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Research Publications

Publications here include research projects that were led by Crane Trust staff, took place on Crane Trust properties, or were conducted with acknowledged Crane Trust support. Crane Trust research is regularly published in peer- reviewed journals and is actively shared with conservation partners, the scientific community, and others around the world to advance knowledge and inform sound conservation practices.

Caven, Andrew; King, Kelsey. 2024. Mesocarnivore habitat use data in the Central Platte Valley, Nebraska, USA, using scent-baited motion-censored camera traps: comparing use of prairie-meadow edges to interiors. Mendeley Data. V1.

Caven, A.J., and J.D. Wiese. 2024. Wet meadow response to Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) control with Imazapyr. Platte River Natural Resource Reports eJournal 4. Pg 1-12.

Pearse, A. T., Caven, A. J., Baasch, D. M., Bidwell, M. T., Conkin, J. A., & Brandt, D. A. 2024. Flexible migration and habitat use strategies of an endangered waterbird during hydrological drought. Conservation Science and Practice, e13120.

Malzahn, J., A.J. Caven, B.L. Ostrom, and J.D. Wiese. 2024. Off-channel aquatic habitat use by river otters and other vertebrates in the Central Platte River Valley, NE. Mendeley Data. V1.

Baasch, D.M. 2023. Whooping Crane Diurnal Behavior and Natural History during Migration in the Central Great Plains: Summary Report – Spring 2019 – Fall 2022. USA, 10 pp.

Baasch, D.M., A.J. Caven, M. Rabbe, A.H. Medaries, M.R. Schaaf, B.L. Ostrom, J.D. Wiese, J.M Malzahn, and T.J. Smith. 2023. Record-sized flock of Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) observed staging in the Central Platte River Valley during Autumn 2021.

Baasch, D.M. and B. Krohn. 2023. Whooping Crane diurnal behavior and natural history during migration in the Central Great Plains: Progress Report – Fall 2023. Submitted to Nebraska Army National Guard. PN# NE0NG200012.

Baasch, D.M., A.C. Rojas, A.J. Caven, and J.D. Wiese. 2023. An investigation into the nocturnal moth community within the Central Platte River Valley.

Caven, Andrew J. et al. 2023. Biological Case Against Downlisting the Whooping Crane and for Improving Implementation under the Endangered Species Act. School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications. 1655.

Caven, A.J. 2023. An Updated Minimum Estimate of the Global Sandhill Crane Population. SSRN: Platte River Natural Resource Reports eJournal 2:1-14.

Caven, A.J., J.D. Wiese, K.C. King, E.M. Brinley Buckley, B. Krohn, H.B. English, B. Winter, and T.J. Smith. 2023. Migrating Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) occurence at spring controlled burns in the central Great Plains. SSRN: Platte River Natural Resource Reports eJournal 3:1-17

Ostrom, B.L. 2023. 2023 Species Detection, Collection, and Monitoring Report. Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 18 pp.

Peterson, B.C. and C.W. Schoenebeck. 2023. Age-specific distance between white-tailed deer cast antler pairs. Prairie Naturalist Notes. 55:N1-N6.

Rivers Design Group. 2023. North Platte Chokepoint Investigation Final Report. Prepared for Crane Trust and Audubon Nebraska. 114 p.

Schaaf, M., and A.J. Caven. 2023. Occurrence of the Red-bellied Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata) on the margins of a disjunct range. Reptiles & Amphibians 30(1):e18216-e18216.

Baasch, D.M., A.J. Caven, J.G. Jorgensen, R. Grosse, M. Rabbe, D.M. Varner, and T. LaGrange. 2022. Whooping Crane (Grus americana) use patterns in relation to an ecotope classification in the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska, USA. Avian Conservation

Baasch, D.M., A.M. Hegg, J.F. Dwyer, A.J. Caven, W.E. Taddicken, C.A. Worley, A.H. Medaries, C.G. Wagner, P.G. Dunbar, & N.D. Mittman. 2022. Mitigating avian collisions with power lines through illumination with ultraviolet light. Avian Conservation and Ecology 17(2):9.

Carter, Z., B.C. Peterson, C.W. Schoenebeck, and K.A. Carson. 2022. Genetic protocols for DNA extraction from white-tailed deer cast antlers to confirm individuality. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Science. 42:15-22.

Caven, A.J. 2022. Western Prairie Fringed Orchid Management, Ecology, and Decline at Mormon Island. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 42: 1-8.

Caven, A.J., M.M. Mosier, K.J. Stoner, B. Taddicken, B. Krohn, A. Gramza, C.R. Allen, M. Carter, M. Koch, K.D. Schroeder, S. Bailey, R. Walters, B.C. Chaffin, E. Gnuse, A. Jones, and K. Bird, 2022. A Long-Term Vision for an Ecologically Sound Platte River.

Caven, A.J., A.T. Pearse, D.A. Brandt, M.J. Harner, G.D. Wright, D.M. Baasch, E.M. Brinley Buckley, K.L. Metzger, M.R. Rabbe, and A.E. Lacy. 2022. Whooping crane stay length in relation to stopover site characteristics. Proceedings of the North American Crane Workshop 15:6-33.

Caven, A.J., J.D. Wiese, B.L. Ostrom, K.C.King, J.M. Malzahn, D.M. Baasch, and B.Krohn. 2022. Landscape-level long-term biological research and monitoring plan for the Crane Trust. Zea Books, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE, USA, 117.

Luz-Ricca, E., K. Landolt, B.A. Pickens, & M. Koneff. 2022. Automating sandhill crane counts from nocturnal thermal aerial imagery using deep learning. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. doi: 10.1002/rse2.301.

Ostrom, B. 2022. Monitoring Avian Populations with Acoustic Indices in the Central Platte River Valley. Thesis. University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska, USA. 78 p.

Roberts, C.L., Ostrom, B.L., Baasch, D.M., and J.D. Wiese. 2022. 2022 Species Detection, Collection, and Monitoring Report. Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 25 p.

Wiese, J.D. 2022. A comprehensive bison management and research plan for the Crane Trust. M.E.M. Thesis. Western Colorado University.

Baasch, D.M., A.J. Caven, and B. Krohn. 2021. Whooping Crane Diurnal Behavior and Natural History during Migration in the Central Great Plains: Interim Report – Fall 2020. Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 10 pp.

