CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME Theodore R. Simons

TITLE Assistant Unit Leader, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Professor, Departments of Zoology and Forestry, North Carolina State University

ADDRESS Department of Zoology

226A David Clark, Box 7617

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC 27695-7617

Telephone 919-515-2689

FAX 919-515-4454

email tsimons@ncsu.edu

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~simons

EDUCATION B.S. Wildlife Ecology 1975

University of Wisconsin, Madison

M.S. Wildlife Biology 1979

University of Washington

Ph.D. Wildlife Biology 1983

University of Washington

DISSERTATION "Biology and Conservation of the Endangered Hawaiian Dark-rumped Petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis"

Advisor - Dr. D.A. Manuwal

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2004 Assistant Unit Leader, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Professor, Zoology and Forestry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

1998 Assistant Unit Leader, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Associate Professor, Zoology and Forestry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

1996 Assistant Unit Leader, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Assistant Professor, Zoology and Forestry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

1993 Director, Cooperative Park Studies Unit, Assistant Professor, Zoology and Forestry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

1991 Director, National Park Service Cooperative Park Studies Unit

Research Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

1984-1991 Research Biologist, U.S. National Park Service, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Ocean Springs, MS

1979-1983 Research Associate, U.S. National Park Service/University of Washington, Maui, Hawaii, Lecturer, Wildlife Science Program, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle

1977-1978 Research Associate, U.S. Forest Service/University of Washington, Seattle

Teaching Assistant, College of Forest Resources, Univ. of Washington, Seattle

Research Associate, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service University of Washington, Barren Islands, Alaska

AWARDS

USGS Cooperative Res. Program – National Scientific Excellence Award 2007

USFWS – Technical Assistance Award 2006

USGS Star Award 2005

Tanner Fellowship – Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association 2003

USGS Cooperative Research Program – National Leadership Award 2002

USGS Star Award 1998

U.S. National Park Service Special Achievement Awards 1990,1991,1992,1993

U.S. NPS, Regional Science Award and nominee for Director's Award 1989

American Ornithologists' Union, Marcia Brady Tucker Award 1983

Wilson Ornithological Society Student Award 1978

Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund for Ornithology Research Award 1977

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

Mississippi State University
University of Southern Mississippi

Auburn University

University of Virginia

EDITORIAL BOARDS

Ecological Applications (2003 - present)

GRANTS

2006 USGS/National Park Service. "Evaluating the consequences of predator removal for endangered species management at Cape Lookout National Seashore" with Alan O'Connell USGS, $190,000

2006 U.S. Forest Service. "Assessing the effects of atmospheric pollution on high elevation bird and snail communities in the southern Appalachians", $45,000

2006 USGS Status and Trends. " Incorporating estimates of detection probability into the Breeding Bird Survey protocol: assessment of current sampling methods" with Ken Pollock NCSU, $100,000

2006 North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. "Estimating Detection Probabilities for Community Assessment and Population Monitoring", $10,000

2004 USGS/National Park Service. “Assessing the relationship between acid precipitation, calcium depletion, and avian productivity in Great Smoky Mountains National Park”, $60,000

2004 USGS/National Park Service. “Measuring the effects of off-road vehicles on the coastal avifauna of Cape Lookout National Seashore", $64,000

2003 Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association. “Assessing the relationship between acid precipitation, calcium depletion and avian productivity in Great Smoky Mountains National Park”, $10,000

2002 Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Forest Service. “Estimating Detection Probabilities for Community Assessment and Population Monitoring” with Ken Pollock, NCSU, $344,000

2002 Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. “Development of Patch Occupancy Models for Use in Amphibian Monitoring” with Ken Pollock, NCSU, $165,000

2002 USFWS. "Conservation status of the Black-capped Petrel, (Pterodroma hasitata)", $20,000

2002 The Nature Conservancy. “Applying Remote Sensing Tools to Regional Conservation Planning for Migratory Landbirds” Smith Fellowship to Sarah Mabey, $120,000

2002 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, USGS. “Evaluating American Oystercatchers as indicators of resource conditions in coastal North Carolina”, $168,000

2000 U.S. Forest Service. “Assessing the relationship between avian abundance and habitat quality on managed and unmanaged forests in the Southern Appalachians”, $75,000

1999 Environmental Protection Agency, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, “Statistical Inference from Count Surveys” with Ken Pollock NCSU, $94,500

1998 Environmental Protection Agency, USGS. “Evaluation of salamander habitat associations and population monitoring techniques in Great Smoky Mountains National Park” with Ken Pollock, NCSU, $195,000

