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Recent Publications/Products:
Gilbert, A. T., A. F. O'Connell, Jr., E. M. Annand, N. W. Talancy, J. R. Sauer, and J. D. Nichols, . 2008. An Inventory of Terrestrial Mammals at National Parks in the Northeast Temperate Network and Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5245. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. xii, 159 pp. web link
Link, W. A., J. R. Sauer, and D. K. Niven. 2008. Combining Breeding Bird Survey and Christmas Bird Count data to evaluate seasonal components of population change in Northern Bobwhite. Journal of Wildlife Management 72(1):44-51. BioOne
Sauer, J. R. 2008. Rachel Carson's legacy for research and monitoring at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. INformation (Fall):32-33.
Sauer, J. R. 2008. Avoiding monitoring pitfalls. All Bird Bulletin (January):4-5.
Sauer, J. R. and M. G. Knutson. 2008. Objectives and metrics for wildlife monitoring. Journal of Wildlife Management 72(8):1663-1664. BioOne
Sauer, J. R., W. A. Link, W. L. Kendall, J. R. Kelley, and D. K. Niven. 2008. A hierarchical model for estimating change in American Woodcock populations. Journal of Wildlife Management 72(1):204-214. BioOne
Link, W. A. and J. R. Sauer. 2007. Seasonal components of avian population change: Joint analysis of two large-scale monitoring programs. Ecology 88(1):49-55. ESA
Pardieck, K. L. and J. R. Sauer. 2007. The 1999-2003 Summary of the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Bird Populations 8:28-45. PDF
Thogmartin, W. E., J. R. Sauer, and M. G. Knutson. 2007. Modeling and mapping abundance of American Woodcock across the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(2):376-382. BioOne
Karanth, K. K., J. D. Nichols, J. R. Sauer, and J. E. Hines. 2006. Comparative dynamics of avian communities across edges and interiors of North American ecoregions. Journal of Biogeography 33(4):674-682. web link
Link, W. A., J. R. Sauer, and D. K. Niven. 2006. A hierarchical model for regional analysis of population change using Christmas Bird Count data, with application to the American Black Duck. Condor 108(1):13-24. BioOne
Nichols, J. D., J. E. Hines, J. R. Sauer, T. Boulinier, and E. Cam. 2006. Intra-guild compensation regulates species richness in desert rodents: comment. Ecology 87(8):2118–2121. ESA
O'Connell, A. F., Jr., N. W. Talancy, L. L. Bailey, J. R. Sauer, R. Cook, and A. T. Gilbert. 2006. Estimating site occupancy and detection probability parameters for meso- and large mammals in a coastal eosystem. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(6):1625-1633. BioOne
Thogmartin, W. E., F. P. Howe, F. C. James, D. H. Johnson, E. T. Reed, J. R. Sauer, and F. R. Thompson. 2006. A review of the population estimation approach of the North American landbird conservation plan. Auk 123(3):892-904. BioOne
Thogmartin, W. E., M. G. Knutson, and J. R. Sauer. 2006. Predicting regional abundance of rare grassland birds with a hierarchical spatial count model. Condor 108(1):25-46. BioOne
Bailey, L. L., J. R. Sauer, J. D. Nichols, and P. H. Geissler. 2005. General constraints on sampling wildlife on FIA plots. Pages 1-5 in Ronald E. McRoberts, Gregory A. Reams, Paul C. Van Deusen, William H. McWilliams, and Chris J. Cieszewski, editors. Proceedings of the fourth annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium: meeting jointly with the Southern Forest Mensurationists: New Orleans, Louisiana, November 19-21, 2002. General Technical Report NC-252. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station, St. Paul, MN. viii, 258 pp. web link
Butcher, G. S., D. K. Niven, and J. R. Sauer. 2005. Using Christmas Bird Count data to assess population dynamics and trends of waterbirds. American Birds 59(105th Christmas Bird Count):23-25. PDF
Corn, P. S., M. J. Adams, W. A. Battaglin, A. L. Gallant, D. L. James, M. Knutson, C. A. Langtimm, and J. R. Sauer. 2005. Amphibian research and monitoring initiative: concepts and implementation. U.S. Geological Survey, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5015. ix, 23 pp. PDF
Dunn, E. H., C. M. Francis, P. J. Blancher, S. R. Drennan, M. A. Howe, D. Lepage, C. S. Robbins, K. V. Rosenberg, J. R. Sauer, and K. G. Smith. 2005. Enhancing the scientific value of the Christmas Bird Count. Auk 122(1):338-346. BioOne
Farnsworth, G. L., J. D. Nichols, J. R. Sauer, S. G. Fancy, K. H. Pollock, S. A. Shriner, and T. R. Simons. 2005. Statistical approaches to the analysis of point count data: A little extra information can go a long way. Pages 736-743 (v. 2) in C. John Ralph and Terrell D. Rich, editors. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference 2002. General Technical Report PSW-191. U. S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, California. 2 volumes: xiv, 1296 pp. PDF
Jung, R. E., J. A. Royle, J. R. Sauer, C. Addison, R. D. Rau, J. L. Shirk, and J. C. Whissel. 2005. Estimation of stream salamander (Plethodontidae, Desmognathinae and Plethodontinae) populations in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA. Alytes 22(3-4):72-84.
