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In press 46. McNeil, D. J. In Press. Terrapin carolina (Eastern Box Turtle). Diet. The Herpetological Review.
2023 45. Gratton, E. M., D. J. McNeil, C. M. Grozinger, and H. Hines. (2023). Local Habitat Type Influences Bumble Bee Pathogen Loads and Bee Species Distributions. Environmental Entomology, 52(3):491-501. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad027 [DOWNLOAD HERE]
44. McNeil, D. J., Johnson, K. E., and Larkin, J. L. (2023). Assessing American Woodcock Use of Habitat Managed Through Programs Targeting a Declining Songbird. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 87(7), e22457. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22457 [DOWNLOAD HERE]
43. Keele, E. C., D. J. McNeil, J. E. Duchamp, and J. L. Larkin. (2023). Assessing the Benefits of Managed Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) Nesting Habitat for Breeding Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in the Western Great Lakes. Journal of Insect Conservation, 27(6), 879-894.https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saab013 [DOWNLOAD HERE]
42. Keele, E. C., D. J. McNeil, J. E. Duchamp, E. Bastidas and J. L. Larkin. (2023). Factors Driving Bumble Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) and Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) use of Sheared Shrubland and Young Forest Communities of the Western Great Lakes. Environmental Entomology 52(6):1095–1107. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad101[DOWNLOAD HERE]
41. McNeil, D. J., G. Fisher, C. J. Fiss, A. J., Elmore, M. C. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Atkins, Cohen, J., and J. L. Larkin. (2023). Using Aerial LiDAR to Assess Regional Availability of Potential Habitat for a Conservation Dependent Forest Bird. Forest Ecology and Management, 540, 121002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121002[DOWNLOAD HERE]
40. McNeil, D. J., C. K. Porter, and J. Golcher-Benavides. (2023). Notophthalmus viridescens (Eastern Newt). Diet. The Herpetological Review 54(2):259-260. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
39. Buckardt Thomas, A., D. J. McNeil, A. M. Roth, K. E. Johnson, J. L. Larkin. (2023). Evaluating Golden-winged Warbler Use of Alder and Aspen Communities Managed with Shearing in the Western Great Lakes. Ecosphere 14(3), e4443. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4443[DOWNLOAD HERE]
2022 38. Gray, L. F., D. J. McNeil, J. T. Larkin, H. A. Parker, D. Shaffer, J. L. Larkin. (2022). Quantifying Detection Probability of American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) on Transects Sampled with Thermal Cameras. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 7:e1417. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1417 [DOWNLOAD HERE]
37. Lapp, S. L., J. L. Larkin, H. A. Parker, J. T. Larkin, D. R. Shaffer, C. Tett, D. J. McNeil, C. J. Fiss, and J. Kitzes. (2022). Automated Recognition of Ruffed Grouse Drumming in Field Recordings. Wildlife Society Bulletin. e1395. doi: 10.1002/wsb.1395 [DOWNLOAD HERE]
36. Mathis, C. L., D. J. McNeil, M. R. Lee, C. M. Grozinger, C. R. V. Otto, and J. L. Larkin. 2022. Can’t see the flowers for the trees: factors driving floral abundance within early-successional forests in the central Appalachian Mountains. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 52:1002–1013. dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2022-0014. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
2021 35. Litvaitis, J., J. L. Larkin, D. J. McNeil, D. Keirstead, and B. Costanzo. 2021. Working Lands For Wildlife: Addressing Habitat Needs of At-Risk Species on Privately-Owned Lands in the Eastern United States. Land. [DOWNLOAD HERE].
34. Parker, H. A., C. Rushing, J. T. Larkin, J. Duchamp, R. Rohrbaugh, D. J. McNeil, and J. L. Larkin. 2022. Avian Response to Plant Community Composition and Structure in Regenerating Timber Harvests Protected by Ungulate Exclusion Fencing. Avian Conservation and Ecology. [DOWNLOAD HERE].
