Phd Zoology and Biomathematics, North Carolina State University, 2004, Dissertation ‘Avian point count surveys: Estimating components of the detection process’; MS Biomathematics, North Carolina State University, 2002, Paper ‘Golden-cheeked warbler Dendroica chrysoparia population viability analysis’; MSc. Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho, Thesis ‘Shrub communities and elk habitat relationships on an industrial forest of northern Idaho’; BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado.
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Current and Recent Positions
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Wildlife Researcher, 2006 to present, Colorado Division of Wildlife; Post-Doctoral Researcher, USGS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, North Carolina State University; Carnivore Biologist Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Lander, Wyoming.
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Current and Recent Research Projects
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Large carnivore-human interactions along Colorado’s Front Range; evaluating statistical methods to estimate population density and presence.
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Areas of Interest, Expertise
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Large carnivore and ungulate population parameter estimation, habitat use, and behavior; avian ecology and population sampling.
ALLDREDGE, M.W., K. PACIFICI ,T.R. SIMONS, AND K.H. POLLOCK. 2008. A novel field evaluation of the effectiveness of distance sampling and double independent observer methods to estimate aural avian detection probabilities. Journal of Applied Ecology.
ALLDREDGE, M.W., T.R. SIMONS, K.H. POLLOCK, AND K. PACIFICI. 2007. A field evaluation of the time-of-detection method to estimate population size and density for aural avian point counts. Avian Conservation and Ecology 2:13.
ALLDREDGE, M.W., T.R. SIMONS, K.H. POLLOCK. 2007. A field evaluation of distancemeasurement error in auditory avian point counts. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:2759-2766.
ALLDREDGE, M.W., T.R. SIMONS, K.H. POLLOCK. 2007. Factors affecting aural detections of songbirds. Ecological Applications 17:948-955.
ALLDREDGE, M.W., K.H. POLLOCK, T.R. SIMONS, J.A. COLLAZO, AND S.A. SHRINER. 2007. Time-of-detection method for estimating abundance from point-count surveys. Auk 124:653-664.
ALLDREDGE, M.W., K.H. POLLOCK, AND T.R. SIMONS. 2007. Multiple species analysis of point count data: A more parsimonious modeling framework. Journal of Applied Ecology 44:281-290.
SIMONS, T.R., M.W. ALLDREDGE, K.H. POLLOCK, AND J.M. WETTROTH. 2007. Experimental analysis of the auditory detection process on avian point counts. Auk 124:986-999.
ALLDREDGE, M.W., K.H. POLLOCK, AND T.R. SIMONS. 2006. Estimating detection probabilities from multiple-observer point counts. Auk 123:1172-1182.
POLLOCK, K.H., H.D. MARSH, I.R. LAWLER, AND M.W. ALLDREDGE. 2006. Estimating animal abundance in heterogeneous environments: An application to aerial surveys for dugongs. Journal of Wildlife Management (in press).
ALLDREDGE, M.W., J.S. HATFIELD, D.D. DIAMOND, AND C.D. TRUE. 2004. Golden-cheeked warbler Dendroica chrysoparia in Central Texas. Chapter 33 in H.R. Akcakaya, M. Burgman, O. Kindvall, C. Woiod, P. Sjogre-Gulve, J.S. Hatfield, and M.A. McCarthy (editors). Species Conservation and management: Case studies. Oxford University Press.
ALLDREDGE, M.W., J.M. PEEK, AND W.A. WALL. 2002. Nutritional quality of forages used by elk in northern Idaho. Journal of Range Management 55:253-259.
ALLDREDGE, M.W., J.M. PEEK, AND W.A. WALL. 2001. Shrub community development and annual productivity trends over a 100-year period on an industrial forest of northern Idaho. Forest Ecology and Management 152:259-273.