Theodore R Simons

An integrated model decomposing the components of detection probability and abundance in unmarked populations

ECOSPHERE, 10(3).

Towards recovery of an endangered island endemic: Distributional and behavioral responses of Key Largo woodrats associated with exotic predator removal

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 237, 423–429.

Co-occurrence dynamics of endangered Lower Keys marsh rabbits and free-ranging domestic cats: Prey responses to an exotic predator removal program

ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 8(8), 4042–4052.

Response of beach-nesting American Oystercatchers to off-road vehicles: An experimental approach reveals physiological nuances and decreased nest attendance

The Condor, 120(1), 47–62.

American Oystercatcher

Waterbirds, 40(sp1).

American Oystercatcher

In Waterbirds (Vol. 40) [Special Publication 1].

Free-ranging domestic cats (Felis catus) on public lands: estimating density, activity, and diet in the Florida Keys

Biological Invasions, 20(2), 333–344.

Managing American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) Population Growth by Targeting Nesting Season Vital Rates

Waterbirds, 40(sp1), 44–54.

Managing Native Predators: Evidence from a Partial Removal of Raccoons (Procyon lotor) on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, USA

Waterbirds, 40(sp1), 10–18.

The American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) Working Group: 15 Years of Collaborative Focal Species Research and Management

Waterbirds, 40(sp1), 1.

Avian response to fire in pine–oak forests of Great Smoky Mountains National Park following decades of fire suppression

The Condor, 118(1), 179–193.

Evaluating nest supplementation as a recovery strategy for the endangered rodents of the Florida Keys

Restoration Ecology, 25(2), 253–260.

Hurricane Disturbance Benefits Nesting American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus)

Waterbirds, 39(4), 327–337.

Normalized burn ratios link fire severity with patterns of avian occurrence

Landscape Ecology, 31(7), 1537–1550.

Off-road vehicles affect nesting behaviour and reproductive success of American Oystercatchers Haematopus palliatus

Ibis, 158(2), 261–278.

Camera traps and mark-resight models: The value of ancillary data for evaluating assumptions

The Journal of Wildlife Management, 79(7), 1163–1172.

Factors affecting the reproductive success of American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) on the Outer Banks of North Carolina

Marine Ornithology, 43(1), 37–47.

Performance of species occurrence estimators when basic assumptions are not met: a test using field data where true occupancy status is known

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 6(5), 557–565.

Repeated count surveys help standardize multi-agency estimates of American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) abundance

The Condor, 117(3), 354–363.

A global assessment of the conservation status of the American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)

International Wader Studies, 20, 62–82.

Mercury bioaccumulation in Southern Appalachian birds, assessed through feather concentrations

Ecotoxicology, 23(2), 304–316.

Minimal changes in heart rate of incubating American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) in response to human activity

CONDOR, 116(3), 493–503.

A spatial mark-resight model augmented with telemetry data

ECOLOGY, 94(3), 553–559.

Demographics, diet, movements, and survival of an isolated, unmanaged raccoon Procyon lotor (Procyonidae, Carnivora) population on the Outer Banks of North Carolina

Mammalia, 77(1), 21–30.

Diablotin Pterodroma hasitata: A biography of the endangered Black-capped Petrel

Marine Ornithology, 41, 1–43.

Quantifiable Long-term Monitoring on Parks and Nature Preserves

SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 12(2), 339–352.

Experimental investigation of false positive errors in auditory species occurrence surveys

Ecological Applications, 22(5), 1665–1674.

Exploring similarities among many species distributions

Proceedings of the 1st Conference of the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment on Bridging from the eXtreme to the campus and beyond - XSEDE '12. Presented at the the 1st Conference of the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment.

American Oystercatcher Conservation Initiative in North Carolina: 2010 Report

Raleigh, NC: US Geological Survey North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Biology, North Carolina State University,

Effects of Military Jet Overflights on American Oystercatcher Breeding Behavior and Productivity at Cape Lookout National Seashore

In 2011 Annual Report to the U.S. Marine Corps.

AN UNRECONCILED DOUBLE-OBSERVER METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DETECTION PROBABILITY AND ABUNDANCE

AUK, 127(4), 841–849.

American Oystercatcher Conservation Initiative – North Carolina

[Annual Report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service.

An Experimental Assessment of Vehicle Disturbance Effects on Migratory Shorebirds

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 74(8), 1776–1783.

