Publications
Advancing knowledge. Supporting conservation.
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2023
Black, K.M., S.M. Karpanty, S.G. Robinson, H.A. Bellman, K.M. Walker, D.H. Catlin, and J.D. Fraser. 2023. Using GPS location data to assess red fox responses to predator exclosure setup and hatching at shorebird nests. Wildlife Society Bulletin 47(2):e1420. doi: 10.1002/wsb.1420
Gibson, D., T. Riecke, D. Catlin, K. Hunt, C. Weithman, D. Koons, S. Karpanty, and J. Fraser. 2023. Climate change and commercial fishing practices codetermine survival of a long-lived seabird. Global Change Biology 29(2):324-340. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16482
2022
Robinson, S.G., K.M. Walker, H.A. Bellman, D. Gibson, D.H. Catlin, S.M. Karpanty, S.J. Ritter, and J.D. Fraser. 2022. Piping plover chick ecology following landscape‐level disturbance. Journal of Wildlife Management 87(1):e22325. doi: 10.1002/jwmg.22325
Heller, E.L., S.M. Karpanty, J.D. Fraser, D.H. Catlin, D. Gibson, and J.B. Cohen. 2022. Factors that affect migratory Western Atlantic red knot (Calidris canutus rufa) and their prey during Spring stopover on Virginia’s barrier islands. PLoS One 17(7):e0270224. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270224
2021
Robinson, S., H. Bellman, K. Walker, D. Catlin, S. Karpanty, S. Ritter, and J. Fraser. 2021. Adult Piping Plover habitat selection varies by behavior. Ecosphere 12(12):e03870. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.3870
Kwon, E., S. Robinson, C.E. Weithman, D.H. Catlin, S.M. Karpanty, J. Altman, T.R. Simons, and J.D. Fraser. 2021. Contrasting long-term population trends of beach-nesting shorebirds under shared environmental pressures. Biological Conservation 261:109178. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109178
2020
Hou, J., Y. Liu, J.D. Fraser, L. Li, B. Zhao, Z. Lan, J. Jin, G. Liu, N. Dai, W. Wang. 2020. Drivers of a habitat shift by critically endangered Siberian cranes: Evidence from long-term data. Ecology and Evolution: DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6720
Monk, J.D.*, E. Kwon, A.L. DeRose-Wilson, S.G. Robinson, H.A. Bellman, S.M. Karpanty, D.H. Catlin, and J.D. Fraser. 2020. Extensive use of intertidal habitat by shorebirds outside protected nesting areas. Journal of Wildlife Management: 84(7):1338–1347. DOI:10.1002/jwmg.21908.
Weithman, C.E., J.D. Fraser, S.M. Karpanty, and D.H. Catlin. 2020. Relationship of current management practices to movements of Piping Plover broods in an Atlantic Coast population. Journal of Field Ornithology. 91(2):170 -188 DOI: 10.1111/jofo.12333.
Robinson, S.G., C.E. Weithman, H.A. Bellman, S.P. Prisley, J.D. Fraser, D.H. Catlin, and S.M. Karpanty. 2020. Assessing error in locations of conspicuous wildlife using handheld GPS units and location offset methods. Wildlife Society Bulletin:44(1):163–172. DOI:10.1002/wsb.1055
Hunt, K. L., D. Gibson, M.J. Friedrich, C.J. Huber, J.D. Fraser, S.M. Karpanty, and D.H. Catlin. 2020. Using nest captures and video cameras to estimate survival and abundance of breeding piping plovers Charadrius melodus. Ibis 162:1–12. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12726
2019
Wang, W., J.D. Fraser, and J. Chen. 2019. Distribution and long-term population trends of wintering waterbirds in Poyang Lake, China. Wetlands 39(Suppler. 1):S125–S135. doi:10.1007/s13157-017-0981-6.
