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CURRICULUM VITAE

R. Dwayne Elmore Natural Resource Ecology and Management

Oklahoma State University

008 C Ag Hall

Stillwater, OK 74078

(405) 744-9636

[email protected]

Education:

Ph.D. in Wildlife Biology at Utah State University in August, 2006. Dissertation: Recovery of

the Utah prairie dog: public perception and cattle grazing as a management tool. Advisor: Terry

A. Messmer.

M.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Science with a minor in Statistics at Mississippi

State University, 2002. Thesis: Landscape correlates and variability in mourning dove

abundance along call-count routes in Mississippi. Advisor: Francisco J. Vilella.

B.S. in Wildlife Biology at the University of Tennessee at Martin, 1997.

Professional Experience:

State Extension Wildlife Specialist and Professor, Oklahoma State University,

June 2017-present.

Irvin Bollenbach Endowed Chair in Wildlife Management, July 2014-present.

State Extension Wildlife Specialist and Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University,

June 2012-2017.

State Extension Wildlife Specialist and Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University,

June 2006-2012.

Graduate Research Assistant, Utah State University, 2002-2006.

Research Technician, Mississippi Gap Analysis Program (GAP), 2001-2002.

Graduate Research Assistant, Mississippi State University, 1998-2001.

Wildlife Technician, Ducks Unlimited, Great Plains Regional Office, 1997.

mailto:[email protected]

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Professional Memberships and Involvement:

Member of the Attwater’s Prairie-Chicken Endangered Species Recovery Team for the US Fish

and Wildlife Service, 2017-present.

Member of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Science Subcommittee for the Western Association of

Fish and Wildlife Agencies, 2016-2018.

Member of the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival

Commission and the Galliformes Specialist Group, 2015-present.

Member of the Association for Fire Ecology, 2015-present.

Member of the Jack H. Berryman Institute for Wildlife Damage Management, 2001-present.

Graduate President, 2004.

Member of the Society for Range Management, 2002-present; Board of Directors for the

Oklahoma Section 2017-2018.

Member of The Wildlife Society, 1995-present; Treasurer of Oklahoma State Chapter

2006-2010. President-Elect of Oklahoma State Chapter 2013. President 2014.

Adjunct Faculty at North Dakota State University, 2018-present.

Adjunct Faculty at Utah State University, 2008-2012.

Adjunct Faculty at University of Tennessee, 2016-2019.

Adjunct Faculty at Oregon State University, 2017-2021.

Certified Wildlife Biologist, TWS.

Charter member of the Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Council.

Chair of Education Committee for the Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Council, 2010-2012.

National 4-H WHEP National Steering Committee, 2008-2013; Chair of the National 4-H WHEP

National Steering Committee, 2011; Past Chair of the National 4-H WHEP National Steering

Committee, 2012-2013.

Board member for the Oklahoma Wildlife and Prairie Heritage Alliance, 2007-2008.

Wildlife Committee for the Society for Range Management, 2007-present.

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Charter Member of Rangeland Wildlife Working Group for The Wildlife Society, 2013-2017.

Member of Poster Committee for The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, 2010.

Co-Chair of Programs Committee for the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society for Range

Management.

National Renewable Resources Extension Act Strategic Revision Committee, 2010-2011.

Member of USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service’s state technical committee, 2008-

present.

Departmental and DASNR Service:

Chair of Promotion Committee for Dr. Sue Fairbanks, 2018.

Chair of Environment and Ecosystem Team for OCES, 2018-present.

Search and Screen Committee for Associate Vice President, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension

Service, 2017.

Chair of Reappointment Committee for Dr. Laura Goodman, 2017.

NREM Departmental Advisory Committee, 2016.

Search and Screen Committee for NREM Department Head, 2015.

Oklahoma Project Director for Renewable Resources Extension Act, 2008-2017.

Advisor for Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society, 2012-2014.

Search and Screen Committee for NREM Wildlife Faculty Position, 2014.

Search and Screen Committee for NREM Wildlife Faculty Position, 2012.

Chair of NREM Extension Committee.

NREM Public Relations Committee.

NREM Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Guidelines Committee, 2009-2010.

Editor of 2010 NREM Departmental Summary.

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Awards and Honors:

James A. Whatley Award for Meritorious Service in Agricultural Sciences. Oklahoma State

University Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, 2018.

Southern Region Excellence in Extension Award, National Cooperative Extension

Section/ECOP and USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 2018.

Scientific Publication Award – Edited Book. Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-

Chickens. Note: served as coauthor on 3 chapters. The Wildlife Society, 2018.

Publication and Creativity Award – Peer-Reviewed Scientific Article. Variation and drivers of

airflow patterns associated with olfactory concealment and habitat selection. Oklahoma Chapter

of the Wildlife Society, 2018.

Publication and Creativity Award – Peer-Reviewed Scientific Article. Extreme Climatic Events

Constrain Space Use and Survival of a Ground Nesting Bird. Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife

Society, 2017.

Group Achievement Award for “Utah Community Based Conservation Program” at 2016 The

Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, 2016.

Publication and Creativity Award – Technical Publication. A Practical Guide to Food Plots in the

Southern Great Plains. Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife Society, 2016.

Publication and Creativity Award – Peer-Reviewed Scientific Article. Thermal Patterns

Constrain Diurnal Behavior of a Ground-Dwelling Bird. Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife

Society, 2016.

Hometown Hero Award from the city of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for Society for Range

Management Annual Meeting Planning Committee, 2013.

Outstanding Young Range Professional Award from the Society of Range Management, 2011.

National 4-H Program of Distinction, 4-H Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program, 2011-2016.

Graduate Students Advised:

Current (2):

Dave Londe, PhD Candidate. Brood and winter ecology of greater prairie-chickens. Expected

completion May, 2020.

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Kiera Kauffman, M.S. Candidate. Response of scaled quail to mesquite control in New Mexico.

Expected completion May, 2020.

Completed (7):

Allison Rakowski. 2018. Thermal ecology and effects of anthropogenic development on wild

turkey. M.S. Thesis. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.

Tanner, E. PhD. 2015. Comparative ecology between northern bobwhite and scaled quail. PhD

Dissertation. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.

Hovick, T.J. PhD. 2014. Influence of restored ecosystem processes on winter and breeding

Grassland Bird Communities and Greater Prairie Chicken Ecology. PhD Dissertation. Oklahoma

State University, Stillwater, OK.

Crosby, A.D. 2012. Northern bobwhite and bird community response to habitat restoration in

Oklahoma. M.S. Thesis. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.

Gourley, A. 2011. Food plots and wildlife. M.S. Report. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater,

OK.

Breland, A.2010. Black-tailed prairie dog response to fire on mixed-grass prairie. M.S. Thesis.

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.

Cooper, B.S. 2009. Sand plum relationships with avian abundance in Oklahoma. M.S. Thesis.

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.

Graduate Committees:

Active (5):

Alex Rischette, M.S. Sharp-tailed grouse in North Dakota. North Dakota State University.

Madeleine Cleary, M.S. Attitudes toward black bear in Oklahoma.

Christopher Anthony, PhD Candidate. Greater sage-grouse thermal ecology in Oregon. Oregon

State University.

Katie Harris, M.S. Box turtle ecology and management in Tennessee. University of Tennessee.

Cooper Sherrill, M.S. Changes in sericea abundance in tallgrass prairie.

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Completed (26):

Jacob Peterson, M.S. Assessing the effects of anthropogenic features and the CRP on the long

distance movements of LPC.

Dave Londe, M.S. Greater prairie-chicken ecology in Osage County, Oklahoma.

Ashley Unger, PhD. Impacts of fragmentation and heterogeneity on resource selection, survival,

and recruitment of lesser prairie-chickens in Oklahoma.

Heath Starns, PhD. Effects of fire and grazing on prairie-chickens.

Kaitlin O’Brien, M.S. Effects of invasive plants on pollinating bees.

Rachel Beyke, M.S. Thermal ecology of nesting northern bobwhite.

Cameron Duquette, M.S. Energy development effects on northern bobwhite.

Fedelis Atuo, PhD. Impacts of avian predation on northern bobwhite.

Dillon Fogarty, M.S. Northern bobwhite olfactory study.

Shelby Fraser, M.S. Movement and habitat use by coyote.

Matthew Carroll, PhD. Bobwhite ecology and management on Packsaddle WMA.

Sonja Leverkus, PhD. Wood bison and fire in British Columbia.

Leah Dale, M.S. Impacts of aflatoxin on northern bobwhite.

Jeremy Orange, M.S. Quail chick study on Beaver WMA.

Beau Truitt, M.S. Report. Productivity responses of fire and grazing.

Ryan Middleton, M.S. Report. Pronghorn viability assessment.

Kenneth Masloski, M.S. Arthropod abundance on Beaver WMA.

Brady Allred, PhD. Heterogeneity at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve.

Ilana Cornelius-Bloom, M.S. Herbivores and fire at Charles M. Russell NWR.

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Gretchen Hochnedel, M.S. (Utah State University). Management of sagebrush for the Utah

prairie dog.

Blayr Beougher, M.R. Prairie ecology online learning module – The Prairie Project.

Lee Hamm, M.S. Effects of Surrogator® on pheasants.

Jacob Hagen, M.S. Effects of Surrogator® on bobwhite.

Valerie Cook, M.S. White-tailed deer and northern bobwhite diet overlap.

Tommy Puffinberger, M.S. Environmental stewardship for domestic horse trails.

Will Lowry M.S. (Botany, OSU). Floristic inventory of the Ozark Plateau NWR and taxonomy

of Quercus in Oklahoma.

Grants Funded ($7,244,034):

Extension ($378,106 total: $32,787 private, $44,050 state, $301,269 federal):

Elmore, R.D. 2017. E-1045 Ecology and Management of the Rio Grande Wild Turkey. National

Wild Turkey Federation-Oklahoma Chapter. $1,287.

Elmore, R.D. 2016-2017. Great Plains Fire Science Exchange. Joint Fire Science. $226,269.

Weir, J.R. R.D. Elmore, and B. Gourley. 2012-2013. Prescribed fire Community of Practice for

eXtension. $50,000 (Elmore: $25,000).

Will, R.E. and R.D. Elmore. 2011. Cedar removal demonstration project. Oklahoma Department

of Agriculture and Forestry. $20,000 (Elmore: $10,000).

Elmore, R.D. and Karen Hickman. 2009-2010. Prairie ecology on-line learning module.

Oklahoma Gas and Electric. $25,000 (Elmore: $12,500).

McKinley, C. and R.D. Elmore. 2009-2010. Forest Stewardship Grant. Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture and Forestry. $19,050 (Elmore: $9,525).

Elmore, R. D., K. P. Allen, and M. D. Beem. 2008. National 4-H WHEP Contest. US Fish and

Wildlife Service. $25,000 (Elmore: $8,333).

Elmore, R. D., K. P. Allen, and M. D. Beem. 2008. National 4-H WHEP Contest. Oklahoma Gas

and Electric. $5,000 (Elmore: $1,667).

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Elmore, R. D, K. P. Allen, and M. D. Beem. 2007. National 4-H WHEP Contest. National Wild

Turkey Federation. $1,500 (Elmore: $500).

Elmore, R. D. 2006. Bobwhite quail initiative focus meetings. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife

Conservation. $5,000.

Research ($5,190,391 total: $544,537 private, $3,420,611 state, $1,225,243 federal):

Fuhlendorf, S.D., R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, and E.P. Tanner. 2018. Influence of human policies

on lesser prairie-chicken ecology in a fragmented landscape. NRCS-LPCI. $79,000 (Elmore:

$19,760).

Elmore, R.D., C.A. Davis, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017-2020. Response of scaled quail to

prescribed fire in New Mexico. USDA – NRCS, Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative. $20,625.

Elmore, R.D., S.D. Fuhlendorf, C.A. Davis, and D. Londe. 2017-2020. Brood and winter ecology

of greater prairie-chickens. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. $177,474.

Elmore, R.D. and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017-2020. Brood and winter ecology of greater prairie-

chickens. Private donation. $175,000.

Elmore, R.D., C.A. Davis, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017-2020. Response of scaled quail to

prescribed fire in New Mexico. USDA – NRCS, Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative. $149,000.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., R.D. Elmore, and L. Goodman. 2016-2018. Management of sericea lespedeza

on the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. The Nature Conservancy. $67,500 (Elmore: $22,500).

