit predictive tools to assess the possible effects of incidental take actions and to set standards for what constitutes unacceptable levels of incidental take in terms of predicted effect on population viability, recovery, and extinction. We briefly give recommendations for incorporating simulation models into jeopardy evaluations in ways that would dovetail with legislative language and provide a simple example model. Using explicit predictive models to support jeopardy determinations and incidental take decision-making would lead to transparent decisions rooted in measurable quantities such as changes in extinction probability or abundance projections.
Koons, D. N., J. B. Grand, R. F. Rockwell. 2006. Population perturbation analysis:the influence of population momentum. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(1):19-26.	May 2006
Koons, D. N., J. B. Grand, J. M. Arnold. 2006. Population momentum across vertebrate life histories. Ecological Modelling 197 (2006) 418-430.	May 2006
Koons, D. N., J. B. GRand, B. Zinner, R. F. Rockwell. 2005. Transient population dynamics:relations to life history and initial population state. Ecological Modelling 185 (2005) 283-297.	December 2004
Koons, D. N., Holmes, R. R., Grand, J. B. 2007. Population inertia and its sensitivity to changes in vital rates or initial conditions. Ecology 88(88)2857-2867.	November 2007
Keever, A.C., C.P. McGowan, S.S. Ditchkoff, P.K. Acker, J.B. Grand, C.H. Newbolt, in review, Efficacy of time-lapse photography and repeated counts estimation for monitoring white-tailed deer populations.	October 2017
Jolley, D. B., S. S. Ditchkoff, B. D. Sparklin, L. B. Hanson, M. S. Mitchell, and J. B. Grand. 2010. Estimate of herpetofauna depredation by a population of wild pigs. Journal of Mammalogy 91:519-524.	April 2010
Howell, M. D., Grand, J. B., Flint, P. L. Body molt of male long-tailed ducks (Clangula hyemalis) in the nearshore waters of the North Slope, Alaska. Wilson Bulletin 115(2):170-175.	July 2003
Hollmen, T. E., J. C. Franson, P. L. Flint, J. B. Grand, R. B. Lanctot, D. E. Docherty, and H. M. Wilson. An Adenovirus linked to mortality and disease in long-tailed ducks (Clangula hyemalis) in Alaska. Avian Diseases 47(4): 1434-1440	January 2003
Hartke, K. M, J. B. Grand, G. R. Hepp, and T. H. Folk. 2006. Sources of variation in survival of breeding female wood ducks. Condor 108:1 (201-210).	February 2006
Hanson, L. B., M. S. Mitchell, J. B. Grand, D. B. Jolley, W. D. Sparklin, and S. S. Ditchkoff. 2009. Effect of experimental manipulation on survival and recruitment of feral pigs. Wildlife Research. 36(3):185-191.	April 2009
Hanson, L. B., J. B. Grand, M. S. Mitchell, D. B. Jolley, B. D. Sparklin and S. S. Ditchkoff. 2008. Change-in-ratio density estimator for feral pigs is less biased than closed mark-recapture estimates. Wildlife Research 35(7): 695-699.	December 2008
Gunn, J.C., L.K. Berkman, J. Koppelman, A.T. Taylor, S. Brewer, J.M. Long, and L.S. Eggert. 2020. Complex Patterns of Genetic and Morphological Differentiation in the Smallmouth Bass subspecies (Micropterus dolomieu dolomieu and M. d. velox) of the Central Interior Highlands. Conservation Genetics 21:897-904.	August 2020
Grand, J.B. and K.J. Kleiner. 2016. Prioritizing landscapes for longleaf conservation. Cooperator Science Series. 48 pp.	February 2016
Grand, J. B., J. C. Franson, P. L. Flint, and M. R. Petersen. 2002. Concentrations of trace elements in eggs and blood of spectacled and common eiders on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21(8):80-85.	June 2002
Grand, J. B., Fondell, T. F., Miller, D. A., Anthony, R. M. 2006. Nest survival in Dusky Canada Geese (Branta canadensis occidentalis): Use of discrete-time models. Auk 123:1 (198-210)	January 2006
Franson, J. C., T. E. Hollmen, P. L. Flint, J. B. Grand, and R. B. Lanctot. 2004. Contaminants in molting long-tailed ducks and nesting common eiders in the Beaufort Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 48:6 (504-513)	March 2004
Fondell, T. F., J. B. Grand, D. A. Miller and R. M. Anthony. 2006. Renesting by dusky Canada geese on the Copper River Delta, Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(4): 955-964.	September 2006
Folk, T. H., J. B. Grand, W. E. Palmer, J. P. Carroll, D. C. Sisson, T. M. Terhune, S. D. Wellendorf, H. L. Stribling. 2007. Estimates of Survival from Radiotelemetry:a Response to Guthery and Lusk. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(4):1027-1033.	June 2007
Folk, T. H., Holmes, R. R., Grand, J. B. 2007. Variation in northern bobwhite demography along two temporal scales. Population Ecology. 49:3 (211-219).	July 2007
Flint, P.L., J.B. Grand, M.R. Petersen, and R.F. Rockwell. 2016. Population dynamics of spectacled eiders: Synthesis of demographic data. North American Fauna.	January 2016
Flint, P. L., and J. B. Grand. 1999. Incubation behavior of spectacled eiders on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Condor 101:413-416.	June 1999
Flint, P. L., and J. B. Grand, 1999. Patterns of variation in size and composition of greater scaup eggs: are they related? Wilson Bulletin 111:465-471.	December 1999
Flint, P. L., Morse, J. A., Grand, J. B., Moran, C. L. 2006. Correlated growth and survival of juvenile Spectacled Eiders:Evidence of habitat limitation? Condor 108:4 (901-911)	November 2006
Flint, P. L., J. B. Grand, T. F. Fondell, J. A. Morse. 2006. Populatin Dynamics of Greater Scaup Breeding on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Wildlife Monographs:Vol. 162, No. 1 pp. 1-22.	June 2006
Flint, P. L., J. B. Grand, J. A. Morse, T. F. Fondell. 2000. Late summer survival of adult female and juvenile spectacled eiders on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Waterbirds 23:292-297.	March 2000
Esler, D., J. B. Grand, and A. 2001. Intraspecific variation innutrient reserve use during clutch formation by lesser scaup. Condor103:810-820.	November 2001
Dyer, J., and S. K. Brewer. 2020. Seasonal movements and tributary-specific fidelity of blue sucker in a Southern Plains riverscape. Journal of Fish Biology	June 2020
Dunham, Kylee, and Grand, J.B., 2016, Viability of the Alaskan breeding population of Steller’s eiders: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1084, 8 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161084. \| Abstract	September 2016	The Alaskan breeding population of Steller’s eiders (Polysticta stelleri) was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1997 in response to perceived declines in abundance throughout their breeding and nesting range. Aerial surveys suggest the breeding population is small and highly variable in number, with zero birds counted in 5 of the last 25 years. Research was conducted to evaluate competing population process models of Alaskan-breeding Steller’s eiders through comparison of model projections to aerial survey data. To evaluate model efficacy and estimate demographic parameters, a Bayesian state-space modeling framework was used and each model was fit to counts from the annual aerial surveys, using sequential importance sampling and resampling. The results strongly support that the Alaskan breeding population experiences population level nonbreeding events and is open to exchange with the larger Russian-Pacific breeding population. Current recovery criteria for the Alaskan breeding population rely heavily on the ability to estimate population viability. The results of this investigation provide an informative model of the population process that can be used to examine future population states and assess the population in terms of the current recovery and reclassification criteria.
