Dr. Paul F. Doherty, Jr.
Associate Professor
Address : Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology; Colorado State University; Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523-1474; USA
Office: 240 Wagar Hall
Lab: 113 Wagar Hall
Phone: 970-491-6597
Fax: 970-491-5091
Email: paul.doherty@colstate.edu
Research Interests ● Education ● Academic and Other Positions ● Teaching/Advising ● Publications ● Current Lab Members ● Past Lab Members ● Animals of Unusual Size
Research Interests
My interests are broadly based in population- and community-level ecology with an emphasis on applied problems. I strive to address questions of interest using contemporary advances in experimental design, analysis, and estimation. At a population level, I have focused on the effects of forest fragmentation on permanent-resident birds in the US and Vietnam, testing life history predictions in long-lived birds, waterfowl ecology, and working on a number of applied conservation projects focused on species of concern (i.e., threatened/endangered). Some examples include working with the US Fish and Wildlife Service on demography of California gnatcatcher and the Palms Spring ground squirrel which are foci of Habitat Conservation Plans; working with the Colorado Division of Wildlife on grassland bird species, lynx, and Gunnison sage-grouse in Colorado; working with the USFWS and the USGS on survey design and the modeling of demographic parameters for albatrosses in support of projects focused on the effects of long-line fishing practices on these species; working with the National Park Service in support of bison management at Badlands National Park; and working with USDA colleagues on disease ecology questions, most recently on transmission cycles of West Nile virus and risk assessments for avian influenza. At the community level I have been interested in testing macroecological patterns using advances in estimating community-level parameters, such as how sexual selection affects species extinction and turnover and predictions concerning extinction and turnover rates at the edge and interior of species ranges.
Education
2000 Ph.D., The Ohio State University. Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology. Dissertation title: The effects of forest fragmentation on the species diversity, distribution, and demography of permanent-resident temperate-zone woodland birds. Advisor: Dr. Thomas C. Grubb, Jr.
1994 M.S., The Ohio State University. Department of Zoology. Thesis title: Reproductive success of cavity-nesting birds breeding in electromagnetic fields under high-voltage powerlines.
1992 B.S. University of Delaware. Department of Entomology and Applied Ecology.
Academic and Other Positions
2008 Associate Professor, Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO.
2003 Assistant Professor, Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University.
2002 Ecologist, US Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.
2001 Biomonitor, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad, CA.
2001Research Associate, Evolution and Ecology, Université Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris 6)/École Normal Superieur/CNRS, Paris, France.
2000 Research Associate, USGS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit, University of Georgia and USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.
Teaching/Advising
FW 471 - Wildlife Data Collection and Analysis
FW 552 - Applied Sampling for Wildlife and Fish Studies
FW 663 - Vertebrate Data Analysis
Advisor for the student chapter of Ducks Unlimited
Co-Advisor for the student chapter of The Wildlife Society
Publications
(* indicates students or post-docs as first author)
*Tipton, H., P.F. Doherty, Jr., and V. Dreitz. 2009. Abundance and density of mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) and burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) in eastern Colorado. Auk 126:493-499.
*Zimmerman, G.S., W.L. Kendall, T.J. Moser, P.F. Doherty, Jr., G.C. White, and D.F. Caswell. 2009. Reporting and harvesting probabilities for North American geese: influence of dollar value, population, and spatial factors. Journal of Wildlife Management: 73:710-719.
*Converse, S. J., W. L. Kendall, P. F. Doherty, Jr., and Peter Ryan. 2009. Multistate models for estimation of survival and reproduction in grey-headed albatross. Auk 126:77-88.
Kendall, W.L., S.J. Converse, P.F. Doherty, Jr., M.B. Naughton, A. Anders, J.E. Hines, E. Flint. 2009. Sampling design considerations in demographic studies of marked populations: a case of colonial seabirds. Ecological Applications 19:55-68.
*Zimmerman, G.S., W.L. Kendall, T.J. Moser, G.C. White, and P.F. Doherty, Jr. 2009. Temporal patterns of leg band retention in North American geese. Journal of Wildlife Management 73:82-88.
*Grant T. and P. F. Doherty, Jr. 2009. Potential mortality effects of off-highway vehicles on the Flat-tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii): A manipulative experiment. Environmental Management 43:508-513.
*Converse, S. J., W. L. Kendall, P. F. Doherty, Jr., M. B. Naughton, and J. E. Hines. 2008. A traditional and a less-invasive robust design: choices in optimizing effort allocation for seabird population studies. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 3:729-746.
Winchell, C. S. and P. F. Doherty. 2008. Using California gnatcatcher to test underlying models in habitat conservation plans. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1322-1327.