Baasch, D.M., J.F. Dwyer, B. Taddicken, A.J. Caven, A. Hegg, C. Wagner, C. Worley, A. Medaries, P. Dunbar, and N. Mittman. 2021. Avian Species’ Response to Powerlines Illuminated by Near-ultraviolet Avian Collision Avoidance Systems: Summary Report.

Brinley Buckley, E.M., A.J. Caven, J.D. Wiese, and M.J. Harner. 2021. Assessing the hydroregime of an archetypal riverine wet meadow in the central Great Plains using time-lapse imagery. Ecosphere 12(11):e03829.

Brinley Buckley, E.M., B.L. Gottesman, A.J. Caven, M.J. Harner, B.C. Pijanowski. 2021. Assessing ecological and environmental influences on boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata) spring calling phenology using multimodal passive monitoring technologies.

Caven, A.J. 2021. Mormon Island Wet Meadow Restoration Report. Prepared by the Crane Trust, Wood River, NE, for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nebraska Regulatory Office, Omaha, NE, 8 pp.

Caven, A.J. 2021. 2021 Species Detection, Collection, and Monitoring Report. Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 19 p.

Caven, A.J., K.D. Koupal, D.M. Baasch, E.M. Brinley Buckley, J. Malzahn, M.L. Forsberg, and M. Lundgren. 2021. Whooping Crane (Grus americana) family consumes a diversity of aquatic vertebrates during fall migration stopover at the Platte River, Nebraska.

Caven, A.J., K.G. Leung, D.H. Ranglack, C. Vinton, B. Krohn, J.D. Wiese, and J. Salter. 2021. A Behavioral Index for Assessing Bison Stress Level during Handling and Demographic Predictors of Stress Response. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science.

Caven, A.J., and J.M. Malzahn. 2021. Bison Genetics Results & Analysis: Bison Genetic Value Index Update for the Crane Trust Bison Herd. Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Wood River, NE, USA, 12 pp.

Craine, J.M. 2021. Seasonal patterns of bison diet across climate gradients in North America. Scientific Reports. 11(1): 1-11.

Malzahn, J.M., A.J. Caven, S. Warren, B.L. Ostrom, and D.M. Ferraro. 2021. Habitat associations and activity patterns of herpetofauna in the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska, with notes on morphometric characteristics.

Peterson, B.C, P.D. Farrell, D. Fehlhafer, M.C. Reinson and D.H. Ranglack. In Press. Phenology of Antler Casting and Occurrence of Late-breeding in Nebraska White-tailed Deer. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences.

Schultz, C., and A.J. Caven. 2021. Lined Snake (Tropidoclonion lineatum) Prescribed Fire Mortality. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 41:42–45.

Thompson, H.L., A.J. Caven, M.A. Hayes, A.E. Lacy. 2021. Natal dispersal of Whooping Cranes in the reintroduced Eastern Migratory Population. Ecology and Evolution 00:1-9.

Wiese, J.D., A.J. Caven, D.S. Zarlenga, C.L. Topliff, C.L. Kelling, J. Salter. 2021. Gastrointestinal parasites of a reintroduced semi-wild plains bison (Bison bison bison) herd: Examining effects of demographic variation, deworming treatments, and management Strategy.

Brinley Buckley, E.M., B.L. Gottesman, A.J. Caven, M.J. Harner, and B.C. Pijanowski. 2020. Boreal Chorus Frog (Pseudacris maculata) Spring Calling Activity, Habitat Metrics, and Associated Environmental Data. Data in Brief 33:106581.

Caven, A.J. 2020. 2020 Species Detection, Collection, and Monitoring Report. Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 19 p.

Caven, A.J. 2020. What wading bird diet can tell us about habitat values: Diverse diets across diverse landscapes. The 25th Annual Rainwater Basin Joint Venture Informational Seminar, 6 February 2020, Grand Island, NE, USA.

Caven, A.J., M. Rabbe, J. Malzahn, and A.E. Lacy. 2020. Trends in the occurrence of large Whooping crane groups during migration in the Great Plains, USA. Heliyon 6:e03549.

Caven, A.J., D.M. Varner, J. and J. Drahota. 2020. Sandhill Crane abundance in Nebraska during spring migration: making sense of multiple data points. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies 40:6-18.

Glass, A.J., A.J. Caven, D. Kim, M.O. Sutton and N. Arcilla. 2020. Climate change and land management implications for a declining Neotropical migratory songbird breeding in the North American Great Plains. Avian Conservation and Ecology 15 (1):4.

Malzahn, J., A.J. Caven, and J.D. Wiese. 2020. Characteristics of a River Otter (Lontra canadensis) Maternal Den in the Central Platte River Valley, NE. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 40:30-38.

Ostrom, B.L., A.J. Caven, J.M. Malzahn, and A. Vogel. 2020. Snowy Plover Activity in the Central Platte River Valley in May 2019. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 40:24-29.

Pearse, A.T., K.L. Metzger, D.A. Brandt, M.T. Bidwell, M.J. Harner, D.M. Baasch, and W. Harrell. 2020. Heterogeneity in migration strategies of Whooping Cranes. The Condor 122:1-15.

Pearse, A. T., Brandt, D. A., Baasch, D. M., Bidwell, M. T., Conkin, J. A., Harner, M. J., Harrell, W., & Metzger, K. L. (2020). Location data for whooping cranes of the Aransas-Wood Buffalo Population, 2009-2018 [Data set]. U.S. Geological Survey.

Skipper, B.R., D. Kim, and C. Morris. 2020. Seasonal abundance and nutritional concentration of grassland arthropods. Western North American Naturalist 80(1): 3.

Baasch, D.M., P.D. Farrell, A.J. Caven, K.C. King, J.M. Farnsworth, and C.B. Smith. 2019. Sandhill Crane use of riverine roost sites along the central Platte River in Nebraska, USA. Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist 11(1): 1-13.

Baasch, D.M., P.D. Farrell, A.T. Pearse, D.A. Brandt, A.J. Caven, M.J. Harner, G.D. Wright and K.L. Metzger. 2019. Diurnal habitat selection of migrating Whooping Crane in the Great Plains. Avian Conservation and Ecology 14 (1):6.

