Steury Lab

Birdsong, M.H., W.C. Morse, T.D. Steury, and M. Smith. 2021. Socialization and motivational pathways among different groups of non-traditional hunters in Alabama reveal unique recruitment and retention opportunities. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. Link

Leeper, H., and T.D. Steury. 2021. Spatial barriers to black bear dispersal and population connectivity in Alabama. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 8:101-107. Link

Fleck, M.S., M. Dinan, L.J. Simmons, T.D. Steury, and C.A. Lepczyk. 2021. Investigating the relationship between socidemographic factors and bird identification by landowners across rural-to-urban gradients. Environmental Management 68:65-72. Link

Ivy-Israel, N.M.D., C.E. Moore, C.H. Newbolt, T.S. Schwartz, T.D. Steury, S.M. Zohdy, and S.S. Ditchoff. 2021. Association between sexually selected traits and allelic diversity in two unlinked MHC II loci in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Evolutionary Ecology 35:513-535. Link

Bodenstein, S.S., W.C. Walton, and T.D. Steury. 2021. The effect of farming practices on growth and mortality in triploid and diploid eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica. Aquaculture Environmental Interactions. Link

Wilson, S.B., T.D. Steury, and R.A. Gitzen. 2020. Winter and fall diet of eastern gray squirrels in a seasonally-flooded ecosystem in Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 19:771-780. Link

Pruente, V.L., J.L. Jones, T.D. Steury, and W.C. Walton. 2020. Effects of tumbling, refrigeration and subsequent resubmersion on the abundance of Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in oysters (Crassostrea virginica). International Journal of Food Microbiology. Link

Anderson, C., T.D. Steury, R. Nipko, and M.J. Kelly. 2019. Variation in jaguar occupancy in response to differential land use practices by human communities. Auburn University Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 8:36-37. Link

Wilson, S.B., S.S. Ditchkoff, R.A. Gitzen, and T.D. Steury. 2019. Eastern gray squirrel survival in a hunted bottomland forest ecosystem. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 6:161-165. Link

Wada, H. B.P. Kriengwatana, T.D. Steury, S.A. MacDougall-Shackleton. 2018. Incubation temperature influences sex ratio and offspring's body composition in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Canadian Journal of Zoology. Link

Wilson, A.E., J.L. Pollock, I. Billick, C. Domingo, E.G. Fernandez-Figueroa, E.S. Nagy, T.D. Steury, A. Summers. 2018. Assessing science training programs: structured undergraduate research programs make a difference. Bioscience 68:529-534. Link

Draper, J.P., L.P. Waits, J.R. Adams, C.L. Seals, and T.D. Steury. 2017. Genetic health and population monitoring of two small black bear (Ursus americanus) populations in Alabama, with a regional perspective of genetic diversity and exchange. PLOS ONE 12(11):e0186701. Link

Thornhill, D.J., E.J. Howells, D.C. Wham, T.D. Steury, and S.R. Santos. Population genetics of reef coral endosymbionts (Symbiodinium ,Dinophyceae). Molecular Ecology (Invited Review) 26:2640-2659. Link

Silvano, A.L. , C. Guyer, T.D. Steury, and J.B. Grand. 2017. Selecting focal species as surrogates for imperiled species using relative sensitivities derived from occupancy analysis. Ecological Indicators 73:302-311. Link

Newbolt, C.H., P.K. Acker, T.J Neuman, S.I. Hoffman, S.S. Ditchkoff, and T.D. Steury. 2017. Factors influencing reproductive success in male white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Management 81:206-217. Link

Neuman, T.J., C.H. Newbolt, S.S. Ditchkoff, and T.D. Steury. 2016. Microsatellites reveal plasticity in reproductive success of white-tailed deer. Journal of Mammalogy 97:1441-1450. Link

Cortes, F.E., and T.D. Steury. 2016. Factors that influence the risk of carnivore road mortality in central Alabama. Journal of the Southeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 3:190-194. PDF.

Garland, L., C. Ellis, and T.D. Steury. 2016. Food habits of black bears in suburban versus rural Alabama. Journal of the Southeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 3:185-189. PDF

Gese, E.M., F.F. Knowlton, J.R. Adams, K. Beck, T.K. Fuller, D.L. Murray, T.D. Steury, M.K. Stockopf, W.T. Waddell, and L.P. Waits. 2015 Managing hybridization of a recovering endangered species: the red wolf (Canis rufus) as a case study. Current Zoology 61:191-203. Link

Karns, G.R., A.M. Holland, T.D. Steury, and S.S. Ditchkoff. 2014. Maternal life history of white-tailed deer: factors affecting fetal sex allocation, conception of timing, and senescence. Evolutionary Ecology Research 16:165-178. PDF

Angle, C.T., J.J. Wakshlag, R.L. Gillette, T.D. Steury, P. Haney, J. Barrett, and T. Fischer. 2014. The effects of exercise and diet on olfactory capability in detection dogs. Journal of Nutritional Science. 3(e44):1-5. Link

Morse, W.C., D.R. Lowery, and T.D. Steury. Exploring saturation of qualitative themes and spatial locations in a qualitative PPGIS study design. Society and Natural Resources 27:557-571. Link