1998 USGS, Walcott Endowment, National Park Service. “Determinants of forest songbird nesting success in the southern Appalachians”, $177,900

1997 National Park Service. “Assessing the diversity and habitat associations of salamanders in Great Smoky Mountains National Park”, $70,000

1996 U.S. Forest Service. “The effects of landscape pattern, core areas, and forest management practices on avian communities in the southern Appalachians”, $74,500

1995 NBS/Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. “Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrants in the Southern Appalachians”, $240,000

1994 National Park Service. “Evaluating Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a population source for Wood Thrush”, $160,000

1994 New York Zoological Society. “Monitoring indicator bird species and habitats in Costa Rica” with Kerry Rabenold, Purdue University, and Greg Budney, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, $12,500

1991 State of Mississippi. "Genetic diversity in barrier island Carolina populations" with Patty Rabenold, Purdue University, $4,660

1991 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Use of stopover habitats along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico by Neotropical migrants" with Frank Moore, University of Southern Mississippi, $118,000

1990 U.S. Navy. "Operation of EMPRESS II and the behavior of migratory birds in the Gulf of Mexico" with Frank Moore, University of Southern Mississippi, $173,000

1990 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. "Establishment of Migratory Bird Watch Program in Costa Rica", $30,000 challenge grant

1989 - 1991 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Red Wolf restoration and propagation, Horn Island, Mississippi", $55,000

1986 - 1989 State of Mississippi. "Restoration of barrier island Bald Eagle populations", $25,000

1987 State of Mississippi. "Dispersal and survival of juvenile Osprey", $3,500

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Simons, T. R., K. H. Pollock, J. M. Wettroth, M. W. Alldredge, K. Pacifici, and J. Brewster. In press. Sources of measurement error, misclassification error, and bias in auditory avian point count data. Journal of Ecological and Environmental Statistics.

Webster, R. A., Pollock, K. H., and Simons, T. R. In press. Bayesian spatial modeling of point transect data from bird surveys. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics.

Alldredge, M.W., T.R. Simons, and K.H. Pollock. 2007. An experimental evaluation of distance measurement error in avian point count surveys. Journal of Wildlife Management 71.

Alldredge, M.W., K.H. Pollock, T.R. Simons, J.A. Collazo, and S.A. Shriner. 2007. Time of detection method for estimating abundance from point count surveys. The Auk 124(2): 653-664.

Alldredge, M.W., T.R. Simons, and K.H. Pollock. 2007. Factors affecting aural detections of songbirds. Ecological Applications 17:948-955.

Alldredge, M.W., K.H. Pollock, and T.R. Simons. 2007. Estimating detection probabilities from multiple-observer point counts. The Auk 123: 1172-1182.

Alldredge, M.W., K.H. Pollock, T.R. Simons, and S.A. Shriner. 2007. Multiple species analysis of point count data: a more parsimonious modeling framework. Journal of Applied Ecology.44: 281-290.

Podolsky, A.L., T.R. Simons, and J.A. Collazo. 2007. Modeling population growth of the Ovenbird in the southern Appalachians. The Auk 124 (4).

Simons, T.R., M.W. Alldredge, and K.H. Pollock. 2007. Experimental analysis of the auditory detection process on avian point counts. The Auk 124: 986-999.

McGowan, C.P. and T.R. Simons. 2006. Effects of human disturbance on the incubation behavior of American Oystercatchers. Wilson Bulletin 118: 485-493.

Simons, T.R., S.A. Shriner, and G.L. Farnsworth. 2006. Comparison of breeding bird and vegetation communities in primary and secondary forests of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Biological Conservation 129: 302-311.

Farnsworth, G.L. and T.R. Simons. 2005. Relationship between Mayfield nest-survival estimates and seasonal fecundity: A cautionary reply. The Auk 122: 1000-1001.

Farnsworth, G.L., J.D. Nichols, J.R. Sauer, S.T. Fancy, K.H. Pollock, S.A. Shriner, and T.R. Simons. 2005. Statistical approaches to the analysis of point count data: a little extra information can go a long way. USDA Forest Service, Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191: 736-743.

Hyde, E.J., and T.R. Simons. 2005. Monitoring Salamander Populations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Chapter 44 In: Amphibian Declines: the conservation and status of United States Species (M.J. Lannoo ed.). University of Iowa Press.

