Theodore Simons

Hostettere, N. J., Gardner, B., Sillett, T. S., Pollock, K. H., & Simons, T. R. (2019). An integrated model decomposing the components of detection probability and abundance in unmarked populations. ECOSPHERE, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2586

Cove, M. V., Simons, T. R., Gardner, B., & Allan F. O'Connell. (2019). 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.07.032

Cove, M. V., Gardner, B., Simons, T. R., & Allan F. O'Connell. (2018). 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. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3954

Felton, S. K., Pollock, K. H., & Simons, T. R. (2018). 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. https://doi.org/10.1650/condor-17-84.1

Denmon, P., Heath, S. A., Sanders, F. J., Simons, T. R., & Jones, S. L. (2017). American Oystercatcher. Waterbirds, 40(sp1). https://doi.org/10.1675/063.040.sp113

Denmon, P., Heath, S. A., Sanders, F. J., Simons, T. R., & Jones, S. L. (2017). American Oystercatcher. In Waterbirds (Vol. 40) [Special Publication 1].

Cove, M. V., Gardner, B., Simons, T. R., Kays, R., & O’Connell, A. F. (2017). Free-ranging domestic cats (Felis catus) on public lands: estimating density, activity, and diet in the Florida Keys. Biological Invasions, 20(2), 333–344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1534-x

Felton, S. K., Hostetter, N. J., Pollock, K. H., & Simons, T. R. (2017). Managing American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) Population Growth by Targeting Nesting Season Vital Rates. Waterbirds, 40(sp1), 44–54. https://doi.org/10.1675/063.040.sp106

Stocking, J. J., Simons, T. R., Parsons, A. W., & O'Connell, A. F. (2017). 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. https://doi.org/10.1675/063.040.sp103

Simons, T. R. (2017). The American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) Working Group: 15 Years of Collaborative Focal Species Research and Management. Waterbirds, 40(sp1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1675/063.040.sp102

Rose, E. T., & Simons, T. R. (2016). 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. https://doi.org/10.1650/condor-15-85.1

Cove, M. V., Simons, T. R., Gardner, B., Maurer, A. S., & O'Connell, A. F. (2016). Evaluating nest supplementation as a recovery strategy for the endangered rodents of the Florida Keys. Restoration Ecology, 25(2), 253–260. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12418

Schulte, S. A., & Simons, T. R. (2016). Hurricane Disturbance Benefits Nesting American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus). Waterbirds, 39(4), 327–337. https://doi.org/10.1675/063.039.0402

Rose, E. T., Simons, T. R., Klein, R., & McKerrow, A. J. (2016). Normalized burn ratios link fire severity with patterns of avian occurrence. Landscape Ecology, 31(7), 1537–1550. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-015-0334-x

Borneman, T. E., Rose, E. T., & Simons, T. R. (2016). Off-road vehicles affect nesting behaviour and reproductive success of American Oystercatchers Haematopus palliatus. Ibis, 158(2), 261–278. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12358

Parsons, A. W., Simons, T. R., Pollock, K. H., Stoskopf, M. K., Stocking, J. J., & O'connell, A. F., Jr. (2015). Camera traps and mark-resight models: The value of ancillary data for evaluating assumptions. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 79(7), 1163–1172. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.931

Schulte, S. A., & Simons, T. R. (2015). Factors affecting the reproductive success of American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Marine Ornithology, 43(1), 37–47.

Miller, D. A. W., Bailey, L. L., Grant, E. H. C., McClintock, B. T., Weir, L. A., & Simons, T. R. (2015). 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.12342

Hostetter, N. J., Gardner, B., Schweitzer, S. H., Boettcher, R., Wilke, A. L., Addison, L., … Simons, T. R. (2015). Repeated count surveys help standardize multi-agency estimates of American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) abundance. The Condor, 117(3), 354–363. https://doi.org/10.1650/condor-14-185.1

Clay, R. P., Lesterhuis, A. J., Schulte, S., Brown, S., Reynolds, D., & Simons, T. R. (2014). A global assessment of the conservation status of the American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus). International Wader Studies, 20, 62–82.

