Publications

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
Foster, M.A., M.J. Gray, R.M. Kaminski. In Press. Agricultural seed biomass for migrating and wintering waterfowl in the southeastern United States. Journal of Wildlife Management. 74.

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, A.H. Raedeke, D.A. Graber. In Press. Weather- related indices of autumn-winter dabbling duck abundance in middle North America. Journal of Wildlife Management 74(1).

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

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

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