Publications*
(lab members in bold)
2012/in press
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., J. L. Orrock, and B. A. Robertson. Accepted. How the type of anthropogenic change alters the consequences of ecological traps. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Austin, J. D., C. W. Miller, and R. J. Fletcher, Jr. In press. Natural selection and phenotypic plasticity in wildlife adaptation to climate change. J. Brodie, E. Post, J. Berger, and D. Doak, Editors, Conserving wildlife populations in a changing climate. University of Chicago Press.
McCarthy, K. P., R. J. Fletcher, Jr., C. T. Rota, and R. L. Hutto. 2012. Predicting species distributions from samples collected along roadsides. Conservation Biology 26:68-77. pdf
Miller, C. W., R. J. Fletcher, Jr., B. Anderson, and L. Nguyen. 2012. Natal social environment influences habitat selection later in life. Animal Behaviour 83:473-477. pdf
2011
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., M. A. Acevedo, B. E. Reichert, K. E. Pias, and W. M. Kitchens. 2011. Social network models predict movement and connectivity in ecological landscapes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 108:19282-19287. pdf SupportingInformation
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., B. A. Robertson, J. M. Evans, P. Doran, J. R. R. Alavalapati, and D. Schemske. 2011. Biodiversity conservation in the era of biofuels: risks and opportunities. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9:161-168. pdf
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., J. S. Young, R. L. Hutto, A. Noson, and C. T. Rota. 2011. Insights from ecological theory on temporal dynamics and species distribution modeling. Pages 91-107 in C. A. Drew, Y. F. Wiersma, and F. Huettmann, editors, Predictive Species and Habitat Modeling in Landscape Ecology: Concepts and Applications. Springer, New York. preprint
Rota, C. T., R. J. Fletcher, Jr., J. M. Evans, and R. L. Hutto. 2011. Does accounting for imperfect detection improve species distribution models? Ecography 34: 659-670. pdf
2010
Ahlering, M. A., D. Arlt, M. G. Betts, R. J. Fletcher, Jr., J. J. Nocera, and M. Ward. 2010. Research needs and recommendations for the use of conspecific-attraction methods in the conservation of migratory songbirds. Condor 112:252-264. pdf
Evans, J. M., R. J. Fletcher, Jr., and J. Alavalapati. 2010. Using species distribution models to identify suitable areas for biofuel feedstock production. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 2:63-78. pdf
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., and K. E. Sieving. 2010. Social information use in heterogeneous landscapes: a prospectus. Condor 112:225-234. pdf
Maron, J. L., D. E. Pearson, and R. J. Fletcher, Jr. 2010. Counterintuitive effects of a large-scale predator removal on a midlatitude rodent community. Ecology 91:3719-3728. pdf
2009
Fletcher, R. J., Jr. 2009. Does attraction to conspecifics explain the patch-size effect? An experimental test. Oikos 118:1139-1147. pdf
Rota, C. T., R. J. Fletcher, Jr., R. M. Dorazio, and M. G. Betts. 2009. Occupancy estimation and the closure assumption. Journal of Applied Ecology 46:1173-1181. pdf
2008
Fletcher, R. J., Jr. 2008. Social information and community dynamics: nontarget effects from simulating social cues for management. Ecological Applications 18:1764-1773. pdf
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., and R. L. Hutto. Partitioning the multi-scale effects of human activity on the occurence of riparian forest birds. Landscape Ecology 23:727-739. pdf
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., and C. W. Miller. 2008. The type and timing of social information alters offspring production. Biology Letters 4:482-485. pdf
Pearson, D. E., and R. J. Fletcher, Jr. 2008. Mitigating exotic impacts: restoring native deer mouse populations elevated by an exotic food subsidy. Ecological Applications 18:321-334. pdf
2007
Fletcher, R. J., Jr. 2007. Species interactions and population density mediate the use of social cues for habitat selection. Journal of Animal Ecology 76:598-606. pdf
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., L. Ries, J. Battin, and A. D. Chalfoun. 2007. The role of habitat area and edge in fragmented landscapes: definitively distinct or inevitably intertwined? Canadian Journal of Zoology 85:1017-1030. Invited article. pdf
2006
Fletcher, R. J., Jr. 2006. Emergent properties of conspecific attraction in fragmented landscapes. American Naturalist 168:207-219. pdf
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., and R. L. Hutto. 2006. Estimating detection probabilities of river birds using double surveys. Auk 123:695-707. pdf
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., and C. W. Miller. 2006. On the evolution of hidden leks and the implications for reproductive and habitat selection behaviours. Animal Behaviour 71:1247-1251. pdf
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., R. R. Koford, and D. A. Seaman. 2006. Critical demographic parameters for declining songbirds breeding in restored grasslands. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:145-157. pdf
2005
Fletcher, R. J., Jr. 2005. Multiple edge effects and their implications in fragmented landscapes. Journal of Animal Ecology 74:342-352. pdf
Orrock, J. L., and R. J. Fletcher, Jr. 2005. Changes in community size affect the outcome of competition. American Naturalist 166:107-111. pdf
2004
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., and R. R. Koford. 2004. Consequences of rainfall variation for breeding wetland blackbirds. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82:1316-1325. pdf
Ries, L. , R. J. Fletcher, Jr., J. Battin, and T. D. Sisk. 2004. Ecological responses to habitat edges: mechanisms, models, and variability explained. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 35:491-522. pdf
2003
Fletcher, R. 2003. Loss of wetlands: how are bird communities affected? American Institute of Biological Sciences. http://www.actionbioscience.org/environment/fletcher.html. Invited
Fletcher, R. J., Jr. 2003. State preserves in Iowa. Prairie Naturalist 35:124. Invited .
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., and R. R. Koford. 2003. Spatial responses of Bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) near different types of edges in northern Iowa. Auk 120:799-810. pdf
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., and R. R. Koford. 2003. Changes in breeding bird populations with habitat restoration in northern Iowa. American Midland Naturalist150:83-94. pdf
2002
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., and R. R. Koford. 2002. Habitat and landscape associations of breeding birds in restored grasslands. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:1011-1022. pdf
2000
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., J. A. Dhundale, and T. F. Dean. 2000. Estimating non-breeding bird abundance in prairies: a comparison of two survey techniques. Journal of Field Ornithology 71:321-329. pdf
Horn, D. J., R. J. Fletcher, Jr., and R. R. Koford. 2000. Detecting area-sensitivity: a comment on previous studies. American Midland Naturalist 144:28-35. pdf
1999
Fletcher, R. J., Jr., S. T. McKinney, and C. E. Bock. 1999. Effects of recreational trails along riparian corridors on wintering diurnal raptors in a Colorado grassland. Journal of Raptor Research33:233-239. pdf
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