Dr. Bronson K. Strickland

Dr. Bronson K. Strickland

Title

  • St. John Family Endowed Professor of Wildlife Management

Contact Information

bks10@msstate.edu
Office: 662-325-8141
Thompson Hall, Rm #257

Overview

Education

  • Mississippi State University, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Forest Resources
  • Texas A & M University-Kingsville, Master of Science (M.S.), Range and Wildlife Management
  • University of Georgia, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Forest Resources

Publications

Year Publications
2024

Ellison, N., Potts, J., Boudreau, M. R., Börger, L., Strickland, B. K., Street, G. M. 2024. Social interactions and habitat structure in understanding the dynamic space use of invasive wild pigs. Wildlife Biology 5:e01247.

2024

Evans, T. S., Hileman, E., Boudreau, M., Strickland, B. K., Iglay, R. B. 2024. Can hair snares provide a reliable method for estimating abundance of an exotic ungulate? . Biological Invasions

2024

Evans, T. S., Ellison, N., Boudreau, M., Strickland, B. K., Street, G. M., Iglay, R. B. 2024. What drives wild pig (Sus scrofa) movement in bottomland and upland forests? . Movement Ecology 12:32.

2024

Dentinger, J., Dolan, L., Schultz, E., Helferich, J., Demarais, S., DeYoung, R., McKinley, W., Strickland, B. K., Boudreau, M. 2024. Testing secondary sex ratio bias hypotheses in white-tailed deer in Mississippi,USA. Ecology and Evolution 14(10):70296.

2024

Ogawa, R., Wang, G., Burger, L. W., Strickland, B. K., Davis, J. B., Cunningham, F. 2024. Bayesian integrated species distribution models for hierarchical resource selection by a soaring bird. Ecological Informatics 82:102787.

2023

Resop, L., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Iglay, R. B., Nichols, R., Lashley, M. A. 2023. Plant species-specific responses and community associations with fire season. Forest Ecology and Management 529(120724).

2023

Henderson, C., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., McKinley, W. T., Street, G. M. 2023. Temporal effects of relative hunter activity on adult male white-tailed deer habitat use. Wildlife Research

2023

Smith, A. L., Strickland, B. K., Leopold, B. D., Cummins, J. L., Mayer, J. J., Street, G. M. 2023. Cultural and regulatory factors influence distribution and trajectory of invasive species in the United States: A wild pig case study. Journal of Environmental Management

2023

Ferguson, T., King, D. T., Rude, B. J., Baumgartner, W., Houston, C. L., Strickland, B. K., Cunningham, F. L. 2023. Natural West Nile virus infections in captive raised American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos). Waterbirds 45(2):206-20-12.

2023

Dykstra, A. M., Baruzzi, C., VerCauteren, K., Strickland, B. K., Lashley, M. 2023. Biological invasions disrupt activity patterns of native wildlife: An example from wild pigs. Food Webs

2023

Burr, P. C., Dorr, B. S., Avery, J. L., Street, G. M., Strickland, B. K. 2023. Long term changes in aquaculture influence migration, regional abundance, and distribution of an avian species. PLOS ONE 18(4):24.

2023

Baruzzi, C., Barton, B. T., Cove, M. V., Strickland, B. K., Lashley, M. A. 2023. Scavenger and herbivore functional role impairment modulates changes in plant communities following mass mortality events. Functional Ecology

2023

Baruzzi, C., Snow, N. P., VerCauteren, K. C., Strickland, B. K., Arnoult, J. S., Fischer, J. W., Glow, M. P., Lavelle, M. J., Smith, B. A., Steakley, D., Lashley, M. A. 2023. Estimating body mass of wild pigs (Sus scrofa) using body morphometrics. Ecology and Evolution 2023:7.

2022

Ogawa, R., Davis, J. B., King, D. T., Burger, L. W., Strickland, B. K., Sovada, M. A., Wang, G., Cunningham, F. 2022. Migratory movements and home ranges of geographically distinct wintering populations of a soaring bird. Diversity 14:(12):1109.

2022

Taylor, J., Francis, R., Rush, S. A., Strickland, B. K., Wang, G. 2022. Individual trophic niche specialization in American beaver (Castor canadensis). Food Webs 32:e00235 .

2022

Boggess, C. M., Baruzzi, C., Alexander, H. D., Strickland, B. K., Lashley, M. A. 2022. Exposure to fire affects acorn removal by altering consumer preference. Forest Ecology and Management 508.

2022

Dentinger, J. E., Borger, L., Holton, M. D., Jafari-Marandi, R., Norman, D. A., Smith, B. K., Oppenheimer, S. F., Strickland, B. K., Wilson, R. P., Street, G. M. 2022. A probabilistic framework for behavioral identification from animal-borne accelerometers. Ecological Modelling 464.

