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MSU Kennedy Chair produces 2022-2023 annual report
Download the 2022-2023 Kennedy Chair Annual Report.
Kennedy students participate in 25 year study
Kennedy students were able to participate in a 25 year study led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region.
This year's research team was composed of two scholars from Mississippi State University—Riley Porter, graduate student, and George Williams, undergraduate student.
Read more at https://www.army.mil/article/259604
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Publications
| Year | Publications |
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| 2025 | Ogawa, R., Wang, G., Burger, L. W., Strickland, B. K., Davis, J. B., King, T., Cunningham 2025. Climate and en route thermals affect long-term population dynamics of soaring birds. Population Ecology Download |
| 2024 | Rehman, A., Islam, F., Tariq, A., Islam, I. U., Davis, J. B., Bibi, T., Ahmad, W., Waseem, L. A., Karuppannan, S., Al-Ahmadi, S. 2024. Groundwater potential zone mapping using GIS and remote sensing based models for sustainable groundwater management. Geocarto International 39(1)(1):2306275. Download |
| 2024 | Mustafa, H., Tariq, A., Shu, H., ul Hassan, S. N., Khan, G., Davis, J. B., Almutairi, K. F., Soufan, W. 2024. Integrating multisource data and machine learning for supraglacial lake detection: Implications for environmental management and sustainable development goals in high mountainous regions. Journal of Environmental Management Download |
| 2024 | Lancaster, J. D., Boudreau, M., Kaminski, R. M., Street, G. M., Mini, A. E., Nelms, K. D., Davis, J. B. 2024. Mallard winter use of conservation program and nonprogram lands in Mississippi. Wildlife Society Bulletin 48: e1545(3). Download |
| 2024 | Fatima, B., Rachid, H., Khalil, E. K., Abdeldalil, O., Mohamed, B., Tariq, A., Davis, J. B., Soufan, W. 2024. Modelling, quantification and estimation of the soil water erosion using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation with Sediment Delivery Ratio and the analytic hierarchy process models. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 49(10):3158-3176. Download |
| 2024 | Aslam, R. W., Naz, I., Shu, H., Yan J., Quddoos, A., Tariq, A., Davis, J. B., Al-Saif, A. M., Soufan, W. 2024. Multi-temporal image analysis of wetland dynamics using machine learning algorithms. Journal of Environmental Management 371(December 2024, 123123). Download |
| 2024 | Bakner, D. L., Ringelman, K. M., Reynolds, L. A., Kaminski, R. M., Stephens, S. E., Davis, J. B. 2024. Wood ducks and hooded mergansers as interspecific brood parasites: An evaluation of parasitic egg survival. Ecology & Evolution Download |
| 2024 | Boudreau, M., Lancaster, J. D., Adjaye, D. A., Dentinger, J. E., Dolan, L. A., Ripa, G. N., Ramirez-Reyes, C., Sklarczyk, C. A., Thornton, B. S., Todaro, H. M., Kaminski, R. M., Davis, J. B. 2024. An alternative for evaluating the energetic landscape for Mallards Anas platyrhynchos in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, USA. Wildfowl 74:113-131. |
| 2024 | Ogawa, R., Wang, G., Burger, L. W., Strickland, B. K., Davis, J. B., Cunningham, F. 2024. Bayesian integrated species distribution models for hierarchical resource selection by a soaring bird. Ecological Informatics 82:102787. |
| 2023 | Straub, J. N., Kaminski, R. M., Leach, A. G., Ezell, A. W., Leininger, T., Foth, J., Davis, J. B. 2023. Acorn and aquatic invertebrate biomass in Mississippi Alluvial Valley hardwood bottomlands. Journal of Wildlife Management. Journal of Wildlife Management 88(2):e22534. Download |
| 2022 | Lavretsky, P., Hernandez, F., Davis, J. B. 2022. Ovarian degeneration resulting in the phenotypic masculinisation of a wild female Mallard Anas platyrhynchos. Wildfowl 72:174-181. Download |
| 2022 | Davis, J. B., Boudreau, M. R., Kaminski, R. M., Monroe, K. C. 2022. Resource Use Overlap by Sympatric Wintering American Black Ducks and Mallards in Tennessee. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management Download |
| 2022 | Ogawa, R., Davis, J. B., King, D. T., Burger, L. W., Strickland, B. K., Sovada, M. A., Wang, G., Cunningham, F. 2022. Migratory movements and home ranges of geographically distinct wintering populations of a soaring bird. Diversity 14:(12):1109. Download |
