a. PUBLISHED REPORTS
Refereed journal articles
(a) Peer-reviewed journal articles
Conroy, M.J. 1978. Ingestion of sand by snowshoe hares. Jack-Pine Warbler 56:160.
Conroy, M.J. , L.W. Gysel, and G.R. Dudderar. 1979. Habitat components of clear-cut areas for snowshoe hares in Michigan. Journal of Wildlife Management 43:680-690.
Conroy, M.J., and B.K. Williams. 1981. Sensitivity of band reporting-rate estimates to violations of assumptions. Journal of Wildlife Management 45:784-792.
Conroy, M.J., R.G. Oderwald, and T.L. Sharik. 1982. Forage production and nutrient concentrations in thinned loblolly pine plantations. Journal of Wildlife Management 46:719-727.
Nichols, J.D., S.L. Stokes, J.E. Hines, and M.J. Conroy. 1982. Additional comments on the assumption of homogeneous survival rates in modern bird banding estimation models. Journal of Wildlife Management 46:953-962.
Conroy, M.J., and R.T. Eberhardt. 1983. Variation in survival and recovery rates of ring-necked ducks. Journal of Wildlife Management 47:127-137.
Conroy, M.J., and W.W. Blandin. 1984. Geographic and temporal differences in band reporting rates of American black ducks. Journal of Wildlife Management 48:23-26.
Conroy, M.J., and B.K. Williams. 1984. A general methodology for maximum likelihood inference from band recovery data. Biometrics 40:739-748.
Conroy, M.J., and J.D. Nichols. 1984. Testing for constancy of taxonomic extinction rates: a suggested methodology and some results. Paleobiology 10:328-337.
Nichols, J.D., H.F. Percival, R.A. Coon, M.J. Conroy, G. L. Hensler, and J.E. Hines. 1984. Observer visitation frequency and success of mourning dove nests: a field experiment. Auk. 105:398-402.
Johnson, D.H., M.J. Conroy, and J.D. Nichols. 1985. The need for accuracy in modelling: an example. Ecological Modelling 20:156-161.
Montalbano, F., F.A. Johnson, and M.J. Conroy. 1985. Status of wintering ring-necked ducks in the southern Atlantic flyway. Journal of Wildlife Management 49:543-546.
Conroy, M.J., and D.G. Krementz. 1986. Incorrect inferences regarding the effects of hunting on survival rates of American black ducks. Wildlife Society Bulletin 14:326-328.
Kirby, R.E., M.J. Conroy, T.W. Barry, and R.H. Kerbes. 1986. Survival estimates for North American Atlantic brant. Journal of Wildlife Management 50:29-32.
Anderson, D.R., K.P. Burnham, J.D. Nichols and M.J. Conroy. 1987. The need for experiments to understand population dynamics of American black ducks. Wildlife Society Bulletin 15:282-284.
Krementz, D.G., M.J. Conroy, J.E. Hines, and H.F. Percival. 1987. Sources of variation in survival and recovery rates of American black ducks. Journal of Wildlife Management 51:689-700.
Conroy, M.J., J.R. Goldsberry, J.E. Hines, and D.B. Stotts. 1988. Evaluation of aerial transect surveys for wintering American black ducks. Journal of Wildlife Management 52:694-703.
Conroy, M.J., G.R. Costanzo, and D.B. Stotts. 1989. Winter survival of female American black ducks on the Atlantic coast. Journal of Wildlife Management 53:99-109.
Conroy, M.J., J.E. Hines, and B.K. Williams. 1989. Procedures for the analysis of band-recovery data and user instructions for program MULT. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. Res. Publ. 175. 61 pp.
Conroy, M.J., G.G. Barnes, R.W. Bethke, and T.D. Nudds. 1989. Increasing mallards, decreasing American black ducks- no evidence of cause and effect: a comment. Journal of Wildlife Management 53:1065-1071.
Krementz, D.G., M.J. Conroy, J.E. Hines, and H.F. Percival. 1988. The effects of hunting on survival of American black ducks. Journal of Wildlife Management 52:214-226.
Pollock, K.H., S.R. Winterstein, and M.J. Conroy. 1989. Estimation and analysis of survival distributions from radio-tagged animals. Biometrics 45:99-109.
Conroy, M.J., and J.E. Hines. 1990. Flexible models for analyzing ring recovery data to estimate survival rates. The Ring 13:173-192.
Miller, K.V. and M.J. Conroy. 1990. SPOT satellite imagery for mapping Kirtland's warbler wintering habitat in the Bahamas. Wildlife Society Bulletin 18:252-257.
Holzman, S., M.J. Conroy, and W.R. Davidson. 1992. Diseases, parasites and survival of coyotes in southcentral Georgia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 572-580.
Holzman, S., M.J. Conroy, and J. Pickering. 1992. Home ranges, movements, and habitat use of coyotes in southcentral Georgia. Journal of Wildlife Management 56:139-146.
