Publications*

In press

Fletcher, R. J., Jr., B. A. Robertson, J. M. Evans, P. Doran, J. R. R. Alavalapati, and D. Schemske. In press. Biodiversity conservation in the era of biofuels: risks and opportunities. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

Fletcher, R. J., Jr., and K. E. Sieving. In press. Social information use in heterogeneous landscapes: a prospectus. Condor.

Fletcher, R. J., Jr., J. S. Young, R. L. Hutto, A. Noson, and C. T. Rota.  In press.  Insights from ecological theory on temporal dynamics and species distribution modeling.  A. Drew, F. Huettmann, and Y. Wiersma, Editors, Predictive Modeling in Landscape Ecology.  Springer.

Ahlering, M. A., D. Arlt, M. G. Betts, R. J. Fletcher, Jr., J. J. Nocera, and M. Ward. In press. Research needs for understanding conspecific attraction to better manage and conserve birds. Condor.

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: in press. request reprint

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. 2008.  Partitioning the multi-scale effects of human activity on the occurrence 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 article.

Fletcher, R. J., Jr.  2003.  State preserves in Iowa.  Prairie Naturalist 35:124.  Invited book review.

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 Naturalist 150:83-94. pdf

2002

Fletcher, R. J., Jr., and R. R. Koford.  2002.  Habitat and landscape associations of breeding birds in restored and native 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 Research 33:233-239. pdf

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