Caven, A.J., E.M. Brinley Buckley, J.D. Wiese, B. Taddicken, B. Krohn, T.J. Smith, and A. Pierson. 2019. Appeal for a Comprehensive Assessment of the Potential Ecological Impacts of the Proposed Platte-Republican Diversion Project. Great Plains Research 29:123-135.

Caven, A.J., E.M. Brinley Buckley, K.C. King, J.D. Wiese, et al. 2019. Temporospatial shifts in Sandhill Crane staging in the Central Platte River Valley in response to climatic variation and habitat change. Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist, Vol. 11, Pages 33-76.

Caven, A.J., and J.M. Malzahn. 2019. 2019 Species Detection, Collection, and Monitoring Report. Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 19 p.

Caven, A.J., J. Malzahn, M. Dettweiler, and E.M. Brinley Buckley. 2019. Conservation needs and knowledge gaps in the Central Platte River Valley ecosystem: Results from an interactive stakeholder workshop. Pages 15-30.

Caven, A.J., J. Malzahn, T. Franti, and E.M. Brinley Buckley, editors. 2019. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Platte River Basin Ecosystem Symposium, 5-6 June 2018, Wood River, NE, USA. Nebraska Water Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.

Caven, A.J., J.M. Malzahn, K.D. Koupal, E.M. Brinley Buckley, J.D. Wiese, R. Rasmussen, and C. Steenson. 2019. Adult Whooping Crane consumption of juvenile channel catfish during the avian spring migration in the Central Platte River VAlley, Nebraska, USA.

Caven, A.J., B. Ostrom, A. Fowler, J.D. Wiese, and K.C. King. 2019. New Wilson’s Phalarope nesting record from the Central Platte River Valley, Mormon Island, Hall County, Nebraska. The Nebraska Bird Review 87(3):100-114.

Caven, A.J., J.D. Wiese, A. Fowler, D.H. Ranglack. 2019. Vegetation community composition within Bison wallows in a lowland tallgrass prairie. The 6th Triennial American Bison Society Conference and Workshop, 28 October to 2 November 2019, Pojoaque, NM.

Finocchiaro, L. 2019. Initiation of a Roundtable Meeting to Determine Safety Hazards and Provide Education to Range Bison Herd Workers. Service Learning/Capstone Experience. 86.

Fowler, E. 2019. Crane moves: Sandhill Cranes arriving earlier, shifting east on Platte. NebraskaLand 97(2):28-35.

Jorns, T., J. Craine, E.G. Towne, and M. Knox. 2019. Climate structures bison dietary quality and composition at the continental scale. Environmental DNA. 2(1): 77-90.

King, K.C., A.J. Caven, K.G. Leung, D.H. Ranglack, and N. Arcilla. 2019. High society: behavioral patterns as a feedback loop to social structure in Plains bison (Bison bison bison). Mammal Research 64.

Nebraska Water Center. 2019. Annual report 2017-2018. www.watercenter.unl.edu

Peterson, B.C., C.W. Schoenebeck, and N.J. Fryda. 2019. Effects of extreme environmental conditions on white-tailed deer antlers. Wildlife Society Bulletin 43(4):708-716.

Rabbe, M.R., A.J. Caven, and J.D. Wiese. 2019. First description of a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) attempting depredation on an adult Whooping Crane (Grus americana) of the Aransas-Wood Buffalo population. Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist 11.

Sutton, M.O., and N. Arcilla. 2019. New Breeding Record and Location for Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) in the Nebraska Great Plains, USA. The Prairie Naturalist 50(2):74-75.

Brinley Buckley, E.M., A.J. Caven, B.L. Gottesman, M.J. Harner, B.C. Pijanowski and M.L. Forsberg. 2018. Biological and Environmental Datasets from August 21, 2017 Total Solar Eclipse. Data in Brief.

Brinley Buckley, E.M., A.J. Caven, B.L. Gottesman, M.J. Harner, B.C. Pijanowski, M.L. Forsberg. 2018. Assessing biological and environmental effects of a total solar eclipse with passive multimodal technologies. Ecological Indicators 95(1): 353-369.

Caven, A.J. 2018. 2018 Species Detection, Collection, and Monitoring Report. Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 22 p.

Caven, A.J., K.C. King, E.M. Brinley Buckley, G.D. Wright, N. Arcilla, and R.P. McLean. 2018. Sustained early Interior Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) lekking behavior at lek in central Nebraska. Kansas Ornithological Society Bulletin. Vol.69, No.3.

Caven, A.J., J.D. Wiese, W.R. Wallauer, and K.J. Mosher. 2018. First description of a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) actively depredating an adult Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis). Western North American Naturalist 78(2): 216-220.

King, K.C., A.J. Caven, and K. Geluso. 2018. Lekking behavior of a Sharp-tailed Grouse in south-central Nebraska. The Prairie Naturalist 50(1): 39-41.

Malzahn, J., A.J. Caven, M. Dettweiler, and J.D. Wiese. 2018. Sandhill Crane Activity in the Central Platte River Valley in Late May and Early June. The Nebraska Bird Review 86(4):175-180.

Wiese, J.D., and A.J. Caven. 2018. Dataset of the physical conditions of Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) in riparian woodlands along the central Platte River. Data in Brief.

Baasch, D.M., P.D. Farrell, J.M. Farsworth, and C.B. Smith. 2017. Nest-site selection by Interior Least Terns and Piping Plovers at managed, off-channel sites along the Central Platte River in Nebraska. Journal of Field Ornithology 88(3):236-249.

Brinley Buckley, E.M., C.R. Allen, M. Forsberg, M. Farrell, and A.J. Caven. 2017. Capturing change: the duality of time-lapse imagery to acquire data and depict ecological dynamics. Ecology and Society 22 (3):30.

Caven, A.J., J.D. Wiese, and W.R. Wallauer. 2017. Prairie Falcon depredation attempts on a Greater Prairie-chicken lek in south-central Nebraska. The Prairie Naturalist 49(2):76-78.

Caven, A.J., and E.M. Brinley Buckley. 2017. Greater Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis tabida) copulation detected along the Big Bend of the Platte River, South-central Nebraska. The Nebraska Bird Review 85(2): 83-84.

Caven, A.J., K.C. King, J.D. Wiese, and E.M. Brinley Buckley. 2017. A descriptive analysis of Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia) habitat utilizing biological monitoring data along the Big Bend of the Platte River, NE. Journal of Insect Conservation 21:183.

