David Miller

Professor of Wildlife Population Ecology

David Miller

Research Summary

Population ecology, quantitative ecology, avian and amphibian ecology, conservation decision analysis, life-history evolution.

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Most Recent Publications

Updated range map of an endangered salamander and congeneric competitor reveals different niche preferences

Jo A. Werba, David A.W. Miller, Adrianne B. Brand, Evan H.Campbell Grant, 2024, Ecology and Evolution

Evaluating trade-offs in spatial versus temporal replication when estimating avian community composition and predicting species distributions

Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, David A.W. Miller, David T. Iles, Samuel Haché, Charles M. Francis, David D. Hope, Judith D. Toms, Kiel L. Drake, 2024, Avian Conservation and Ecology

Quantifying regional-scale impacts of hemlock woolly adelgid invasion on North American forest bird communities

Bruna R. Amaral, Andrew M. Wilson, Julie Blum, David A. Miller, 2023, Biological Invasions on p. 4009-4025

Broad-Scale Assessment of Methylmercury in Adult Amphibians

Brian J. Tornabene, Blake R. Hossack, Brian J. Halstead, Collin A. Eagles-Smith, Michael J. Adams, Adam R. Backlin, Adrianne B. Brand, Colleen S. Emery, Robert N. Fisher, Jill Fleming, Brad M. Glorioso, Daniel A. Grear, Evan H.Campbell Grant, Patrick M. Kleeman, David A.W. Miller, Erin Muths, Christopher A. Pearl, Jennifer C. Rowe, Caitlin T. Rumrill, J. Hardin Waddle, Megan E. Winzeler, Kelly L. Smalling, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology on p. 17511-17521

Examining spatial and temporal drivers of pollinator nutritional resources: evidence from five decades of honey bee colony productivity data

Gabriela Quinlan, David A.W. Miller, Christina M. Grozinger, 2023, Environmental Research Letters on p. 114018

Demographic consequences of phenological asynchrony for North American songbirds

Casey Youngflesh, Graham A. Montgomery, James F. Saracco, David A.W. Miller, Robert P. Guralnick, Allen H. Hurlbert, Rodney B. Siegel, Raphael LaFrance, Morgan W. Tingley, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

A practical guide to understanding and validating complex models using data simulations

Graziella V. DiRenzo, Ephraim Hanks, David A.W. Miller, 2023, Methods in Ecology and Evolution on p. 203-217

Life-history traits govern the habitat use of diverse amphibian assemblages in an agroforest landscape matrix

V. Sankararaman, D. A.W. Miller, 2023, Animal Conservation

Multistate model to estimate sex-specific dispersal rates and distances for a wetland-breeding amphibian population

Courtney L. Davis, David J. Muñoz, Staci M. Amburgey, Carli R. Dinsmore, Eric W. Teitsworth, David A.W. Miller, 2023, Ecosphere

Grassland bird population declines at three Breeding Bird Survey spatial scales in contrast to a large native prairie

Nancy A. Mahony, Brenda C. Dale, David A.W. Miller, 2022, Ecosphere

Most-Cited Papers

Quantitative evidence for the effects of multiple drivers on continental-scale amphibian declines

Evan H.Campbell Grant, David A.W. Miller, Benedikt R. Schmidt, Michael J. Adams, Staci M. Amburgey, Thierry Chambert, Sam S. Cruickshank, Robert N. Fisher, David M. Green, Blake R. Hossack, Pieter T.J. Johnson, Maxwell B. Joseph, Tracy A.G. Rittenhouse, Maureen E. Ryan, J. Hardin Waddle, Susan C. Walls, Larissa L. Bailey, Gary M. Fellers, Thomas A. Gorman, Andrew M. Ray, David S. Pilliod, Steven J. Price, Daniel Saenz, Walt Sadinski, Erin Muths, 2016, Scientific Reports

Integrating multiple data sources in species distribution modeling: A framework for data fusion

