Brett K. Sandercock

Brett K. Sandercock, Ph.D.
Professor of Wildlife Biology

Mailing Address: Division of Biology, 116 Ackert Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA 66506-4901
Office: 425 Ackert Hall, Lab: 423 Ackert Hall
Office Phone: (785) 532-0120, Lab Phone: (785) 532-5832, Fax: (785) 532-6653
E-mail: bsanderc@ksu.edu

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (1997).
Dissertation title: Factors affecting the breeding demography of Western (Calidris mauri) and Semipalmated Sandpipers (C. pusilla) at Nome, Alaska (Advisors: F. Cooke and D.B. Lank).
Doctoral Candidate, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario (1992 to 1993).
Master of Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (1991).
Thesis title: Parental investment in brood defence by Willow Ptarmigan (Advisor: S.J. Hannon).
Bachelor of Science (Honours), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (1988).
Thesis title: Comparison of methods for estimating abundance of Red and Ground Squirrels (Advisor: C.J. Krebs).

Academic Appointments

Professor of Wildlife Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas (2012 to present).
Research Program: Population ecology of shorebirds, grouse and grassland birds.
Visiting Research Scientist, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research/Norsk Institutt for Naturforskning (NINA), Trondheim, Norway (2009-2010).
Associate Professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas (2007 to 2012).
Assistant Professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas (2001 to 2007).
Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (2000).
Project title: Comparative life history strategies in Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) and White-tailed Ptarmigan (L. leucurus) in arctic and alpine habitats (Advisor: K. Martin).
Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California (1997 to 1999).
Project title: Spatial and sexual variation in the demography of the Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) (Advisor: S.R. Beissinger).

Honours

William L. Stamey Award for Undergraduate Teaching, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University (2012).
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, Biology Graduate Student Association, Kansas State University (received 2×, 2009 and 2011).
Crimson Drip Torch Award for Outstanding Service, Konza Prairie Biological Station (received 4×, 2004 to 2011).
Edwards Prize for Best Article of the Year in The Wilson Journal of Ornithology (Vol. 122), Wilson Ornithological Society (2010).
University Distinguished Faculty Award for Mentoring of Undergraduate Students in Research, Office of the Provost, Kansas State University (2009).
Fellow, American Ornithologists' Union (2009).
Elective Member, American Ornithologists' Union (2001).
Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of British Columbia (2000).

Professional Experience

Demographic Coordinator, Arctic Shorebird Demographic Network (2009 to present)
The Arctic Shorebird Demographic Network (ASDN) is a network of field ecologists studying migratory shorebirds at nine field sites in arctic North America, from western Alaska to eastern Canada.
Research Director, Global Flyway Network (2006 to present)
The Global Flyway Network is an international consortium of research scientists working on the conservation of long-distance migrant shorebirds.
Member, Co-Chairs Advisory Board for the Grouse Specialist Group under the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN, 2008 to present).
The Grouse Specialist Group is an international network of professional biologists committed to the study, conservation, and sustainable management of grouse.
Program Coordinator, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site Program (2003 to 2011). For nine years, I jointly coordinated a 10-week summer REU Site program with two colleagues, Drs. Bruce A. Snyder and Gail W. Wilson. Our NSF-funded REU Site provides undergraduate students with opportunities for independent summer research projects at K-State with faculty mentors in the Departments of Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology.
Faculty Associate, Research Institutes at Kansas State University (2001 to present).
Member of four research groups: Institute for Grassland Studies (2008 to present), Ecological Genomics Institute (2006 to present), Consortium for Undergraduate Research Experiences (2005 to present), and Center for the Understanding of Origins (2005 to present).
Elective Member of Council, American Ornithologists' Union (2010-2013).
The American Ornithologists' Union is the oldest and largest professional society in the New World devoted to the study of ornithological science.
Science Advisor, Oikonos-Ecosystem Knowledge (2005 to present).
Oikonos is dedicated to increasing ecosystem knowledge through science, art, technology, education, and applied conservation.
Series Editor, Studies in Avian Biology (2010 to present)
Studies in Avian Biology is a series of edited volumes and monographs published by University of California Press for the Cooper Ornithological Society. Editorial teams developing projects are welcome to consult the Guidelines for Authors and Volume Editors.
Associate Editor, Journal of Animal Ecology (2006 to present).
Journal of Animal Ecology is published bi-monthly by the British Ecological Society.
Associate Editor, Wader Study Group Bulletin (2008 to present).
The Bulletin is published three times a year by the International Wader Study Group.
Associate Editor, The Auk (2004 to 2007).
Auk is published quarterly by the American Ornithologists' Union.