Keller, R. H., Xie, L., Buchwalter, D. B., Franzreb, K. E., & Simons, T. R. (2014). Mercury bioaccumulation in Southern Appalachian birds, assessed through feather concentrations. Ecotoxicology, 23(2), 304–316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-013-1174-6

Borneman, T. E., Rose, E. T., & Simons, T. R. (2014). Minimal changes in heart rate of incubating American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) in response to human activity. CONDOR, 116(3), 493–503. https://doi.org/10.1650/condor-14-48.1

Sollmann, R., Gardner, B., Parsons, A. W., Stocking, J. J., McClintock, B. T., Simons, T. R., … Allan F. O'Connell. (2013). A spatial mark-resight model augmented with telemetry data. ECOLOGY, 94(3), 553–559. https://doi.org/10.1890/12-1256.1

Parsons, A. W., Simons, T. R., O'Connell, A. F., & Stoskopf, M. K. (2013). 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. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2011-0138

Simons, T. R., Lee, D. S., & Haney, J. C. (2013). Diablotin Pterodroma hasitata: A biography of the endangered Black-capped Petrel. Marine Ornithology, 41, 1–43.

Becker, S., Moorman, C., DePerno, C., & Simons, T. (2013). Quantifiable Long-term Monitoring on Parks and Nature Preserves. SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 12(2), 339–352. https://doi.org/10.1656/058.012.0208

Miller, D. A. W., Weir, L. A., McClintock, B. T., Grant, E. H. C., Bailey, L. L., & Simons, T. R. (2012). Experimental investigation of false positive errors in auditory species occurrence surveys. Ecological Applications, 22(5), 1665–1674. https://doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761-22.5.1665

Simmerman, S., Wang, J., Osborne, J., Shook, K., Huang, J., Godsoe, W., & Simons, T. (2012). 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. https://doi.org/10.1145/2335755.2335835

Simons, T. R., & Stocking, J. J. (2011). 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,

Simons, T. R., & Borneman, T. (2011). 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.

Riddle, J. D., Pollock, K. H., & Simons, T. R. (2010). AN UNRECONCILED DOUBLE-OBSERVER METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DETECTION PROBABILITY AND ABUNDANCE. AUK, 127(4), 841–849. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2010.09118

Simons, T. R., & Stocking, J. J. (2010). American Oystercatcher Conservation Initiative – North Carolina [Annual Report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service.

Tarr, N. M., Simons, T. R., & Pollock, K. H. (2010). An Experimental Assessment of Vehicle Disturbance Effects on Migratory Shorebirds. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 74(8), 1776–1783. https://doi.org/10.2193/2009-105

Sanders, N. J., Dunn, R. R., Fitzpatrick, M. C., Carlton, C. E., Pogue, M. R., Parker, C. R., & Simons, T. R. (2010). 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.

Riddle, J. D., Mordecai, R. S., Pollock, K. H., & Simons, T. R. (2010). EFFECTS OF PRIOR DETECTIONS ON ESTIMATES OF DETECTION PROBABILITY, ABUNDANCE, AND OCCUPANCY. AUK, 127(1), 94–99. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2009.09062

Simons, T. R., & Borneman, T. (2010). 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.

Mcclintock, B. T., Bailey, L. L., Pollock, K. H., & Simons, T. R. (2010). Experimental Investigation of Observation Error in Anuran Call Surveys. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 74(8), 1882–1893. https://doi.org/10.2193/2009-321

Martin, J., Kendall, W. L., Runge, M. C., Simons, T. R., Waldstein, A. H., Schulte, S. A., … Zipkin, E. F. (2010). Optimal control of native predators. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 143(7), 1751–1758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.023

Stanislav, S. J., Pollock, K. H., Simons, T. R., & Alldredge, M. W. (2010). 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). https://doi.org/10.5751/ace-00372-050103

Stringer, E. M., Stoskopf, M. K., Simons, T., O'Connell, A. F., & Waldstein, A. (2010). 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. https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/972380

McClintock, B. T., Bailey, L. L., Pollock, K. H., & Simons, T. R. (2010). Unmodeled observation error induces bias when inferring patterns and dynamics of species occurrence via aural detections. ECOLOGY, 91(8), 2446–2454. https://doi.org/10.1890/09-1287.1