Carroll, M.J. R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and C.A. Davis. 2016-2018. Investigation of

shinnery oak propagation and establishment as a framework for restoration. Oklahoma

Department of Wildlife Conservation. $29,395 (Elmore: $9,798).

Fuhlendorf, S.D., R.D. Elmore, and H. Starns. 2015. Evaluating field and remote sensing based

sampling techniques for determining lesser prairie-chicken habitat and rangeland health. USDA –

NRCS, Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative. $89,100 (Elmore: $44,500).

Elmore R.D., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and C.A. Davis. 2015-2017. In support of ongoing greater prairie-

chicken research in Osage County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

$40,000 (Elmore: $13,333).

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Elmore, R.D. C.A. Davis, and M.J. Carroll. 2015-2018. Thermal ecology and impacts of

fragmentation and prescribed fire on Rio Grande wild turkey in Oklahoma. Oklahoma

Department of Wildlife Conservation. $221,424 (Elmore: $110,712).

Elmore, R.D., T.J. Hovick, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2015. Determining the impacts of energy

development on greater prairie-chickens. Private donation. $50,000 (Elmore: $25,000).

Fuhlendorf, S.D, Elmore, R.D. and S. Fraser. 2014-2016. Coyote movement and landscape use

on the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. The Nature Conservancy. $45,000 (Elmore: $22,500).

Elmore, R.D. T.J. Hovick, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2013-2014. Determining the impacts of energy

development on greater prairie-chickens. The Nature Conservancy. $100,000 (Elmore: $50,000).


development on greater prairie-chickens. Private donation $50,000 (Elmore: $25,000).


development on greater prairie-chickens. Private donation. $50,000 (Elmore: $25,000).

Elmore, R.D. 2013. Greater prairie-chicken research in Osage County, OK. Encana Natural Gas.

$1,000.

Elmore, R.D. S.D. Fuhlendorf, 4C.A. Davis, and M. Gregory. 2012-2015. Impacts of

fragmentation and heterogeneity resource selection, survival, and recruitment of lesser prairie-

chickens in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. $428,000 (Elmore:

$142,667).

Fuhlendorf, S.D. D.M. Engle, B.W. Allred, R.D. Elmore. 2012-2014. Climate change induced

shifts for nonforested vegetation communities in the western United States. U.S. Department of

Defense. $395,815 (Elmore: $12,504).

Davis, C.A., R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, C. Greenwood, F.S. Guthery, D.M. Leslie, T. J.

O’Connel, and M. Reiskind. 2011-2017. Evaluation of northern bobwhite in western Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. $2,433,568 (Elmore: $800,000).

Fuhlendorf, S.F., R.D. Elmore, and D.M. Engle. 2010-2014. Role of rangeland heterogeneity in

biodiversity, riparian stability, livestock production, and landowner landscape preference.

USDA-Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. $491,703 (Elmore: $293,819).

Elmore, R. D. and R. E. Will. 2008-2011. Evaluation of Oklahoma EQIP-Quail Habitat

Restoration Initiative. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. $90,750 (Elmore:

$45,375).

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Elmore, R. D. 2007. Monitoring the efficacy of fence marking to reduce mortality of Lesser-

prairie Chicken in Western Oklahoma. Sutton Avian Research Center. $6,037.

Integrated ($1,675,537 total: $30,962 private, $1,215,891, state, $428,684 federal):

Davis, C.A., S.D. Fuhlendorf, S. Wilder, R.D. Elmore, and L. Goodman. 2018-2021. Quail

Ecology and Management II. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. $1,215,891

(Elmore: $243,178).

Davis, C.A. and R.D. Elmore. 2016-2018. Monitoring Wetlands Reserve Easement wetlands.

Natural Resource Conservation Service. $104,466 (Elmore: $24,624).

Elmore, R.D., E.T. Thacker, D. Twidwell, S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, and T.J. Hovick. 2013-

2015. Managing fuels while enhancing prairie-chicken habitat. Joint Fire Science. $274,218

(Elmore: $81,358).

Wilcox, B.P., S.D. Fuhlendorf, J. Briggs, R.D. Elmore, B. Wu, W. Polley, and S. Archer. 2010.

Sustaining Rangelands in the Southern Great Plains in the 21st Century: Adapting to and

mitigating for climate change. USDA-Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive

Grants Program. $50,000 (Elmore: $7,142).

Hickman, K. R. and R. D. Elmore. 2008-2009. Management practices for CRP within the range

of the Lesser-Prairie Chicken. Environmental Defense. $30,000 (Elmore: $15,000).

Will, R. E. and R. D. Elmore. 2007. Literature Review of Cottonwood. National Wild Turkey

Federation titled. $962 (Elmore: $481).

Publications (125)

Outreach Publications and Videos (57):

Hickman, K.H., L. Goodman, R.D. Elmore, A. Buthod, E. Duell, and J.N. Craun. 2018.

Oklahoma’s Dirty Dozen. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. E-1050.

Elmore, R.D. 2018. Frequently asked wildlife management questions. Oklahoma Cooperative

Extension Service. NREM-9025.

Elmore, R.D. 2018. Frequently asked wildlife damage and disease questions. Oklahoma

Cooperative Extension Service. NREM-9026.

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Elmore, R.D., L. Goodman and D. Wolf. 2018. Lesser-prairie chicken habitat evaluation guide

(revision). Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. E-1014.

Starns, H.D., S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, T.J. Hovick, D. Twidwell, and E.T. Thacker. 2017.

Patch-Burning Reduces Fuels and is Compatible with Prairie-Chicken Conservation. Great Plains

Fire Science Exchange, Research Brief 2017-01.

Johnson, K., R.D. Elmore, and L. Goodman. 2017. A Guide to Plants Important to Quail in

Oklahoma. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. E-1047.

Elmore, R.D., L. Goodman, K. Hickman, and J. Alspach. 2017. Options for expiring

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land (revision). Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service.

NREM 9016.

Rakowski, A.E. and R.D. Elmore. 2017. Ecology and management of the Rio Grande wild turkey

in Oklahoma. E-1045.

Elmore, R.D. and D.B. Arnall. 2016. Dove field management. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension

Service, NREM 9024.

Dale, L.L., A. Gourley, and R.D. Elmore. 2016. Using camera surveys to estimate white-tailed

deer populations. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, NREM-9023.

R. Beyke and R.D. Elmore. 2016. How weather variables affect gamebirds in the southern Great

Plains. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, NREM-9022.

Dale, L.L., T.J. O’Connell, and R.D. Elmore. 2015. Aflatoxins in wildlife feed: know how to

protect wildlife. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, NREM-9021.

Elmore, R.D., K.H. Hickman, and K. Holmes. 2015. Problem horticultural plants. NREM-2895.

Jacques, M., K. McBee, and R.D. Elmore. 2015. Determining sex and reproductive status of

rodents. NREM-2896.

Jacques, M., K. McBee, and R.D. Elmore. 2015. Managing for small mammal diversity. NREM-

2897

Hovick, T.J. and R.D. Elmore. 2015. Interacting fire and grazing is for the birds. Great Plains

Fire Science Exchange, Research Brief 2015-13.

Herje, H., R.D. Elmore, E. Bartholomew, C.H. Harper, and C.V. Miller. 2014. Quality deer

management in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. NREM-9020.

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Orange, J.P, R.D. Elmore, and S. Cox. 2014. Scaled quail ecology and management in

Oklahoma. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. NREM-9019.

Elmore, R.D., D. Wolfe, K.P. Allen. 2014. Impacts of lead ammunition and sinkers on wildlife

(revision). Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. NREM-9015.

Elmore, R.D, E. Tanner, T.G. Bidwell, and S. Cox. 2013. Northern bobwhite habitat

requirements and evaluation guide (revision). Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. E-904.

Gourley, A., R.D. Elmore, M. Porter, R. Stevens, J. Weir, and T. Bidwell. 2013. A practical

guide to food plots in the southern Great Plains. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. E-

1032.

Thacker, E., R.D. Elmore, B. Reavis, and T. Bidwell. 2013. Management of sand sagebrush

rangelands. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. NREM-2892.

Elmore, R.D. 2013. Wildlife damage management in Oklahoma Master Gardner Manual

(revision). Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. E-1034.

Elmore, R.D. 2012. Wildlife damage management. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service.

Video VT-1142.

Weir. J.R. and R.D. Elmore. 2012. The effects of fire. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension

Service. Video VT-1139.

Hovick, T.J, R.D. Elmore, and S.L. Ferrell. 2012. What you need to know about the Endangered

Species Act. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. NREM-9018.

Porter, M.D., S.L. Ferrell, R.D. Elmore, and T.G. Bidwell. 2012. Lease hunting opportunities

for Oklahoma landowners (Revision). Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. NREM-5032.

Elmore, R.D., E.T. Thacker, L. M. Smith, and D.K. Dahlgren. 2012. Distinguishing between

greater and lesser prairie-chickens. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. L-421.

Cooper. B.S., A.N. West, S.W. Dunkin, D.L. Jobes, R.E. Will, R.D. Elmore, and F.S. Guthery.

2011. Chickasaw plum for wildlife in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. E-

1026.

Bidwell, T.G., R.D. Elmore, and K. Hickman. 2011. Stocking rate determination on native

rangeland. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. NREM 2886.

Bidwell, T.G. and R.D. Elmore. 2011. White-tailed deer habitat evaluation guide (Revision).

Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. E-979.

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Weir, J.R., R.D. Elmore, R.F. Limb, D.M. Engle, B.W. Allred, T.G. Bidwell, and S.D.

Fuhlendorf. 2011. Burning in the growing season. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. E-

1025.

Gourley, B., J.R. Weir, R.D. Elmore, and K.P. Allen. 2011. Fire and the land around us.

Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. L-353.

Elmore, R.D, and C.H. Harper (eds). 2011. 4-H Wildlife Habitat Evaluation guide, 5th edition.

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.

Bidwell, T.G., M.D. Beem, R.D. Elmore, and D. M. Engle. 2010. Pond management for

livestock, fish, and wildlife. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. NREM 2883.

Puffinbarger, T., R.D. Elmore, T.G. Bidwell, J.T. Sykes, and D. Schoeling. 2010. The ring-

necked pheasant in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. NREM 9017.

Elmore, R.D., T.G. Bidwell, K. Hickman, and R. Wanger. 2010. Options for expiring

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. NREM

9016.

Elmore, R.D. D. Wolfe, and K.P. Allen. 2010. Impacts of lead ammunition and sinkers on

wildlife. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. NREM 9015.

Elmore, R.D., D. Hilock, and K. Rebek. 2010. Ornamental and garden plants: controlling deer

damage. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. HLA 6427.

Elmore, R.D, C.H. Harper, and J. Mercer (eds). 2010. 4-H Wildlife Habitat Evaluation guide, 4th

edition. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.

Elmore, R.D., T.G. Bidwell, R. Ranft, and D. Wolf. 2009. Lesser-prairie chicken habitat

evaluation guide. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. E-1014.

Weir, J.R., R.D Elmore, T.G. Bidwell, D.M. Engle, J.D. Carlson, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2009.

Oklahoma prescribed burning handbook. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. E-1010.

Breland, A., R.D. Elmore, L. Weimers, and T.G. Bidwell. 2009. Prairie dog ecology and

management in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. NREM 9014.

Weir, J.R., T.G. Bidwell, R.D. Elmore, K.R. Hickman, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and D.M. Engle. 2009.

Weed control on rangelands. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. NREM 2882.

Burton, J.A., R.D. Elmore, J.R. Weir, and T.G. Bidwell. 2009. Managing oak forests with fire.

Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. Pamphlet.

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Allen, K., R.D. Elmore, and CS. Allen. 2009. Responsible use of electronic bird calls.

Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. NREM 623.

Allen, K., R.D. Elmore, and CS. Allen. 2009. Creating a wildlife resource map. Oklahoma

Cooperative Extension Service. NREM 600.

Tyrl, R. J., T. G. Bidwell, R. E. Masters, R. D. Elmore. 2008. Field guide to Oklahoma plants:

Commonly encountered prairie, shrubland, and forest species, 2nd edition. Oklahoma State

University.

Cummings, C. D, T. G. Bidwell, C. R. Medlin, S. D. Fuhlendorf, R. D. Elmore, and J. W. Weir.

2008. Ecology and management of sericea lespedeza. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension

Service. NREM-2874.

Allen, K. and R.D. Elmore. 2008. Birding introduction. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension

Service. NREM 620.

Allen, K. and R.D. Elmore. 2008. Using binoculars. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service.

