Recent Publications
Haukos, D.A., and C.W. Boal (editors). 2016. Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens. Studies in Avian Biology, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Haukos, D.A., and L.M. Smith. 1997. The Common Flora of Playa Lakes. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, TX.
Book Chapters
Vest, J.L., D.A. Haukos, N.D. Niemuth, C.M. Setash, J.H. Gammonley, J.H. Devries, and D.K. Dahlgren. 2023. Waterfowl and wetland birds. Chapter 13 in L.B. McNew, D.K. Dahlgren, and J.L. Beck, editors. Range-land Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. Springer Publishing, New York, New York, USA.
Haukos, D.A. 2022. Chapter 12: Applying key concepts: management of harvested species. Pages In Press in E. Gomez, C. Bishop, and J. Organ, editors. Wildlife Management and Conservation in North America: An Overview. Cognella, San Diego, California, USA.
Albanese, G., and D. Haukos. 2019. Toward a theory of connectivity among depressional wetlands of the Great Plains: resiliency to natural and anthropogenic disturbance within a wetland network. Chapter 7 in E. Beever, S. Prange, and J. Franklin (editors). Disturbance Ecology and Biological Diversity: Context, Nature, and Scale. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429095146
Caldas, M., M. Mather, J. Bergtold, M. Daniels, G. Granco, J. Aistrup, D. Haukos, A.Y. Sheshukov, M. Sanderson, and J.L. Heier Stamm. 2019. Lessons learned in operationalizing interdisciplinary collaboration. Pages 265-294 in Dr. Stephen Perz, editor. Collaboration across boundaries for social-ecological systems science: experiences around the world. Palgrave-Macmillian, Cham, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13827-1
Albanese, G., and D. Haukos. 2017. Toward a theory of connectivity among depressional wetlands of the Great Plains: resiliency to natural and anthropogenic disturbance within a wetland network. In Press in E. Beever, S. Prange, and J. Franklin (editors). Disturbance Ecology and Biological Diversity: Context, Nature, and Scale. CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL.
Haukos, D.A., and J.C. Zavaleta. 2016. Habitat. Pages 99-132 in D.A. Haukos, and C.W. Boal (editors). Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens. Studies in Avian Biology (no. 48), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Haukos, D.A., J.C. Pitman, G.M. Beauprez, and D.D. Schoeling. 2016. Harvest. Pages 133-158 in D.A. Haukos, and C.W. Boal (editors). Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens. Studies in Avian Biology, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Haukos, D.A., A. Flanders, C.A. Hagen, and J.C. Pitman. 2016. Lesser Prairie-Chickens of the Sand Sagebrush Prairie. Pages 281-298 in D.A. Haukos, and C.W. Boal (editors). Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens. Studies in Avian Biology (no. 48), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Grisham, B.A., J.C. Zavaleta, A.C. Behney, P.K. Borsdorf, D.R. Lucia, C.W. Boal, and D.A. Haukos. 2016. Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens in Sand Shinnery Oak Prairies. Pages 315-344 in D.A. Haukos, and C.W. Boal (editors). Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens. Studies in Avian Biology (no. 48), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Boal, C.W., and Haukos, D.A. 2016. The Lesser Prairie-Chicken: a brief introduction to the grouse of the Southern Great Plains. Pages 1-12 in D.A. Haukos, and C.W. Boal (editors). Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens. Studies in Avian Biology (no. 48), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Hitchman, S.M. 2014. Freshwater Drum In M.E. Eberle and D. Edds (Eds.), Kansas Fishes (pp. 557-559). University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
Fencl, J.S. 2014. Rock Bass. Pp. 358-359 in Eberle, M.E. and D. Edds (editors), Kansas Fishes. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
Fencl, J.S. 2014. Slender Madtom. Pp. 287-288 in Eberle, M.E. and D. Edds (editors), Kansas Fishes. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
Research Publications
Black, A.N., K.J. Bondo, A. Mularo, A. Hernandez, Y. Yu, C.M. Stein, A. Gregory, K.A. Fricke, J. Prendergast, D. Sullins, D. Haukos, M. Whitson, B. Grisham, Z. Lowe, and J.A. DeWoody. 2023. A highly-contiguous and annotated genome assembly of the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus). Genome Biol-ogy and Evolution 2023: evad043.
Gehrt, J.M, D.S. Sullins, B.H.F. Verheijen, and D.A. Haukos. 2023. Extrinsic variables most influence incuba-tion behavior and nest success of an imperiled grouse species. Ecology and Evolution In Press.
