Lab Publications

1.    Blake-Bradshaw, A. G., N. M. Masto, C. J. Highway, A. C. Keever, P. T. Link. J. C. Feddersen, H. M. Hagy, D. C. Osbourne, and B. S. Cohen. 2024. Caught out in the cold: Anas platyrhynchos (mallard) survival decreased during an extreme climactic event. Ornithological Applications. In press.

2.    Masto, N. M., A. C. Keever, A. G. Blake-Bradshaw, C. J. Highway, J. C. Feddersen, H. M. Hagy, and B. S. Cohen. 2024. Proximity among protected area networks promotes functional connectivity for wintering waterfowl. Scientific Reports. In press.

3.    Masto, N. M., H. M. Hagy, A. G. Blake-Bradshaw, C. J. Highway, J. C. Feddersen, A. C. Keever, and B. S. Cohen. 2024. Comparing winter distribution and harvest rates of transmitter-marked and banded-only mallards in western Tennessee. Wildlife Society Bulletin. In revision.

4.    Owusu, C., N. M. Masto, A. J. Kalynapu, J. S. Murdoch, and B. S. Cohen. Shallow water depth estimation of inland wetlands using Landsat 8 satellite images. Wetlands. In press.

5.    Highway, C. J., N. M. Masto, A. G. Blake-Bradshaw, A. C. Keever, J. C. Feddersen, H. M. Hagy, D. L. Combs, and B. S. Cohen. Risk minimization influences use and depletion of unharvested flooded corn for ducks. Journal of Wildlife Management. In re.

6.    Masto, N. M., A. G. Blake-Bradshaw, C. J. Highway, A. C. Keever, J. C. Feddersen, P. T. Link, H. M. Hagy, D. C. Osborne, and B. S. Cohen. Mallard pre-breeding migration strategies necessitate individual time-energy tradeoffs despite wintering origins or migratory destinations. Ornithological Applications. In revision.

7.    Highway, C. J., N. M. Masto, A. C. Keever, A. G. Blake-Bradshaw, J. C. Feddersen, H. M. Hagy, D. L. Combs, and B. S. Cohen. 2024. A rapid monitoring protocol to estimate unharvested corn biomass in waterfowl impoundments. Wildlife Society Bulletin 48:e1525.

8.    Roth, A., P. Wightman, N. M. Masto, J. Cantrell, C. Ruth Jr., B. S. Cohen, M. J. Chamberlain, and B. A. Collier. 2024. Sex-specific resource use by wild turkeys in response to hunting activity. Journal of Wildlife Management 88:e22567.

9.    Keever, A. C., J. D. Kelly, and B. S. Cohen. Estimating abundance of harvested populations at the management unit scale. Journal of Applied Ecology. In revision. 

10.    Masto, N. M., A. G. Blake-Bradshaw, C. J. Highway, A. C. Keever, J. C. Feddersen, H. M. Hagy, and B. S. Cohen. 2024. Human access constrains optimal foraging and habitat availability in an avian generalist. Ecological Applications 34:e2952.

11.    Highway, C. J., A. G. Blake-Bradshaw, N. M. Masto, A. C. Keever, J. C. Feddersen, H. M. Hagy, D. L. Combs, and B. S. Cohen. 2024. Hunting constrains wintering mallard response to habitat and environmental conditions. Wildlife Biology 2024:e01198.

12.    Howard, C. A., N. M. Masto, A. J. Hitchcock, B. S. Cohen, N. Wirwa, D. McCarty, H. M. Hagy, and B. S. Cohen. 2024. Rapid yield estimation methods for unharvested rice planted for migratory and wintering waterfowl. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 11:119-126.

13.    Szafranski, N., A. G. Blake-Bradshaw, R. Poulson, N. M. Masto, C. J. Highway, J. C. Feddersen, H. M. Hagy, D. L. Carter, B. S. Cohen., R. W. Gerhold. 2023. Earliest detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5) in Mississippi Flyway wild waterfowl, 2022. Avian Diseases. In press.

14.    Teitelbaum, C. S., N. M. Masto, J. D. Sullivan, A. C. Keever, R. L. Poulson, D. L. Carter, A. G. Blake-Bradshaw, C. J. Highway, J. C. Feddersen, H. M. Hagy, R. W. Gerhold, B. S. Cohen, and D. J. Prosser. 2023. North American mallards naturally infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza show few signs of altered local or migratory movements. Scientific Reports 13:14473. 