*Grant, T. and P.F. Doherty. 2008. Phrynosoma mcallii (Flat-tailed Horned Lizard) rain harvesting. Herpetological Review 39:90.
*Tipton, H., V. Dreitz and P.F. Doherty, Jr. 2008. Occupancy of two shortgrass prairie avian species in Colorado. Journal of Wildlife Management: 72:1001-1006.
*Becket, S. Komar, N., and P.F.
Doherty, Jr. 2007. Eurasian Collared-Dove in northeastern
Veran, S., O. Gimenez,
*Grant, T. J. and P. F. Doherty, Jr. 2007. Monitoring of the flat-tailed horned lizard with methods incorporating detection probability. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:1050-1056.
Lukacs, P. L., W. L. Thompson, W.L. Kendall, W. R, Gould, P.F. Doherty, Jr., K.P. Burnham, and D.R. Anderson. 2007. Concerns regarding a call for pluralism. Journal of Applied Ecology 44:456-460.
*Grant, T. J., and P. F. Doherty. 2006. Phrynosoma mcallii (Flat-tailed Horned Lizard) Hibernation. Herpetological Review 37:346-347.
Waugh, S. M., P. F. Doherty, Jr., A.N.D. Freeman, L. Adams, G.C. Woods, J.A. Bartle, and G. K. Hedley. 2006. Demography of Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica, 1995-2003. Emu 106:219-226.
Collins, C. T. and P. F. Doherty,
Jr. 2006. Survival estimates of Royal
Terns in southern
Doherty, P. F., Jr. Kendall, W. L., S. Sillett, B. Flint, M. Naughton, C. S. Robbins, M. Gustafson, and P. Pyle. 2006. Demographic parameter estimates of North Pacific albatross and implications for future data collection. Atoll Research Bulletin 543:173-179
Ball, L. C., P. F. Doherty,
Jr., and M. W. McDonald. 2005. An occupancy modeling approach to evaluating a
Baillie, S. R. and P. F. Doherty. 2004. Analysis using large-scale ringing data. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 27:371-373.
Schreiber, E. A., P.F. Doherty, and G. A. Schenk. 2004. Dispersal and survival rates of adult and juvenile Red-tailed tropicbirds (Phaethon rubricauda) exposed to potential contaminants. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 27:531-540.
Feare, C. J., and P. F. Doherty,
Jr. 2004. Survival estimates of adult Sooty Terns from
Doherty, P. F., Jr., E. A. Schreiber, J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, W. A. Link, G. A. Schenk, and R. W. Schreiber. 2004. Testing life history predictions in a long-lived seabird: a population matrix approach with improved parameter estimation. Oikos 105:606-618.
Beadell, J. S., E. A. Schreiber, R. W. Schreiber, G. A. Schenk, and P. F. Doherty. 2003. Survival of Brown Boobies (Sula leucogaster) at Johnston Atoll: A long-term study. Auk 120:811-817.
Doherty, P. F., Jr., G.
Sorci, J. A. Royle, J. E. Hines, J. D. Nichols, and T. Boulinier. 2003. Sexual
selection affects local extinction and turnover in bird communities.
Proceedings of the
Doherty, P. F., Jr., T. Boulinier, and J. D. Nichols. 2003. Local extinction and turnover rates at the edge and interior of species' ranges. Annales Zoologici Fennici 40:145-153.
Doherty, P. F., and T. C. Grubb. 2003. Relationship of nutritional condition of permanent-resident woodland birds with woodlot area, supplemental food, and snow cover. Auk 120:331-336.
Link, W.A. and P. F. Doherty, Jr. 2002. Scaling in sensitivity analysis. Ecology 83:3299–3305.
Doherty, P.F., Jr., J.D. Nichols, J. Tautin, J.V.Voelzer, G.W. Smith, D.S. Benning, J.K. Bidwell, K. Bollinger, A.R. Brazda, E.K. Buelna, C.F. Ferguson, J.R. Goldsberry, F.H. Roetker, J.W. Solberg, P.P. Thorpe, and J.S. Wortham. 2002. Sources of variation in breeding-ground fidelity of mallard ducks. Behavioral Ecology 13:543-550.
Doherty, P.F., Jr. and T.C. Grubb, Jr. 2002. Survivorship of permanent-resident birds in a fragmented forested landscape. Ecology 83:844-857.
Doherty, P.F., Jr. and T.C. Grubb, Jr. 2002. Nest usurpation is an ‘edge effect’ for Carolina Chickadees (Poecile carolinensis). Journal of Avian Biology 33:77-82.
Schreiber, E.A., G.A. Schenk, and P.F. Doherty, Jr. 2001. Effects of the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS) on the survival, movement and reproductive success of red-tailed tropicbirds. Journal of Wildlife Management 65:685-695.
Doherty, P.F., Jr., J.B.