Simons, T. R., Pollock, K. H., Wettroth, J. M., Alldredge, M. W., Pacifici, K., & Brewster, J. (2009). Sources of Measurement Error, Misclassification Error, and Bias in Auditory Avian Point Count Data. In Modeling Demographic Processes In Marked Populations (pp. 237–254). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78151-8_10

Brewster, J. P., & Simons, T. R. (2009). Testing the importance of auditory detections in avian point counts. JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY, 80(2), 178–182. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00220.x

Alldredge, M. W., Pacifici, K., Simons, T. R., & Pollock, K. H. (2008). 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01517.x

Simons, T. R., & Schulte, S. (2008). 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.

Webster, R. A., Pollock, K. H., & Simons, T. R. (2008). Bayesian spatial modeling of data from avian point count surveys. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS, 13(2), 121–139. https://doi.org/10.1198/108571108X311563

Pacifici, K., Simons, T. R., & Pollock, K. H. (2008). EFFECTS OF VEGETATION AND BACKGROUND NOISE ON THE DETECTION PROCESS IN AUDITORY AVIAN POINT-COUNT SURVEYS. The Auk, 125(3), 600–607. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2008.07078

Pacific, K., Simons, T. R., & Pollock, K. H. (2008, October). EFFECTS OF VEGETATION AND BACKGROUND NOISE ON THE DETECTION PROCESS IN AUDITORY AVIAN POINT-COUNT SURVEYS (vol 125, pg 500, 2008). AUK, Vol. 125, pp. 998–998. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2008.111008

Simons, T. R., & Hylton, R. (2008). 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.

Simons, T. R., & Tarr, N. (2008). Fall shorebird migration and ORV disturbance at Cape Lookout National Seashore [Annual report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service.

Simons, T. R., Waldstein, A., & O'Connell, A. (2008). Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Ecology at Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina [2007 Annual Report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service.

Simons, T. R., Pollock, K. H., Wettroth, J. M., Alldredge, M. W., Pacifici, K., & Brewster, J. (2008). Sources of measurement error, misclassification error, and bias in auditory avian point count data. The All-Bird Bulletin, 2–3.

Alldredge, M. W., Simons, T. R., Pollock, K. H., & Pacifici, K. (2007). 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. https://doi.org/10.5751/ace-00205-020213

Alldredge, M. W., Simons, T. R., & Pollock, K. H. (2007). A field evaluation of distance measurement error in auditory avian point count surveys. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 71(8), 2759–2766. https://doi.org/10.2193/2006-161

Simons, T. R., Schulte, S., Cordes, J., Lyons, M., & Golder, W. (2007). American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) research and monitoring in North Carolina. [2006 Annual report]. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Audubon Society.

Simons, T. R., & Hylton, R. (2007). 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.

Simons, T. R., Alldredge, M. W., Pollock, K. H., & Wettroth, J. M. (2007). Experimental analysis of the auditory detection process on avian point counts. AUK, 124(3), 986–999. https://doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[986:EAOTAD]2.0.CO;2

Alldredge, M. W., Simons, T. R., & Pollock, K. H. (2007). Factors affecting aural detections of songbirds. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 17(3), 948–955. https://doi.org/10.1890/06-0685

Podolsky, A. L., Simons, T. R., & Collazo, J. A. (2007). Modeling population growth of the ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) in the southern appalachians. AUK, 124(4), 1359–1372. https://doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[1359:MPGOTO]2.0.CO;2

Alldredge, M. W., Pollock, K. H., Simons, T. R., & Shriner, S. A. (2007). Multiple-species analysis of point count data: a more parsimonious modelling framework. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY, 44(2), 281–290. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01271.x

Simons, T. R., & Tarr, N. (2007). The effects of vehicle traffic on migrating shorebirds at Cape Lookout National Seashore [2006 Annual report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service.

Alldredge, M. W., Pollock, K. H., Simons, T. R., Collazo, J. A., & Shriner, S. A. (2007). Time-of-detection method for estimating abundance from point-count surveys. AUK, 124(2), 653–664. https://doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[653:TMFEAF]2.0.CO;2

Simons, T. R., Schulte, S., McGowan, C., Cordes, J., Lyons, M., & Golder, W. (2006). 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.