Catlin, D.H., D. Gibson, M.J. Friedrich, K.L. Hunt, S.M. Karpanty, and J.D. Fraser. 2019. Habitat selection and potential fitness consequences of two early-successional species with differing life-history strategies. Ecology and Evolution 9:13966–13978. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5834
Bulla, M., J. Reneerkens, E.L. Weiser, A. Sokolov, A.R. Taylor, B. Sittler, B.J. McCaffery, D.R. Ruthrauff, D.H. Catlin, D.C. Payer, et al. 2019. Comment on “Global pattern of nest predation is disrupted by climate change in shorebirds.” Science 364(6445):eaaw8529. DOI:10.1126/science.aaw8529
Zeigler, S.L., B.T. Gutierrez, E.J. Sturdivant, D.H. Catlin, J.D. Fraser, A. Hecht, S.M. Karpanty, N.G. Plant, E.R. Thieler. 2019. Using a Bayesian network to understand the importance of coastal storms and undeveloped landscapes for the creation and maintenance of early successional habitat. PLOS ONE 14(7):e0209986. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0209986
Davis K.*, S.M. Karpanty, J. Spendelow, J. Cohen, M. Althouse, K. Parsons, C. Luttazi, D.H. Catlin, and D. Gibson. 2019. Residency, recruitment, and stopover duration of hatch-year Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii) during the pre-migratory staging period. Avian Conservation and Ecology: 14 (2):11. DOI:10.5751/ACE-01416-140211.
Weithman, C.E.*, S.G. Robinson*, K.L. Hunt, J. Altman, H.A. Bellman, A.L. DeRose-Wilson, K.M. Walker*, J.D. Fraser, S.M. Karpanty, D.H. Catlin. 2019. Growth of two Atlantic Coast Piping Plover populations. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 121:1–14. DOI: 10.1093/condor/duz037.
Robinson, S.G.*, H.A. Bellman, K. Thyberg, J.D. Fraser, D.H. Catlin, and S.M. Karpanty. 2019. Observations of double brooding and inbreeding of piping plovers on Fire and Westhampton Islands, New York. Northeastern Naturalist 26 (3): N38–N42.
Robinson, S.G.*, J.D. Fraser, D.H. Catlin, S. Karpanty, J. Altman, R. Boettcher, K. Holcomb, C. Huber, K.L. Hunt, and A. Wilke. 2019. Irruptions: evidence for breeding season habitat limitation in Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus). Avian Conservation and Ecology 14 (1):19. DOI:10.5751/ACE-01373-140119
Gibson, D., A.D. Hornsby, M.B. Brown, J. Cohen, L. Dinan, J.D. Fraser, M. Friedrich, C.L. Gratto-Trevor, K.L Hunt, M. Jeffery, J. Jorgensen, P. Paton, S. Robinson, J. Rock, M. Stantial, C. Weithman, and D.H. Catlin. 2019. Migratory bird adheres to Bergmann’s Rule by responding to environmental conditions throughout the annual lifecycle. Ecography 42(8): 1482–1493. DOI:10.1111/ecog.04325
Walker, K.M.*, J.D. Fraser, D.H. Catlin, S.J. Ritter, S.G., Robinson*, H.A. Bellman, A. DeRose-Wilson, S.M. Karpanty, and S.T. Papa. 2019. Hurricane Sandy and engineered response created habitat for a threatened shorebird. Ecosphere:10(6):e02771. DOI:10.1002/ecs2.2771
Catlin, D.H., D. Gibson, K.L. Hunt, M.J. Friedrich, C.E. Weithman*, S.M. Karpanty, and J.D. Fraser. 2019. Direct and indirect effects of nesting density on survival and breeding propensity of an endangered shorebird. Ecosphere: 10(6):e02740. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2740.
Fraser, J.D. and D.H. Catlin. 2019. Habitat Ecology and Conservation of Charadrius Plovers. Pp. 217–243 in Colwell and Haig (editors). The Population Ecology and Conservation of Charadrius Plovers (no. 52), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Heller, E.L.*, S.M. Karpanty, and J. D. Fraser. 2019. Depredation of a Snowy Egret Egretta thula by a Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus in Virginia. Marine Ornithology 47:29-31.
2018
Kwon, E., L. Houghton, R. Settlage, D.H. Catlin, S.M. Karpanty, and J.D. Fraser. 2018. Estimating transient populations of unmarked individuals at a migratory stopover site using generalized N-mixture models. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55(6): 2917–2932. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13243.
DeRose-Wilson, A.L., K.L. Hunt, J.D. Monk**, D.H. Catlin, S.M. Karpanty, and J.D. Fraser. 2018. Piping plover chick survival negatively correlated with beach recreation. Journal of Wildlife Management, 82(8):1608–1616. DOI:10.1002./jwmg.21552.
Gibson, D. T.V. Riecke, T. Keyes, C. Depkin, J.D. Fraser, and D.H. Catlin. 2018. Application of Bayesian robust design model to assess the impacts of a hurricane on shorebird demography. Ecosphere 9(8):e02334. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2334.