NREM 621.

Allen, K. and R.D. Elmore. 2008. I think it is a…identifying birds. Oklahoma Cooperative

Extension Service. NREM 622.

Weir, J.R., S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, T.G. Bidwell, D.C. Cummings, and R. D. Elmore.

2007. Patch burning: integrating fire and grazing to promote heterogeneity. Oklahoma

Cooperative Extension Service. E-998.

Tyrl, R.J., T.G. Bidwell, R.E. Masters, R.D. Elmore, and J.R. Weir. 2007. Oklahoma’s Native

Vegetation Types. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. E-993.

Weir, J.R., T.G. Bidwell, K.R. Hickman, S.D. Fuhlendorf, R D. Elmore. 2007. Fire: myths and

facts. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. L-321.

Elmore, R.D. and T.A. Messmer. 2006. Public perceptions regarding the Utah Prairie Dog and its

management: Implications for species recovery. Berryman Institute Publication. No. 23.

Elmore, R.D. and T.A. Messmer, 2006. Livestock Grazing and the Utah Prairie Dog:

Implications for Managing the Awapa. Berryman Institute Publication. No. 24.

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Peer Reviewed Manuscripts (54)

Fuhlendorf SD, Davis CA, Elmore RD, Goodman LE, Hamilton RG. 2018. Perspectives on

grassland conservation efforts: should we rewild to the past or conserve for the future? Phil.

Trans. R. Soc. B 373: 20170438. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0438

McGranahan, D.A., T.J. Hovick, R.D. Elmore, D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2018. Moderate

patchiness optimizes heterogeneity, stability, and beta diversity in mesic grassland. Ecology and

Evolution 8:5008-5015.

Fogarty, D.T., R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and S.R. Loss. 2018. Variation and drivers of

airflow patterns associated with olfactory concealment and habitat selection. Ecology 99:289-

299.

Carroll, R.L., C.A. Davis, S.D. Fuhlendforf, R.D. Elmore, S.E. DuRant, and J.M. Carroll. 2018.

Avian parental behavior and nest success influenced by temperature fluctuations. Journal of

Thermal Biology 74:140-148.

Tanner, E.P., M. Papes, R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and C.A. Davis. 2017. Incorporating

abundance information and guiding variable selection for climate-based ensemble forecasting of

species’ distributional shifts. PLoS ONE 12:e0184316.

Carroll, M.J., T.J. Hovick, C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Reproductive

plasticity and landscape heterogeneity benefit a ground-nesting bird in a fire prone ecosystem.

Ecological Applications 27:2234-2244.

Carroll, M.J., T.J. Hovick, C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Using a historic

drought and high-heat event to validate thermal exposure predictions for ground-dwelling birds.

Ecology and Evolution 7:6413-6422.

Hovick, T.J., D. A. McGranahan, R.D. Elmore, J.R. Weir, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Pyric-

carnivory: raptor use of prescribed fires. Ecology and Evolution DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3401.

Joshi, O., T.A. Becerra, D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and R.D. Elmore. 2017. Factors affecting

public preferences for grassland landscape heterogeneity in the Great Plains. Environmental

Management DOI 10.1007/s00267-017-0921-5.

Davis, C.A., J.P. Orange, R.A. Van Den Bussche, R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, J.M. Carroll,

E.P. Tanner, and D.M. Leslie. 2017. Extrapair paternity and nest parasitism in two sympatric

quail. The Auk 134:811-820.

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Elmore, R.D., J.M. Carroll, E.P. Tanner, T.J. Hovick, B.A. Grisham, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and S.K.

Windels. 2017. Implications of the thermal environment for terrestrial wildlife management.

Wildlife Society Bulletin 41:183-193.

Hovick, T.J., J.M. Carroll, R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Restoring fire

to grasslands is critical for migrating shorebird populations. Ecological Applications 27:1805-

1814.

Fogarty, D.T., R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and S.R. Loss. 2017. Influence of olfactory and

visual cover on nest site selection and success for grassland-nesting birds. Ecology and Evolution

7:6247-6258.

Tanner, E.P., R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Wintering bird response to the

presence of artificial surface water in a semi-arid rangeland. Wildlife Biology doi:

10.2981/wlb.00315

Leverkus, S.E.R., S.D. Fuhlendorf, M. Geertsema, R.D. Elmore, D.M. Engle, and K.A. Baum.

2017. A landscape disturbance matrix for conserving biodiversity. Journal of Ecosystems and

Management 17:1-26.

Tanner, E.P., R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Evidence of nest tenacity in

scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) following an extreme anthropogenic disturbance. Wilson

Journal of Ornithology 129:354-359.

Carroll, M.J., C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Response of northern

bobwhite movements to management-driven disturbance in a shrub dominated ecosystem.

Rangeland Ecology and Management 70:175-182.

Orange, J.P., C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, E.P. Tanner, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and E.T. Thacker. 2017.

Evaluating the efficacy of brood flush counts: a case study in two quail species. Western North

American Naturalist 76:485-492.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., T.J. Hovick, R.D. Elmore, A.Tanner, D.M. Engle, and C.A. Davis. 2017. A

hierarchical perspective to woody plant encroachment for conservation of prairie-chickens.


Tanner, E.P., R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, C.A. Davis, D.K. Dahlgren, and J.P. Orange. 2017.

Extreme climatic events contain space use and survival of a ground-nesting bird. Global Change

Biology 23:1832-1846.

Tanner, E.P., R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.K. Dahlgren, E.T. Thacker, and J.P.

Orange. 2016. Does the presence of oil and gas infrastructure potentially increase risk of harvest

in northern bobwhite? Wildlife Biology 22:294-304.

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Becerra, T.A., D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and R.D. Elmore. 2016. Preference for grassland

heterogeneity: implications for biodiversity in the Great Plains. Society and Natural Resources

DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2016.1239293.

Carroll, M.J., C.A. Davis, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and R.D. Elmore. 2016. Landscape pattern is critical

for the moderation of thermal extremes. Ecosphere 7(7): art e01403.

Earl, J.E., S.D. Fuhlendorf, D. Haukos, A.M. Tanner, R.D. Elmore, and S.A. Carleton. 2016.

Characteristics of lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) long-distance movements

across their distribution. Ecosphere 7(8): art e01441.

McGranahan, D.A., T.J. Hovick, R.D. Elmore, D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, S.L. Winter, J.R.

Miller, and D.M. Debinski. 2016. Temporal variability in aboveground plant biomass decreases

as spatial variability increases. Ecology 97:555-560.

Hovick, T.J., B.W. Allred, D.A. McGranahan, M.W. Palmer, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf.

2016. Informing conservation by identifying range shift patterns across breeding habitats and

migration strategies. Biodiversity and Conservation DOI: 10.1007/s10531-016-1053-6.

Dahlgren, D.K., M.R. Guttery, T.A. Messmer, D. Caudill, R.D. Elmore, R. Chi, and D.N. Koons.

2016. Evaluating vital rate contributions to greater sage-grouse population dynamics to inform

conservation. Ecosphere 7(3): art e01249.

Orange, J.P., C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2016. Temporary communal

brooding in northern bobwhite and scaled quail broods. Western North American Naturalist

76:122-127.

Carroll, M.J., C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and E.T. Thacker. 2015. Thermal

patterns constrain diurnal behavior of ground-dwelling bird. Ecosphere 6(11): art222.

Carroll, M.J., C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2015. A ground nesting Galliform’s

response to thermal heterogeneity: implications for ground-dwelling birds. PLoS ONE DOE:

10.1371/journal.pone.0143676.

Crosby, A.D., R.D. Elmore, D.M. Leslie, and R.E. Will. 2015. Looking beyond rare species as

umbrella species: Northern bobwhite and conservation of grassland and shrubland birds.

Biological Conservation 186:233-240.

Hovick, T.J., D.K. Dahlgren, M. Papes, R.D. Elmore, and J.C. Pitman. 2015. Predicting greater

prairie-chicken lek site suitability to inform conservation actions. PLoS ONE

10(8):e0137021.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137021.

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Hovick, T.J., B.W. Allred, R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and R.G. Hamilton. 2015. Dynamic

disturbance processes create dynamic habitat selection in a prairie grouse. PLoS ONE. DOI:

10.1371/journal.pone.0137882.

Hovick, T.J., R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and D.K. Dahlgren. 2015. Weather constrains the

influence of fire and grazing on nesting greater prairie-chickens. Rangeland Ecology and

Management 68:186-193.

Tanner, E.P., R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, C.A. Davis, E.T. Thacker, and D.K. Dahlgren.

2015. Behavioral responses at distribution extremes: How artificial surface water can affect quail

movement patterns. Rangeland Ecology and Management 68:476-484.

Orange, J.P., C.A. Davis, R.A. VanDenBussche, S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, and E.T.

Thacker. 2014. Development and characterization of 23 microsatellite loci for scaled quail.

Conservation Genetic Resources DOI:10.1007/s12686-014-0243-3.

Hovick, T.J., R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, and D.K. Dahlgren. 2014. Evidence of

negative effects of anthropogenic structures on wildlife: A review of grouse survival and

behavior. Journal or Applied Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12331.

Hovick, T.J., R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, and R.G. Hamilton. 2014. Spatial

heterogeneity increases diversity and stability in grassland bird communities. Ecological

Applications DOI: 10.1890/14-1067.1.

Hovick, T.J., R.D. Elmore, B.W. Allred, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and D.K. Dahlgren. 2014. Landscapes

as a thermal moderator of thermal extremes: a case study from an imperiled grouse. Ecosphere:

5:35.

Hovick, T.J., R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2014. Structural heterogeneity increases diversity of

non-breeding grassland birds. Ecosphere: 5:62.

Becerra, T.A., D.M. Engle, R.D Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2013. Contrasting preference for

grassland landscapes among population groups in the central and southern Great Plains.


Breland, A., R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2013. Black-tailed prairie dog colony expansion.

Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 1:156-162.

Crosby, A.D., R.D. Elmore, and D.M. Leslie. 2013. Northern bobwhite response to habitat

restoration in eastern Oklahoma. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37:733-740.

Cooper, B., R.D. Elmore, and F.S. Guthery. 2013 Territory characteristics of Cassin’s sparrows

in northwestern Oklahoma. American Midland Naturalist 171:90-96.

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Allred, B.W., S.D. Fuhlendorf, T.J. Hovick, R.D. Elmore, D.M. Engle, and A. Joern. 2013.

Conservation implications of native and introduced ungulates in a changing climate. Global

Change Biology 19:1875-1883 doi:10.1111/bcb.12183.

Fuhlendorf. S.D., D.M. Engle, R.D. Elmore, R.F. Limb, and T.G. Bidwell. 2012. Conservation of

pattern and process: developing an alternative paradigm of rangeland management. Rangeland

Ecology and Management 65:579-589.

Allen, K.P., R.D. Elmore, and C.A. Harper. 2012. The Wildlife Habitat Education Program:

moving from contest participation to implementation. Journal of Extension. 51:2TOT9.

Allen, K.P. and R.D. Elmore. 2012. The effects of WHEP on targeted life skills. Journal of

Extension 50: 1RIB9.

Allred, B.W. S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, and R.D. Elmore. 2011. Ungulate preference for

burned patches reveals strength of fire-grazing interaction. Ecology and Evolution 1:132-144.

Limb R.F., S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, J.R. Weir, R. D. Elmore, T.G. Bidwell. 2011.

Pyric-herbivory and cattle performance in grassland ecosystems. Rangeland Ecology and

Management 64:659-663.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., D.E. Townsend II, R.D. Elmore, and D.M. Engle. 2010. Pyric-herbivory to

promote rangeland heterogeneity: evidence from small mammal communities. Rangeland

Ecology and Management 63:670-678.

Allen, K. P., R. D. Elmore, J. R. Weir, and S. R. Lancaster. 2010. Assessment of 4-H range

management programs in the United States. Rangelands 32: 32-36.

Elmore, R. D., T. A. Messmer, and M. W. Brunson. 2007. Perceptions of wildlife damage

and species conservation: lessons learned from the Utah prairie dog. Journal of Human Wildlife

Conflicts 1:78-88.

Elmore, R. D., F. J. Vilella, and P. Gerard. 2007. Landscape correlates along mourning dove call-

count routes in Mississippi. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:422–427.

Book Chapters (5):

Hagen, C. and R.D. Elmore. 2016. Synthesis, Conclusions, and a Path Forward. Pages 345-351 in

Studies in D.A. Haukos and C.W. Boal, editors. Avian Biology: Ecology and Conservation of

Lesser Prairie-Chickens. Cooper Ornithological Society, University of California Press, Los

Angeles, California, USA.

