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Scott Rush

Associate Professor, Wildlife Ecology and Management

Phone: 662-325-0762  Email: sar358@msstate.edu

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Scott Rush

2022
Moran, L.M., B.S. Dorr, K.C. Hanson-Dorr, R.J. Moore, and S.A. Rush. 2022. Using stable isotopes to examine movement and prey usage of cormorants breeding in the southeastern United States. Food Webs Volume 31: e00220. 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


2022
Taylor, J., R. Francis, S. Rush, B. Strickland, G. M. Wang. 2022. Individual trophic niche specialization in American beaver (Castor canadensis). Food Webs 32: e00235. 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


2019
Farrell, A., G. M. Wang, J. A. Martin, J. L. Belant, A. B. Butler, S. Rush, D. Godwin. 2019. Machine learning of large-scale spatial distributions of wild turkeys with high-dimensional environmental data. Ecology and Evolution. Download


2019
Veum, L. M., B. S. Dorr, K. C. Hanson-Dorr, R. J. Moore, S. A. Rush. 2019. Double-crested cormorant colony effects on soil chemistry, vegetation structure and avian diversity. Forest Ecology and management 453:117588. Download


2019
Veum, L. M., B. S. Dorr, K. Hanson-Dorr, R. J. Moore, S. A. Rush. 2019. Data of soil, vegetation and bird species found on double-crested cormorant colonies in the southeastern United States. Data in brief 27:104726. Download


2018
Loman, Z. G., A. P. Monroe, S. K. Riffell, D. A. Miller, F. J. Vilella, B. E. Wheat, S. A. Rush, J. A. Martin. 2018. Nest survival modeling using a multi-species approach in forests managed for timber and biofuel feedstock. Journal of Applied Ecology 55(2):937-946. Download


2017
Marshall, C., S. K. Riffell, S. A. Rush, J. G. Hill, K. O. Evans, D. A. Miller. 2017. Switchgrass cultivation within loblolly pine plantations influences invertebrate community composition and resource use. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 143:189-197. Download


2016
Faust, D.R., R.J. Kroger, L.E. Miranda, S.A. Rush. 2016. Nitrogen removal from agricultural drainage ditch sediments with amendments of organic carbon: Potential for an innovative best management practice. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 227(10). Article 378: 1-11. Download


2016
Faust, D.R., M.T. Moore, G.A. Emison, S.A. Rush. 2016. Potential implications of and approaches to climate change on the Clean Waters Rule definition of "Waters of the United States." Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 96(5): 565-572. Download


2014
Paterson, G., S.A. Rush, M.T. Arts, K.G. Drouillard, D. Haffner, T.B. Johnson, B.F. Lantry, C.E. Hebert, D.J. McGoldrick, S.M. Backus, A.T. Fisk. 2014. Ecological tracers quantify resource partitioning among four Lake Ontario prey fish species. Freshwater Biology 59(10):2150-2161. Download


2014
Rush, S.A., A.T. Fisk. 2014. Feeding ecology of the snake community of the Red Hills Region relative to management for northern bobwhite: Assessing the diet of snakes using stable isotopes. Copeia 2:288-296. Download


2014
Rush, S.A., E.C. Soehren, M. Miller. 2014. Stopover duration and habitat use at a high elevation bald. Southeastern Naturalist 13(1):92-100. Download


2014
Rush, S.A., T. Romito, T.L. Robinson. 2014. Avian diversity in a suburban park system: current conditions and strategies for dealing with anticipated change. Urban Ecosystems 17:45-60. Download


2013
Fitzsimons, J.D., S.B. Brown, L. Brown, G. Verreault, R. Tardif, K.G. Drouillard, S.A. Rush. 2013. Impacts of diet on thiamine status of Lake Ontario American Eel. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 142(5):1358-1369. Download


2013
Guzzo, M.M., G.D. Haffner, N.D. Legler, S.A. Rush, S Sorge, and A.T. Fisk. 2013. Fifty years later: Trophic ecology and niche overlap of a native and non-indigenous fish species in the western basin of Lake Erie. Biological Invasions 15(8):1695-1711. Download


2013
Olin, J.A., N.E. Hussey, S.A. Rush, G.R. Poulakis, C.A. Simpfendorfer, M.R. Heupel and A.T. Fisk. 2013. Seasonal variability in stable isotopes of estuarine consumers under different freshwater flow regimes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 487:55-69. Download


2013
Rush, S.A., T. Dobbie and A.T. Fisk. 2013. Quantification of cormorant deposition to Great Lakes island ecosystems. Journal of Great Lakes Research 39(2):303-307. Download


2013
Rush, S.A., T. Romito, T.L. Robinson. 2013. Avian diversity in a suburban park system: Current conditions and strategies for dealing with anticipated change. Urban Ecosystems. Download


2012
Rush, S.A., G. Paterson, T.B. Johnson, K.G. Drouillard, D. Haffner, C.E. Hebert, M.T. Arts, D.J. McGoldrick, S.M. Backus, B.F. Lantry, J.R. Lantry, A.T. Fisk. 2012. Long-term impacts of invasive species on a native top predator in a large lake system. Freshwater Biology 57(11):2342-2355. Download


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