Publications

Recent Selected Publications

Bolas, E.C.,Benson, J.F., Blakey R.V. 2025. Human recreation influences activity of a large carnivore in an urban landscape. Biological Conservation 301 On-line
Burbach, M.E., Kennedy, S., Eaton, W.M., Brasier, K.J., Rudnick, R.R., and Whitmer, W. (2025). Examination of cooperative extension as a bridging organization to enhance cross boundary collaborative water management. Journal of Extension, 63(2)
Dougherty, K.D., Dellinger, J.A., Cristescu, B., Gammons, D.J., Garcelon, D.K., Higley, J.M., Martins, Q.E., Riley, S.P.D., Sikich, J.A., Stephenson, T.R.,Vickers, T.W., Wengert, G.M., Wilmers, C.C., Wittmer, H.U., Benson, J.F. 2025. A functional response in resource selection links multi-scale responses of a large carnivore to human mortality risk. Ecology Letters
Fogarty, D.T., M. Beadle, C.R. Allen, C. Bielski and D. Twidwell. 2025. Woody plant reinvasion shortens the lifespan of grassland restoration treatments. Journal of Environmental Management 374: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.124020.On-line
Gruntorad, M. P., Lusk, J. J., and Chizinski, C. J. (2025). Annual variation in attribute importance to upland game hunter satisfaction in Nebraska. The Journal of Wildlife Management, e, 22666.
Harvey, J., Martins, Q., Dougherty, K.D., Hettena, A., Garcelon, D.K., Benson, J.F. 2025. Functional habitat characteristics influencing spatial variation in mountain lion predation in a human-dominated landscape. Biological Conservation 302
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Tabassum, S., Dauer, J.M., Sintov, N., Scherer, H. H., Wang, H. (2025) “Understanding the emerging food, energy, water nexus systems in science education” Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-024-01000-5 On-line
Teshera-Levye, J., Alam, I., Corwin, L., Dauer, J.M. (2025) “Developing a conceptual model for students’ scientific civic engagement” International Journal of Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2024.2449220On-line
Young, A.R., Burbach, M.E., Lackey, S.O., Joeckel R.M., Westrop, J.P., 2025, Nebraska Statewide Groundwater-Level Monitoring Report 2024. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Conservation and Survey Division, Nebraska Water Survey Paper 93, 24 pp.On-line
Aboushanab, M.K., Hallum, D.R. and Joeckel, R.M., Joint interpretation of ERT and Self-Potential data to characterize the subsurface geology and hydrodynamics along the Sutherland Supply Canal and Paxton Siphon inlet, Paxton, Nebraska, 2024. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Conservation and Survey Division, Report of Investigations 14, 46 pp. On-line
Adams B, Bowley J, Rohwer M, Oberg E, Willemssens K, Wintersteen W, Peterson RKD, Higley LG. 2024. Heavy metal movement through insect food chains in pristine thermal springs of Yellowstone National Park. PeerJ 12:e16827 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16827On-line
Angeler, D.G., C.R. Allen, A. Garmestani S.M. Sundstrom. 2024. Tracking a lake regime shift using temporal beta diversity. Pages xx-xx in Guerrero Ruiz, F.J., Editor. Análisis, Restauración y Conservación de Ecosistemas II. Editorial de la Universidad de Jaén, Spain. 264.