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Elmore, R.D. and D.K Dahlgren. 2016. Public and Private Land Conservation Dichotomy. Pages

187-203 in Studies in D.A. Haukos and C.W. Boal, editors. Avian Biology: Ecology and

Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens. Cooper Ornithological Society, University of California

Press, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Dahlgren, D.K, R.D. Elmore, R.D. Rodgers, and M.R. Bain. 2016. Grasslands of Western Kansas

North of the Arkansas River. Pages 259-279 in Studies in D.A. Haukos and C.W. Boal, editors.

Avian Biology: Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens. Cooper Ornithological

Society, University of California Press, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., B.W. Allred, R.D. Elmore, and D.M. Engle. 2012. Linking Disturbance

Dynamics and Plant Strategies Across Complex Landscapes to Mitigate and Manage Plant

Invasions. Pages 19-35 in T.A Monaco and R.L. Sheley, editors. Invasive Plant Ecology and

Management: Linking Processes to Practice. CAB International, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

Dahlgren, D. K., R. D. Elmore, D. A. Smith, A. Hurt, E. B. Arnett, and J. W. Connelly. 2011.

Use of dogs in wildlife research and management. Pages 140–153 in N. J. Silvy, editor. Wildlife

techniques manual: research. Volume I. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland,

USA.

Peer Edited Proceedings (4):

Crosby, A.D. and R.D. Elmore. 2013. Effect of abundance and survey protocol on estimates of

occupancy and detection probability for northern bobwhites. Quail VII: 127-133.

Harper, C.A. and R.D. Elmore. 2010. Toward a Consistent and Science-Based Message to

Restore and Manage Habitat. Proceedings of the 12th Triennial Extension Wildlife and Fisheries

Specialists Conference, 6-10 March 2010. Tara, Mississippi.

Elmore, R.D., T.G. Bidwell, and J.R. Weir. 2009. Perceptions of Oklahoma residents to

prescribed fire. Pages 50-61 in K.M. Robertson, K.E.M. Galley, and R.E. Masters (eds.).

Proceedings of the 24th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference: The Future of Prescribed Fire:

Public Awareness, Health, and Safety. Tall Timbers Research Station. Tallahassee, Florida.

Elmore, R. D. 2007. Extension’s role in endangered species management. Pages 146-152

in Proceedings of the 11th Triennial Extension Wildlife and Fisheries Specialists Conference. Big

Sky, Montana.

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Technical Reports and Research Briefs (5):

Hovick, T.J. D.A. McGranahan, R.D. Elmore, JR. Weir, SD. Fuhlendorf. 2018. Pryic-carniovry:

raptor use of prescribed fires. Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium Research Brief.

Andersson, K., E.T. Thacker, M.J. Carroll, E.P. Tanner, J.P. Orange, R. Carroll, C. Duquette,

C.A. Davis, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and R.D. Elmore. 2018 Research Summary: Evaluation of Northern

Bobwhite and Scaled Quail in Western Oklahoma. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service P-

1054.

Horton, R.L, L. Bell, C.M O’Melia, M. McLachlan, C. Hise, D. Wolfe, R.D. Elmore and J.D.

Strong. 2009. A spatially-based planning tool designed to reduce negative effects of

development on the lesser prairie-chicken in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife

Conservation. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. Peer Reviewed.

Hickman, K. and R.D. Elmore. 2009. Management of CRP in the Southern Great Plains for the

lesser prairie-chicken. Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.

Vilella, F. J., R. B. Minnis, R. D. Elmore, J. L. Bowman, D. L. Evans, J. McCombs. 2003.

Mississippi GAP analysis final report. Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.

Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA.

Popular Articles (11, not included in total publication count):

Dahlgren, D.K., S. Farnsworth, E.T. Thacker, and R.D. Elmore. 2018. Dusky grouse at Dawn: in

pursuit of a montane umbrella species. The Wildlife Professional March/April 2018:36-39.

Dahlgren, D.K., E.T. Thacker, and R.D. Elmore. 2017 Utah forest grouse research project.

Grouse News 53:15-16.

Elmore, R.D. 2017. Forest management for northern bobwhite. Quail Forever Magazine.

Starns, H.D., S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, T.J. Hovick, D. Twidwell, and E.T. Thacker. 2015.

Patch-Burning to Manage Prairie-Chicken Habitat and Rangeland Fuels. Grouse News 49:18-20.

Hovick, T.J. and R.D. Elmore. 2014. Greater Prairie-Chicken Thermal Habitat use in

Heterogeneous Grasslands. Grouse News 47.

Elmore, R.D. 2013. Forest management for northern bobwhite in Oklahoma Quail Habitat Guide.

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

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Elmore, R.D. 2013. Weather impacts on northern bobwhite in Oklahoma Quail Habitat Guide.

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

Elmore, R.D. 2012. Implications of an ESA listing for the lesser prairie-chicken. Grouse

Partnership News.

Elmore, R.D. 2011. Oklahoma lesser prairie-chicken festival teaches conservation. Grouse

Partnership News.

Elmore R.D. 2010. Growing season fire as a quail management tool. Pheasants Forever.

Elmore R.D. 2010. Quail management shouldn’t be so difficult. Pheasants Forever.

Extension In-services and Field Days (61):

Range management for the lesser prairie-chicken. 2018. Workshop for the Western Association

of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Woodward, Oklahoma. (10 people)

Summer fire field day. 2018. Field Day. Stillwater, Oklahoma. (120 people)

Dove and quail management. 2018. Field Day. Foraker, Oklahoma. (15 people)

Quail and turkey management. 2018. Field Day. Beaver, Oklahoma. (27 people)

Food plot management. 2018. Field Day. Norman, Oklahoma. (8 people)

Woodland forest management. 2018. Field Day. Mt. View, Missouri. Field day for Missouri

Department of Conservation. (20 people)

Forest wetland management. 2018. Field day for NRCS. Claremore, Oklahoma. (30 people)

Dove and quail management. 2017. Field Day. Marietta, Oklahoma.

Rio Grande wild turkey management. 2017. Field Day. Arnett, Oklahoma.

White-tailed deer and wild turkey management. 2017. Field Day. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Range management for the lesser prairie-chicken. 2016. Workshop for the Western Association

of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Woodward, Oklahoma.

Land management for wildlife. 2016. Field Day. Clayton, Oklahoma.

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Endangered species. 2016. Extension In-Service. Stillwater, Oklahoma. (30 Extension educators)

Deer management. 2016. Extension In-Service. Stillwater, Oklahoma. (4 Extension educators)

Quail management. 2016. Field Day. Kaw WMA, Oklahoma. (17 people)

Quail management. 2015. Field Day. Spavinaw WMA, Oklahoma. (32 people).

Quail management. 2015. Field Day. Sandy Sanders WMA, Oklahoma. (10 people).

Quail management. 2015. Field Day. Crosstimbers WMA, Oklahoma. (27 people).

NRCS wetland management. 2015. Field Day and Extension In-Service. Chandler, Oklahoma.

(20 people).

NRCS wetland management. 2015. Field Day. Claremore, Oklahoma. (16 people).

Range management. 2015. Extension In-Service and landowner workshop. Pawhuska,

Oklahoma. (18 people).

Deer management. 2015. Workshop and Extension In-Service. Stillwater, Oklahoma. (16

people).

Quail management. 2014. Field Day. Arnett, Oklahoma. (50 people).

Prescribed fire. 2014. Field Day for Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium. Crossville,

Tennessee. (70 people).

Prescribed fire. 2014. Field Tour for Gulf Plains LCC. Stillwater, Oklahoma. (50 people).

Deer management. 2014. Workshop. Okmulgee, Oklahoma. (51 people, including 12 Extension

educators, and 1 ODWC commissioner)

Prescribed fire. 2014. Field Day. Ardmore, Oklahoma. (50 people)

Summer Fire Field Day. 2014. Field Day. Marietta, Oklahoma. (30 people)

Effective presentations. 2014. Extension In-Service. Stillwater, Oklahoma. (30 Extension

educators).

Prescribed fire. 2014. Field Day. Clayton, Oklahoma (62 people).

Deer management. 2013. Field Day. Stillwater, Oklahoma. (21 people)

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Summer fire. 2013. Field Day. Stillwater, Oklahoma. (80 people)

Summer fire. 2013. Extension Field Day. Marietta, Oklahoma. (40 people)

Prescribed fire. 2013. Field Day. Clayton, Oklahoma. (7 people).

Quail management. 2013. Field Day. Beaver, Oklahoma. (20 people)

Quail management. 2012. Field Day. Arnett, Oklahoma. (12 people)

Deer management. 2012. Extension In-Service. Stillwater, Oklahoma. (14 Extension educators).

Online opportunities in natural resource education. 2012. Stillwater, Oklahoma. (20 Extension

educators)

WHEP training. 2012. Extension In-Service. Dunlap, Tennessee. (35 Extension educators)

WHEP training. 2012. Extension In-Service. Portland, Oregon. (7 people)

Wildlife damage management. 2011. Extension In-Service. Stillwater, Oklahoma. (18 Extension

educators)

Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program. 2011. Extension In-Service. Stillwater, Oklahoma. (40

people)

Fire field day. 2011. Extension Field Day. Clayton, Oklahoma.

Quail management. 2010. Extension In-service. Stillwater, Oklahoma. (12 Extension educators)

Summer fire. 2010. Extension Field Day. Cheyenne, Oklahoma. (30 resource professionals,

educators, and landowners in attendance)

Prescribed fire. 2010. Extension Field Day. Clayton, Oklahoma. (25 people)

Brush management. 2009. Extension In-Service. Ada, Oklahoma. (22 Extension educators)

Summer fire. 2009. Field Day. Stillwater, Oklahoma. (100 people)

Prescribed fire. 2009. Field Day. Tahlequah, Oklahoma. (50 people)

Range management. 2009. Extension In-service and landowner workshop. Pawhuska,

Oklahoma.

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Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program. 2009. Extension In-service. Knoxville, Tennessee.

Birding 101. 2009. Extension In-Service. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program. 2009. Extension In-service. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program. 2008. Extension In-service. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Birding 101. 2008. Extension In-Service. Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Deer/turkey management in the Crosstimbers. 2008. Extension In-service. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Patch-burn field day. 2007. NRCS and Extension Training. Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

Patch-burn field day.2007. NRCS and Extension Training. Klemme, Oklahoma.

Wildlife habitat evaluation program. 2007. Extension In-service. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Wildlife damage workshop. 2007. Extension In-service El Reno, Oklahoma.

Wildlife damage workshop. 2007. Extension In-service. Okemma, Oklahoma.

Conferences and Symposiums (22):

14th International Grouse Symposium. 2018. Co-organizer. Logan, Utah.

Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow workshop. 2017. Tipton, Kansas

Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow workshop. 2016. Tipton, Kansas

Ecology and conservation of North American forest grouse: past, present, and future. 2016

Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society. 2016. Raleigh, North Carolina.

Rangelands as thermal moderators. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting. 2016.

Corpus Christi, Oklahoma.

Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow workshop. 2015. Tipton, Kansas.

Rangeland wildlife in the northern Great Plains symposium. Annual Meeting of The Wildlife

Society. 2015. Winnipeg, Manitoba.


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Oklahoma quail symposium. Cohosted with Quail Forever and the Oklahoma Department of

Wildlife Conservation. 2014. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Approximately 100 people including

2 ODWC commissioners in attendance).

Eastern grasslands. Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society. 2014. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society and the Society for Range

Management. 2014. Arcadia, Oklahoma.


Feral pigs in Oklahoma. 2013. Pawhuska, Oklahoma. (141 people)

Ecology and management of prairie-chicken. 2013. Annual Meeting of the Society for Range

Management. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Feral pigs in Oklahoma. 2011. Ardmore, Oklahoma. (340 people including the Oklahoma Sec. of

Agriculture)

Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society. 2010. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Avian collisions with anthropogenic vertical features. Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society

2010. Miami, Florida.

Ranch conversation on the lesser-prairie chicken and implications of an ESA. 2009. Woodward,

Oklahoma.

Habitat heterogeneity symposium. Annual Meeting of Society for Range Management. 2008.

Louisville, Kentucky.

Bollenbach wildlife symposium. 2007. Landowner training and TWS meeting. Woodward,

Oklahoma.