Diefenbach, D.R. L.A. Baker, W.E. James, R.J. Warren, and M.J. Conroy. 1993. Reintroducing bobcats to Cumberland Island, Georgia. Restoration Ecology 1:241-247.
Diefenbach, D.R., M.J. Conroy, R.J. Warren, W.E. James, L.A. Baker and T. Hon. 1994. A test of the scent-station survey technique for bobcats. Journal of Wildlife Management 58:10-17.
Conroy, M.J. 1995. Comparison of programs MULT, BROWNIE, and ESTIMATE. Journal of Applied Statistics 22(5&6):763-774.
Conroy, M.J., Y. Cohen, F.C. James, Y.G. Matsinos, and B.A. Maurer. 1995. Parameter estimation, reliability, and model improvement for spatially-explicit models of animal populations. Ecological Applications 5:17-19.
Conroy, M.J., B.K. Williams, and J.E. Hines. 1995. Use of solicited bands and separation of hunting and natural mortality: a comment. Journal of Wildlife Management 59:619-621.
Goldberg, D.R., M.D. Samuel, C.B. Thomas, D. Sharp, G.L. Krapu, J.R. Robb, K.P. Kenow, C.E. Korshgen, W.H. Chipley, M.J. Conroy, and S.H. Kleven. 1995. The occurrence of mycoplasms in selected wild North American waterfowl. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 31:364-371.
Pollock, K.H., M.J. Conroy, and W.S. Hearn. 1995. Separation of hunting and natural mortality using band return models: an overview. Journal of Applied Statistics 22(5&6):557-566.
Smith, D.R., M.J. Conroy, and D.H. Brakhage. 1995 Efficiency of adaptive cluster sampling for estimating density of wintering waterfowl. Biometrics 51:777-788.
Smith, D.R., K.J. Reinecke, M.J. Conroy, M.W. Brown, and J.R. Nassar. 1995. Factors affecting visibility rate in aerial surveys of waterfowl wintering in the Mississippi alluvial valley. Journal of Wildlife Management 59: 515-527.
Conroy, M.J., J. E. Anderson and S. L. Rathbun and D.G. Krementz. 1996. Statistical inference on patch-specific survival and movement rates from marked animals. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 3: 99-118.
Conroy, M.J., and B.R. Noon. 1996. Mapping of species richness for conservation of biological diversity: conceptual and methodological issues. Ecological Applications 6:763-773.
Moore, C.T., M.J. Conroy, and K. Boston. 2000. Forest management decisions for wildlife objectives: system resolution and optimality. Computers and electronics in agriculture. 27:25-39.
Powell, L.A. , M. J. Conroy, J. E. Hines, J.D. Nichols, and D. G. Krementz. 2000. Simultaneous use of mark--recapture and radiotelemetry to estimate survival, movement, and capture rates. Journal of Wildlife Management 64:302-313.
Powell, L.A., J.D. Lang, M. J. Conroy, and D. G. Krementz. 2000. Effects of forest management on density, survival, and population growth of wood thrushes. Journal of Wildlife Management 64: 11-23.
Baker, L.A., R.J. Warren, D. R. Diefenbach, W.E. James, and M. J. Conry. 2001. Preys selection by reintroduced bobcats (Lynx rufus) on Cumberland Island, Georgia. Am. Midl. Nat. 145: 80-93.
(b) Chapters in books (* denotes peer refereed)
* Conroy, M.J. 1985. Maximum likelihood methods for investigating reporting rates of rings of hunter-shot birds. Pp. 215-241. In: P.M. North and B.J.T. Morgan, eds. Statistics in Ornithology. Springer-Verlag, New York.
Johnson, D.H., J.D. Nichols, M.J. Conroy, and L.M. Cowardin. 1987. Some considerations in modeling the mallard life cycle. In: M.W. Weller (ed.). Waterfowl in Winter. Univ. Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.
Perry, M.C., J.D. Nichols, M.J. Conroy, H.H. Obrecht III, and B.K. Williams. 1987. Sex specificity of behavioral dominance and fasting endurance in wintering canvasbacks: experimental results. Pp. 103-121. In: M.W. Weller (ed.). Waterfowl in Winter. Univ. Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.
* Conroy, M.J. 1993. Testing hypotheses about the relationship of habitat to animal survivorship. Pp. 331-342 in J.D. Lebreton, J. Clobert, and P. North (eds.) The use of marked individuals in the study of bird population dynamics: models, methods, and software. Birkhauser-Verlag.
* Smith, D.R., D.R. Diefenbach, and M.J. Conroy. 1992. Effect of density-dependent harvest rates on inferences about compensatory mortality. Pp. 676-686 in Wildlife 2001: Populations, D.R. McCullough (ed.).
Conroy, M.J., and J.D. Nichols. 1996. Designing a study to assess mammalian diversity. Pp. 41-49 in D. Wilson et al. (eds.) Measuring and monitoring of biological diversity: standard methods for mammals. Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, D.C.
Conroy, M.J. 1996. Abundance indices. Pp. 179-192 in D. Wilson et al. (eds.) Measuring and monitoring of biological diversity: standard methods for mammals. Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, D.C.
