Eric Rexstad

Current research interests

• Estimation of wildlife population abundance and density,
• Measures of change in wildlife abundance and density,
• Modelling of estimated abundance and density with respect to covariates.

Publications

• Marques, T.A., S.T. Buckland, D.L. Borchers, E. Rexstad and L. Thomas. 2011. Distance sampling. Pp 398-400 in Lovric, M. (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
• Burt, M.L., E. Rexstad, and S.Buckland. 2010. Comparison of design- and model-based estimates of seabird abundance derived from visual, digital still transects and digital video aerial surveys in Carmarthen Bay. COWRIE Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-9565843-1-1.
• Thomas, L., S.T. Buckland, E. Rexstad, J.L. Laake, S. Strindberg, S.L. Hedley, J.R.B. Bishop, T.A. Marques and K.P. Burnham. 2010. Distance software: design and analysis of distance sampling surveys for estimating population size. Journal of Applied Ecology 47:5-14.
• Newson, S.E., E. Rexstad, S.R. Baillie, S.T. Buckland, and N.J. Aebischer. 2010. Population changes of avian predators and grey squirrels in England: is there evidence for an impact on avian prey populations? Journal of Applied Ecology 47, 244-252.
• Burt, M.L., E. Rexstad, and S.Buckland. 2009. Comparison of visual and digital aerial survey results of avian abundance for Round 3, Norfolk Region. COWRIE Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-9561404-6-3
• Rexstad, E., and S. Buckland. 2009. Comparison of aerial survey methods for estimating abundance of common scoters. Technical Report 2009-1. Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling, St. Andrews University.
• Buckland, S.T., A.J. Plumptre, L. Thomas and E. Rexstad. 2010. Line transect sampling of primates: Can animal-to-observer distance methods work? International Journal of Primatology 31:485-499.
• Buckland, S.T., A.J. Plumptre, L. Thomas and E. Rexstad. 2010. Design and analysis of line transect surveys for primates. International Journal of Primatology 31:833-847.
• Rexstad, E. 2007. Point and interval estimates of abundance using multiple covariate distance sampling: An example using great bustards. Technical Report 2007-2, Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling, St. Andrews University.
• Rexstad, E. 2007. Non-uniform coverage estimators for distance sampling. Technical Report 2007-1, Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling, St. Andrews University.
• Schmidt, J.H., E.J. Taylor, and E. Rexstad. 2006. Survival of common goldeneye ducklings in Interior Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:792-798.
• Burch, J.W., L.G. Adams, E.H. Follmann, and E. Rexstad. 2005. Evaluation of wolf density estimation from radiotelemetry data. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33:1225-1236.
• Rexstad, E., and K. Kielland. 2006. Mammalian herbivore population dynamics in the Alaskan boreal forest. Pages 121-132 in F.S. Chapin, M.W. Oswood, K. van Cleve, L.A. Viereck, and D.L. Verbyla (eds.) Alaska's changing boreal forest. Oxford Univ. Press.
• McDonough, T.J., and E. Rexstad. 2005. Short-term demographic response of the red-backed vole to spruce beetle infestations in Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:246-254.
• Schmidt, J.H., E.J. Taylor, and E. Rexstad. 2005. Incubation behaviors and patterns of nest attendance in common goldeneyes in Interior Alaska. Condor 107:167-172.
• Parmenter, R. R., T. L. Yates, D. R. Anderson, K. P. Burnham, J. L. Dunnum, A. B. Franklin, M. T. Friggens, B. C. Lubo, M. Miller, G. S. Olson, C. A. Parmenter, J. Pollard, E. Rexstad, T. M. Shenk, T. R. Stanley, and G. C. White. 2003. Small-mammal density estimation: a field comparison of grid-based vs. web-based density estimators. Ecological Monographs 73:1-26.
• Lindberg, M. S. and E. Rexstad. 2001. Capture-recapture sampling designs. In A.H. El-Shaarawi and W.W. Piegorsch (eds.) Encyclopedia of Environmetrics. John Wiley & Sons.
• Oakley, K. L., E. M. Debevec, and E. Rexstad. 1999. Development of a Long-Term Ecological Monitoring program in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska (USA). In C. Aguirre-Bravo & C. R. Franco (Eds.), North American Science Symposium: Toward a unified framework for inventorying and monitoring forest ecosystem resources, (Vol. RMRS-P-12, pp. 307-314). Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mt. Research Station.
• Hastings, K.K, J.W. Testa, and E. Rexstad. 1999. Interannual variation in juvenile survival of Weddell seaons in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: effects of age, sex, and cohort. Journal of Ecology 248:307-324.
• Zuercher, G. L., D.D. Roby, and E. Rexstad. 1999. Seasonal changes in body mass, composition and organs of northern red-backed voles in interior Alaska. Journal of Mammalogy 80:443-459.
• Zuercher, G. L., D.D. Roby, and E. Rexstad. 1997. Validation of two new total body electrical conductivity (TOBEC) instruments for estimating body composition of live northern red-backed voles (Clethrionomys rutilus). Acta Theriologica 42:387-398.
• Kohira, M., and E. Rexstad. 1997. Diets of wolves on Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska. Canadian Field Naturalist 111:429-435.
• Sedinger, J.S., M.S. Lindberg, E. Rexstad, N. Chelgren, and D.H. Ward. 1997. Testing for handling bias in survival estimation for black brant. Journal of Wildlife Management 61:782-791.
• Ward, D.H., E. Rexstad, J.S. Sedinger, M.S. Lindberg, and N.K. Dawe. 1997. Seasonal and annual survival of adult Pacific brant. Journal of Wildlife Management 61:773-781.
• Lindberg, M.S., J.S. Sedinger, and E. Rexstad. 1995. Estimating nest site fidelity of adult female black brant with multistate modeling and geographic information systems. Journal of Applied Statistics 22:725-735.
• Schmutz, J.A., D.H.Ward, J.S. Sedinger, and E. Rexstad. 1995. Survival estimation and the effects of dependency among animals. Journal of Applied Statistics 22:673-681.
• Furtsch, P.R., and E. Rexstad. 1994. Characteristics of a population of Clethrionomys rutilus during and increase and decline. Pages 50-62 in R.H. Meehan, V. Sergienko, and G. Weller (eds.) Bridges of science between North America and the Russian Far East. 45^th Arctic Science Conference.
• Rexstad, E. 1994. Detecting differences in wildlife populations across time and space. Pages 219-228 in 59^th North American Natural Resource and Wildlife Conference.
• Sedinger, J. S., and E. Rexstad. 1994. Do restrictive harvest regulations result in higher survival rates in mallards? Reply to Smith and Reynolds (1992) Journal of Wildlife Management 58(3):571-577.
• Burnham, K. P., and E. Rexstad. 1993. Modeling heterogeneity in survival rates of banded waterfowl. Biometrics 49:1194-1208.
• Anderson, D. R., M. A. Wotawa, and E. Rexstad. 1993. Trends in the analysis of recovery and recapture data. Pages 373-386 in J.-D. Lebreton and P. M. North (eds.) The study of bird population dynamics using marked individuals. Birkhauser Verlag Publishers.
• Rexstad, E., and D. R. Anderson. 1992. Heterogeneous survival rates of mallards (Anas platyrhynchos). Canadian Journal of Zoology 70:1878-1885.
• Rexstad, E. 1992. Effect of hunting on the annual survival rate of Canada geese banded in Utah. Journal of Wildlife Management 56(2):295-303.

