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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
Publications
2025 Halligan, S. L., M. L. Schummer, A. M. V. Fournier, P. Lavretsky, J. B. Davis, C. J. Downs, V. Musni. 2025. Morphological differences between wild and gamefarm Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) in North America. IBIS. Download |
2024 Aslam, R. W., I. Naz, H. Shu, J. Yan, A. Quddoos, A. Tariq, J. B. Davis, A. M. Al-Saif, W. Soufan. 2024. Multi-temporal image analysis of wetland dynamics using machine learning algorithms. Journal of Environmental Management 371:123123. Download |
2024 Bakner, D. L., K. M. Ringelman, L. A. Reynolds, R. M. Kaminski, S. E. Stephens, J. B. Davis. 2024. Wood ducks and hooded mergansers as interspecific brood parasites: An evaluation of parasitic egg survival. Ecology and Evolution 14:e11721. Download |
2024 Boudreau, M. R., J. D. Lancaster, D. F. Adjaye, J. E. Dentinger, L. A. Dolan Todt, G. N. Ripa, C. Ramirez-Reyes, C. A. Sklarczyk, B. S. Thornton, H. M. Todaro, R. M. Kaminski, J. B. Davis. 2024. An alternative approach to evaluating the energetic carrying capacity of the landscape for Mallard Anas platyrhynchos wintering in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, USA. Wildfowl Journal 74:113-131. Download |
2024 Fatima, B., H. Rachid, E. K. Khalil, O. Abdessalam, B. Abdeldjalil, B. Mohamed, A. Tariq, J. B. Davis, W. Soufan. 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 Lancaster, J.D., M. R. Boudreau, R. M. Kaminski, G. M. Street, A. E. Mini, K. D. Nelms, J. B. Davis. 2024. Mallard winter use of conservation program and nonprogram lands in Mississippi. Wildlife Society Bulletin e1545. Download |
2024 Mustafa, H., A. Tariq, H. Shu, S. N. ul Hassan, G. Khan, J. B. Davis, K. F. Almutairi, W. Soufan. 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 370:122490. Download |
2024 Ogawa, R., G. Wang, L. W. Burger, B. K. Strickland, J. B. Davis, F. L. Cunningham. 2024. Bayesian integrated species distribution models for hierarchical resource selection by a soaring bird. Ecological Informatics 102787. Download |
2024 Rehman, A., F. Islam, A. Tariq, I. U. Islam, J. B. Davis, T. Bibi, W. Ahmad, L. A. Waseem, S. Karuppannan, S. Al-Ahmadi. 2024. Groundwater potential zone mapping using GIS and remote sensing based models for sustainable groundwater management. Geocarto International 39(1):2306275. Download |
2024 Straub, J. N., R. M. Kaminski, A. G. Leach, A. W. Ezell, T. Leininger, J. Foth, J. B. Davis. 2023. Acorn and aquatic invertebrate biomass in Mississippi Alluvial Valley hardwood bottomlands. The Journal of Wildlife Management 88(2):e22534. Download |
2023 Evans, K. O., J. B. Davis, G. Wang. 2023. Assessing long-term dynamics of nonbreeding Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) populations using Christmas Bird Count data. Ibis 165(1):55-68. 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., D. C. Outlaw, K. M. Ringelman, R. M. Kaminski, P. Lavretsky. 2022. Low levels of hybridization between domestic and wild Mallards wintering in the lower Mississippi Flyway. Ornithology 139:1-11. Download |
2022 Davis, J. B., M. R. Boudreau, K. C. Monroe, R. M. Kaminski. 2022. Resource use overlap by sympatric wintering American black ducks and mallards in Tennessee. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 13(2):460-472. Download |
2022 Davis, J. B., M. R. Boudreau, T. G. Peterson, R. M. Kaminski, M. E. Colvin. 2022. Wintering waterfowl use of wetlands in Delta National Forest, Mississippi. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 9:96-104. Download |
2022 Lavretsky, P., F. Hernandez, J. B. Davis. 2022. Ovarian degeneration resulting in the phenotypic masculinisation of a wild female Mallard Anas platyrhynchos. Wildfowl Journal 72:174-181. Download |
