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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.
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.
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).
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
Breeding latitude drives demographic rate variation in wood duck populations, informing banding strategies in eastern North America
Cole A. Howard, Allison C. Keever, Pamela R. Garrettson, Andrew C. Greenwalt, Heath M. Hagy, & Bradley S. Cohen
2025, Journal of Wildlife Management 89, e70045. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.70045
Spatiotemporal Overlap of Mallards With Poultry Farms Is Associated With Greater Risk of Avian Influenza Wild Bird Spillover Events
Joshua A Cullen, Nicholas M Masto, Jeffery D Sullivan, Cory J Highway, Kelly A Patyk, Mary‐Jane McCool, Mia Kim Torchetti, Kristina Lantz, Rebecca L Poulson, Deborah L Carter, Jamie C Feddersen, Bradley S Cohen, Diann J Prosser
2025, Ecology and Evolution 15,10, e72221.
Balancing opposing cues: seasonal shifts in push–pull drivers of migration in a temperate waterfowl species
Nicholas W Bakner, Nicholas M Masto, Cory J Highway, Allison C Keever, Lydia P Holmes, Nathan J Steelman, Heath M Hagy, Jamie C Feddersen, Aaron R Pierce, Bradley S Cohen
2025, Movement Ecology, 13(1)
Investigating diel patterns of predation events in wild turkeys using tri-axial accelerometer data
Patrick H Wightman, Nick A Gulotta, Bradley S Cohen, Bret A Collier, Michael J Chamberlain
2025, Wildlife Society Bulletin, 49, e1631
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Waterfowl Move Less in Heterogeneous and Human-Populated Landscapes, With Implications for Spread of Avian Influenza Viruses
Claire S Teitelbaum, Diann J Prosser, Joshua T Ackerman, Sakib Ahmed, ABM Sarowar Alam, Kazi Zenifar Azmiri, Nyambaya Batbayar, Joël Bêty, Abigail Blake‐Bradshaw, Dmitrijs Boiko, Nelleke H Buitendijk, Jeffrey J Buler, David Cabot, Michael L Casazza, Bradley Cohen, Batmunkh Davaasuren, Sébastien Farau, Jamie Feddersen, John Fieberg, Wolfgang Fiedler, Peter Glazov, Larry R Griffin, Matthieu Guillemain, Heath Hagy, Matthew J Hardy, Cory Highway, David Hoffman, Tehan Kang, Allison Keever, Jennifer Kilburn, Andrea Kölzsch, Helmut Kruckenberg, Toni Laaksonen, Brian S Ladman, Hansoo Lee, Siwan Lee, Josée Lefebvre, Pierre Legagneux, Hans Linssen, Jesper Madsen, Nicholas M Masto, Scott McWilliams, Tori Mezebish Quinn, Carl Mitchell, Axelle Moreau, Gerhard Müskens, Scott Newman, Bart A Nolet, Rascha JM Nuijten, Jay Osenkowski, Cory T Overton, Antti Piironen, Betty Plaquin, Andrew M Ramey, Jean Rodrigue, David Rodrigues, Kees HT Schreven, Yali Si, Jeffery D Sullivan, John Takekawa, Philippe J Thomas, Mariëlle van Toor, Jonas Waldenström, Christopher K Williams, David W Wolfson, Fei Xu, Ian G Brosnan, Susan EW De La Cruz
2026, Ecology Letters, 29(1), e70265
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, Bradley S Cohen
2026, Wildlife Biology, 2, e01340
Mallard response to experimental human disturbance on sanctuary areas is mediated by hunting
