Severe Weather Ecology publications
Drought
Pandit, M., E.S. Bridge, J.D. Ross. 2022. Environmental conditions lead to shifts in individual communication, which can cause cascading effects on soundscape composition. Ecology and Evolution 12 (10): e9359 (open access)
Hail
Carver, A.R., J.D. Ross, D.J. Augustine, S.K. Skagen, A.M. Dwyer, D.F. Tomback, M.B. Wunder. 2017. Weather radar data correlate to hail-induced mortality in grassland birds. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 3(2):90-101 doi: 10.1002/rse2.41 (open access)
Ross, J.D., J.F. Kelly, E.S. Bridge, M.H. Engel, D.L. Reinking, W.A. Boyle. 2015. Pallid bands in feathers and associated stable isotope signatures reveal effects of severe weather stressors on fledgling sparrows. PeerJ 3:E814 (open access)
Tornado
Lisovski, S., H. Schmaljohann, E.S. Bridge, S. Bauer, A. Farnsworth, S.A. Gauthreaux, S. Hahn, M.T. Hallworth, C.M. Hewson, J.F. Kelly, F. Liechti, P.P. Marra, E. Rakhimberdiev, J.D. Ross, N.E. Seavy, M.D. Sumner, C.M. Taylor, D.W. Winkler, S.J. Wotherspoon, M.B. Wunder. 2018. Inherent limits of light-level geolocation may lead to over-interpretations (Comment on Streby et al. (2015) Tornadic Storm Avoidance Behavior in Breeding Songbirds. Curr. Biol. 25, R98-R102.) Current Biology 28(3):99-100
Ross, J.D., C.L. Cavert, L.C. Larsson. 2016. Remotely-sensed tornado signatures indicate an ecological threshold for eagle nest destruction. bioRxiv: doi: 10.1101/049387 (open access)
Wintering grassland bird ecology
Muller, J.A., J.D. Ross. 2022. Fine-scale habitat associations of Oklahoma’s longspurs. Journal of Wildlife Management. The Journal of Wildlife Management 86 (6): e22258
Muller, J.A., Perera, N., J.D. Ross. 2022. Winter home range and demographics of Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus) in Oklahoma. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 133(4):589-600
Migratory bird ecology and evolution
Halpin, L.R., J.D. Ross*, R. Ramos, R. Mott, N. Carlile, N. Golding, J.M. Reyes-González, T. Militão, F. De Felipe, Z. Zajková, M. Cruz-Flores, S. Saldanha, V. Morera-Pujol, L. Navarro-Herrero, L. Zango, J. González-Solís, R.H. Clarke. 2021. Double-tagging scores of seabirds reveals that light-level geolocator accuracy is limited by species idiosyncrasies and equatorial solar profiles. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12(11):2243-55 *as co-corresponding author
Contina, A., J.L. Alcantara, E.S. Bridge, J.D. Ross, W.F. Oakley, J.F. Kelly, K.C. Ruegg. 2019. Genetic structure of the Painted Bunting and its implications in conservation of migratory populations. Ibis. 161:331: 296. (open access)
Contina, A., E.S. Bridge, J.D. Ross, J.R. Shipley, J.F. Kelly. 2018. Examination of Clock and Adcyap1 gene variation in a neotropical migratory passerine. PloS One 13 (1):e0190859 (open access)
Ross, J.D., E.S. Bridge, D. Prosser, J.Y. Takekawa. 2017. The aerosphere as a network connector of organisms and their diseases. In Aeroecology (eds: P. Chilson, W. Frick, J. Kelly, F. Liechti) Springer, New York. eBook link
Bridge, E.S., J.D. Ross, A.J. Contina, J.F. Kelly. 2017. Using agent based models to scale from individuals to populations. In Aeroecology (eds: P. Chilson, W. Frick, J. Kelly, F. Liechti) Springer, New York. eBook link
Bridge, E.S., J.D. Ross, A.J. Contina, J.F. Kelly. 2016. Do molt-migrant songbirds optimize migration routes based on primary productivity? Behavioral Ecology 27 (3), 784-792 (open access)
Fuchs, R., V.P. Bingman, J.D. Ross, G. Bernroider. 2015. Brain contrasts between migratory and nonmigratory North American lark sparrows (Chondestes grammacus). NeuroReport 26 (17), 1011-1016
Ross, J.D., E.S. Bridge, M.J. Rozmarynowycz, and V.P. Bingman. 2014. Individual variation in migratory path and behavior among Eastern Lark Sparrows. Animal Migration 2(1):29-33 (open access)
Grassland bird ecology
Curry, C., J.D. Ross, A. Contina, E.S. Bridge. 2018. Spatially explicit ensemble models do not always improve species distribution model accuracy. Ecology and Evolution 2018;283: 229. (open access)
Ellison, K., J.D. Ross, J.L. Bouzat. 2013. Genetic evidence for mixed maternity at a Lark Sparrow nest. Western Birds 44(2):135-140
Conservation genetics
Ross, J.D. and J.L. Bouzat. 2014. Genetic and morphometric variation in the Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) suggest discontinuous clinal variation across major breeding regions associated with previously characterized subspecies. The Auk: Ornithological Advances 131:298-313 (open access)
Ross, J.D., A.D. Arndt, R.F.C. Smith, J.A. Johnson and J.L. Bouzat. 2006. Re-examination of the historical range of the greater prairie chicken using provenance data and DNA analysis of museum collections. Conservation Genetics 7:735-751
*See ResearchGate profile for complete bibliography of Dr. Ross’ scientific publications.