Krishna Pacifici, Brian J. Reich, David A.W. Miller, Beth Gardner, Glenn Stauffer, Susheela Singh, Alexa McKerrow, Jaime A. Collazo, 2017, Ecology on p. 840-850

The recent past and promising future for data integration methods to estimate species’ distributions

David A.W. Miller, Krishna Pacifici, Jamie S. Sanderlin, Brian J. Reich, 2019, Methods in Ecology and Evolution on p. 22-37

Using camera trapping and hierarchical occupancy modelling to evaluate the spatial ecology of an African mammal community

Lindsey N. Rich, David A.W. Miller, Hugh S. Robinson, J. Weldon McNutt, Marcella J. Kelly, 2016, Journal of Applied Ecology on p. 1225-1235

Large-scale recovery of an endangered amphibian despite ongoing exposure to multiple stressors

Roland A. Knapp, Gary M. Fellers, Patrick M. Kleeman, David A.W. Miller, Vance T. Vredenburg, Erica Bree Rosenblum, Cheryl J. Briggs, 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 11889-11894

Modeling false positive detections in species occurrence data under different study designs

Thierry Chambert, David A.W. Miller, James D. Nichols, 2015, Ecology on p. 332-339

Assessing global patterns in mammalian carnivore occupancy and richness by integrating local camera trap surveys

Lindsey N. Rich, Courtney L. Davis, Zach J. Farris, David A.W. Miller, Jody M. Tucker, Sandra Hamel, Mohammad S. Farhadinia, Robin Steenweg, Mario S. Di Bitetti, Kanchan Thapa, Mamadou D. Kane, S. Sunarto, Nathaniel P. Robinson, Agustín Paviolo, Paula Cruz, Quinton Martins, Navid Gholikhani, Ateih Taktehrani, Jesse Whittington, Febri A. Widodo, Nigel G. Yoccoz, Claudia Wultsch, Bart J. Harmsen, Marcella J. Kelly, 2017, Global Ecology and Biogeography on p. 918-929

Quantifying climate sensitivity and climate-driven change in North American amphibian communities

David A.W. Miller, Evan Grant, Erin Muths, Staci Amburgey, Michael Adams, Maxwell Joseph, J Waddle, Pieter Johnson, Maureen Ryan, Benedikt Schmidt, others, Daniel L. Calhoun, Courtney L. Davis, Robert N. Fisher, David M. Green, Blake R. Hossack, Tracy A.G. Rittenhouse, Susan C. Walls, Larissa L. Bailey, Sam S. Cruickshank, Gary M. Fellers, Thomas A. Gorman, Carola A. Haas, Ward Hughson, David S. Pilliod, Steven J. Price, Andrew M. Ray, Walt Sadinski, Daniel Saenz, William J. Barichivich, Adrianne Brand, Cheryl S. Brehme, Rosi Dagit, Katy S. Delaney, Brad M. Glorioso, Lee B. Kats, Patrick M. Kleeman, Christopher A. Pearl, Carlton J. Rochester, Seth P.D. Riley, Mark Roth, Brent H. Sigafus, 2018, Nature Communications on p. 3926

Ecological correlates of the spatial co-occurrence of sympatric mammalian carnivores worldwide

Courtney L. Davis, Lindsey N Rich, Zach J. Farris, Marcella J. Kelly, Mario S. Di Bitetti, Yamil Di Blanco, Sebastian Albanesi, Mohammad S Farhadinia, Navid Gholikhani, Sandra Hamel, Bart J. Harmsen, Claudia Wultsch, Mamadou D. Kane, Quinton Martins, Asia J. Murphy, Robin Steenweg, Sunarto Sunarto, Atieh Taktehrani, Kanchan Thapa, Jody M. Tucker, Jesse Whittington, Febri A. Widodo, Nigel G. Yoccoz, David A.W. Miller, 2018, Ecology Letters on p. 1401-1412

Decades of field data reveal that turtles senesce in the wild

Daniel A. Warner, David A.W. Miller, Anne M. Bronikowski, Fredric J. Janzen, 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 6502-6507