2022 McClanahan, M.D., J. M. Osborn, H. M. Hagy, J. B. Davis, R. M. Wheat, M. J. Gray. 2022. Effects of Alligatorweed Control in Seasonal Wetlands Managed for Waterfowl. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildife Agencies 9:105-113. Download |
2022 Ogawa, R., J. B. Davis, D. T. King, L. W. Burger, B. K. Strickland, M. A. Sovada, G. Wang, F. L. Cunningham. 2022. Migratory movements and home ranges of geographically distinct wintering populations of a soaring bird. Diversity 14(12). Download |
2022 Parys, K. A., K. A. Davis, S. T. James, J. B. Davis, H. Tyler, T. Griswold. 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 |
2022 Sheehan, K. L., B. S. Dorr, S. A. Clements, T. W. Christie, K. C. Hanson-Dorr, S. A. Rush, J. B. Davis. 2022 Predicting consistent foraging ecologies of migrating waterbirds: Using stable isotope and parasite measurements as indicators of landscape use. Ecological Indicators 140:109038. Download |
2021 Christie, T. W., B. S. Dorr, J. B. Davis, L. A. Roy, C. R. Engle, K. C. Hanson-Dorr, A. M. Kelly. 2021. Food habits of wintering double-crested cormorants in the Mississippi Delta. Food Webs 26:e00185. Download |
2021 Clements, S. A., B. S. Dorr, J. B. Davis, L. A. Roy, C. E. Engle, K. C. Hanson-Dorr, A. M. Kelly. 2021. Scaup depredation on Arkansas baitfish and sportfish aquaculture. Wildlife Society Bulletin 45(3):517-528. Download |
2021 Clements, S. A., B. S. Dorr, J. B. Davis, L. A. Roy, C. R. Engle, K. C. Hanson-Dorr, A. M. Kelly. 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 Engle, C. R, T. W. Christie, B. S. Dorr, G. Kumar, B. Davis, L. A. Roy, A. M. Kelly. 2021. Principal economic effects of cormorant predation on catfish farms. Journal of World Aquaculture Society 52:41-56. Download |
2021 Engle, C. R. S. Clements, B. S. Dorr, J. B. Davis, L. A. Roy, A. M. Kelly. 2021. Economic effects of predation by scaup on baitfish and sportfish farms. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 52(2):329-346. Download |
2021 Monroe, K. C., J. B. Davis, A. P. Monroe, R. M. Kaminski, M. J. Gray, D. L. Evans. 2021. Winter habitat selection by a declining American black duck population. Wildlife Society Bulletin 45:16-26. Download |
2021 Osborn, J. M., H. M. Hagy, M. D. McClanahan, J. B. Davis, M. J. Gray. 2021. Habitat selection and foraging strategy of American Black Ducks Anas rubripes wintering in Tennessee, USA. Wildfowl Journal 71:120-146. Download |
2020 Brasher, M., J. B. Davis, D. Osborne. 2020. Understanding waterfowl: Going home. Ducks Unlimited March/April 2020. pp. 20-21. Download |
2020 Christie, T., B. Dorr, L. Roy, A. M. Kelly, C. Engle, P. Burr, B. Davis, J. van Senten. 2020. Cormorant predation of commercial catfish aquaculture in the Mississippi Delta. Virginia Cooperative Extension AAEC-231. Download |
2020 Clements, S. A., B. S. Dorr, J. B. Davis, L. A. Roy, C. R. Engle, K. C. Hanson-Dorr, A. M. Kelly. 2020. Diets of scaup occupying baitfish and sportfish farms in eastern Arkansas. Food Webs e00141. Download |
2020 Firth, A. G., B. H. Baker, J. P. Brooks, R. Smith, R. B. Iglay, J. B. Davis. 2020. Investigation of pathogenic bacterial transport by waterbirds: A case study of flooded and non-flooded rice systems in Mississippi. Water 12:1833. Download |
2020 Firth, A. G., B. H. Baker, M. Gibbs, J. P. Brooks, R. Smith, R. B. Iglay, J. B. Davis. 2020. Using cameras to index waterfowl abundance in winter-flooded rice fields. MethodsX 7:101036. Download |
2020 Gross, M. C., J. D. Lancaster, J. W. Simpson, B. T. Shirkey, S. E. McClain, C. N. Jacques, J. B. Davis, H. M. Hagy. 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 Gross, M. C., S. E. McClain, J. D. Lancaster, C. N. Jacques, J. B. Davis, J. W. Simpson, A. P. Yetter, H. M. Hagy. 2020. Variation in true metabolizable energy among aquatic vegetation and ducks. Journal of Wildlife Management 84(4):749-758. Download |