Dunham, Kylee, and Grand, J.B., 2016, Evaluating models of population process in a threatened population of Steller’s eiders—A retrospective approach: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1062, 14 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161062 \| Abstract	September 2016	The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is tasked with setting objectives and measurable criteria for delisting species or populations listed under the Endangered Species Act. Determining the acceptable threshold for extinction risk for any species or population is a challenging task, particularly when facing marked uncertainty. The Alaskan breeding population of Steller’s Eiders (Polysticta stelleri) was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1997 due to a perceived decline in abundance and nesting range and geographic isolation from the Russian breeding population. However, previous genetic studies and modeling efforts suggest that there may be dispersal from the Russian breeding population. Additionally, there is evidence of population level non-breeding events. This research is aimed to estimate population viability of the Alaskan breeding population of Steller’s eiders using both an open and closed model of population process for this threatened population. Projections suggest under a closed model of population process this population has a 100% probability of extinction within 42 years. Projections from the open population model suggest that with immigration there is no probability of permanent extinction. However, due to random immigration process and non-breeding behavior it is likely that this population will continue to be present in low and highly variable numbers on the breeding grounds in Alaska. Monitoring the winter population, which contains both Russian and Alaskan breeding birds, may offer a more comprehensive indication of population viability.
Ditchkoff, S. S., D. B. Jolley, B. D. Sparklin, L. B. Hanson, M. S. Mitchell, and J. B. Grand. 2012. Reproduction in a Population of Wild Pigs (Sus scrofa) Subjected to Lethal Control. Journal of Wildlife Management 76:1235-1240.	August 2012
Dattilo, J. D. Shoup, and S. K. Brewer. 2021.Flow dynamics influence fish recruitment in hydrologically connected river-reservoir landscapes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41:1752-1763.	September 2021
Damm, P.E., Grand, J.B. Grand, and S.W. Barnett. Variation in detection among passive infrared triggered-cameras in wildlife research. Proceedings Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. \| Abstract \| Download \| Publisher Website	August 2011	Precise and accurate estimates of demographics such as age structure, productivity, and density are necessary in determining habitat and harvest management strategies for wildlife populations. Surveys using remote cameras are becoming an increasingly popular tool for estimating these parameters; however, most camera studies fail to incorporate detection and therefore underestimate these parameters. Thus, they underestimate the parameters of interest. The objective of this study was to determine the sources of heterogeneity in detection for trail cameras that incorporate a passive infrared (PIR) triggering system sensitive to heat and motion. Images were collected at four baited sites within the Conecuh National Forest, Alabama using three identically oriented cameras at each site operating continuously over the same seven-day period. Detection was estimated for four groups of animals based on taxonomic group and body size. Our hypotheses of detection considered variation among bait sites and cameras. The best model (wAICc = 0.99) estimated different rates of detection for each camera in addition to different detection rates for four animal groupings. Factors that explain this variation might include poor manufacturing tolerances, variation in PIR sensitivity, animal behavior, and species specific infrared radiation. Surveys using trail cameras with PIR systems must incorporate detection rates for individual cameras. Incorporating time-lapse triggering systems into survey designs should alleviate issues associated with PIR systems.
Brongo, L. L., Mitchell, M. S., Grand, J. B. 2005. Long-term analysis of survival, fertility, and population growth rate of black bears in North Carolina. Journal of Mammalogy. 86:5 (1029-1035)	October 2005
Brongo, L. L., Mitchell, M. S., Grand, J. B. 2005. Effects of trapping with bait on bait-station indices to black bear abundance. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33:4 (1357-1361).	December 2005
Anthony, R. M., J. B. Grand, T. F. Fondell., and B. F. J. Manly. A quantitative approach to identifying predators from nest remains. Journal Field Ornithology. 75(1):40-48	January 2004
Anthony, R. M., Grand, J. B., Fondell, T. F., Miller, D. A. Techniques for identifying predators of goose nests. 2006. Wildlife Biology 12:3 (249-256)	September 2006
Alix, D.M., C.J. Anderson, J.B. Grand, and C. Guyer. 2014. Evaluating the effects of land use on headwater wetland amphibian assemblages in coastal Alabama. Wetlands 34:917:926 \| Abstract	June 2014	Anthropogenic land use is known to impact aquatic ecosystems in several ways, including increased frequency and intensity of floods, stream channel incision, sedimentation, and loss of microtopography. Amphibians are particularly susceptible to changes in wetland and surrounding habitats. This study evaluated amphibian assemblages of fifteen headwater slope wetlands in coastal Alabama across a gradient of land uses. Amphibians were surveyed on a seasonal basis and land use was delineated within wetland watersheds and within a 200-m buffer surrounding each wetland. Amphibian presence/absence and land use data were used to develop species occupancy models. Both urban and agricultural land use were shown to influence amphibian occurrence. Species richness ranged from five to ten species across sites; however, five species only occurred in wetlands surrounded by forested lands. Many species were detected more frequently on these wetlands compared to wetlands surrounded by urban or mixed land uses. Occupancy models showed Acris gryllus was negatively associated with the amount of agriculture within a buffer around the wetland. Hyla squirella, Lithobates clamitans, and L. sphenocephalus were positively associated with agricultural land within a watershed. Anaxyrus terrestris and the non-native Eleutherodactylus planirostris were positively associated with the amount of impervious surface area within the wetland buffer.
McGowan, C. P., D. R. Smith, J. A. Sweka, J. Martin, J. D. Nichols, R. Wong, J. E. Lyons, L. J. Niles, K. Kalasz, J. Brust, M. Klopfer, B. Spear. 2011. Multi-species modeling for adaptive management of horseshoe crabs and red knots in the Delaware Bay. Natural Resource Modeling 24, 117-156	February 2011

Presentations

Presentations	Presentation Date
Zentner, D., D. Shoup, and S. K. Brewer. 2021. Tournament harvest and movements of catostomids in the Eucha-Spavinaw river-reservoir complex. Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Oklahoma	August 2021	Little is known regarding the susceptibility of nongame fishes to tournament harvest. The goal of this study was to understand the susceptibility of catostomids to gigging tournament harvest within the Spavinaw-Eucha river-reservoir complex. To do this, we are seasonally sampling fixed sites within the reservoir, the perennial lower portion of the major tributary, the intermittent upper portion of the major tributary, two perennial tributaries, and five intermittent tributaries with a variety of passive and active sampling gears.
Zentner, D., D. Shoup, and S. K. Brewer. 2021. Suggestions for using a new overlap statistic to answer fisheries science questions. Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Oklahoma	August 2021	Pastore and Calcagnì (2019) proposed using the distribution-free method “” for estimating overlap, and by extension effect size, in the social sciences (specifically the field of psychology). Given the inherent flexibility of a distribution-free overlap metric, has now been used in various scientific disciplines. To better facilitate the use of n in fisheries, we overview its basic properties, outline its implementation in program R, and show its utility as an estimate of effect size when paired with classic statistical tests.
Zentner, D., D. Shoup, and S. K. Brewer. 2021. Distribution and movements of catostomids in a river-reservoir complex and susceptibility to tournament harvest. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Baltimore	November 2021	Little is known regarding the susceptibility of nongame fishes to tournament harvest. The goal of this study was to understand the susceptibility of catostomids to gigging tournament harvest within the Spavinaw-Eucha river-reservoir complex. To do this, we are seasonally sampling fixed sites within the reservoir, the perennial lower portion of the major tributary, the intermittent upper portion of the major tributary, two perennial tributaries, and five intermittent tributaries with a variety of passive and active sampling gears.