Williams, and T.C. Grubb, Jr. 2001. Field metabolism and water flux of
Doherty, P.F., Jr. and T.C. Grubb, Jr. 2000. Seasonal, habitat, and landscape correlates of abundances, density and diversity of birds wintering in fragments of temperate-deciduous woodland. Wilson Bulletin 112:389-395.
Pravosudov, V., T.C. Grubb, Jr. P.F. Doherty, Jr., C.L. Bronson, E.V. Pravosudova, and A.S. Dolby. 1999. Social dominance and energy reserves in wintering woodland birds. Condor 101:880-884.
Doherty, P.F., Jr., E.A. Marschall and T.C. Grubb, Jr. 1999. A dynamic programming approach to optimizing the balance between conservation and economic gain. Ecological Economics 29:349-358.
Pravosudova E.V., T.C. Grubb, Jr., P.G. Parker, and P.F. Doherty, Jr. 1999. Patch size and composition of social groups in wintering Tufted Titmice (Baeolophus bicolor). Auk 116:1152-1155.
Grubb, T.C., Jr., and P.F. Doherty, Jr. 1999. On home-range gap-crossing. Auk 116:618-629.
Doherty, P.F., Jr. and
T.C. Grubb, Jr., 1998. Reduced reproductive success of tree swallows breeding
under high-voltage powerlines. American
Doherty, P.F., Jr., T.C.
Grubb, Jr. and C.L. Bronson.
Doherty, P.F., Jr. and T.C. Grubb, Jr. 1996. Effects of high-voltage powerlines on birds breeding within the powerlines' electromagnetic field. Sialia 18:129-134.
Doherty, P.F., Jr. and J.M. Condit. 1994. Carolina Chickadee lays and incubates eggs in two separate nest cups within the same nest box. Wilson Bulletin 106:569-571.
Current Laboratory Members
Amy Davis, Ph.D. student, Project title: Gunnison sage-grouse demography.
Eric Bergman, Ph.D. student, Project title: Assessment of habitat modification to improve mule deer population performance: an evaluation of effectiveness and understanding optimal forage movements
Dr. Jun Yoshizaki, Post-doc, Project title: Design and analysis for evaluation of human impacts on trust species of the US Fish & Wildlife Service
Phillip Street, Research Associate, Project title: Gunnison sage-grouse demography.
Past Laboratory Members
Dr. Thinh Vu, 2009 (Ph.D.) Dissertation title: Avian
Conservation and ecology in northern Vietnam. Currently faculty member at the
Forestry University of Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Joshua Dooley, 2008 (M.S.) Thesis title: Mallard response to
experimental human disturbance and non-breeding survival along the South Platte
River in Colorado. Currently working at a non-profit organization in Oklahoma.
Paul Oesterle, 2008 (M.S.) Thesis title: The role of swallow bugs (Oeciacus vicarious) and cliff swallows (Petreochelidon pyrrhonata) in West Nile virus transmission. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree at Colorado State University.
Heather Tipton, 2007
(M.S.) Thesis title: Occupancy, abundance and density of
Tyler Grant, 2005 (M.S.)
Thesis title: Flat-tailed horned
lizards (Phrynosoma mcallii):
population size estimation, effects of off-highway vehicles, and natural
history. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Iowa State University.
Dr. Olivier Devineau, (2009 Post-doc) Project title: Lynx
Conservation: Lynx-Demographic and Spatial Analysis. Currently Wildlife
Biologist at the Charles Darwin Research Center, Galapagos, Ecuador.
Dr.
Dr.
Michelle Gilbert, (2008 Research Associate). Project title:
Avian influenza risk assessment for the
Animals of Unusual Size
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Paul Doherty and a long-horned beetle in southern Colorado |
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Paul Doherty and an ivory-billed woodpecker at the Cornell Lab of
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Paul Doherty and a brontosaurus at Wall, SD. |
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Paul Doherty and a bald eagle at Wall, SD. |
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Emmanuelle Cam with a trout in New Zealand |
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Kate Huyvaert with a potato critter in Canada |
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Kate Huyvaert with a chicken in Canada |
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Paul Doherty on a jack-o-deer |
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Gary White with an elk in Manitoba |
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Gary White with a turtle in Manitoba |
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Gary White with a white-tailed deer in Manitoba |
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Gary White and ? with a snake |
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Paul Doherty with a beaver at Oregon State University |
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Paul Doherty with a rabbit. |
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Paul Doherty with a Laysan albatross on Midway Island |
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Waved albatross on the Galapagos |
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Paul Doherty with a lobster in Canada |
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Thierry Boulinier with an royal albatross in New Zealand |
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Paul Doherty with a bird at Chize, France |
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Flamingo in Arles, France |
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