2020 Kneece, M. R., J. D. Lancaster, J. B. Davis, D. E. Harrigal. 2020. Survival and recovery of mottled ducks in Coastal South Carolina, 2008-2018. Journal of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 7:189-194. Download |
2020 Marty, J. R., J. B. Davis, R. M. Kaminski, M. G. Brasher, S. A. Rush. 2020. Gulf Coast riceland seed biomass estimates for waterfowl habitat conservation. The Journal of Wildlife Management 84(7):1315-1325. Download |
2020 Schummer, M. L., J. Simpson, J. B. Davis, B. Shirkey, K. E. Wallen. 2020. Balancing waterfowl hunting opportunity and quality to recruit, retain, and reactivate. Wildlife Society Bulletin 44(2):391-395. Download |
2020 Vilella, F. J., J. A. Cruz-Burgos, R. M. Kaminski, H. R. Murkin, J. B. Davis, S. L. Weitzel, F. Vizcarra. 2020. Avian community responses to management of vegetation and water levels in restored wetlands at the Humacao Nature Reserve, Puerto Rico. Caribbean Naturalist 72. Download |
2019 Brasher, K., J. B. Davis. 2019. Migratory birds find a temporary home: Waterbird communities and seed biomass in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Forest and Wildlife Research Center Annual Report 2018. Download |
2019 Clements, S. A., B. S. Dorr, L. A. Roy, C. R. Engle, K. C. Hanson-Dorr, A. M. Kelly, J. B. Davis. 2019. The problems of avian predators on fish farms: Scaup on baitfish (Golden Shiner) farms. Virginia Tech University Extension Bulletin, AAEC-191NP. Download |
2019 Vilella, F. J., J. C. Burgos, R. M. Kaminski, H. R. Murkin, J. B. Davis, S. L. Weitzel, F. Vizcarra. In Press. Avian community responses to vegetation and water level management in restored wetlands at the Humacao Nature Reserve, Puerto Rico. Caribbean Naturalist. |
2018 Foth, J. R., R. M. Kaminski, J. B. Davis, J. N. Straub, T. D. Leininger. 2018. Aquatic invertebrate community composition, diversity, and biomass in non-impounded bottomland hardwood forests and greentree reservoirs. Journal of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 5:125-135. Download |
2018 Tapp, J. L., M. W. Weegman, E. B. Webb, R. M. Kaminski, J. B. Davis. 2017. Waterbird communities and seed biomass in managed and reference-restored wetlands in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Restoration Ecology 26(3):591-599. Download |
2017 Davis, J. B. 2017. Waterfowl oddities: A closer look at North America's most unusual waterfowl. Ducks Unlimited (November/December 2017):46-48. Download |
2017 Davis, J.B., F.J. Vilella, J.D. Lancaster, M. López-Flores, R.M. Kaminski, J.A. Cruz-Burgos. 2017. Survival of White-cheeked Pintail ducklings and broods in Puerto Rico. The Condor 119(2):308-320. Download |
2017 Marty, J.R., J.B. Davis, M.G. Brasher, R.M. Kaminski, E.L. Brinkman. 2017. Density of lead and nontoxic shotshell pellets in Gulf Coast Prairie ricelands. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 8(1). Download |
2017 Osborn, J. M., H. M. Hagy, M. D. McClanahan, J. B. Davis, M. J. Gray. 2017. Habitat selection and activities of dabbling ducks during non-breeding periods. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(8):1482-1493. Download |
2016 Davis, J.B. 2016. Book review, The Teal. The Condor 118:682-683. Download |
2016 Davis, J.B. 2016. The Mississippi Alluvial Valley. The Wetland Book, pp 1-13. Living Reference Work Entry, Springer Netherlands. Download |
2016 Straub, J.N. R.M. Kaminski, A.G. Leach, A.E. Ezell and T.D Leininger. 2016. Acorn yield and masting traits of red oak in the Lower Mississippi River alluvial valley. Forest Science. Download |
2015 Davis, J.B. 2015. Book Review of Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America. Auk 132:767-769. Download |
2015 Davis, J.B., J.N. Straub, G. Wang, R.M. Kaminski, B.D. Leopold. 2015. Simulations of wood duck recruitment from nest boxes in Mississippi and Alabama. The Journal of Wildlife Management 79(6):907-916. Download |