Nelson, J. C., M. G. Fox, M. G. Knutson, J. R. Sauer, and W. E. Thogmartin. 2005. USGS bird and land-cover data: Regional bird conservation internet mapping tool takes flight with GIS. ArcNews Online Summer. web link
Sauer, J. R., J. Casey, H. Laskowski, J. D. Taylor, and J. Fallon. 2005. Use of survey data to define regional and local priorities for management on National Wildlife Refuges. Pages 1224-1231 (v. 2) in C. John Ralph and Terrell D. Rich, editors. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference 2002. General Technical Report PSW-191. U. S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, California. 2 volumes: xiv, 1296 pp. PDF
Sauer, J. R., W. A. Link, J. D. Nichols, and J. A. Royle. 2005. Using the North American Breeding Bird Survey as a tool for conservation: A critique of Bart et al. (2004). Journal of Wildlife Management 69(4):1321-1326. BioOne JSTOR
Sauer, J. R., W. A. Link, and J. A. Royle. 2005. Hierarchical models and Bayesian analysis of bird survey information. Pages 762-770 (v. 2) in C. John Ralph and Terrell D. Rich, editors. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference 2002. General Technical Report PSW-191. U. S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, California. 2 volumes: xiv, 1296 pp. PDF
Wood, P. A., D. K. Dawson, J. R. Sauer, and M. H. Wilson. 2005. Predicting bird response to alternative management scenarios on a ranch in Campeche, Mexico. Pages 101-106 in C. John Ralph and Terrell D. Rich, editors. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference 2002. General Technical Report PSW-191. U. S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, California. 2 volumes: xiv, 1296 pp. PDF
Alpizar-Jara, R., J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, J. R. Sauer, K. H. Pollock, and C. S. Rosenberry. 2004. The relationship between species detection probability and local extinction probability. Oecologia 141(4):652-660. web link JSTOR
Conn, P. B., L. L. Bailey, and J. R. Sauer. 2004. Indexes as surrogates to abundance for low-abundance species. Pages 59-74 in William L. Thompson, editor. Sampling rare or elusive species : concepts, designs, and techniques for estimating population parameters. Island Press, Washington, DC. xv, 429 pp. web link
Francis, C. M., E. H. Dunn, P. J. Blancher, S. R. Drennan, M. A. Howe, D. Lepage, C. S. Robbins, K. V. Rosenberg, J. R. Sauer, and K. G. Smith. 2004. Improving the Christmas Bird Count: report of a review panel. American Birds 58(104th Christmas Bird Count):34-43. PDF
Kendall, W. L., J. R. Sauer, J. D. Nichols, R. Pradel, and J. E. Hines. 2004. On the use of capture-recapture models in mist-net studies. Pages 173-181 in C. John Ralph and E. H. Dunn, editors. Monitoring bird populations with mist nets. Studies in Avian Biology 29. 211 pp.
Niven, D. K., J. R. Sauer, G. S. Butcher, and W. A. Link. 2004. Christmas Bird Count provides insights into population change in land birds that breed in the boreal forest. American Birds 58(104th Christmas Bird Count):10-20. PDF
Sauer, J. R. and W. A. Link. 2004. Some consequences of using counts of birds banded as indices to populations. Pages 168-172 in C. John Ralph and E. H. Dunn, editors. Monitoring bird populations with mist nets. Studies in Avian Biology 29. 211 pp.
Sauer, J. R., W. A. Link, and D. K. Niven. 2004. Statistical analyses make the Christmas Bird Count relevant for conservation. American Birds 58(104th Christmas Bird Count):21-25. PDF
Sauer, J. R., W. A. Link, and J. A. Royle. 2004. Estimating population trends with a linear model: technical comments. Condor 106(2):435-440. BioOne JSTOR
Thogmartin, W. E., J. R. Sauer, and M. G. Knutson. 2004. A hierarchical spatial model of avian abundance with application to Cerulean Warblers. Ecological Applications 14(6):1766-1779. ESA
Ruth, J. M., D. R. Petit, J. R. Sauer, M. D. Samuel, F. A. Johnson, M. D. Fornwall, C. E. Korschgen, and J. P. Bennett. 2003. Science for avian conservation: priorities for the new millennium. Auk 120(1):204-211. BioOne JSTOR
Sauer, J. R. 2003. Developing a general conceptual framework for avian conservation science. Ornis Hungarica 12-13:25-33. PDF
Sauer, J. R. 2003. A critical look at national monitoring programs for birds and other wildlife species. Pages 119-126 in T. J. O’Shea and M. A. Bogon, editors. Monitoring trends in bat populations of the United States and Territories: Problems and Prospects. Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR-2003-0003. U.S. Geological Survey viii, 274 pp. web link
Sauer, J. R., J. E. Fallon, and R. Johnson. 2003. Use of North American Breeding Bird Survey data to estimate population change for bird conservation regions. Journal of Wildlife Management 67(2):372-389. JSTOR
Sauer, J. R. and W. A. Link. 2003. Hierarchical models and the analysis of bird survey information. Ornis Hungarica 12-13(1-2):217-222. PDF
Sauer, J. R., W. A. Link, and J. D. Nichols. 2003. Estimation of change in populations and communities from monitoring survey data. Pages 227-253 in David E. Busch and Joel C. Trexler, editors. Monitoring ecosystems: interdisciplinary approaches for evaluating ecoregional initiatives. Island Press, Washington, DC. xix, 447 pp. web link
Sauer, J. R. and G. W. Pendleton. 2003. Population modeling. Pages 925-949 in David J. Hoffman, Barnett A. Rattner, G. Allen Burton, Jr., and John Cairns, Jr., editors. Handbook of Ecotoxicology. 2nd edition. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL. 1,290 pp.