Caven, A.J. J. Salter, and K. Geluso. 2017. Opheodrys vernalis (Liochlorophis vernalis) (Smooth Greensnake). Fire mortality and phenology. Herpetological Review 48(4):864-865.

Dority, B.R., R. Thompson, S. Kaskie, and L. Tschauner. 2017. The economic impact of the annual crane migration on Central Nebraska. College of Business and Technology, University of Nebraska-Kearney, Kearney Nebraska, USA, 27 p.

Johnson, O.J., and K. Geluso. 2017. Distributional and reproductive records of bats from south-central Nebraska. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 347:1-15.

King, K.C., and A.J. Caven. 2017. 2017 Species Detection, Collection, and Monitoring Report. Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 16 p.

Nebraska Conservation Roundtable. 2017. Cedar Spread at a Tipping Point.

Pearse, A.T., M.J. Harner, D.M. Baasch, G.D. Wright, A.J. Caven, and K.L. Metzger. 2017. Evaluation of nocturnal roost and diurnal sites used by Whooping Cranes in the Great Plains, USA. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1209, 29 p.

Tye, S.P., K. Geluso, and M.J. Harner. 2017. Early emergence and seasonality of the Red-bellied Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata) along the Platte River in south-central Nebraska, USA. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 37:11-17.

Wiese, J.D. and A.J. Caven. 2017. Tropidoclonion lineatum (Lined Snake), Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Gartersnake). Refugia and mortality. Herpetological Review 48(4):868-869.

Wiese, J.D., B. Krohn, and A.J. Caven. 2017. Common Gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis) mortality likely resulting from cold exposure following late winter hibernaculum emergence. Collinsorum 6(2-3):15-16.

Wiese, J.D., K.C. King, A.J. Caven, and N. Arcilla. 2017. Winter predation of an adult Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera) likely committed by a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in central Nebraska. Collinsorum 6(1):14-19.

King, K.C., and A.J. Caven. 2016. 2016 Species Detection, Collection, and Monitoring Report. Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 13 p.

Levin, I.I., R.E. Colborn, D. Kim, N.G. Perlut, R.B. Renfrew, and P.G. Parker. 2016. Local parasite lineage sharing in temperate grassland birds provides clues about potential origins of Galapagos avian Plasmodium. Ecology and Evolution 6(3):716-726.

Nebraska Conservation Roundtable. 2016. Nebraska Cedar Crisis.

Nebraska Conservation Roundtable. 2016. Eastern Redcedar in Nebraska Problems and Opportunities. Nebraska Conservation Roundtable Issue Paper No. 1.

O’Connor, B.J., A.J. Forrester, and K. Geluso. 2016. Tropidoclonion lineatum (Lined snake) Fire Mortality. Herpetological Review 47(3):487.

Roche, E.A., M.H. Sherfy, M.M. Ring, T.L. Shaffer, M.J. Anteau, and J.H. Stucker. 2016. Demographics and movements of Least Terns and Piping Plovers in the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1061, 38 p.

Wiese, J.D., E.D. Plock, and K. Geluso. 2016. Common Gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis) mortality due to haying practices in South-central Nebraska. Collinsorum 5(4):15-16.

Wiese, J.D., K.C. King, and A.J. Caven. 2016. The utilization of senesced wetland plant material by Thamnophis sirtalis as a thermoregulation microsite in a flooded system. Collinsorum 5(4):12-14.

Wiese, J.D., A.J. Caven, and E.M. Brinley Buckley. 2016. Eastern Racer (Coluber constrictor) mortality as a result of early emergence from a man-made structure hibernaculum in South-central Nebraska. Collinsorum 5(1):3-5.

McLean, R.P., G.D. Wright, and K. Geluso. 2015. Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) along the Platte River, Hall County, Nebraska. Collinsorum 4(1):2-4.

Caven, A.J. and K.C. King. 2015. 2015 Species Detection, Collection, and Monitoring Report. Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 36 p.

Pearse, A.T., D.A. Brandt, W.C. Harrell, K.L. Metzger, D.M. Baasch, and T.J. Hefley. 2015. Whooping Crane stopover site use intensity within the Great Plains. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1166, 12 p.

Bridger, A.E. and K. Geluso. 2014. Lined Snake (Tropidoclonion lineatum) predated by Easter Racer (Coluber constrictor) in Central Nebraska. Collinsorum 3(1):9-10.

Geluso, K., G.D. Wright, and A.E. Wright. 2014. Fifth specimen of the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) from Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies 34:1–2.

Krapu, G.L., D.A. Brandt, P.J Kinzel, and A.T. Pearse. 2014. Spring migration ecology of the mid‐continent Sandhill Crane population with an emphasis on use of the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska. Wildlife Monographs 189(1):1-41.

Schoenebeck, C.W., and B.C. Peterson. 2014. Evaluation of hunter antler-size selection through an age-specific comparison of harvested antler metrics with naturally cast antlers. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 5(1):167-173.

Svoboda, C.T., G.D. Wright, J.D. Frisch, and K. Geluso. 2014. Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis (Red-sided Gartersnake). Diet and accidental morality. Herpetological Review 45(3):520-521.

Wright, G.D., M.J. Harner, and J.D. Chambers. 2014. Unusual wintering distribution and migratory behavior of the Whooping Crane (Grus americana) in 2011-2012. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 126(1):115-120.

Geluso, K., and M.J. Harner. 2013. Nerodia clarkii clarkii (Gulf Saltmarsh Watersnake): Predation. Herpetological Review 44:156-157.

Geluso, K., and M.J. Harner. 2013. Reexamination of herpetofauna on Mormon Island, Hall County, Nebraska, with notes on natural history. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 33:7-20.

Geluso, K., B.T. Krohn, M.J. Harner, and M.J. Assenmacher. 2013. Whooping Cranes consume Plains Leopard Frogs at migratory stopover sites in Nebraska. The Prairie Naturalist 45:91-93.

Harner, M.J., J.N. Merlino, and G.D. Wright. 2013. Amphibian chytrid fungus in Woodhouse’s Toads, Plains Leopard Frogs, and American Bullfrogs along the Platte River, Nebraska, USA. Herpetological Review 44(3):459-461.

