The Smith Lab at Texas A&M-Kingsville

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

33. Brooks, G.C*., Goodman, S.J**., Moore, W*., Chandler, H.C*., Caruso, N.M., Smith, J.A., Gorman, T.A., & Haas, C.A. 2025. Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrow associate communities are depauperate in modified landscapes. Community Ecology​  

32. Troia, M.J., Javiya, AV*., Doss, R.N**., Melzow, S.A**., Smith, J.A. 2024. Mapping habitat suitability of invasive crayfish in aridland riverscapes: Virile crayfish (Faxonius virilis) in the Lower Colorado River Basin, USA. Science of the Total Environment 955:177069 

31. Lamberson, A*., & Smith, J.A. 2024. Supplementary feeding of birds during the winter influences measures of avian community structure in yards in a subtropical city. PLoSONE 19:e0302007 

30. McCloy, M*., Andringa, K*., Maness, T., Smith, J.A., & Grace, J. 2024. Promoting urban ecological resilience through the lens of avian biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.  

29. Smith, J.A., & J.F. Dwyer. 2024. Range Shifts and Expansions of Crested Caracaras over a 30-year period in Arizona, Texas, and Florida, USA. Journal of Raptor Research

28. Silknetter, S.C., A.L. Benson, J.A. Smith, & M.C. Mims. 2024. Scale-dependent patterns of climate change sensitivity for freshwater fishes of the United States. Ecosphere

27. Gomez, E.A*, Prestridge, H. & Smith, J.A. 2023. Anthropogenic threats to owls: Insights from rehabilitation data and rodenticide screening. PLoSONE

26. Gomez, E.A., Hindmarch, S., & Smith, J.A. 2022. A response to Viani. Journal of Raptor Research. In Press.

25. King-Kostelac, A., Gomez, E.A., Finucane, M.M., Gorton, S., Killian, J.L., Walker, K., Bush, J.K., & Smith. J.A. 2022. Sci/Comm Scholars: A facilitated peer-to-peer working group for integrating rhetorical and social scientific approaches for inclusive science communication. Frontiers in Environmental Science 9: 787557

24. Gomez, E.A., Hindmarch, S., & Smith, J.A. 2022. Conservation Letter: Raptors and anticoagulant rodenticides. Journal of Raptor Research. 56: 147-153

23. Chandler, H.C., Goodman, S.J., Smith, J.A., Gorman, T.A., & Haas, C.A., 2020. Understanding occupancy patterns in a low-density gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) population. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 15: 536-546

22. Smith, J.A., Benson, A., Chen, Y., Yamada, S., & Mims, M.C. 2020. The power, potential, and pitfalls of opportunistic data in range size assessments: lessons from the fishes. Ecological Indicators 110: 105896

21. Raynor, E., Harrison, J.O., Whalen, C., Smith, J.A., Schacht, W.H., Tyre, A., Benson, J., Brown, M.N., & Powell, L.A. 2019. Anthropogenic noise does not surpass land cover in explaining habitat selection of Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido). The Condor: Ornithological Applications

20. Petters, J.L., Brooks, G.C., Smith, J.A., & Haas, C.A. 2019. The Impact of Targeted Data Management Training for Field Research Projects - A Case Study. Data Science Journal.

19. Brooks, G., Smith, J.A., Frimpong, E., Gorman, T.A., Chandler, H. & Haas, C.A. 2019. Indirect connectivity estimates of amphibian breeding wetlands from spatially explicit occupancy models. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

18. Brooks, G., Smith, J.A., Gorman, T.A. & C.A. Haas. 2019. Discerning the environmental drivers of annual migrations in an endangered amphibian. Copeia 107: 270-276

17. Goodman, S.J., Smith, J.A., Gorman, T.A. & Haas, C.A. 2018. Longevity of gopher tortoise burrows on sandy soils. Southeastern Naturalist 17:531-540

16. Smith, J.A., Brust, K, Skelton, J. & Walters, J.R. 2018. How effective is the first Safe Harbor Program for the conservation of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 120: 223-233