Concepts and applications of rangeland health when managing for wildlife. 2007. NRCS training.

Woodward, Oklahoma.

Red River Quail Symposium. 2006. Wichita Falls, Texas.

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Presentations and Posters (259)

Extension Presentations (129):

Wildlife damage management. 2018. OSU Master Gardners. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Forest management for wildlife. 2018. Backwoods Festival. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Food plots for wildlife. 2018. Backwoods Festival. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Thermal ecology of quail. 2018. Quail Forever Habitat Meeting. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Deer management. 2018. OCES organized presentation. Drumright, Oklahoma.

Avian management in oak woodlands. 2018. Woodland Workshop in Missouri. Van Buren,

Missouri.

Plant ecology. 2018. Oklahoma Native Plant Society. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Grasslands bird management. 2018. Webinar for USFS at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in

Illinois.

Managing oak forests for northern bobwhite. 2017. Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire

Consortium. Webinar (98 in attendance).

Facts about feral hogs. 2017. OCES Feral Hog Workshop. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Fire management for bobwhite. 2017. Quail Forever Landowner Meeting. Ponca City,

Oklahoma.

Summary of quail research. 2017. Oklahoma/Texas Quail Research Meeting. Wichita Falls,

Texas.

Thermal selection in quail. 2017. Western Quail Meeting. Roswell, New Mexico.

Feral hogs in Oklahoma. 2017. Stillwater Rotary Club. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Summary of lesser prairie-chicken research. 2017. Farm Bureau Regional Meeting. Amarillo,

Texas.

Managing cover for wildlife. 2017. Nebraska Grazing Conference. Kearney, Nebraska.

Summary of shinnery research. 2017. ODWC Research Meeting. Arcadia, Oklahoma.

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Food plot management. 2017. Carter County Fair. Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Wildlife damage management. 2017. Carter County Fair. Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Update on quail research and status. 2017. Grand National Quail Hunt. Enid, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2016. Fire effects on wildlife. NRCS Dormant Season Fire Training Workshop.

Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2016. Fire effects on wildlife. NRCS Growing Season Fire Training Workshop.


Elmore, R.D. 2016. Woodland management for bird conservation. Texas Parks and Wildlife

Woodland Management Workshop. Palestine, Texas.

Elmore, R.D. 2016. Quail research updates. Oklahoma Wildlife Management Association and

Legislative Open House. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2016. Fire-wise. Oklahoma Garden Ambassadors. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2015. Fire and prairie-chickens. Great Plains Fire Science consortium. Webinar.

Elmore, R.D. 2015. Quail research summary. ODWC Commission Meeting. Stillwater,

Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2015. Fire and grazing. Field Tour for Kansas CES. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2015. Fire and grazing. Field Tour for NDSU students. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2015. Fire effects on wildlife. NRCS Fire Training Workshop. Stillwater,

Oklahoma.


Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2015. Food plot management. OCES Meeting. Kellyville, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2015. Quail research in Oklahoma. Grand National Quail Hunt. Enid, Oklahoma.


Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2014. Managing prairie dogs. Boise City, Oklahoma.

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Elmore, R.D. 2014. OSU research and outreach on prescribed fire. Science Cafe. Stillwater,

Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2014. Controlling feral hogs. Ponca City, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2014. Ornithology 101. Piedras Negras, Mexico.

Elmore, R.D. 2014. Wildlife and agriculture compatibility. Women in Agriculture Conference.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2014. Native prairie demonstration area. Oklahoma Botanic Garden Gardenfest.


Elmore, R.D. 2014. Status of quail in Oklahoma. Grand National Quail Hunt. Enid, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2013. Native plants for landscaping. Oklahoma Garden Ambassadors. Stillwater,

Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2013. Impacts of oil and gas development on greater prairie-chickens. Bureau of

Indian Affairs Inquiry. Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2013. Plant and bird ID. 4-H Youth Fun Day. Freedom, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2013. Wildlife damage management. Turf Management Conference. Ardmore,

Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2013. Fire effects on wildlife. Fire Training Workshop. Woodward, Oklahoma.


Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2012. Plant identification walk. Oklahoma Native Plant Society. Tahlequah,

Oklahoma.

Thacker, E.T. and R.D. Elmore. 2012. Range management in the southern Great Plains: The use

of prescribed fire and grazing. Coffee Shop Panel Discussion, Comanche Pool Prairie Resource

Foundation. Wilmore, Kansas.

Thacker, E.T., S.D. Fuhlendorf, C.A. Davis, and R.D. Elmore. 2012. Evaluation of northern

bobwhite in western Oklahoma. KDWPT annual Fish and Wildlife Division Kansas Department

of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism, Salina, Kansas.

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Elmore, R.D. 2012. Management of lesser prairie-chickens in sand sagebrush communities.

Webinar for NRCS.

Elmore, R.D. 2012. Prairie-chickens. Martin Nature Center. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2012. Fire-wise. Payne County Master Gardeners. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2012. Wildlife damage management. OCES. Norman, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2011. Quail management-1. Pheasant Fest. Omaha, Nebraska.

Elmore, R.D. 2011. Quail management-2. Pheasant Fest. Omaha, Nebraska.

Elmore, R.D. 2011. Wind impacts to wildlife-1. Pheasant Fest. Omaha, Nebraska.

Elmore, R.D. 2011. Wind impacts to wildlife-2. Pheasant Fest. Omaha, Nebraska.

Elmore, R.D. 2011. Using summer fire for quail management. Pheasant Fest. Omaha, Nebraska.

Elmore, R.D. 2011. Fire effects on wildlife. NRCS Fire Training Course. Clayton, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2011. Fire effects on wildlife. NRCS Fire Training Course. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2011. Wildlife damage management. Payne County Master Gardeners. Stillwater,

Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2011. Wildlife damage management. OSU Botanical Garden Ambassadors.


Elmore, R.D. 2011. Ecology of the lesser prairie-chicken. Woodward Lesser Prairie-Chicken

Festival. Woodward, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2011. Top ten things to do for bobwhite. Quail Forever Banquet. Oklahoma City,

Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2011. How to recover the LPC. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Listening Session.

Woodward, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2011. Food plots for wildlife. Wildlife Expo. Guthrie, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Fire effects on wildlife. NRCS Fire Training Course. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Fire effects on wildlife. Extension Presentation. Pawnee, Oklahoma.

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Elmore, R.D. 2010. Bobwhite management. Pheasants Forever State Habitat Meeting. Kearney,

Nebraska.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Wind and wildlife. Pheasants Forever State Habitat Meeting. Kearney,

Nebraska.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Growing season fire. Pheasants Forever State Habitat Meeting. Kearney,

Nebraska.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Wildlife damage management. Oklahoma City Master Naturalists.


Elmore, R.D. 2010. Growing season fire. Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Biologists

Meeting. Wichita, Kansas.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. NREM and TNC Partnerships. Oklahoma Chapter of The Nature

Conservancy Board Meeting. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Patchburn grazing. Farm Bureau – National Young Farmer Conference.

Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Patchburn grazing. Oklahoma Wildlife Management Association Legislative

Reception. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Wildlife damage management. Concurbit Workshop. Chickasha, Oklahoma.

Breland, A. and R.D. Elmore. 2010. Black-tailed prairie dog response to fire and grazing

interactions. U.S. Forest Service National Grassland Managers Meeting. Lone Wolfe,

Oklahoma.

Elmore. R.D. 2010. Management of the lesser prairie-chicken. U.S. Forest Service National

Grassland Managers Meeting. Lone Wolfe, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Bobwhite management. Pheasants Forever Biologists Meeting. Red Cloud,

Minnesota.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Wind and wildlife. Pheasants Forever Biologists Meeting. Red Cloud,

Minnesota

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Growing season fire. Pheasants Forever Biologists Meeting. Red Cloud,

Minnesota

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Elmore, R.D and T.G. Bidwell. 2010. Management of the lesser prairie-chicken. Webinar for

NRCS.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Wildlife damage management. OCES Turfgrass Meeting. Oklahoma City,

Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Wildlife damage management. OCES Turfgrass Meeting. Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Food plots for white-tailed deer. Extension Presentation. Coweta, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Quail management. Extension Presentation. Cherokee, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Ecology of fire in Oklahoma. 2010 Oklahoma Leadership Training. Ada,

Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2009. Ecology of the lesser prairie-chicken. Tulsa County Audubon Society.

Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2009. Perceptions of Oklahoma residents to prescribed fire. Noble Foundation.

Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2009. Ecology of the lesser Prairie-Chicken. Woodward Lesser Prairie-Chicken




Elmore, R.D. 2009. Birds and habitat. Sierra Club Annual Meeting. Watonga, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2009. Wildlife damage management. Oklahoma City Master Naturalists.


Elmore, R.D. 2009. Deer management. Tulsa Extension Meeting. Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2009. Birds and habitat. 4-H Camping Event. Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2009. Patch burning. Continuing Education Series. Kansas, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2009. Patch burning. Continuing Education Series. Afton, Oklahoma.

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Elmore, R.D. 2009. Patch burning. Continuing Education Series. Claremore, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2009. Doves of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City Audubon. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2009. WHEP. Lawton County FFA. Lawton, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2008. Bobwhite management. Pheasants Forever Habitat Meeting. Grand Island,

Nebraska.

Elmore R.D. 2008. Lease hunting. OCES Osage County Stocker Conference. Pawhuska,

Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2008. Lesser-prairie chickens in Oklahoma. Audubon lesser-prairie chicken

weekend. Buffalo, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2008. Cedar control. NRCS brush control meeting. Norman, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2008. Prairie management. Sierra Club state meeting. Waynoka, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2008. Wildlife damage-mammals. OCES Integrated Pest Management Workshop.


Elmore, R.D. 2008. Quail habitat. Audubon nature day. Stillwater, Oklahoma

Elmore, R.D. 2008. Wildlife research. Science and math youth group. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2008. Deer and turkey management on rangelands. SRM/TWS student chapters.

Stillwater, Oklahoma

Elmore, R.D. 2008. ESA tools for private landowners. Ranch Conversation. Buffalo, Oklahoma

Elmore, R.D. 2008. Fire-grazing interaction. TNC Columbia team. Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2008. Prairie grouse in Oklahoma. Payne County Audubon. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2008. Lease hunting. Agroforestry Conference. Idabel, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2007. What can prescribed fire do for you? Prescribed Fire Training. Oklahoma

Wildlife Prairie Heritage Alliance. Carmargo, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2007. Lease hunting. Natural Resource In-Service. Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

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Elmore, R.D. 2007. Controlling bird damage. Integrated Pest Management Conference,

Stillwater. Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2007. Fire and wildlife. Range Research Station youth field day. Stillwater,

Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2007. Food plots. Extension Presentation. Shawnee, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2007. Management of the Utah prairie dog. PARM Meeting, Loa, Utah.

Elmore, R.D. 2007. WHEP. Forestry Camp. Broken Bow, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2007. Fire and wildlife. 4-H Roundup. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2007. What’s a bob to do? Quail Forever Meeting. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2006. Wildlife damage. Caddo County Cattleman. Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2006. WHEP. 4-H In-Service. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2006. WHEP. Natural Resource In-Service. Extension In-Service. El Reno,

Oklahoma.

Elmore, R. D. 2006. Managing endangered species. BEHAVE workshop. Midway, Utah. Invited.

Presentations and Posters at Professional Meetings (130, 13 invited):

Rischette, A.C., B.A. Geaumont, T.J. Hovick, and R.D. Elmore. 2019. Disturbance limits utility

of unmanned aerial systems for counting sharp-tailed grouse on leks (poster). Society for Range

Management Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Anthony, C.R., C. Hagen, R.D. Elmore, and K. Dugger. 2018. Thermal environments of greater

sage-grouse nest sites following wildfire. 14th International Grouse Symposium, Logan, Utah.

Anthony, C.R., C. Hagen, R.D. Elmore, and K. Dugger. 2018. Thermal environments of greater

sage-grouse nest sites following wildfire. Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

Annual Meeting.

Anthony, C.R., C. Hagen, K. Dugger, and R.D. Elmore. 2018. Influence of Fire on the Thermal

Environments of Sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) Communities. Society for Range Management

Annual Meeting. Reno, Nevada.

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Carroll, J.M., C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2018. Northern bobwhite nest site

use and survival on a landscape managed with prescribed fire in Oklahoma. 2018 Southeastern

Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Mobile, Alabama.

Dahlgren, D.K., S. Farnsworth, S. Landry, R.D. Elmore, E.T. Thacker, J. Robinson. S. Espinosa.