Zentner, D., D. Shoup, and S. K. Brewer. 2021. Comparing distributions using the recently developed overlap statistic : Examples and suggestions for incorporation into the fishery scientist’s statistical toolbox. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Baltimore	November 2021	Pastore and Calcagnì (2019) proposed using the distribution-free method “” for estimating overlap, and by extension effect size, in the social sciences (specifically the field of psychology). Given the inherent flexibility of a distribution-free overlap metric, has now been used in various scientific disciplines. To better facilitate the use of n in fisheries, we overview its basic properties, outline its implementation in program R, and show its utility as an estimate of effect size when paired with classic statistical tests.
Zenas, SJ, and JB Grand. 2017 Factors influencing post-capture survival of eastern wild turkeys in Alabama. 71st Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies	October 2017	We estimated the daily post-capture survival rates of radio-marked eastern wild turkeys. We found that capture effects may extend as long as 33-days after marking, which may negatively bias estimates of survival.
Williams, S.G., Grand, J.B., Collazo, J.A, Nichols, J.D., Royle, J.A., Sauer, J.R. Global Climate, Landscape Change and Range Dynamics of Landbirds in Eastern North America. Waterbirds Society Meeting, Texas	November 2008
Wild Turkey Production Study in Alabama. 35th Annual Southeast Directors’ Wild Turkey Committee Meeting Decatur, AL 9-10 Jun 2009 – Invited speaker	June 2009
Wedgeworth, M., R. Mollenhauer, and S. K. Brewer. 2022. Temporal and spatial variability of Prairie Chub Machrybopsis australis spawning in the upper Red River basin. Annual Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society.	January 2022	The Prairie Chub<i> Machrybopsis australis</i> is assumed a pelagic-broadcast spawning cyprinid (i.e., pelagophil) endemic to the Red River basin. Pelagophils spawn over a protracted season and their recruitment is thought to be linked to higher discharge and connectivity. We systematically collected age-0 Prairie Chub across the catchment during spring and summer 2019 and 2020 to determine the factors related to spawning dates.
Wedgeworth, M and SK Brewer. 2020. Context dependency of Prairie Chub Machrybopsis australis flow ecology relationships. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Columbus.	September 2020	The Prairie Chub is of conservation interest due to uncertainty about its life history, distribution and status. We modeled hydrologic relationships across coarse and fine scales to understand how these relationships change across space and time.
Vaisvil, A. , S. K. Brewer, and D. Shoup. 2021. Movement patterns of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) in a river-reservoir complex, Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Oklahoma	August 2021	Striped Bass (<i>Morone saxatilis</i>) is anadromous and supports various commercial and recreational fisheries across its range. Gaining insight into the biotic and abiotic factors underpinning landlocked Striped Bass populations is essential for developing meaningful management actions.
Vaisvil, A. , S. K. Brewer, and D. Shoup. 2021. Movement patterns of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) in a river-reservoir complex, Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Baltimore	November 2021	Striped Bass (<i>Morone saxatilis</i>) is anadromous and supports various commercial and recreational fisheries across its range. Gaining insight into the biotic and abiotic factors underpinning landlocked Striped Bass populations is essential for developing meaningful management actions.
Vailsvil, A., S. K. Brewer, and D. Shoup. 2021. Movement Patterns of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) in the Robert S. Kerr River-reservoir Complex. Annual Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, Virtual.	April 2021	Gaining insight into the biotic and abiotic factors underpinning landlocked Striped Bass populations is essential for developing meaningful conservation and management actions. The objective of this study is to examine the segment-scale movement of Striped Bass in the Arkansas River, Oklahoma.
Tucker AM, McGowan CP. 2016. Assessing the influence of migratory connectivity and stopover site disturbance on population dynamics using a full annual cycle simulation model. North American Ornithological Congress, Washington DC, August 2016	August 2016	Evaluates the ecological and management importance of stop over habitat for long distance migratory shorebirds using full annual cycle network models.
Tucker AM, Derose Wilson A, McGowan CP. 2017. COMBINING MULTISTATE MODELS AND NETWORK THEORY TO EVALUATE MOVEMENT PATTERNS DURING MIGRATORY STOPOVER, EURING 2017, Barcelona, Spain.	July 2017	Combining multistate models and network models to assess movement patterns and space use during migratory stopover.
Travis H.Folk, James B. Grand. Northern bobwhites in a fire-maintained longleaf pine landscape:Survival cost of increased mobility in a variable environment. The Wildlife Socity 13th Annual Conference. 23-27 September 2006.	September 2006
Taylor, B. D., A. L. Silvano, M. S. Mitchell, and J. B. Grand. 2003. Interactive geo-database: automating range mapping with ArcObjects. National Gap Analysis Meeting.	August 2003
Silvano,A.L., Rubino,M.J., Williams, S.G., Grand, J.B. Vertebrate modeling in the southeast:Process and review. National Gap Conference, Asheville, NC. September 2007.	September 2007
Silvano, A.L., and J.B. Grand. 2012. Using Models to Evaluate Land Management for Multiple Objectives in Alabama. 66th Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. October 7 - 10, 2012. Hot Springs, Arkansas	October 2012
Silvano, A.L., and J.B. Grand. 2012. Incorporating long-term spatial and temporal effects in a heuristic state space model to evaluate land management alternatives in Alabama. 19th Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society. Portland, Oregon. October 2012.	October 2012
Silvano, A.L., W. Morse, and J.B. Grand. 2016. How likely are we to impact hunter satisfaction with white-tailed deer management strategies: A Bayesian approach to estimating effects of management on hunter satisfaction. Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society 15-19 October 2016, Raleigh, NC	October 2016	State cooperators in Alabama could use these results to make informed decisions regarding harvest management for white-tailed deer.
Silvano, A.L., K.K. Kleiner, B. Taylor, E. R. Irwin, M.D. MacKenzie, M.S. Mitchell, and J.B. Grand. Alabama Gap Analysis Project. October 2002. Auburn University GIS Day. Auburn, Alabama.	October 2002
Silvano, A.L., J.B. Grand. Inventory and Conservation Planning Project (ICP) of Alabama DCNR Managed Lands. Annual Meeting of the Alabama Chapter of the Wildlife Society. Spanish Fort, AL 25 February 2010.	February 2010
Silvano, A.L., J.B. Grand, and W. Morse. 2014. Estimating the effect of white-tailed deer management strategies on hunter satisfaction using a Bayesian belief network. 68th Annual Conference Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Destin Florida, 19-21 October 2014.	October 2014	We used data from surveys conducted by Auburn University to predict the effects of white-tailed deer harvest management on hunter satisfaction. These results could be used for decision-making by state agencies.
Silvano, A.L. 2013. Using occupancy analysis to select focal species as surrogates for species of concern on state managed lands in Alabama. 67th Ann. Conf. Southeastern Assoc. Fish Wildl. Agencies 13-16 October 2013. October 13 - 16, 2013 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	October 2013	This study identify focal species for management planning. Alabama DCNR will use these results in planning management to benefit species of concern on 13 WMAs, parks, and natural areas.
