Dr. Melanie Boudreau

Muenich, R. L., Aryal, S., Ashworth, A., Bell, M. L., Boudreau, M. R., Cunningham, S., Flynn, K. C., Hamilton, K. A., Lui, T., Mashtare, M. L., Nelson, N. G., Obenour, D. R., Rashid, B., Saha, A., Schaffer-Smith, D., Tchamdja, A., Thompson, J. 2025. Gaps in U.S. livestock data are a barrier to effective environmental and disease management. Environmental Research Letters 25(3):031001.

Boudreau, M., Rainbolt, S., Lister, H., Diamond, A., Lee, A. M., Allen, P. J. 2025. Biologger attachment and retention in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Aquaculture

Lochansky, C., Kliewer, M., Boudreau, M. R., Turner, R., Webb, M., Brook, R. K. 2025. Temperature Drives Summer Group Size Dynamics of Eastern Migratory Caribou in the Hudson Bay Lowlands of Manitoba. Canadian Journal of Zoology 103:1-8.

Cunningham, S. A., Augustine, D. J., Derner, J. D., Smith, D. P., Boudreau, M. R. 2024. In search of an optimal bio-logger timeframe and device combination for quantifying activity budgets in free-ranging cattle . Smart Agricultural Technology 9:100646.

Ahmad, H., Miranda, L., Dunn, C., Boudreau, M., Colvin, M. 2024. Connectivity patterns between floodplain lakes and neighboring streams in the historical floodplain of the Lower Mississippi River. . Ecological Indicators 169.

Lancaster, J. D., Boudreau, M., Kaminski, R. M., Street, G. M., Mini, A. E., Nelms, K. D., Davis, J. B. 2024. Mallard winter use of conservation program and nonprogram lands in Mississippi. Wildlife Society Bulletin 48: e1545(3).

Boudreau, M., Lancaster, J. D., Adjaye, D. A., Dentinger, J. E., Dolan, L. A., Ripa, G. N., Ramirez-Reyes, C., Sklarczyk, C. A., Thornton, B. S., Todaro, H. M., Kaminski, R. M., Davis, J. B. 2024. An alternative for evaluating the energetic landscape for Mallards Anas platyrhynchos in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, USA. Wildfowl 74:113-131.

Murphy, N. K., Elmore, J. A., Boudreau, M., Dorr, B. S., Rush, S. A. 2024. Monitoring active osprey nests with drones is more time efficient and less disturbing than conventional methods. Wildlife Biology

Dentinger, J., Dolan, L., Schultz, E., Helferich, J., Demarais, S., DeYoung, R., McKinley, W., Strickland, B. K., Boudreau, M. 2024. Testing secondary sex ratio bias hypotheses in white-tailed deer in Mississippi,USA. Ecology and Evolution 14(10):70296.

Schultz, E., Ellison, N., Boudreau, M., Street, G. M., Jones, L., Evans, K., Iglay, R. B. 2024. On the move: Influence of animal movements on count error during drone surveys. Ecology and Evolution 14(1):e70287.

Saylor, E. M., Kouba, A. J., Boudreau, M. R., Songassen, N., Vance, C. 2024. Efficacy of Salmon GnRH, Ovaprim®, and hCG for Hormonal Stimulation of Spermiation in Amphibians. Conservation Physiology 12(1):coae056.

Miller, H. A., Gobin, J., Boudreau, M. R., Horne, L., Scholl, L., Seguin, J., Sonnega, S., Krebs, C., Boonstra, R., Kenney, A., Jung, T. S., Boutin, S., Murray, D. L. 2024. Cyclic dynamics drive summer movement ecology of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12.

Evans, T. S., Hileman, E. T., Boudreau, M., Strickland, B. K., Iglay, R. B. 2024. Can hair snares provide a reliable method for estimating abundance of an exotic ungulate? . Biological Invasions 26:3017-3029.

Kramer, C., Boudreau, M. R., Powers, R., VerCauteren, K., Brooks, R. 2024. Potential landscape connectivity for invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) across the northern prairies of North America. Biological Invasions 26:2525-2538.

Ellison, N., Potts, J., Boudreau, M. R., Börger, L., Strickland, B. K., Street, G. M. 2024. Social interactions and habitat structure in understanding the dynamic space use of invasive wild pigs. Wildlife Biology 5:e01247.