Cam, E., J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, J. R. Sauer, R. Alpizar-Jara, and C. H. Flather. 2002. Disentangling sampling and ecological explanations underlying species-area relationships. Ecology 83(4):1118-1130. ESA
Cam, E., J. D. Nichols, J. R. Sauer, and J. E. Hines. 2002. On the estimation of species richness based on the accumulation of previously unrecorded species. Ecography 25(1):102-108. web link
Farnsworth, G. L., K. H. Pollock, J. D. Nichols, T. R. Simons, J. E. Hines, and J. R. Sauer. 2002. A removal model for estimating detection probabilities from point-count surveys. Auk 119(2):414-425. BioOne JSTOR
Jung, R. E., G. H. Dayton, S. J. Williamson, J. R. Sauer, and S. Droege. 2002. An evaluation of population index and estimation techniques for tadpoles in desert pools. Journal of Herpetology 36(3):465-472. BioOne JSTOR
Link, W. A. and J. R. Sauer. 2002. A hierarchical analysis of population change with application to Cerulean Warblers. Ecology 83(10):2832-2840. ESA
Pollock, K. H., J. D. Nichols, T. R. Simons, G. L. Farnsworth, L. L. Bailey, and J. R. Sauer. 2002. Large scale wildlife monitoring studies: statistical methods for design and analysis. Environmetrics 13(2):105-119. web link
Royle, J. A., W. A. Link, and J. R. Sauer. 2002. Statistical mapping of count survey data. Pages 625-638 in J. Michael Scott, Patricia J. Heglund, Michael L. Morrison, Jonathan B. Haufler, and William A. Wall, editors. Predicting species occurrences : issues of accuracy and scale. Island Press, Washington, DC. xvii, 868 pp. web link
Sauer, J. R. 2002. [Book review] Bird Census Techniques, Second Edition. Colin J. Bibby, Neil D. Burgess, David A. Hill, and Simon H. Mustoe. 2000. Academic Press, London, UK. Condor 104(3):698-701. BioOne JSTOR
Sauer, J. R. and W. A. Link. 2002. Using Christmas Bird Count data in analysis of population change. American Birds (102nd Christmas Bird Count):10-14. PDF
Sauer, J. R. and W. A. Link. 2002. Hierarchical modeling of population stability and species group attributes from survey data. Ecology 83(6):1743-1751. ESA
Boulinier, T., J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, J. R. Sauer, C. H. Flather, and K. H. Pollock. 2001. Forest fragmentation and bird community dynamics: inference at regional scales. Ecology 82(4):1159-1169. ESA
Heglund, P. J., J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, J. Sauer, J. Fallon, and F. Fallon. 2001. Modeling avian detection probabilities as a function of habitat using double-observer point count data. Pages 289-292 in Rebecca Field, Robert J. Warren, Henryk Okarma, and Paul R. Sievert, editors. Wildlife, Land, and People: Priorities for the 21st Century. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland. xix, 399 pp.
Nichols, J. D., J. R. Sauer, J. E. Hines, T. Boulinier, and K. H. Pollock. 2001. Estimation of species richness and parameters reflecting community dynamics using data from ecological monitoring programs. Pages 181-187 in Glenn D. Therres, editor. Conservation of Biological Diversity: A Key to the Restoration of the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem and Beyond. Proceedings of a conference held May 10-13, 1998 in Annapolis. Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis. 344 pp.
Sauer, J. R. 2001. [Book review] Restoring North America’s Birds: Lessons from Landscape Ecology (by R. A. Askins, Yale University Press). Quarterly Review of Biology 76(2):257. JSTOR
Sauer, J. R., J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, T. Boulinier, C. H. Flather, and W. L. Kendall. 2001. Regional patterns in proportion of bird species detected in the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Pages 293-296 in Rebecca Field, Robert J. Warren, Henryk Okarma, and Paul R. Sievert, editors. Wildlife, Land, and People: Priorities for the 21st Century. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland. xix, 399 pp.
Caithamer, D. F., M. Otto, P. I. Padding, J. R. Sauer, and G. H. Haas. 2000. Sea ducks in the Atlantic Flyway: population status and a review of special hunting seasons. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Migratory Bird Management, Laurel, Maryland. 40 +30 unnumbered pp.
Cam, E., J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, and J. R. Sauer. 2000. Inferences about nested subsets structure when not all species are detected. Oikos 91(3):428-434. JSTOR
Cam, E., J. D. Nichols, J. R. Sauer, J. E. Hines, and C. H. Flather. 2000. Relative species richness and community completeness: avian communities and urbanization in the mid-Atlantic states. Ecological Applications 10(4):1196-1210. JSTOR ESA
Cam, E., J. R. Sauer, J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, and C. H. Flather. 2000. Geographic analysis of species richness and community attributes of forest birds from survey data in the mid-Atlantic integrated assessment region. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 63(1):81-94. web link
Heusmann, H. W. and J. R. Sauer. 2000. The northeastern states' waterfowl breeding population survey. Wildlife Society Bulletin 28(3):355-364. JSTOR
Jung, R. E., S. Droege, J. R. Sauer, and R. B. Landy. 2000. Evaluation of terrestrial and streamside salamander monitoring techniques at Shenandoah National Park. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 63(1):65-79. web link
Knutson, M. G., J. R. Sauer, D. A. Olsen, M. J. Mossman, L. M. Hemesath, and M. J. Lannoo. 2000. Landscape associations of frog and toad species in Iowa and Wisconsin, U.S.A. Pages 134-145 in Hinrich Kaiser, Gary S. Casper, and Neil P. Bernstein, editors. Investigating amphibian declines: Proceedings of the 1998 declining amphibians conference. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 107(3-4, Special Issue).