Research

Research Interests. My research interests are in population biology, primarily the behavioral ecology and evolutionary ecology of terrestrial vertebrates. My interests in behavioral ecology have included studies of sexual selection, mating systems, and parental care. In evolutionary ecology, I have published on life history evolution, and the demography of animals and plants. My field projects have included population studies of grouse, shorebirds and grassland songbirds, and I have used a mixture of manipulative experiments and observational approaches as part of field studies of marked individuals in wild populations. Study species have been selected to be model systems for organisms where management and conservation issues are relevant. I have expertise in estimation of demographic parameters with mark-recapture methods, and modeling population dynamics with projection matrices. Application of these techniques have often led to collaborations with graduate students at K-State and other institutions.
Graduate Students. Prospective students seeking a graduate program are welcome to send a letter of enquiry at any time. Successful applicants should expect to have a solid foundation of field experience, competitive grades and GRE scores, and research interests in population biology. To learn more about ten good reasons to consider Kansas State University and application procedures for graduate school, please visit Graduate Studies in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Kansas State University.
Undergraduate Students. I have been one of the Program Coordinators for a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program, funded by the National Science Foundation (2003-2011). The REU Site is based at Konza Prairie Biological Station in northeast Kansas and the research themes of the program have included grassland ecology, conservation biology, and ecological genomics of the native flora and fauna. Konza Prairie is part of the network of Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and has extensive infrastructure for research, including large-scale, long-term fire and grazing treatments. I have mentored undergraduate students in independent research projects during the summer REU program and also during the academic year. For more information and application forms, please visit the REU Site: Ecology, Evolution, and Genomics of Grassland Organisms.

Current Lab Members

Amy N. Erickson (MSc Student). Effects of patch-burn/grazing on grassland birds.
Amy is working on a field project studying the effects of rangeland management on grassland birds and is studying avian abundance and nesting success in Chase County, Kansas.
Kirsten Grond (PhD student). Gut microbial fauna of migratory shorebirds.
Kirsten will be starting a PhD program at K-State in Fall 2012 and will be studying the microbial communities of migratory shorebirds with the Arctic Shorebird Demographic Network.
Lyla M. Hunt (MSc Student). Interactions between breeding prairie chickens and their mammalian and avian predators in grassland communities.
Lyla is examining the effects of wind power development on prairie chickens near Concordia, Kansas, and is using nest cameras to determine the identity of important species of nest predators.
Eunbi Kwon (PhD Student). Effects of environmental change on arctic-breeding shorebirds.
Eunbi is studying the breeding ecology of two species of migratory sandpipers near Nome in western Alaska.
Andrew M. Ricketts (PhD Student). Effects of rangeland management practices on small mammal populations.
Drew is studying the effects of patch-burn grazing on the population numbers and demography of small mammals at Konza Prairie.
Alaina D. Thomas (MSc student). Effects of Conservation Reserve Program lands for conservation of grassland birds.
Alaina is developing a new project looking at the benefits of CP38 lands enrolled in the CRP program for conservation of grassland birds in western Kansas.
Bram H.F. Verheijen (PhD student). Population ecology of grassland birds.
Bram will be starting a PhD program at K-State in Fall 2012 and will be working with grassland birds at Konza Prairie.

Past Lab Members

Gina G. Barton (MSc, 2012). Stopover ecology of five species of migratory songbirds at a coastal site in the Pacific flyway. M.Sc. thesis, Kansas State University, 71 pages.

Gina has successfully defended her thesis, completed her final revisions, and is working on manuscripts.

Andrew J. Gregory (PhD, 2011*). Landscape genetics and behavioral ecology of Greater Prairie-Chickens (Tympanuchus cupido). Ph.D. dissertation, Kansas State University, 159 pages.

Andy is a Postdoctoral Fellow working with Dr. Paul Beier at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Akalak Kunsorn (Visiting scholar, 2011). Breeding ecology of Grass Owls in Thailand.
Akalak is a PhD student at the University of Chiang-Mai studying breeding ecology of Grass Owls in Thailand.

Lance B. McNew (PhD, 2010*). An analysis of Greater Prairie-chicken demography in Kansas: the effects of human land use on the population ecology of an obligate grassland species. Ph.D. dissertation, Kansas State University, 149 pages.

Lance is a research scientist working with landbirds and shorebirds with the U.S. Geological Survey in Anchorage, Alaska.

Ashley E. Casey (MSc, 2008*). Fine-scale genetic structure and extra-pair parentage in the socially monogamous Upland Sandpiper. M.Sc. thesis, Kansas State University, 62 pages.