2022

Huang, M. H., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Brookshire, W. C. 2022. Identifying aflatoxin exposure risk from supplemental feeding of deer. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 58(2):384-388.

2022

Huang, M. H., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Brookshire, W. C., Chandler, J. G., Butler, R. A., Trout-Fryxell, R. T. 2022. Supplemental feeding of deer reduces tick abundance in Mississippi, U.S.A. Journal of Vector Ecology 47(1):29-37.

2022

Huang, M. H., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Brookshire, W. C. 2022. Analysis of supplemental wildlife feeding in Mississippi and environmental gastrointestinal parasite load. Frontiers in Veterinary Science

2022

Potts, J. R., Borger, L., Strickland, B. K., Street, G. M. 2022. Assessing the predictive power of step selection functions: How social and environmental interactions affect animal space use. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 13:1805-1818.

2022

Turner, M. A., Powell, B. L., Poudyal, N. C., Houston, A. E., Strickland, B. K., Harper, C. A. 2022. Attitudes and behavior of deer hunting club members following discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 9:151-158.

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2021

Strickland, B. K., Brooke, J. M., Zischke, M. T., Lashley, M. A. 2021. Podcasting as a tool to take conservation education online. Ecology and Evolution 11:3597-3606.

2021

Webb, S. L., DeYoung, R. W., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Gee, K. L. 2021. Testing a Local Inbreeding Hypothesis as a Cause of Observed Antler Characteristics in Managed Populations of White-Tailed Deer. Diversity 13(3):116.

2021

Boggess, C. M., Mason, D. S., Alexander, H. D., Strickland, B. K., Lashley, M. A. 2021. Facultative seed predators drive community-level indirect effects of mast seeding. Forest Ecology and Management 502:119713.

2021

Nichols, R., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Lashley, M. A. 2021. Alter fire timing to recouple forage nutrients with herbivore nutrient demands. Forest Ecology and Management 500(119646).

2020

Strickland, B. K., Dixon, G., Jones, P., Demarais, S., Owen, N., Cox, D., Landry-Guyton, K., Baldwin, W. M., McKinley, W. T. 2020. Cohort antler size signals environmental stress in a moderate climate. International Journal of Biometeorology 64:611-621.

2020

Youngmann, J. L., DeYoung, R. W., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Jenkins, G. 2020. Genetic characteristics of restored elk populations in Kentucky. Journal of Wildlife Management 84(3):515-523.

2020

Kautz, T., Belant, J. L., Beyer, D., Strickland, B. K., Duquette, J. 2020. Influence of body mass and environmental conditions on winter mortality risk of a northern ungulate: evidence for a late-winter survival bottleneck. Ecology and Evolution 10:1666-1677.

2020

Haus, J. M., Webb, S. L., Strickland, B. K., McCarthy, K. P., Rogerson, J. E., Bowman, J. L. 2020. Individual heterogeneity in resource selection has implications for mortality risk in white-tailed deer. Ecosphere 11(4):17.

2020

Burr, P. C., Avery, J. L., Street, G. M., Strickland, B. K., Dorr, B. S. 2020. Fine scale characteristics of catfish aquaculture ponds influencing piscivorous avian species foraging use in the Mississippi Delta. PLOS ONE 15(2):23.

2020

Henderson, C. B., Demarais, S., Street, G. M., Strickland, B. K., McKinley, W. T. 2020. Fine-scale vegetation use by white-tailed deer in a forested landscape during hunting season. Journal of Forest Research 25(6):439-443.

2020

Burr, P. C., Avery, J. L., Street, G. M., Strickland, B. K., Dorr, B. S. 2020. Piscivorous bird use of aquaculture and natural water bodies in Mississippi. Journal of Wildlife Management 84(8):1560-1569.

2020

Dykes, J. L., Strickland, B. K., Demarais, S., Reynolds, D. B., Lashley, M. A. 2020. Diet selection of white-tailed deer supports the nutrient balance hypothesis. Behavioural Processes 179:7.

2020

Michel, E. S., Strickland, B. K., Demarais, S., Belant, J. L., Kautz, T. M., Duquette, J. F., Beyer, D., Chamberlain, M. J., Miller, K. V., Shuman, R. M., Kilgo, J. C., Diefenbach, D. R., Wallingford, B. D., Vreeland, J. K., Ditchkoff, S. S., DePerno, C. S., Moorman, C. E., Chitwood, M. C., Lashley, M. A. 2020. Relative reproductive phenology and synchrony affect neonate survival in a nonprecocial ungulate. Functional Ecology 34(12):2536-2547.