Simons, T. R., & Hylton, R. (2006). 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.

Simons, T. R., Shriner, S. A., & Farnsworth, G. L. (2006). Comparison of breeding bird and vegetation communities in primary and secondary forests of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 129(3), 302–311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2005.10.044

McGowan, C. P., & Simons, T. R. (2006). Effects of human recreation on the incubation behavior of American Oystercatchers. WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY, 118(4), 485–493. https://doi.org/10.1676/05-084.1

Simons, T. R., & Pollock, K. J. (2006). Estimating detection probabilities for community assessment and population monitoring [Annual report]. USGS Status and Trends Program.

Alldredge, M. W., Pollock, K. H., & Simons, T. R. (2006). Estimating detection probabilities from multiple-observer point counts. AUK, 123(4), 1172–1182. https://doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[1172:EDPFMP]2.0.CO;2

Simons, T. R., & Tarr, N. (2006). Measuring the effect of off-road vehicles on beach birds at Cape Lookout National Seashore [2005 Annual report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service.

McGowan, C. P., Simons, T. R., Golder, W., & Cordes, J. (2005). A comparison of American Oystercatcher reproductive success on barrier beach and river island habitats in coastal North Carolina. WATERBIRDS, 28(2), 150–155. https://doi.org/10.1675/1524-4695(2005)028[0150:ACOAOR]2.0.CO;2

McGowan, C. P., & Simons, T. R. (2005). A method for trapping breeding adult American Oystercatchers. JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY, 76(1), 46–49. https://doi.org/10.1648/0273-8570-76.1.46

Simons, T. R., & Pollock, K. J. (2005). Estimating detection probabilities for community assessment and population monitoring [Annual report]. USGS Status and Trends Program.

Hyde, E. J., & Simons, T. R. (2005). 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.

Farnsworth, G. L., & Simons, T. R. (2005, July). Relationship between Mayfield nest-survival estimates and seasonal fecundity: A cautionary reply. https://doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[1000:rbmnea]2.0.co;2

McGowan, C. P., Schulte, S. A., & Simons, T. R. (2005). Resightings of marked American Oystercatchers banded as chicks. WILSON BULLETIN, 117(4), 382–385. https://doi.org/10.1676/04-112.1

Farnsworth, G. L., Nichols, J. D., Sauer, J. R., Fancy, S. T., Pollock, K. H., Shriner, S. A., & Simons, T. R. (2005). 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.

Moore, F. R., Woodrey, M. S., Buler, J. J., Woltmann, S., & Simons, T. R. (2005). 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.

Podolsky, A. L., Simons, T. R., & Collazo, J. A. (2004). A method of food supplementation for ground-foraging insectivorous songbirds. JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY, 75(3), 296–302. https://doi.org/10.1648/0273-8570-75.3.296

Bailey, L. L., Simons, T. R., & Pollock, K. H. (2004). Comparing population size estimators for plethodontid salamanders. JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY, 38(3), 370–380. https://doi.org/10.1670/194-03A

Simons, T. R., & Pollock, K. J. (2004). Estimating detection probabilities for community assessment and population monitoring [Annual report]. Washington, DC: USGS Status and Trends Program.

Bailey, L. L., Simons, T. R., & Pollock, K. H. (2004). Estimating detection probability parameters for plethodon salamanders using the robust capture-recapture design. Journal of Wildlife Management, 68(1), 13-.

Bailey, L. L., Simons, T. R., & Pollock, K. H. (2004). Estimating site occupancy and species detection probability parameters for terrestrial salamanders. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 14(3), 692–702. https://doi.org/10.1890/03-5012

Simons, T. R., Moore, F. R., & Gauthreaux, S. A. (2004). 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).

Pollock, K. H., Marsh, H. H., Bailey, L. L., Farnsworth, G. L., Simons, T. R., & Alldredge, M. W. (2004). 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.