33. Lott, C. A., M. E. Akresh, B. E. Costanzo, A. W. D’Amato, S. Duan, C. J. Fiss, J. S. Fraser, H. S. He, D. I. King, D. J. McNeil, S. H. Stoleson, M. Yamasaki and J. L. Larkin. 2021. Do Review Papers on Bird–Vegetation Relationships Provide Actionable Information to Forest Managers in the Eastern United States?. Forests (12): 990. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12080990. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
32. Lee, M. R., D. J. McNeil, C. L. Mathis, C. M. Grozinger, and J. L. Larkin. 2021. Microhabitats Created by Log Landings Support Abundant Flowers and Insect Pollinators within Regenerating Mixed-Oak Stands in the Central Appalachian Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management (497): 119472. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
31. Porter, C. K., J. L. Confer, K. R. Aldinger, R. A. Canterbury, J. L. Larkin, D. J. McNeil. 2021. Strong yet incomplete reproductive isolation in Vermivora is not contradicted by other lines of evidence: a reply to Toews et al. Ecology and Evolution (00): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7763. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
30. Mathis, C. L., D. J. McNeil, M. R. Lee, C. M. Grozinger, D. E. King, C. R. V. Otto, and J. L. Larkin. 2021. Pollinator communities vary with vegetation structure and time since management within regenerating timber harvests of the Central Appalachian Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
29. Fiss, C. J., D. J. McNeil, A. D. Rodewald, D. Heggenstaller, and J. L. Larkin. 2021.Cross-scale Habitat Selection Reveals Within-stand Structural Requirements for Fledgling Golden-winged Warblers. Avian Conservation and Ecology 16(1):16. https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-01807-160116. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
28. McNeil, D. J., and B. Erregger. 2021. Description and Photographs of Cricket Parental Care in the Wild. Journal of Orthoptera Research. Journal of Orthoptera Research 30(1): 27–30.https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.30.52079. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
2020
27. McNeil, D. J., E. McCormick, A. Heimann, M. Kammerer, M. Douglas, S. Goslee, C. M. Grozinger, and H. Hines. 2020. Bumble Bees in Landscapes with Abundant Floral Resources Have Lower Pathogen Loads. Nature - Scientific Reports 10: 22306. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78119-2. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
26. Fiss, C. J., D. J. McNeil, J. Duchamp, A. D. Rodewald, and J. L. Larkin. (2020). Post-fledging Golden-winged Warblers Require Forests with Multiple Stand Developmental Stages. Condor: Ornithological Applications 122:1–13. doi: 10.1093/condor/duaa052. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
25. Jones, T. M. J. D. Brawn, I. J. Ausprey, A. C. Vitz, A. D. Rodewald, D. W. Raybuck, T. J. Boves, C. J. Fiss, D. J. McNeil, S. H. Stoleson, J. L. Larkin, W. A. Cox, A. C. Schwarzer, N. P. Horsley, E. M. Trumbo, and M. P. Ward. (2020). Parental benefits and offspring costs reflect parent-offspring conflict over the age of fledging among songbirds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 10.1073/pnas.2008955117. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
24. Confer, J. L., C. W. Porter, K. R. Aldinger, R. A. Canterbury, J. L. Larkin, and D. J. McNeil. (2020). Implications for Evolutionary Trends from the Pairing Frequencies Among Golden-winged And Blue-winged Warblers and Their Hybrids. Ecology and Evolution 10(19): 10633-10644. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6717. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
23. McNeil, D. J., and C. M. Grozinger. (2020). Singing in the Suburbs: Point Count Surveys Efficiently Reveal Habitat Associations for Nocturnal Orthoptera Across an Urban-to-Rural Gradient. Journal of Insect Conservation 24:1031–1043. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-020-00273-9. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
22. McNeil, D. J., A. D. Rodewald, O. J. Robinson, C. J. Fiss, K. V. Rosenberg, V. Ruiz-Gutierrez, K. R. Aldinger, S. Petzinger, A. Dhondt, and J. L. Larkin. (2020). Regional Abundance and Local Breeding Productivity Explain Occupancy of Restored Habitats in a Migratory Songbird. Biological Conservation 245: 108463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108463. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
21. McNeil, D. J., A. D. Rodewald, V. Ruiz-Gutierrez, K. E. Johnson, M. Strimas-Mackey, S. Petzinger, O. J. Robinson, G. E. Soto, A. Dhondt, and J. L. Larkin. (2020). Multi-scale Drivers of Restoration Outcomes for an Imperiled Songbird. Restoration Ecology 28(4):880–891. doi: 10.1111/rec.13147. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
2019
20. Lott, C. A., M. E. Akresh, A. J. Elmore, C. J. Fiss, M. C. Fitzpatrick, C. J. Joos, D. I. King, D. J. McNeil, S. H. Stoleson and J. L. Larkin (2019). What Evidence Exists for Landbird Species-environment Relationships in Eastern Temperate and Boreal Forests of North America? A Systematic Map Protocol. Environmental Evidence8:31, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-019-0170-6. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
19. McNeil, D. J. (2019). Population Dynamics of Species Recovery: Multiscale Demography in Restored Habitats. Ph.D. Dissertation. Cornell University. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
