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Citizen science reveals waterfowl responses to extreme winter weather
Nicholas M. Masto, Orin J. Robinson, Michael G. Brasher, Allison C. Keever, Abigail G. Blake-Bradshaw, Cory J. Highway, Jamie C. Feddersen, Heath M. Hagy, Douglas C. Osborne, Daniel L. Combs, Bradley S. Cohen
2022. Global Change Biology, 28, 5469–5479. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16288
A Wood Duck Banding Needs Assessment for the Mississippi and Atlantic Flyways
Fine-scale resource selection and behavioral tradeoffs of eastern wild turkey broods
Stefan D. Nelson, Allison C. Keever, Patrick H. Wightman, Nicholas W. Bakner, Chad M. Argabright, Michael E. Byrne, Bret A. Collier, Michael J. Chamberlain, Bradley S. Cohen
2022. Journal of Wildlife Management 86:e22222. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22222
Early nest initiation and vegetation density enhance nest survival in wild turkeys
Allison C Keever, Bret A Collier, Michael J Chamberlain, Bradley S Cohen
2023. Ornithology, Volume 140, Issue 1
Semantic segmentation with multispectral satellite images of waterfowl habitat
Mateo Gannod, Nicholas Masto, Collins Owusu, Cory Highway, Katherine Brown, Abigail Blake-Bradshaw, Jamie Feddersen, Heath Hagy, Douglas Talbert, and Bradley Cohen. 2023. The International FLAIRS Conference Proceedings 36 (1). https://doi.org/10.32473/flairs.36.133331
Influence of sanctuary disturbance, weather, and landscape characteristics on waterfowl harvest opportunity in western Tennessee
Abigail G. Blake-Bradshaw, Nicholas M. Masto, Cory J. Highway, Allison C. Keever, Jamie C. Feddersen, Heath M. Hagy, Bradley S. Cohen
2023. Journal of Wildlife Management 87:e22470. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22470
Age-based shifts in habitat selection of wild turkey broods
Stefan D. Nelson, Allison C. Keever, Patrick H. Wightman, Nicholas W. Bakner, Bret A. Collier, Michael J. Chamberlain, Bradley S. Cohen
2023. Journal of Wildlife Management 87:e22494. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22494
Spring migration strategies of Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) necessitate individual time-energy trade-offs despite wintering origins or migratory destinations
Nicholas M. Masto, Abigail G. Blake-Bradshaw, Cory J. Highway, Allison C. Keever,
Jamie C. Feddersen, Paul T. Link, Heath M. Hagy, Douglas C. Osborne, and
2024. Ornithology 142, 1–17 https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukae044
Caught out in the cold: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) survival decreased during an extreme climatic event
Abigail G. Blake-Bradshaw, Nicholas M. Masto, Cory J. Highway, Allison C. Keever, Paul T. Link, Jamie C. Feddersen, Heath M. Hagy, Douglas C. Osborne, and
Bradley S. Cohen
2024, Ornithological Applications 126, 1–9 https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duae025
Mallard response to experimental human disturbance on sanctuary areas is mediated by hunting
Abigail G. Blake-Bradshaw, Nicholas M. Masto, Cory J. Highway, Allison C. Keever, Jamie C. Feddersen, Heath M. Hagy, and Bradley S. Cohen
2024, Wildlife Biology e01340 https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01340
Hunting constrains wintering mallard response to habitat and environmental conditions
Cory J. Highway, Abigail G. Blake-Bradshaw, Nicholas M. Masto, Allison C. Keever, Jamie C. Feddersen, Heath M. Hagy, Daniel L. Combs, and Bradley S. Cohen.
2024, Wildlife Biology e01198 https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01198
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Landscape risk predicts depletion of flooded unharvested corn by waterfowl
Cory J. Highway, Nicholas M. Masto, Abigail G. Blake-Bradshaw, Allison C. Keever, Jamie C. Feddersen, Heath M. Hagy, Daniel L. Combs, and Bradley S. Cohen.
2025, Journal of Wildlife Management e22728. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22728
A rapid monitoring protocol to estimate unharvested corn biomass in waterfowl impoundments
Cory J. Highway, Nicholas M. Masto, Abigail G. Blake-Bradshaw, Allison C. Keever, Jamie C. Feddersen, Heath M. Hagy, Daniel L. Combs, and Bradley S. Cohen.
2024, Wildlife Society Bulletin 48:e1525. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1525
Mallard Hybridization With Domesticated Lineages Alters Spring Migration Behavior and Timing
Nicholas W. Bakner, Nicholas M. Masto, Philip Lavretsky, Cory J. Highway, Allison C. Keever, Abigail G. Blake-Bradshaw, Ryan J. Askren, Heath M. Hagy, Jamie C. Feddersen, Douglas C. Osborne, and Bradley S. Cohen
2024, Ecology and Evolution 15:e70706 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70706
Human access constrains optimal foraging and habitat availability in an avian generalist
Nicholas M. Masto, Abigail G. Blake-Bradshaw, Cory J. Highway, Allison C. Keever, Jamie C. Feddersen, Heath M. Hagy, and Bradley S. Cohen
2024, Ecological Applications 34:e2952 https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2952
Proximity among protected area networks promotes functional connectivity for wintering waterfowl
Nicholas M. Masto, Allison C. Keever, Cory J. Highway, Abigail G. Blake-Bradshaw, Jamie C. Feddersen, Heath M. Hagy, and Bradley S. Cohen
2024, Scientific Reports 14:17527 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-68175-3
Comparing winter distribution and harvest rates of transmitter‐marked and banded‐only mallards in western Tennessee
Nicholas M. Masto, Heath M. Hagy, Abigail G. Blake‐Bradshaw, Cory J. Highway,
Jamie C. Feddersen, Allison C. Keever, and Bradley S. Cohen
2024, Wildlife Society Bulletin 48:e1554. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1554
Shallow Water Depth Estimation of Inland Wetlands Using Landsat 8 Satellite Images
Collins Owusu, Nicholas M. Masto, Alfred J. Kalyanapu, Justin N. Murdock, and Bradley S. Cohen
2024, Remote Sensing 16, 2986 https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16162986
North American wintering mallards infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza show few signs of altered local or migratory movements
Claire S. Teitelbaum, Nicholas M. Masto, Jeffery D. Sullivan, Allison C. Keever, Rebecca L. Poulson, Deborah L. Carter, Abigail G. Blake-Bradshaw, Cory J. Highway, Jamie C. Feddersen, Heath M. Hagy, Richard W. Gerhold, Bradley S. Cohen & Diann J. Prosser
2023, Scientific Reports 13, 14473 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40921-z