15.    Blake-Bradshaw, A. G., N. M. Masto, C. J. Highway, A. C. Keever, J. C. Feddersen, H. M. Hagy, and B. S. Cohen. 2023. Influence of sanctuary disturbance, weather, and landscape characteristics on waterfowl hunter harvest opportunity. Journal of Wildlife Management 87:e22470. 

16.    Gannod, M., N. M. Masto, C. Owusu, C. J. Highway, K. E. Brown, A. G. Blake-Bradshaw, A. C. Keever, J. C. Feddersen, H. M Hagy, D. A. Talbert, and B. S. Cohen. 2023. Semantic segmentation with multispectral satellite images of waterfowl habitat. Proceedings of the International Artificial Intelligence Research Society 36:e133331. 

17.    Nelson, S. D., A. C. Keever, P. H. Wightman, N. W. Bakner, B. A. Collier, M. J. Chamberlain, and B. S. Cohen. 2023. Age-based shifts in habitat selection of wild turkey broods. Journal of Wildlife Management 87:e22494. 

18.    Keever, A. C., B. A. Collier, M. J. Chamberlain, and B. S. Cohen. 2022. Early nest initiation and vegetation density enhance nest survival in wild turkeys. Ornithology 140:ukac050. 

19.    Masto, N. M., O. Robinson, M. Brasher, A. G. Blake-Bradshaw, C. J. Highway, A. C. Keever, J. C. Feddersen, H. M. Hagy, D. C. Osborne, and B. S. Cohen. 2022. Using citizen science to understand avian responses to extreme climactic events. Global Change Biology 29:5469-5479. 

20.    Stickles. J. H., B. S. Cohen, D. A. Osborn, R. J. Warren, G. J. D’Angelo, and K. V. Miller. 2022. Nighttime traffic volume predicts risk of deer-vehicle collisions. Human-Wildlife Interactions 16:e8. 

21.    Nelson, S. D., A. C. Keever, P. H. Wightman, N. W. Bakner, B. A. Collier, M. J. Chamberlain, and B. S. Cohen. 2022. Fine-scale resource selection and behavioral tradeoffs of eastern wild turkey broods. Journal of Wildlife Management 86:e2222. 

22.    Bakner, N. W., B. S. Cohen, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2022. Recursive movements of eastern wild turkey broods in the southeastern United States. Wildlife Society Bulletin 46:e1274. 

23.    Cohen, B. S., B. Oleson, N. Fyffe, A. Smallwood, N. Bakner, S. D. Nelson, J. R. Heffelfinger, M. J. Chamberlain, and B. A. Collier. 2022. Movement, spatial ecology, and habitat selection of translocated Gould’s wild turkeys. Wildlife Society Bulletin 46:e1270. 

24.    Sullivan, D. J., B. S. Cohen, M. Poteet, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2022. Space-use, movements, and survival of translocated eastern wild turkeys in east Texas. Wildlife Society Bulletin 46:e1283. 

25.    Byrne, M. E., B. S. Cohen, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2022. Nest site fidelity and nesting success of female wild turkeys. Wildlife Society Bulletin 46:e1279. 

26.    Watson, E. M., B. S. Cohen, D. A. Osborn, J. M. Brown, and K. V. Miller. 2022. Estimation of visual discrimination of white-tailed deer by behavioral assay. American Midland Naturalist 187:90-96. 

27.    Chamberlain, M. J., B. S. Cohen, P. H. Wightman, E. Rushton, and J. W. Hinton. 2021. Fine-scale movements and behaviors of eastern coyotes (Canis latrans) during the reproductive period. Ecology and Evolution 11:9575-9588. 

28.    Mitchell, K., M. Barletta, S. Giguere, J. Quandt, D. Osborn, E. Watson, B. Cohen, and K. Miller. 2021. Physiologic and blood gas effects of xylazine-ketamine versus xylazine-tiletamine-zolazepam immobilization of white-tailed deer before and after oxygen supplementation: a preliminary study. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia 48:356-363. 