2018. Forest grouse research, ecology, and management in Western North America. 14th

International Grouse Symposium, Logan, Utah.

Elmore, R.D., E.P. Tanner, S.D. Fuhlendorf, C.A. Davis, D.K. Dahlgren, and J.P. Orange. 2018.

Extreme weather events create pinch points for a galliform. Ecological Society of America

Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana.

Londe, D.W., R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and C.A Davis. 2018. Greater prairie-chicken

habitat use in a rangeland managed with prescribed fire and developed for energy development.

14th International Grouse Symposium, Logan, Utah.

Londe, D.W., R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and C.A Davis. 2018. Greater prairie-chicken

habitat use in a rangeland managed with prescribed fire and developed for energy development.

The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Cleveland, Ohio.

Londe, D.W., R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and C.A Davis. 2018. Habitat selection and thermal

ecology of greater prairie-chicken broods. Oklahoma Natural Resources Conference. Tulsa,

Oklahoma.

Rakowski, A.E., R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2018. Effects of management

and human activity on space use and movement of wild turkey. Society for Range Management

Annual Meeting. Reno, Nevada.

Rakowski, A.E., R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2018. Thermal impacts on wild

turkey movement and space use. Oklahoma Natural Resources Conference. Tulsa, Oklahoma.*

Best student paper.


turkey movement and space use. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Cleveland, Ohio.

Unger, A.M. S.D. Fuhlendorf, J. Potts. R.D. Elmore, and C.A. Davis. 2018. Understanding

Umwelt: A lesser prairie-chicken’s perspective on navigating the anthropogenic landscape.

Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana.

Unger, A.M. S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, and C.A. Davis. 2018. Temporal scaling of lesser

prairie-chicken movements and habitat selection (poster). 14th International Grouse Symposium,

Logan, Utah.

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Harris, K. A., C. A. Harper, R. D. Elmore, J. D. Clark. 2017. Movements, behaviors, and

response to fire events of eastern box turtles in east Tennessee. The Wildlife Society Annual

Conference. Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Peterson, J. S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, A.M. Tanner, J. Earl, D. Haukos, S. Carleton. 2017.

Effects of Anthropogenic Structures on the Long-Distance Movements of Lesser Prairie-

Chickens. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. Lincoln, Nebraska.


turkey movement and space use. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New

Mexico.

Starns, H.D., M.E. Morrow, R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, T.J. Hovick, E.T. Thacker, and D.

Twidwell. 2017. Pyric herbivory reduces fuels and promotes conservation in the southern Great

Plains. Association of Fire Ecology Conference, Orlando, Florida.

Tanner, E. P., R. D. Elmore, D. K. Dahlgren, C. A. Davis, and S. D. Fuhlendorf. 2017.

Comparison of dog surveys and fall covey surveys in estimating fall population trends of

northern bobwhite. Quail 8 Symposium, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Tanner, E., R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Wintering bird response to the

presence of artificial surface water. Oklahoma Natural Resources Conference. Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Duquette, C., C.A. Davis, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and R.D. Elmore. 2017. Northern bobwhite habitat

selection in a landscape affected by energy development. Oklahoma Natural Resources

Conference. Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Carroll, J.M., R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and C.A. Davis. 2017. Shinnery oak propagation as

a framework for restoration. Oklahoma Natural Resources Conference. Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Beyke, R.L., C.A. Davis, S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, and S. DuRant. 2017. Behavioral

responses of ground-nesting birds to thermal variation during a critical life stage. 70th Annual

Society for Range Management Meeting, St. George, UT.

Beyke, R.L., C.A. Davis, S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, and S. DuRant. 2017. Behavioral

responses of ground-nesting birds to thermal variation during a critical life stage. Oklahoma

Natural Resources Conference. Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Londe, D.W., S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, and C.A Davis. 2017. Effects of rangeland

management and energy development on Greater Prairie-Chicken nonbreeding habitat use. 32nd

Prairie Grouse Technical Council Meeting, Dickinson North Dakota.

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Londe, D., S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore. 2017. Effects of energy development and rangeland

management on space use of greater prairie-chickens in southern Great Plains. Oklahoma Natural

Resources Conference. Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Londe, D., S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore. 2017. Effects of energy development and rangeland

management on space use of greater prairie-chickens in southern Great Plains. 70th Annual

Society for Range Management Meeting, St. George, UT.

Carroll, J.M., T.J. Hovick, C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Influence of

management-driven disturbance on northern bobwhite movement and nesting ecology. 70th

Annual Society for Range Management Meeting, St. George, UT.


turkey movement and space use. Oklahoma Natural Resources Conference. Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Rakowski, A.E., R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Effects of temperature on

wild turkey movement and space use. 70th Annual Society for Range Management Meeting, St.

George, UT.

Starns, H.D., S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, and C.A. Davis. 2017. Effects of fuels management

techniques on fire suppression capability and prairie-chicken habitat. 70th Annual Society for

Range Management Meeting, St. George, UT.

Elmore, R.D. 2017. Management of Cross Timbers for wildlife. Oklahoma Natural Resources

Conference. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Invited.

Elmore, R.D. 2016. Thermal ecology. Minnesota Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual

Meeting. Makato, Minnesota. Invited.

Elmore, R.D. 2016. Introduction to thermal ecology. 69th Annual Society for Range Management

Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Hovick, T.J., R.D. Elmore, B. Allred, S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2016. Investigation of thermal habitat

selection in greater prairie-chickens. 69th Annual Society for Range Management Meeting,

Corpus Christi, Texas.

Beyke, R., C.A. Davis, S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, and S. Durant. 2016. Thermal constraints

on reproductive processes for two sympatric ground-nesting Galliforms in the southern Great

Plains. 69th Annual Society for Range Management Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Carroll, J.M., C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2016. Northern bobwhite response

to thermal heterogeneity: Implications for ground-dwelling birds in rangelands. 69th Annual

Society for Range Management Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Carroll, J.M., C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2016. Thermal constraints on

northern bobwhite site selection during two key life stages. Oklahoma Natural Resources

Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Hovick, T.J. and R.D. Elmore. 2016. Rangeland heterogeneity moderates temperature for nesting

greater prairie-chickens. Communicating Science for Conservation Action, a meeting of the

North American Congress for Conservation Biology, Madison, Wisconsin. Invited.

Fogarty, D.T., S.R. Loss, and R.D. Elmore. 2016. Impacts of olfactory predator communities on

nest-site selection and nest success of a ground nesting bird. North American Ornithological

Conference, Washington, DC.

Fogarty, D.T., S.R. Loss, and R.D. Elmore. 2016. An olfactory component to habitat selection

and predator-prey interactions. Central Ecology and Evolution Conference. Norman, Oklahoma.

Fraiser, S.P., S.D. Fuhlendorf, W.S. Fairbanks, and R.D. Elmore. 2016. The ecology of coyotes

in a shifting heterogeneous landscape. American Society of Mammologists Annual Meeting.

Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Tanner, A.M., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, and M. Papes. 2016. Roosting

ecology of lesser prairie-chickens. 2016 Oklahoma Natural Resources Conference, Oklahoma

City, Oklahoma.

Tanner, A.M., J.Z. Kachel, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and S.L. Winter. 2016. Where the sagebrush burns:

growing season wildfire and Artemisia filifolia. 69thAnnual Society for Range Management

Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Tanner, E. P., R. D. Elmore, S. D. Fuhlendorf, and C. A. Davis. 2016. Ecological pinch points

affect usable space and survival of a ground-nesting bird. 69th Annual Society for Range

Management Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Tanner, E. P., R. D. Elmore, M. Papeş, S. D. Fuhlendorf, and C. A. Davis. 2016. Pinch points on

northern bobwhite. 2016 Oklahoma Natural Resources Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Fogarty, D.T., S.R. Loss, and R.D. Elmore. 2016. An olfactory perspective: applications of

airflow patterns on predator-prey dynamics. Ecological Society of America annual meeting. Fort

Lauderdale, Florida.

Fogarty, D.T., S.R. Loss, and R.D. Elmore. 2016. Landscape cover: visual versus olfactory. 2016

Oklahoma Natural Resources Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. and T.J. 2015. Thermal Ecology of Greater Prairie-Chickens. 13th International

Grouse Symposium. Reykjavik, Iceland.

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Hovick, T.J., R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, and B. Allred. 2015. Restoring

Heterogeneity as an Approach to Managing Tallgrass Prairie. Central Mountains and Plains

Section of The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting. Manhattan, KS. Invited.

Carroll, M.J., C.A. Davis. R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2015. Proximate thermal

environments constrain diurnal behavior of Northern bobwhite broods. The 22nd Annual

Conference of The Wildlife Society. Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Tanner, E. P., M. Papes, R. D. Elmore, S. D. Fuhlendorf, and C. A. Davis. 2015. When

strongholds collapse: gains in future distributions may cost current population sources under

future climate projections. The Wildlife Society 22nd National Conference, Winnipeg, MB,

Canada.

S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.F. Limb, R.D. Elmore, J. Weir, and S. Leverkus. 2015. Importance of fire to

conserve and restore wildlife on working rangelands in the Northern Great Plains. The 22nd

Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society. Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Unger, A.M., S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, and C.A. Davis. 2015. Using Citizen Science and

Aerial Surveys to Develop Habitat Suitability Models for Lesser Prairie-Chickens. The 22nd

Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society. Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Unger, A.M., S.D. Fuhlendorf, M. Papes, R.D. Elmore, and C.A. Davis. 2015. Using Citizen

Science and Aerial Surveys to Develop Habitat Suitability Models for Lesser Prairie-Chickens.

Prairie Grouse Technical Council Meeting. Nevada, Missouri.

Elmore, R.D. and T.J. 2015. Thermal Ecology of Greater Prairie-Chickens. Prairie Grouse

Technical Council Meeting. Nevada, Missouri.

Harper, C.A., M.A. Lashley, J.M. Brooke, M.C. Chitwood, J.S. Nanney, R.D. Elmore, D.J.

Morin, C.E. Moorman, and C.S. DePerno. 2015. Does soil quality affect intraspecific plant

nutritional quality? 38th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Deer Study Group. Little Rock,

Arkansas.

Carroll, M.J., C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2015. Proximate thermal

environments constrain diurnal behavior of Northern bobwhite broods. 2015 Oklahoma Natural

Resources Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Unger, A.M., S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis. and M. Papes. 2015. A Maximum

entropy approach to modeling lesser prairie-chicken habitat. 2015 Oklahoma Natural Resources

Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Orange, J.P., C.A. Davis., S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, and E.P. Tanner. 2015. Survival,

movement, and habitat use of northern bobwhite and scaled quail chicks at the periphery of their

distributional ranges. 2015 Oklahoma Natural Resources Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Tanner, E.P., R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2015. Predicting shifts in northern

bobwhite and scaled quail distributions from climate change. 2015 Oklahoma Natural Resources

Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Limb, R., I. Williams, S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, and J. Weir. 2015. Are sagebrush

ecosystems fire sensitive? 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management,

Sacramento, California.

Starns, H., S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, and D. Twidwell, and E. Thacker. 2015. Fuels

management for prairie-chickens. 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management,

Sacramento, California.

Hovick, T.J, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2015. Avian diversity and stability along a fire

and grazing dependent heterogeneity gradient. 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society for Range

Management, Sacramento, California.

Elmore, R.D. and C.A. Harper. 2015. Wildlife Habitat Education Program. 2015. Annual

Meeting of the Society for Range Management, Sacramento, California, USA. Invited.

Hovick, T.J, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2014. Avian diversity and stability along a fire

and grazing dependent heterogeneity gradient. 2014 Joint Meeting of the American

Ornithological Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and the Society of Canadian

Ornithologists. Estes Park, Colorado, USA.

Orange, J.P., C.A. Davis., S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, and E.P. Tanner. 2014. Extra-Pair

Paternity, Intra-specific Nest Parasitism, and Brood Amalgamation in Northern Bobwhite Quail.

Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife Society. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Tanner, E.P., R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2014. Comparative ecology of

northern bobwhite and scaled quail on distribution extremes. Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife

Society. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Hovick, T.J., R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, and R.G. Hamilton. Spatial

Heterogeneity Increases Diversity and Stability in Grassland Bird Communities. 2014. American

Ornithologists’ Union/Cooper Ornithological Society/Society of Canadian Ornithologists joint

meeting. Estes Park, Colorado.

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Leverkus, S., M. Geertsema, S. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, D. Engle, and K. Baum. 2014.