Evans, T. S., Ellison, N., Boudreau, M., Strickland, B. K., Street, G. M., Iglay, R. B. 2024. What drives wild pig (Sus scrofa) movement in bottomland and upland forests? . Movement Ecology 12:32.

Wishart, A., Boudreau, M. R., Menzies, A. 2024. Graduate student experiences and perspectives from conducting thesis research within a long-term ecological project. . Facets 9:1-12.

Evans, T. E., Boudreau, M. R., Fleming, O. R., Strickland, B. K., Street, G. M., Iglay, R. B. 2024. No corn, no problem: a test for the best non-grain attractant for wild pigs. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 11:158-165.

Vaughn, A. J., Street, G. M., Boudreau, M. R., Allen, P. J. 2024. The relationship among acceleration, metabolism, and tail beat frequency of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) during critical swimming speed tests. Aquaculture 580(1):740280.

Murphy, N. K., Boudreau, M. R., Dorr, B. S., Slankard, K., Rush, S. A. 2024. Identifying priority mitigation areas for human-Osprey conflict. Journal of Wildlife Management

Boudreau, M. R., Gantchoff, M. G., Conlee, L., Anderson, C., Bowerstock, N. R., Belant, J. L., Iglay, R. B. 2023. A harvest framework for a recovering American black bear population. Journal of Wildlife Management 88(1):e22508.

Jones, L. R., Black, H. L., Boudreau, M. R., Bracken, R. D., Johnston, N. P. 2023. Eggshell colouration is an indicator of dietary calcium in Common Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus). Ibis 166(1):302-307.

Seguin, J., Boudreau, M. R., Lavergne, S., Lamoureax, R., Boonstra, R., Krebs, C. J. 2023. Experimental manipulation of perceived predation risk alters survival and cause of death in juvenile snowshoe hares. Canadian Journal of Zoology 102(1):71-81.

Jones, L. R., Hunts, C. A., Dolan, L. A., Murphy, N. K., Ripa, G. N., Schultz, E. A., Shastry, V. S., Sklarczyk, C. A., Thornton, B. S., Boudreau, M. R. 2023. Effects of seed size and toucan regurgitation on the germination of the tropical tree Eugenia uniflora. Journal of Tropical Ecology 39:e5.

Davis, J. B., Boudreau, M. R., Kaminski, R. M., Monroe, K. C. 2022. Resource Use Overlap by Sympatric Wintering American Black Ducks and Mallards in Tennessee. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

Parsons, I. L., Boudreau, M., Karisch, B. B., Stone, A. E., Norman, D., Webb, S. L., Evans, K., Street, G. M. 2022. Aiming for the optimum: examining complex relationships between sampling regime, sampling density and landscape complexity to accurately model resource availability. Landscape Ecology 37:2743-2756.

Gantchoff, M. G., Conlee, L., Boudreau, M., Iglay, R. B., Anderson, C., Belant, J. L. 2022. Spatially-explicit population modeling to predict large carnivore recovery and expansion. Ecological Modelling 470(110033).

Hammerschlag, N., McDonnell, L., Rider, M., Street, G. M., Hazen, E. L., Natason, L. J., McCandless, C. T., Boudreau, M. R., Gallagher, A. J., Pinsky, M. L., Kurtman, B. 2022. Ocean warming alters the distributional range, migratory timing, and spatial protections of an apex predator, the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Global Change Biology 28(6):1990-2005.

Kramer, C., Boudreau, M. R., Miller, R., Powers, R., VerCauteren, K. C., Brooks, R. K. 2022. Use and selection of crops and native cover by invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) during the diel period and across the agricultural growing season. Canadian Journal of Zoology 100(8):494-506.

Davis, J. B., Boudreau, M. R., Peterson, T. G., Kaminski, R. M. 2022. Wintering waterfowl use of bottomland forested wetlands in the Delta National Forest, Mississippi. Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 9:96-104.

Boudreau, M., Gantchoff, M. G., Ramirez-Reyes, C., Conlee, L., Belant, J. L., Iglay, R. B. 2022. Using habitat suitability and landscape connectivity in the spatial prioritization of public outreach and management during carnivore recolonization. Journal of Applied Ecology 59(3):757-767.