Moore, F.R., M.S. Woodrey, J.J. Buler, S. Woltmann, and T.R. Simons. 2005. Understanding the stopover of migratory birds: a scale dependent approach. USDA Forest Service, Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191: 684-689.

McGowan, C.P. and T.R. Simons. 2005. A method for trapping breeding adult American Oystercatchers. Journal of Field Ornithology 76: 46-49.

McGowan, C.P., T.R. Simons, W. Golder, and J. Cordes. 2005 A comparison of American Oystercatcher reproductive success on barrier beach and river island habitats in coastal North Carolina. Waterbirds 28: 150-155.

McGowan, C.P., S.A. Schulte, and T.R. Simons. 2005. Resightings of marked American Oystercatchers banded as chicks. Wilson Bulletin 117: 382-385.

Bailey, L. L., T. R. Simons, and K. H. Pollock. 2004. Estimating detectability parameters for plethodon salamanders using the robust capture-recapture design. Journal of Wildlife Management 68: 1-13.

Bailey, L. L., T. R. Simons, and K. H. Pollock. 2004. Spatial and temporal variation in detection probability of plethodon salamanders using the robust capture-recapture design. Journal of Wildlife Management 68: 14-24.

Bailey, L. L., T. R. Simons, and K. H. Pollock. 2004. Estimating site occupancy and species detection probability parameters for terrestrial salamanders. Ecological Applications 14: 692-702.

Bailey, L.L., T.R. Simons, and K.H. Pollock. 2004. Comparing population size estimators for Plethodontid salamanders. Journal of Herpetology 38: 370-380.

Podolsky, A., T. R. Simons, and J. A. Collazo. 2004. A Method of food supplementation for ground-foraging insectivorous birds. Journal of Field Ornithology 75: 296-302.

Pollock, K.H., H.H. Marsh, L.L. Bailey, G.L. Farnsworth, T.R. Simons, and M.W. Alldredge. 2004. Separating components of detection probability in population abundance estimation: An overview with diverse examples. Chapter 3, pp. 43-58, In: Sampling rare or elusive species: Concepts, designs, and techniques for estimating population parameters. William Thompson (ed.). Island Press.

Simons, T.R., F.R. Moore, and S.A. Gauthreaux. 2004. Mist netting trans-Gulf migrants at coastal stopover sites: the influence of spatial and temporal variability on capture data. In: The use of mist nets to monitor bird populations, (C.J. Ralph and E.H. Dunn eds.). Studies in Avian Biology 29: 135-143.

Farnsworth, G. L., K. H. Pollock, J. L. Nichols, T. R. Simons, J. E. Hines, and J. R. Sauer.  2002.  A removal model for estimating detection probabilities from point count surveys.  The Auk 119: 414-425.

Pearson, S.M., and T.R. Simons. 2002. Spatial analysis of stopover habitats of Neotropical migratory birds. Chapter 52 In: Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Scale and Accuracy (J.M. Scott et al. eds.). Island Press.

Pollock, K.H., J.D. Nichols, T.R. Simons, G.L. Farnsworth, L.L. Bailey, and J.R. Sauer. 2002.  Large scale wildlife monitoring studies: statistical methods for design and analysis.  Environmetrics 13: 105-119.

Lichstein, J.W., T.R. Simons, and K.E. Franzreb. 2002. Landscape effects on breeding songbird abundance in managed forests. Ecological Applications 12: 836-857.

Lichstein, J.W., T.R. Simons, S.A. Shriner, and K.E. Franzreb. 2002. Spatial autocorrelation and autoregressive models in ecology. Ecological Monographs 72: 445-463.

Shriner, S.A., and T.R. Simons and George L. Farnsworth. 2002. A GIS-based habitat model for Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Chapter 47 In: Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Scale and Accuracy (J.M. Scott et al. eds.). Island Press.

Davis, M.B., T.R. Simons, M.J. Groom, J.L. Weaver, and J.R. Cordes. 2001. The breeding status of American Oystercatcher on the east coast of North America and breeding success in North Carolina. Waterbirds 24: 195-202.

Farnsworth, G.L. and T.R. Simons. 2001. How many baskets? Clutch sizes that maximize annual fecundity of multiple-brooded birds. The Auk 118: 973-982.

Hyde, E.J. and T.R. Simons. 2001. Sampling Plethodontid salamanders: sources of variability. Journal of Wildlife Management 65: 624-632.

Farnsworth, G.L. and T.R. Simons. 2000. Observation of Wood Thrush nest predators in a large contiguous forest. Wilson Bulletin 112: 82-87.