Bailey, L. L., Simons, T. R., & Pollock, K. H. (2004). Spatial and temporal variation in detection probability of plethodon salamanders using the robust capture-recapture design. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 68(1), 14–24. https://doi.org/10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0014:SATVID]2.0.CO;2

Simons, T. R., McGowan, C., Cordes, J., Lyons, M., & Golder, W. (2003). American Oystercatcher (Haematopus paliatus) research and monitoring in North Carolina. [Annual report]. Washington, DC: National Park Service and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Simons, T. R., & Pollock, K. J. (2003). Estimating detection probabilities for community assessment and population monitoring [Annual report]. USGS Status and Trends Program.

Shriner, S. A., Simons, T. R., & Farnsworth, G. L. (2002). 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.

Farnsworth, G. L., Pollock, K. H., Nichols, J. D., Simons, T. R., Hines, J. E., & Sauer, JR. (2002). A removal model for estimating detection probabilities from point-count surveys. AUK, 119(2), 414–425. https://doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2002)119[0414:ARMFED]2.0.CO;2

Lichstein, J. W., Simons, T. R., & Franzreb, K. E. (2002). Landscape effects on breeding songbird abundance in managed forests. Ecological Applications, 12(3), 836–857. https://doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0836:leobsa]2.0.co;2

Pollock, K. H., Nichols, J. D., Simons, T. R., Farnsworth, G. L., Bailey, L. L., & Sauer, JR. (2002, March). Large scale wildlife monitoring studies: statistical methods for design and analysis. ENVIRONMETRICS, Vol. 13, pp. 105–119. https://doi.org/10.1002/env.514

Pearson, S. M., & Simons, T. R. (2002). 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.

Lichstein, J. W., Simons, T. R., Shriner, S. A., & Franzreb, K. E. (2002). Spatial autocorrelation and autoregressive models in ecology. ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS, 72(3), 445–463. https://doi.org/10.2307/3100099

Farnsworth, G. L., & Simons, T. R. (2001). How many baskets? Clutch sizes that maximize annual fecundity of multiple-brooded birds. AUK, 118(4), 973–982. https://doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2001)118[0973:HMBCST]2.0.CO;2

Hyde, E. J., & Simons, T. R. (2001). Sampling plethodontid salamanders: Sources of variability. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 65(4), 624–632. https://doi.org/10.2307/3803013

Davis, M. B., Simons, T. R., Groom, M. J., Weaver, J. L., & Cordes, JR. (2001). 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. https://doi.org/10.2307/1522030

Simons, T. R., Pearson, S. M., & Moore, F. R. (2000). 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.

Simons, T. R., & Shriner, S. A. (2000). Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrants in the southern Appalachians. In 1999 Annual report to the National Park Service.

Simons, T. R., Farnsworth, G. L., & Shriner, S. A. (2000). Evaluating Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a population source for the Wood Thrush. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 14(4), 1133–1144. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.98606.x

Simons, T. R., Bailey, L. L., Hyde, E. J., & Pollock, K. J. (2000). Evaluation of salamander habitat associations and population monitoring techniques in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In 1999 Annual report to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Farnsworth, G. L., & Simons, T. R. (2000). Observations of Wood Thrush nest predators in a large contiguous forest. WILSON BULLETIN, 112(1), 82–87. https://doi.org/10.1676/0043-5643(2000)112[0082:oowtnp]2.0.co;2

Simons, T. R., Lichstein, J. L., & Franzreb, K. E. (2000). 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.

Farnsworth, G. L., Weeks, K. C., & Simons, T. R. (2000). Validating the assumptions of the Mayfield method. JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY, 71(4), 658–664. https://doi.org/10.1648/0273-8570-71.4.658

Simons, T. R., & Johnson, E. (1999). Assessing the diversity and habitat associations of salamanders in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In 1998 Annual report to the National Park Service.

Simons, T. R., & Shriner, S. A. (1999). Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrants in the southern Appalachians. In 1998 Annual report to the National Park Service.

Farnsworth, G. L., & Simons, T. R. (1999). Factors affecting nesting success of wood thrushes in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. AUK, 116(4), 1075–1082. https://doi.org/10.2307/4089686

Farnsworth, G. L., & Simons, T. R. (1999). 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.

Simons, T. R., Lichstein, J. L., & Franzreb, K. E. (1999). 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.

