Dr. Melanie Boudreau

Title

Assistant Research Professor

Contact Information

mrb851@msstate.edu
Office: 662-325-2297
Thompson Hall, Rm 211

Overview

Education

Trent University, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Environmental Science
Mount Allison University, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Biology
University of New Brunswick, Bachelor's of Science (B.Sc.), Biology

Publications

Year	Publications
2025	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
2025	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.
2025	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.
2024	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.
2024	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.
2024	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.
2024	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.
2024	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.
2024	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.
2024	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.
2024	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.
2024	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.
2024	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).
2024	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.
2024	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
2024	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 Download
2024	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.
2024	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.
2024	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.
2024	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.
2023	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.
2023	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.
2023	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.
2023	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.
2022	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.
2022	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
2022	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. Download
2022	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).
2022	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.
2022	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.
2022	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.

Graduate Students

Lillian Thigpen
Jacob Wessels

Awards & Honors

Publication Award
Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society
Emerging research scholar award
ORED/DAFVM

Society Memberships

Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
The Wildlife Society

Dr. Melanie Boudreau

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