Angeler, D.G., Fried-Petersen, H.B. Parallels of quantum superposition in ecological models: from counterintuitive patterns to eco-evolutionary interpretations of cryptic species. BMC Ecol Evo 24, 15 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02206-5On-line
Armstrong, Matthew R. 2024. Hybridization between the Rare Gray-headed Chickadee and the Abundant Boreal Chickadee in the Midst of Shifting Climate (M.S. Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp.165On-line
Becker, S.M.; Franz, T.E.; Morris, T.C.; Mullins, B. Field Testing of Gamma-Spectroscopy Method for SoilWater Content Estimation in an Agricultural Field. Sensors 2024, 24, 2223. https://doi.org/10.3390/ s24072223On-line
Benson, J.F. 2024. The Impact of Sublethal Injuries on Mountain Lion Predation and Spatial Ecology. Canadian Wildlife Biology and ManagementOn-line
Benson, J.F., Keiter, D., Mahoney, P.J., et al. (102 authors). 2024. Intrinsic and environmental drivers of pairwise cohesion in wild Canis social groups. Ecology 106(1). On-line
Benson, J.F., Mahoney, P.J., Wheeldon, T.J., Thompson, C.A., Ward, M.E., McLaren, A.D, Desy, G.E., Fryxell, J.M., Patterson, B.R. 2024. Humans drive spatial variation in mortality risk for a threatened wolf population in a Canis hybrid zone. Journal of Applied Ecology
Bergaoui, K., Fraj, M.B., Fragaszy, S., Hayes, M., Svoboda, M.D. et al. Development of a composite drought indicator for operational drought monitoring in the MENA region. Sci Rep 14, 5414 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55626-0On-line
Burbach, M.E., Kennedy, S., Rudnick, R.R., Stockton, M., Burr, C.A., and Rhoades, K. (2024). The influence of a real-life farm management competition on how non-agricultural producers relate to producers with implications for collaborative natural resource management. Socio-Ecological Practice Research, 6(2), 455-467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-02400196-8
Burbach, M.E., Moncure, S.L., Kennedy, S.M., and Smith, J.M. (2024). The effect of default options on choice of electricity utility at grid parity: A mixed methods study. Journal of Management and Sustainability, 14, 21-31. https://doi.org/10.5539/jms.v14n1p21
C. K. Tuggle, J. L. Clarke, B. M. Murdoch, E. Lyons, N. M. Scott, B. Beneš, J. D. Campbell, H. Chung, C. L. Daigle, S. D. Choudhury, J. C. M. Dekkers, J. R. R. Dórea, D. S. Ertl, M. Feldman, B. O. Fragomeni, J. E. Fulton, C. R. Guadagno, D. E. Hagen, A. S. Hess, L. M. Kramer, C. J. Lawrence-Dill, A. E. Lipka, T. Lübberstedt, F. M. McCarthy, P. S. Schnable, Current Challenges and Future of Agricultural Genomes to Phenomes in the USA, Genome Biology, 25(8), January 2024. On-line
C.R. Allen and C.P. Roberts. Alternative futures of the sandhills. 2024. Pages 250-253 in Norby, M.M, J. Diamond, A. Sutherlen, S.C. Fritz, K. Hachiya, D.A. Norby and M. Forsberg, Editors. The Nebraska Sandhills. University of Nebraska Press. 259pp.On-line
Carr, E. M., Martin, R. P., and Sparks, J. S. (2024) A New Extinct Species of Malagodon (Cyprinodontiformes: Pantanodontidae) from Southeastern Coastal Madagascar, with a Discussion of its Phylogenetic Relationships and a Redescription of the Genus. American Museum Novitates. 2024, 1–16.On-line
Carranza Bernal, Katia P. 2024. Assessing, Restoring, and Centering Social-Ecological Relationships for Advancing Social-Ecological Resilience in the Northern Great Plains Grasslands (M.S. Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp. 273On-line
Carroll Steward, K., Gosselin, D., Bhattacharya, D., Chandler, M., & Forbes, C. T. (2024). Teachers’ use and adaptation of a model-based climate curriculum: A three-year longitudinal study. Journal of Geoscience Education, 0(0), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10899995.2024.2302788
Chapman KW, Gilmore TE, Mehrubeoglu M, Chapman CD, Mittelstet AR, Stranzl JE (2024) Stage and discharge prediction from documentary time-lapse imagery. PLOS Water 3(4): e0000106. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pwat.0000106On-line
Das Choudhury S, Guadagno CR, Bashyam S, Mazis A, Ewers BE, Samal A and Awada T (2024) Stress phenotyping analysis leveraging autofluorescence image sequences with machine learning. Front. Plant Sci. 15:1353110. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1353110On-line