2019

Chance, D. P., McCollum, J. R., Street, G. M., Strickland, B. K., Lashley, M. A. 2019. Vegetation characteristics influence fine-scale intensity of habitat use by wild turkey and white-tailed deer in a loblolly pine plantation. Basic and Applied Ecology 43:42-51.

2019

Entsminger, E. D., Jones, J. C., Guyton, J. W., Leopold, B. D., Strickland, B. K. 2019. Mowing Effects on Woody Stem Density and Woody and Herbaceous Vegetation Heights along Mississippi Highway Right-of-Ways. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 10(1):19-37.

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2019

Michel, E. S., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Belant, J. L., Castle, L. E. 2019. Body mass influences maternal allocation more than parity status for a long-lived cervid mother. Journal of Mammalogy 100(5):1459-1465.

2019

Haus, J. M., Webb, S. L., Strickland, B. K., Rogerson, J. E., Bowman, J. L. 2019. Land use and dispersal influence mortality in white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Management 83(5):1185-1196.

2019

Palumbo, M. D., Vilella, F. J., Wang, G., Strickland, B. K., Godwin, D., Dixon, P. G., Rubin, B. D., Lashley, M. A. 2019. Latitude and daily-weather effects on gobbling activity of wild turkeys in Mississippi. International Journal of Biometeorology 63(8):1059-1067.

2019

Chance, D. P., McCollum, J. R., Street, G. M., Strickland, B. K., Lashley, M. A. 2019. Native Species Abundance Buffers Non-Native Plant Invasibility following Intermediate Forest Management Disturbances. Forest Science 65(3):336-343.

2019

Kautz, T. M., Belant, J. L., Beyer Jr., D. E., Strickland, B. K., Petroelje, T. R., Sollmann, R. 2019. Predator Densities and White-Tailed Deer Fawn Survival. Journal of Wildlife Management 83(5):1261-1270.

2019

Ivey, M. R., Colvin, M., Strickland, B. K., Lashley, M. A. 2019. Reduced vertebrate diversity independent of spatial scale following feral swine invasions. Ecology and Evolution 9(13):7761-7767.

2019

Jones, P., Strickland, B. K., Demarais, S., McKinley, W. T., Ernst, J. R., Klassen, J. A. 2019. Seasonal flooding effects on deer in the Mississippi river batture. Journal of Wildlife Management 83(5):1117-1130.

2019

Paolini, K. E., Strickland, B. K., Tegt, J. L., VerCauteren, K. C., Street, G. M. 2019. The habitat functional response links seasonal third-order selection to second-order landscape characteristics. Ecology and Evolution 9(8):4683-4691.

2018

Campbell, K., Strickland, B. K., Demarais, S., Wang, G., Jones, P. D., Dacus, C. M. 2018. Sensitivity analysis demonstrates limited utility of lactation index for white-tailed deer management. Wildlife Society Bulletin 42(2):8.

2018

Morina, D. L., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Larson, J. E. 2018. While males fight, females choose: Male phenotypic quality informs female mate choice in mammals. Animal Behaviour 138:69-74.

2018

Paolini, K. E., Strickland, B. K., Tegt, J. L., VerCauteren, K. C., Street, G. M. 2018. Seasonal variation in preference dictates space use in an invasive generalist. PLoS ONE 13:e0199078.

2018

Samiappan, S., Czarnecki, J., Foster, H., Strickland, B. K., Tegt, J. L., Moorhead, R. J. 2018. Quantifying Damage from Wild Pigs with Small Unmanned Aerial Systems. Wildlife Society Bulletin 42(2):6.

2018

Jones , P. D., Strickland, B. K., Demarais, S., Wang, G., Dacus, C. M. 2018. Nutrition and ontogeny influence weapon development in a long-lived mammal. Canadian Journal of Zoology 96:955-962.

2018

Dykes, J. L., Strickland, B. K., Demarais, S., Reynolds, D. B., Lashley, M. A. 2018. Soil nutrients indirectly influence plant selection in white-tailed deer. Basic and Applied Ecology 32:103-109.

2018

Entsminger, E. D., Jones, J. C., Guyton, J. W., Strickland, B. K., Leopold, B. D. 2018. Erratum to Evaluation of Mowing Frequency on Right-of-Way Plant Communities in Mississippi. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9(1):349.

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2018

Henderson, C. B., Michel, E. S., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K. 2018. Camouflage patterns are highly heritable but predictability varies among three populations of white-tailed deer. Ecosphere 9(3):e02169.

