Bruce Pugesek's Publications

Books and Book Chapters

Catello, W.J., J.T. Blankenmeyer, R.P. Gambrell, J.H. Pardue, B.H. Pugesek, and K.R. Reddy. 1999. Biogeochemical processes and ecotoxicology in wetlands. pp. 27-67, In: Ecolotoxicology and Risk Assessment for Wetlands, Setac Press, Pensacola, Florida.

Pugesek, B.H., A. Tomer, and A. von Eye. 2003. Structural Equation Modeling: Applications in Ecological and Evolutionary Biology Research. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 409 pp.

Pugesek, B.H. 2003. Concepts of structural equation modeling in biological research. In: Structural Equation Modeling: Applications in Ecological and Evolutionary Biology Research. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 409 pp.

Pugesek, B.H. 2003. Modeling a complex conceptual theory of population change in the Shiras Moose: History and recasting as a structural equation model. In: Structural Equation Modeling: Applications in Ecological and Evolutionary Biology Research. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 409 pp.

Pugesek, B.H. 2003. Modeling means in latent variable models of natural selection. In: Structural Equation Modeling: Applications in Ecological and Evolutionary Biology Research. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 409 pp.

A. Tomer and Pugesek, B.H. 2003. Guidelines for implementation and publication of SEM studies. In: Structural Equation Modeling: Applications in Ecological and Evolutionary Biology Research. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 409 pp.

Book Reviews

Pugesek, B.H. 1991. Book review. Seabirds of the Farallon Islands: Ecology, Dynamics, and Structure of an upwelling-system community. D.G. Ainley and R.J. Boekelheide (eds.). Quarterly Review of Biology 66:515-516.

Pugesek, B.H. 2001. Book review: Cause and correlation in biology: A user’s guide to path analysis, structural equations and causal inference. Quarterly Review of Biology. 76: 478-479.

Pugesek, B.H. 2002. Book review: Cause and correlation in biology: A user’s guide to path analysis, structural equations and causal inference. Ecoscience 9: 132.

Peer-reviewed Scientific Publications

Pugesek, B.H. 1981. Increased reproductive effort with age in the California Gull (Larus californicus). Science 212:822-823.

Meikle, D., M. Gromkco, S. Vessey, and B. Pugesek. 1981. Altruism in an Antarctic fish. Science 213:1281.

Pugesek, B.H. 1983. The relationship between parental age and reproductive effort in the California Gull (Larus californicus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 13:161-171.

Pugesek, B.H, and K.L. Diem. 1983. A multivariate study of the relationship of parental age to reproductive success in California Gulls. Ecology 64:829-839.

Pugesek, B.H. 1984. Age-specific reproductive tactics in the California gull. Oikos 43(3):409-410.

Pugesek, B.H., and K.L. Diem. 1986. Ages of mated pairs of California gulls. Wilson Bulletin 38(4):610-612.

Pugesek, B.H. 1987. Age-specific survivorship in relation to clutch size fledging success in California Gulls. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 21:217-221.

Pugesek, B.H., and K.L. Diem. 1990. The relationship between reproduction and survival in known-aged California Gulls. Ecology 71:811-817.

Pugesek, B.H. 1990. Parental effort in the California Gull: tests of parent-offspring conflict theory. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 27:211-215.

Pugesek, B.H., and P.K. Wood. 1992. Alternate reproductive strategies in the California Gull. Evolutionary Ecology 6:279-295.

Pugesek, B.H. 1993. Chick growth in the California Gull: Relationships with hatching asynchrony and parental age. Colonial Waterbirds 16: 183- 189.

Diem K.L. and B.H. Pugesek. 1994. American White Pelicans at the Molly Islands, in Yellowstone National Park: Twenty-two Years of Boom and Bust Breeding, 1966-1987. Colonial Waterbirds 17: 130-145.

Pugesek, B.H. 1995. Chick growth in the California Gull: Reproductive effort and parental experience hypotheses. Animal Behaviour 49: 641- 647.

Pugesek, B.H., C. Nations, K.L Diem, and R. Pradel. 1995. Mark-resighting Analysis of a California Gull Population. Journal of Applied Statistics 22:625-639.

Pugesek, B.H. and A. Tomer. 1995. Determination of Selection Gradients Using Mulitple Regression Versus Structural Equation Models (SEM). Biometrical Journal 37:449-462.

Pugesek, B.H. and A. Tomer. 1996. The Bumpus house sparrow data: A reanalysis using structural equation models. Evolutionary Ecology 10: 387-404.

Rodriguez, E. and B.H. Pugesek. 1996. A method of sex determination for the California gull. Journal of Field Ornithology 67: 519-524.

Grace, J.B., and B.H. Pugesek. 1997. A structural equation model of plant species richness and its application to a coastal wetland. American Naturalist 149: 436-460.

Pugesek, B.H. and J.B. Grace. 1998. On the utility of path modelling for ecological and evolutionary studies. Functional Ecology 12, 853-856.

Grace, J.B. and B.H. Pugesek. 1998. On the use of path analysis and related procedures for the investigation of ecological problems. American Naturalist 152:151-159.

Pugesek, B.H., K.L. Diem, and C. Cordes. 1999. Seasonal movements, migration, and range sizes of subadult and adult Bamforth Lake California gulls. Waterbirds 22: 29-36.

Malaeb, Z.A., J.K. Summers, and B.H. Pugesek. 2000. Using structural equation modeling to investigate relationships among ecological variables. Journal of Environmental Statistics 7: 93-111.

Pugesek, B.H., Baldwin, M.J. and T. Stehn. 2008. The relationship of blue crab abundance to Whooping Crane winter mortality. In Press: Proceedings of the 10th North American Crane Workshop.

Pugesek, B.H., and K.L. Diem. 2008. The timing and location of mortality of fledgling, sub-adult, and adult Callifornia Gulls. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 120(1): 159-166.

Technical Reports

Pugesek, B.H. 1991. The use of generalized growth curve analysis in wildlife research. USFWS Research Information Bulletin.

Pugesek, B.H. 1984-1996. The Status of colonial nesting birds at Bamforth Lake, Wyoming. Yearly reports to Wyoming Game and Fish Department (total 13).

Pugesek, B.H. and M.J. Baldwin. 1998. Preliminary Report on Blue Crab Census at Aransas NWR: First Year Results. Submitted to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.

Pugesek, B.H. and M.J. Baldwin. 1999. Second Preliminary Report on Blue Crab Census at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Submitted to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.

Burnham, K.P., B. Pugesek, G.A. Sargeant, F.J. Singer, H.B. Underwood. B. Shanks (compiler). 2000. USGS Review of Wild Horse Population Model, USGS-BRD, Washington D.C. 2 pp.

Pugesek, B.H. and M.J. Baldwin. 2000. Third Year Report on Blue Crab Census at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Submitted to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.

Pugesek, B.H. and M.J. Baldwin. 2002. Final report and recommendations for restricted sampling effort of blue crabs at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas. Submitted to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.

Pugesek, B.H. and M.J. Baldwin. 2003. Supplemental report No. 1: Analysis of additional blue crab data collected at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Submitted to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.

Pugesek, B.H., S. Mellmann-Brown, and D. Roberts. 2005. Annual research report submitted to Grand Teton National Park.