Classroom instruction

• MT5751 Estimating animal abundance, occasionally
• MT5752 Modelling ecological dynamics, regularly
• MT5753 Statistical modelling, occasionally

Graduate students

• Joy Ritter (MS co-chair with Falk Heuttmann): Species-range prediction for the Toklat Basin, Denali National Park and Preserve.  Defense date:  Fall 2006.
• Mathias Ericksson (MS co-chair with Knut Kielland): Response of snowshoe hare populations to site-specific fire history.  Defense date:  Spring 2006.
• Deborah Webb (MS co-chair with Mark Lindberg): Factors contributing to a population decline in greater white-fronted geese (Anser albifrons) in Northwest and Interior Alaska. Defense date: Fall 2005.
• Joshua Schmidt (MS): Breeding ecology of common goldeneyes (Bucephala clangula) in interior Alaska.  Defense date:  Fall 2004.
• Bjorn Flora (MS): Regional synchrony of snowshoe hares populations. Defense date: Fall 2002.
• Karin Lehmkuhl (MS): Comparision of population dynamics of yellow-cheek voles (Microtus xanthognathus) in early and mid-fire successional seres on the Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge. Defense date: Spring 2000.
• Thomas McDonough (MS): Effects of spruce bark beetle infestation on small mammal communities in the Copper Basin, Alaska. Defense date: Spring 2000.
• Kelly Hastings (MS): Variation in juvenile survival rates of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddelli). Defense date: October 1996
• Masao Kohira (MS): Third-order habitat selection and diet composition of Alexander Archipelago wolves (Canis lupus lagoni) on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Defense date: September 1995
• Gerald Zurcher (MS co-chair with Dan Roby): Seasonal changes in body composition of northern red-backed voles (Clethrionomys rutilus). Defense date: September 1995
• Pamela Furtsch (MS): Techniques for monitoring and correlates of inter-annual variation for northern red-backed voles (Clethrionomys rutilus) in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Defense date: June 1995