Diverse Elevational Diversity Gradients in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A

In E. M. Spehn & C. Korner (Eds.), Data Mining for Global Trends in Mountain Biodiversity (pp. 75–87). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.

EFFECTS OF PRIOR DETECTIONS ON ESTIMATES OF DETECTION PROBABILITY, ABUNDANCE, AND OCCUPANCY

AUK, 127(1), 94–99.

Effects of Military Jet Overflights on American Oystercatcher Breeding Behavior and Productivity at Cape Lookout National Seashore

[Annual Report]. Washington, DC: U.S. Marine Corps.

Experimental Investigation of Observation Error in Anuran Call Surveys

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 74(8), 1882–1893.

Optimal control of native predators

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 143(7), 1751–1758.

Separation of Availability and Perception Processes for Aural Detection in Avian Point Counts: a Combined Multiple-Observer and Time-of-Detection Approach

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 5(1).

Ultrasonic Measurement of Body Fat as a Means of Assessing Body Condition in Free-Ranging Raccoons (Procyon lotor)

International Journal of Zoology, 2010, 1–6.

Unmodeled observation error induces bias when inferring patterns and dynamics of species occurrence via aural detections

ECOLOGY, 91(8), 2446–2454.

Sources of Measurement Error, Misclassification Error, and Bias in Auditory Avian Point Count Data

In Modeling Demographic Processes In Marked Populations (pp. 237–254).

Testing the importance of auditory detections in avian point counts

JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY, 80(2), 178–182.

A novel field evaluation of the effectiveness of distance and independent observer sampling to estimate aural avian detection probabilities

Journal of Applied Ecology, 45(5), 1349–1356.

American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) research and monitoring in North Carolina

[Annual report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Audubon Society.

Bayesian spatial modeling of data from avian point count surveys

JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS, 13(2), 121–139.

EFFECTS OF VEGETATION AND BACKGROUND NOISE ON THE DETECTION PROCESS IN AUDITORY AVIAN POINT-COUNT SURVEYS

The Auk, 125(3), 600–607.

EFFECTS OF VEGETATION AND BACKGROUND NOISE ON THE DETECTION PROCESS IN AUDITORY AVIAN POINT-COUNT SURVEYS (vol 125, pg 500, 2008)

Pacific, K., Simons, T. R., & Pollock, K. H. (2008, October). AUK, Vol. 125, pp. 998–998.

Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on High Elevation Fauna in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

[2007 Annual Report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey.

Fall shorebird migration and ORV disturbance at Cape Lookout National Seashore

[Annual report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service.

Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Ecology at Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina

[2007 Annual Report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service.

Sources of measurement error, misclassification error, and bias in auditory avian point count data

The All-Bird Bulletin, 2–3.

A Field Evaluation of the Time-of-Detection Method to Estimate Population Size and Density for Aural Avian Point Counts

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2(2), 13.

A field evaluation of distance measurement error in auditory avian point count surveys

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 71(8), 2759–2766.

American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) research and monitoring in North Carolina.

[2006 Annual report]. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Audubon Society.

Assessing the Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on High Elevation Bird and Snail Communities in the Southern Appalachians

[2006 Annual Report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey.

Experimental analysis of the auditory detection process on avian point counts

AUK, 124(3), 986–999.

Factors affecting aural detections of songbirds

ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 17(3), 948–955.

Modeling population growth of the ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) in the southern appalachians

AUK, 124(4), 1359–1372.

Multiple-species analysis of point count data: a more parsimonious modelling framework

JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY, 44(2), 281–290.

The effects of vehicle traffic on migrating shorebirds at Cape Lookout National Seashore

[2006 Annual report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service.

Time-of-detection method for estimating abundance from point-count surveys

AUK, 124(2), 653–664.

American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) research and monitoring in North Carolina.

[2005 Annual report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service, U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Audubon Society.

Assessment of Black-capped Chickadees as a Model Species for a Calcium Limitation Study in the Southern Appalachians

[2005 Annual Report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey.

Comparison of breeding bird and vegetation communities in primary and secondary forests of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 129(3), 302–311.

Effects of human recreation on the incubation behavior of American Oystercatchers

WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY, 118(4), 485–493.

Estimating detection probabilities for community assessment and population monitoring

[Annual report]. USGS Status and Trends Program.