29.    Cohen, B. S., D. D. Marquardt, N. W. Bakner, and B. A. Collier. 2020. Daily movements, space use, and habitat selection of GPS-tagged northern bobwhite in Texas. Wildlife Society Bulletin 44:790-797. (featured on journal cover)

30.    Lohr, A. K., J. A. Martin, G. T. Wann, B. S. Cohen, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2020. Effects of individual recess behaviors on nest and female survival of eastern wild turkeys. Ecology and Evolution 10:11752-11765. 

31.    Sullivan, D. J., K. McEntire, B. S. Cohen, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2020. Spatial scale and shape of prescribed fires influence use by wild turkeys. Journal of Wildlife Management 84:1570-1577. 

32.    Chamberlain, M. J., B. S. Cohen, N. K. Bakner, and B. A. Collier. 2020. Behavior and movement of wild turkey broods. Journal of Wildlife Management 84:1139-1152. 

33.    Wakefield, C. T., J. A. Martin, P. H. Wightman, B. T. Bond, D. K. Lowrey, B. S. Cohen, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2020. Hunting activity effects on roost selection by male wild turkeys. Journal of Wildlife Management. 84:458-467. 

34.    Wakefield, C. T., P. H. Wightman, J. A. Martin, B. T. Bond, D. K. Lowrey, B. S. Cohen, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2020. Hunting and nesting phenology influence gobbling of wild turkeys. Journal of Wildlife Management. 84:448-457. 

35.    Cohen, B. S., T. J. Prebyl, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2019. Spatiotemporal variability of fire characteristics affect animal response in pyric landscapes. Fire Ecology 15:41. 

36.    Wightman, P. H., J. C. Kilgo, M. Vukovich, J. R. Cantrell, R. R. Charles, B. S. Cohen, M. J. Chamberlain, and B. A. Collier. 2019. Gobbling chronology of eastern wild turkeys in South Carolina. Journal of Wildlife Management 83:325-333. 

37.    Cohen, B. S., S. E. Askin, G. D. Balkcom, R. J. Benedict, J. A. Rader, J. D. James, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2019. Survival and distribution of black-bellied whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) in the southeastern United States. Journal of the Southeastern Associated of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 6:123-128. 

38.    Stone, D. S., J. A. Martin, B. S. Cohen, T. J. Prebyl, C. H. Killmaster, and K. V. Miller. 2019. Intraspecific temporal resource partitioning at white-tailed deer feeding sites. Current Zoology 65:139-146. 

39.    Wood, J. W., B. S. Cohen, L. M. Conner, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2019. Nest and brood site selection of eastern wild turkeys. Journal of Wildlife Management 83:192-204. 

40.    Chamberlain, M. J., P. H. Wightman, B. S. Cohen, and B. A. Collier. 2018. Gobbling activity of eastern wild turkeys relative to male movements and female nesting phenology in South Carolina. Wildlife Society Bulletin 42:632-642. 

41.    Cohen, B. S., E. H. Belser, S. P. Keeler, M. J. Yabsley, and K. V. Miller. 2018. A headache from our past? Cranial abscess disease, virulence determinants of Trueperella pyogenes, and a legacy of translocating white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 54:671-679. 

42.    Wood, J. W., B. S. Cohen, T. J. Prebyl, L. M. Conner, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2018. Time-since-fire and stand seral stage affect habitat selection of eastern wild turkeys in a managed longleaf pine ecosystem. Forest Ecology and Management 41:203-212. 

43.    Cohen, B. S., T. J. Prebyl, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2018. Home range estimator method and GPS fix schedule affect selection inferences for wild turkeys. Wildlife Society Bulletin 42:150-159. 

44.    Mitchell, K., M. Barletta, S. Giguere, J. Quandt, D. Osborn, E. Watson, B. Cohen, and K. V. Miller. 2018. Physiologic and blood gas effects of xylazine-ketamine versus xylazine-tiletamine-zolazepam immobilization of white-tailed deer. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia 45:885. E10. 

45.    Yeldell, N. A., B. S. Cohen, T. J. Prebyl, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2017. Use of pine-dominated forests by female eastern wild turkeys immediately after prescribed. Forest Ecology and Management 398:226-234. 

46.    Yeldell, N. A., B. S. Cohen, T. J. Prebyl, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2017. Prescribed fire influences habitat selection of female eastern wild turkeys. Journal of Wildlife Management 18:1287-1297. 

