Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

Recent papers from Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

1. AI-Assisted Transcription of Handwritten and Audio Data in FisheriesFishes · 2026
2. Linking reproduction and recruitment: Identifying demographic bottlenecks limiting the spread of Bighead Carp and Silver Carp in the Ohio RiverTransactions of the American Fisheries Society · 2026
3. A multi-scale approach for understanding factors limiting invasive carp distribution in the Ohio River BasinBiological Invasions · 2026
4. Climate and landscape drivers of a mosquito-borne pathogen in an iconic game bird in the eastern and upper midwestern USAScientific Reports · 2025
5. Loss of forest cover leads to population isolation in an imperiled, headwater-specialist fishLandscape Ecology · 2025
6. An Enigmatic Wild Passerine Mortality Event in the Eastern United StatesVeterinary Sciences · 2025
7. Impacts of habitat loss by reservoir inundation on occurrence, abundance, and genetic diversity of an imperiled, river-adapted, benthic-specialist fish, Etheostoma lemniscatum (Tuxedo Darter)Conservation Genetics · 2024
8. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)† Habitat Suitability, Nest Box Occupancy, and Management Implications Based on Kentucky Surveys 2010–2022Journal of Raptor Research · 2024
9. The Effects of Native Grass and Shrub Restoration on Nesting and Fall Migrant Songbirds in Central KentuckyDiversity · 2024
10. Hatcheries maintain high genetic variation but show shifts in genetic structure of progenies of five endangered riffleshell species (Epioblasma) (Bivalvia: Unionidae) of the eastern United StatesAquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems · 2024
11. Rapid geomorphic assessment walkabouts as a tool for stream mitigation monitoringJAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association · 2024
12. Health Assessment of Adult Male Eastern Wild Turkeys (Meleagris Gallopavo Silvestris) From Western Kentucky, UsaJournal of Wildlife Diseases · 2024
13. Predicting chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer at the county scale using machine learningScientific Reports · 2024
14. Development and validation of environmental DNA assays for the detection of endangered and threatened freshwater mussels2024
15. Birds affected by a 2021 avian mortality event are strongly associated with supplemental feeding and ground foraging behaviors2024
16. An observational study demonstrates human-adapted Staphylococcus aureus strains have a higher frequency of antibiotic resistance compared to cattle-adapted strains isolated from dairy farms making farmstead cheeseBMC Veterinary Research · 2024
17. Instream barriers contribute to population isolation of a small‐bodied, benthic, headwater‐specialist fish (Percidae)Ecology Of Freshwater Fish · 2024
18. Glacial vicariance and secondary contact shape demographic histories in a freshwater mussel species complexJournal of Heredity · 2023
19. Silver Carp herding: A telemetry evaluation of efficacy and implications for design and applicationNorth American Journal of Fisheries Management · 2023
20. Multiscale influences on Elk (Cervus canadensis) calving site selection across a fragmented Appalachian landscapeJournal of Mammalogy · 2023