15. Harrison, O., Brown, M., Powell, L.A. & Smith, J.A. 2017. Nest site preference and nest survival of Greater Prairie-Chickens in the context of an existing wind energy facility. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 119:659-672

14. Smith, J.A., Brown, M., Harrison, J.O. & Powell, L.A. 2017. Predation risk as a mechanism for indirect effects of a wind energy facility on survival of female Greater Prairie-Chickens (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus). Ecosphere 8:e01835

13. Powell, L.A., Brown, M., Smith, J.A., Harrison, J.O. & Whalen, C.E. 2017. Modeling the spatial effects of disturbance: a constructive critique to provide evidence of ecological thresholds. Wildlife Biology wlb.00245

12. Smith, J.A., Dwyer, J.F., Fraser, J.D. & Morrison, J.L. 2017. A habitat model to aid the conservation of Crested Caracaras. Journal of Wildlife Management 81:712-719

11. Reynolds, S.J., Galbraith, J.A., Smith, J.A. & Jones, D.N.. 2017. Garden Bird Feeding: Insights and Prospects from a North-South Comparison of this Global Urban Phenomenon​. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 5:24

10. Smith, J.A. & Dwyer, J.F. 2016. Avian interactions with renewable energy infrastructure: An update. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 118:411-423

9. Smith, J.A., Whalen, C.E., Brown, M. & Powell, L.A. 2016. Indirect effects of an existing wind energy facility on lekking behavior of Greater Prairie-Chickens. Ethology 122:419-429

8. Winder, V.L., Carrlson, K.M., Gregory, A.J., Hagen, C.A., Haukos, D.A., Kesler, D.C., Larsson, L.C.,Matthews, T.W., McNew, L.B., Patten, M.A., Patten, M.A., Pitman, J.C., Powell, L.A., Smith, J.A., Thompson, T., Wolfe, D.H. & Sandercock, B.K. 2015. Factors affecting female space use in ten populations of prairie chickens. Ecosphere 6:1-17

7. Smith, J.A., Matthews, T.W., Holcomb, E.D., Negus, L.P., Davis, C.A., Brown, M., Powell, L.A. & Taylor, J.S. 2015. Invertebrate prey selection by Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) broods in Nebraska. American Midland Naturalist 173: 318–325

6. Smith, J.A. & Scholer, M.N. 2013. Nest components of Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) breeding in Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 41:42–48

5. Smith, J.A., Harrison, T.J.E., Martin, G.R. & Reynolds, S.J. 2013. Feathering the nest: food supplementation influences nest construction by Blue and Great Tits. Avian Biology Reviews 6:18–25

4. Smith, J.A., Dawson, D.A., Horsburgh, G.J. & Reynolds, S.J. 2012. Characterisation of Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus microsatellite loci, and assessment of sequence homology among species to predict cross-species utility and chromosome locations. Conservation Genetics Resources 4:605–612

3. Cooper, C.B. & Smith, J.A. 2010. Gender patterns in bird-related recreation in the USA and UK. Ecology and Society 15:4–16

2. Harrison, T.J.E., Smith, J.A., Martin, G.R., Chamberlain, D.E., Bearhop, S., Robb, G. & Reynolds, S.J. 2010. Does food supplementation really enhance productivity in breeding birds? Oecologia 164:311–320

1. Halsey, L.G., Portugal, S.J., Smith, J.A., Murn, C.P. & Wilson, R.P. 2009. Recording raptor behavior on the wing via accelerometry. Journal of Field Ornithology 80:171–177

Book Chapters

2. Smith, J.A., Brown, M.B., & Powell, L.A. 2019. Training Wildlife Biologists for Work in the Anthroscape. In: Encyclopedia of Worlds Biomes. Berryman, R., & Gayathri, S. (eds.). Elsevier, NY, USA

1. Smith, J.A., Cooper, C.B. & Reynolds. S.J. 2015. Advances in techniques to study incubation. In: Nests and Eggs: Incubating New Ideas about Avian Reproduction. Reynolds, S.J. & Deeming, C (eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK