Publications

2013
St. James, E.A., M.L. Schummer, R.M. Kaminski, E.J. Penny, L.W. Burger. 2013. Effect of weekly hunting frequency on duck abundances in Mississippi Wildlife Management Areas. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 4.

2012
Alford, A., R. Kaminski. 2012. Duck-hole "dads": Crayfish are another ecosystem benefit of managing wetlands. Gamekeepers 2012(Spring):90-92.

2012
Alford, A.B., R.M. Kaminski. 2011. Duck hole 'dads' (dat's crawdads). Tee to Green: Quarterly publication of the Louisiana-Mississippi Chapter of Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. Winter 2011.

2012
Brasher, K.A., A. B. Alford, R. M. Kaminski. 2012. MSU research finds duck holes produce abundant crawfish. LandMarks 8(1):15.

2012
Fleming, K. S., R. M. Kaminski, T. E. Tietjen, M. L. Schummer, G. N. Ervin, and K. D. Nelms. 2012. Vegetative forage quality and moist-soil management on Wetlands Reserve Program lands in Mississippi. Wetlands. Download

2012
Foth, J. R., J. N. Straub, and R. M. Kaminski. 2012. Comparison of Methods for Processing Sweep-Net Samples of Aquatic Invertebrates From Forested Wetlands. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 3:296-302.

2012
Hagy, H., R.M. Kaminski. 2012. Improving your duck hole by managing natural plants. Game Keepers/Farming for Wildlife, Summer 2012, pages 12-14.

2012
Hagy, H.M., R.M. Kaminski. 2012. Apparent seed use by ducks in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Journal of Wildlife Management 76:1053-1061. Download

2012
Hagy, H.M., R.M. Kaminski. 2012. Winter waterbird and food dynamics in autumn-managed moist-soil wetlands of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36:512-523. Download

2012
Langley, K., R.M. Kaminski, J.B. Davis, R.F. Poor. 2012. Wetlands education and functions on a university campus, Mississippi State University. Wetland Science and Practice 29(3): 20-25.

2012
Leach A.G., J.N. Straub, R.M. Kaminski, A.W. Ezell, T.S. Hawkins, T.D. Leininger. 2012. Effect of winter flooding on mass and gross energy of bottomland hardwood acorns. Journal of Wildlife Management 76:1519-1522. Download

2012
Pearse, A.T., R.M. Kaminski, K.J. Reinecke, S.J. Dinsmore. 2012. Local and landscape associations between wintering dabbling ducks and wetland complexes in Mississippi. Wetlands 32:859-869. Download

2011
Callicutt, J.T., H.M. Hagy, M.L. Schummer. 2011. The food preference paradigm: A review of fall-winter food use by North American dabbling ducks (1900-2009). Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 2(1):29-40. Download

2011
Foster, M.A., M.J. Gray, C.A. Harper, R.M. Kaminski. 2011. Post-harvest fates of agricultural seeds in Tennessee croplands. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 64:81-87. Download

2011
Foth, J. R. 2011. Aquatic invertebrate biomass and community composition in greentree reservoirs and naturally flooded forests in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and Interior Flatwoods. Thesis, Mississippi State University.

2011
Grado, S. C., K. M Hunt, C. P. Hutt, X. Santos, R. M. Kaminski. 2011. Economic impacts of waterfowl hunting in Mississippi derived from a state-based mail survey. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 16(2):100-113

2011
Hagy, H. M., J. N. Straub, and R. M. Kaminski. 2011. Estimation and correction of seed recovery bias from moist-soil cores. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:959-966. Download

2011
Hagy, H.M., J.R. Foth, R.M. Kaminski. 2011. Invertebrate biomass in flooded corn and other wetlands managed for wintering waterfowl in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 65:56-61.

2011
Leach, A. G. 2011. Red oak acorn production, mass, and gross energy dynamics in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Thesis, Mississippi State University.

2011
Schummer, M. L., H. M. Hagy, K. S. Fleming, J. Cheshier, and J. T. Callicutt. In Press. A Guide to Moist-soil Wetland Plants of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi.

2011
Schummer, M. L., R. B. Allen, G. Wang. 2011. Sizes and long-term trends of ducks broods in Maine, 1955-2007. Northeastern Naturalist 18:73-86.

2011
St. James, E. A. 2011. Effect of hunting frequency on duck abundance, harvest, and hunt quality in Mississippi. Thesis, Mississippi State University.

2011
St. James, E.A., M.L. Schummer, R.M. Kaminski, E.J. Penny, L.W. Burger Jr. 2011. Effect of weekly hunting frequency on duck abundance on Mississippi Wildlife Management Areas. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 65:in press.