Nichols, J. D., J. E. Hines, J. R. Sauer, F. W. Fallon, J. E. Fallon, and P. J. Heglund. 2000. A double-observer approach for estimating detection probability and abundance from point counts. Auk 117(2):393-408. BioOne JSTOR
Pardieck, K. L. and J. R. Sauer. 2000. The 1995-1999 Summary of the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Bird Populations 5:30-48.
Peterjohn, B. G., J. R. Sauer, and S. Schwarz. 2000. Temporal and geographic patterns in population trends of brown-headed cowbirds. Pages 21-34 in James N. M. Smith, Terry L. Cook, Stephen I. Rothstein, Scott K. Robinson, and Spencer G. Sealy Ecology and management of cowbirds and their hosts: studies in the conservation of North American passerine birds. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. ix, 388 pp. web link
Sauer, J. R. 2000. Why monitoring matters. Bird Conservation No. 13:6-7, 16.
Sauer, J. R. 2000. Combining information from monitoring programs: Complications associated with indices and geographic scale. Pages 124-126 in Rick Bonney, David N. Pashley, Robert Cooper, and Larry Niles, editors. Strategies for Bird Conservation: The Partners in Flight Planning Process. Proceedings of the 3rd Partners in Flight Workshop, Cape May, New Jersey, October 1-5, 1995. RMRS-P-16. U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, Utah. 281 pp. web link
Sauer, J. R. and R. J. Cooper. 2000. Population and habitat assessment: Monitoring bird populations over large areas: Introduction. Pages 113-114 in Rick Bonney, David N. Pashley, Robert Cooper, and Larry Niles, editors. Strategies for Bird Conservation: The Partners in Flight Planning Process. Proceedings of the 3rd Partners in Flight Workshop, Cape May, New Jersey, October 1-5, 1995. RMRS-P-16. U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, UT. 281 pp. web link
Sauer, J. R., J. Hadidian, C. Swarth, S. Droege, P. Handly, G. Diddan, and J. Huff. 2000. DC birdscape: a program for monitoring neotropical migrant birds in Washington, DC. Pages 140-142 in Rick Bonney, David N. Pashley, Robert Cooper, and Larry Niles, editors. Strategies for Bird Conservation: The Partners in Flight Planning Process. Proceedings of the 3rd Partners in Flight Workshop, Cape May, New Jersey, October 1-5, 1995. RMRS-P-16. U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, UT. 281 pp. web link
Bennetts, R. E., W. A. Link, J. R. Sauer, and P. W. Sykes, Jr. 1999. Factors influencing counts in an annual survey of Snail Kites in Florida. Auk 116(2):316-323. PDF
Hines, J. E., T. Boulinier, J. D. Nichols, J. R. Sauer, and K. H. Pollock. 1999. COMDYN: Software to study the dynamics of animal communities using a capture-recapture approach. Bird Study 46(suppl.):S209-217.
Knutson, M. G., J. R. Sauer, D. A. Olsen, M. J. Mossman, L. M. Hemesath, and M. J. Lannoo. 1999. Effects of landscape composition and wetland fragmentation on frog and toad abundance and species richness in Iowa and Wisconsin, USA. Conservation Biology 13(6): 1437-1446. JSTOR web link
Link, W. A. and J. R. Sauer. 1999. Controlling for varying effort in count surveys --an analysis of Christmas Bird Count Data. Journal of Agricultural, Biological & Environmental Statistics 4(2):116-125. JSTOR
Link, W. A. and J. R. Sauer. 1999. On the importance of controlling for effort in analysis of count survey data: Modeling population change from Christmas Bird Count data. Pages 119-124 in Andreas J. Helbig and Martin Flade, editors. Bird numbers 1998: where monitoring and ecological research meet: proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the European Bird Census Council (EBCC) in Cottbus (Brandenburg), Germany, 23-31 March 1998. Vogelwelt 120 Suppl. AULU-Verlag, Wiebelsheim, Germany. 402 pp.
Peterjohn, B. and J. R. Sauer. 1999. Population status of North American grassland birds from the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Pages 27-44 in Peter D. Vickery and James R. Herkert, editors. Ecology and conservation of grassland birds of the western hemisphere. Studies in Avian Biology 19. 299 pp.
Sauer, J. R. and W. A. Link. 1999. Regional analysis of population trajectories from the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Pages 31-38 in Andreas J. Helbig and Martin Flade, editors. Bird numbers 1998: where monitoring and ecological research meet: proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the European Bird Census Council (EBCC) in Cottbus (Brandenburg), Germany, 23-31 March 1998. Vogelwelt 120 Suppl. AULU-Verlag, Wiebelsheim, Germany. 402 pp.