Conroy, M.J. and J.D. Nichols. 1996. Recommendations. Pp. 226-228 in D. Wilson et al. (eds.) Measuring and monitoring of biological diversity: standard methods for mammals. Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, D.C.
Jones, C., W.J. McShea, M.J. Conroy, and T.H. Kunz. 1996. Capturing mammals. Pp. 115-155 in D. Wilson et al. (eds.) Measuring and monitoring of biological diversity: standard methods for mammals. Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, D.C.
Nichols, J.D. and M.J. Conroy. 1996. Introduction. Pp. 177-179 in D. Wilson et al. (eds.) Measuring and monitoring of biological diversity: standard methods for mammals. Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, D.C.
Nichols, J.D. and M.J. Conroy. 1996. Estimation of species richness. Pp. 228-234 in D. Wilson et al. (eds.) Measuring and monitoring of biological diversity: standard methods for mammals. Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, D.C.
Conroy, M.J. 2000. Conservation and land use decisions under uncertainty: models, data, and adaptation. Pp. 145-158 in. M. Hill and R. Aspinall (editors). Spatial information for land use management. OPA Overseas Publishing Associates, Ltd
(c) Papers in Published Proceedings (* indicates peer-refereed; ** indicates invited paper)
Nichols, J.D., M.J. Conroy, D.R. Anderson, and K.P. Burnham. 1984. Compensatory mortality in waterfowl populations: a review of the evidence and implications for research and management. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 49:535-554.
Conroy, M.J., G.R. Costanzo, and D.B. Stotts. 1987. Winter movements of American black ducks in relation to natural and impounded wetlands in New Jersey. pp. 31-45. In: W.R. Whitman and W.M. Meredith (eds.). 1987. Waterfowl and Wetlands Symposium: Proceedings of a Symposium on Waterfowl and Wetlands Management in the Coastal Zone of the Atlantic Flyway. Delaware Coastal Management Program, Delaware Dept. Nat. Resour, and Environ. Control, Dover, Del. 522 pp.
** Conroy,M.J. and D.G. Krementz. 1990. A review of the evidence for the effects of hunting on American black duck populations. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 55:511-517.
Warren, R.J., M.J. Conroy, W.E. James, L.A. Baker, and D.R. Diefenbach. 1990. Reintroduction of bobcats on Cumberland Island, Georgia: A biopolitical lesson. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 55:580-589.
** Conroy, M.J. 1993. The use of models in natural resources management: prediction not prescription. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 58:509-517.
Conroy, M.J., and D.R. Smith. 1994. Designing large-scale surveys of wildlife abundance and diversity using statistical sampling principles. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 59:159-169.
Conroy, M.J. and J.E. Crocker. 1996. Effect of uncertainty in mapped biodiversity data on optimal conservation decisions. pp. 685-692 in Proc. 2nd. International Symposium. on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. May 21-23, 1996, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins
Conroy, M.J. 1996. Designing surveys of forest diversity using statistical sampling principles. pp. 117-143 in Köhl, M. and G. Gertner (eds.). Caring for the forest: research in a changing world. Statistics, mathematics and computers. Proceedings of the Meeting of IUFRO S.4.11-00 held at IUFRO XX World Congress, 6-12 August 1995, Tampere Finland. Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research (WSL/FNP). 243pp.
* Sanders, M.A., D.L. Combs, M.J. Conroy, and J.F. Hopper. 1995. Distribution patterns of American black ducks wintering in Tennessee. Proceedings Annual Conference Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 49:607-617.
**, * Conroy, M.J. 2000. An adaptive approach to habitat management for migratory birds in the southeastern United States. pp. 63- 69 in: Bonney, R., Pashley, D. N., Cooper, R, J., and Niles, L. (eds). Strategies for bird conservation: The Partners in Flight Planning Process; Proceedings of the 3rd Partners in Flight Workshop; 1995 October 1-5; Cape May, NJ. Proceedings RMRS-P-16. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 281 p.
c) Book reviews
Conroy, M.J. 1989. Design and analysis methods for fish survival experiments based on release-recapture. Journal of Wildlife Management 53:272.
Conroy, M.J. 1992. RAMAS/Space (software review). Quarterly Review of Biology 67:252-253.
(d) Other- non-technical or semi-technical publications
Conroy, M.J. 1992. A retrospective look at Warren Blandin's thesis in the light of subsequent work. Postscript, U.S. Fish and Wildl. Serv. Res. Publ. 11:197-200.
Haufler, J.B., L.G. Adams, J. Bailey, R.G. Brocke, M.J. Conroy, G. Joslin, and K.G. Smith. 1996. Wildlife management in North American wilderness. Tech. Rept., The Wildlife Society , Bethesda MD. Jan. 1996 .
The Journal of Wildlife Management, 1995. Journal News. Journal of Wildlife Management 59: 196-198. [Article on importance of statistical power and type II error in design and interpretation of wildlife studies, written by M.J. Conroy, M.D. Samuel, and G.C. White, Associate Editors