Jahn, A.E., V.R. Cueto, J.W. Fox, M.S. Husak, D.H. Kim, D.V. Landoll, J.P. Ledezma, H.K. LePage, D.J. Levey, M.T. Murphy, and R.B. Renfrew. 2013. Migration timing and wintering areas of three species of flycatchers (Tyrannus) breeding in the Great Plains. The Auk, 130(2):247-257.

Renfrew, R.B., D.H. Kim, N. Perlut, J. Smith, J. Fox, and P.P. Marra. 2013. Phenological matching across hemispheres in a long-distance migratory bird. Diversity and Distributions 19(8):1008-1019.

Schoenebeck, C.W., B.C. Peterson, and J.A. Obermiller. 2013. Accuracy of antler metrics in predicting age of white-tailed deer and mule deer. Great Plains Research 23:33-37.

Skipper, B.R., and D.H. Kim. 2013. Provisioning rate, dietary composition, and prey selection of breeding Bobolinks and Grasshopper Sparrows. Western North American Naturalist 73:35-40.

Vivian, L.A., M. Cavallaro, K. Kneeland, E. Lindroth, W.W. Hoback, K.M. Farnsworth-Hoback, R.R. Harms, and J.E. Foster. 2013. Current known range of the Platte River Caddisfly, Ironoquia plattensis, and genetic variability among populations.

Anderson, J.D. 2012. Influence of habitat heterogeneity on small mammals in the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska. Thesis. Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, USA. 74p.

Barceló Llanes, I. 2012. Winter ecology of Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) in northern Mexico. Dissertation. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, 277 p.

Chávez-Ramírez, F. and W. Wehtje. 2012. Potential impact of climate change scenarios on Whooping Crane life history. Wetlands 32(1):11-20.

Harner, M.J. and K. Geluso. 2012. Effects of cattle grazing on the Platte River caddisfly (Ironoquia plattensis) in central Nebraska. Freshwater Science 31:389-394.

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Davis, C.A. 1991. The ecology of macroinvertebrates inhabiting native grasslands and their role in the feeding ecology of Sandhill Cranes. Thesis. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA. 88 p.

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Currier, P.J., B.S. Goldowitz, G.R. Lingle, and J.G. VanDerwalker. 1990. Preliminary comments of the Platte River Trust on the deficiency response of the CNPPID and the NPPD for Projects Nos. 1417 and 1835. Platte River Whooping Crane Critical Habitat Maintenance Trust.

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Krapu, G.L. 1987. Use of staging areas by Sandhill Cranes in the midcontinent region of North America. In J.C. Lewis and J.W. Ziewitz, editors. Proceedings of the 1983 International Crane Workshop, Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA. 451-462.

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Kuyt, E. 1987. Whooping Crane migration studies 1981-82. In J.C. Lewis and J.W. Ziewitz, editors. Proceedings of the 1983 International Crane Workshop, Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA. 371-379.

Lingle, G.R. 1987. Status of Whooping Crane migration habitat within the Great Plains of North America. In J.C. Lewis and J.W. Ziewitz, editors. Proceedings of the 1985 Crane Workshop, Grand Island, Nebraska, USA. 331-340.

Nagel, H.G., and R. Harding. 1987. Effects of water table depth and soil factors on invertebrate populations. Prairie Naturalist 19:251-258.

Nagel, H.G., and O.A. Kolstad. 1987. Comparison of plant species composition of Mormon Island Crane Meadows and Lillian Annette Rowe Sanctuary in central Nebraska.Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 15:37-48.

O’Brien, J.S., and P.J. Currier. 1987. Platte River channel morphology and riparian vegetation changes in the Big Bend Reach and minimum streamflow criteria for channel maintenance. Platte River Whooping Crane Critical Habitat Maintenance Trust, Grand Island, Nebraska.

Stehn, T.V., and E.F. Johnson. 1987. Distribution of winter territories of Whooping Cranes on the Texas coast. In J.C. Lewis and J.W. Ziewitz, editors. Proceedings of the 1985 Crane Workshop, Grand Island, Nebraska, USA. 180-195.

VanDerwalker, J.G. 1987. Preservation of crane habitat on the Platte River. In J.C. Lewis and J.W. Ziewitz, editors. Proceedings of the 1983 International Crane Workshop, Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA. 425-437.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Western Energy Land Use Team). 1987. Proposal for Platte River crane habitat assessment. In J.C. Lewis and J.W. Ziewitz, editors. Proceedings of the 1983 International Crane Workshop, Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA. 439-449.

Lingle, G.R. and G.L. Krapu. 1986. Winter ecology of Bald Eagles in southcentral Nebraska. Prairie Naturalist 18:65-78.

Lingle, G.R., K.J. Strom, and J.W. Ziewitz. 1986. Whooping Crane roost site characteristics on the Platte River, Buffalo County, Nebraska. Nebraska Bird Review 54:36-39.

Reinecke, K.J. and G.L. Krapu. 1986. Feeding ecology of Sandhill Cranes during spring migration in Nebraska. The Journal of Wildlife Management 50(1):71-79.

Currier, P.J., and J. Stubbendieck. 1985. Woody vegetation control on the Platte: a comparison of chemical and mechanical techniques. Proceedings of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 17:12-13.

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Lingle, G.R. and T.E. Labedz. 1985. Breeding birds on Mormon Island Crane Meadows. American Birds 39:114.

Shen, H.W., K.L. Hiew, and E. Loubser. 1985. The potential of modified flow-release rules for Kingsley Dam in meeting crane habitat requirements—Platte River, Nebraska. Colorado Water Resources Institute (Completion Report 38), Colorado State University.

Currier, P.J. 1984. Response of Prairie White-fringed Orchid to fire and grazing recovery. Restoration and Management Notes 2:28.

Krapu, G.L., D.E. Facey, E.K. Fritzell, D.H. Johnson. 1984. Habitat use by migrant Sandhill Cranes in Nebraska. Journal of Wildlife Management 48(2):407-417.

Currier, P.J. 1984. Woody vegetation clearing on the Platte River aids restoration of Sandhill Crane roosting habitat (Nebraska). Restoration and Management Notes 2:38.

Lingle, G.R. 1984. Record count for Whooping Cranes on the Platte River. The Nebraska Bird Review 52(1):19.

Lingle, G.R., and K.L. Haugh. 1984. 1983 Breeding bird census—Subirrigated grassland and native hay, wetland sedge meadow I and II. American Birds 38:120, 124-125.