Ashley is working as a Research Associate with the U.S. Geological Survey in Davis, California..

Khara M. Strum (MSc, 2008). Exposure of migratory shorebirds to organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides at migratory stopover and non-breeding sites in the western hemisphere. M.Sc. thesis, Kansas State University, 76 pages.

Khara is the Avian Habitat Ecologist at PRBO Conservation Science (Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory) in Bolinas, California.

Matilde Alfaro Barrios (Visiting scholar, 2008). Migratory ecology of Upland Sandpipers.
Matilde is a Research Biologist with AverAves - Investigación y Conservación and is a collaborator on an ongoing population study of the nonbreeding ecology of Upland Sandpipers at sites west of Tacuaremo, Uruguay.
Beatriz Blanco Fontao (Visiting scholar, 2008). Trophic ecology of a peripheral capercaillie population as a mechanism of habitat selection.
Bea is a PhD student in the Dept. Biología de Organismos y Sistemas at the Universidad de Oviedo in Spain working with Cantabrian Capercaillie in northern Spain.
Robb S.A. Kaler (MSc, 2007). Demography, habitat use and movements of a recently reintroduced island population of Evermann's Rock Ptarmigan. M.Sc. thesis, Kansas State University, 77 pages.
Robb is a seabird biologist working for Migratory Bird Management in the regional office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Anchorage, Alaska.
Jacqueline K. Augustine (PhD, 2007). Factors affecting the demography of a lek-mating bird: the Greater Prairie-chicken. Ph.D. dissertation, Kansas State University, 108 pages.
Jackie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at The Ohio State University at Lima.
Tracey N. Johnson (MSc, 2006). Ecological restoration of tallgrass prairie: grazing management benefits plant and bird communities in upland and riparian habitats. M.Sc. thesis, Kansas State University, 94 pages.
Tracey is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Wyoming at Laramie, Wyoming.
Karl L. Kosciuch (PhD, 2006). Host-parasite interactions on an experimental landscape. Ph.D. dissertation, Kansas State University, 106 pages.
Karl is a Senior Ecologist and Program Manager with Tetra Tech EC, a consulting firm that provides technical services in the areas of resource management and infrastructure.
Timothy H. Parker (Postdoctoral scholar, 2006). Population and behavioral ecology of forest and shrub-nesting birds.
Tim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.
Tony W. Mong (MSc, 2005). Using radio-telemetry to determine range and resource requirements of Upland Sandpipers at an experimentally managed prairie landscape. M.Sc. thesis, Kansas State University, 77 pages.
Tony is a District Wildlife Biologist working for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
* Graduate students coadvised with Dr. Samantha M. Wisely.