Silvano, A. L., K. K. Kleiner, B. Taylor, E. R. Irwin, M. D. Mackenzie, M. S. Mitchell, and J. B. Grand. Alabama Gap Analysis Project: managing biodiversity with geographical information systems. 2003. Mountain longleaf conference, Jacksonville, Alabama.	October 2003
Sharp, N. W., M. S. Mitchell, and J. B. Grand. 2005. Mouse population dynamics operate over multiple scales in a habitat undergoing restoration. Annual meeting of the The Wildlife Society.	September 2005
Sharp, N. W., M. S. Mitchell, and J. B. Grand. 2005. Mouse population dynamics operate over multiple scales in a habitat undergoing restoration. Annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Brazilia, Brazil.	July 2005
Ryer, K., McGowan, C.P.. 2016, Error in Remotely Sensed Land-Cover Data: Is It Important to Know for Occupancy Estimation. North American Congress for Conservation Biology, Madison, WI, July 2016.	July 2016	Uses simulation modeling to assess the effects of land cover classification error on habitat association studies.
Robinson, O.J., McGowan C.P., Apodaca J.J., 2016, Decision analysis for habitat conservation of an endangered, range limited salamander, North American Congress for Conservation Biology, Madison, WI, July 2016.	July 2016	Uses Structured Decision Making to inform habitat acquisition decisions for the endangered red hills salamander.
Robinson OJ, McGowan CP, and Devers PK, 2015, A full annual cycle model for the American Black Duck. The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, 2015, Winnipeg, CA	October 2015	Develops and present. the first full annual cycle model to migratory black ducks and investigates the presence of Density dependence.
Reynolds, M. J., L. L. Brongo, M. S. Mitchell, and J. B. Grand. 2004. Linking resource availability with demography of a population of black bears in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Carnivores 2004.	November 2004
Reynolds, M. J., L. L. Brongo, M. S. Mitchell, and J. B. Grand. 2004. Linking resource availability with demography of a population of black bears in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Annual Conference, The Wildlife Society.	September 2004
Range-wide decision support tool open pine ecosystem conservation. NFWF Power of Flight Meeting Gulfport MS 15-17 April 2009 – Invited Speaker	April 2009
Ramsey, P. and S. K. Brewer. 2022. Factors related to the successful spawning of riverine Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus in the lower Red River basin. Annual Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society.	January 2022	Spotted Bass <i>Micropterus punctulatus </i>is one of the most widely distributed bass species in North America; however, many of their life history traits are not fully described. We used daily rings on otoliths to back-calculate spawning dates of Spotted Bass and examine environmental correlates.
Ramey, J. and S. K. Brewer. 2022. Multi-scale habitat use by Meek’s short pointed crayfish Faxonius meeki brevis in the Ozark Highlands ecoregion. Annual Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society.	January 2022	The Meek’s short pointed crayfish <i>Faxonius meeki brevis</i> is considered threatened by AFS due to a narrow distribution in drainages of Arkansas and Oklahoma. We used field-collected covariates and geospatial data to determine factors related to the probability of detection and occurrence of <i>F. meeki brevis</i>.
Rachael A. Hoch, Michael M. Gangloff, Byron A. Hamstead, Amy L. Silvano, James B. Grand. Inventory of Crayfish and Mollusk Resources on Alabama State-Managed Lands. Annual Meeting North American Benthological Society. Providence, Rhode Island, USA, May 22 – 26, 2011.	May 2011
Price, J., B. West, S. Ditchkoff, C. McGowan, S. Reeves, A. Keever. 2014 Deer Finder: software for identification of Deer in game camera photos. South Eastern Deer Study Group, February 2014.	February 2014	New software for analyzing time lapse photography for animal presence.
Price Tack JL, McGowan CP, Ditchkoff SS, Waits L, 2017, ESTIMATING COYOTE DENSITY USING A MULTI-SITE SPATIAL CAPTURE-RECPATURE ANALYSIS, EURING 2017, Barcelona, Spain	July 2017	Applies spatial capture recapture analyses to coyote march recapture data to estimate density in Alabama.
Price J.L., McGowan C.P., Ditchkoff S.S., 2015.The endangered hunter? Modeling a hunter population. The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, 2015, Winnipeg, CA.	October 2015	Develops a model of hunter population dynamics with the goal of support deer harvest management decisions to benefit hunter populations.
Post van der Burg, M, and JB Grand, Making robust landscape planning decisions under severe uncertainty due to climate change. Ecological Society American 2011, Austin, Texas	August 2011
Nichols, J.D., Hollmen, T, and J.B. Grand. 2015. Monitoring for the management of disease risk in animal translocation programs. Zoological Society of London Symposium on the health and disease in translocated animals. (Invited presentation)	October 2015	assdfasdfasdfasd;fkj;asdlkfj;a
Moran, C.L., J.S. Sedinger, P.L. Flint, and J.B. Grand. Site fidelity of Spectacled Eiders on the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. North American Sea Duck Conference & Workshop. 6-10 November, 2002. Victoria, British Columbia CAN	November 2002
Moore, D. S. K. Brewer, and K Bockrath. 2022. Evaluation of p chip tags on small-bodied federally listed minnow and paedomorphic salamander species. Region 2, Fish and Aquatic Conservation Science Symposium, Virtual.	February 2022	Tagging animals is necessary for mark recapture and other methods used to estimate movements and population abundance.
Moody, AT and JB Grand. 2011. Large-scale conservation planning: Trading meadowlarks for woodpeckers. Ecological Society American 2011, Austin, Texas	August 2011
Moody, A.T., Grand, J.B., Collazo, J.A., Designing landscapes for sustainable bird populations in the southeastern United States American Ornithologists Union Meeting, Philadelphia, PA 12-15 August 2009	August 2009
Moody, A.T., Grand, J.B. Incorporating expert opinion in decision support models for birds in the eastern United States, US regional association of the international association for landscape ecology symposium, Snowbird, UT 12-16 April 2009	April 2009
Miller, D.A., J.B. Grand, and T.F. Fondell. The significance of intra-annual variation in estimating productivity for bird populations. Fourth Conference on Statistics in Ecology and Environmental Monitoring, 9-13 December 2002, Dunedin NZ.	December 2002
Miller, D.A., J.B. Grand, T.F. Fondell, and R.M. Anthony. Eagles, fish, and geese: Relationship of predator-prey interactions to nest survival for the dusky Canada geese. The Wildlife Society 10th Annual Conference. 6-10 September 2003, Burlington, Vermont USA.	September 2003
Michael M. Gangloff, Rachael A. Hoch, Byron A. Hamstead, Amy L. Silvano, James B. Grand. Freshwater Mussel Microhabitat Use in the Sipsey River, Alabama. North American Benthological Society Providence, Rhode Island, USA, May 22 – 26, 2011	May 2011
McIntyre, R.K., Grand, J.B., White, R., and Wilson, R.R. 2104. Wildlife responses to longleaf pine habitat structure restoration	July 2014	We developed a prototype for making decisions regarding longleaf restoration projects based on coast and long-term benefits to wildlife populations.
McGowan, CP, Robinson OJ, Devers P. 2016. Decision analysis for habitat management of migratory waterfowl using a full annual cycle model. North American Ornithological Congress. Washington DC, August 2016	August 2016	Application of full annual cycle models to habitat management decision making for American Black Ducks.
McGowan, CP, Lyons, JE, Smith, DR, Sweka, J, Nichols, JD, 2016, Developing consensus objectives for a multi-species, multi-stakeholder management problem: the case of horseshoe crab harvest in Delaware Bay. Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Raleigh, 2016	October 2016	Reports on techniques for developing consensus objects with adversarial stakeholders.
McGowan, CP, D Catlin, T Shaffer, C Gratto-Trevor, C Aron, 2013. A meta-population model for evaluating recovery criteria for Piping Plovers in the Great Plains. 131st meeting of American Ornithologist Union, Chicago, IL, August 2013	August 2013	Updates the great plains piping plover population viability model to apply spatial structure and incorporate new data and parameter estimates. Uses the model to present a method for establishing recovery criteria.