Conserving biodiversity through shifting mosaics. Canadian Wildland Fire Conference Annual

Meeting. Nova Scotia, Canada.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, J.M. Carroll, and E.P. Tanner. 2014. Applied

landscape ecology for grassland bird conservation and management. 2014 Annual Meeting of

The Wildlife Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Orange, J.P., C.A. Davis, R.A. Van Den Bussche, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf, J.M.

Carroll, and E.P. Tanner. 2014. Parasitism, paternity, and brood mixing in two sympatric quail

species. 2014 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

Destin, Florida.

Carroll, M.J., C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2014. Thermal environment as a

constraint on movement and habitat use of northern bobwhite broods on the western periphery of

their distribution. 2014 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife

Agencies. Destin, Florida.

Tanner, E., R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2014. Use of water by quail in

western Oklahoma. 2014 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife

Agencies. Destin, Florida.

Breland, A., R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2013. Black-tailed prairie dog response to fire

and grazing interactions. 2013 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Fish and

Wildlife Agencies. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Carroll, M.J., C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and E.T. Thacker. 2013. Spring

dispersal movements of northern bobwhites in western Oklahoma. 2013 Annual Meeting of the

Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Crosby, A.D. and R.D. Elmore. 2013. Game Species as Umbrella Species: Can Habitat

Restoration for Northern Bobwhites Help Slow the Decline of Grassland Birds? Annual Meeting

of The Wildlife Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Dale, L., A. Gourley, R.D. Elmore, 2013. Bias in population estimates of white-tailed deer from

camera survey. 2013 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife

Agencies. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Hovick, T.J, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2013. Fire and grazing influence habitat use and

abundance of overwintering birds. Joint Meeting of American Ornithologists’ Union and Cooper

Ornithological Society. Chicago, Illinois.

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Hovick, T.J, B.W. Allred, R.D. Elmore, D.K. Dahlgren, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and D.M Engle. 2013.

Grassland heterogeneity may moderate thermal extremes for the imperiled greater prairie-

chicken. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hovick, T.J R.D. Elmore, D.K. Dahlgren, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and D.M. Engle. 2013. Impacts of

anthropogenic structures on grouse (poster). 30th Meeting of the Prairie Grouse Technical

Council. Crookston, Minnesota.

Hovick, T.J, B.W. Allred, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2013. Investigation of thermal

habitat selection by greater prairie-chickens. 30th Meeting of the Prairie Grouse Technical

Council. Crookston, Minnesota.

Orange J. P., R. A. Van Den Bussche, M E. Trope, C. A. Davis, S. D. Fuhlendorf, R. D. Elmore,

J. M. Carroll, and E. P. Tanner. 2014. Extra-pair paternity, intra-specific nest parasitism, and

brood amalgamation in northern bobwhite. 2014 Joint Meeting of the Oklahoma Section of the

Society for Range Management and the Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife Society. Edmond,

Oklahoma.

Orange, J.P., C.A. Davis, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and R.D. Elmore. 2013. Northern bobwhite (Colinus

virginianus) and scaled quail (Callipelpla squamata) chick survival and habitat use in western

Oklahoma (poster). 2013 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife

Agencies. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Tanner, E.P., R.D. Elmore, C.A Davis, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2013. Comparative ecology of

northern bobwhite and scaled quail in a sand sagebrush community. 2013 Annual Meeting of the

Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Unger, A. S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.D. Elmore, and C.A. Davis. 2013. Impacts of anthropogenic

disturbance on lesser prairie-chicken resource selection and survival in Oklahoma. 2013 Annual

Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Oklahoma City,

Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2012. Wind and wildlife. 2012. Iowa Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual

Meeting. Des Moines, Iowa. Invited.

Elmore, R.D. 2012. Summary of quail research. 2012. Iowa Chapter of The Wildlife Society

Annual Meeting. Des Moines, Iowa. Invited.

Hovick, T.J, R.D. Elmore, D.K. Dahlgren, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2012. Research and status of

greater prairie-chickens in the Flint Hills. Oklahoma Joint Meeting of The Wildlife and

Rangeland Societies. Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

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Hovick, T.J., R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2012. Grassland bird diversity along a

heterogeneity gradient. Patch-burn Grazing Working Group Annual Meeting. Elmdale, Kansas.

Crosby, A.D. and R.D. Elmore. 2012. Effect of abundance and survey protocol on estimates of

occupancy and detection probability for northern bobwhites. Quail VII. Tucson, Arizona.

Tanner, E., R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and C.A. Davis. 2012. Breeding season ecology of

northern bobwhite and scaled quail in a sand sagebrush community. Annual Meeting of the

Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Hovick, T.J., R.D. Elmore, D.K. Dahlgren, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2012. Influence of

heterogeneity on greater prairie-chickens (poster). Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society.

Portland, Oregon.

Allen, K. P., R. Dwayne Elmore, and C.H. Harper. 2012. WHEP: teaching youth natural resource

management. National Association of Extension 4-H Agents. Conference Proceedings. Orlando,

Florida, USA.

Allen, K. P. and R. Dwayne Elmore. 2011. WHEP goes wild on life skills. National Association

of Extension 4-H Agents. Conference Proceedings. Omaha, Nebraska.

Elmore, R.D. 2011. Grouse of North America and fire. Annual Meeting of the Society for Range

Management. Billings, Montana. Invited.

Elmore, R.D. 2011. Wildlife damage management. Forestry on the Grow Conference. Idabel,

Oklahoma. Invited.

Crosby, A.D. and R.D. Elmore. 2011. Occupancy modeling for the northern bobwhite in

Oklahoma. Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Idabel,

Oklahoma.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., B.W. Allred, D.M. Engle, and R.D. Elmore. 2011. Pyric-herbivory: The fire

grazing interaction as a critical ecological process. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of

America. Austin, Texas.

Hovick, T.J. and R.D. Elmore. 2011. Ecology of greater prairie-chickens at the Tallgrass Prairie

Preserve. Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Idabel, Oklahoma.


Preserve. Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Ornithological Society. Edmond, Oklahoma.


Preserve. 29th Meeting of the Prairie Grouse Technical Council. Hays, Kansas.

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Allen, K. P., R. Dwayne Elmore, John R. Weir and Sarah R. Lancaster. 2010. The Status of 4-H

rangelands programs in the United States. Association of Natural Resource Extension

Professionals. Conference Proceedings.

Allen, K. P., C. S. Allen and R. D. Elmore. 2010. Introducing youth to the world of birding.

Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals. Conference Proceedings.

Breland, A., R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2010. Black-tailed prairie dog response to fire

and grazing interactions. Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society. Park City, Utah.

Breland, A. and R.D. Elmore. 2010. Black-tailed prairie dog response to fire and grazing

interactions. Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Stillwater,

Oklahoma.

Crosby, A.D. and R.D. Elmore. 2010. Evaluating the success of the quail habitat restoration

initiative. Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Stillwater,

Oklahoma.

Crosby, A.D. and R.D. Elmore. 2010. Bird community response to environmental gradients in

eastern Oklahoma. Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Ornithological Society. Stillwater,

Oklahoma.

Crosby, A.D. and R.D. Elmore. 2010. Bird community response to environmental gradients in

eastern Oklahoma. Annual Meeting of the Southwest Association of Naturalists. Junction, Texas.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Patchburn grazing. Annual Meeting of the National Association of County

Agriculture Agents. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Invited.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Range management for the northern bobwhite. National Bobwhite

Conservation Initiative Annual Meeting. Wichita, Kansas. Invited.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Implications of an ESA listing of the lesser-prairie chicken. Annual

Meeting of the Oklahoma Chapter of the Society for Range Management. Woodward, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. Impacts of Extension on habitat restoration. Triennial

Extension Wildlife and Fisheries Specialists Conference. Tara, Mississippi.

Elmore, R.D. 2010. The Prairie Project. Triennial Extension Wildlife and Fisheries Specialists

Conference. Tara, Mississippi.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., R.D. Elmore, R. Hamilton, T.G. Bidwell, and A. Breland. 2010. Management

of mosaics to promote greater and lesser prairie-chickens. Annual Meeting of the Wildlife

Society. Park City, Utah.

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Allen, K. P., R. Dwayne Elmore, John R. Weir and Sarah R. Lancaster. 2009. An assessment of

4-H range management programs in the United States. National Association of Extension 4-H

Agents. Conference Proceedings.

Allen, K.P., C.S. Allen, and R. D. Elmore. 2009. Bird brains: birding for youth. Children, Youth

and Families at Risk National Conference. Baltimore, Maryland.

Elmore, R.D., T.G. Bidwell, and J.R. Weir. 2008. Perceptions of Oklahoma residents to

prescribed fire. 24th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference. Tallahassee, Florida.

Cooper, B. and R. D. Elmore. 2008. Perceptions of Oklahoma residents to prescribed fire

(Poster). Annual Meeting of the Society of Range Management. Albuquerque, New Mexico,

USA.

Cooper, B. and R. D. Elmore. 2008. Sand plum correlations with avian abundance. Annual

Meeting of the Oklahoma Chapter of the Society for Range Management. Lawton, Oklahoma,

USA.

Elmore, R. D. 2008. Historical and future perspective of anthropogenic features and impacts

relative to bird populations. The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting. Miami, Florida.

Elmore, R. D. 2007. Lease hunting. 2007 Women in Agriculture Conference. Hugo, Oklahoma.

Invited.

Cooper, B. and R. D. Elmore. 2007. Sand plum correlations with avian abundance. TWS state

meeting. Woodward, Oklahoma.

Elmore, R. D. and T. A. Messmer. 2006. Stakeholder attitudes regarding Utah prairie dog

recovery and management. Annual Meeting of the Wildlife Society. Anchorage, Alaska.

Elmore, R. D. 2006. Extension’s role in endangered species management. Triennial

Extension Wildlife and Fisheries Specialists Conference. Big Sky, Montana.

Elmore, R. D. 2006. Patchiness, scale, and mosaic at the landscape level. Annual

Meeting of the Oklahoma Chapter of the Society for Range Management in McAllister,

Oklahoma.

Fry, N. and R. D. Elmore. 2006. Utah prairie dogs: creative strategies to de-list a problematic

endangered species. Vertebrate Pest Conference. Berkeley, California.

Elmore, R. D. and T. A. Messmer. 2006. Stakeholder attitudes regarding Utah prairie dog

recovery. Annual Meeting of the Utah Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Moab, Utah.

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Brunson, M. and R. D. Elmore. 2006. Landowner perceptions of ranchland conservation: a

matter of trust. Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management. Vancouver, British

Columbia, Canada.

Programs Developed or Revised:

Initiated a Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow Program for Oklahoma in collaboration with the

National Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow Program and the Max MacGraw Wildlife

Foundation, 2013-presnet.

Prescribed Fire Community of Practice (CoP) for eXtension with J. Weir and B. Gourley, 2013-

present.

Facilitated modeling effort with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Oklahoma Secretary of the

Environment, Oklahoma Dept of Wildlife Conservation, and The Nature Conservancy to mitigate

for wind energy impacts to the Lesser-prairie Chicken. Resulted in a Lesser Prairie-Chicken

Spatial Modeling Tool available at

http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/lepcdevelopmentplanning.htm.

Revised the National 4-H WHEP manual for whep.org. Served as editor of the 2010 WHEP

manual. Served as a co-editor of a 2011 WHEP manual. Awarded National 4-H Program of

Distinction for WHEP 2011-2016.

Created the Lesser-prairie Chicken Festival with the Oklahoma Audubon Council and Oklahoma

Agritourism in Woodward, Oklahoma and served on the planning team from 2009-2011.

Developed a Renewable Resource Extension Act RFP for Oklahoma to deliver funds to county

extension to carry out natural resource management and outreach. Administered 4 awards for

over $40,000.

Newsletters:

Produce an annual newsletter with S.D. Fuhlendorf and C.A. Davis for the collective Wildlife

Chairs within NREM. 2015-present

Produced a biannual newsletter for NREM to promote activities with the Department. 2007-

2015. (Distribution to over 700 stakeholders)

Worked with Brett Cooper to produce monthly articles for Oklahoma Department of Wildlife

Conservation’s Newsletter on nongame issues in the state. 2007-2008. (Audience of

approximately 7,000)

http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/lepcdevelopmentplanning.htm

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Other Outreach:

Provided content for 5 Ag. Communication articles, 2018.

Filmed 3 segment for Oklahoma Gardening, 2018.

Filmed 9 segments for SUNUP, 2018.