Research Funding

Brown, S., R.B. Lanctot, and B.K. Sandercock. Arctic Shorebird Demographic Network II. Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, $124,861, 5/1/2012 to 4/30/2014 (funding to Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences).
McNew, L.B. B.K. Sandercock, and J.C. Pitman. Effects of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) Program on bird populations in Kansas. Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, $159,004, 1/1/2012 to 12/31/2014
Brown, S., R.B. Lanctot, and B.K. Sandercock. Arctic Shorebird Demographic Network. Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, $154,560, 5/1/2011 to 4/30/2013 (funding to Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences).
McNew, L.B., J.C. Pitman, and B.K. Sandercock. Impacts of alternative grassland management regimes on the population ecology of grassland birds. Pittman-Robertson Act Funding, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, $676,364, 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2014.
Sandercock, B.K., and D.B. Lank. Effects of environmental change on arctic-breeding shorebirds. Arctic Natural Science, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation (ARC-1023396), $299,976, 8/15/2010 to 8/14/2013.
Sandercock, B.K., and D.B. Lank. Decadal changes in the demography of sandpipers near Nome, Alaska. Nongame Partner Program, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, $144,002, 5/07/2010 to 6/30/2013.
Wisely, S.M., B.K. Sandercock, A.J. Gregory, M. Laubhan, and J.C. Pitman. Development of regional planning tools to assess the impacts of climate and land use change on a sensitive grassland bird. Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, $47,349, 5/1/2010 to 10/1/2010.
Wisely, S.M., and B.K. Sandercock. Environmental impacts of wind power development on population biology of Greater Prairie-Chickens. State Wildlife Grants Program, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, $145,150, 9/01/2009 to 3/30/2011.
Johnson, L.C., B.K. Sandercock, M.A. Herman and A. Joern. Ecology, evolution, and genomics in changing environments. Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN), Department of Education, $783,936, 7/01/2009 to 6/30/2012.
Wisely, S.M., and B.K. Sandercock. Conservation status of the Buff-Breasted Sandpiper: A conservation genetics approach. Migratory Bird Management Project, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 6), $75,000, 6/01/2009 to 5/31/2011.
Sandercock, B.K., and M. Alfaro-Barrios. Seasonal components of demography of a migratory shorebird. International Supplement to Konza Prairie LTER VI: Grassland dynamics and long-term trajectories of change, Division of Environmental Biology, National Science Foundation (DEB-0823341), $19,998, 6/01/2009 to 5/31/2010.
Sandercock, B.K., and A.M. Jumpponen. Research experiences for undergraduates site: Ecology, evolution, and genomics of grassland organisms. Division of Biological Infrastructure, National Science Foundation (DBI-0851835), $210,720, 6/01/2009 to 5/31/2012.
Sandercock, B.K., and S.M. Wisely. Environmental impacts of wind power development on population biology of Greater Prairie-Chickens. 20% Wind Energy by 2030 Program, U.S. Department of Energy, $299,998, 12/01/2009 to 11/30/2011.
Sandercock, B.K. Linking the ecology of migratory birds in the native grasslands of North and South America. International Supplement to Konza Prairie LTER V: Long-Term Research on Grassland Dynamics and Global Change, Division of Environmental Biology, National Science Foundation (DEB-0218210), $19,668, 6/01/2008 to 5/31/2009.
Sandercock, B.K. Kansas pre- and post-breeding shorebird study for pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1). Migratory Bird Management Contract, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 7), $20,581, 4/01/2006 to 3/31/2007.
Sandercock, B.K., and S.M. Wisely. Impacts of wind power development on the demography and population genetics of the Greater Prairie-Chicken. National Wind Coordinating Committee (Sponsors include: Department of Energy - National Renewable Energy Laboratory ($225,000), Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks ($120,000), State Chapters of The Nature Conservancy ($20,200), and four wind industry partners including BP Wind Energy, Horizon Wind Energy, Iberdrola Renewables, and FPL Energy ($400,000), $765,200, 3/01/2006 to 2/28/2009.
Sandercock, B.K., and J.K. Nooker. Doctoral dissertation improvement grant: Testosterone-mediated life history tradeoffs in a lek-mating bird: an integrated approach using path analysis and experimental implants. Division of Integrative Organismal Systems, National Science Foundation (DEB-0608477), $11,967, 6/01/2006 to 5/31/2008.
Wilson, G.W., and B.K. Sandercock. Research experiences for undergraduates site: Ecology and evolutionary biology of a temperate grassland. Division of Biological Infrastructure, National Science Foundation (DBI-0552930), $199,183, 7/01/2006 to 6/30/2008.
Sandercock, B.K., M.J. Hooper, K.A. Johnson, and R.B. Lanctot. Ecotoxicology of neotropical migrant shorebirds. Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, $74,243, 9/01/2005 to 8/31/2007.
Sandercock, B.K. Assessment of Buff-breasted Sandpiper toxicological levels during migration. Migratory Bird Management Project, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 6), $117,999, 7/25/2005 to 9/30/2007.
Sandercock, B.K., C.E. Braun, and W.P. Taylor. Restoration of Evermann’s Rock Ptarmigan on Agattu Island in the Aleutian Archipelago, Alaska. Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, $40,000, 4/28/2005 to 12/31/2006.
Sandercock, B.K., and P.S. Gipson. Vegetation response in mixed fescue and native grass pastures to winter grazing by cattle. U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior (03-3225-0072), $73,581, 4/01/2003 to 3/31/2005.
Sandercock, B.K., W.K. Dodds, K.B. Gido, and G.W. Wilson. Research experiences for undergraduates site: Conservation of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Division of Biological Infrastructure, National Science Foundation (DBI-0243890), $169,954, 5/04/2003 to 4/30/2006.
Sandercock, B.K. Improvements to the Kansas State University Ornithology Collection. Division of Biological Infrastructure, National Science Foundation (DBI-0237267), $40,000, 3/01/2003 to 2/28/2006.
Sandercock, B.K. Lek evolution in the Greater Prairie-Chicken. First Award, Kansas NSF EPSCoR (KAN29509), $49,735, 6/10/2002 to 8/09/2003.

Publications

Edited Book

Sandercock, B.K., K. Martin, and G. Segelbacher (editors). 2011. Ecology, Management and Conservation of Grouse. Studies in Avian Biology No. 39, Cooper Ornithological Society, University of California Press, Berkeley, California.