Brigit Rooney, Roland Kays, Michael V Cove, Alex Jensen, Daniel J Herrera, Camilla Price, Phuong‐Thao Nguyen‐Nu, Katrina Adamczyk, Peter D Alexander, David Allen, Jesse M Alston, Diego F Alvarado‐Serrano, Thomas L Anderson, Cara L Appel, Scott M Appleby, Anne C Axel, Christopher R Ayers, Nicholas W Bakner, Dylan L Bakner, Griffin Bandler, Luke Banta, Erin E Barding, Carolina Baruzzi, William T Bean, Silas C Beers, Jerrold L Belant, John F Benson, Anna Berg, Dylan L Bergman, Meagan A Bethel, Tori Bird, Michael T Booth, Aaron J Bossert, LaRoy SE Brandt, Levin C Brandt, Zeuk Brown, Erin K Buchholtz, Richard Buchholz, Frances E Buderman, Kathleen A Carey, Michael B Carpenter, Kellie Carter, Ivan Castro‐Arellano, Michael Chamberlain, Amanda E Cheeseman, Michael D Cheng, Cary D Chevalier, M Colter Chitwood, Petros Chrysafis, Bradley S Cohen, Isabella R Collamati, D Parks Collins, Justin A Compton, L Mike Conner, Brianna Cook, Olivia Cosby, Anthony P Crupi, Andrea K Darracq, Jon M Davenport, Drew R Davis, Miranda L Davis, Noé U de la Sancha, Brett A DeGregorio, Anant Deshwal, Art Drauglis, Jonathan E Dudko, Jennifer M Duggan, Andrew J Edelman, Valerie Elder, Kendall Eldredge, E Hance Ellington, Susan N Ellis‐Felege, Caroline N Ellison, John Erb, Alexa Fairchild, Keilani Fang, Jean Fantle‐Lepczyk, Michael Fargione, Zach J Farris, Zoë Fassett‐Manuszewski, Alexander M Ferentinos, Adam W Ferguson, M Caitlin Fisher‐Reid, Elizabeth A Flaherty, Jared Franklin, Sarah R Fritts, Brel Froebe, Jeremy Fuller, Laken S Ganoe, Carissa Ganong, Ricky Garibay, Lisa J Gatens, Francis D Gerraty, Sean T Giery, Jessica L Glasscock, Erim Gómez, Louis E Good, Gabriel P Gott, Natasha J Gownaris, Steven M Gray, Austin M Green, Kevin E Green, Jasmine K Grewal, Joseph M Guthrie, Blake A Halbert, Matthew T Hallett, Ethan J Halstead, Christopher P Hansen, Lonnie P Hansen, Eamon J Harrity, Steven C Hasstedt, Taylor A Hickman, Angela Holland, Carolin A Humpal, Brigit R Humphreys, Aaron Hunt, Heide D Island, Reagan Jarrett, Alex M Johnson, Tamara L Johnstone‐Yellin, Michael J Joyce, Stanley Jozokos, Gaby C Karakcheyeva, Keith Keel, Kevin Kinser‐McBee, Matt Kleitch, Travis Knowles, Molly M Koeck, Brooks A Kohli, Macy A Krishnamoorthy, Kellie M Kuhn, Diana JR Lafferty, Scott LaPoint, Brody Allan Larkin, Marcus Lashley, Richard G Lathrop, Thomas E Lee Jr, Christopher A Lepczyk, Damon B Lesmeister, Robert C Lonsinger, Kim Magalona, Sean P Maher, Fasmin Marikar, Heather A Mathewson, Thomas S Mathiesen, Tanya JH Matlaga, Amy E Mayer, Kyle P McCarthy, Shawn F McCracken, Brandon W McDonald
2026, Global Ecology and Biogeography, 35(4), e70229
Rapid expansion of genotype D1.1 A(H5N1) influenza viruses in wild birds across North America during the 2024 migratory season
Walter N Harrington, Anthony Signore, Lisa Kercher, Jolene A Giacinti, Ahmed Kandeil, Christina A Ahlstrom, Sarah Bevins, Beate Crossley, Karlie Eure, Thomas P Fabrizio, Trushar Jeevan, Julianna Lenoch, Jacqueline M Nolting, Daniel Rejmanek, David Stallknecht, Trent Bollinger, Evan J Buck, Deborah Carter, Bradley S Cohen, Krista E Dilione, Jamie C Feddersen, John Franks, Dayna Goldsmith, Cory J Highway, Chelsea Himsworth, Lydia P Holmes, Claire Jardine, Mohammad Jawad Jahid, Paul Link, Lance Miller, Nicole M Nemeth, Madison Owsiany, Margo Pybus, Laura C Scott, Christopher Sharp, Lauren Smith, Nathan J Steelman, Brian Stevens, Yohannes Berhane, Mia Torchetti, Andrew M Ramey, Rebecca Poulson, Richard J Webby
2026, Nature Medicine, 32:1661-1665
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