Publications

Peer-Reviewed / Refereed: Accepted/In Press

Ricketts C., Kurimo-Beechuk E., Mills W., Cooper R.J., Schweitzer S., Wiggers E., and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. Multi-scale analyses of habitat selection and demographic consequences for South Carolina Clapper Rails (Rallus crepitans). Waterbirds. Accepted in Revision.

Prebyl, T.J. and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. Evaluation and interpretation of MODIS-derived forest phenology in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Remote Sensing of Environment. Accepted In Revision.

Journal and Refereed Publications

Mcgovern P., Buhlmann K., Todd B., Moore C., Peaden J.M., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Daly J., and T. Tuberville. 2020. Comparing husbandry techniques for optimal head-starting of the Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 15: 626-641

Mckee R., Buhlmann K., Moore C., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., and T. Tuberville. 2020. Waif gopher tortoise survival and site fidelity following translocation. Journal of Wildlife Management

Teitelbaum C.S., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Kidd-Weaver A., Hernandez S.M., Altizer S., and R.J. Hall. 2020. Urban specialization reduces habitat connectivity by a highly mobile wading bird. Movement Ecology 8 (1)

Mcgovern P., Buhlmann K., Todd B., Moore C., Peaden J.M., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Daly J., and T. Tuberville. 2020. The effect of size on post-release survival of head-started Mojave desert tortoises. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

German L.A., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Biggs T., Parker L., and M. Salinas. 2020. The environmental effects of sugarcane expansion: A case study of changes in land and water use in southern Africa. Applied Geography 121:102240

Kidd-Weaver A., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Welch C.N., Murray M.H., Adams H.C., Ellison T.J., Yabsley M.J., and S.M. Hernandez. 2020. The movements of a recently urbanized wading bird reveal changes in season timing and length related to resource use. PLOS ONE 15 (3):e0230158

Castleberry S.B., Bland C.R., Beck J.M., Kurimo-Beechuk E., Morris K.M., and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2020. Multi-scale assessment of male Northern Yellow Bat roost selection. The Journal of Wildlife Management 84(4): 697-704

Holland A.E., Byrne M.E., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Bryan A. L., DeVault T.L., Rhodes Jr O.E., and J.C. Beasley. 2019. Evidence of niche differentiation for two sympatric vulture species in the Southeastern United States. Movement Ecology 7 (31) doi:10.1186/s40462-019-0179-z

Kurimo-Beechuk E., Cooper R.J., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Wilde S.B., Jones C.D., and S.E. Knafo. 2019. Hematology, biochemistry, and metal contaminant levels in wild-caught clapper rail (Rallus crepitans) in Northeastern Florida. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 50(2) 503-507 doi.org/10.1638/2018-0159

Majewska A.A., Satterfield D.A., Harrison R.B., Altizer S., and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2019. Urbanization predicts infection risk by a protozoan parasite in non-migratory populations of monarch butterflies from the southern coastal U.S. and Hawaii. Landscape Ecology 34(3) 649-661 doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00799-7

Chandler R. B., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Merker S., Abernathy-Conners H., and R.J. Cooper. 2018. Characterizing spatio-temporal variation in survival and recruitment with integrated population models. The Auk 135(3) 409-426. doi:10.1642/AUK-17-181.1

Cecala K. K., Maerz J. C., Halstead B. J., Frisch J. R., Gragson T. L., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., and C.M. Pringle. 2018. Multiple drivers, scales, and interactions influence southern Appalachian stream salamander occupancy. Ecosphere 9(3) e02150. doi:10.1002/ecs2.2150

Murray M. H., Kidd A. D., Curry S. E., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Yabsley M. J., Adams H., Welch C., and S.M. Hernandez. 2018. From wetland specialist to hand-fed generalist: shifts in diet and condition with provisioning for a recently urbanized wading bird. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 373(1745) 20170100. doi:10.1098/rstb.2017.0100

Ferguson P. F.B., Conroy M. J., and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2017. Assessing conservation lands for forest birds in an exurban landscape. Journal of Wildlife Management doi:10.1002/jwmg.21295

Stoker D., Falkner A. J., Murray K. M., Lang A. K., Barnum T. R., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Conroy M. J., Cooper R. J., and C. M. Pringle. 2017. Decomposition of terrestrial resource subsidies in headwater streams: Does consumer diversity matter? Ecosphere 8(6):e01868.10.1002/ecs2.1868

Jafari N., Nuse B. L., Moore C. T., Dilkina B., and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2017. Achieving full connectivity of sites in the multiperiod reserve network design problem. Computers & Operations Research 81:119-127

Chandler R., and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2016. Estimating the spatial scales of landscape effects on abundance and other demographic parameters. Landscape Ecology 31:1383-1394

Cannon J.B., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Godfrey C.M., and C.J. Peterson. 2016. Landscape-scale patterns of forest tornado damage in mountainous terrain. Landscape Ecology 31:2097-2114

Walton Z.L., Poudyal N.C., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Gaither C.J., and B.B. Boley. 2016. Exploring the role of forest resources in reducing community vulnerability to the heat effects of climate change. Forest Policy and Economics 71:94-102

Hardy R.D., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., and L. Fowler. 2016. Prioritizing conservation easement recruitment efforts: A policy-informed conservation assessment of private land. Southeastern Geographer 56(1): 81-100

Stuber O.S., Kirkman L.K., and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2016. The ecological condition of geographically isolated wetlands of the Dougherty Plain of southwestern Georgia: the relationship between landscape level assessments and macrophyte assemblages. Ecological Indicators 62:191-200

Ferguson P. F. B., Conroy M. J., Chamblee J. F., and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2015. Using structured decision making with landowners to address private forest management and parcelization: balancing multiple objectives and incorporating uncertainty. Ecology and Society 20(4):27

Ferguson P., Conroy M., and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2015. Occupancy models for data with false positive and false negative errors and heterogeneity across sites and surveys. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6:1396-1406

Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Coe S., and L. Hutyra. 2013. Patterns of land cover change in the Central Puget Sound, Washington, 1986-2001. Urban Ecosystems 16(1):109-129

Moore R., Williams T., Rodriguez E., and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2013. Using nonmarket valuation to target conservation payments: an example involving Georgia's private forests. Journal of Forestry 111(4):261-270

Marten G.I., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., and K. Kirkman. 2013. Six decades (1948-2001) of landscape change in the Dougherty Plain of southwest Georgia, USA Southeastern Geographer 53(1): 28-49

Webb W.C., Marzluff J.M., and J.Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2012. Differences in space use by common ravens in relation to sex, breeding status and kinship. The Condor 114(3):584-594

Marten G.I., Kirkman K., and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2012. Mapping geographically isolated wetlands in the Dougherty plain, Georgia, USA. Wetlands 32:149-160

Parrish M.P., and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2012. Associations between multi-scale landscape characteristics and breeding bird abundance and diversity across urban-rural gradients in Northeastern Georgia, USA. Urban Ecosystems 15:559-580

Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Marzluff J. M., and M. Alberti. 2012. Predicting avian community responses to increasing urbanization. Pp. 223–248 in C. A. Lepczyk and P. S. Warren (editors). Urban bird ecology and conservation. Studies in Avian Biology (no. 45), University of California Press, Berkeley, CA

Trombulak S.C., Baldwin R.F., Lawler J.J., Cymerman-Hepinstall J., and M.A. Anderson. 2012. Landscape-scale conservation planning for climate change in the Northern Appalachian/Acadian ecoregion. Pages 227-239 in C.C. Chester, J.A. Hilty and M.S. Cross (editors). Climate and Conservation: Landscape and seascape science, planning, and action. Island Press

Webster J.R., Benfield E.F., Cecala K., Chamblee J.F., Dehering C., Gragson T., Hepinstall J., Jackson C.R., Knoepp J., Leigh D., Maerz J., Pringle C., and H.M. Valett. 2012. Water quality and exurbanization in southern Appalachian streams. Pages 91-106 in P.J. Boon and P.J. Raven (editors). River Conservation and Management. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK

Webb WC, Marzluff JM, and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2011. Linking resource use with demography in a synanthropic population of common ravens. Biological Conservation 144(9): 2264-2273

Kertson B.N., Spencer R.D., Marzluff J.M., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., and C.E. Grue. 2011. Cougar space use and movements in the wildland-urban interface of western Washington. Ecological Applications 21(8):2866-2881