DeRaad, D. A., Files, A. N., DeCicco, L. H., Martin, R. P., Holland, P., Pikacha, D. Jr., Tigulu, I. G., Boseto, D., Lavery, T. H., Andersen, M. J., and Moyle, R. G. (2024). Genomic patterns in the dwarf kingfishers (genus Ceyx) of northern Melanesia reveal a clear mechanistic framework explaining the paradox of the great speciators. Evolution Letters, qrae035On-line
Donovan, V., D. Twidwell, J. Beck, C. Roberts, C. Wonkka and CR Allen. 2024. Declining pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) population productivity caused by woody encroachment and oil and gas development. Global Ecology and Conservation: e02848.On-line
Dougherty, Kyle D. 2024. Spatial Ecology of Mountain Lions Throughout Their Distribution in California (PhD Diss., University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp. 197On-line
Dozler, Kaitlyn E. 2024. Virtual Fencing in Livestock Management: Effects on Beef Cattle Stress and Enhancing Wildlife Conservation (M.S. Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp. 102On-line
Fadool, B. A., Bostick, K. G., Brewster, L. R., Hansell, A. C., Carlson, J., & Smukall, M. (2024). Age and growth estimates for the nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) over 17 years in Bimini, The Bahamas. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1265150.On-line
Forsberg M. 2024. Into Whooperland – A Photographer’s Journey with Whooping Cranes. Michael Forsberg Photography. 224 pgs. https://michaelforsberg.com/merchandise/intowhooperlandOn-line
Forsberg, Elsa M. 2024. "Demographic Consequences of Off-River Nesting for Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) and Interior Least Tern (Sternula antillarum athalassos) in the Lower Platte River System, Nebraska" (M.S. Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp. 180On-line
Forsberg, Elsa M., Brooke Mott, and Joel G. Jorgensen (2024) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) usurps Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) nest at a sandpit in Nebraska, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 136(2), 270-275.On-line
Freese, E., Harner, M. Lundgren, T. Gilmore, M. Forsberg. Leveraging imagery to build community and increase understanding of a watershed. AWRA, UCOWR, NIWR Joint Water Resources Conference. St. Louis, MO. October 2024.
Gebril, A., Khalil, M.A., Joeckel, R.M., Rose, J. 2024. Analysis of legacy gravity data reveals sediment-filled troughs buried under Flathead Valley, Montana, USA.Near Surface Geophysics 2024;22:402–417. DOI: 10.1002/nsg.12295On-line
Gilmore, Troy, Korus, Jesse, 2024. Groundwater In Nebraska (ESN-1): 2 pp., size 8.5" x 11".On-line
Glause, Katelyn F. 2024. Occurrence, Inputs, and Ecological Significance of Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals in Western Nebraska Streams (M.S. Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp.76On-line
Going the Distance. The harrowing 5000-mile flight of North America’s Wild Whooping Cranes. National Geographic Magazine. April 2024. Pgs 112-131. Author Rene Ebersole. Photographs Michael Forsberg. https://nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/whooping-cranes-migration-flightendangered On-line
Graham, A.M., P. Lavretsky, R.E. Wilson, & K.G. McCracken. 2024. High-altitude adaptation is accompanied by strong signatures of purifying selection in the mitochondrial genomes of three Andean waterfowl. PLoS ONE: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294842. On-line
Graham, K. A., Vrtiska, M. P., Humburg, D. D., Powell, L. A., and Raedeke, A. H. (2024). Exploring the population dynamics of waterfowl hunters using a mark‑recapture approach. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 88(3).On-line
Gruntorad, M. P., M. P. Vrtisksa, C. J. Chizinski, J. N. Duberstein, D. C. Fulton, H. W. Harshaw, A. H. Raedeke, and J. Spaeth. 2024. Duck hunters and difficulty complying with harvest regulations. Wildlife Society Bulletin e1505.
Gruntorad, M.P. , Vrtiska , M.P., and Chizinski, C. J.(2024). Behaviour and attitudes of non‑resident water fowl hunters in Saskatchewan. Canadian Wildlife Biology and Management (CWBM), 13(1).
Hanson, P.R., Shrestha, N., Girard, M., Joeckel, R.M., Reinier, C.L. 2024. Surficial geology of the Central City West 7.5’ Quadrangle, Nebraska.
Hanson, P.R., Shrestha, N., Reinier, C.L. 2024. Surficial geology of the Belgrade SE 7.5’ Quadrangle, Nebraska.