Farnsworth, G.L., K.C. Weeks, and T.R. Simons. 2000. Validating the assumptions of the Mayfield Method. Journal of Field Ornithology 71: 658-664.

Simons, T.R., S.A. Pearson, and F.R. Moore. 2000. Application of spatial models to the stopover ecology of trans-Gulf migrants. Studies in Avian Biology 20: 4-14.

Simons, T.R., G.L. Farnsworth, and S.A. Shriner. 2000. Evaluating Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a population source for the Wood Thrush. Conservation Biology 14: 1133-1144.

Farnsworth, G.L. and T.R. Simons. 1999. Factors affecting nesting success of Wood Thrushes in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Auk 116: 1075-1082.

Farnsworth, G.L. and T.R. Simons. 1999. Is Great Smoky Mountains National Park acting as a population source for Wood Thrushes? Research and Resources Management in Parks and Public Lands 10: 109-113. The George Wright Society, Hancock, Michigan.

Simons, T.R. and C.N. Hodges. 1998. The Dark-rumped Petrel (Pterdroma phaeopygia) In: The Birds of North America, No. 345 (A. Poole, and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America Inc., Philadelphia, PA, 24 pp.

Simons, T.R., S.K. Sherrod, M.W. Collopy, and M.A. Jenkins. 1998. Restoring the Bald Eagle. Chapter 23 In: Exploring Ecology and Its Applications (P.M. Kareiva ed.). Sigma Xi, Research Triangle Park, NC.

Simons, T.R., K.N. Rabenold, D.A. Buehler, J. Collazo, and K.E. Franzreb. 1998. The role of indicator species: Neotropical migratory song birds. Chapter 9 In: Ecosystem management for sustainability: principles and practices illustrated by the Southern Appalachian Man and Biosphere Cooperative (J. Peine, ed.). CRC Press.

Rakocinski, C.F., R.W. Heard, S.E. Le Croy, J.A. McLelland, and T.R. Simons. 1996. Responses by macrobenthic assemblages to extensive beach restoration at Perdido Key, Florida, U.S.A. Journal of Coastal Research 12: 326-353.

Moore, F. R., S. A. Gauthreaux, Jr., P. Kerlinger, and T. R. Simons. 1995. Habitat Requirements During Migration: Important Link in Conservation. In: Ecology and Management of Neotropical Migratory Birds: A Synthesis and Review of Critical Issues (T. E. Martin and D. M. Finch eds.). Oxford Univ. Press.

Bartle, J.A., D. Hu, P. Pyle, T.R. Simons, J.C. Stahl, and D. Woodby. 1993. Status and ecology of gadfly petrels in the temperate North Pacific. In: The status ecology and conservation of marine birds of the North Pacific (K. Vermeer, K. T. Briggs, K.H. Morgan and D. Siegel Causey eds.). Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa.

Moore, F.R., S.A. Gauthreaux, P. Kerlinger, and T.R. Simons. 1993. Stopover habitat: Management implications and guidelines. In: Status and management of Neotropical migratory birds (D. M. Finch and P.J. Stangel, eds). U.S. Forest Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Moore, F.R. and T.R. Simons. 1993. Orientation behavior of migratory birds in response to EMPRESSII-simulated EMP. In: EMP human health effects. U.S. Navy, Washington, D.C.

Rakocinski, C. F., R.W. Heard, S.E. LeCroy, J. A. McLelland, and T. R. Simons. 1993. Seaward change and zonation of the sandy-shore macrofauna at Perdido Key, Florida, U.S.A. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 36: 81 - 104.

Moore, F.R., and T.R. Simons. 1992. Habitat suitability and the stopover ecology of Neotropical passerine migrants. In: Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds (J.W. Hagan and D.W. Johnston, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

Kuenzi, A.J., F.R. Moore, and T.R. Simons. 1991. Stopover of Neotropical landbird migrants on East Ship Island following trans-Gulf migration. Condor 93: 869-883.

Rakocinski, C., R. Heard, T.R. Simons, and D. Their. 1991. Macroinvertebrate associations from beaches of selected barrier islands in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: important environmental relationships. Bulletin of Marine Science 48: 689-701.

Kepler, C.B., A.K. Kepler, T.R. Simons, B. Hobdy, and P.M. Simons. 1990. Hawaii's seabird islands, No. 3: Moku-ho'oniki and Kanaha Rock, Molokai, 'Elepaio 50: 75-79.

Moore, F.R., P. Kerlinger, and T.R. Simons. 1990. Stopover on a Gulf Coast Barrier Island by spring trans-Gulf migrants. Wilson Bulletin 103: 487-500.

