Jill A. Dechant Shaffer

Winter, M., D. H. Johnson, J. A. Shaffer, T. M. Donovan, and W. D. Svedarsky.  2006.  Patch size and landscape effects on density and nesting success of grassland birds.  Journal of Wildlife Management 70:158-172.

Winter, M., D. H. Johnson, and J. A. Shaffer.  2005.  Variability in vegetation effects on density and nesting success of grassland birds.  Journal of Wildlife Management 69:185-197.

Winter, M., J. A. Shaffer, D. H. Johnson, T. M. Donovan, W. D. Svedarsky, P. W. Jones, and B. R. Euliss.  2005.  Habitat and nesting of Le Conte’s Sparrows in the northern tallgrass prairie.  Journal of Field Ornithology 76:61-71.

Winter, M., D. H. Johnson, J. A. Shaffer, and W. D. Svedarsky.  2004.  Nesting biology of three grassland passerines in the northern tallgrass prairie.  Wilson Bulletin 116:211-223.

Shaffer, J. A., C. M. Goldade, M. F. Dinkins, D. H. Johnson, L. D. Igl, and B. R. Euliss.  2003.  Brown-headed Cowbirds in grasslands: their habitats, hosts, and response to management.  Prairie Naturalist 35:145-186.

Winter, M. S. E. Hawks, J. A. Shaffer, and D. H. Johnson.  2003.  Guidelines for finding nests of passerine birds in tallgrass prairie.  Prairie Naturalist 35:197-211

Shaffer, J. A., L. D. Igl, and F. VanHove.  2003.  Historical and recent records and first nest records of Henslow"s Sparrow in North Dakota.  Prairie Naturalist 35:81-94.

Dechant, J. A.  2001.  Range expansion of the Pileated Woodpecker in North Dakota.  Prairie Naturalist 33:163-182.

Dechant, J. A., M. L. Sondreal, D. H. Johnson, L. D. Igl, C. M. Goldade, A. L. Zimmerman, and B. R. Euliss.  1999 (revised 2003).  Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Bobolink.  Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND.  24 pages.

Shaffer, J. A.  2006.  Natural and anthropogenic influences on grassland birds.  Annual Meeting of the South Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Oacoma, SD. (Invited presentation)

Johnson, D. H., and J. A. Shaffer.  2006.  Wind energy and grassland breeding birds: how compatible.  Wind Power and Wildlife in Colorado Symposium and Workshop.  Fort Collins, CO. (Invited presentation)

Shaffer, J. A., and D. H. Johnson.  2004.  Challenges of assessing the avoidance impacts of wind generators on grassland breeding birds.  Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Calgary, Alberta.  (Invited presentation)

Shaffer, J. A., and D. H. Johnson.  2006.  Wind energy and grassland breeding birds: how compatible.  Annual Meeting of the North Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Williston, ND.  (Presentation received an honorable mention in the Natural Resource Communicator Award competition).

Winter, M., D. H. Johnson, J. A. Shaffer, W. D. Svedarsky, and T. M. Donovan.  2004.  How consistent are the effects of patch size and landscape composition on density and nest success of grassland birds?  Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Calgary, Alberta.

Johnson, D. H., J. Austin, and J. A. Shaffer.  2003.  A fresh look at the taxonomy of Midcontinental Sandhill Cranes.  Ninth North American Crane Workshop. Sacramento, CA.

Johnson, D. H., J. A. Shaffer, and L. D. Igl.  2003.  Birds at the interface: how wetland birds depend on grasslands.  Annual meeting of The Society of Conservation Biology, Duluth, MN.

Johnson, D. H., J. A. Dechant, L. D. Igl, M. B. Whitt, M. Hartman, and S. Anderson.  1999.  Wetland bird communities in North Dakota and South Dakota.  Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Austin, TX.

Johnson, D. H., J. A. Dechant (presenter), L. D. Igl, M. B. Whitt, M. Hartman, and S. Anderson.  1999.  Wetland bird communities in the Dakotas.  Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Ithaca, NY.