2015 Feaga, J.S., F.J. Vilella, R.M. Kaminski, J.B. Davis. 2015. Waterbird use of catfish ponds and Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative wetlands in Mississippi. Waterbirds 38(3):269-281. Download |
2015 Fleming, K.S., R.M. Kaminski, M.L. Schummer, K.D. Nelms, G.N Ervin, and T. Tietjen. 2015. Species richness and density of wintering ducks on Wetlands Reserve Program easements in Mississippi. Wildlife Society Bulletin 39(2):310-318. Download |
2015 Hagy, H., and R.M. Kaminski. 2015. Determination of foraging threshholds and effects of application on energetic carrying capacity for waterfowl. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0118349. Download |
2015 Lancaster, J.D., J.B. Davis, R.M. Kaminski, A.D. Afton, E.J. Penny. 2015. Mallard use of a managed public hunting area in Mississippi. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 2:281-287. Download |
2015 Marty, J.R., J.B. Davis, R.M. Kaminski, M.G. Brasher, G. Wang. 2015. Waste rice and natural seed abundances in rice fields in the Louisiana and Texas Coastal Prairies. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 2:121-126. Download |
2015 Shipes, J.C., J.B. Davis, E.P. Wiggers, W.E. Mills, R.M. Kaminski, M.R. Kneece. 2015. Annual habitat selection by mottled ducks in Coastal South Carolina. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 2:268-273. Download |
2015 St. James, E.A., M.L. Schummer, R.M. Kaminski, E.J. Penny, L.W. Burger. 2015. Effect of weekly hunting frequency on rate of ducks harvested. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 6(1):247-254. Download |
2014 Alford, A.B. 2014. Ecosystem services of moist-soil wetlands: water quality benefits and crayfish harvest, economics and consumer acceptance. Dissertation, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA. |
2014 Alford, A.B., M.W. Schilling, and R.M. Kaminski. 2014. Consumer acceptability of crayfish harvested from commercial production fields and moist-soil wetlands. Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology Accepted |
2014 Brasher, M. G., J. B. Davis, M. R. Kaminski, R. B. Emery, R. M. Kaminski, and G. A. Baldassarre. 2014. Criteria for determining breeding pair status of male mallards captured in decoy traps. Wildlife Society Bulletin 38(3):599-604. Download |
2014 Davis, J. B., M. Guillemain, R. M. Kaminski, C. Arzel, J. M. Eadie, & E. C. Rees. In press. Habitat and resource use by waterfowl in the northern hemisphere in autumn and winter. Wildfowl Special Issue 4:17-69. |
2014 Davis, J.B., E. Webb, R.M. Kaminski, P.J. Barbour, F.J. Vilella. 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 Feaga, J. S. 2014. Winter waterbird use and food resources of aquaculture lands in Mississippi. Thesis, Mississippi State University |
2014 Foth, J. R., J. Straub, R. Kaminski, J. B. Davis, and T. Leininger. In Press. Aquatic invertebrate abundance and biomass in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri bottomland hardwood forests during winter. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. |
2014 Hagy, H. M., J. N. Straub, M. L. Schummer, R. M. Kaminski. 2014. Effect of annual variation in waterfowl food abundances and assessment of scale on energetic carrying capacity models. In: R. M. Kaminski et al., editors. Ecology and conservation of waterfowl in the northern hemisphere. Wildfowl Special Issue 3. In press |
2014 Hatten, J.A. J. E. Sloan, B. Frey, J. Straub, R. Kaminski, and A. Ezell. In Press. Influences on soil and sediment carbon and nitrogen in red oak bottomlands in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and Interior Flatwoods. Soil Science Society of America. |
2014 Kaminski, R. M. and J. B. Davis. In press. Preface. Wildfowl Special Issue 4:5-8. |
2014 Kaminski, R.M., J. Elmberg. 2014. An introduction to habitat use and selection by northern hemispheric waterfowl. Wildfowl Special Issue 3. In press |