McGowan, CP, 2014, Comparing Models of Red Knot population dynamics. American Ornithologists Union Annual Meeting, Estes Park, September 2014.	September 2014	Evaluates competing models of red knot population dynamics using simulations and Bayesian model weight updating. This is a novel application of a widely used statistical tool to inform basic ecological understanding and management decisions.
McGowan, C.P., P. Devers,2011, Managing American black duck populations and habitat at the continental scale: a structured decision making approach. The Wildlife Society Meeting, Kona, HI, November 2011.	November 2011
McGowan, C.P., J.E. Hines, J.D. Nichols, J.E. Lyons, D.R. Smith, K. S. Kalasz, L.J. Niles, A.D. Dey, N.A. Clark, P.W. Atkinson, C.D.T. Minton, and W. Kendall. 2011. Demographic consequences of migratory stopover: linking red knot survival to horseshoe crab spawning abundance. 129th Meeting of the American Ornithologists Union, July 2011, Jacksonville, FL, USA.	July 2011
McGowan, C.P., J.E. Hines, J.D. Nichols, J.E. Lyons, D.R. Smith, K. S. Kalasz, L.J. Niles, A.D. Dey, N.A. Clark, P.W. Atkinson, C.D.T. Minton, and W. Kendall. 2010, Linking red knot demographics to Delaware Bay horseshoe crab spawning activity within an adaptive management framework. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, October, 2010, Snowbird, Utah, USA.	October 2010
McGowan, C.P., D.R. Smith, J.D. Nichols, J. A. Sweka, J.E. Lyons, L.J. Niles, K. Kalasz, R. Wong, J. Brust, M. Davis, B. Spear. 2012. Integrating migratory shorebird conservation needs into an industrial fisheries management plan in the Delaware Bay. North American Ornithological Congress, Vancouver, B.C., August 2012.	August 2012
McGowan, C.P., D.H. Catlin, T.L. Shaffer, C.L. Gratto Trevor, C. Aron, 2013.Establishing endangered and threatened species recovery criteria through simulation modeling. Contributed paper for the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, October, 2013, Milwakee, WI, USA	October 2013	Presents methods for using PVA simulation models to establish recovery criteria in a structure decision making context.
McGowan, C.P., 2013. Demographic consequences of migration stopover: linking knot populations to horseshoe crab harvest management in Delaware Bay. British Ornithologists Union Annual Conference, Leceister, UK, March 2013	March 2013	Describes the integration of science into a management decision context for horseshoe crab harvest in the Delaware Bay.
McGowan, C. P., P. Devers, 2011, A Structured Decision making approach to managing American black duck populations and habitat at the continental scale. South Eastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Nashville, TN, October, 2011.	October 2012
McGowan, C. P., 2011, Decision making for incidental take of endangered species, 2011 Adaptive management conference series, Auburn, AL, August 31, 2011.	August 2011
McGowan CP, and Lyons JE, 2015, What is structured decision making? Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group 2015 meeting, Wallops Island, VA, USA.	September 2015	Presents the concepts of SDM and highlights the urgency and applicability of these tools to shorebird conservation and management.
McGowan CP, Robinson OJ, Apodaca JJ, 2015, Decision analysis for habitat conservation of a highly endangered range limited salamander. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, 2015, Winnipeg, CA.	October 2015	Applies SDM to habitat conservation decisions for a very rare and range limited salamander.
McGowan CP, Catlin D, Shaffer T, Gratto Trevor S, Aron C, 2015, Establishing recovery criteria for a threatened population of shorebirds, Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group 2015 Meeting, Wallops Island, VA, USA	September 2015	Presents the application of a structure decision making approach to establish recovery criteria for a threatened population of piping plovers. The paper focuses on using models to link measureable attributes to fundamental objectives for recovery.
Lyons JE, Nichols JD, McGowan CP, Smith DR, Sweka JA, Kalasz KS, Clark NA, Dey D, Niles LJ, 2014. Stopover popuation size, migration ecology and adaptive management of red knots at Delaware Bay, USA. American Ornithologist Union Annual Meeting, Estes Park, CO, USA, September 2014	September 2014	Presents a new method for estimating population size of stopover population size for migratory shorebirds.
Lauren E. Billodeaux, James B. Grand, Michael S. Mitchell, James B. Armstrong. Occupancy and detection of coyotes in urban and rural areas of western Georgia. The Wildlife Society 13th Annual Conference. 23-27 September 2006.	September 2007
Laura B. Hanson, James B. Grand, Michael S. Mitchell, D. Buck Jolley, Bill D. Sparklin, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, Roderick M. Thornton. Effects of experimental maniuplation on demography of feral pig populations. The Wildlife Society 13th Annual Conference. 23-27 September 2006.	September 2006
Koons, D.N., J.B. Grand, R.F. Rockwell, and B. Zinner. Transient demographic analysis of 6 vertebrates: Initial conditions and life history explain near-term dynamics. Fourth Conference on Statistics in Ecology and Environmental Monitoring, 9-13 December 2002, Dunedin NZ.	December 2002
Keever, A., Ditchkoff, S. McGowan, C.P., Grand, J.B., 2014. Estimating the effects of coyote removal and wild pigs on white-tailed deer abundance. South Eastern Deer Study Group, Athens, GA, February 2014.	February 2014	White-tailed deer and an extremely important recreational harvest species but recent coyote range expansion may be suppressing deer recruitment. Our study looks at the effects of coyote control on deer abundance.
Keever, A., C.P. McGowan, S. Ditchkoff, P. Acker, J. B. Grand, C. Newbolt. 2013 Effect of reducing camera survey efforts on the accuracy of density estimates. South Eastern Deer Study Group, South Carolina, February 2013	February 2013	Validates the effectiveness of emerging game camera monitoring techniques using field data on a marked population.