2011
Wiseman, A.J., R.M. Kaminski, S.K. Riffell, K.J. Reinecke, E.J. Larson. 2011. Ratoon grain sorghum and other seeds for waterfowl in sorghum croplands. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 64:106-111. Download

2010
Fleming, K.S. 2010. Effects of management and hydrology on vegetation, winter waterbird use, and water quality on Wetlands Reserve Program lands, Mississippi. Thesis, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University.

2010
Foster, M.A., M.J. Gray, R.M. Kaminski. 2010. Agricultural seed biomass for migrating and wintering waterfowl in the Southeastern United States. Journal of Wildlife Management 74(3):489-495. Download

2010
Hagy, H.M. 2010. Going green for ducks: Managing moist-soil habitat. Natural Resource Enterprises Newsletter 5:2-3.

2010
Hagy, H.M. 2010. Winter food and waterfowl dynamics in managed moist-soil wetlands in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Dissertation, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi.

2010
Lancaster, J. 2010. Duck disturbance in the Mississippi Delta. Delta Wildlife 18:22-24.

2010
Schummer, M.L., R.M. Kaminski, A.H. Raedeke, D.A. Graber. 2010. Weather-related indices for autumn-winter dabbling duck abundance in middle North America. Journal of Wildlife Management 94(1):94-101. Download

2010
Stafford, J.D., R.M. Kaminski, K.J. Reinecke. 2010. Avian foods, foraging and habitat conservation in world rice fields. Waterbirds 33 (Special Publication 1):133-150.

2010
Straub, J., R.M. Kaminski. 2010. Memoirs of a migration. The Wildlife Professional 4:54-56.

2010
Weegman, M.D., R.M. Kaminski, G. Wang, M.L. Schummer, A.W. Ezell, T.D. Leininger. 2010. Sweep-net sampling acorns in forested wetlands. Journal of Wildlife Management 74(8):1931-1933. Download

2009
Davis, J.B., B.D. Leopold, R.M. Kaminski, R.R. Cox Jr. 2009. Wood duck duckling mortality and habitat implications in floodplain systems. Wetlands 29(2):607-614. Download

2009
Havens, J.H., R.M. Kaminski, J.B. Davis, S.K. Riffell. In Press. Winter abundance of waterfowl and waste rice in managed Arkansas rice fields. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies. 63.

2009
Manley, S.W., R.M. Kaminski, P.B. Rodrigue, J.C. Dewey, S.H. Schoenholtz, P.D. Gerard, K.J. Reinecke. 2009 Soil and nutrient retention in winter-flooded ricefields with implications for watershed management. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 64:173-182. Download

2009
Pearse, A.T., K.J. Reinecke, S.J. Dinsmore, R.M. Kaminski. 2009. Using simulation to improve wildlife surveys: Wintering mallards in Mississippi, USA. Wildlife Research 36(4):279-288. Download

2009
Schummer, M.L., R.M. Kaminski, C.L. Wax, M E. Brown. 2009. Predicting duck migration with a weather-severity index. Delta Wildlife 17(4):34-35.

2009
Schummer, M.L., S.S. Badzinski, S.A. Petrie. 2009. Selenium accumulation in sea ducks wintering at Lake Ontario. Archives of Environmental Contaminants and Toxicology. Download

2009
Strickland, B.K., R.M. Kaminski, K. Nelms, A. Tullos, editors. 2009. Waterfowl habitat management handbook. Mississippi State University Extension Service Publication 1864. 31 pp. Download

2009
Wiseman, A.J. 2009. Waterfowl foods and use in mnaaged grain sorghum and other habitats in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Thesis, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University.

2008
Kross, J., R.M. Kaminski, K.J. Reinecke, E.J. Penny, A.T. Pearse. 2008. Moist-soil seed abundance in managed wetlands in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Journal of Wildlife Management 72(3):707-714. Download

2008
Kross, J.P., R.M. Kaminski, K.J. Reinecke, A.T. Pearse. 2008. Conserving waste rice for wintering waterfowl in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Journal of Wildlife Management 72(6):1383-1387. Download

2008
Pearse, A.T., P. Gerard, S.J. Dinsmore, R.M. Kaminski, K.J. Reinecke. 2008. Estimation and correction of visibility bias in aerial surveys of wintering ducks. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:808-813. Download

2008
Pearse, A.T., S.J. Dinsmore, R.M. Kaminski, K.J. Reinecke. 2008. Evaluation of an aerial survey to estimate abundance of wintering ducks in Mississippi. Journal of Wildlife Management 72(6):1413-1419. Download

2008
Schummer, M., S.A. Petrie, R. Bailey. 2008. Dietary overlap of sympatric diving ducks on Lake Ontario. Auk 125(2):425-433. Download

2008
Schummer, M., S.A. Petrie, R. Bailey. 2008. Interaction between macroinvertebrate abundance and habitat use by diving ducks during winter on northeastern Lake Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research 34:54-71. Download