2014 LaBorde, L., R.M. Kaminski, J.B. Davis. 2014. Conferees' assessment of 6th North American Symposium (2013), "Ecology and Conservation of North American Waterfowl." In: R. M. Kaminski et al., editors. Ecology and conservation of waterfowl in the northern hemisphere. Wildfowl Special Issue 3. In press. |
2014 Lopez-Flores, M., J.B. Davis, F.J. Vilella, R.M. Kaminski, J.A. Cruz-Burgos, J.D. Lancaster. 2014. Survival of female white-cheeked pintails during brood rearing in Puerto Rico. Caribbean Naturalist 10:1-12. Download |
2014 Marty, J. R. 2014. Rice lands provide vital habitat for waterfowl. Ducks Unlimited. January/February:24a. |
2014 Newcomb, K. C. 2014. Survival and habitat selection of American black ducks in Tennessee. Thesis, Mississippi State University. |
2014 Newcomb, K.C., A.P. Monroe, J.B. Davis, M.J. Gray. 2014. Shorebird response to post-flood drawdowns on Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge. Southeastern Naturalist 13(4):744-761. Download |
2014 Peterson, T. G. 2014. Wintering waterfowl use of Delta National Forest, Mississippi. Thesis, Mississippi State University. |
2014 Rees, E., R.M. Kaminski, and L. Webb, editors. 2014. Ecology and conservation of waterfowl in the northern hemisphere. Wildfowl Special Issue 4. In press. |
2014 Schummer, M. L., J. Cohen, R. M. Kaminski, M.E. Brown, C. L. Wax. 2014. Atmospheric teleconnections and eurasian snow cover as seasonal predictors of mallard migration. In: R. M. Kaminski et al., editors. Ecology and conservation of waterfowl in the northern hemisphere. Wildfowl Special Issue 3. In press |
2014 Shipes, C. 2014. Ecology and management of mottled ducks in coastal South Carolina. Thesis, Mississippi State University. |
2014 St. James, E.A., M.L. Schummer, R.M. Kaminski, E.J. Penny, L.W. Burger. 2014. Effect of weekly hunting frequency on duck abundances in Mississippi Wildlife Management Areas. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. Download |
2013 Callicutt, J.T., R.M. Kaminski, R. Shmulsky, M.L. Schummer, J.P. Lestrade. 2013. Acoustical comparison between decrescendo calls of female mallards and mimicry by humans using artificial duck calls. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37:101-106. |
2013 Kaminski, M.R., G.A. Baldassarre, J.B. Davis, E.R. Wengert, R.M. Kaminski. 2013. Mallard survival and nesting ecology in the Lower Great Lakes Region, New York. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37(4):778-786. Download |
2013 Kaminski, R.M. 2013. An endangered academic niche? University-based waterfowl programs in the U.S. and Canada. Wildlife Professional. Winter (Dec) 2013. |
2013 Lancaster, J. D. 2013. Survival, habitat use, and spatiotemporal use of wildlife management areas by female mallards in Mississippi's Alluvial Valley. Thesis, Mississippi State University. |
2013 Leach, A.G., R.M. Kaminski, J.N. Straub, A.W. Ezell, T.S. Hawkins, T.D. Leininger. 2013. Interannual consistency of gross energy in red oak acorns. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 4:303-306. |
2013 Marty, J. R. 2013. Seed and waterbird abundances in ricelands in the Gulf Coast Prairies of Louisiana and Texas. Thesis. Mississippi State University. |
2013 Pieron, M. R., F. C. Rohwer, M. J. Chamberlain, M. D. Kaller, and J. D. Lancaster. 2013. Response of breeding duck pairs to predator reduction in North Dakota. Journal of Wildlife Management 77:663-671. |
2013 Weegman, M. M. 2013. Waterbird and seed abundances in Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative and non-managed wetlands in Mississippi and Louisiana. Thesis, Mississippi State University. |
2012 Schummer, M.L., H.M. Hagy, K.S. Fleming, J.T. Callicutt, and J.M. Cheshier. 2012. A guide to moist-soil wetland plants of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, USA. |
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 |