Julie A. Morse, Paul L. Flint, J. Barry Grand. Population dynamics ofoldsquaws breeding in Alaska: modeling for a small and dispersed population.October 2000, The Second North American Duck Symposium & Workshop,Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada	October 2000
Johnson,C.B., Hitch,A.T.,and Grand, J.B. Predicting the occurrence of Brown-headed Cowbirds in northeastern Alabama. 4th International Partners in Flight Conference, McAllen, TX 13-16 February 2008	February 2008
Johnson, C.B., Grand, J.B. The Effects of Wildlife Openings on Bird Communities in the East Gulf Coastal Plain. American Ornithologists Union Meeting, Philadelphia, PA 12-15 August 2009	August 2009
Johnson, C.B., Grand, J.B. The Effects of Wildlife Openings on Bird Communities in the East Gulf Coastal Plain	September 2009
Johnson, C.B, and J.B. Grand. 2010. Managing wildlife openings for use by birds in the Gulf Coastal Plain of Alabama. Annual Meeting of Alabama Chapter of The Wildlife Society.	February 2010
James B. Grand, J. Christian Franson, Paul L. Flint, and Margaret R.Petersen. Trace element levels in eggs and blood of eiders nesting on theYukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. October 2000, The Second North American DuckSymposium & Workshop, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada	October 2000
James B. GRand, Travis H. Folk. Prescribed fire, longleaf pine, and Northern Bobwhites: Understanding how fire influences the demography of an important game bird. Alabama Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting. May 2006.	May 2006
J.B. Grand. Using decision analysis to compare management alternatives on state lands in Alabama. 2011 Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Annual Conference. Nashville, TN. (Invited)	October 2011
J.B. Grand. 2011, Post Van der Burg. M.V., and T.L. Kreps.2011. Evaluating Optimal Conservation Strategies for the South Atlantic LCC. Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Annual Conference. Nashville, TN. (Invited)	October 2011
J.B. Grand, and A.L. Silvano. 2012. Using Models to Evaluate Land Management for Multiple Objectives in Alabama. 66th Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. October 7 - 10, 2012. Hot Springs, Arkansas	October 2012
Howell, M.D., J.B. Grand, and P.L. Flint. Mass Dynamics In Relation To Flight Parameters Following Remige Molt Of Male Long-Tailed Ducks. North American Sea Duck Conference & Workshop. 6-10 November, 2002. Victoria, British Columbia CAN	November 2002
Hollmen, T.E., J.C. Franson, P.L. Flint, J.B. Grand, R.B. Lanctot, D.E. Docherty, and H.M. Wilson. Adenoviruses- a cause of mortality in Long-tailed Ducks (Clangula hyemalis) in Alaska? North American Sea Duck Conference and Workshop. 6-10 November, 2002. Victoria, British Columbia CAN	November 2002
Hitch,A.T., Grand, J.B., Allen,S.L. Are Avian Habitat Relationships Estimated from Remotley Sensed Data Applicable on a Regional Scale? 4th International Partners in Flight Conference, McAllen, TX 13-16 February 2008	February 2008
Hitch, A.T., Grand, J.B. Sources of variation in detection probability for birds in habitat relationship models in the Cumberland Plateau, AL. American Ornithologists Union Meeting, Philadelphia, PA 12-15 August 2009	August 2009
Gunn, J.C., L.K. Berkman, S. Brewer, J.M. Long, A.T. Taylor, and L.S. Eggert. 2020. Harnessing genomics for conservation of the endemic Neosho Smallmouth Bass in the central Interior Highlands. Ecological Society of American annual meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah.	August 2020	We conducted double-digest restriction enzyme associated DNA sequencing to genotype over 127,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for 64 Neosho Smallmouth, 24 Northern Smallmouth, and 4 Spotted Bass (outgroup) distributed across the central Interior Highlands. We found strong differentiation between the Neosho Smallmouth Bass and Northern Smallmouth Bass in the central Interior Highlands and, within the Neosho native range, we found complex patterns of population structure, identifying two genomically distinct populations.
Gunn, J.C., L.K. Berkman, A.T. Taylor, J.B. Koppelman, S. Brewer, J.M. Long, T.N. Volkers, E. Sterling, M. Moore. and L.S. Eggert. 2022. Divergence, admixture, and fitness in the Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu). Missouri Natural Resources Conference, Lake of the Ozarks.	February 2022	The Neosho Smallmouth Bass (<i>Micropterus dolomieu velox</i>), one of two recognized subspecies, is restricted to the Arkansas River Basin (ARB), but non-native Northern Smallmouth Bass (<i>M. d. dolomieu</i>) has been widely introduced for angling. We show these subspecies to be independent lineages that have hybridized, possibly generating fitness differences between ancestral and admixed populations.
Grand, J.B., and A.L. Silvano. 2013. A decision tool for longleaf restoration based on value to wildlife populations.	October 2013	This model can be used to evaluate projects for longleaf restoration based on expected wildlife response. The tool will be used by agencies attempting to maximize the wildlife benefits of longleaf restoration.
Grand, J.B., T. Hollmen, A.L. Silvano, and J.D. Nichols. 2016. Comparing the value of release methods for the reintroduction of Steller's eider	October 2016	This framework will be used by USFWS to make decisions regarding the reintroduction of Steller's eider in western Alaska.
Grand, J.B., Post Van der Burg, M.V., T.L. Kreps., and R. Mordecai. A prototype for comparing landscape scale conservation strategies in the South Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA. 97th Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America. Portland, Oregon August 2012.	August 2012
Grand, J.B., Miller, D.A., T.F. Fondell, and R.M. Anthony. Nest success of dusky Canada Geese: the effect of variable daily survival rates. The Wildlife Society 10th Annual Conference. 6-10 September 2003, Burlington, Vermont USA.	September 2003
Grand, J.B., M.D. Howell, and P.L. Flint. Effects of disturbance on condition of long-tailed ducks molting in the Beaufort Sea. North American Sea Duck Conference & Workshop. 6-10 November, 2002. Victoria, British Columbia CAN	November 2002
Grand, J.B., M. Post Van der Burg, T.L. Kreps., and R. Mordecai. Evaluating landscape-scale conservation strategies in the south Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA. 19th Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Portland, Oregon, October 2012	October 2012
Grand, J.B., Koons, D.N. Population Modeling Workshop. 2006 North American Duck Symposium.	August 2006
Grand, J.B., Kleiner, K.k., Vogt, A.M. Decision support tool for birds associated with open-pine ecosystems. 4th International Partners in Flight Conference, McAllen, TX 13-16 February 2008.	February 2008
Grand, J.B., J.W. Tucker, and W.D. Robinson. Modeling the Influence of prescribed fire on Bachman's sparrow populations in longleaf pine forests. Fourth Conference on Statistics in Ecology and Environmental Monitoring, 9-13 December 2002, Dunedin NZ	December 2002
Grand, J.B., Barnett, S., Leikvold, C. Estimating size and structure of wild turkey populations in Alabama. National Wild Turkey Federation, Technical Committee Meeting, Nashville, TN.	February 2007
Grand, J.B., A.L. Silvano. 2015. Turkey Research Project Update from the Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Full fans and sharp spurs: 2015 wildl turkey report. Alabama Department of Conservation.	January 2015	Progress update on a large, comprehensive study of eastern wild turkey population dynamics in Alabama. The results of which will be used to inform models for adaptive management.
Grand, J.B., A.L. Silvano, and S. Barnett. 2014. Modeling the effects of harvest strategies on eastern wild turkey populations. 68th Annual Conference Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Destin Florida, 19-21 October 2014.	October 2014	We used expert opinion and literature review to develop models for adaptive management of wild turkey harvest in Alabama by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Grand, J.B., A.L. Silvano, J.L. Price. 2014. Predicting the effects of white-tailed deer population structure on conception date and buck vulnerability. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 25-30 October 2014.	October 2014	The model we developed predicts the effect of population structure on the timing of breeding by white-tailed deer. This model may be used by managers in Alabama to inform decisions regarding harvest management.
Grand, J.B. and A.L. Silvano. 2016. Tools for science-based management of game and non-game wildlife. Annual Meeting of the Alabama Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Andalusia, AL. 14 April 2016.	April 2016	Presents results of the ongoing efforts to develop decision analytic tools for management of game species harvest, wildlife management areas, and state wildlife grant funds.
Grand, J.B. and A.L. Silvano. 2016. A portfolio-based approach to funding allocation for state wildlife grants. North American Congress of Conservation Biology. Madision, WI 17-20 July 2016.	July 2016	The Alabama Unit developed two models for evaluating projects proposed for state wildlife grants. The first model, a Bayesian Decision Network, is places conservation value on individual projects based on their effect on the priority status of each species, and the second mode; selects a portfolio of projects that maximizes their conservation value within a fixed budget.
Grand, J.B. and A.L. Silvano. 2015. Turkey research in Alabama. Full fans and sharp Spurs: Annual Turkey Report. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources	January 2014	Describes the preliminary stages of developing an adaptive harvest management tool for eastern wild turkeys in Alabama. Turkeys are the second most important game species in the state.