| 2022 | Davis, J. B., Outlaw, D. C., Ringelman, K. M., Kaminski, R. M., Lavretsky, P. 2022. Low levels of hybridization between domestic and wild Mallards wintering in the lower Mississippi Flyway. Ornithology 139:1-11. Download |
| 2022 | Evans, K., Davis, J. B., Wang, G. 2022. Assessing long-term dynamics of non-breeding brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) populations using Christmas Bird Count data. IBIS 165(1):55-68. Download |
| 2022 | Sheehan, K. L., Dorr, B. S., Clements, S. A., Christie, T. W., Hanson-Dorr, K. C., Rush, S. A., Davis, J. B. 2022. Predicting consistent foraging ecologies of migrating waterbirds: Using stable isotope and parasite measurements as indicators of landscape use. Ecological Indicators 1(40 10903). Download |
| 2022 | McLanahan, M. D., Osborn, J. M., Hagy, H. M., Davis, J. B., Wheat, R. M., Gray, M. J. 2022. Effects of Alligatorweed Control in Seasonal Wetlands Managed for Waterfowl. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 9:105-113. Download |
| 2022 | Davis, J. B. 2022. Mottled Duck introductions to South Carolina: The ugly, the bad, and the good?. Ecology and Evolution 12:e8850. Download |
| 2022 | Davis, J. B., Boudreau, M. R., Peterson, T. G., Kaminski, R. M. 2022. Wintering waterfowl use of bottomland forested wetlands in the Delta National Forest, Mississippi. Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 9:96-104. Download |
| 2022 | Parys, K. A., Davis, K. A., James, S. A., Davis, J. B., Tyler, H., Griswold, T. 2022. First report of a gynandromorph of Florilegus condignus (Cresson, 1878) (Hymenoptera, Apidae), with notes on phenology and abundance. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 89:233-244. Download |
| 2021 | Osborn, J. M., Hagy, H. M., McLanahan, M. M., Davis, J. B., Gray, M. J. 2021. Habitat selection and foraging strategy of American Black Ducks Anas rubripes wintering in Tennessee, USA. Wildfowl 71:120-146. Download |
| 2021 | Engle, C. E., Christie, T. W., Dorr, B. S., Karunakaran, G., Davis, J. B., Roy, L. A., Kelly, A. M. 2021. Principal economic effects of cormorant predation on catfish farms. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 52:41-56. Download |
| 2021 | Clements, S. A., Dorr, B. S., Davis, J. B., Roy, L. A., Engle, C. R., Hanson-Dorr, K. C., Kelly, A. M. 2021. Scaup depredation on Arkansas baitfish and sportfish aquaculture. Wildlife Society Bulletin 45(3):517-528. Download |
| 2021 | Clements, S. A., Dorr, B. S., Davis, J. B., Roy, L. A., Engle, C. R., Hanson-Dorr, K. C., Kelly, A. M. 2021. Distribution and abundance of scaup using baitfish and sportfish farms in eastern Arkansas. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 52(2):347-361. Download |
| 2021 | Monroe, K. C., Davis, J. B., Monroe, A. P., Kaminski, R. M., Gray, M. J., Evans, D. L. 2021. Winter habitat selection of a declining American Black Duck population. Wildlife Society Bulletin 45(1):16-26. Download |
| 2021 | Engle, C. R., Clements, S. A., Dorr, B. S., Davis, J. B., Roy, L. A., Kelly, A. M. 2021. Economic effects of predation by scaup on baitfish and sportfish farms. Journal of The World Aquaculture Society 52(2):329-346. Download |
| 2021 | Christie, T. W., Dorr, B. S., Davis, J. B., Roy, L. A., Engle, C. R., Hanson-Dorr, K. C., Kelly, A. M. 2021. Food habits of wintering double-crested cormorants in the Mississippi Delta. Food Webs 26(e00185). Download |
| 2020 | Vilella, F. J., Cruz-Burgos, J. A., Kaminski, R. M., Murkin, H. R., Davis, J. B., Weitzel, S. L., Vizcarra, F. 2020. Avian community response to vegetation and water level management in restored wetlands at the Humacao Nature Reserve, Puerto Rico. Caribbean Naturalist 72:1-21. Download |
| 2020 | Schummer, M. L., Simpson, J., Davis, J. B., Shirkey, B., Wallen, K. E. 2020. Balancing waterfowl hunting opportunity and quality to recruit, retain, and reactivate. Wildlife Society Bulletin 44(2):391-395. Download |
| 2020 | Gross, M. C., Lancaster, J. D., Simpson, J. W., Shirkey, B. T., McClain, S. E., Jacques, C. N., Davis, J. B., Hagy, H. M. 2020. Energetic Carrying Capacity of Submersed Aquatic Vegetation in Semi-Permanent Wetlands Important to Waterfowl in the Upper Midwest. Wetlands 40:491-501. Download |
