Research Interests
I am generally interested in habitat and population research that assists resource agencies and conservation organizations to understand factors that limit wildlife populations.
Current Projects
Restoration of Piping Plovers to Lake Ontario
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Avian demographic response to salt marsh restoration, with emphasis on salt marsh breeding sparrows in coastal New York state, and experimental habitat restoration for tidal marsh birds
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Monitoring responses of avian communities and focal bird species to forest management in Pennsylvania
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Impacts of roadways and vehicle collisions to breeding snowy plovers and other wildlife at Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida
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Factors limiting reproductive success of piping plovers in New Jersey
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Decision support population modeling for piping plover recovery
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American black duck and mallard interactions and habitat separation during winter in the Finger Lakes region of central NY
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Past Projects
- Impacts of anthropogenic disturbance on snowy plover behavior, reproductive success, and habitat selection in the Florida Panhandle (Conservian Inc., USFWS)
- Piping plover movements, flight heights, and avoidance of obstructions during the breeding season: implications for risk of collision with turbines and other human structures (USFWS, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection)
- Methods for estimating ring-necked pheasant populations in western New York (NY DEC)
- Mercury contamination in songbirds on Onondaga Lake, Syracuse, NY (USFWS)
- Influence of protected lands on changes in forest breeding bird distributions in NY and PA
- Effect of human disturbance on roseate tern behavior and habitat use on Cape Cod, MA (NPS)