Publications

(27) Valente, J.J., V. Jirinec, and M. Leu. (In press). Thinking beyond the closure assumption: Designing surveys for estimating biological truth with occupancy models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

(26) Latif, Q.S., J.J. Valente, A. Johnston, K.L. Davis, F.A. Fogarty, A.W. Green, G.M. Jones, M. Leu, N.L. Michel, D.C. Pavlacky, E.A. Rigby, C.S. Rushing, J.S. Sanderlin, M.W. Tingley, and Q. Zhao. (2024). Designing count-based studies in a world of hierarchical models. Journal of Wildlife Management 88:e22622.

(25) Duarte, A., M.J. Weldy, D.B. Lesmeister, Z.J. Ruff, J.M.A. Jenkins, J.J. Valente, and M.G. Betts. (2024). Passive acoustic monitoring and convolutional neural networks facilitate high-resolution and broadscale monitoring of a threatened species. Ecological Indicators 162:112016.

(24) Galbraith, S.M., J.J. Valente, C.J. Dunn, and J.W. Rivers (2024). Both Landsat- and LiDAR-derived measures predict forest bee response to large-scale wildfires. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 10:24-38.

(23) Valente, J.J., D.G. Gannon, J. Hightower, H. Kim, K.G. Leimberger, R. Macedo, J. Rousseau, M. Weldy, R.A. Zitomer, L. Fahrig, R.J. Fletcher, J. Wu, and M.G. Betts (2023). Toward conciliation in the habitat fragmentation and biodiversity debate. Landscape Ecology 38:2717-2730.

(22)  Valente, J.J., J.W. Rivers, Z. Yang, S.K. Nelson, J.M. Northrup, D.D. Roby, C.B. Meyer, and M.G. Betts. (2023). Fragmentation effects on an endangered species across a gradient from the interior to edge of its range. Conservation Biology. 37:e14091.

(21)  Valente, J.J., R.E. Bennett, C. Gómez, N.J. Bayly, R.A. Rice, P.P. Marra, T.B. Ryder, and T.S. Sillett. (2022). Land-sparing and land-sharing provide complementary benefits for conserving avian biodiversity in coffee-growing landscapes. Biological Conservation 270:109568.

(20)  Zitomer, R.A., J. Karr, M. Kerstens, L. Perry, K. Ruth, L. Adrean, S. Austin, J. Cornelius, J. Dachenhaus, J. Dinkins, A. Harrington, H. Kim, T. Owens, C. Revekant, V. Schroeder, C. Sink. J.J. Valente, E. Woodis, and J.W. Rivers. (2022). Ten simple rules for getting started with statistics in graduate school. PLoS Computational Biology 18:e1010033.

​(19)  McCune, K.B., J.J. Valente, P. Jablonski, S. Lee, and R.R. Ha. (2022). Social behavior mediates the use of social and personal information in wild jays. Scientific Reports 12:2494.

​(18) Rushing, C.S., T.B. Ryder, J.J. Valente, T.S. Sillet, and P.P. Marra (2021). Empirical tests of habitat selection theory reveal that conspecific density and patch quality, but not patch size, drive long-distance immigration in a wild bird. Ecology Letters 24:1167-1177.

(17) Betts, M.G., A. Hadley, D. Frey, S. Frey, D. Gannon, S. Harris, H. Kim, K. Leimberger, K. Moriarty, J. Northrup, B. Phalan, J. Rousseau, T. Stokeley, J.J. Valente, and S. Zarrate-Charry. (2021). When are hypotheses useful in ecology and evolution? Ecology and Evolution 11:5762-5776.

(16) Valente, J.J., C.L. LeGrande-Rolls, J.W. Rivers, A.M. Tucker, R.A. Fischer, and M.G. Betts (2021). Conspecific attraction for conservation and management of terrestrial breeding birds: current knowledge and future research directions. Ornithological Applications 123:duab007.

(15) Valente, J.J., S.K. Nelson, J.W. Rivers, D.D. Roby, and M.G. Betts (2021). Experimental evidence that social information affects habitat selection in Marbled Murrelets. Ornithology 138:ukaa086.

