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Jeffrey R. Walters

Jeffrey R. Walters

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
8167
World Ranking
3360
National Ranking
1184

Overview

Jeffrey R. Walters is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States, specializing primarily in Environmental Science. Their research has a strong emphasis on Ecology, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. The scientist's work also addresses subfields such as Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The research topics covered by Jeffrey R. Walters include Species Distribution and Climate Change, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Plant and Animal Studies.

Selected recent papers authored by Jeffrey R. Walters are:

  • Sustainability of water transfer projects: A systematic review (2022), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Dendroecological investigation of red-cockaded woodpecker cavity tree selection in endangered longleaf pine forests (2020), Forest Ecology and Management
  • Interannual climate variation influences nest initiation date and nest productivity of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker at the northwestern edge of its range (2021), Ornithological Applications
  • Effects of cavity orientation on nesting success inferred from long-term monitoring of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker (2022), Scientific Reports
  • Ecosystem-based management for military training, biodiversity, carbon storage and climate resiliency on a complex coastal land/water-scape (2020), Journal of Environmental Management

Jeffrey R. Walters frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Ornithological Applications
  • The Auk
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Frequent co-authors in their work include Scott R. Loss, Anna D. Chalfoun, Patricia A. McGill, Kenneth V. Rosenberg, and Nicole L. Michel. These collaborations indicate a focus on avian ecology and conservation biology.

Best Publications

  • Ecological, evolutionary, and conservation implications of incubation temperature-dependent phenotypes in birds

    Sarah E. DuRant;Sarah E. DuRant;William A. Hopkins;Gary R. Hepp;J. R. Walters

  • The Cooperative Breeding System of the Red‐cockaded Woodpecker

    Jeffrey R. Walters;Phillip D. Doerr;J. H. Carter

  • The Determination of Clutch Size in Precocial Birds

    David W. Winkler;Jeffrey R. Walters

  • Application of Ecological Principles to the Management of Endangered Species: The Case of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker

    J R Walters

  • Test of the Ecological Basis of Cooperative Breeding in Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers

    Jeffrey R. Walters;Carole K. Copeyon;J. H. Carter

  • Interventions and the Development of Dominance Relationships in Female Baboons

    Jeffrey Walters

  • Status of the California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) and Efforts to Achieve Its Recovery

    Jeffrey R. Walters;Scott R. Derrickson;D. Michael Fry;Susan M. Haig

  • The Red-cockaded Woodpecker: Surviving in a Fire-Maintained Ecosystem

    Jeffrey R. Walters;Richard Conner;D. Craig Rudolph

  • An individual-based, spatially-explicit simulation model of the population dynamics of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker, Picoides borealis

    Benjamin H. Letcher;Jeffery A. Priddy;Jeffrey R. Walters;Larry B. Crowder

  • Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Red-cockaded Woodpeckers: a ‘primitive’ cooperative breeder

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  • Evaluating Management Alternatives for Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers: A Modeling Approach

    Selina S. Heppell;Jeffrey R. Walters;Larry B. Crowder

  • INBREEDING DEPRESSION AND ITS EFFECTS ON NATAL DISPERSAL IN RED-COCKADED WOODPECKERS

    Susan J. Daniels;Jeffrey R. Walters

  • Experimental Evidence of Disrupted Dispersal Causing Decline of an Australian Passerine in Fragmented Habitat

    Caren B. Cooper;Jeffrey R. Walters

  • SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECT NATAL DISPERSAL AND PHILOPATRY OF MALE RED‐COCKADED WOODPECKERS

    Gilberto Pasinelli;Jeffrey R. Walters

  • Extinction debt or habitat change? - Ongoing losses of woodland birds in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia

    Hugh A. Ford;Jeffrey R. Walters;Caren B. Cooper;Stephen J.S. Debus

  • Delayed Dispersal and Reproduction as a Life-History Tactic in Cooperative Breeders: Fitness Calculations from Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers

    Jeffrey R. Walters;Phillip D. Doerr;J. H. Carter

  • Defining and Evaluating the Umbrella Species Concept for Conserving and Restoring Landscape Connectivity

    Ian Breckheimer;Nick M. Haddad;William F. Morris;Anne M. Trainor

  • Empirical estimation of dispersal resistance surfaces: a case study with red-cockaded woodpeckers

    Anne M. Trainor;Anne M. Trainor;Jeffrey R. Walters;William F. Morris;Joseph Sexton

  • population viability analysis for red-cockaded woodpeckers using an individual-based model

    Jeffrey R. Walters;Larry B. Crowder;Jeffery A. Priddy

  • Genetic evidence for monogamy in the cooperatively breeding red-cockaded woodpecker

    Susan M. Haig;Jeffrey R. Walters;Jonathan H. Plissner

  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on Natal Dispersal Distance in a Resident Bird Species

    Gilberto Pasinelli;Karin Schiegg;Jeffrey R. Walters

  • Defining quality of red-cockaded woodpecker foraging habitat based on habitat use and fitness

    Jeffrey R. Walters;Susan J. Daniels;Jay H. Carter;Phillip D. Doerr

  • Flames of Hope: The Quest for Conservation and Management of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker@@@The Red-Cockaded Woodpecker: Surviving in a Fire-Maintained Ecosystem

    Bette J. S. Jackson;Richard N. Conner;D. Craig Rudolph;Jeffrey R. Walters

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan M. Haig
Susan M. Haig Oregon State University
Sarah Legge
Sarah Legge Australian National University
J. Michael Reed
J. Michael Reed Tufts University
Robert J. Mitchell
Robert J. Mitchell La Trobe University
Jaime A. Collazo
Jaime A. Collazo North Carolina State University
Russell Greenberg
Russell Greenberg Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Steven R. Beissinger
Steven R. Beissinger University of California, Berkeley
Larry B. Crowder
Larry B. Crowder Stanford University
Marc-André Villard
Marc-André Villard Mount Allison University
Marcella J. Kelly
Marcella J. Kelly Virginia Tech

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