Publications
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Peer-reviewed journal articles and agency reports
In press
Mullan, F. R.Student author, Green, N. S., Youngsteadt, E., McCluney, K., and Penick, C. In press. Nesting biology shapes climate vulnerability of social bees (Bombus spp.). Journal of Animal Ecology. DOI
2026
Brooks, M.Student author, Bilbrey, A.Student author, Cutway, H. B., Green, N. S., and Bretfeld, M. 2026. Experimental evidence for edge-mediated microclimatic refuge in a southern range-margin population of Silene regia. Ecology and Evolution 16(4): e73507. DOI
Weand, M., and Green, N. S. 2026. Legacy effects of English ivy (Hedera helix L.) on soils in an urban Piedmont forest. Restoration Ecology 34(4): e70352. DOI
2025
Wildhaber, M. L., Albers, J. L., and Green, N. S. 2025. Understanding predator–prey–competitor dynamics between Lower Missouri River Macrhybopsis and Scaphirhynchus using a combined population–bioenergetics model. Ecological Modelling 504: 111097. DOI
Anderson, C.Student author, Weand, M., Alexander, H., Bretfeld, M., and Green, N. S. 2025. Variations in stand structure, composition, and fuelbeds drive prescribed-fire behavior during mountain longleaf pine restoration. Forest Ecology and Management 575: 122372. DOI
2024
Hooper, M. J., Struckhoff, M. A., Isanhart, J. P., Grabner, K. W., Green, N. S., Kunz, B. K., McDonald, M. V., and West, B. M. 2024. Studies to assess natural resource recovery and evaluate monitoring methods for restored bottomland hardwood forests. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 20(6): 1912–1916. DOI
West, B. M., Wildhaber, M. L., Green, N. S., Isanhart, J. P., McDonald, M. V., and Hooper, M. J. 2024. Survey effort and targeted landbird community metrics at Indiana lowland forest restoration sites. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 20(6): 1954–1968. DOI
Wildhaber, M. L., West, B. M., Bennett, K. R., May, J. H., Albers, J. L., and Green, N. S. 2024. Sicklefin chub (Macrhybopsis meeki) and sturgeon chub (M. gelida) temporal and spatial patterns from extant population monitoring and habitat data spanning 23 years. Fishes 9: 43. DOI
2023
Albers, J. L., Wildhaber, M. L., Green, N. S., Struckhoff, M. A., and Hooper, M. J. 2023. Visitor use and activities detected using trail cameras at forest restoration sites. Ecological Restoration 41: 199–212. DOI
2022
Green, N. S., Wildhaber, M. L., and Albers, J. L. 2022. Interaction between transect design and animal distribution in distance sampling of deer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 46: e1368. DOI
Green, N. S., Li, S., Maul, J. D., and Overmyer, J. 2022. Natural and anthropogenic factors and their interactions drive stream community integrity in a North American river basin at a large spatial scale. Science of the Total Environment 835: 155344. DOI
2021
Preston, T. M., Wildhaber, M. L., Green, N. S., Albers, J. L., and Debenedetto, G. P. 2021. Enumerating white-tailed deer using unmanned aerial vehicles. Wildlife Society Bulletin 45: 97–108. DOI
Green, N. S., Wildhaber, M. L., and Albers, J. L. 2021. Effectiveness of a distance sampling from roads program for white-tailed deer in the National Capital Region Parks. Natural Resource Report NPS/NCR/NRR—2021/2224. U.S. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. Report
2020
Green, N. S., Wildhaber, M. L., Albers, J. L., Pettit, T. W., and Hooper, M. H. 2020. Efficient mammal biodiversity surveys for ecological restoration monitoring. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 20(6): 1969–1981. DOI
2019
Kunz, B. K., Waddle, J. H., and Green, N. S. 2019. Amphibian monitoring approaches for restored bottomland hardwood forests. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 20(6): 1939–1953. DOI
Bartell, S. M., Schmolke, A., Green, N., Roy, C., Galic, N., Perkins, D., and Brain, R. 2019. A hybrid individual-based and food web–ecosystem modeling approach for assessing ecological risks to the Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka): A case study with atrazine. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 38: 2243–2258. DOI
Schmolke, A., Bartell, S., Roy, C., Green, N., Galic, N., and Brain, R. 2019. Species-specific population dynamics and their link to an aquatic food web: A hybrid modeling approach. Ecological Modelling 405: 1–14. DOI
2018
Kunz, B. K., Green, N. S., Albers, J. L., Wildhaber, M. L., and Little, E. E. 2018. Use of real-time dust monitoring and surface condition to evaluate success of unpaved road treatments. Transportation Research Record 2672: 195–204. DOI
Albers, J. L., Wildhaber, M. L., and Green, N. S. 2018. Population viability analyses for three Macrhybopsis spp. of the Lower Missouri River. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 34: 1285–1292. DOI