Heinis FI, Merani S, Markin NW, Duncan KF, Moulton MJ, Fristoe L, Thorell WE, Sherrick RA, Wells TR, Andrews MT, and Urban M. (2024) Considerations for the use of porcine organ donation models in preclinical organ donor intervention research. Animal Model Exp Med 7:283–296.On-line
Jimenez, C.P., Alred, A. R., Dauer, J.M., (2024) Describing undergraduate students’ reasoning and use of evidence during argumentation about socioscientific issues systems. Frontiers in Education. 9:1371095. doi:10.3389/feduc.2024.1371095
Khorchani, M., Awada, T., Schmer, M., Jin, V., Birru, G., Dangal, S. R. S., Suyker, A., & Freidenreich, A. 2024. Long-term croplands water productivity in response to management and climate in the Western US Corn Belt. Agricultural Water Management, 291, 108640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108640.On-line
Kipenda, Daniel R. 2024. Remotely Sensed Early Warning of Algal Blooms in an Eastern Nebraska Reservoir: A Comparison of Temporal and Spatial Indicators (M.S. Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp. 62On-line
Kocik, Joshua F. 2024. Impacts of Invasive Carp and Their Population Dynamics on Fish Communities in the Missouri River (M.S. Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp. 138On-line
Kolarik, N.E., Shrestha, N., Caughlin, T. and Brandt, J.S., 2024. Leveraging high resolution classifications and random forests for hindcasting decades of mesic ecosystem dynamics in the Landsat time series. Ecological Indicators, 158, p.111445.On-line
Korus, J.T., Cameron, K., Waszgis, M., 2024. Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) Survey for Targeted Drilling on the Kurtzhals Property, Cedar County, Nebraska. Open-File Report 258, Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.On-line
Korus, J.T., Joeckel, R.M., Mittelstet, A.R. & Shrestha, N. (2024) Multiscale characterization of splays produced by a historic, rain-on-snow flood on a large braided stream (Platte River, Central USA). Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 1–20. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5997On-line
Logan, Blake W. 2024. Population Demography, Occupancy, and Connectivity of Invasive Bigheaded Carp in the Platte River, Nebraska and Its Tributaries (M.S. Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp. 169On-line
Mapes, C. C., J. Falkowski, G. P. Setliff, K. Gallagher, J. P. Ruoss, L. Mortensen, E. Hinkle, R. Beard, and R. Hilger. 2024. Bees nesting in insect galls and a description of a novel nesting site for Megachile montivaga Cresson, 1878 (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in goldenrod ball galls of Solidago altissima L. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 100(4): 384-393.
Martin, R. P. and Smith, W. L. (2024). First evidence of sexual dimorphism in olfactory organs of deep-sea lanternfishes (Myctophidae). PeerJ, 12:e17075 On-line
Pan, Y., Sun, J., Yu, H., Bai, G., Ge, Y., Luck, J., and Awada, T. (2024). Transforming Agriculture with Intelligent Data Management and Insights," 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData), Sorrento, Italy, 2023, pp. 3489-3498, doi: 10.1109/BigData59044.2023.10386589On-line
Pape, T., G. Meredith, D. Sandal, M.F. Kabir, S. Banerjee, C.R. Allen, E. Dennis and M. Stephenson. 2024. Understanding the values that inform regenerative ranching in the Northern U.S. Great Plains. Agriculture and Human Values: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-024-10649-1On-line
Pattekar, S.S., Gubbi, S., Struebig, M.J., Benson, J.F. 2024. Response of dholes to prey availability and human disturbance in space and time in Southern India. Biological Conservation
Radigan, W. J., P. Chvala, C. Longhenry, and M. Pegg. 2024. Factors affecting Walleye and Sauger recruitment in Lewis and Clark Lake, South Dakota, 2001-2022. Fisheries Management and Ecology. 31:1-13.
