James C. Kennedy Endowed Associate Professor in Waterfowl and Wetlands Conservation
Phone: 662-325-4790 Email: brian.davis@msstate.edu
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.
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2022
Davis, J. B. 2022. Mottled duck introductions to South Carolina: The ugly, the bad, and the
good? Ecology and Evolution 12:e8850.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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 89:233-244.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 the World Aquaculture Society 52:41-56.
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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.
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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.
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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 71:120-146.
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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 Publication AAEC-231.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 7:189-194.
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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.
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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.
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2018
Clements, S., B. Dorr, C. Engle, L. Roy, A. Kelly, J. van Senten, B. Davis. 2018. The problems of avian predators on fish farms: Scaup on baitfish (Golden Shiner) farms. Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech Publication AAEC-191NP.
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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.
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2018
Tapp, J. L., M. W. Weegman, E. B. Webb, R. M. Kaminski, J. B. Davis. 2018. Waterbird communities and seed biomass in managed and reference-restored wetlands in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Restoration Ecology 26(3):591-599.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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2016
Davis, J.B. 2016. Book review, The Teal. The Condor 118:682-683.
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2016
Davis, J.B. 2016. The Mississippi Alluvial Valley. The Wetland Book, pp 1-13. Living Reference Work Entry, Springer Netherlands.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2014
Brasher, M.G., J.B. Davis, M.R. Kaminski, R.B. Emery, R.M. Kaminski, G.A. Baldassarre. 2014. Criteria for determining breeding-pair status of male mallards captured in decoy traps. Wildlife Society Bulletin 38(3):599-604.
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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.
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2014
Davis, J.B., M. Guillemain, R.M. Kaminski, C. Arzel, J.M. Eadie, E.C. Rees. 2014. Habitat and resource use by waterfowl in the northern hemisphere in autumn and winter. Wildfowl Special Issue No. 4:17-69.
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2014
Foth, J., R.M. Kaminski, J.B. Davis, J. Straub, T.D. Leininger. 2014. Aquatic invertebrate abundance and biomass in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri bottomland hardwood forests during winter. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management5(2):243-251.
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2014
Kaminski, R.M. and J.B. Davis. 2014. Wildfowl Special Issue No. 4: Preface. Wildfowl Special Issue No. 4:5-8.
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2014
Kaminski, R.M., J.B. Davis. 2014. Evaluation of the migratory bird habitat initiative: Report of findings. Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Research Bulletin WF391, Mississippi State University. 24 pp.
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2014
Laborde, L., R.M. Kaminski, J.B. Davis. 2014. Assessment of the 6th North American Duck Symposium (2013): "Ecology and Conservation of North American Waterfowl." Wildfowl: Special Issue No. 4:512-519.
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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.
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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.
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2014
Tullos, A., B.K. Strickland, J. Davis. 2014. Waterfowl. Pages 215-235 in A.T. Rohnke and J. Cummins, editors, Fish and Wildlife Management: A handbook for Mississippi Landowners. University Press of Mississippi. Jackson, MS, USA.
2013
Kaminski, M.R., G. Baldassarre, J. Davis, E.R. Wengert, R.M. Kaminski. 2013. Mallard survival and nesting ecology in the lower Great Lakes region, New York. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37:778-786.
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2012
Langley, K., R.M. Kaminski, J. Davis, R.F. Poor. 2012. Wetlands Education and Functions on a University Campus, Mississippi State University. Wetland Science and Practice 29(3):20-25.
2010
Havens, J.H., R.M. Kaminski, J.B. Davis, S.K. Riffell. 2010. Winter abundance of waterfowl and waste rice managed Arkansas rice fields. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 63:41-46.
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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.
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2007
Davis, J.B., R. Cox, R.M. Kaminski, B.D. Leopold. 2007. Survival of wood duck ducklings and broods in Mississippi and Alabama. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:507-517.
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2005
Davis, J.B., R.M. Kaminski, B.D. Leopold, R.R. Cox, L.W. Burger, Jr., E.D. Dibble. 2005. Young ducks in Dixie, life beyond the shell. Mississippi Outdoors 68(1):25-28.
2003
Davis, J.B., R.M. Kaminski. 2003. Wood ducks in dixie: Striving to survive early life. Outdoor Alabama 75(1):4-6.
2003
Kaminski, R.M., J.B. Davis, H.W. Essig, P.D. Gerard, K.J. Reinecke. 2003. True metabolizable energy for wood ducks from acorns compared to other waterfowl foods. Journal of Wildlife Management 67:542-550.
2002
Davis, J.B., R.M. Kaminski. 2002. Wood duck broods in Dixie: Striving to survive early life. Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Research Advances 7(2):1-4.
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2001
Davis, J.B., B.D. Leopold, R.M. Kaminski. 2001. Evaluation of exodus rates of differently marked wood duck ducklings from nest boxes. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29:1206-1211.
2001
Davis, J.B., R.M. Kaminski, B.D. Leopold, R.R. Cox. 2001. Survival of female wood ducks during brood rearing in Mississippi and Alabama. Journal of Wildlife Management 65: 738-744.
2000
Davis, J.B., R.M. Kaminski, B.D. Leopold, R.R. Cox, Jr. 2000. Survival and causes of mortality of wood duck hens and ducklings in Alabama and Mississippi. Proc., 2nd North American Duck Symposium, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