2018

Morina, D., Demarais, S., Chesser, G. D., Lowe, J. W., Strickland, B. K. 2018. Antler manipulation procedures for use in social and behavioral studies of deer. Wildlife Biology 2018(1):5.

2017

Davis, B., Munn, I. A., Henderson, J. E., Strickland, B. K. 2017. Economic Tradeoffs of Managing for Timber Production or Wildlife Habitat. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(8):1363-1371.

2017

Michel, E. S., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Wang, G. 2017. Birth Date Promotes a Tortoise or Hare Tactic for Body Mass Development of a Long-lived Male Ungulate. Oecologia 186(1):117-128.

2017

Hinton, G. C., Strickland, B. K., Demarais, S., Eubank, T. W., Jones, P. D. 2017. Estimation of deer damage to soybean production in eastern Mississippi: perception versus reality. Wildlife Society Bulletin 41(1):80-87.

2017

Entsminger, E. D., Jones, J. C., Guyton, J. W., Strickland, B. K., Leopold, B. D. 2017. Evaluation of Mowing Frequency on Right-of-Way Plant Communities in Mississippi. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 8(1):125-139.

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2017

Strickland, B. K., Jones, P. D., Demarais, S., Dacus, C. M. 2017. Adjusting for Mass Change in White-tailed Deer During Hunting Season. Wildlife Society Bulletin 41(2):286-293.

2017

Francis, R., Taylor, J. D., Dibble, E. D., Strickland, B. K., Vetro, V. M., Easterwood, C., Wang, G. 2017. Restricted cross-scale habitat selection by American beaver in winter and spring. Current Zoology 63(6):703-710.

2017

Michel, E. S., Flinn, E. B., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Wang, G., Dacus, C. M. 2017. Protocol for Assessing the Relative Effects of Environment and Genetics on Antler and Body Growth for a Long-lived Cervid. Journal of Visual Experimentation 126:e56059.

2016

Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Webb, S. L., Smith, T., McDonald, C. 2016. Simulated effects of releasing pen-raised deer into the wild to alter population-level antler size. Wildlife Society Bulletin 40(1):41-49.

2016

King, D. T., Fischer, J. W., Strickland, B. K., Walter, W. D., Cunningham, F. L., Wang, G. 2016. Winter and summer home ranges of American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) captured at loafing sites in the Southeastern United States. Waterbirds 39(3):287-294.

2016

Michel, E. S., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Smith, T., Dacus, C. M. 2016. Antler characteristics are highly heritable by influenced by maternal factors. Journal of Wildlife Management 80(8):1420-1426.

2016

Michel, E. S., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Belant, J. L., Millspaugh, J. J. 2016. Quantifying dominance of adult female white-tailed deer in the presence of abundant food. Behaviour 153:49-67.

2016

Campbell, K. L., Strickland, B. K., Demarais, S., Jones, P. D., Wang, G., Dacus, C. M., Cook, C., Knox, W. M. 2016. Adjusting for seasonal harvest bias in the lactation index for white-tailed deer management. Wildlife Society Bulletin 40(4):754-757.

2016

Michel, E., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Wang, G., Dacus, C. M. 2016. Improved nutrition cues a switch from efficiency to luxury phenotypes for male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Ecology and Evolution 6(20):7276-7285.

2015

Michel, E. S., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Belant, J. L. 2015. Contrasting the Effects of Maternal and Behavioral Characteristics on Fawn Birth Mass in White-Tailed Deer. PloS One 10(8):e0136034.

2015

Flinn, J. J., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Gee, K. L., Webb, S. L., Jones, P. D., Jacobson, H. A. 2015. Estimating age and antler traits of photographed male white-tailed deer. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife 2:135-143.

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2014

Palumbo, M. D., Vilella, F. J., Strickland, B. K., Wang, G., Godwin, D. 2014. Brood Surveys and Hunter Observations Used to Predict Gobbling Activity of Wild Turkeys in Mississippi. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 5(1):151-156.

Graduate Students

  • Colleen Farrell

Awards & Honors

  • Al Brothers Deer Manager of the Year
    Quality Deer Management Association
  • Lee Gladfelter Memorial Award
    Pope & Young Club
  • Geoff Guyton Innovation in Extension Technology Award
    Mississippi State University Extension Serice
  • Best Paper Award, Wildlife Technical Session
    Southeastern Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
  • Extension/Outreach Faculty Award
    Mississippi State University College of Forest Resources
  • Mark Keenum Outstanding Extension Faculty Award
    Mississippi State University Extension Service - Southern AgCredit
  • Conservation Educator of the Year
    Mississippi Wildlife Federation

Society Memberships

  • Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Professionals
  • Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society
  • Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
  • The Boone & Crockett Club
  • The Wildlife Society