Lingle, G.R. and T.E. Labedz. 1984. An exceptional “fall” migration of shorebirds along the Big Bend reach of the Platte River. Nebraska Bird Review 52:70-71.

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Currier, P.J. 1982. The floodplain vegetation of the Platte River: phytosociology, forest development, and seedling establishment. Dissertation. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. 332 p.

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VanDerwalker, J. G. 1982. Instream flows:The Next Step Toward Protection. Prairie/Plains Journal. pp. 4:26-30.

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VanDerwalker, J.G. 1982. Water allocation: why are we failing? Prairie/Plains Journal 3:18-20.

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Lingle, G.R. 1981. Status of American Woodcock in Nebraska with notes on a recent breeding record. Prairie Naturalist 13(2):47-51.

Lingle, G.R. 1981. Control of woody vegetation in Sandhill Crane habitat on riverine islands. Restoration and Management Notes 1:28-29.

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Lingle, G.R. 1981. Inventory of Mormon Island Crane Meadows underway. Restoration and Management Notes 1:25.

Lingle, G.R. and R.R. Boner. 1981. Mormon Island Crane Meadows management plan. Prepared for the Platte River Whooping Crane Critical Habitat Maintenance Trust. 149 p.

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Ratcliffe, B.C. 1981. A preliminary inventory of the insects of Mormon Island refuge. Report submitted to The Nature Conservancy, Grand Island, Nebraska, USA. 22 p.

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Whooping Crane Tracking Partnership Update: 2011 Breeding Season and Fall Update

Whooping Crane Tracking Partnership Update: 2011 Winter and 2012 Spring Update

Whooping Crane Tracking Partnership Update: 2012 Breeding Season and Fall Update

Whooping Crane Tracking Partnership Update: 2012 Winter and 2013 Spring Update

Whooping Crane Tracking Partnership Update: 2013 Breeding Season and Fall Update

Whooping Crane Tracking Partnership Update: 2013 Winter and 2014 Spring Update

Research Publications

Caven, Andrew; King, Kelsey. 2024. Mesocarnivore habitat use data in the Central Platte Valley, Nebraska, USA, using scent-baited motion-censored camera traps: comparing use of prairie-meadow edges to interiors. Mendeley Data. V1.

Caven, A.J., and J.D. Wiese. 2024. Wet meadow response to Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) control with Imazapyr. Platte River Natural Resource Reports eJournal 4. Pg 1-12.

Pearse, A. T., Caven, A. J., Baasch, D. M., Bidwell, M. T., Conkin, J. A., & Brandt, D. A. 2024. Flexible migration and habitat use strategies of an endangered waterbird during hydrological drought. Conservation Science and Practice, e13120.

Malzahn, J., A.J. Caven, B.L. Ostrom, and J.D. Wiese. 2024. Off-channel aquatic habitat use by river otters and other vertebrates in the Central Platte River Valley, NE. Mendeley Data. V1.

Baasch, D.M., A.J. Caven, M. Rabbe, A.H. Medaries, M.R. Schaaf, B.L. Ostrom, J.D. Wiese, J.M Malzahn, and T.J. Smith. 2023. Record-sized flock of Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) observed staging in the Central Platte River Valley during Autumn 2021.

Baasch, D.M. and B. Krohn. 2023. Whooping Crane diurnal behavior and natural history during migration in the Central Great Plains: Progress Report – Fall 2023. Submitted to Nebraska Army National Guard. PN# NE0NG200012.

Caven, Andrew J. et al. 2023. Biological Case Against Downlisting the Whooping Crane and for Improving Implementation under the Endangered Species Act. School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications. 1655.

Caven, A.J. 2023. An Updated Minimum Estimate of the Global Sandhill Crane Population. SSRN: Platte River Natural Resource Reports eJournal 2:1-14.

Caven, A.J., J.D. Wiese, K.C. King, E.M. Brinley Buckley, B. Krohn, H.B. English, B. Winter, and T.J. Smith. 2023. Migrating Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) occurence at spring controlled burns in the central Great Plains. SSRN: Platte River Natural Resource Reports eJournal 3:1-17

Ostrom, B.L. 2023. 2023 Species Detection, Collection, and Monitoring Report. Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 18 pp.

Peterson, B.C. and C.W. Schoenebeck. 2023. Age-specific distance between white-tailed deer cast antler pairs. Prairie Naturalist Notes. 55:N1-N6.

Rivers Design Group. 2023. North Platte Chokepoint Investigation Final Report. Prepared for Crane Trust and Audubon Nebraska. 114 p.

Schaaf, M., and A.J. Caven. 2023. Occurrence of the Red-bellied Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata) on the margins of a disjunct range. Reptiles & Amphibians 30(1):e18216-e18216.

Baasch, D.M., A.J. Caven, J.G. Jorgensen, R. Grosse, M. Rabbe, D.M. Varner, and T. LaGrange. 2022. Whooping Crane (Grus americana) use patterns in relation to an ecotope classification in the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska, USA. Avian Conservation

Baasch, D.M., A.M. Hegg, J.F. Dwyer, A.J. Caven, W.E. Taddicken, C.A. Worley, A.H. Medaries, C.G. Wagner, P.G. Dunbar, & N.D. Mittman. 2022. Mitigating avian collisions with power lines through illumination with ultraviolet light. Avian Conservation and Ecology 17(2):9.

Carter, Z., B.C. Peterson, C.W. Schoenebeck, and K.A. Carson. 2022. Genetic protocols for DNA extraction from white-tailed deer cast antlers to confirm individuality. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Science. 42:15-22.

Caven, A.J. 2022. Western Prairie Fringed Orchid Management, Ecology, and Decline at Mormon Island. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 42: 1-8.

Caven, A.J., M.M. Mosier, K.J. Stoner, B. Taddicken, B. Krohn, A. Gramza, C.R. Allen, M. Carter, M. Koch, K.D. Schroeder, S. Bailey, R. Walters, B.C. Chaffin, E. Gnuse, A. Jones, and K. Bird, 2022. A Long-Term Vision for an Ecologically Sound Platte River.

Caven, A.J., A.T. Pearse, D.A. Brandt, M.J. Harner, G.D. Wright, D.M. Baasch, E.M. Brinley Buckley, K.L. Metzger, M.R. Rabbe, and A.E. Lacy. 2022. Whooping crane stay length in relation to stopover site characteristics. Proceedings of the North American Crane Workshop 15:6-33.