Gibson, D., M.K. Chaplin, K.L. Hunt, M.J. Friedrich*, C.E. Weithman*, L.M. Addison, V. Cavalieri, S. Coleman, F.J. Cuthbert, J.D. Fraser, W. Golder, D. Hoffman, S.M. Karpanty, and D.H. Catlin. 2018. Impacts of anthropogenic disturbance on body condition, survival, and site fidelity of nonbreeding piping plovers. Condor 120: 566–580. DOI: 10.1650/CONDOR-17-148.1.
Nefas, S.M.**, K.L. Hunt*, J.D. Fraser, S.M. Karpanty, and D.H. Catlin. 2018. Least tern (Sternula antillarum) nest success and chick survival on the Missouri River following historic flooding. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 130(2): 371–376. doi: 10.1676/16-210.1
Kwon, E., J.D. Fraser, D.H. Catlin, S.M. Karpanty, C.E. Weithman*, and B. Muiznieks. 2018. Presence of ghost crabs and piping plover nesting success. Journal of Wildlife Management 82(4): 850–856. doi:10.1002/jwmg.21422.
Cohen, J.B., S.B. Maddock, M.K. Bimbi, W.W. Golder, O.E. LeDee, F.J. Cuthbert, D.H. Catlin, J.D. Fraser, and C.L. Gratto-Trevor. 2018. State uncertainty models and mark-resight models for understanding nonbreeding site use by piping plovers. Ibis 160: 342–354. doi:10.1111/ibi.12546.
Weithman, C.E.*, D. Gibson, K.M. Walker*, S. B. Maddock, J.D. Fraser, S.M. Karpanty, and D.H. Catlin. 2018. Discovery of an important stopover location for mirgratory piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) on South Point, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. Waterbirds 41: 56–62.
Hunt, K.L.*, J.D. Fraser, M.J. Friedrich*, S.M. Karpanty, and D.H. Catlin. 2018. Demographic response of an imperiled bird suggests that engineered habitat restoration is no match for natural riverine processes. Condor: Ornithological Applications 120(1): 149–165. doi: 10.1650/CONDOR-17-93.1.
2017
Hunt, K.L.*, J.D. Fraser, S.M. Karpanty, and D.H. Catlin. 2017. Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) body condition and prey abundance on flood-created habitat on the Missouri River, USA. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 129 (4): 754–764. doi: 10.1676/16-180.1.
Weithman, C.E.*, D. Gibson, K. Hunt*, M. Friedrich*, J. Fraser, S.M. Karpanty, and D.H. Catlin. 2017. Senescence and carryover effects of reproductive performance influence migration, condition, and breeding propensity. Ecology and Evolution 7: 11044–11056. doi:10.1002/ece3.3533.
Zeigler, S.L., E.R. Thieler, B.T. Gutierrez, N.G. Plant, M. Hines, J.D. Fraser, D.H. Catlin, S.M. Karpanty. 2017. Smartphone technologies and Bayesian networks to assess shorebird habitat selection. Wildlife Society Bulletin 41: 666–677. doi:10.1002/wsb.820.
Gibson, D., D.H. Catlin, K.L. Hunt, J.D. Fraser, S.M. Karpanty, M.J. Friedrich, M.K. Bimbi, J.B. Cohen, S.B. Maddock. 2017. Evaluating the impact of man-made disasters on imperiled species: piping plover and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Biological Conservation 212: 48–62.
Zeigler, S.L., D.H. Catlin, M. Bomberger Brown, J.D. Fraser, L.R. Dinan, K.L. Hunt, J.G. Jorgensen, and S.M. Karpanty. 2017. Effects of climate change and anthropogenic modification on a disturbance-dependent species in a large riverine system. Ecosphere 8(1):e01653. 10.1002/ecs2.1653
Davis, K.L.*, K.L. Schoenemann*, D.H. Catlin, K.L. Hunt, M.J. Friedrich, S.J. Ritter, J.D. Fraser, and S.M. Karpanty. 2017. Hatch-year piping plover (Charadrius melodus) prospecting and habitat quality influence second-year nest site selection. The Auk 134: 92–103.
2016
Monk, J.D., A. DeRose-Wilson, J.D. Fraser, D.H. Catlin, and S.M. Karpanty. 2016. Observations of fish consumption by piping plovers. Northeastern Naturalist 23(3): 22–25.
Wang, W., J.D. Fraser, and J. Chen. 2016. Wintering waterbirds in the middle and lower Yangtze River floodplain: changes in abundance and distribution. Bird Conservation International 27: 167–186.