Boulinier, T., J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, J. R. Sauer, C. H. Flather, and K. H. Pollock. 1998. Higher temporal variability of forest breeding bird communities in fragmented landscapes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 95(13):7497-7501. web link
Boulinier, T., J. D. Nichols, J. R. Sauer, J. E. Hines, and K. H. Pollock. 1998. Estimating species richness: The importance of heterogeneity in species detectability. Ecology 79(3):1018-1028. ESA
Francis, C. M., J. R. Sauer, and J. R. Serie. 1998. Effect of restrictive harvest regulations on survival and recovery rates of American black ducks. Journal of Wildlife Management 62(4):1544-1557. JSTOR
Link, W. A. and J. R. Sauer. 1998. Estimating relative abundance from count data. Austrian Journal of Statistics 27(1 & 2):83-97. web link
Link, W. A. and J. R. Sauer. 1998. Estimating population change from count data: application to the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Ecological Applications 8(2):258-268. JSTOR ESA
Mossman, M. J., L. M. Hartman, R. Hay, J. R. Sauer, and B. J. Dhuey. 1998. Monitoring long-term trends in Wisconsin frog and toad populations. Pages 169-198 in M. J. Lannoo, editor. Status and Conservation of Midwestern Amphibians. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, Iowa. xviii, 507 pp. web link
Nichols, J. D., T. Boulinier, J. E. Hines, K. H. Pollock, and J. R. Sauer. 1998. Estimating rates of local species extinction, colonization and turnover in animal communities. Ecological Applications 8(4):1213-1225. ESA JSTOR
Nichols, J. D., T. Boulinier, J. E. Hines, K. H. Pollock, and J. R. Sauer. 1998. Inference methods for spatial variation in species richness and community composition when not all species are detected. Conservation Biology 12(6):1390-1398. JSTOR
Dunn, E. H. and J. R. Sauer. 1997. Monitoring Canadian bird populations with winter counts. Pages 49-55 in E. H. Dunn, M. D. Cadman, and J. B. Falls, editors. Monitoring bird populations: The Canadian experience. Occasional Paper 95. Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario. 62 pp.
Hadidian, J., J. R. Sauer, C. Swarth, P. Handly, S. Droege, C. Williams, J. Huff, and G. Didden. 1997. A citywide breeding bird survey for Washington, DC. Urban Ecosystems 1(2):87-102. web link
Heusmann, H. W. and J. R. Sauer. 1997. A survey for mallard pairs in the Atlantic flyway. Journal of Wildlife Management 61(4):1191-1198. JSTOR
Link, W. A. and J. R. Sauer. 1997. New approaches to the analysis of population trends in land birds: Comment. Ecology 78(8):2632-2634. ESA JSTOR
Link, W. A. and J. R. Sauer. 1997. Estimation of population trajectories from count data. Biometrics 53(2):488-497. JSTOR
Peterjohn, B. G. and J. R. Sauer. 1997. Population trends of black terns from the North American Breeding Bird Survey, 1966-1996. Colonial Waterbirds 20(3):566-573. JSTOR
Flather, C. H. and J. R. Sauer. 1996. Using landscape ecology to test hypotheses about large-scale abundance patterns in migratory birds. Ecology 77(1):28-35. JSTOR
Kendall, W. L., B. G. Peterjohn, and J. R. Sauer. 1996. First-time observer effects in the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Auk 113(4):823-829. PDF
Link, W. A. and J. R. Sauer. 1996. Extremes in ecology: Avoiding the misleading effects of sampling variation in summary analyses. Ecology 77(5):1633-1640. JSTOR
Sauer, J. R. 1996. Common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor. Pages 190-191 in Chandler S. Robbins, senior editor and Eirik A. T. Blom, project coordinator Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Maryland and the District of Columbia. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA. xx, 479 pp.
Sauer, J. R., G. W. Pendleton, and B. G. Peterjohn. 1996. Evaluating causes of population change in North American insectivorous songbirds. Conservation Biology 10(2):465-478. JSTOR
Peterjohn, B. G., J. R. Sauer, and W. A. Link. 1995-1996. The 1994 and 1995 summary of the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Bird Populations 3:48-66.
Barker, R. J. and J. R. Sauer. 1995. Statistical aspects of point count sampling. Pages 125-130 in C. J. Ralph, J. R. Sauer, and S. Droege, editors. Monitoring Bird Populations by Point Counts. General Technical Report PSW-149. U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. iv, 181 pp. PDF
Bishop, C., D. Bradford, G. Casper, S. Corn, S. Droege, G. Fellers, P. Geissler, D. M. Green, R. Heyer, M. Lannoo, D. Larson, D. Johnson, R. McDiarmid, J. Sauer, B. Shaffer, H. Whiteman, and H. Wilbur. 1995. A proposed North American Amphibian Monitoring Program. Canadian Association of Herpetologists Bulletin 9:6-13.
Dawson, D. K., J. R. Sauer, P. A. Wood, M. Berlanga, M. H. Wilson, and C. S. Robbins. 1995. Estimating bird species richness from capture and count data. Pages 1063-1068 in P. M. North and J. D. Nichols, editors. Statistics and Ornithology. Proceedings of the 4th EURING Technical Meeting, 19-24 September, 1994. Journal of Applied Statistics 22(5-6). 553-1081 pp. web link
Link, W. A. and J. R. Sauer. 1995. Estimation and confidence intervals for empirical mixing distributions. Biometrics 51(3):810-821. JSTOR
Pendleton, G. W. and J. R. Sauer. 1995. Delineating bird populations using ring recoveries. Pages 1049-1055 in P. M. North and J. D. Nichols, editors. Statistics and Ornithology. Proceedings of the 4th EURING Technical Meeting, 19-24 September, 1994. Journal of Applied Statistics 22(5-6). 553-1081 pp. web link
Peterjohn, B. G. and J. R. Sauer. 1995. Purple martin population trends from the North American Breeding Bird Survey, 1966-1994. Purple Martin Update 6(2):2-8.