Caven, A.J., and J.D. Wiese. 2022. Reinventory of the Vascular Plants of Mormon Island Crane Meadows after Forty Years of Restoration, Invasion, and Climate Change. Heliyon 8:e09640.

Caven, A.J., J.D. Wiese, B.L. Ostrom, K.C.King, J.M. Malzahn, D.M. Baasch, and B.Krohn. 2022. Landscape-level long-term biological research and monitoring plan for the Crane Trust. Zea Books, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE, USA, 117.

Luz-Ricca, E., K. Landolt, B.A. Pickens, & M. Koneff. 2022. Automating sandhill crane counts from nocturnal thermal aerial imagery using deep learning. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. doi: 10.1002/rse2.301.

Ostrom, B. 2022. Monitoring Avian Populations with Acoustic Indices in the Central Platte River Valley. Thesis. University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska, USA. 78 p.

Roberts, C.L., Ostrom, B.L., Baasch, D.M., and J.D. Wiese. 2022. 2022 Species Detection, Collection, and Monitoring Report. Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 25 p.

Wiese, J.D. 2022. A comprehensive bison management and research plan for the Crane Trust. M.E.M. Thesis. Western Colorado University.

Baasch, D.M., A.J. Caven, and B. Krohn. 2021. Whooping Crane Diurnal Behavior and Natural History during Migration in the Central Great Plains: Interim Report – Fall 2020. Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 10 pp.

Baasch, D.M., J.F. Dwyer, B. Taddicken, A.J. Caven, A. Hegg, C. Wagner, C. Worley, A. Medaries, P. Dunbar, and N. Mittman. 2021. Avian Species’ Response to Powerlines Illuminated by Near-ultraviolet Avian Collision Avoidance Systems: Summary Report.

Brinley Buckley, E.M., A.J. Caven, J.D. Wiese, and M.J. Harner. 2021. Assessing the hydroregime of an archetypal riverine wet meadow in the central Great Plains using time-lapse imagery. Ecosphere 12(11):e03829.

Brinley Buckley, E.M., B.L. Gottesman, A.J. Caven, M.J. Harner, B.C. Pijanowski. 2021. Assessing ecological and environmental influences on boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata) spring calling phenology using multimodal passive monitoring technologies.

Caven, A.J. 2021. Mormon Island Wet Meadow Restoration Report. Prepared by the Crane Trust, Wood River, NE, for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nebraska Regulatory Office, Omaha, NE, 8 pp.

Caven, A.J. 2021. 2021 Species Detection, Collection, and Monitoring Report. Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 19 p.

Caven, A.J., K.D. Koupal, D.M. Baasch, E.M. Brinley Buckley, J. Malzahn, M.L. Forsberg, and M. Lundgren. 2021. Whooping Crane (Grus americana) family consumes a diversity of aquatic vertebrates during fall migration stopover at the Platte River, Nebraska.

Caven, A.J., K.G. Leung, D.H. Ranglack, C. Vinton, B. Krohn, J.D. Wiese, and J. Salter. 2021. A Behavioral Index for Assessing Bison Stress Level during Handling and Demographic Predictors of Stress Response. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science.

Caven, A.J., and J.M. Malzahn. 2021. Bison Genetics Results & Analysis: Bison Genetic Value Index Update for the Crane Trust Bison Herd. Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Wood River, NE, USA, 12 pp.

Craine, J.M. 2021. Seasonal patterns of bison diet across climate gradients in North America. Scientific Reports. 11(1): 1-11.

Malzahn, J.M., A.J. Caven, S. Warren, B.L. Ostrom, and D.M. Ferraro. 2021. Habitat associations and activity patterns of herpetofauna in the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska, with notes on morphometric characteristics.

Peterson, B.C, P.D. Farrell, D. Fehlhafer, M.C. Reinson and D.H. Ranglack. In Press. Phenology of Antler Casting and Occurrence of Late-breeding in Nebraska White-tailed Deer. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences.

Schultz, C., and A.J. Caven. 2021. Lined Snake (Tropidoclonion lineatum) Prescribed Fire Mortality. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 41:42–45.

Thompson, H.L., A.J. Caven, M.A. Hayes, A.E. Lacy. 2021. Natal dispersal of Whooping Cranes in the reintroduced Eastern Migratory Population. Ecology and Evolution 00:1-9.

Wiese, J.D., A.J. Caven, D.S. Zarlenga, C.L. Topliff, C.L. Kelling, J. Salter. 2021. Gastrointestinal parasites of a reintroduced semi-wild plains bison (Bison bison bison) herd: Examining effects of demographic variation, deworming treatments, and management Strategy.

Brinley Buckley, E.M., B.L. Gottesman, A.J. Caven, M.J. Harner, and B.C. Pijanowski. 2020. Boreal Chorus Frog (Pseudacris maculata) Spring Calling Activity, Habitat Metrics, and Associated Environmental Data. Data in Brief 33:106581.

Caven, A.J. 2020. 2020 Species Detection, Collection, and Monitoring Report. Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 19 p.

Caven, A.J. 2020. What wading bird diet can tell us about habitat values: Diverse diets across diverse landscapes. The 25th Annual Rainwater Basin Joint Venture Informational Seminar, 6 February 2020, Grand Island, NE, USA.

Caven, A.J., M. Rabbe, J. Malzahn, and A.E. Lacy. 2020. Trends in the occurrence of large Whooping crane groups during migration in the Great Plains, USA. Heliyon 6:e03549.

Caven, A.J., D.M. Varner, J. and J. Drahota. 2020. Sandhill Crane abundance in Nebraska during spring migration: making sense of multiple data points. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies 40:6-18.

Glass, A.J., A.J. Caven, D. Kim, M.O. Sutton and N. Arcilla. 2020. Climate change and land management implications for a declining Neotropical migratory songbird breeding in the North American Great Plains. Avian Conservation and Ecology 15 (1):4.

Malzahn, J., A.J. Caven, and J.D. Wiese. 2020. Characteristics of a River Otter (Lontra canadensis) Maternal Den in the Central Platte River Valley, NE. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 40:30-38.

Ostrom, B.L., A.J. Caven, J.M. Malzahn, and A. Vogel. 2020. Snowy Plover Activity in the Central Platte River Valley in May 2019. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 40:24-29.

