Professional Presentations

David L. Otis

  • Huang, L., S.M. Nusser, W.R. Clark, and D. L. Otis. 2005. Evaluating Sampling Approaches for Monitoring Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Deer Populations. Joint Statistical Meetings. Seattle, WA.
  • Otis, D. L. 2005. Evaluation of the statistical properties of Grand Canyon humpback chub population estimates from ASMR and alternative mark-recapture models. Colorado River Ecosystem Science Symposium 2005.
  • Potter, L. and D. Otis. Nest Success and Brood Habitat Selection in Southern Iowa. 11th Annual Southeast Quail Study Group. August 2005.
  • Nusser, S., W.R. Clark, and D.L. Otis. Sample design considerations for monitoring CWD in deer populations. 12th Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society. Madison, WI. September 2005.
  • Otis, D. L. Harvest demographics of mourning doves in the continental U.S. 12th Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society. Madison, WI. September 2005.
  • Otis, D.L. Evaluation of the statistical properties of grand Canyon humpbackchub population estimates from ASMR and alternative mark-recapture models. Colorado River Ecosystem Science Symposium 2005. October 2005.
  • Otis, D. L. Model selection and inference in species-environment studies. Syposium on species-environment interactions in agricultural landscapes: measuring, monitoring, and modeling multi-scale processes. 65th Annual Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. Indianapolis, IN. December 2004.
  • Kinkead, K. E. and D. L. Otis. Effects of wetland restoration on amphibians in Carolina bays. 10th Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society. Burlington, Vermont 2003.
  • Kinkead, K. E. and D. L. Otis. Amphibian Response to Hydrology Restoration in Carolina Bays. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Manuas, Brazil. 2003.
  • Kinkead, K. E., D. L. Otis, and A. G. Abbott. Genetic variation among Ambystoma populations associated with restored wetlands. 88th ESA/ISEM Annual Meeting. Savannah, Georgia. 2003.
  • Otis, D.L. and G. C. White. Evaluation of ultrastructure and random effects band recovery models for estimating relationships between survival and harvest rates in exploited populations. Euring Technical Meeting 2003, Radolfzell, Germany. 2003.
  • Otis, D.L. Population models for mourning dove harvest management. 10th Annual Meeting of the Wildlife Society. Burlington, Vermont. 2003.

Rolf R. Koford

  • Vogel, J.A., D.M. Debinski, R.R. Koford, and J. R. Miller. 2006. Grassland butterfly responses to prairie restoration: Effects of prescribed fire and grazing. 20th Annual North American Prairie Conference, Kearney, Nebraska, July 2006.
  • Hall, L.E., and R.R. Koford. Avian nest success and snake occurrence in restored and remnant prairie complexes in northwestern Iowa. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Madison, Wisconsin. September 2005.
  • Hall, L.E., and R.R. Koford. Grassland bird nest survival in restored and remnant prairies in northwestern Iowa. Cooper Ornithological Society, Arcata, California. June 2005.
  • Jain, A., and R. Koford. Bird and bat behavior and mortality at a northern Iowa windfarm. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Madison, Wisconsin. September 2005.
  • Jain, A., R. Koford, A. Hancock, and G. Zenner. Bird and bat activity and mortality at a northern Iowa windfarm. EEB Spring Symposium, Ames, Iowa. March 2005.
  • Jain, A. A., R. R. Koford, A. W. Hancock, G. Zenner. Bird and bat activity and mortality at a northern Iowa windfarm. Western Section of The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Sacramento, California. January 2005.
  • Koford, R. Bird and bat responses to changing landscapes in northern Iowa. Iowa DNR Wildlife Bureau meeting, Springbrook, Iowa. February 2005.
  • Hall, L. E. and R.R. Koford. Avian nest success and snake occurrence in restored and remnant prairie complexes in northwestern Iowa. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana. December 2004.
  • Jain, A. A., R. R. Koford, A. W. Hancock, G. Zenner. Bird and bat behavior and mortality at a northern Iowa windfarm. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana. December 2004.
  • Koford, R.R., and D.J. Horn. Landscape composition influences the relationship between relative abundance of grassland birds and field size. North American Prairie Conference, Madison, Wisconsin. August 2004.
  • Patterson, S.S., and R. R. Koford. DISTANCE analysis: a look at variation in species behavior and differences in observer ability. Cooper Ornithological Society, La Crosse, Wisconsin. May 2004.
  • Herkert, J., D. Reinking, D. Wiedenfeld, M. Winter, J. Zimmerman, W. Jensen, E. Finck, R. Koford, D. Wolfe, S. Sherrod, M. Jenkins, J. Faaborg, and S. Robinson. Effects of grassland fragmentation on the nesting success of breeding birds in the mid-continental United States. Cooper Ornithological Society, Flagstaff, Arizona. 2003.
  • Jain, A., R. Koford, A. Hancock, and G. Zenner. Bird and bat mortality at a northern Iowa windfarm: preliminary results. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Kansas City, Missouri. December 2003.
  • Koford, R.R. Avian responses to habitat restoration and alteration (by a wind farm) in Northern Iowa. NRCS/Iowa State University Research Coordination Meeting, Ames, Iowa. February 2003.

Clay L. Pierce

  • Litvan, M. E., C. L. Pierce, and T. W. Stewart. 2006. An evaluation of effects of grade control structures on fish movement and fish communities in Turkey Creek, Cass County, IA and macroinvertebrate communities in Walnut Creek, Montgomery County, IA (poster). Iowa-Wisconsin joint Chapter meeting American Fisheries Society, Dubuque, Iowa. January 2006.
  • Penne, C. R., N. L. Ahrens, and C. L. Pierce. Expulsion of radio transmitters from juvenile common carp: effect of transmitter volume (contributed paper). Iowa-Wisconsin joint Chapter meeting, American Fisheries Society, Dubuque, IA, January 2006.
  • Todorovic, Z., D. Palic, K. L. Kane, and C. L. Pierce. 2006. Use of GIS tools to identify critical points for assessment of aquatic ecosystem health in agricultural areas and potential for natural resource management (poster). Iowa Water Monitoring Conference, Ames, IA, February 2006.
  • Litvan, M. E., C. L. Pierce, and T. W. Stewart. An evaluation of effects of grade control structures on fish movement and fish communities in Turkey Creek, Cass County, IA and macroinvertebrate communities in Walnut Creek, Montgomery County, IA (poster). American Fisheries Society, Anchorage, AK, September 2005.
  • Penne, C. R. and C. L. Pierce. Habitat use, seasonal distribution, and tendency to aggregate of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in Clear Lake, Iowa (poster). American Fisheries Society, Anchorage, AK, September 2005.
  • Pierce, C. L., C. S. Guy, M. A. Pegg, and P. J. Braaten. Growth responses of benthic fishes to environmental changes along the Missouri and lower Yellowstone Rivers (poster). American Fisheries Society, Anchorage, AK, September 2005.
  • Rowe, D. C., and C. L. Pierce. Evaluations of physical habitat, stressor, and biological response indicators for wadeable streams in Iowa’s Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program. American Fisheries Society, Anchorage, AK, September 2005.
  • Cherko, E. C., T. W. Stewart, C. L. Pierce, and D. D. Stokke. 2004. Potential of recycled fishing line as fish habitat: effectiveness of different formulations based on invertebrate colonization (poster). Iowa Academy of Science annual meeting, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
  • Frohnauer, N. K., C. L. Pierce and L. W. Kallemeyn. 2004. Simulating long-term threats to muskellunge in Shoepack Lake, Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota (contributed paper). American Fisheries Society, Madison, Wisconsin.
  • Heitke, J. D. C. L. Pierce, G. T. Gelwicks and G. A. Simmons. 2004. Fish assemblage, habitat and land cover relationships in Iowa streams: biotic and abiotic conditions in the context of intensive agricultural land use (invited symposium talk). American Fisheries Society, Madison, Wisconsin.
  • Loan-Wilsey, Anna K., R. L. McNeely, P. D. Brown, K. L. Kane and C. L. Pierce. 2004. A statewide stream fish community database for biological assessment (invited poster). Iowa Water Monitoring Conference, Ames, Iowa.
  • Loan-Wilsey, Anna K., R. L. McNeely, P. D. Brown, K. L. Kane and C. L. Pierce. 2004. A statewide stream fish community database for biological assessment (poster). Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon.
  • Weidner, J. A., C. L. Pierce, G. T. Gelwicks, and G. A. Simmons. 2004. Relationships of fish communities and availability of deep-water habitat (poster). American Fisheries Society, Madison, Wisconsin.
  • Frohnauer, N. K., C. L. Pierce, and L. W. Kallemeyn. A population and angler use assessment of muskellunge in shoepack lake, Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota (contributed paper). Minnesota Chapter, American Fisheries Society, Chaska, MN, March 2003.
  • Palic, D., R. Grajeda, L. Helland, B. Pedersen, J. Pribil, A. Loan-Wilsey and C. Pierce. Fish communities of the upper Little Sioux River basin: Current status and historical trends (poster). Iowa Academy of Science annual meeting, Des Moines, IA, April 2003.
  • Pierce, C.L., M.A. Pegg, P.J. Braaten, and C.S. Guy. 2003. Growth of channel and flathead catfish in the Missouri and lower Yellowstone Rivers (invited symposium talk). Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference, Kansas City, Missouri.