Simons, T. R., & Hodges, C. N. (1998). 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.

Simons, T. R., & Shriner, S. A. (1998). Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrants in the southern Appalachians. In 1997 Annual report to the National Park Service.

Simons, T. R., & Farnsworth, G. L. (1998). Evaluating Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a population source for Wood Thrush. In 1997 Annual report to the National Park Service.

Ross, D. L., Jr., Rabenold, K. N., & Simons, T. R. (1998). Indicator Birds of the Costa Rican Cloud Forest. Library of Natural Sounds, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

Simons, T. R., Sherrod, S. K., Collopy, M. W., & Jenkins, M. A. (1998). Restoring the Bald Eagle. In P. M. Kareiva (Ed.), Exploring Ecology and Its Applications. Research Triangle Park, NC: Sigma Xi.

Simons, T. R., Lichstein, J. L., & Franzreb, K. E. (1998). 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.

Simons, T. R., Rabenold, K. N., Buehler, D. A., Collazo, J., & Franzreb, K. E. (1998). 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.

Simons, T. R., & Shriner, S. A. (1997). Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrants in the southern Appalachians. In 1996 Annual report to the National Park Service.

Simons, T. R., & Farnsworth, G. L. (1997). Evaluating Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a population source for Wood Thrush. In 1996 Annual report to the National Park Service.

Rakocinski, C. F., Heard, R. W., Le Croy, S. E. L., McLelland, J. A., & Simons, T. R. (1996). Responses by macrobenthic assemblages to extensive beach restoration at Perdido Key, Florida, U.S.A. Journal of Coastal Research, 12, 326–353.

Simons, T. R., Rabenold, K., & Farnsworth, G. L. (1995). Characterization of deciduous forest breeding bird communities of Great Smoky Mountains National Park [Final report to the National Park Service].

Simons, T. R. (1995). Coastal Park Inventory and Monitoring Handbook (National Park Service Technical Report No. NPS/SERNCSU/NRTR-95/01).

Simons, T. R., & Farnsworth, G. L. (1995). Evaluating Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a population source of Wood Thrush. In Annual report to the National Park Service.

Moore, F. R., Kerlinger, P., Gauthreaux, S. A., Jr., & Simons, T. R. (1995). 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.

Simons, T. R., Nol, E., & Boettcher, R. (1994). American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus). In A. Poole & F. Gill (Eds.), The Birds of North America Online. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.82

Grundel, R., & Simons, T. R. (1994). Neotropical migratory bird workshop and research. Park Science, 14(3), 1–5.

Simons, T. R., & Moore, F. R. (1993). 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.

Esher, R. J., & Simons, T. R. (1993). Red Wolf propagation on Horn Island, Mississippi: Red Wolf ecological studies. [Final report to the U.S. National Park Service].

Rakocinski, C. F., Heard, R. W., LeCroy, S. E., McLelland, J. A., & Simons, T. (1993). 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. https://doi.org/10.1006/ecss.1993.1007

Bartle, J. A., Hu, D., Pyle, P., Simons, T. R., Stahl, J. C., & Woodby, D. (1993). 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.

Moore, F. R., Gauthreaux, S. A., Kerlinger, P., & Simons, T. R. (1993). 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.

Moore, F. R., & Simons, T. R. (1992). 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.

Rabenold, P. P., & Simons, T. R. (1991). Genetic diversity in barrier island Carolina Wren populations [Final report to the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks].

Rakocinski, C., Heard, R., Simons, T. R., & Their, D. (1991). Macroinvertebrate associations from beaches of selected barrier islands in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: important environmental relationships. Bulletin of Marine Science, 48, 689–701.

Kuenzi, A. J., Moore, F. R., & Simons, T. R. (1991). Stopover of Neotropical Landbird Migrants on East Ship Island Following Trans-Gulf Migration. The Condor, 93(4), 869. https://doi.org/10.2307/3247722

Kepler, C. B., Kepler, A. K., Simons, T. R., Hobdy, B., & Simons, P. M. (1990). Hawaii's Seabird Islands, No. 3: Moku-Ho'Oniki and Kanaha Rock, Molokai. 'Elepaio, 50(9), 75–81.