Holler, N.R., D.W. Mason, R.M. Dawson, T.R. Simons, and M.C. Wooten. 1989. Reestablishment of the Perdido Key beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis) on Gulf Islands National Seashore. Conservation Biology 3: 397-404.

Simons, T.R. and C.W. Whittow. 1989. A seabird in the house of the sun. Natural History, March 1989: 50-53.

Simons, T.R., S.K. Sherrod, M.W. Collopy, and M.A. Jenkins. 1988. Restoring the Bald Eagle. American Scientist 76: 252-260.

Pierce, J.D., and T.R. Simons. 1986. The influence of human disturbance on Tufted Puffin breeding success. The Auk 103: 214-216.

Simons, T.R. 1985. Biology and behavior of the endangered Hawaiian Dark-rumped Petrel. Condor 87: 229-245.

Simons, T.R., P.M. Simons, C.B. Kepler, and A.K. Kepler. 1985. Hawaii's seabird islands, No.2: Hulu Island and vicinity. 'Elepaio 45: 111-113.

Kepler, C.B., A.K. Kepler, and T.R. Simons 1984. Hawaii's seabird islands, No. 1: Moke'ehia. 'Elepaio 44: 71-74.

Simons, T.R. 1984. A population model of the endangered Hawaiian Dark-rumped Petrel. Journal of Wildlife Management 48: 1065-1076.

Simons, T.R. and G.C. Whittow. 1984. Energetics of growth in the Dark-rumped Petrel. Chapter 8 In: Seabird Energetics, G.C. Whittow, ed., Plenum, New York.

Whittow, G.C., T.R. Simons, and T.N. Pettit. 1984. Water loss from the eggs of a tropical seabird (Pterodroma phaeopygia) at high altitude. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 78: 537-540.

Simons, T.R. 1981. Behavior and attendance patterns of the Fork-tailed Storm Petrel. The Auk 98: 145-158.

Simons, T.R. 1981. A simple event recorder for monitoring cavity-dwelling animals. Murrelet 62: 27-30.

Simons, T.R. 1980. Discovery of a ground-nesting Marbled Murrelet. Condor 82: 1-9.

TECHNICAL AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Simons, T.R. 1981. Seabirds and park management. In: Proceedings; Hawaii Forestry and Wildlife Conference 1980. U.S. Dept. Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service.

Simons, T.R. 1983. Biology and conservation of the endangered Hawaiian Dark-rumped Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis). National Park Service, Cooperative Park Studies Unit, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. CPSU/UW 83-2, 311 p.

Simons, T.R. 1987. The role of research in developing resource management tools at Gulf Islands National Seashore. In: Estuarine and Coastal Management - Tools of the Trade. The Coastal Society.

Simons, T.R. 1989. Proposed Migratory Bird Watch to encompass research, monitoring, and interpretation. Park Science 9(3):8.

Simons, T.R. 1990. The migratory bird watch program: an overview and summary of research at Gulf Islands National Seashore. In: Proceedings of the nongame migratory bird workshop, Atlanta, GA. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. 312 pp.

Simons, T.R. 1995. Coastal Park Inventory and Monitoring Handbook. National Park Service Technical Report NPS/SERNCSU/NRTR-95/01, 192 pp.

Simons, T.R. and P.M. Simons 1981. Breeding biology of the Dark-rumped Petrel in the Hawaiian Islands. In: Proceedings of the Third Conference in Natural Sciences, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. CPSU/UH, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Simons, T.R., and J.D. Scurry. 1988. Application of GIS technology to monitor barrier island change: Integration of SAGIS and MOSS and Gulf Islands National Seashore. In: Proceedings fifth national MOSS users workshop. Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, Baton Rouge, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Slidell, LA. 308 pp.

Rabenold, P.P. and T.R. Simons. 1991. Genetic diversity in barrier island Carolina Wren populations. Final report to the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. 12 pp.

Simons, T.R., and F.R. Moore. 1993. Operation of EMPRESS II and the behavior of migratory birds in the Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Dept. Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, 125 pp.

Esher, R.J., and T.R. Simons. 1993. Red Wolf propagation on Horn Island, Mississippi: Red Wolf ecological studies. Final report to the U.S. National Park Service, 35 pp.

Grundel, R. and T.R. Simons. 1994. Neotropical migratory bird workshop and research. Park Science 14(3): 1 - 5.