Estimating detection probabilities from multiple-observer point counts

AUK, 123(4), 1172–1182.

Measuring the effect of off-road vehicles on beach birds at Cape Lookout National Seashore

[2005 Annual report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service.

A comparison of American Oystercatcher reproductive success on barrier beach and river island habitats in coastal North Carolina

WATERBIRDS, 28(2), 150–155.

A method for trapping breeding adult American Oystercatchers

JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY, 76(1), 46–49.

Estimating detection probabilities for community assessment and population monitoring

[Annual report]. USGS Status and Trends Program.

Monitoring Salamander Populations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

In M. J. Lannoo (Ed.), Amphibian Declines: the conservation and status of United States Species. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Relationship between Mayfield nest-survival estimates and seasonal fecundity: A cautionary reply.

Farnsworth, G. L., & Simons, T. R. (2005, July).

Resightings of marked American Oystercatchers banded as chicks

WILSON BULLETIN, 117(4), 382–385.

Statistical approaches to the analysis of point count data: a little extra information can go a long way

(General Technical Report No. PSW-GTR-191; pp. 736–743). USDA Forest Service.

Understanding the stopover of migratory birds: a scale dependent approach.

In C. J. Ralph & T. D. Rich (Eds.), Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference (General Technical Report No. PSW-GTR-191; Vol. 2, pp. 684–689). Albany, CA: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station.

A method of food supplementation for ground-foraging insectivorous songbirds

JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY, 75(3), 296–302.

Comparing population size estimators for plethodontid salamanders

JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY, 38(3), 370–380.

Estimating detection probabilities for community assessment and population monitoring

[Annual report]. Washington, DC: USGS Status and Trends Program.

Estimating detection probability parameters for plethodon salamanders using the robust capture-recapture design

Journal of Wildlife Management, 68(1), 13-.

Estimating site occupancy and species detection probability parameters for terrestrial salamanders

ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 14(3), 692–702.

Mist netting trans-Gulf migrants at coastal stopover sites: the influence of spatial and temporal variability on capture data

In C. J. Ralph & E. H. Dunn (Eds.), The use of mist nets to monitor bird populations (pp. 135–143).

Separating components of detection probability in population abundance estimation: An overview with diverse examples

In W. Thompson (Ed.), Sampling rare or elusive species: Concepts, designs, and techniques for estimating population parameters (pp. 43–58). Island Press.

Spatial and temporal variation in detection probability of plethodon salamanders using the robust capture-recapture design

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 68(1), 14–24.

American Oystercatcher (Haematopus paliatus) research and monitoring in North Carolina.

[Annual report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Estimating detection probabilities for community assessment and population monitoring

[Annual report]. USGS Status and Trends Program.

A GIS-based habitat model for Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

In J. M. Scott (Ed.), Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Scale and Accuracy (pp. 529–536). Washington, DC: Island Press.

A removal model for estimating detection probabilities from point-count surveys

AUK, 119(2), 414–425.

Landscape effects on breeding songbird abundance in managed forests.

Ecological Applications, 12(3), 836–857.

Large scale wildlife monitoring studies: statistical methods for design and analysis

Pollock, K. H., Nichols, J. D., Simons, T. R., Farnsworth, G. L., Bailey, L. L., & Sauer, JR. (2002, March). ENVIRONMETRICS, Vol. 13, pp. 105–119.

Spatial analysis of stopover habitats of Neotropical migratory birds

In J. M. Scott (Ed.), Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Scale and Accuracy. Washington, DC: Island Press.

Spatial autocorrelation and autoregressive models in ecology

ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS, 72(3), 445–463.

How many baskets? Clutch sizes that maximize annual fecundity of multiple-brooded birds

AUK, 118(4), 973–982.

Sampling plethodontid salamanders: Sources of variability

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 65(4), 624–632.

The breeding status of the American Oystercatcher on the east coast of North America and breeding success in North Carolina

WATERBIRDS, 24(2), 195–202.

Application of spatial models to the stopover ecology of trans-Gulf migrants.

Stopover Ecology of Nearctic-Neotropical Landbird Migrants: Habitat Relations and Conservation Implications, 20, 4–14.

Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrants in the southern Appalachians

In 1999 Annual report to the National Park Service.

Evaluating Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a population source for the Wood Thrush

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 14(4), 1133–1144.

Evaluation of salamander habitat associations and population monitoring techniques in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

In 1999 Annual report to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Observations of Wood Thrush nest predators in a large contiguous forest

WILSON BULLETIN, 112(1), 82–87.

The effects of landscape pattern, core areas, and forest management practices on avian communities in the southern Appalachians

In 1999 Annual report to the U.S. Forest Service.

Validating the assumptions of the Mayfield method

JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY, 71(4), 658–664.

Assessing the diversity and habitat associations of salamanders in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

In 1998 Annual report to the National Park Service.

Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrants in the southern Appalachians

In 1998 Annual report to the National Park Service.

Factors affecting nesting success of wood thrushes in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

AUK, 116(4), 1075–1082.

Is Great Smoky Mountains National Park acting as a population source for Wood Thrushes?

Research and Resources Management in Parks and Public Lands, 10, 109–113.

The effects of landscape pattern, core areas, and forest management practices on avian communities in the southern Appalachians

In 1998 Annual report to the U.S. Forest Service.

Dark-rumped petrel

In P. S. A. Poole & F. Gill (Eds.), The Birds of North America: Life histories for the 21st century (pp. 1–24). Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union ; Philadelphia, PA.: Academy of Natural Sciences.

Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrants in the southern Appalachians

In 1997 Annual report to the National Park Service.

Evaluating Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a population source for Wood Thrush

In 1997 Annual report to the National Park Service.

Indicator Birds of the Costa Rican Cloud Forest

Library of Natural Sounds, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

Restoring the Bald Eagle

In P. M. Kareiva (Ed.), Exploring Ecology and Its Applications. Research Triangle Park, NC: Sigma Xi.

The effects of landscape pattern, core areas, and forest management practices on avian communities in the southern Appalachians

In 1997 Annual report to the U.S. Forest Service.

The role of indicator species: Neotropical migratory song birds

In J. Peine (Ed.), Ecosystem management for sustainability: principles and practices illustrated by the Southern Appalachian Man and Biosphere Cooperative. CRC Press.

Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrants in the southern Appalachians

In 1996 Annual report to the National Park Service.

Evaluating Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a population source for Wood Thrush

In 1996 Annual report to the National Park Service.

Responses by macrobenthic assemblages to extensive beach restoration at Perdido Key, Florida, U.S.A

Journal of Coastal Research, 12, 326–353.

Characterization of deciduous forest breeding bird communities of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

[Final report to the National Park Service].

Coastal Park Inventory and Monitoring Handbook

(National Park Service Technical Report No. NPS/SERNCSU/NRTR-95/01).

Evaluating Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a population source of Wood Thrush

In Annual report to the National Park Service.

Habitat Requirements During Migration: Important Link in Conservation

In T. E. Martin & D. M. Finch (Eds.), Ecology and Management of Neotropical Migratory Birds: A Synthesis and Review of Critical Issues. Oxford University Press.

American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)

In A. Poole & F. Gill (Eds.), The Birds of North America Online.

Neotropical migratory bird workshop and research

Park Science, 14(3), 1–5.

Operation of EMPRESS II and the behavior of migratory birds in the Gulf of Mexico

[Final report to the Department of the Navy]. Naval Sea Systems Command.

Red Wolf propagation on Horn Island, Mississippi: Red Wolf ecological studies.

[Final report to the U.S. National Park Service].

Seaward Change and Zonation of the Sandy-Shore Macrofauna at Perdido Key, Florida, U.S.A.

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 36(1), 81–104.

Status and ecology of gadfly petrels in the temperate North Pacific

In K. Vermeer, K. T. Briggs, K. H. Morgan, & D. Siegel Causey (Eds.), The status ecology and conservation of marine birds of the North Pacific. Ottawa: Canadian Wildlife Service.

Stopover habitat: Management implications and guidelines

In D. M. Finch & P. J. Stangel (Eds.), Status and management of Neotropical migratory birds. Fort Collins, Colorado: U.S. Forest Service.

Habitat suitability and the stopover ecology of Neotropical passerine migrants

In J. W. Hagan & D. W. Johnston (Eds.), Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds. Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Genetic diversity in barrier island Carolina Wren populations

[Final report to the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks].

Macroinvertebrate associations from beaches of selected barrier islands in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: important environmental relationships

Bulletin of Marine Science, 48, 689–701.

Stopover of Neotropical Landbird Migrants on East Ship Island Following Trans-Gulf Migration

The Condor, 93(4), 869.