Green, N. S., Wildhaber, M. L., and Albers, J. L. 2018. Potential responses of the Lower Missouri River shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) population to a commercial fishing ban. Journal of Applied Ichthyology: 1–8. DOI
2017
Wildhaber, M. L., Albers, J. L., Green, N. S., and Moran, E. H. 2017. A fully stochasticized, age-structured population model for population viability of fish: Lower Missouri River endangered pallid sturgeon example. Ecological Modelling 359: 434–448. DOI
2016
Moran, E. H., Wildhaber, M. L., Green, N. S., and Albers, J. L. 2016. Visual Basic, Excel-based fish population modeling tool—the pallid sturgeon example. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1009. 20 pp. Report
2014
Green, N. S., and Wilkins, K. T. 2014. Small mammal habitat associations in a mixed-grass prairie preserve. Southwestern Naturalist 59: 349–355. DOI
2012
Green, N. S., Early, C. E., Beard, L. K.Student author, and Wilkins, K. T. 2012. Multiple captures of Reithrodontomys fulvescens and Baiomys taylori: Evidence for short-term co-travelling. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90: 313–319. DOI
2011
Kirchner, B. N., Green, N. S., Sergeant, D. A.Student author, Mink, J. N., and Wilkins, K. T. 2011. Responses of small mammals and vegetation to a prescribed burn in a tallgrass blackland prairie. American Midland Naturalist 166: 112–125. DOI
2010
Green, N. S., and Wilkins, K. T. 2010. Continuing range expansion of the northern pygmy mouse (Baiomys taylori) in northeastern Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 55: 288–291. DOI
2008
Green, N. S., Hazlett, B. A., and Pruett-Jones, S. 2008. Attachment and shell integrity affect the vulnerability of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) to predation. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 23: 91–100. DOI
Other peer-reviewed products
2025
Wildhaber, M. L., Albers, J. L., and Green, N. S. 2025. Chub whole-body calorimetry, feeding-trial ration, and chironomid weights used to develop inputs for a bioenergetics community model. U.S. Geological Survey data release. Data
Wildhaber, M. L., Green, N. S., and Albers, J. L. 2025. Fully stochasticized age-structured population–bioenergetics model ensemble for application to communities, Version 1.0.0. U.S. Geological Survey software release. Software
Wildhaber, M. L., Green, N. S., and Albers, J. L. 2025. Summarized model outputs for a predator–prey–competitor model for Macrhybopsis and Scaphirhynchus in the Lower Missouri River. U.S. Geological Survey data release. Data
2024
Wildhaber, M. L., West, B. M., Green, N. S., Albers, J. L., Bennett, K. R., and May, J. H. 2024. Occupancy-model coefficients and observed co-occurrence simulations for sicklefin chub, sturgeon chub, and associated fishes in the Missouri River. U.S. Geological Survey data release. Data
2023
Albers, J. L., Wildhaber, M. L., Struckhoff, M. A., Westrich, D. J., Green, N. S., Poulton, B. C., and Hooper, M. J. 2023. Terrestrial invertebrate diversity and occurrence in restored hardwood forest floodplains, Indiana, United States, June–August 2016. U.S. Geological Survey Data Report 1168. 7 pp. Report
Albers, J. L., Wildhaber, M. L., Green, N. S., Struckhoff, M. A., and Hooper, M. J. 2023. Terrestrial invertebrate diversity and occurrence in restored hardwood forest floodplains, Indiana, United States, June–August 2016. U.S. Geological Survey data release. Data
2021
Albers, J. L., Wildhaber, M. L., Green, N. S., Hinck, J. E., Gatlin, B., and Langston, S. 2021. Breccia-pipe uranium mine bird survey data, Grand Canyon region, 2014–2015. U.S. Geological Survey data release. Data
2020
Green, N. S., Wildhaber, M. L., Albers, J. L., Pettit, T. W., and Hooper, M. H. 2020. Mammalian biodiversity data for four bottomland hardwood restoration sites in northeastern Indiana, USA, May 2015–August 2016. U.S. Geological Survey data release. Data
2018
Green, N. S., Wildhaber, M. L., and Albers, J. L. 2018. Fish population model R code. U.S. Geological Survey code release. Software
Popular and educational products
2026
Green, N. S. 2026. Bayesian Inference for Biologists. Open educational course book. Course book
2025
Green, N. S. 2025. A bottlenose dolphin? Or Tursiops truncatus? Why biologists give organisms those strange, unpronounceable names. The Conversation, U.S. edition. Article
Green, N. S. 2025. How many types of insects are there in the world? The Conversation, U.S. edition. Article
2022–present
Green, N. S. 2022–present. Applied Biological Data Analysis: Statistics and R for Biologists. Open educational course book. Course book
2014
Strete, D. L., and Green, N. S. 2014. Fetal Pig Dissection Guide and Mammalian Histology. Hayden-McNeil, Plymouth, Michigan, USA. ISBN 978-0-7380-6593-9. Print educational resource.
2012
Green, N. S. 2012. Effects of habitat affinities and resource needs on edge responses by small mammals. Ph.D. dissertation, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA. Dissertation