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Overview

Jeffrey F. Kelly is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research covers diverse subfields, including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Developmental Biology.

Their work primarily addresses several key topics within environmental and ecological studies, such as:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Wildlife ecology and conservation
  • Impact of light on environment and health
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Animal vocal communication and behavior

Jeffrey F. Kelly has contributed to numerous publications in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Ornithological Applications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Prominent recent papers authored or co-authored by Kelly cover a spectrum of ecological and environmental issues:

  • "Declines in an abundant aquatic insect, the burrowing mayfly, across major North American waterways" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "The effects of light pollution on migratory animal behavior" (2023, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)
  • "Nocturnal city lighting elicits a macroscale response from an insect outbreak population" (2021, Biology Letters)
  • "Using Bioenergetics and Radar-Derived Bird Abundance to Assess the Impact of a Blackbird Roost on Seasonal Sunflower Damage" (2021, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University))
  • "Quantifying long-term phenological patterns of aerial insectivores roosting in the Great Lakes region using weather surveillance radar" (2022, Global Change Biology)

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, notably:

  • Kyle G. Horton
  • Subhransu Maji
  • Elske K. Tielens
  • Yuting Deng
  • Maria Carolina T. D. Belotti

Best Publications

  • Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in the study of avian and mammalian trophic ecology

    Jeffrey F. Kelly

  • Technology on the Move: Recent and Forthcoming Innovations for Tracking Migratory Birds

    Eli S. Bridge;Kasper Thorup;Melissa S. Bowlin;Phillip B. Chilson

  • Stopover Ecology and Habitat Use of Migratory Wilson's Warblers

    Wang Yong;Deborah M. Finch;Frank R. Moore;Jeffrey F. Kelly

  • Insights into Wilson's Warbler migration from analyses of hydrogen stable-isotope ratios.

    Jeffrey F. Kelly;Viorel Atudorei;Zachary D. Sharp;Deborah M. Finch

  • Advances in tracking small migratory birds: a technical review of light-level geolocation

    Eli S. Bridge;Jeffrey F. Kelly;Andrea Contina;Richard M. Gabrielson

  • Combining genetic markers and stable isotopes to reveal population connectivity and migration patterns in a neotropical migrant, Wilson's warbler (Wilsonia pusilla).

    Sonya M. Clegg;Jeffrey F. Kelly;Mari Kimura;Thomas B. Smith;Thomas B. Smith

  • COMBINING ISOTOPIC AND GENETIC MARKERS TO IDENTIFY BREEDING ORIGINS OF MIGRANT BIRDS

    Jeffrey F. Kelly;Kristen C. Ruegg;Thomas B. Smith

  • Habitat selection and the perceptual trap

    Michael A. Patten;Jeffrey F. Kelly

  • Bottom‐up biodiversity effects increase resource subsidy flux between ecosystems

    Daniel C. Allen;Caryn C. Vaughn;Jeffrey F. Kelly;Joshua T. Cooper

  • Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Migration: Weather, Radars, and Aeroecology

    Phillip B. Chilson;Winifred F. Frick;Jeffrey F. Kelly;Kenneth W. Howard

  • Effect of Cleaning Regime on Stable-Isotope Ratios of Feathers in Japanese Quail (Coturnix Japonica)

    Jacqueline M. Paritte;Jeffrey F. Kelly

  • Declines in an abundant aquatic insect, the burrowing mayfly, across major North American waterways

    Phillip M Stepanian;Sally A Entrekin;Charlotte E Wainwright;Djordje Mirkovic

  • Novel statistical methods for integrating genetic and stable isotope data to infer individual-level migratory connectivity

    Colin W. Rundel;Colin W. Rundel;Michael B. Wunder;Allison H. Alvarado;Kristen C. Ruegg;Kristen C. Ruegg

  • Climate and Weather Impact Timing of Emergence of Bats

    Winifred F. Frick;Phillip M. Stepanian;Jeffrey F. Kelly;Kenneth W. Howard

  • Estimating animal densities in the aerosphere using weather radar: To Z or not to Z?

    Phillip B. Chilson;Winifred F. Frick;Phillip M. Stepanian;J. Ryan Shipley

  • From Agricultural Benefits to Aviation Safety: Realizing the Potential of Continent-Wide Radar Networks.

    Silke Bauer;Jason W. Chapman;Don R. Reynolds;José A. Alves;José A. Alves

  • Nocturnally migrating songbirds drift when they can and compensate when they must

    Kyle G. Horton;Benjamin M. Van Doren;Phillip M. Stepanian;Wesley M. Hochachka

  • The grand challenges of migration ecology that radar aeroecology can help answer

    Silke Bauer;Judy Shamoun-Baranes;Cecilia Nilsson;Andrew Farnsworth

  • AN EAST-WEST COMPARISON OF MIGRATION IN NORTH AMERICAN WOOD WARBLERS

    Jeffrey F. Kelly;Richard L. Hutto

  • Quantifying animal phenology in the aerosphere at a continental scale using NEXRAD weather radars

    Jeffrey F. Kelly;J. Ryan Shipley;Phillip B. Chilson;Kenneth W. Howard

  • Holding steady: Little change in intensity or timing of bird migration over the Gulf of Mexico.

    Kyle G. Horton;Benjamin M. Van Doren;Frank A. La Sorte;Emily B. Cohen

  • GEOGRAPHY OF SPRING LANDBIRD MIGRATION THROUGH RIPARIAN HABITATS IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA

    Susan K. Skagen;Jeffrey F. Kelly;Charles van Riper;Richard L. Hutto

Frequent Co-Authors

Winifred F. Frick
Winifred F. Frick Bat Conservation International
Thomas B. Smith
Thomas B. Smith University of California, Los Angeles
Jason W. Chapman
Jason W. Chapman University of Exeter
Frank R. Moore
Frank R. Moore University of Southern Mississippi
Thomas H. Kunz
Thomas H. Kunz Boston University
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer Agricultural Research Service
Judy Shamoun-Baranes
Judy Shamoun-Baranes University of Amsterdam
Don R. Reynolds
Don R. Reynolds University of Greenwich
Felix Liechti
Felix Liechti Swiss Ornithological Institute
Kenneth Howard
Kenneth Howard National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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