Catlin, D.H., S. Zeigler, M. Bomberger Brown, L.R. Dinan, J.D. Fraser, K.L. Hunt*, and J.G. Jorgensen. 2016. Metapopulation viability of an endangered shorebird depends on dispersal and human-created habitats: piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) and prairie rivers. Movement Ecology 4:6.
2015
DeRose-Wilson, A., Fraser, J. D., Karpanty, S. M. and Hillman, M. D. 2015. Effects of overflights on incubating Wilson's plover behavior and heart rate. The Journal of Wildlife Management 79(8): 1246–1254.
Hunt, K.L.*, L.R. Dinan, M.J. Friedrich, M. Bomberger Brown, J.G. Jorgensen, D.H. Catlin, and J.D. Fraser. 2015. Density dependent double brooding in Great Plains piping plovers (Charadrius melodus). Waterbirds 38(4): 321–329.
Catlin, D.H., J.D. Fraser, and J.H. Felio*. 2015. Demographic responses of piping plovers to habitat creation on the Missouri River. Wildlife Monographs 192: 1–42.
Friedrich, M.J.*, K.L. Hunt*, D.H. Catlin, and J.D. Fraser. 2015. The importance of site to mate choice: mate and site fidelity in piping plovers. Auk 132: 265–276.
2014
Catlin, D.H., O. Milenkaya, K.L. Hunt*, M.J. Friedrich*, and J. D. Fraser. 2014. Can river management improve the piping plover’s long-term survival on the Missouri River? Biological Conservation 180: 196–205.
McGowan, C.P., D. H. Catlin, T.L. Shaffer, C.L. Gratto-Trevor, and C. Aron. 2014. Establishing endangered species recovery criteria using predictive simulation modeling. Biological Conservation 177: 220–229.
Gieder, K.D.*, S.M. Karpanty, J.D. Fraser, D.H. Catlin, B.T. Gutierrez, N.G. Plant, A.M. Turecek, E.R. Thieler. 2014. A Bayesian network approach to predicting nest present of the federally-threatened piping plover (Charadrius melodus) using barrier island features. Ecological Modelling: 276: 36–50.
2013
DeRose-Wilson, A.L.*, J.D. Fraser, S.M. Karpanty, and D.H. Catlin. 2013. Nest-site selection and demography of Wilson’s Plovers on a North Carolina barrier island. Journal of Field Ornithology 84(4): 329–344.
Fraser, J.D., S.M. Karpanty, J.B. Cohen, B.R. Truitt. 2013. The Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa) decline in the Western Hempisphere: is there a lemming connection? Canadian Journal of Zoology 91: 13-16.
Hillman, M.D.*, S.M. Karpanty, J.D. Fraser, J.D. 2013. Nest and breeding population abundance of Least Terns: Assessing bias and variation in survey timing and methods. Journal of Field Ornithology 84: 287–298.
Hunt, K.L.*, D.H. Catlin, J.H. Felio* and, J.D. Fraser. 2013. The effect of capture frequency on the survival of Piping Plover chicks. Journal of Field Ornithology 84: 299–303.
Hunt, K.L.*, N. Taygan, D.H. Catlin, J.H. Felio*, and J.D. Fraser. 2013. Demography of Snowy Plovers (Charadrius nivosus) on the Missouri River. Waterbirds 36(2): 220–224.
Catlin, D.H., J. H. Felio, and J.D. Fraser. 2013. Effects of water discharge on fledging time, growth, and survival of piping plovers on the Missouri River. Journal of Wildlife Management 77: 525–533.
2012
Catlin, D.H., J.H. Felio*, and J.D. Fraser. 2012. Comparison of piping plover foraging habitat on artificial and natural sandbars on the Missouri River. Prairie Naturalist 44: 3–9.
Gratto-Trevor, C., D. Amirault-Langlais, D. Catlin, F. Cuthbert, J. Fraser, S. Maddock, E. Roche, and F. Shaffer. 2012. Connectivity in piping plovers: Do breeding populations have distinct winter distributions? Journal of Wildlife Management 76: 348–355.
2011
Catlin, D.H., J.H. Felio*, and J.D. Fraser. 2011. Effect of great horned owl trapping on chick survival in piping plovers. Journal of Wildlife Management 75: 458-462.
Catlin, D.H.*, J.D. Fraser, J.H. Felio*, and J.B. Cohen. 2011. Piping plover habitat selection and nest success on natural, managed, and engineered sandbars. Journal of Wildlife Management 75: 305–310.
Cohen, J.B., B.D. Gerber, S.M. Karpanty, J.D. Fraser, and B.R. Truitt. 2011. Day and night foraging of Red Knots (Calidris canutus) during spring stopover in Virginia, USA. Waterbirds 34: 352-356.