Peer-reviewed Publications

Franks, S.E., D.R. Norris, T.K. Keyser, G.J. Fernández, B. Schwarz, R. Carmona, M.A. Colwell, J.C. Sandoval, A. Dondua, H.R. Gates, B. Haase, D.J. Hodkinson, A. Jiménez, R.B. Lanctot, B. Ortego, B.K. Sandercock, F. Sanders, J.Y. Takekawa, N. Warnock, R.C. Ydenberg, and D.B. Lank. 2012. Range-wide patterns of migratory connectivity in the Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri. Journal of Avian Biology 43:155-167.
Gregory, A.J., R.S.A. Kaler, T.J. Prebyl, B.K. Sandercock, and S.M. Wisely. 2012. Influence of translocation strategy and mating system on the genetic structure of a newly established population of island ptarmigan. Conservation Genetics 13:465-474.
Leyrer, J., T. Lok, M. Brugge, A. Dekinga, B. Spaans, J.A. van Gils, B.K. Sandercock, and T. Piersma. 2012. Small-scale demographic structure suggests pre-emptive behaviour in a flocking shorebird. Behavioral Ecology, in press.
McNew, L.B., A.J. Gregory, S.M. Wisely, and B.K. Sandercock. 2012. Demography of Greater Prairie-Chickens: regional variation in vital rates, sensitivity values, and population dynamics, Journal of Wildlife Management, in press.
McNew, L.B., T.J. Prebyl, and B.K. Sandercock. 2012. Effects of rangeland management on the site occupancy dynamics of prairie-chickens in a protected prairie preserve. Journal of Wildlife Management 76:38-47.
Augustine, J.K., J.J. Millspaugh, and B.K. Sandercock. 2011. Testosterone mediates mating success in Greater Prairie-Chickens. Studies in Avian Biology 39:195-208.
Augustine, J.K., and B.K. Sandercock. 2011. Demography of female Greater Prairie-Chickens in unfragmented grasslands in Kansas. Avian Conservation and Ecology-Écologie et Conservation des Oiseaux 6(1):2.
Braun, C.E., W.P. Taylor, S.E. Ebbert, R.S.A. Kaler, and B.K. Sandercock. Protocols for successful translocation of ptarmigan. 2011. In: R. T. Watson, T. J. Cade, M. Fuller, G. Hunt, and E. Potapov (eds.). Gyrfalcons and ptarmigan in a changing world. The Peregrine Fund, Boise, Idaho, USA.
Casey, A.E., B.K. Sandercock, and S.M. Wisely. 2011. Genetic parentage and local population structure in the socially monogamous Upland Sandpiper. Condor 113:119-128.
Gregory, A.J., L.B. McNew, T.J. Prebyl, B.K. Sandercock, and S.M. Wisely. 2011. Hierarchical modeling of lek habitats of Greater Prairie-Chickens. Studies in Avian Biology 39:21-32.
Hagen, C.A., J.C. Pitman, T.M. McLoughlin, B.K. Sandercock, and R.J. Robel. 2011. Impacts of anthropogenic features on habitat use by Lesser Prairie-Chickens. Studies in Avian Biology 39:63-75.
Jeffress, M.R., C.P. Paukert, B.K. Sandercock, and P.S. Gipson. 2011. Factors affecting the detectability of river otters during sign surveys. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:144-150.
Jeffress, M.R., C.P. Paukert, J.B. Whittier, B.K. Sandercock, and P.S. Gipson. 2011. Scale-dependent factors affecting North American river otter distribution in the Midwest. American Midland Naturalist 166:177-193.
Johnson, T.L., J.F. Cully Jr., S.K. Collinge, C. Ray, C.M. Frey, and B.K. Sandercock. 2011. Spread of plague among black-tailed prairie dogs is associated with colony spatial characteristics. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:357-368.
Kaler, R.S.A., and B.K. Sandercock. 2011. Effects of translocation on the behavior of island ptarmigan. Studies in Avian Biology 39:295-306.
McNew, L.B., A.J. Gregory, S.M. Wisely, and B.K. Sandercock. 2011. Reproductive biology of a southern population of Greater Prairie-Chickens. Studies in Avian Biology 39:209-221.
McNew, L.B., A.J. Gregory, S.M. Wisely, and B.K. Sandercock. 2011. Human-mediated selection on life-history traits of Greater Prairie-Chickens. Studies in Avian Biology 39:255-266.
Sandercock, B.K., E.B. Nilsen, H. Brøseth, and H.C. Pedersen. 2011. Is hunting mortality additive or compensatory to natural mortality? Effects of experimental harvest on the survival and cause-specific mortality of Willow Ptarmigan. Journal of Animal Ecology 80:244-258.
Hagen, C.A., J.C. Pitman, B.K. Sandercock, D.H. Wolfe, R. J. Robel, R.D. Applegate, and S.J. Oyler-McCance. 2010. Regional mtDNA structure of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken. Condor 112:29-37.
Johnson, T.N., and B.K. Sandercock. 2010. Restoring tallgrass prairie and grassland bird populations in tall fescue pastures with winter grazing. Rangeland Ecology and Management 63:679-688.
Kaler, R.S.A., S.E. Ebbert, C.E. Braun, and B.K. Sandercock. 2010. Demography of a reintroduced population of Evermann's Rock Ptarmigan in the Aleutian Islands. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 122:1-14. . Winner of the Edwards Prize for Best Article.
Nol, E., S. Williams, and B.K. Sandercock. 2010. Natal philopatry and apparent survival of juvenile Semipalmated Plovers. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 122:23-28.