Interview on greater prairie-chicken for Pawhuska Journal Capital, 2018.

Interview on lesser prairie-chicken and ESA for SUNY-ESF research project, 2018.

Interview with University of Nebraska-Lincoln on redcedar in the Great Plains, 2018.

Provided tour for undergraduate students for South Central Climate Science Center, 2018.

Provided tour for Great Plains Fire TREK, 2018.

Established Old World Bluestem Demonstration Site at Klemme, Oklahoma, 2018.

Provided summary recommendations to northwest OCES counties affected by wildfire regarding

pest free hay, 2018.

Organized invasive plant species control day with NREM 5033, 2018.

Trained TAs for NREM 3012 lab, 2018.

Guest lecture for NREM 1012, 2018.

Guest lab instructor for NREM 4524, 2018.

Provided tour for North Dakota State University graduate students of OSU range research, 2017.

Provided tour for undergraduate students for South Central Climate Science Center, 2017.

Contributed Prairie Project Content to Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom, 2017.



Guest lab instructor for 3 sessions in NREM 3012 on plant sampling, 2016-2017.

Guest instructor for 2 classes in NREM Wildland Fire Class, 2017.

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Provided content for Oklahoman article, 2017.

Interview for article on quail conservation in Quail Forever, 2017.

Friday Brief with Joint Fire Science, 2017.

Interview with Cowboy Journal, 2017.

Guest lecturer for NREM 1012, 2016.




Wrote article on beaver ecology for the DASNR Water Center, 2016

Interview with O’Colly on skunks, 2016.

Worked with Oklahoma Department of Transportation, OSU Department of Horticulture and

Landscape Architecture, and OSU Department of Integrative Biology to establish 80 monarch

research and education signs along Hwy 51 and I-35, 2016.

Created a Food Plot App for Apple Devices with Brian Arnall (OCES) and Heath Herje (OCES),

2015.

Greater prairie-chicken surveys with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and the

student chapter of The Wildlife Society, 2009-2015.

Interview with Progressive Farmer on rodent damage to Agriculture, 2015.

Interview with This Land for article on juniper encroachment, 2015.

Interview with Inverse for article on juniper encroachment, 2015.

Took new ODWC Wildlife Commissioner on a tour of OSU research plots on Pushmataha

WMA, 2015.

Established 2 food plot demonstration plots in Oklahoma, 2015.

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Established signage at the Pushmataha WMA Forest Demonstration area, 2015.




Guest lab instructor for 3 sessions in NREM 3012 on plant sampling, 2015.

Guest lecturer for NREM 1012, 2015.

Developed a Prairie Restoration Demonstration at the Oklahoma State University Botanical

Gardens with K. Hickman and K. Holmes, 2014-present.

Developed Forest Management for White-tailed Deer Demonstration Plots at the Cherokee

Wildlife Management Area with R. Will, 2014-present.

Assisted Rod Will with forestry summer camp lab at Lindley Research Station, 2014.

Provided 2 trainings for undergraduates in the student chapter of The Wildlife Society, 2014.

Filmed segment on quail research, management, and hunting with Quail Forever, 2014.

Advised Osage Land and Livestock on best management practices for the greater prairie-chicken

which resulted in land management changes on approximately 50,000 acres, 2014.

Took 10 undergraduates from the student chapter of The Wildlife Society to the 2014 Wildlife

Conclave in Clemson, South Carolina, 2014.

Organized greater prairie-chicken viewing in Osage County for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken

Festival, 2012-2015.

Guest lab instructor for 2 sessions in NREM 3020 on plant sampling, 2014.

Guest lecture for Introduction to Natural Resources, 2014.

Wrote 44 articles for the NewsPress, 2014.


Interviewed by Cowboy Journal for feral hog article, 2014.


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Filmed 2 segments for Oklahoma Gardening, 2014.

Patch burn demonstration plot at Pushmataha WMA, 2014.

Provided 3 trainings for student chapter of The Wildlife Society, 2013.

Interviewed by the Grouse Partnership News, 2013.

Interviewed by CBS News TX on wind turbines and prairie-chickens, 2013.

Guest lecture for NREM 4513 on waterfowl management, 2013.

Interviewed by Oklahoma News 6 on feral hogs, 2013.

Interviewed by USDA Radio on hunting safety, 2013.


Initiated a Prairie Restoration Demonstration area at the OSU Botanical Gardens, 2013.



Interviewed by Field & Stream regarding a nomination for their Heroes of Conservation Award,

2013.

Interviewed by the Wall Street Journal regarding Lesser Prairie-Chickens, 2013.

Led greater prairie-chicken viewing in Osage County for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Festival,

2012-2013

Interviewed by Big Heart Newspaper regarding greater prairie-chickens, 2012.

Virtual “Coffee Break” on Skunks, 2012.

Interviewed by OSU State Magazine on story regarding drought impacts to wildlife, 2012.

Provided 2 trainings for student chapter of The Wildlife Society, 2012.

Interviewed by KOSU on story regarding drought impacts to wildlife, 2011.

Interviewed by the Cowboy Journal on story about ODWC Quail Project, 2011.

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Guest lecture for Introduction to Natural Resources course, 2010-2013.

Guest lecture for Natural Resource Planning course, 2011.

Guest lecture for class in upper division Wildlife Professions course, 2009-2010

Guest lecture for 3 classes in upper division Wildlife Techniques course, 2006-2012.

Served as a judge for the Oklahoma State Fair in the area of wildlife and birds for 2006-2012.

Represented NREM at the ODWC Wildlife Expo 2006-2012.

Interview for DASNR Sunup television program on Lease Hunting, 2008.

Judged 4-H Roundup presentations 2007-2009.

Facilitated Bobwhite Quail Focus Meeting. 2006. Arnett, Oklahoma.

Facilitated Bobwhite Quail Focus Meeting. 2006. Talequah, Oklahoma.

Facilitated Bobwhite Quail Focus Meeting. 2006. Vinita, Oklahoma.

Provided narration for “Using prescribed fire in Oklahoma VT112” video for Oklahoma

Cooperative Extension.

Helped initiate the New Mexico Prescribed Fire Council.

Revised 4-H Wildlife State Fair documents including: 4-H Wildlife Bird and Nest Observation

Form, Wildlife Food and Cover Form, Bird Feeding Station Report, Self-Determined Wildlife

Project Ideas, and the Wildlife and Bird Guidelines.

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Consultations:

Advised private landowner in Flint Hills on grassland management for over 100,000 acres, 2018.

Advised regional greater prairie-chicken conservation group based on OSU research, 2018.

Advised NRCS on Cross Timbers Initiative, 2018.

Advised NRCS on WRE monitoring, 2018.

Advised ODWC on new Strategic Plan, 2018.

Advised USFS Caddo/LBJ Grasslands on bison grazing, 2018.

Advised USFS Cimarron Grasslands on patch-burning, 2018.

Advised the Reason Foundation on ESA, 2018.

Advised NRCS on creation of Cross Timbers Initiative, 2017.

Provided technical advice to Georgia DNR on aflatoxin in wild turkey, 2017.

Discussed vegetation management with city of Edmond, 2017.

Wetland Reserve Program assessments for the NRCS, 2017.

Worked with ODWC on brush management plants for Sandy Sanders, WMA, 2017.

Worked with ODWC on quail management plans for Pushmataha, WMA, 2017.

Advised FSA on mid-contract management of the Conservation Reserve Program, 2016.

Advised NRCS on statewide resource planning, 2016.

Wetland Reserve Program assessments for the NRCS, 2016.

Consulted with landowner on 100,000 apx acres in Flint Hills, Kansas, 2015.

Testified to Oklahoma Legislative panel on the impacts of eastern redcedar to wildlife, 2014.

Assisted the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies to create a Range Wide Lesser

Prairie-Chicken Conservation Plan

http://www.wafwa.org/documents/2013LPCRWPfinalfor4drule12092013.pdf. 2013.

http://www.wafwa.org/documents/2013LPCRWPfinalfor4drule12092013.pdf

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Assisted the Natural Resource Solutions and Environmental Defense Fund to develop a Lesser

Prairie-Chicken Habitat Quantification Tool, 2013-2014.

Provided input to NRCS on lesser prairie-chicken programs in Oklahoma and wrote a letter of

support for expansion of CRP-SAFE, 2013.

Meet with Director of Bureau of Indian Affairs, Osage Mineral Board, TNC, and Osage

Cattleman to discuss implications of oil and gas development on the greater prairie-chicken,

2013.

Meet with TNC manager of Zumwalt Prairie in Oregon to discuss range and wildlife

management, 2012.

Meet with City of Stillwater Planners on wildlife management on Lake McMurtry city property,

2012.

Advised Oklahoma Farm Bureau on landowner liability concerns related to the lesser prairie-

chicken, 2012.

Consulted with Ecosystem Management and Resource Institute on preparation of the Oklahoma

Lesser Prairie-Chicken Management Plan, 2012.

Consulted with the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies on preparation of the

Range-Wide Lesser Prairie-Chicken Management Plan, 2012.

Advised Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and the U.S. Forest Service on post-fire

recovery of Cimarron National Grasslands, 2011.

Advised FSA on Emergency Haying and Grazing of CRP during the drought of 2011 and 2012.

Facilitated modeling effort with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Oklahoma Secretary of the

Environment, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, and The Nature Conservancy to

mitigate for wind energy impacts to the Lesser-prairie Chicken.

Consulted for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Sandy, Utah. Advised on recovery actions

for the Threatened Utah prairie dog.

Advised USDA Farm Service Agency on changes in CRP haying and grazing guidelines to

benefit wildlife in Oklahoma, 2008-2013.

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Courses Organized:

I designed a range and wildlife field trip for graduate students to Utah. This resulted in each

student completing an outreach product based on knowledge gained from this trip. This trip was

available for credit as a special problems course and has been completed in 2 years for 16

students.

Professional Reviews:

Journals:

Biological Conservation

Ecological Applications

Forest Ecology

Fire Ecology

Global Change Biology

Journal of Wildlife Management

Human Wildlife Conflicts

Ibis

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Rangelands

Scientific Reports

The Condor

Transactions of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

Proceedings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation

Proceedings of the Wild Turkey Symposium

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Wildlife Biology

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Grants:

Reviewed grant in the amount of $6.8 million for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Reviewed grant for CSREES Integrated Pest Program.

Served on the review panel for the 2010 Joint Fire Science program – T&E Species. Reviewed

12 proposals.

Books:

Elmore, R.D. 2014. Book Review for Birds and Habitat: Relationships in Changing Landscapes.

Journal of Wildlife Management DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.720.

Guthery, F. S. 2008. A primer on natural resource science.

Provided peer edit for the wildlife section in “A Guide for Prescribed Fire in Southern Forests,

USDA Forest Service Technical Publication R8-TP 11”.

Other:

Provided review of Chronic Wasting Disease Plan for ODWC, 2018.

Provided review of ESA proposed amendments for SRM, 2018.

Reviewed RP&T Packet for colleague at Utah State University, 2018.

Reviewed quail habitat guide, fire fact sheet, and lease hunting fact sheets for Texas A&M, 2017.

Reviewed 2 lesser prairie-chicken manuscripts for USGS, 2017.

Reviewed Rx fire brochure and patch-burn grazing science brief for NRCS, 2017.

Reviewed TWS position statement on grazing rangelands, 2017.

Reviewed brush management guidelines for NRCS, 2017.

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Reviewed Early Successional Management Guide for University of Tennessee, 2015

Reviewed Native Warm Season Grass Fact Sheet for University of Tennessee, 2015

Reviewed sand-sagebrush fact sheet note for USDA – Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative, 2015.

Reviewed RP&T Packet for Texas A&M, 2015.

Reviewed RP&T Packet for West Virginia University, 2015.

Reviewed fact sheet on ornate box turtles for Iowa State Cooperative Extension Service, 2014.

Reviewed a synthesis of fire and the lesser prairie-chicken for the Great Plains Fire Science

Exchange, 2014.

Reviewed USFWS, Proposed Rule for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken under the Endangered Species

Act, 2012.

Reviewed WHEP Manual, 2013.

Reviewed grouse management guidelines for Playa Lakes Joint Venture, 2010.

Reviewed abstracts for the 2010 The Wildlife Society Annual Conference.

Reviewed fact sheet on summer fire for the Southern Fire Exchange Network, 2011.

Reviewed Master Naturalist content for Oregon State University, 2012.

Reviewed 4 manuscripts for Agriculture Research Services.

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