Caraway, K., R. Wilborn, A Johnson, J. Barrett, and T. Steury.  2013. Precision of the Neubauer Hemocytometer in quantifying concentration of canine spermatozoa within and between operators of differing experience levels. Auburn University Journal of Undergraduate Research 2:21-25. PDF

Dellinger, J.A., C. Proctor, M.J. Kelly, M.R. Vaughan, and T.D. Steury. 2013. Habitat use of a large carnivore, the red wolf, in a human-altered landscape. Biological Conservation 157:324-330. Link

Sparkman, A.M., J.R. Adams, T.D. Steury, L.P. Waits, and D.L. Murray. 2012. Pack social dynamics and inbreeding avoidance in the cooperatively breeding red wolf. Behavioral Ecology 23:1186-1194. Link

Lowery, D.R., W.C. Morse, and T.D. Steury. 2012. Biological and social investigation of human-black bear conflicts in the panhandle of Florida. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 17:193-206. Link

Sparkman, A.M. J. Adams, T.D. Steury, L. Waits, and D.L. Murray. 2012. Evidence for a genetic basis for delayed dispersal in a cooperatively breeding canid. Animal Behaviour 83:1091-1098. Link

Dellinger, J.A., B.L. Ortman, T.D. Steury, J. Bohling, and L.P. Waits. 2012. Food habits of red wolves during pup-rearing season. Southeastern Naturalist 10:731-740. Link

McCoy, J.C., S.S. Ditchkoff, and T.D. Steury. 2011. Bias associated with baited camera sites for assessing population characteristics of deer. Journal of Wildlife Management. 75:472-477. Link

Sparkman, A.M., J. Adams, A. Beyer, T.D. Steury, L. Waits, and D.L. Murray. 2011. Helper effects on pup lifetime fitness in the cooperatively breeding red wolf (Canis rufus). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 278:1381-1389. Link

Sparkman, A.M., J.R. Adams, T.D. Steury, L.P. Waits, and D.L. Murray. 2011. Direct fitness benefits of delayed dispersal in the cooperatively breeding red wolf (Canis rufus). Behavioral Ecology 22:199-205. Link

Steury, T.D., J.E. McCarthy, T.C. Roth, II, S.L. Lima, and D.L. Murray. 2010. Evaluation of a root-n bandwidth selector for kernel home range estimation. Journal of Wildlife Management 74(3):539-548. Link

Murray, D.L., M.G. Anderson, and T.D. Steury. 2010. Temporal shifts in density dependence among North American breeding duck populations (1955-2005). Ecology 91:571-581. Link

Boulerice, J., M.D. Smith, and S.S. Ditchkoff. 2009. Alabama cougars: sorting fact from fiction. Alabama Cooperative Extension System publication #ANR-1358, Auburn, AL. PDF

Murray, D.L., T.D. Steury, and J.D. Roth. 2008. Assessment of Canada lynx research and conservation needs in the southern range: another kick at the cat. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1463-1472. Link

Roth, J.D., D.L. Murray, and T.D. Steury. 2008. Spatial dynamics of sympatric canids: modeling the impact of coyotes on red wolf recovery. Ecological Modelling 214:391-403. Link

Roth, J.D., J.D. Marshall, D.L. Murray, D.M. Nickerson, and T.D. Steury. 2007. Geographical gradients in diet affect population dynamics of Canada lynx. Ecology 88:2736-2743. Link

Steury, T.D., and D.L. Murray. 2005. Regression vs. ANOVA. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3:356-357. PDF

Lima, S.L., and T.D. Steury. 2005. Perception of predation risk: the foundation of non-lethal predator-prey interactions. In P. Barbosa and I. Castellanos, editors. Ecology of Predator-prey Interactions. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Angilletta, Jr., M.J., T.D. Steury, and M.W. Sears. Temperature, growth rate, and body size in ectotherms: fitting pieces of a life-history puzzle. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 44:498-509. Link

Steury, T.D., and D.L. Murray. 2004. Modeling the reintroduction of lynx to the southern portion of its range. Biological Conservation 117:127-141. Link

Steury, T.D., and D.L. Murray. 2003. Causes and Consequences of individual variation in territory size in red squirrel. Oikos 101:147-156. Link

Steury, T.D., A.J. Wirsing, and D.L. Murray. 2002. Using multiple treatment levels as a means of improving inference in wildlife research. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:292-299. Link

Wirsing, A.J., T.D. Steury, and D.L. Murray. 2002. A demographic analysis of a southern snowshoe hare population in a fragmented habitat: evaluating the refugium model. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80:169-177. Link

Wirsing, A.J., T.D. Steury, and D.L. Murray. 2002. The relationship between body condition and vulnerability to predation in two small mammals. Journal of Mammalogy 83:707-715. Link

Murray, D.L., J.D. Roth, E. Ellsworth, A.J. Wirsing, and T.D. Steury. 2002. Estimating low-density snowshoe hare populations using fecal pellet counts. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80:771-781. Link

Wirsing, A.J., T.D. Steury, and D.L. Murray. 2002. Non-invasive estimation of body composition in small mammals: A comparison of conductive and morphometric techniques. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 75:489-497. Link