Reinhard, Karl J., "Descriptive Report on Dietary Remains from Aztec and Salmon Ruins Coprolites" (2024). Karl Reinhard Publications. 94. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/natresreinhard/94On-line
Romulo, C., B. Venkataraman, S. Caplow, S. Ajgaonkar, C.R. Allen, A. Anandhi, S.W. Anderson, C.B. Azzarello, K. Brundiers, E. Blavascunas, J.M. Dauer, D.L. Druckenbrod, E. Fairchild, L.R. Horne, K. Lee, M. Mwale, J.A. Mischler, E.E. Pappo, N.S. Patel, N.D. Sintov, C.S. Ramsdell, and S. Vincent. (2024). Implementing interdisciplinary sustainability education with the food-energy-water (FEW) nexus. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03332-7On-line
Shamon, H.,… Benson, J.F.,… et al. 2024. SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A third coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. EcologyOn-line
Shiferaw, A., Birru, G., Tadesse, T., Schmer, M. R., Awada, T., Jin, V. L., Wardlow, B., Iqbal, J., Freidenreich, A., Kharel, T., Khorchani, M., Mersha, Z., Begna, S., Sohoulande, C. 2024. Optimizing cover crop management in Eastern Nebraska: Insights from crop simulation modeling. Agronomy, 14(7), 1561. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14071561On-line
Shrestha, N., Briggs, A., Young, A.R., and Joeckel, R.M., 2023. Conservation and Survey Division Water Survey Map 159. Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.On-line
Shrestha, N., Kolarik, N. and Brandt, J., 2024. Mesic vegetation persistence: A new approach for monitoring spatial and temporal changes in water availability in dryland regions using cloud computing and the sentinel and Landsat constellations7. Science of The Total Environment, p.170491. On-line
Sorensen A.E., Alred A, Fontaine J.J., Dauer J.M. (2024) A Model-based Instructional Approach in Socio-Ecological Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE). Ecosphere. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70007On-line
Stuart, M., Kludt, N., Pegg, M.A. et al. Dynamic rates of Freshwater Drum near the northern extent of their range: evidence of environment-recruitment relationships. Environ Biol Fish (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-024-01589-0On-line
Subsurface Investigation of the Hideaway Hills Subdivision in Blackhawk, South Dakota Using Electric Resistivity Tomography (ERT) and Self-Potential (SP) Surveys
Thompson, C.A., Benson, J.F., Patterson, B.R. 2024. Risk avoidance during dispersal: temporal and behavioral shifts in selection by non-resident Eastern wolves. Biological ConservationOn-line
Urichich, Jessi L. 2024. Spatiotemporal Plasticity in Reproductive Readiness and Recruitment of Ichthyoplankton of Invasive Silver Carp along a Western Invasion Front (M.S. Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp. 116On-line
Villanueva, I., L. Chizinski, D. Golick, and J. Carroll. The flying squirrel squad: Linking urban wildlife and at-risk schools. Nebraska Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual Conference. 28 February 2024, Kearney, NE.
Wardlow, B.D., M.A. Anderson, T. Tadesse, M. Svoboda, B. Fuchs, C. Hain, W. Crow, and M. Rodell. 2024. Remote Sensing of Drought: Satellite-Based Monitoring Tools for the United States. Chapter 3, Remote Sensing Handbook Vol. III: Water Resources, Disasters, and Urban: Monitoring, Modeling, and Mapping, 2nd edition, ed. P. Thenakenbail, Boca Raton, FL:CRC Press.
Water Leaders Report (in progress)
Whitesel, D., Mahmood, R., Flanagan, P., Rappin, E., Nair, U., Pielke Sr., R. A. and Hayes, M. 2024. Impacts of irrigation on a precipitation event during GRAINEX in the High Plains Aquifer region. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 345, 109854.
Whitley, H., Engle, E., Brasier, K.J., Eaton, W.M., Burbach, M.E., Fowler, L.B., Bonilla Anariba, S., Butzler, E., Dixon, K., Chaudhary, A. K., and Whitmer, W. (2024). Stakeholder engagement in water resource management: A systematic review of definitions, practices, and outcomes. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, early view. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2024.2323611
Willemssens, K. A., Bowley, J. L., Cavallini, L., Oberg, E., Peterson, R. K. D., Higley, L. G. 2024. Habitat characteristics, distribution, and abundance of Cicindelidia haemorrhagica (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) in Yellowstone National Park. Insects. 15(1), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15010015On-line
Wilson, R.E., Boyd, W.S., Sonsthagen, S.A., Ward, D.H., Clausen, P., Dickson, K.M., Ebbinge, B.S., Gudmundsson, G.A., Sage, G.K., Rearick, J.R., Derksen, D.V., Talbot, S.L. 2024. Where east meets west: Phylogeography of the high Arctic North American brant goose. Ecology and Evolution. 2024;14:e11245. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11245On-line
Yebra, M., Scortechini, G., Adeline, K., Qi, Y. et al. Globe-LFMC 2.0, an enhanced and updated dataset for live fuel moisture content research. Sci Data 11, 332 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03159-6On-line
Young, A., Gilmore, E. T, Shrestha, N. 2024. Surficial geology of the Hire SW 7.5’ Quadrangle, Nebraska.
Zhao, B., Stephenson, B.M., Awada, T., Volesky, J., Wardlow, B., Zhou, Y., and Shi, Y. (2024). 15-Yr Biomass Production in Semiarid Nebraska Sandhills Grasslands: Part 1—Plant Functional Group Analysis. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 93:49-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2023.12.001On-line