Pearse, A.T., K.L. Metzger, D.A. Brandt, M.T. Bidwell, M.J. Harner, D.M. Baasch, and W. Harrell. 2020. Heterogeneity in migration strategies of Whooping Cranes. The Condor 122:1-15.

Pearse, A. T., Brandt, D. A., Baasch, D. M., Bidwell, M. T., Conkin, J. A., Harner, M. J., Harrell, W., & Metzger, K. L. (2020). Location data for whooping cranes of the Aransas-Wood Buffalo Population, 2009-2018 [Data set]. U.S. Geological Survey.

Skipper, B.R., D. Kim, and C. Morris. 2020. Seasonal abundance and nutritional concentration of grassland arthropods. Western North American Naturalist 80(1): 3.

Baasch, D.M., P.D. Farrell, A.J. Caven, K.C. King, J.M. Farnsworth, and C.B. Smith. 2019. Sandhill Crane use of riverine roost sites along the central Platte River in Nebraska, USA. Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist 11(1): 1-13.

Baasch, D.M., P.D. Farrell, A.T. Pearse, D.A. Brandt, A.J. Caven, M.J. Harner, G.D. Wright and K.L. Metzger. 2019. Diurnal habitat selection of migrating Whooping Crane in the Great Plains. Avian Conservation and Ecology 14 (1):6.

Caven, A.J., E.M. Brinley Buckley, J.D. Wiese, B. Taddicken, B. Krohn, T.J. Smith, and A. Pierson. 2019. Appeal for a Comprehensive Assessment of the Potential Ecological Impacts of the Proposed Platte-Republican Diversion Project. Great Plains Research 29:123-135.

Caven, A.J., E.M. Brinley Buckley, K.C. King, J.D. Wiese, et al. 2019. Temporospatial shifts in Sandhill Crane staging in the Central Platte River Valley in response to climatic variation and habitat change. Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist, Vol. 11, Pages 33-76.

Caven, A.J., and J.M. Malzahn. 2019. 2019 Species Detection, Collection, and Monitoring Report. Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 19 p.

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Caven, A.J., J.M. Malzahn, K.D. Koupal, E.M. Brinley Buckley, J.D. Wiese, R. Rasmussen, and C. Steenson. 2019. Adult Whooping Crane consumption of juvenile channel catfish during the avian spring migration in the Central Platte River VAlley, Nebraska, USA.

Caven, A.J., B. Ostrom, A. Fowler, J.D. Wiese, and K.C. King. 2019. New Wilson’s Phalarope nesting record from the Central Platte River Valley, Mormon Island, Hall County, Nebraska. The Nebraska Bird Review 87(3):100-114.

Caven, A.J., J.D. Wiese, A. Fowler, D.H. Ranglack. 2019. Vegetation community composition within Bison wallows in a lowland tallgrass prairie. The 6th Triennial American Bison Society Conference and Workshop, 28 October to 2 November 2019, Pojoaque, NM.

Finocchiaro, L. 2019. Initiation of a Roundtable Meeting to Determine Safety Hazards and Provide Education to Range Bison Herd Workers. Service Learning/Capstone Experience. 86.

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Jorns, T., J. Craine, E.G. Towne, and M. Knox. 2019. Climate structures bison dietary quality and composition at the continental scale. Environmental DNA. 2(1): 77-90.

King, K.C., A.J. Caven, K.G. Leung, D.H. Ranglack, and N. Arcilla. 2019. High society: behavioral patterns as a feedback loop to social structure in Plains bison (Bison bison bison). Mammal Research 64.

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Peterson, B.C., C.W. Schoenebeck, and N.J. Fryda. 2019. Effects of extreme environmental conditions on white-tailed deer antlers. Wildlife Society Bulletin 43(4):708-716.

Rabbe, M.R., A.J. Caven, and J.D. Wiese. 2019. First description of a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) attempting depredation on an adult Whooping Crane (Grus americana) of the Aransas-Wood Buffalo population. Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist 11.

Sutton, M.O., and N. Arcilla. 2019. New Breeding Record and Location for Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) in the Nebraska Great Plains, USA. The Prairie Naturalist 50(2):74-75.

Brinley Buckley, E.M., A.J. Caven, B.L. Gottesman, M.J. Harner, B.C. Pijanowski and M.L. Forsberg. 2018. Biological and Environmental Datasets from August 21, 2017 Total Solar Eclipse. Data in Brief.

Brinley Buckley, E.M., A.J. Caven, B.L. Gottesman, M.J. Harner, B.C. Pijanowski, M.L. Forsberg. 2018. Assessing biological and environmental effects of a total solar eclipse with passive multimodal technologies. Ecological Indicators 95(1): 353-369.

Caven, A.J. 2018. 2018 Species Detection, Collection, and Monitoring Report. Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 22 p.

Caven, A.J., K.C. King, E.M. Brinley Buckley, G.D. Wright, N. Arcilla, and R.P. McLean. 2018. Sustained early Interior Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) lekking behavior at lek in central Nebraska. Kansas Ornithological Society Bulletin. Vol.69, No.3.

Caven, A.J., J.D. Wiese, W.R. Wallauer, and K.J. Mosher. 2018. First description of a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) actively depredating an adult Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis). Western North American Naturalist 78(2): 216-220.

King, K.C., A.J. Caven, and K. Geluso. 2018. Lekking behavior of a Sharp-tailed Grouse in south-central Nebraska. The Prairie Naturalist 50(1): 39-41.

Malzahn, J., A.J. Caven, M. Dettweiler, and J.D. Wiese. 2018. Sandhill Crane Activity in the Central Platte River Valley in Late May and Early June. The Nebraska Bird Review 86(4):175-180.

Wiese, J.D., and A.J. Caven. 2018. Dataset of the physical conditions of Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) in riparian woodlands along the central Platte River. Data in Brief.

Baasch, D.M., P.D. Farrell, J.M. Farsworth, and C.B. Smith. 2017. Nest-site selection by Interior Least Terns and Piping Plovers at managed, off-channel sites along the Central Platte River in Nebraska. Journal of Field Ornithology 88(3):236-249.

Brinley Buckley, E.M., C.R. Allen, M. Forsberg, M. Farrell, and A.J. Caven. 2017. Capturing change: the duality of time-lapse imagery to acquire data and depict ecological dynamics. Ecology and Society 22 (3):30.