Associated Departments

Forestry and Natural Resources

Scholars@UK

Factors driving minimal focal species response to the implementation of habitat guidelines on private lands

Shaffer, D. R., McNeil, D. J., Gray, L. F., Duchamp, J. E. & Larkin, J. L., 2025, In: Avian Conservation and Ecology. 20, 1, 9.

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Habitat associations of six-lined racerunners in longleaf pine managed with a short fire rotation for northern bobwhites

Samek, I. W., Price, S. J., Terhune, T. M. & McNeil, D. J., Dec 2024, In: Ecosphere. 15, 12, e70126.

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The role of landscape factors in shaping bumble bee pathogen loads across regions of the eastern Nearctic

Gratton, E. M., McNeil, D. J., Sawyer, R., Martinello, A., Grozinger, C. M. & Hines, H. M., Nov 2024, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 17, 6, p. 1098-1112 15 p.

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Mapping recent timber harvest activity in a temperate forest using single date airborne LiDAR surveys and machine learning: lessons for conservation planning

Fisher, G. B., Elmore, A. J., Fitzpatrick, M. C., McNeil, D. J., Atkins, J. W. & Larkin, J. L., 2024, In: GIScience and Remote Sensing. 61, 1, 2379198.

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Food availability aligns with contrasting demographics in populations of an at-risk songbird

Keele, E. C., Fiss, C. J., McNeil, D. J., Anderson, M., Thomas, N., Shaffer, D. & Larkin, J. L., Jul 2024, In: Ecology and Evolution. 14, 7, e11557.

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A large-scale assessment of eastern whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) occupancy across a gradient of forest management intensity using autonomous recording units

Larkin, J. T., McNeil, D. J., Chronister, L., Akresh, M. E., Cohen, E. B., D'Amato, A. W., Fiss, C. J., Kitzes, J., Larkin, J. L., Parker, H. A. & King, D. I., Aug 2024, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 366, 121786.

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Distance models reveal biases associated with passive trapping methods for measuring wild bee abundance

Mathis, C. L., McNeil, D. J., Kammerer, M., Larkin, J. L. & Skvarla, M. J., 2024, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 12, 1380622.

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Heterogeneity in breeding productivity is driven largely by factors affecting nestlings and young fledglings in an imperiled migratory passerine

McNeil, D. J., Rodewald, A. D., Ruiz-Gutierrez, V., Fiss, C. J. & Larkin, J. L., May 2024, In: Ecology and Evolution. 14, 5, e11327.

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Over the river and through the woods: Multi-scale habitat associations of two at-risk bird species in riparian forests of the Central Appalachians

Larkin, J. T., Fiss, C. J., Parker, H. A., Tyree, M. C., Duchamp, J., Larkin, J. L. & McNeil, D. J., Jul 15 2024, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 564, 121997.

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Illuminating patterns of firefly abundance using citizen science data and machine learning models

McNeil, D. J., Goslee, S. C., Kammerer, M., Lower, S. E., Tooker, J. F. & Grozinger, C. M., Jun 15 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 929, 172329.

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Benefits of Golden-winged Warbler and Cerulean Warbler habitat restoration for non-target forest birds: An empirical examination of the focal species concept

Rhinehart, T. A., McNeil, D. J., Fiss, C. J., Larkin, J. L., Rodewald, A. D., Cohen, J. & Kitzes, J., Apr 2024, In: Biological Conservation. 292, 110436.

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Breeding season space use and habitat selection by Blue-winged Warblers in managed shrublands

Fuoco, K. B., McNeil, D. J., Fiss, C. J., Bocetti, C. I., Fisher, G. B. & Larkin, J. L., Mar 2024, In: Avian Conservation and Ecology. 19, 1, 6.

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Factors driving bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) and butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) use of sheared shrubland and young forest communities of the western Great Lakes

Keele, E. C., McNeil, D. J., Duchamp, J. E. & Larkin, J. L., Dec 1 2023, In: Environmental Entomology. 52, 6, p. 1095-1107 13 p.

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Local habitat type influences bumble bee pathogen loads and bee species distributions

Gratton, E. M., McNeil, D. J., Grozinger, C. M. & Hines, H. M., Jun 1 2023, In: Environmental Entomology. 52, 3, p. 491-501 11 p.

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Assessing American woodcock use of habitat managed through programs targeting a declining songbird

McNeil, D. J., Johnson, K. E. & Larkin, J. L., Sep 2023, In: Journal of Wildlife Management. 87, 7, e22457.

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Assessing the benefits of managed golden-winged warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) nesting habitat for breeding monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in the western Great Lakes

Keele, E. C., McNeil, D. J., Duchamp, J. E., Bastidas, E. & Larkin, J. L., Dec 2023, In: Journal of Insect Conservation. 27, 6, p. 879-894 16 p.

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Using aerial LiDAR to assess regional availability of potential habitat for a conservation dependent forest bird

McNeil, D. J., Fisher, G., Fiss, C. J., Elmore, A. J., Fitzpatrick, M. C., Atkins, J. W., Cohen, J. & Larkin, J. L., Jul 15 2023, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 540, 121002.

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Evaluating Golden-winged Warbler use of alder and aspen communities managed with shearing in the western Great Lakes

Buckardt Thomas, A., McNeil, D. J., Larkin, J. L., Johnson, K. E. & Roth, A. M., Mar 2023, In: Ecosphere. 14, 3, e4443.

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Quantifying detection probability of American woodcock (Scolopax minor) on transects sampled with thermal cameras

Gray, L. F., McNeil, D. J., Larkin, J. T., Parker, H. A., Shaffer, D. & Larkin, J. L., Jun 2023, In: Wildlife Society Bulletin. 47, 2, e1417.

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Automated recognition of ruffed grouse drumming in field recordings

Lapp, S., Larkin, J. L., Parker, H. A., Larkin, J. T., Shaffer, D. R., Tett, C., McNeil, D. J., Fiss, C. J. & Kitzes, J., Mar 2023, In: Wildlife Society Bulletin. 47, 1, e1395.

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