47.    Stone, D. S., M. J. Cherry, J. A. Martin, B. S. Cohen, and K. V. Miller. 2017. Foraging behavior and social interactions affect ungulate foraging behavior at a concentrated food source. PLOS One 12:e0178477. 

48.    Yeldell, N. A., B. S. Cohen, A. R. Little, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2017. Nest site selection and nest survival of eastern wild turkeys in a pyric landscape. Journal of Wildlife Management 18:1073-1083. 

49.    Cohen, B. S., M. L. MacKenzie, J. C. Maerz, C. B. Farrell, and S. B. Castleberry. 2016. Color perception influences microhabitat selection of refugia and affects monitoring success for a cryptic anuran species. Physiology and Behavior 164:54-57. 

50.    Belser, E. H., B. S. Cohen, D. A. Osborn, S. P. Keeler, S. M. Russell, and K. V. Miller. 2016. Bacterial fauna of the forehead, tongue, and nasal mucosa of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Georgia. Southeastern Naturalist 15:488-495. 

51.    Cohen, B. S., E. H. Leone, E. P. Garrison, C. R. Morea, S. M. Shea, K. V. Miller, M. J. Cherry, J. H. Stickles, and J. D. Kelly. 2016. Evaluation of antler-based selective harvest criteria on harvest and antler size of white-tailed deer in Florida. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 3:203-209. 

52.    Simoneaux, T. N., B. S. Cohen, E. A. Cooney, R. M. Shuman, M. J. Chamberlain, and K. V. Miller. 2016. Fine-scale movement of adult male white-tailed deer in northeastern Louisiana during the hunting season. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 3:210-219. 

53.    Cherry, M. J., K. L. Turner, M. B. Howze, B. S. Cohen, L. M. Conner, and R. J. Warren. 2016. Coyote diets in a longleaf pine ecosystem. Wildlife Biology 22:64-70. 

54.    Cohen, B. S., E. H. Belser, C. H. Killmaster, J. W. Bowers, B. J. Irwin, M. J. Yabsley, and K. V. Miller. 2015. Epizootiology of cranial abscess disease in white-tailed deer of Georgia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 51:609-618. 

55.    Belser, E. H., B. S. Cohen, S. P. Keeler, C. H. Killmaster, J. W. Bowers and K. V. Miller. 2015. Epithelial presence of Trueperella pyogenes predicts site-level presence of cranial abscess disease in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). PLoS One 10:e0120028. 

56.    Cohen, B. S., T. J. Prebyl, N. J. Stafford, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Space use, movements, and habitat selection of translocated eastern wild turkeys. Proceedings of the National Wild Turkey Symposium 11:165-173. 

57.    Gross, J. T., B. S. Cohen, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Influences of hunting on movements of male wild turkeys during spring. Proceedings of the National Wild Turkey Symposium 11:259-268. 

58.    Cohen, B. S., E. H. Belser, S. P. Keeler, M. J. Yabsley, and K. V. Miller. 2015. Isolation and genotypic virulence of Trueperella (Arcanobacterium) pyogenes recovered from active cranial abscesses infections of male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 46:62-67. 

59.    Olson, A. K., W. D. Gulsby, B. S. Cohen, M. E. Byrne, D. A. Osborn, and K. V. Miller. 2015. Spring excursions of mature male white-tailed deer in north central Pennsylvania. American Midland Naturalist 174:96-104. 

60.    Horrell, L. B., B. S. Cohen, K. V. Miller, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Geographical variation in nutritional quality of white-tailed deer forage plants in Louisiana. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 2:187-192. 

61.    Gross, J. T., B. S. Cohen, T. J. Prebyl, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Movements of wild turkey hunters during spring in Louisiana. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 2:127-130. 

62.    Cohen, B. S., D. A. Osborn, G. R. Gallagher, R. J. Warren, and K. V. Miller. 2014. Behavioral measure of the light-adapted visual sensitivity of white-tailed deer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 38:480-485. 

63.    Cohen, B. S., D. A. Osborn, G. R. Gallagher, R. J. Warren, and K. V. Miller. 2012. An automated device for training deer to visual stimuli. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36:194-198. 

64.    Shuskey, T., I. Bosch, C. Ryczek, and B. Cohen. 2009. In situ experimental studies of Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) downstream from agricultural watersheds: nutrient loading, foliar uptake, and growth. Journal of Great Lakes Research 35:109-116.