Moore, F. R., Kerlinger, P., & Simons, T. R. (1990). Stopover on a Gulf Coast Barrier Island by spring trans-Gulf migrants. Wilson Bulletin, 103, 487–500.

Simons, T. R. (1990). The migratory bird watch program: an overview and summary of research at Gulf Islands National Seashore. Proceedings of the nongame migratory bird workshop, Atlanta, GA. Presented at the Nongame migratory bird workshop, Atlanta, GA.

Simons, T. R., & Whittow, C. W. (1989). A seabird in the house of the sun. Natural History, 50–53.

Simons, T. R. (1989). Proposed Migratory Bird Watch to encompass research, monitoring, and interpretation. Park Science, 9(3), 8.

Holier, N. R., Mason, D. W., Dawson, R. M., Simons, T., & Wooten, M. C. (1989). Reestablishment of the Perdido Key Beach Mouse (Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis) on Gulf Islands National Seashore. Conservation Biology, 3(4), 397–404. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.1989.tb00245.x

Simons, T. R., & Scurry, J. D. (1988). Application of GIS technology to monitor barrier island change: Integration of SAGIS and MOSS and Gulf Islands National Seashore. Proceedings fifth national MOSS users workshop. Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, Baton Rouge, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Slidell, LA. Presented at the Fifth national MOSS users workshop. Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, Baton Rouge, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Slidell, LA.

Simons, T. R., Sherrod, S. K., Collopy, M. W., & Jenkins, M. A. (1988). Restoring the Bald Eagle. American Scientist, 76, 252–260.

Simons, T. R. (1987). The role of research in developing resource management tools at Gulf Islands National Seashore. In Estuarine and Coastal Management - Tools of the Trade. The Coastal Society.

Pierce, J. D., & Simons, T. R. (1986). The influence of human disturbance on Tufted Puffin breeding success. The Auk, 103, 214–216.

Simons, T. R. (1985). Biology and Behavior of the Endangered Hawaiian Dark-Rumped Petrel. The Condor, 87(2), 229. https://doi.org/10.2307/1366887

Simons, T. R., Simons, P. M., Kepler, C. B., & Kepler, A. K. (1985). Hawaii's seabird islands, No.2: Hulu Island and vicinity. 'Elepaio, 45, 111–113.

Simons, T. R. (1984). A Population Model of the Endangered Hawaiian Dark-Rumped Petrel. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 48(4), 1065. https://doi.org/10.2307/3801768

Simons, T. R., & Whittow, G. C. (1984). Energetics of growth in the Dark-rumped Petrel. In G. C. Whittow (Ed.), Seabird Energetics. Plenum, New York.

Kepler, C. B., Kepler, A. K., & Simons, T. R. (1984). Hawaii's seabird islands, No. 1: Moke'ehia. 'Elepaio, 44, 71–74.

Whittow, G. C., Simons, T. R., & Pettit, T. N. (1984). Water loss from the eggs of a tropical sea bird (Pterodroma phaeopygia) at high altitude. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, 78(3), 537–540. https://doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629(84)90592-9

Simons, T. R. (1983). Biology and conservation of the endangered Hawaiian Dark-rumped Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis) (No. CPSU/UW 83-2). Seattle, Washington: National Park Service, Cooperative Park Studies Unit, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington.

Simons, T. R. (1981). A Simple Event Recorder for Monitoring Cavity-Dwelling Animals. The Murrelet, 62(1), 27. https://doi.org/10.2307/3534452

Simons, T. R. (1981). Behavior and attendance patterns of the Fork-tailed Storm Petrel. The Auk, 98, 145–158.

Simons, T. R., & Simons, P. M. (1981). Breeding biology of the Dark-rumped Petrel in the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Third Conference in Natural Sciences, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Presented at the Third Conference in Natural Sciences, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Simons, T. R. (1981). Seabirds and park management. Proceedings; Hawaii Forestry and Wildlife Conference 1980. U.S. Dept. Agriculture. Presented at the awaii Forestry and Wildlife Conference.

Simons, T. R. (1980). Discovery of a Ground-Nesting Marbled Murrelet. The Condor, 82(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.2307/1366777