Parrish M.P., and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2011. Using geospatial data and principles of landscape ecology to identify field sites and characterize landscapes. Annals of GIS 17:63-72

Hutyra L.B., Yoon B., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., and M. Alberti. 2011. Carbon consequences of land cover change and expansion of urban lands: a case study in the Seattle metropolitan region. Landscape and Urban Planning 103:83-93

Grosse A. M., Maerz J. C., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., and M. E. Dorcas. 2011. Effects of roads and crabbing pressures on Diamondback Terrapin populations in coastal Georgia. Journal of Wildlife Management 75(4):762-770. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.104

Hepinstall-Cymerman, J. 2011. Ecological modeling in urban environments: predicting changes in biodiversity in response to future urban development. Pp 359-370 in X. Yang, ed. Urban remote sensing: monitoring, synthesis and modeling in the urban environment

Merry K.L., Bettinger P., Grebner D.L., and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2010. Perceptions of foresters of wind damage in Mississippi forests. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 34(3): 124-130

Lawler J.L. and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2010. Conservation planning in a changing climate: assessing the impacts of potential range shifts on a reserve network. Pp. 325-348 in S. Trombulak and R. Baldwin, eds. Landscape-scale Conservation Planning

Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Alberti M., and S. Coe. 2009. Using urban landscape trajectories to develop a multi-temporal land cover database to support ecological modeling. Remote Sensing 1:1353-1379

Hepinstall J.A., Marzluff J.M., and Alberti M. 2009. Modeling the responses of birds to predicted changes in land cover in an urbanizing region. Pages 625-659 In J.J. Millspaugh and F.R. Thompson III, eds. Models For Planning Wildlife Conservation In Large Landscapes. Elsevier Science. Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Merry K., Bettinger P., and J. Hepinstall. 2009. Physical and biological responses of forests to tropical cyclones affecting the United States Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Coasts. American Journal of Environmental Sciences 5(1):784-800

Bettinger P., Merry K.L., and J. Hepinstall. 2009. Post-hurricane forest management responses in the southern United States. Journal of Emergency Management 7(6): 35-50

Bettinger P., Merry K., and J. Hepinstall. 2009. Average tropical cyclone intensity along the Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and north Florida coasts. Southeastern Geographer 49:49-66

Hepinstall J.A., Alberti M., and J.M. Marzluff. 2008. Predicting land cover change and avian community responses in rapidly urbanizing environments. Landscape Ecology 28:1257-1276

Merry K. L., Bettinger P., Clutter M., Hepinstall J., and N. P. Nibbelink. 2007. An assessment of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) skills employed by field-level natural resource managers. Journal of Forestry 105:364-370

Alberti M., Redman C., Wu J., Marzluff J.M., Handcock M., Anderies J., Waddell P., Fox D., Kautz H., and J. Hepinstall. 2006. Urban landscape patterns and global environmental change (REC): Complex dynamics and emergent properties. International Human Dimension of Global Climate Change

Hepinstall J.A., Marzluff J.M., Handcock M., and P. Hurvitz. 2005. Incorporating utilization distributions into the study of resource selection: dealing with spatial autocorrelation” in Huzurbazar, S., editor, Resource Selection Methods and Applications. Pages 12-19. Omnipress, Madison, WI

Hepinstall J.A., Sader S.A., and W.B. Krohn. 2002. Effects of niche width on the performance and agreement of avian habitat models. Pages 593-606 In J.M. Scott, P.J. Heglund, M. Morrison, M. Raphael, J. Haufler, and B. Wall, eds. Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of scale and accuracy. Island Press. Covello, CA

Sader S.A., Hayes D.J., Hepinstall J.A., Coan M., and C. Soza. 2001. Forest monitoring of a remote biosphere reserve. International Journal of Remote Sensing 22(10):1937-1950

Hepinstall J.A. and S.A. Sader. 1997. Using Bayesian statistics, Thematic Mapper satellite imagery, and Breeding Bird Survey data to model bird species probability of occurrence in Maine. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 63(10):1231-1237

Hepinstall J.A., Queen L.P., and P.A. Jordan. 1996. Application of a modified habitat suitability index model for moose. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 62(11):1281-1286

Hepinstall J.A. and R.L. Fuller. 1994. Limitation of periphyton by light and nutrients and the response of bacteria to these manipulations. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 131(2):161-182