Strum, K.M., M.J. Hooper, K.A. Johnson, R.B. Lanctot, M.E. Zaccagnini, and B.K. Sandercock. 2010. Exposure of migratory nonbreeding shorebirds to cholinesterase-inhibiting contaminants in the Western Hemisphere. Condor 112:15-28.
Casey, A.E., K.L. Jones, B.K. Sandercock, and S.M. Wisely. 2009. Heteroduplex molecules cause sexing errors in a standard molecular protocol for avian sexing. Molecular Ecology Resources 9:61-65.
Franks, S.E., D.B. Lank, D.R. Norris, B.K. Sandercock, C.M. Taylor, and T.J. Kyser. 2009. Feather isotope analysis discriminates age-classes of Western, Least, and Semipalmated Sandpipers when plumage methods are unreliable. Journal of Field Ornithology 80:51-63.
Hagen, C.A., B.K. Sandercock, J.C. Pitman, R.J. Robel, and R.D. Applegate. 2009. Spatial variation in Lesser Prairie-Chicken demography: a sensitivity analysis of population dynamics and management alternatives. Journal of Wildlife Management 73:1325-1332.
Johnson, T.N., R.D. Applegate, D.E. Hoover, P.S. Gipson, and B.K. Sandercock. 2009. Evaluating avian community dynamics in restored riparian habitats with mark-recapture models. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121:22-40.
Kaler, R.S.A., L.A. Kenney, and B.K. Sandercock. 2009. Breeding ecology of Kittlitz’s Murrelets at Agattu Island, Aleutian Archipelago, Alaska. Waterbirds 32:363-373.
Dalgleish, H.J., A.R. Kula, D.C. Hartnett, and B.K. Sandercock. 2008. Responses of two bunchgrasses to nitrogen addition in tallgrass prairie: the role of bud bank demography. American Journal of Botany 95:672-680.
Kosciuch, K.L., J.W. Rivers, and B.K. Sandercock. 2008. Stable isotopes identify the natal origins of a generalist brood parasite. Journal of Avian Biology 39:364-367.
Kosciuch, K.L., and B.K. Sandercock. 2008. Cowbird removals unexpectedly increase productivity of a brood parasite and their songbird host. Ecological Applications 18:537-548.
Nooker, J.K., and B.K. Sandercock. 2008. Phenotypic correlates and survival consequences of male mating success in lek-mating Greater Prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus cupido). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62:1377-1388.
Sandercock, B.K., A.E. Casey, D.E. Green, H.S. Ip, and K.A. Converse. 2008. Reovirus associated with mortality of an Upland Sandpiper. Wader Study Group Bulletin 115:60-61.
Sandercock, B.K., E.L. Hewett, and K.L. Kosciuch. 2008. Effects of experimental cowbird removals on brood parasitism and nest predation of a grassland songbird. Auk 125:820-830.
Sandercock, B.K., W.E. Jensen, C.K. Williams, and R.D. Applegate. 2008. Demographic sensitivity of population change in the Northern Bobwhite: a life-stage simulation analysis. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:970-982.
Strum, K.M., M. Alfaro, B. Haase, M.J. Hooper, K.A. Johnson, R.B. Lanctot, A.J. Lesterhuis, L. López, A.C. Matz, C. Morales, B. Paulson, B.K. Sandercock, J. Torres-Dowdall, and M.E. Zaccagnini. 2008. Plasma cholinesterases for monitoring pesticide exposure in Nearctic-Neotropical migratory shorebirds. Ornithología Neotropical 19 (Suppl.):641-651.
Hagen, C.A., J.C. Pitman, B.K. Sandercock, R.J. Robel, and R.D. Applegate. 2007. Age-specific survival and probable causes of mortality in female Lesser Prairie-chickens. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:518-525.
Mong, T.W., and B.K. Sandercock. 2007. Optimizing radio retention and minimizing radio impacts in a field study of Upland Sandpipers. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:971-980.
Reed, A.W., G.A. Kaufman, and B.K. Sandercock. 2007. Demographic response of a grassland rodent to environmental variability. Journal of Mammalogy 88:982-988.
Hagen, C.A., B.K. Sandercock, J.C. Pitman, R.J. Robel, and R.D. Applegate. 2006. Radiotelemetry survival estimates of Lesser Prairie-chickens: are there transmitter biases? Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:1064-1069.
Kosciuch, K.L., T.H. Parker, and B.K. Sandercock. 2006. Nest desertion by a cowbird host: an anti-parasite behavior or a response to egg loss? Behavioral Ecology 17:917-924.
Parker, T.H., C.D. Becker, B.K. Sandercock, and A.E. Agreda. 2006. Apparent survival estimates for five species of tropical birds in an endangered forest habitat in western Ecuador. Biotropica 38: 764-769.
Sandercock, B.K. 2006. Estimation of demographic parameters from live encounter data: a summary review. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:1504-1520.
Wilgers, D.J., E.A. Horne, B.K. Sandercock, and A.W. Volkmann. 2006. Effects of rangeland management on community dynamics of the herpetofauna of the tallgrass prairie. Herpetologica 62:378-388.
Hagen, C.A. J.C. Pitman, B.K. Sandercock, R.J. Robel, and R.D. Applegate. 2005. Age-specific variation in apparent survival rates of male Lesser Prairie-chickens. Condor 107: 78-86.