Karpanty, S.M., J.B. Cohen, J. D. Fraser, and J. Berkson. 2011. Evidence of sufficient horseshoe crab eggs for a reduced red knot population during spring migration stopover in Delaware Bay USA. Journal of Wildlife Management 75: 984-994.
2010
Catlin, D.H., R.B. Jacobson, M.H. Sherfy, M.J. Anteau, J.H. Felio, J.D. Fraser, C. Lott, T.L. Shaffer, and J.H. Stucker. 2010. Discussion of "Natural hydrograph of the Missouri River near Sioux City and the least tern and piping plover" by Donald Jorgensen. Journal of Hydrological Engineering 15: 1076–1078.
Cohen, J.B.*, J.D. Fraser. 2010. Piping Plover foraging distribution and prey abundance in the pre-laying period. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 122: 578-582.
Cohen, J.B., S.M. Karpanty, and J.D. Fraser. 2010. Habitat selection and behavior of Red Knots (Calidris canutus) on the New Jersey Atlantic Coast during spring stopover. Condor 112: 665-662.
Fraser, J.D, S.M. Karpanty, and J.B. Cohen. 2010. Shorebirds forage disproportionately in horseshoe crab nest depressions. Waterbirds 33: 96-100.
Roche, E.A., J.B. Cohen, D.H. Catlin, D.L. Amirault-Langlais, F.J. Cuthbert, C.L. Gratto-Trevor, J. Felio*, and J.D. Fraser. 2010. Range-Wide Piping Plover Survival: Correlated Patterns and Temporal Declines. Journal of Wildlife Management 74: 1784–1791.
Cohen, J.B.*, L.M. Houghton, and J.D. Fraser. 2009. Nesting density and reproductive success of piping plovers in response to storm and human-created habitat changes. Wildlife Monographs. 173: 1-24
pre-2010
Cohen J.B. S.M. Karpanty, J.D. Fraser, B.D. Watts, and B.R. Truitt. 2009. Red knot stopover in Virginia, Delaware, and New Jersey: numbers, residency, and interchange. Journal of Wildlife Management 73: 939-945.
Cohen, J.B.*, S.M. Karpanty, D.H. Catlin*, J.D. Fraser, and R.A. Fischer. 2008. Winter ecology of piping plovers at Oregon Inlet, North Carolina. Waterbirds 31: 472–479.
Cohen, J.B.*, E.C. Wunker, and J.D. Fraser. 2008. Substrate and Vegetation selection by nesting Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) in New York. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120:404-407.
Le Fer, D.*, J.D. Fraser, and C.D. Kruse. 2008. Piping plover chick foraging, growth, and survival in the Great Plains. Journal of Wildlife Management 72: 682-687.
Le Fer, D.*, J.D. Fraser, and C.D. Kruse. 2008. Piping plover foraging-site selection on the Missouri River. Waterbirds 31: 587-592.
Karpanty, S.M, J.D. Fraser, J. Berkson, L.J. Niles, A. Dey, and E. P. Smith. 2006. Horseshoe crab eggs determine red knot distribution in Delaware Bay habitats. Journal of Wildlife Management. 70: 1704-1710.
Cohen, J. B.*, J. D. Fraser, and D. H. Catlin*. 2006. Survival and site fidelity of Piping Plovers on Long Island, New York. Journal of Field Ornithology, 77(4): 409–417.
Fraser, J.D., S.H. Keane,* and P. A. Buckley. 2005. Prenesting use of intertidal habitats by piping plovers on South Monomoy Island. Journal of Wildlife Management 69: 1731-1736.
Elias, S.P.*, J.D. Fraser and P.A. Buckley. 2000. Piping plover brood foraging ecology on New York barrier Islands. Journal of Wildlife Management 64: 346-354.
Loegering, J.P.* and J.D. Fraser. 1995. Ghost crab preys on piping plover chick. Wilson Bulletin 107: 768-769.
Loegering, J.P.* and J.D. Fraser. 1995. Piping plover survival in different brood-rearing habitats. Journal of Wildlife Management 59: 646-655.
Patterson, M.E.*, J.D. Fraser, and J.W. Roggenbuck. Factors affecting piping plover productivity on Assateague Island. 1991. Journal of Wildlife Management 55: 526-531.
Patterson, M.E.*, J.D. Fraser, and J.W. Roggenbuck. 1990. Piping plover ecology, management and research needs. Virginia Journal of Science 41: 419-426.