Godar, A. A. Piernicky, D. Haukos, and J. Prendergast. 2023. Ring-necked pheasant brood habitat selection and movements in an intensive agricultural landscape. Prairie Naturalist In Press.
Teige, E.C., L.A. Berigan, C.S.H. Aulicky, J.H. Reitz, D.A. Haukos, D.S. Sullins, K.A. Fricke, K.A. Schultz, and L.G. Rossi. 2023. Assessment of lesser prairie-chicken translocation through survival and lek counts. Wildlife
Society Bulletin In Press.
Vhay, M.P., D.A. Haukos, D.S. Sullins, and M.B. Rice. 2023. Landscape-scale changes in lesser prairie-chicken
habitat. PLoS ONE In Press.
Andersson, K., C.A. Davis, G. Harris, and D.A. Haukos. 2022. Changes in waterfowl migration phenologies in central North America: implications for future waterfowl conservation. PLoS ONE 17(5): e0266785.
Bergtold, J. S., M. M. Caldas, S. R. Ramsey, M. R. Sanderson, G. Granco, and M. E. Mather. 2022. The gap between experts, farmers and non-farmers on perceived environmental vulnerability and the influence of values and beliefs. Journal of Environmental Management 316, 115186.
Berigan, L.A., C.S.H. Aulicky, E.C. Teige, D.S. Sullins, D.A. Haukos, K.A. Fricke, J.H. Reitz, L.G. Rossi, K.A. Schultz, and A.M. Ricketts. 2022. Lack of lesser prairie-chicken nesting habitat impairs translocation success. Wildlife Society Bulletin In Press.
Chestnut, K., M. E. Mather, Q. Phelps, and D. Shoup. 2022. A review of empirical evidence related to the effectiveness of harvest regulation evaluations: a professional call to action for a more systematic, standardized collaborative approach to data collection. Fisheries. Accepted.
Combe, F. J., L. Jaster, A. Ricketts, D. Haukos, and A. G. Hope. 2022. Population genomics of free ranging Great Plains white-tailed and mule deer reflects a long history of inter-specific hybridization. Evolutionary Applications 15:111-131.
Gehrt, J.M., D.A. Moon, S.C. Stratton, and D.A. Haukos. 2022. Role of landscape features in resource selection by female Greater Prairie-chickens within a constrained environment. Global Ecology and Conservation Accepted.
Godar, A.J., A.C. Piernicky, D.A. Haukos, J.A. Prendergast, and M.B. Rice. 2022. Conservation Reserve Program effects on resource selection by hen ring-necked pheasants in Kansas, USA. Wildlife Society Bulletin Accepted.
Granco, G., M. Caldas, J. Bergtold, J. L. Heier-Stamm, M. Mather, M. Sanderson, M. Daniels, A. Sheshukov, D. Haukos, and S. Ramsey. 2022. The role of cultural behavior and natural environment in shaping public support for sustainability policy. Journal of Environmental Management 301 (2022) 113776.
Mather, M. E., and J. M. Dettmers. 2022. Adaptive problem maps (APM): Connecting data dots to build increasingly informed and defensible environmental conservation decisions. Journal of Environmental Management 312 (2022) 114826.
Mather, M. E., C. Moffitt, M. Fabrizio, D. Parrish, B. Penaluna, B. Brown, S. Nesbit. 2022. Diversity and inclusion: a strategy to implement change for 2021 and beyond: symposium summary. Fisheries 47(1):28-
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Parker, N.J., D.S. Sullins, D.A. Haukos, K.A. Fricke, and C.A. Hagen. 2022. Recovery of working grasslands following a megafire in the southern mixed-grass prairie Global Ecology and Conservation 36 (2022) e02142.
Portillo-Quintero, C., B. Grisham, D. Haukos, C. Boal, C. Hagen, Z. Wan, and N. Menkiti. 2022. Trends of lesser prairie-chicken habitat extent and distribution on the Southern High Plains. Remote Sensing (Special Issue Wildlife Ecology for a Dynamic Future) In Press.
Sirch, M.W., D.S. Sullins, N.J. Parker, D.A. Haukos, J.D. Kraft, C.A. Hagen, and K.A. Fricke. 2022. Woody species mortality due to a megafire within the mixed-grass prairie. Prairie Naturalist In Press.
Teige, E.C., N.J. Parker, M.P. Vhay, and D.A. Haukos. 2022. Durability and longevity of Tympanuchus pallidicinctus (Lesser Prairie-Chicken) fence tags in Kansas and Colorado. Ecological Restoration 40:83-87.