Peterjohn, B. G. and J. R. Sauer. 1995. Population trends of the loggerhead shrike from the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Pages 117-121 in Reuven Yosef and Fred E. Lohrer, editors. Shrikes (Laniidae) of the World: Biology and Conservation. Proceedings of the First International Shrike Symposium. Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 6(1). ix, 343 pp.
Peterjohn, B. G., J. R. Sauer, and S. Orsillo. 1995. Breeding Bird Survey: Population trends 1966-92. Pages 17-21 in E. T. LaRoe, G. S. Farris, C. E. Puckett, P. D. Doran, and M. J. Mac, editors. Our Living Resources: A Report to the Nation on the Distribution, Abundance, and Health of U.S. Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems. National Biological Service, Washington, DC. xi, 530 pp. PDF
Peterjohn, B. G., J. R. Sauer, and C. S. Robbins. 1995. Population trends from the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Pages 3-39 in Thomas E. Martin and Deborah M. Finch, editors. Ecology and Management of Neotropical Migratory Birds: A Synthesis and Review of Critical Issues. Oxford University Press, New York. xvi, 489 pp.
Ralph, C. J., S. Droege, and J. R. Sauer. 1995. Preface. Page iii-iv in C. J. Ralph, J. R. Sauer, and S. Droege, technical editors. Monitoring Bird Populations by Point Counts. General Technical Report PSW-149. U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, California. iv, 181 pp. PDF
Ralph, C. J., S. Droege, and J. R. Sauer. 1995. Managing and monitoring birds using point counts: Standards and applications. Pages 161-175 in C. J. Ralph, J. R. Sauer, and S. Droege, technical editors. Monitoring Bird Populations by Point Counts. General Technical Report PSW-149. U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, California. iv, 181 pp. PDF
Ralph, C. J., J. R. Sauer, and S. Droege, technical editors. 1995. Monitoring Bird Populations by Point Counts. General Technical Report PSW-149. U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, California. iv, 181 pp.
Sauer, J. R., S. Orsillo, and B. G. Peterjohn. 1995. Geographic patterns in relative abundances and population trends of breeding and wintering loggerhead shrikes in North America. Pages 128-141 in Reuven Yosef and Fred E. Lohrer, editors. Shrikes (Laniidae) of the World: Biology and Conservation. Proceedings of the First International Shrike Symposium. Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 6(1). ix, 343 pp.
Sauer, J. R. and G. W. Pendleton. 1995. Population modeling and its role in toxicological studies. Pages 681-702 in David J. Hoffman, Barnett A. Rattner, G. Allen Burton, Jr., and John Cairns, Jr., editors. Handbook of Ecotoxicology. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida. x, 755 pp.
Sauer, J. R., G. W. Pendleton, and S. Orsillo. 1995. Mapping of bird distributions from point count surveys. Pages 151-160 in C. J. Ralph, J. R. Sauer, and S. Droege, editors. Monitoring Bird Populations by Point Counts. General Technical Report PSW-149. U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest Experiment Station. iv, 181 pp. PDF
Vyas, N. B., W. J. Kuenzel, E. F. Hill, and J. R. Sauer. 1995. Acephate affects migratory orientation of the white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 14(11):1961-1965. web link
Droege, S. and J. R. Sauer. 1994. Are more North American species decreasing than increasing? Pages 297-306 in E. J. M. Hagemeijer and T. J. Verstrael, editors. Bird Numbers 1992: Distribution, monitoring and ecological aspects. Statistics Netherlands and SOVON, Voorburg/Heerlen and Beek-Ubbergen, Netherlands. viii, 728 pp.
Link, W. A., R. J. Barker, J. R. Sauer, and S. Droege. 1994. Within-site variability in surveys of wildlife populations. Ecology 75(4):1097-1108. JSTOR
Link, W. A. and J. R. Sauer. 1994. Estimating equations estimates of trends. Bird Populations 2:23-32.
Peterjohn, B. G. and J. R. Sauer. 1994. Population trends of woodland birds from the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Wildlife Society Bulletin 22(2):155-164. JSTOR
Peterjohn, B. G., J. R. Sauer, and W. A. Link. 1994. The 1992 and 1993 summary of the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Bird Populations 2:46-61.
Reynolds, R. E., T. L. Shaffer, J. R. Sauer, and B. G. Peterjohn. 1994. Conservation reserve program: Benefit for grassland birds in the northern plains. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 59:328-336.
Sauer, J. R. 1994. Demographic analysis of marked birds. [Book review] Marked Individuals in the Study of Bird Populations by J.-D. Lebreton and Ph. M. North, editors. Condor 96(2):571-572. PDF
Sauer, J. R., R. J. Barker, and P. H. Geissler. 1994. Statistical aspects of modeling population change from population size data. Pages 451-466 in R. J. Kendall and T. E. Lacher, Jr., editors. Wildlife Toxicology and Population Modeling: Integrated Studies of Agroecosystems. SETAC Special Publications Series. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida. 576 pp.
Sauer, J. R., D. D. Dolton, and S. Droege. 1994. Mourning dove population trend estimates from Call-Count and North American Breeding Bird Surveys. Journal of Wildlife Management 58(3):506-515. JSTOR
Sauer, J. R., S. Orsillo, and B. G. Peterjohn. 1994. Population status and trends of grouse and prairie-chickens from the North American Breeding Bird Survey and Christmas Bird Count. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 59:439-448.