Johnson, T.N., and B.K. Sandercock. 2005. Winter grazing increases native prairie grasses in fescue-dominated pastures (Kansas). Ecological Restoration 23: 115-116.
Sandercock, B.K., K. Martin, and S.J. Hannon. 2005a. Demographic consequences of age-structure in extreme environments: population models for arctic and alpine ptarmigan. Oecologia 146: 13-24.
Sandercock, B.K., K. Martin, and S.J. Hannon. 2005b. Life history strategies in extreme environments: comparative demography of arctic and alpine ptarmigan. Ecology 86: 2176-2186.
Sandercock, B.K., T. Székely, and A. Kosztolányi. 2005. The effects of age and sex on the apparent survival of Kentish Plovers breeding in southern Turkey. Condor 107: 582-595.
Rivers, J.W., and B.K. Sandercock. 2004. Predation by Gray Catbird on Brown Thrasher eggs. Southwestern Naturalist 49: 101-103.
Blomqvist, D., M. Andersson, C. Küpper, I.C. Cuthill, J. Kis, R.B. Lanctot, B.K. Sandercock, T. Székely, J. Wallander, and B. Kempenaers. 2003. Evolutionary biology: Why do birds engage in extra-pair copulation? Nature 422: 833-834 (rebuttal).
Sandercock, B.K. 2003. Estimation of survival rates for wader populations: a review of mark-recapture methods. Wader Study Group Bulletin 100: 163-174.
Blomqvist, D., M. Andersson, C. Küpper, I.C. Cuthill, J. Kis, R.B. Lanctot, B.K. Sandercock, T. Székely, J. Wallander, and B. Kempenaers. 2002. Genetic similarity between mates and extra-pair parentage in three species of shorebirds. Nature 419: 613-615. Popular articles based on this publication.
Blomqvist, D., B. Kempenaers, R.B. Lanctot, and B.K. Sandercock. 2002. Genetic parentage and mate guarding in the arctic-breeding Western Sandpiper. Auk 119: 228-233.
Sandercock, B.K., and S.R. Beissinger. 2002. Estimating rates of population change for a neotropical parrot with ratio, mark-recapture and matrix methods. Journal of Applied Statistics 29: 589-607.
Sandercock, B.K., and A. Jaramillo. 2002. Annual survival rates of wintering sparrows: assessing demographic consequences of migration. Auk 119: 149-165.
Sandercock, B.K. 2001. What is the relative importance of sexual selection and ecological processes in the evolution of sexual size dimorphism in monogamous shorebirds? Wader Study Group Bulletin. 96: 64-70.
Shefferson, R.P., B.K. Sandercock, J. Proper, and S.R. Beissinger. 2001. Estimating dormancy and survival of a rare herbaceous perennial using mark-recapture models. Ecology 82: 145-156.
Lanctot, R.B., B.K. Sandercock, and B. Kempenaers. 2000. The effects of mate and site fidelity on the courtship behaviour of Western Sandpipers. Waterbirds 23: 155-164.
Sandercock, B.K., S.R. Beissinger, S.H. Stoleson, R.R. Melland, and C.R. Hughes. 2000. Survival rates of a neotropical parrot: implications for latitudinal comparisons of avian demography. Ecology 81: 1351-1370.
Sandercock, B.K., D.B. Lank, R.B. Lanctot, B. Kempenaers, and F. Cooke. 2000. Ecological correlates of mate fidelity in two arctic-breeding sandpipers. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78: 1948-1958.
Sandercock, B.K., D.B. Lank, and F. Cooke. 1999. Seasonal declines in the fecundity of two arctic-breeding sandpipers: different tactics in two species with an invariant clutch size. Journal of Avian Biology 30: 460-468.
Sandercock, B.K. 1998a. Assortative mating and sexual size dimorphism in Western and Semipalmated Sandpipers. Auk 115: 786-791.
Sandercock, B.K. 1998b. Chronology of nesting events in Western and Semipalmated Sandpipers near the Arctic Circle. Journal of Field Ornithology 69: 235-243.
Sandercock, B.K. 1997a. Incubation capacity and clutch size determination in two calidrine sandpipers: a test of the four-egg threshold. Oecologia 110: 50-59.
Sandercock, B.K. 1997b. The breeding biology of Red-necked Phalaropes Phalaropus lobatus at Nome, Alaska. Wader Study Group Bulletin 83: 50-54.
Sandercock, B.K., and C.L. Gratto-Trevor. 1997. Local survival in Semipalmated Sandpipers Calidris pusilla breeding at La Perouse Bay, Canada. Ibis 139: 305-312.
Warnock, N., G.W. Page, and B.K. Sandercock. 1997. Local survival of Dunlin (Calidris alpina) wintering in California. Condor 99: 906-915.
Butler, R.W., F.S. Delgado, H. de la Cueva, V. Pulido, and B.K. Sandercock. 1996. Migration routes of the Western Sandpiper. Wilson Bulletin 108: 662-672.
Sandercock, B.K. 1996. Removal of eggshells at hatch by Western and Semipalmated Sandpipers. Condor 98: 431-433.
Sandercock, B.K. 1994. The effect of manipulated brood size on parental defence in a precocial bird, the Willow Ptarmigan. Journal of Avian Biology 25: 281-286.
Sandercock, B.K., and H.C. Pedersen. 1994. The effect of renesting ability and nesting attempt on egg size variation in Willow Ptarmigan. Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 2252-2255.
Sandercock, B.K. 1993. Free-living Willow Ptarmigan are determinate egg-layers. Condor 95: 554-558.