Alexander, J.A., W.H. Fick, S.B. Ogden, D.A. Haukos, J. Lemmon, G.A. Gatson, and K.C. Olson. 2021. Effects of prescribed fire timing on vigor of sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) total forage biomass accumulation, plant-community composition, and native fauna on tallgrass prairie in the Kansas Flint Hills. Translational Animal Science 5:1-16 doi:10.1093/tas/txab079.
Hitchman, S. M., M. E. Mather, and J. M. Smith. 2021. Does type, quantity, and location of habitat matter for fish diversity in a Great Plains riverscape? Fisheries 46:495-504.
Kraft, J. D., D. A. Haukos, M. R. Bain, M. B. Rice, S. G Robinson, D. S. Sullins, C. A. Hagen, J. Pitman, J. Lautenbach, R. Plumb, and J. Lautenbach. 2021. Using grazing to manage herbaceous structure for a heterogeneity-dependent bird. Journal of Wildlife Management 85:354–368.
Lautenbach, J.D., D.A. Haukos, J.M. Lautenbach, and C.A. Hagen. 2021. Ecological disturbance through patch-burn grazing drives lesser prairie-chicken space use. Journal of Wildlife Management 85:1699-1710.
Malanchuk, J.B., B.E. Ross, D.A. Haukos, T.F. Bidrowski, and R. Schultheis. 2021. Translocation, survival, and recovery of Kansas-banded Canada geese. Ecosphere 12(7):e03659.
McCullough, K., D.A. Haukos, and G. Albanese. 2021. Regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia) sex ratio in tallgrass prairie: effects of survey timing and management regime. American Midland Naturalist 185:57-76.
Moon, J.A., S.E. Lehnen, K.L. Metzger, M.A. Squires, M.G. Brasher, B.C. Wilson, W.C. Conway, D.A. Haukos, B.E. Davis, F.C. Rohwer, E.M. Wehland, and B.M. Ballard. 2021. Projected impact of sea-level rise and urbanization on mottled duck (Anas fulvigula) habitat along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas through 2100. Ecological Indicators 132 (2021) 108276.
Sullins, D.S., M. Bogaerts, B.H.F. Verheijen, D.E. Naugle, T. Griffiths, and C.A. Hagen. 2021. Increasing durability of voluntary conservation through strategic implementation of the Conservation Reserve Program. Biological Conservation 259:109177.
Taylor, R. B., Mather, M. E., Smith, J. M., Gerber-Boles, K. 2021. Can identifying discrete behavioral groups with individual-based acoustic telemetry advance the understanding of fish distribution patterns? Frontiers in Marine Science 8:Art. 723025.
Verheigen, B.H.F., R.T. Plumb, C.K.J. Gulick, C.A. Hagen, S.G. Robinson, D.S. Sullins, and D.A. Haukos. 2021. Breeding season space use by lesser prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) varies among ecoregions and breeding stages. American Midland Naturalist 185:149-174.
Bruckerhoff, L., R. Connell, J. Guinnip, E. Adhikari, A. Godar, K. Gido, A. Boyle, A. Hope, A. Joern, and E. Welti. 2020. Harmony on the prairie? Grassland plant and animal community responses to variation in climate and land management. Ecology 101:e02986.
Gehrt, J.M., D.S. Sullins, and D.A. Haukos. 2020. Looking at the bigger picture: how abundance of nesting and brooding habitat influences lek-site selection by lesser prairie-chickens. American Midland Naturalist, 183(1):52-77.
Marschall, E. A., D. C. Glover, M. E. Mather, and D. L. Parrish. 2020. Modeling larval American Shad recruitment in a large river. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41:939-954.
Owen, R.K., E. B. Webb, D.A. Haukos, F.B Fritschi, and K.W. Goyne. 2020. Barnyardgrass (Echinochola crusgalli) emergence and growth in a changing climate in Great Plains wetlands. Wetlands Ecology and Management 28:35-50.
Owen, R.K., E.B. Webb, D.A. Haukos, and K.W. Goyne. 2020. Projected climate and land use changes drive plant community composition in agricultural wetlands. Environmental and Experimental Botany 175 (2020) 104039.
Peterson, J.M., J.E. Earl, S.D. Fuhlendorf, D. Elmore, D.A. Haukos, A.M. Tanner, and S.A. Carleton. 2020. Estimating response distances of lesser prairie-chickens to anthropogenic features during long-distance movements. Ecosphere 11(9):e03202.
Schindler, A.R., D.A. Haukos, C.A. Hagen, and B.E. Ross. 2020. A decision-support tool to prioritize candidate landscapes for lesser prairie-chicken conservation. Landscape Ecology 35:1417-1434.
Schindler, A.R., D.A. Haukos, C.A. Hagen, and B.E. Ross. 2020. A multi-species approach to manage effects land cover and weather on upland game birds. Ecology and Evolution 10:14330–14345.
Verheijen, B.H.F., D.M. Varner, and D.A. Haukos. 2020. Future losses of playa wetlands decrease network structure and connectivity of the Rainwater Basin, Nebraska. Landscape Ecology 35:453–467.
Albanese, G., and D. Haukos. 2019. Toward a theory of connectivity among depressional wetlands of the Great Plains: resiliency to natural and anthropogenic disturbance within a wetland network. Pages 159-176 in E. Beever, S. Prange, and J. Franklin (editors). Disturbance Ecology and Biological Diversity: Context, Nature, and Scale. CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
Caldas, M., M. Mather, J. Bergtold, M. Daniels, G. Granco, J. Aistrup, D. Haukos, A.Y. Sheshukov, M. Sanderson, and J.L. Heier Stamm. 2019. Pages 265-294 In Dr. Stephen Perz, editor. Collaboration across boundaries for social-ecological systems science: experiences around the world. Palgrave-Macmillian, Cham, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13827-1
Gerber, K. M., M. E. Mather, and J. M. Smith. 2019. Multiple metrics provide context for the distribution of a highly mobile fish predator, the blue catfish. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 128:141-155.
Gerber, K. M., M. E. Mather, J. M. Smith, and Z. Peterson. 2019. Evaluation of a field protocol for internally-tagging fish predators using difficult-to-tag ictalurid catfish as examples. Fisheries Research: 209:58-66.
Granco, G., J.L. Heier Stamm, J.S. Bergtold, M.D. Daniels, M.R. Sanderson, A.Y. Sheshukov, M. Mather, M.M. Caldas, S.M. Ramsey, R. Lehrter, D. Haukos, J. Gao, S. Chatterjee, J. Nifong, and J. Aistrup. 2019. Evaluating environmental change and behavioral decision-making for sustainability policy using an agent-based model: a case study for the Smoky Hill River Watershed, Kansas. Science of the Total Environment
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133769
Kearns, B., S. McDowell, J. Moon, E. Rigby, W. C. Conway, and D. Haukos. 2019. Distribution of contaminants in the environment and wildlife habitat use: a case study with lead and waterfowl on the Upper Texas Coast. Ecotoxicology
DOI 10.1007/s10646-019-02079-1
Lautenbach, J.M., D.A. Haukos, D.S. Sullins, C.A. Hagen, J.D. Lautenbach, J.C. Pitman, R.T. Plumb, S,G. Robinson, and J.D. Kraft. 2019. Factors influencing nesting ecology of lesser prairie-chickens. Journal of Wildlife Management 83:205-215. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21582
McCullough, K., G. Albanese, D.A. Haukos, A.M. Ricketts, and S. Stratton. 2019. Management regime and habitat response influence abundance of regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia) in tallgrass prairie. Ecosphere 10(8):e02845
Ogden, S., D.A. Haukos, K.C. Olson, J. Lemmon, J. Alexander, G.A. Gatson, and W.H. Fick. 2019. Grassland bird and butterfly response to sericea lespedeza control via late-season grazing pressure. American Midland Naturalist 181:147-169.
Plumb, R.T., J.M. Lautenbach, S.G. Robinson, D.A. Haukos, V.L. Winder, C.A. Hagen, D.S. Sullins, J.C. Pitman, and D.K. Dahlgren. 2019. Lesser prairie-chicken space use in relation to anthropogenic structures. Journal of Wildlife Management 83:216-230. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21561
Riecke, T.V., W.C. Conway, D.A. Haukos, J.A. Moon, and C.E. Comer. 2019. Nest survival of black-necked stilts, Himantopus mexicanus, on the upper Texas Coast. Waterbirds 42:261-271.
Ross, B.E., D. Sullins, and D. Haukos. Using an individual-based model to assess common biases in lek-based count data to estimate population trajectories of lesser prairie-chickens.
Sullins, D.S., D.A. Haukos, J.M. Lautenbach, J.D. Lautenbach, S.G. Robinson, M.B. Rice, B.K. Sandercock, J.D. Kraft, R.T. Plumb, J.H. Reitz, J.M.S. Hutchinson, and C.A. Hagen. 2019. Strategic regional conservation for lesser prairie-chickens among landscapes of varying anthropogenic influence. Biological Conservation, 238:e108213
Sullins, D.S., W.C. Conway, D.A. Haukos, and C.E. Comer. 2019. Using pointing dogs and hierarchical models to evaluate American woodcock winter habitat. Proceedings of American Woodcock Symposium 11:154-167.
Sullins, D.S., D.A. Haukos, J.M. Lautenbach, J.D. Lautenbach, S.G. Robinson, M.B. Rice, B.K. Sandercock, J.D. Kraft, R.T. Plumb, J.H. Reitz, J.M.S. Hutchinson, and C.A. Hagen. 2019. Strategic regional conservation for lesser prairie-chickens among landscapes of varying anthropogenic influence. Biological Conservation https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108213
Taylor, R. B., M. E. Mather, J. M. Smith, and K. M. Gerber 2019. Confluences function as ecological hotspots: geomorphic and regional drivers can identify patterns of fish predator distribution within a seascape. Marine Ecology Progress Series 629:133-148.
Verheijen, B.H.F., H.L. Clipp, A.J. Bartolo, W.E. Jensen, and B.K. Sandercock. 2019. Effects of patch-burn grazing on density and territory size of dickcissels. Avian Conservation and Ecology 14: 7.
Andersson, K., C.A. Davis, G. Harris, and D.A. Haukos. 2018. Nonbreeding duck use and management contribution trends for Central Flyway refuges. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9:45-64. http://www.fwspubs.org/doi/pdf/10.3996/042017-JFWM-033
Ashbaugh, H.M., W.C. Conway, D.A. Haukos, D.P. Collins, C.E. Comer, and A.D. French. 2018. Evidence for exposure to selenium by breeding interior snowy plovers (Charadrius nivosus) in saline systems of the Southern Great Plains. Ecotoxicology doi.org/10.1007/s10646-018-1952-2
Becker, T.A., A.A. Ahlers, S. Hesting, and D.A. Haukos. 2018. Spatiotemporal distribution of waterfowl disease outbreaks in Kansas, USA. Prairie Naturalist 50:4-14.
Fritts, S. R., B. A. Grisham, R. D. Cox, C. W. Boal, D. A. Haukos, P. McDaniel, C. A. Hagen, and D. U. Greene. 2018. Interactive effects of severe drought and grazing on the life history cycle of a bioindicator species. Ecology and Evolution 8:9550–9562 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4432
Haukos, D.A., C.W. Boal, S. Carleton, and B. Grisham. 2018. Roles of Cooperative Research Units in contemporary conservation of natural resources. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 80:124-132.
Meyers A.R., S.A. Carleton, W.R. Gould, C. Nichols, D.A. Haukos, and C.A. Hagen. 2018. Temporal variation in breeding season survival and cause-specific mortality of lesser prairie-chickens. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9:496-507.
Robinson, S.G., D.A. Haukos, R.T. Plumb, J.D. Kraft, D.S. Sullins, J.M. Lautenbach, J.D. Lautenbach, B.K. Sandercock, C.A. Hagen, A. Bartuszevige, and M. A. Rice. 2018. Effects of landscape characteristics on annual survival of lesser prairie-chickens. American Midland Naturalist 180:66-86.
Robinson, S.G., D.A. Haukos, R.T. Plumb, J.M. Lautenbach, D.S. Sullins, J.D. Kraft, J.D. Lautenbach. C.A. Hagen, and J.C. Pitman. 2018. Nonbreeding home range size and survival of lesser prairie-chickens. Journal of Wildlife Management 82:374–382.
Ross, B.E., D.A. Haukos, C. Hagen, and J. Pitman. 2018. Combining multiple sources of data to inform conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chicken populations. Auk 135:228-239.
Ross, B.E., D.A. Haukos, and P.T. Walther. 2018. Quantifying changes and drivers of mottled duck density in Texas. Journal of Wildlife Management 82:374–382.
Sullins, D.S., J.D. Kraft, D.A. Haukos, S.G. Robinson, J. Reitz, R.T. Plumb, J.M. Lautenbach, J.D. Lautenbach, B.K. Sandercock, and C.A. Hagen. 2018. Selection and demographic consequences of Conservation Reserve Program grasslands for lesser prairie-chickens. Journal of Wildlife Management 82:1617–1632 DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21553
Sullins, D.S., D. A. Haukos, J. Craine, J. M. Lautenbach, S. G. Robinson, J. D. Lautenbach1, J. D. Kraft, R. T. Plumb, B. K. Sandercock, and N. Fierer. 2018. Identifying diet of a declining prairie grouse using DNA metabarcoding. Auk 135:583–608. DOI: 10.1642/AUK-17-199.1
Verheijen, B.H.F., D.M. Varner, and D.A. Haukos. 2018. Effects of large-scale wetland loss on network connectivity of the Rainwater Basin, Nebraska. Submitted to Landscape Ecology