Sauer, J. R., B. G. Peterjohn, and W. A. Link. 1994. Observer differences in the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Auk 111(1):50-62. PDF
Barker, R. J., J. R. Sauer, and W. A. Link. 1993. Optimal allocation of point-count sampling effort. Auk 110(4):752-758. PDF
Church, K. E., J. R. Sauer, and S. Droege. 1993. Population trends of quails in North America. Pages 44-54 in K. E. Church and T. V. Daley, editors. Quail III: National Quail Symposium. Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Pratt, Kansas. xii, 202 pp.
Martin, F. W. and J. R. Sauer. 1993. Population characteristics and trends in the Eastern Management Unit. Pages 281-304 in T. S. Baskett, M. W. Sayre, R. E. Tomlinson, and R. E. Mirarchi, editors. Ecology and Management of the Mourning Dove . Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, PA. xxi, 567 pp.
Peterjohn, B. G. and J. R. Sauer. 1993. North American Breeding Bird Survey annual summary 1990-1991. Bird Populations 1:52-67.
Robbins, C. S., J. R. Sauer, and B. G. Peterjohn. 1993. Population trends and management opportunities for neotropical migrants. Pages 17-23 in Deborah M. Finch and Peter W. Stangel, editors. Status and Management of Neotropical Migratory Birds. General Technical Report RM-229. U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, CO. iv, 422 pp. PDF
Sauer, J. R. 1993. Monitoring goals and programs of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Pages 245-251 in D. M. Finch and P. W. Stangel, editors. Status and Management of Neotropical Migratory Birds. General Technical Report RM-229. U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, CO. iv, 422 pp. PDF
Barker, R. J. and J. R. Sauer. 1992. Modelling population change from time series data. Pages 182-194 in D. R. McCullough and R. H. Barrett, editors. Wildlife 2001: Populations. Elsevier Applied Science, New York, New York. xv, 1163 pp.
Koford, R. R., J. R. Sauer, D. H. Johnson, J. D. Nichols, and M. D. Samuel. 1992. A stochastic population model of mid-continental mallards. Pages 170-181 in D. R. McCullough and R. H. Barrett, editors. Wildlife 2001: Populations. Elsevier Applied Science, New York, New York. xv, 1163 pp.
Nichols, J. D., J. R. Sauer, K. H. Pollock, and J. B. Hestbeck. 1992. Estimating transition probabilities for stage-based population projection matrices using capture-recapture data. Ecology 73(1):306-312. JSTOR
Noon, B. R. and J. R. Sauer. 1992. Population models for passerine birds: structure, parameterization, and analysis. Pages 441-464 in D. R. McCullough and R. H. Barrett, editors. Wildlife 2001: Populations. Elsevier Applied Science, New York, New York. xv, 1163 pp.
Pendleton, G. W. and J. R. Sauer. 1992. Black duck population units as determined by patterns of band recovery. Pages 687-695 in D. R. McCullough and R. H. Barrett, editors. Wildlife 2001: Populations. Elsevier Applied Science, New York, New York. xv, 1163 pp.
Sauer, J. R. 1992. [Software review] RAMAS/Stage: Generalized stage-based modeling for population dynamics. Quarterly Review of Biology 67(4):569-570. JSTOR
Sauer, J. R. and S. Droege. 1992. Geographic patterns in population trends of neotropical migrants in North America. Pages 26-42 in John M. Hagan III and D. W. Johnston, editors. Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. xiii, 609 pp.
Reynolds, R. E. and J. R. Sauer. 1991. Changes in mallard breeding populations in relation to production and harvest rates. Journal of Wildlife Management 55(3):483-487. JSTOR
Sauer, J. R. and J. B. Bortner. 1991. Population trends from the American woodcock singing-ground survey, 1970-88. Journal of Wildlife Management 55(2):300-312. JSTOR
Sauer, J. R., S. Droege, and D. Bystrak. 1991. Breeding Bird Survey and bird banding data: Applications to raptor research and management. Pages 125-133 in Beth Giron Pendleton and Diane J. Krahe, project editors. Proceedings of the Midwest Raptor Management Symposium and Workshop. Scientific and Technical Series 15. National Wildlife Federation, Washington, DC. xii, 287 pp.
Droege, S. and J. R. Sauer. 1990. Northern bobwhite, gray partridge, and ring-necked pheasant population trends (1966-1988) from the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Pages 2-20 in Kevin E. Church, Richard E. Warner, and Stephen J. Brady, editors. Perdix V: Gray Partridge and Ring-necked Pheasant Workshop. Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Emporia, Kansas. 413 pp.
Droege, S. and J. R. Sauer. 1990. North American Breeding Bird Survey Annual Summary, 1989 . U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 90(8). 22 pp.
Geissler, P. H. and J. R. Sauer. 1990. Topics in route-regression analysis. Pages 54-57 in J. R. Sauer and S. Droege, editors. Survey Designs and Statistical Methods for the Estimation of Avian Population Trends. Biological Report 90(1). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC. v, 166 pp.
Sauer, J. R. 1990. Route-regression analysis of Scissor-tailed Flycatcher population trends. Pages 160-163 in J. R. Sauer and S. Droege, editors. Survey Designs and Statistical Methods for the Estimation of Avian Population Trends. Biological Report 90(1). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC. v, 166 pp.
Sauer, J. R. and S. Droege. 1990. Wood duck population trends from the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Pages 225-231 in Leigh H. Fredrickson, George V. Burger, Stephen P. Havera, David A. Graber, Ronald E. Kirby, and T. Scott Taylor, editors. The 1988 North American Wood Duck Symposium. St. Louis, MO. xv, 390 pp.
Sauer, J. R. and S. Droege, editors. 1990. Survey Designs and Statistical Methods for the Estimation of Avian Population Trends. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 90(1). v, 166 pp.