Grand, J.B. Modeling recovery rates for avian populations. Minerals Management Service Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region 9th Information Transfer Meeting. 10-12 March 2003, Anchorage, Alaska USA.	February 2003
Grand, J.B. Integrating ecological principles in conservation design. USFWS R4 Biologists’s Conference Callaway Gardens, GA 23-25 February 2009 - Invited Speaker	February 2009
Grand, J.B. 2016. Designing an eastern wild turkey research program for Alabama	April 2016	Describes the process of developing an adaptive management process and informative research for eastern wild turkey populations in Alabama.
Grand, J.B. 2016. Turkey Research Project Update from the Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Full fans and sharp spurs. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.	November 2016	Describes recent progress and plans for turkey research conducted by the Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Grand, J.B, Kleiner, K.J. A decision support tool for longleaf pine restoration using Southeast Regional GAP data and methodology developed by the East Gulf Coastal Plain Joint Venture. Longleaf Alliance Regional Meeting 29-30 October 2009, Sandestin, FL	October 2009
Grand J.B. 2011. Adaptive Management and Structured Decision Making: Is it really that easy? Quail VII Tucson, Arizona. January 2012. (plenary).	January 2012
Gonnerman, MB, and JB Grand. 2017. Use of camera surveys to estimate occupancy, density, and productivity of eastern wild turkeys in Alabama. 71st Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.	October 2017	We estimated occurrence and density of adult male and female and young eastern wild turkeys in three landscapes across Alabama. These results will be used to make management decisions and design monitoring programs for harvest management in Alabama.
Gonnerman, M.B., and J.B. Grand 2017. Using gobble count surveys to assess male wild turkey populations in Alabama. Joint meeting of the Alabama and Mississippi Chapters of The Wildlife Society. 7-8 September 2017, Meridian, Mississippi	September 2017	We used occupancy analysis to estimate the abundance and distribution of eastern wild turkeys on 4 areas in Alabama. Occupancy analysis is a useful tools for monitoring male turkeys.
GRand,J.B., Silvano, A.L., MacKenzie, M.D., Lowenstein, E.F. Using GAP data to design and inform filed research. National Gap Conference, Asheville, NC.	September 2007
GRand, J.B., Barnett,S., Leikvold, C. Estimating size and structure of wild turkey populations in Alabama. Alabama Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting. May 2007.	May 2007
Franson, J.C., T.E. Hollmen, P.L. Flint, R.B. Lanctot, and J.B. Grand. Trace elements in Common Eiders and Long-tailed Ducks sampled in the Beaufort Sea. North American Sea Duck Conference & Workshop. 6-10 November, 2002. Victoria, British Columbia CAN	November 2002
Fondell, Thomas F. and James B. Grand. Renesting by dusky Canada geese onthe Copper River Delta, Alaska. The Tenth North American Arctic GooseConference, Quebec City, Quebec Canada February 2001.	February 2001
Folk, T.H., J.B. Grand, and R.R. Holmes. Temporal and latitudinal variation in Northern Bobwhite population dynamics. 27 August 2005, American Ornithologist Union Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA.	August 2005
Folk, T.H. and J.B. Grand. Population dynamics of northern bobwhites in a fire-maintained longleaf pine forest. 12th Annual Southeastern Quail Study Group Meeting. 6-9 August 2006.	August 2006
Fogelman, K, J. A. Archambault, E. Irwin, M. Walsh, S. Brewer, and J. A. Stoeckel. 2022. A review of North American freshwater mussel lethal thermal tolerance. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Grand Rapids.	May 2022	The thermal tolerances of many mussels are unknown despite the thermal threats to aquatic biota. Here, we review the current state of our knowledge.
Flint, P.L., J.B. Grand, and T.L. Moran. Effect of winter sea ice conditions on survival of Spectacled Eiders. North American Sea Duck Conference and Workshop. 6-10 November, 2002. Victoria, British Columbia CAN	November 2002
Farrell, P., Grand, J.B., McGowan, C.P., E. Lonsdorf, Relationship of Grassland Bird Occupancy to Local and Landscape Scale Habitat Features in the East Gulf Coastal Plain, The wildlife Society, 2014	October 2014	Presents multi-season occupancy modeling results for grassland birds in relation to landscape scale habitat covariates.
Farrell, P., Grand, J.B., McGowan, C.P., E. Lonsdorf, Effects of Habitat Configuration and Composition on Grassland Bird Occupancy in the Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain, SEAFWA, 2014	October 2014	Presents research on land-scape scale correlates of grassland bird occupancy.
Farrell, P, Grand, J.B., McGowan, C.P. 2014. Habitat Associations of Grassland Birds in the East Gulf Coastal Plain Region. South Eastern Natural Resources Graduate Student Symposium, Starkville, MS. March 2014	March 2014	Estimates occupancy for grassland specialists and generalists from point count data.
Farrell P, McGowan CP, Grand JB, Lonsdorf EV, Thogmartin WE. 2015. Utility of the North American Breeding Bird Survey to predict habitat relationships of grassland birds using prior knowledge from a small scale study. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, 2015, Winnipeg, CA.	October 2015	Explores the novel use of BBS data on bird presence absence to inform land management decision model.
E. Merritt, C.P. McGowan, D.R. Smith, M. Catalano, Evaluating the Efficacy of the Mark-Recapture Approach for Estimating Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Abundance, The Wildlife Society, 2014	October 2014	Research on the practicality of using mark recapture data and analyses to monitor horseshoe crab population abundance in Delaware Bay.
E. Merritt, C.P. McGowan, D.R. Smith, M. Catalano, Estimating Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Abundance Using Mark-Recapture, SEAFWA, 2014	October 2014	Reports on horseshoe crab abundance estimation using MArk recapture in Delaware Bay.
Dunham, K.D., and J.B. Grand. 2017. Using the canonical population estimator and Bayes theorem to evaluate population recovery. Euring 2017, Barcelona Spain 2-7 July 2017.	July 2017	The recovery of many threatened and endangered species and management decisions of harvested species are assessed in terms of population size objectives. We present a method by which Bayes Theorum can be applied to assess the likelihood of having met objectives.
Dunham, K.D., and J.B. Grand. 2016. Models of population process for threatened Steller’s eiders: A retrospective evaluation. North American Congress for Conservation Biology. Madison, WI 17-20 July 2016	July 2016	This analysis compares 4 models to explain the historic variation in the listed population of Steller's eiders in Alaska. Results suggest that the population is subject to period influx of immigrants from the Russian breeding population.
Dunham, K.D., and J.B. Grand. 2016. Evaluating models of population process in a threatened population of Steller’s eiders: Retrospective approach. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference 15-19 October 2016 . Raleigh, NC	October 2016	This information will be used by USFWS to make informed decisions regarding the listing status of Steller's eider.