Other Publications

Leyrer, J., M. Brugge, B. Spaans, T. Lok, B.K. Sandercock, and T. Piersma. 2011. Habitat heterogeneity and persistent demographic structuring in Red Knots wintering at Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. Wader Study Group Bulletin 117:205 (abstract).

Fill, J.F., P.E. Klug, and B.K. Sandercock. 2009. The influence of habitat variation on snake body temperature and behavior on Konza Prairie. Integrative and Comparative Biology 49:E55 (abstract).

McNew, L.B., A.J. Gregory, S.M. Wisely, and B.K. Sandercock. 2009. Estimating the stage of incubation for nests of Greater Prairie-chickens using egg flotation: a float curve for grousers. Grouse News 38:12-14.

Sandercock, B.K. 2006. Review of: Amstrup, S.C., McDonald, T.L. and Manly, B.F.J. 2005. Handbook of capture-recapture analysis, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. Biometrics 62: 1276-1277 (book review).

Sandercock, B.K. 2001-02. Review of: Johnsgard, P.A. 2001. Prairie birds: fragile splendor in the Great Plains, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Wild Earth 3&4: 102-103 (book review).

Sandercock, B.K. 2000. Age-specific variation in the reproductive performance of Western Sandpipers. Wader Study Group Bulletin 93:38-39 (abstract).

Lanctot, R.B., B.K. Sandercock, and B. Kempenaers. 1997. Breeding displays in an arctic wader: who does them and how display intensity relates to mate acquisition and nesting success. Advances in Ethology 32: 212 (abstract).

Teaching Experience

Biol 201 Organismic Biology (5-credits, zoology section of Fall semester).
Biol 543 Ornithology (3-credits, Spring semester).
Biol 823 Demographic Methods (3-credits, Fall semesters of even years).
Current course materials are posted on K-State Online, an intranet site at Kansas State University.