(14) Betts, M.G., C. Wolf, M. Pfeifer, C. Banks-Leite, V. Arroyo-Rodríguez, J. Barlow, D.B. Ribeiro, F. Eigenbrod, R.J. Fletcher, A.S. Hadley, J.E. Hawes, R.D. Holt, B. Klingbeil, U. Kormann, L. Lens, T. Levi, D. Mezger, J.C. Morante-Filho, D. Orme, C.A. Peres, B.T. Phalan, A. Pidgeon, G.F.M. Rangel, W.J. Ripple, E. Slade, E. Somarriba, J. Tobias, J. Tylianakis, J.N. Urbina-Cardona, J.J. Valente, J.I. Watling, K. Wells, O.R. Wearn, E. Wood, R. Young, and R.M. Ewers. (2019). Extinction filters mediate the global effects of fragmentation. Science 366:1236-1239.

(13) Valente, J.J., K.B. McCune, R.A. Tamulonis, E.S. Neipert, and R.A. Fischer. (2019). Removal pattern mitigates negative, short-term effects of stepwise Russian olive eradication on breeding birds. Ecosphere 10:e02756.

(12) Valente, J.J., R.A. Fischer, T.B. Ryder, and M.G. Betts. (2019). Forest fragmentation affects step choices, but not homing paths of fragmentation-sensitive birds in multiple behavioral states. Landscape Ecology 34:373-388.

(11) Valente, J.J., and M.G. Betts. (2019). Response to fragmentation by avian communities is mediated by species traits. Diversity and Distributions 25:48-60.

(10) Valente, J.J., R.A. Hutchinson, and M.G. Betts. (2017). Distinguishing distribution dynamics from temporary emigration with dynamic occupancy models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8:1707-1716.

​(9)   Kormann, U., C. Scherber, T. Tscharntke, N. Klein, M. Larbig, J.J. Valente, A.S. Hadley and M.G. Betts. (2016). Corridors restore animal-mediated pollination in fragmented tropical forest landscapes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283:20152347.

(8)   Hutchinson, R.A., J.J. Valente, S.C. Emerson, M.G. Betts, and T.G. Dietterich. (2015). Penalized likelihood methods improve parameter estimates in occupancy models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6:949-959.

(7)   Fischer, R.A., J.J. Valente, and M.P. Guilfoyle. (2015). Spring migrant use of native and saltcedar-dominated riparian areas along the lower Colorado River in Arizona. Southwestern Naturalist 60:6-14.

(6)   Valente, J.J., C.L. LeGrande, V.M. Johnson, and R.A. Fischer. (2014). A method for improving the reliability of sound broadcast systems used in ecological research and management. Wildlife Society Bulletin 38:827-830.

(5)   Valente, J.J., S.L. King, and R.R. Wilson. (2012). Summer use of rice fields by secretive marsh birds in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley of northeast Louisiana. Southeastern Naturalist 11:423-436.

(4)   Fischer, R.A., S.A. Gauthreaux, Jr., J.J. Valente, M.P. Guilfoyle, and M.D. Kaller. (2012). Comparing transect survey and WSR-88D radar methods for monitoring daily changes in stopover migrant communities. Journal of Field Ornithology 83:61-72.

(3)   Fischer, R.A., J.J. Valente, M.P. Guilfoyle, M.D. Kaller, S.S. Jackson, and J.T. Ratti. (2012). Bird community response to vegetation cover and composition in riparian habitats dominated by Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia). Northwest Science 86:39-52.

(2)   Valente, J.J., S.L. King, and R.R. Wilson. (2011). Distribution and habitat associations of breeding secretive marsh birds in Louisiana’s Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Wetlands 31:1-10.

(1)   Nowlin, W.H., M.J. González, M.J. Vanni, M.H.H. Stevens, M.W. Fields, and J.J. Valente. (2007). Allocthonous subsidy of periodical cicadas affects the dynamics and stability of pond communities. Ecology 88:2174-2186.