Sauer, J. R. and S. Droege. 1990. Recent population trends of the eastern bluebird. Wilson Bulletin 102(2):239-252. PDF
Sauer, J. R. and P. H. Geissler. 1990. Estimation of annual indices from roadside surveys. Pages 58-62 in J. R. Sauer and S. Droege, editors. Survey Designs and Statistical Methods for the Estimation of Avian Population Trends. Biological Report 90(1). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC. v, 166 pp.
Sauer, J. R., J. S. Lawrence, E. L. Warr, G. W. Cook, and V. R. Anderson. 1990. Experimental September duck hunting seasons and the survival of wood ducks in Kentucky and Tennessee. Pages 357-360 in Leigh H. Fredrickson, George V. Burger, Stephen P. Havera, David A. Graber, Ronald E. Kirby, and T. Scott Taylor, editors. Proceedings 1988 North American Wood Duck Symposium. St. Louis, MO. xv, 390 pp.
Droege, S. and J. R. Sauer. 1989. North American Breeding Bird Survey Annual Summary, 1988. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 89(13). 16 pp.
Hines, J. E. and J. R. Sauer. 1989. Program CONTRAST--A general program for the analysis of several survival or recovery rate estimates. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fish and Wildlife Technical Report No. 24. 7 pp.
Krementz, D. G., J. R. Sauer, and J. D. Nichols. 1989. Model-based estimates of annual survival rate are preferable to observed maximum lifespan statistics for use in comparative life-history studies. Oikos 56(2):203-208. JSTOR
Robbins, C. S., S. Droege, and J. R. Sauer. 1989. Monitoring bird populations with Breeding Bird Survey and atlas data. Pages 297-304 in Yrjö Haila, Olli Järvinen, and Pertti Koskimies, editors. Monitoring bird populations in varying environments: 10th International conference on bird census and atlas studies, Helsinki 24-28 August 1987. Annales Zoologici Fennici 26(4). PDF
Robbins, C. S., J. R. Sauer, R. S. Greenberg, and S. Droege. 1989. Population declines in North American birds that migrate to the neotropics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 86(19):7658-7662. web link
Sauer, J. R. and J. E. Hines. 1989. Testing for differences among survival or recovery rates using program CONTRAST. Wildlife Society Bulletin 17(4):549-550. JSTOR
Sauer, J. R. and B. K. Williams. 1989. Generalized procedures for testing hypotheses about survival or recovery rates. Journal of Wildlife Management 53(1):137-142. JSTOR
Titus, K., M. R. Fuller, D. F. Stauffer, and J. R. Sauer. 1989. Buteos. Pages 53-64 in Beth Giron Pendleton, Maurice N. LeFranc, Jr., and Mary Beth Moss, editors. Proceedings of the Northeast Raptor Management Symposium and Workshop. Scientific and Technical Series 13. National Wildlife Federation, Washington, DC. xi, 353 pp.
Sauer, J. R., M. K. Klimkiewicz, and S. Droege. 1988. Population trends of the Purple Martin in North America, 1966-1986. Purple Martin Update 1(1):4-6.
Sauer, J. R., and N. A. Slade. 1988. Body size as a demographic categorical variable: ramifications for life history analysis of mammals. Pages 107‑121 in M. S. Boyce, editor. Evolution of life histories: theory and patterns from mammals. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut.
Sauer, J. R., M. K. Klimkiewicz, and S. Droege. 1987. Population trends of the purple martin in North America, 1966 - 1986. Nature Society News 22:1-2.
Sauer, J. R., and N. A. Slade. 1987. Size‑based demography of vertebrates. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 18:71‑90. JSTOR
Sauer, J. R., and N. A. Slade. 1987. Uinta ground squirrel demography: is body mass a better categorical variable than age? Ecology 68(3):642‑650. JSTOR
Bergstrom, B. J., and J. R. Sauer. 1986. Social traveling inferred from multiple captures: testing assumptions. American Midland Naturalist 115(1):201‑203. JSTOR
Sauer, J. R., and N. A. Slade. 1986. Field‑determined growth rates in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster):observed patterns and environmental influences. Journal of Mammalogy 67(1):61‑68. JSTOR
Sauer, J. R., and N. A. Slade. 1986. Size‑dependent population dynamics of Microtus ochrogaster. American Naturalist 127(5):902‑908. JSTOR
Sauer, J. R. 1985. Mortality associated with severe weather in a northern population of cotton rats. American Midland Naturalist 113(1):188‑189. JSTOR
Sauer, J. R., and N. A. Slade. 1985. Mass‑based demography of a hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) population. Journal of Mammalogy 66(2):316‑328. JSTOR
Slade, N. A., J. R. Sauer, and G. E. Glass. 1984. Seasonal variation in field determined growth rates of the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus). Journal of Mammalogy 65(2):263‑270. JSTOR
Sauer, J. R., and M. S. Boyce. 1983. Density dependence and the survival of elk in north western Wyoming. Journal of Wildlife Management 47(1):31‑37. JSTOR
Krementz, D. G., and J. R. Sauer. 1982. Avian communities on partially reclaimed mine spoils in south central Wyoming. Journal of Wildlife Management 46(3):761‑765. JSTOR
Sauer, J. R., and M. S. Boyce. 1979. Time series analysis of the National Elk Refuge census. Pages 9‑12 in M. S. Boyce and L. D. Hayden‑Wing, editors., North American elk: ecology, behavior, and management. University of Wyoming, Laramie. 294 pp.
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