Dunham, K.D., and J.B. Grand . 2015. Effects of model complexity and priors on prediction using Sequential Importance Sampling/Resampling for conservation of species. Meeting Ecol. Soc. Amer. 2015, Baltimore, Md, 9-14 August 2015.	August 2015	sadfadfasf
Developing a range-wide decision support tool and tracking database for Open Pine restoration, Lower Mississippi Valley/West Gulf Coastal Plain/Ouachitas Landbird Working Group Meeting, Minden LA 9-10 September, 2009 - Invited Speaker	September 2009
Decision support tool open pine ecosystem –project update. East Gulf Coastal Plain Management Board Meeting, Holly Springs, MS 25-29 May 2009 - Invited speaker	May 2009
Damm, P.E., Grand, J.B. Using time-lapse cameras to estimate abundance and structure of Eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo sylvesteris) in Alabama. Southeastern Natural Resources Graduate Student Symposium, Starkville, MS	October 2010
Damm, P. E., J.B. Grand, S.W. Barnett. Variation in detectability among passive infrared triggered-cameras in wildlife research. Annual Meeting of the Alabama Chapter of the Wildlife Society. Spanish Fort, AL 25 February 2010.	February 2010
D. Buck Jolley, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, Laura B. Hanson, Bill D. Sparklin, Michael S. Mitchell, James B. Grand, Roderick M. Thornton. Reproductive polasticity of feral pigs in response to lethal control efforts. The Wildlife Society 13th Annual Confeence. 23-27 September 2006.	September 2006
Butler, C. A., D.R. Smith, C.P. McGowan, J. B. Grand, 2012. Estimating tag loss of the Atlantic Horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemu, using a multi-state model. Contributed Poster, Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR, August, 2012.	August 2012
Brongo, L. L., M. S. Mitchell, and J. B. Grand. 2003. Demography of a protected population of black bears. 10th Annual Meeting, The Wildlife Society.	September 2003
Brewer, S. K., M. Wedgeworth, and R. Mollenhauer. 2022. Flow patterns drive Prairie Chub Machrybopsis australis distribution, but salinity is a determinant of abundance. Annual Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society.	January 2022	Great Plains pelagophils have rapidly declined over time. Pelagic broadcast spawning cyprinids were once widespread but their distributions have presumably become truncated and their abundance reduced. The Prairie Chub <i>Machrybopsis australis </i>is endemic to the upper Red River basin of Oklahoma and Texas. We modeled the hydrologic relationships across multiple scales to understand how flow relates to distribution and determine the factors driving abundance.
Birdsall, B. and S. K. Brewer. 2022. Comparing ageing structures of Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis and Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix. Annual Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society.	January 2022	Bighead Carp <i>Hypophthalmichthys nobilis</i> and Silver Carp <i>Hypophthalmichthys molitrix</i> are two invasive species for which limited information is available on which structure is most appropriate for age and growth analyses. We evaluated the precision of pectoral fin-rays, postcleithra, the urohyal bone, and lapilli otoliths for estimating age of these species.
Bill D. Sparklin, Mike S. Mitchell, Laura B. Hanson, DAvid B. Jolley, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, James B. Grand, Roderick M. Thornton. Density dependent responses in home range sizes and habitat use of feral pigs on Fort Benning, Georgia. The Wildlife Society 13th Annual conference. 23-27 September 2006.	September 2006
Barry Grand, Robert F. Rockwell, Paul Flint. A globalperspective on spectacled eider populations. The Second North American Duck Symposium & Workshop, October 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada.	October 2000
Barry Grand, Mike Anthony, and Tom Fondell. Renesting, Productivity, andSurvival of dusky Canada geese on the Copper River Delta, Alaska. Spring2001 Pacific Flyway Study Committee Meeting, Otter Rock, Oregon, March 2001.	March 2001
Arnold, J.M., J.B. Grand, D.N. Koons, and N.V. Yogi. The role of population modeling in natural resource damage assessment. The Waterbird Society 2003 Annual Meeting, 24-27 September 2003. Cuiaba, Mato Grasso, Brazil	September 2003
Arnold, J.M., Grand, J.B.,and N.V. Yogi. Avesmodeler:Understanding the impacts of oil development on marine birds. Joint Annual Meeting-Pacific Seabird Group and The Waterbird Society. Portland, Oregon. January 2005	January 2005

Theses and Dissertations

Theses and Dissertations	Publication Date
Swedberg, Dusty. 2020. Assessing the distribution and habitat needs of Least Darter and sympatric species of the Ozark Highlands and Arbuckle Mountain ecoregions. Master’s thesis, Oklahoma State University.	August 2020
Silvano, A.L. 2013. Incorporating long-term spatial and temporal effects in a state space model to evaluate land management alternatives for imperiled species conservation in Alabama. Master's Thesis, Auburn University, Alabama	September 2013
Ryer, K, 2016, Multi-scale Habitat Relationships of Grassland Vertebrates in the East Gulf Coastal Plain and Understanding the Consequences of Error in Broad-scale Land Cover Data, Auburn University, Auburn AL, USA	August 2016
Moody AT. 2012. Designing sustainable landscapes in the Southeastern United States [dissertation]. [Auburn (AL)]: Auburn University.	April 2012
Merritt, E. 2015, Evaluating Methods for Estimating Delaware Bay Limulus polyphemus Abundance. Auburn University, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, August 2015	August 2015
Maeghen Wedgeworth. 2021. Variation in abundance and hatch date of Prairie Chub in the upper Red River basin. Master’s thesis, Oklahoma State University.	August 2021
Kristofik EM. 2011. Distribution of Bats and Their Selection of Habitats Based on Characteristics of Landscape in Forests of Central Alabama [master’s thesis]. [Auburn (AL)]: Auburn University.	December 2011
Johnson, C.B. 2010. The Relationships Between Wildlife Openings and Bird Use and Abundance in the East Gulf Coastal Plain. M.Sc. Thesis. Auburn University, AL	August 2010
Farrell, P. The use of a small scale study and regional data sources to understand grassland bird habitat relationships, Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn, AL, May 2015	May 2015
Dunham, K.D. 2016. Population dynamics and viability of the federally listed population of Steller's Eiders. M.Sc. Thesis. Auburn University, Alabama. 76 p.	May 2016
Damm, P.E., 2010. Using automated cameras to estimate wildlife populations. M.Sc. Thesis. Auburn University, Alabama.	August 2010
Allgood, D.R. 2010. Assessing the potential utility of select state-owned lands for vertebrate conservation. M.S. Thesis. Auburn University, Alabama.	December 2010

Technical Publications

Technical Publications	Publication Date
J.B. Grand, J. Arnold, D.N. Koons, and N. Yogi. 2003. Modeling the recovery rates of avian populations. Annual Progress Report 2003.	January 2003
Hitch, A.T., Grand, J.B., Allen, S.L., and Sharp, N.W. 2008. Habitat use and distributions of birds, small mammals and herpetofauna on the J.D. Martin Skyline Wildlife Management Area, Jackson County, Alabama. Final Report to Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources	November 2008
Grand,James B., David N. Koons, Jennifer M. Arnold, Dirk V. Derksen and Nitin Yogi. 2007. Modeling the recovery rates of avian populations. Final Report RWO 079.	April 2007
Grand, James B. 2002. Modeling the influence of prescribed fire on bird populations in southeastern longleaf pine communities. State Partnership Project Final Report.	April 2002
Grand, J. B., R. M.Anthony, and T. F. Fondell. Renesting, nest depredation, and gosling survival of dusky Canada geese on the Copper River Delta, Alaska. Annual Progress Report.	December 2001
Grand, J. B., R. M.Anthony, and T. F. Fondell. Renesting, nest depredation, and gosling survival of dusky Canada geese on the Copper River Delta, Alaska. Annual Progress Report.	December 2000
Folk, T.H., and J.B. Grand. 2004. Effects of Growing Season Prescribed Fire on Productivity and Survival of Northern Bobwhite Populations: Annual Progress Report to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.	January 2004
Folk, T.H., and J.B. Grand. 2003. Effects of Growing Season Prescribed Fire on Productivity and Survival of Northern Bobwhite Populations: Annual Progress Report to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.	January 2003
Ditchkoff, S.S., M.S. Mitchell, and J.B. Grand. 2004. Ecology and management of feral hogs on Fort Benning, Georgia. Annual Progress Report.	December 2004

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

Alabama Research Activities

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