18. Can, M. J., C. J. Fiss, D. J. McNeil, and J. L. Larkin. 2019. Space Use by Prairie Warblers in Regenerating Mixed-oak Forests of Central Pennsylvania. Northeastern Naturalist 26(4): 835-848. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
17. Lutter, S. H., A. A. Dayer, A. D. Rodewald, D. J. McNeil, and J. L. Larkin. 2019. Early Successional Forest Management on Private Lands as a Coupled Human and Natural System. Forests, 10, 499; doi:10.3390/f10060499. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
16. McNeil, D. J, C. J. Fiss, A. D. Rodewald, and J. L. Larkin. 2019. Facultative Polygamy May Influence Post-fledging Movements in a Brood-splitting Passerine. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 131(1): 173-178. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
15. Fiss, C. J., D. J. McNeil , F. Rodruigez, A. D. Rodewald, and J. L. Larkin. 2019. Hail-induced Nest Failure and Adult Mortality in a Declining Ground-nesting Forest Songbird. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 131: 165-170. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
2018
14. Drucker, J., R. E. Bennett, L. Fried, M. L. Kazour, and D. J. McNeil. (2018). New Sightings of Melanistic Green Herons (Butorides virescens) in the Caribbean Suggest Overlooked Polymorphism. The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 31: 38-47. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
13. McNeil, D. J, C. R. V. Otto, E. L. Moser, K. R. Urban-Mead, D. E. King, A. D. Rodewald and J. L. Larkin. (2018). Distance Models as a Tool for Modeling Detection Probability and Density of Native Bumblebees. The Journal of Applied Entomology: 1-11. doi: 10.1111/jen.12583. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
12. McNeil, D. J, C. J. Fiss, E. M. Wood, J. E. Duchamp, M. J. Bakermans, and J. L. Larkin. (2018). Using a Natural Reference System to Evaluate Songbird Habitat Restoration. Avian Conservation & Ecology 13(1):22. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
11. Mathews, A. E., P. B. Klimov, H. C. Proctor, A. P. G. Dowling, L. Diener, S. B. Hager, J. L. Larkin, D. W. Raybuck, C. J. Fiss, D. J. McNeil, and T. J. Boves. (2018). Cophylogenetic assessment of New World warblers (Parulidae) and their symbiotic feather mites (Proctophyllodidae). Journal of Avian Biology 49(3): jav-01580. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
10. Tisdale, A. C., J. A. Jones, K. R. Aldinger, M. H. Bakermans, J. L. Larkin, D. J. McNeil, C. G. Smalling, and L. Siefferman. (2018). Geography and age are related to plumage coloration of male Golden-winged Warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera). Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130(1):286-296. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
2017
9. Itgen, M. W., D. J. McNeil and C. J. Fiss. (2017). Eurycea longicauda (Long-Tailed Salamander): Color Aberration. The Herpetological Review 48 (4): 826-827. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
8. McNeil, D. J, K. R. Aldinger, M. H. Bakermans, J. A. Lehman, A. C. Tisdale, J. A. Jones, P. B. Wood, D. A. Buehler, C. G. Smalling, L. Siefferman and J. L. Larkin. (2017). An Evaluation and Comparison of Conservation Guidelines for an At-risk Migratory Songbird. Global Ecology and Conservation 9: 90-103. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
7. Kramer, G. R., H. M. Streby, S. M. Peterson, J. A. Lehman, D. A. Buehler, P. B. Wood, D. J. McNeil, J. L. Larkin, and D. E. Andersen. (2017). Nonbreeding Isolation and Population-specific Migration Patterns Among Three Populations of Golden-winged Warblers. Condor: Ornithological Applications 119(1):108-121. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
6. Leuenberger, W., D. J. McNeil, J. Cohen, and J. L. Larkin. (2017). Characteristics of Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) Territories in Post-Fire and Post-Agricultural Communities in Central Pennsylvania. Journal of Field Ornithology: 88 (2): 169-183. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
5. McNeil, D. J., C. A. Nicks, J. C. D. Wester, M. Lovallo, and J. L. Larkin. (2017) Diet Composition and Evidence of Widespread Intraspecific Predation in a Reintroduced Population of a Forest-dependent Mesocarnivore. American Midland Naturalist 177(2): 200-210. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
4. Mibroda, J. E., D. J. McNeil, J. Duchamp, J. Townsend, and J. L. Larkin. (2017). Roadside Habitat Utilization by the Endemic Shorthead Garter Snake (Thamnophis brachystoma) in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 12(3):655–663. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
2016 3. Fiss, C. J., D. J. McNeil, R. E. Poole, K. M. Rogers, and J. L. Larkin. (2016). Prolonged interspecific care of two sibling Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) fledglings to independence by a Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia). Wilson Journal of Ornithology128(4): 921-926. [DOWNLOAD HERE]
2015
2. McNeil, D. J. (2015). Gauging the Success of Timber Harvests Managed for Golden-Winged Warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera): Characteristics and Territory Density Within a Wetland Reference System. M.Sc. Thesis. Indiana University of Pennsylvania.[DOWNLOAD HERE]
2014
1. McNeil, D. J., C. R. V. Otto, and G. J. Roloff. (2014) Using Audio Lures and Hierarchical Models to Improve Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) Detection During Point-count Surveys. Wildlife Society Bulletin38(3): 586-590. [DOWNLOAD HERE]