| 2020 | Marty, J. R., Davis, J. B., Kaminski, R. M., Brasher, M. G., Rush, S. A. 2020. Gulf Coast riceland seed biomass estimates for waterfowl habitat conservation. The Journal of Wildlife Management 84(7):1315-1325. Download |
| 2020 | Harrigal, D. E., Davis, J. B., Lancaster, J. D., Kneece, M. R. 2020. Survival and Recovery of Mottled Ducks in Coastal South Carolina, 2008–2018. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 7:189-194. Download |
| 2020 | Firth, A. G., Baker, B., Gibbs, M., Brooks, J. P., Smith, R., Iglay, R. B., Davis, J. B. 2020. Using cameras to index waterfowl abundance in winter-flooded rice fields. MethodsX 7:101036. Download |
| 2020 | Gross, M. C., McClain, S. E., Lancaster, J. D., Jacques, C. N., Davis, J. B., Simpson, J. W., Yetter, A. P., Hagy, H. M. 2020. Variation in True Metabolizable Energy Among Aquatic Vegetation and Ducks. Journal of Wildlife Management 84(4):749-758. Download |
| 2020 | Firth, A. G., Baker, B., Brooks, J. P., Smith, R., Iglay, R. B., Davis, J. B. 2020. Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture: Winter flooding in rice fields increases bird use, fecal matter and soil health, reducing fertilizer requirements. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 300. Download |
| 2020 | Firth, A. G., Baker, B., Brooks, J. P., Smith, R., Iglay, R. B., Davis, J. B. 2020. Investigation of Pathogenic Bacterial Transport by Waterbirds: A Case Study of Flooded and Non-Flooded Rice Systems in Mississippi. Water 12(6). Download |
| 2020 | Clements, S. A., Dorr, B. S., Davis, J. B., Roy, L. A., Engle, C. E., Hanson-Dorr, K. C., Kelly, A. M. 2020. Diets of scaup occupying baitfish and sportfish farms in eastern Arkansas. Food Webs 23(e00141). Download |
| 2018 | Tapp, J. L., Weegman, M. W., Webb, E. B., Kaminski, R. M., Davis, J. B. 2018. Waterbird communities and seed biomass in managed and non-managed restored wetlands in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Restoration Ecology 26(3):591-599. Download |
| 2018 | Foth, J. R., Kaminski, R. M., Davis, J. B., Leininger, T. D. 2018. Aquatic invertebrate community composition, diversity, and biomass from sweep-net samples in non-impounded bottomland hardwood forests and greentree reservoirs. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Download |
| 2017 | Osborn, J. M., Hagy, H. M., Mcclanahan, M. D., Davis, J. B., Gray, M. J. 2017. Habitat selection and activities of dabbling ducks during non-breeding periods. Journal of Wildlife Management 81:1482-1493. Download |
| 2017 | Marty, J. R., Davis, J. B., Kaminski, R. M., Brasher, M. G., Brinkman, E. L. 2017. Density of lead and non-toxic shotshell pellets in Gulf Coast prairie ricelands. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 8(1):173-180. Download |
| 2017 | Davis, J. B., Vilella, F. J., Lancaster, J. D., Flores, M. L., Kaminski, R. M., Cruz-Burgos, J. A. 2017. White-cheeked Pintail duckling and brood survival across wetland types at Humacao Nature Reserve, Puerto Rico. Condor 119(2):308-320. Download |
| 2016 | Newcomb, K. C., Davis, J. B., Kaminski, R. M., Gray, M. J. 2016. Winter survival of female American black ducks in Tennessee, USA. The Condor 118(1):33-45. Download |
| 2015 | Feaga, J. S., Vilella, F. J., Kaminski, R. M., Davis, J. B. 2015. Winter waterbird use of catfish ponds and Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative wetlands in Mississippi. Waterbirds 38(3):269-281. Download |
| 2015 | Davis, J. B., Straub, J. N., Wang, G., Kaminski, R. M., Leopold, B. D. 2015. Simulations of wood duck recruitment from nest boxes in Mississippi and Alabama. Journal of Wildlife Management 79(6):907-916. Download |
| 2014 | Davis, J. B., Webb, E., Kaminski, R. M., Barbour, P. J., Vilella, F. J. 2014. Comprehensive framework for ecological assessment of the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Southeastern Naturalist 13(4):G66-G81. Download |
| 2014 | López-Flores, M., Davis, B. D., Vilella, F. J., Kaminski, R. M., Cruz-Burgos, J. A., Lancaster, J. D. 2014. Survival of female White-cheeked Pintails during brood rearing in Puerto Rico. Caribbean Naturalist 10:1-12. Download |