Simons, T.R. and G.L. Farnsworth. 1995. Evaluating Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a population source of Wood Thrush. Annual report to the National Park Service, 18 pp.

Simons, T.R., K. Rabenold, and G.L. Farnsworth. 1995. Characterization of deciduous forest breeding bird communities of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Final report to the National Park Service, 84 pp.

Simons, T.R. and S.A. Shriner. 1997. Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrants in the southern Appalachians. 1996 Annual report to the National Park Service, 21 pp.

Simons, T.R. and G. L. Farnsworth. 1997. Evaluating Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a population source for Wood Thrush. 1996 Annual report to the National Park Service, 26 pp.

Simons, T.R. and S.A. Shriner. 1998. Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrants in the southern Appalachians. 1997 Annual report to the National Park Service, 27 pp.

Simons, T.R. and G. L. Farnsworth. 1998. Evaluating Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a population source for Wood Thrush. 1997 Annual report to the National Park Service, 29 pp.

Simons, T.R., J.L. Lichstein, and K.E. Franzreb. 1998. The effects of landscape pattern, core areas, and forest management practices on avian communities in the southern Appalachians. 1997 Annual report to the U.S. Forest Service, 23 pp.

Ross, D.L., Jr., K.N. Rabenold, and T.R. Simons. 1998. Indicator Birds of the Costa Rican Cloud Forest. Library of Natural Sounds, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. ISBN 0-938027-42-5.

Simons, T.R. and S.A. Shriner. 1999. Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrants in the southern Appalachians. 1998 Annual report to the National Park Service, 30 pp.

Simons, T.R., J.L. Lichstein, and K.E. Franzreb. 1999. The effects of landscape pattern, core areas, and forest management practices on avian communities in the southern Appalachians. 1998 Annual report to the U.S. Forest Service, 44 pp.

Simons, T.R., and E. Johnson. 1999. Assessing the diversity and habitat associations of salamanders in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 1998 Annual report to the National Park Service, 22 pp.

Simons, T.R. and S.A. Shriner. 2000. Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrants in the southern Appalachians. 1999 Annual report to the National Park Service, 27 pp.

Simons, T.R., J.L. Lichstein, and K.E. Franzreb. 2000. The effects of landscape pattern, core areas, and forest management practices on avian communities in the southern Appalachians. 1999 Annual report to the U.S. Forest Service, 23 pp.

Simons, T.R., L.L. Bailey, E.J. Hyde, and K.J. Pollock. 2000. Evaluation of salamander habitat associations and population monitoring techniques in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 1999 Annual report to the Environmental Protection Agency, 20 pp.

Simons, T.R., C. McGowan, J. Cordes, M. Lyons, and W. Golder. 2003. American Oystercatcher (Haematopus paliatus) research and monitoring in North Carolina. Annual report to the National Park Service and the US. Fish and Wildlife Service, 27 pp.

Simons, T.R. and K.J. Pollock. 2003. Estimating detection probabilities for community assessment and population monitoring. Annual report to the USGS Status and Trends Program, 33 pp.

Simons, T.R. and K.J. Pollock. 2004. Estimating detection probabilities for community assessment and population monitoring. Annual report to the USGS Status and Trends Program, 21 pp.

Simons, T.R. and K.J. Pollock. 2005. Estimating detection probabilities for community assessment and population monitoring. Annual report to the USGS Status and Trends Program, 29 pp.

Simons, T.R. and K.J. Pollock. 2006. Estimating detection probabilities for community assessment and population monitoring. Annual report to the USGS Status and Trends Program, 33 pp.

Simons, T.R., S. Schulte, C. McGowan, J. Cordes, M. Lyons, W. Golder. 2006. American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) research and monitoring in North Carolina. 2005 Annual report to the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Audubon Society. 46 pp.

Simons, T.R., and R. Hylton. 2006. Assessment of Black-capped Chickadees as a Model Species for a Calcium Limitation Study in the Southern Appalachians. 2005 Annual Report to the National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey. 25 pp.

Simons, T.R., and N. Tarr. 2006. Measuring the effect of off-road vehicles on beach birds at Cape Lookout National Seashore. 2005 Annual report to the National Park Service. 26 pp.

Simons, T.R., S. Schulte, J. Cordes, M. Lyons, W. Golder. 2007. American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) research and monitoring in North Carolina. 2006 Annual report to the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Audubon Society. 46 pp.

Simons, T.R. and R. Hylton. 2007. Assessing the Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on High Elevation Bird and Snail Communities in the Southern Appalachians. 2006 Annual Report to the National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey.