publications
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2023
Traci P DuBose , Gina K Himes Boor, Margaret Fields, Elizabeth Kalies, Anna Costillo, Matthew Moskwik, Jeff F Marcus, Jeff Walters. Remotely sensed habitat quality index reliably predicts an umbrella species presence but not demographic performance: A case study with open pine forests and red-cockaded woodpecker. Ecological Indicators LINK
Traci P DuBose, Chloe E Moore, Sam Silknetter, Abigail L Benson, Tess Alexander*, Grace O’Malley, Meryl C Mims. Mismatch between conservation status and climate change sensitivity leaves some anurans in the United States unprotected. Biological Conservation LINK
2022
Jonathan W Lopez, Traci P DuBose, Alex Franzen, Carla L Atkinson, Caryn C Vaughn. Long-term monitoring shows that drought sensitivity and riparian land use change coincide with freshwater mussel declines. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. LINK
Traci P DuBose, Michael A Patten, Alex S Holt*, Caryn C Vaughn. Latitudinal variation in freshwater mussel potential maximum length in Eastern North America. Freshwater Biology. LINK
2021
Caryn C Vaughn, Thomas B Parr, Traci P DuBose, Kiza K Gates, Garrett W Hopper, Keith B. Gido. Do mobile consumers homogenize the distribution of resources in stream food webs? A test with overlapping fish and mussel aggregations. Freshwater Biology. LINK
2020
Charles R Randklev, Steve Wolverton, Nathan A Johnson, Chase H Smith, Traci P DuBose, Clinton R Robertson, Julian Conley. The utility of zooarchaeological data to guide listing efforts for an imperiled mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Pleurobema riddellii). Conservation Science and Practice. LINK
Traci P DuBose, Kathryn Ashford*, Caryn C Vaughn. Freshwater mussels increase survival of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in drying pools. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. LINK
2019
Garrett W Hopper, Traci P DuBose, Keith B Gido, Caryn C Vaughn. Freshwater mussels alter fish distributions at fine spatial scales through habitat modifications. Freshwater Science. LINK
Traci P DuBose, Carla L Atkinson, Caryn C Vaughn, Stephen W Golladay. Drought-induced, punctuated loss of freshwater mussels alters ecosystem services at several timescales. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. LINK
2018
Charles R Randklev, Eric T Tsakris, Matthew S Johnson, Traci Popejoy, Michael A Hart, Jennifer Khan, Dakus Geeslin, Clinton R Robertson. The effect of dewatering on freshwater mussel (Unionidae) community structure and the implications for conservation and water policy: A case study from a spring-fed stream in the southwestern United States. Global Ecology and Conservation. LINK
Garrett W Hopper, Keith B Gido, Caryn C Vaughn, Thomas B Parr, Traci Popejoy, Carla L Atkinson, Kiza K Gates. Biomass distribution of fishes and mussels mediates spatial and temporal heterogeneity in nutrient cycling in streams. Oecologia. LINK
Traci Popejoy, Charles R. Randklev, Tom M. Neeson, Caryn C. Vaughn. Prioritizing sites for conservation based on similarity to historical baselines and feasibility of protection. Conservation Biology. LINK
Traci Popejoy, Charles R. Randklev, Steve Wolverton, Lisa Nagaoka. Conservation implications of late Holocene freshwater mussel remains of the Leon River in central Texas. Hydrobiologia. LINK
2017
Traci Popejoy, Steve Wolverton, Lisa Nagaoka, Charles R. Randklev. An interpretive framework for assessing freshwater mussel taxonomic abundance in zooarchaeological faunas. Quaternary International. LINK
2023
Traci P DuBose , Gina K Himes Boor, Margaret Fields, Elizabeth Kalies, Anna Costillo, Matthew Moskwik, Jeff F Marcus, Jeff Walters. Remotely sensed habitat quality index reliably predicts an umbrella species presence but not demographic performance: A case study with open pine forests and red-cockaded woodpecker. Ecological Indicators LINK
Traci P DuBose, Chloe E Moore, Sam Silknetter, Abigail L Benson, Tess Alexander*, Grace O’Malley, Meryl C Mims. Mismatch between conservation status and climate change sensitivity leaves some anurans in the United States unprotected. Biological Conservation LINK
2022
Jonathan W Lopez, Traci P DuBose, Alex Franzen, Carla L Atkinson, Caryn C Vaughn. Long-term monitoring shows that drought sensitivity and riparian land use change coincide with freshwater mussel declines. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. LINK
Traci P DuBose, Michael A Patten, Alex S Holt*, Caryn C Vaughn. Latitudinal variation in freshwater mussel potential maximum length in Eastern North America. Freshwater Biology. LINK
2021
Caryn C Vaughn, Thomas B Parr, Traci P DuBose, Kiza K Gates, Garrett W Hopper, Keith B. Gido. Do mobile consumers homogenize the distribution of resources in stream food webs? A test with overlapping fish and mussel aggregations. Freshwater Biology. LINK
2020
Charles R Randklev, Steve Wolverton, Nathan A Johnson, Chase H Smith, Traci P DuBose, Clinton R Robertson, Julian Conley. The utility of zooarchaeological data to guide listing efforts for an imperiled mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Pleurobema riddellii). Conservation Science and Practice. LINK
Traci P DuBose, Kathryn Ashford*, Caryn C Vaughn. Freshwater mussels increase survival of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in drying pools. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. LINK
2019
Garrett W Hopper, Traci P DuBose, Keith B Gido, Caryn C Vaughn. Freshwater mussels alter fish distributions at fine spatial scales through habitat modifications. Freshwater Science. LINK
Traci P DuBose, Carla L Atkinson, Caryn C Vaughn, Stephen W Golladay. Drought-induced, punctuated loss of freshwater mussels alters ecosystem services at several timescales. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. LINK
2018
Charles R Randklev, Eric T Tsakris, Matthew S Johnson, Traci Popejoy, Michael A Hart, Jennifer Khan, Dakus Geeslin, Clinton R Robertson. The effect of dewatering on freshwater mussel (Unionidae) community structure and the implications for conservation and water policy: A case study from a spring-fed stream in the southwestern United States. Global Ecology and Conservation. LINK
Garrett W Hopper, Keith B Gido, Caryn C Vaughn, Thomas B Parr, Traci Popejoy, Carla L Atkinson, Kiza K Gates. Biomass distribution of fishes and mussels mediates spatial and temporal heterogeneity in nutrient cycling in streams. Oecologia. LINK
Traci Popejoy, Charles R. Randklev, Tom M. Neeson, Caryn C. Vaughn. Prioritizing sites for conservation based on similarity to historical baselines and feasibility of protection. Conservation Biology. LINK
Traci Popejoy, Charles R. Randklev, Steve Wolverton, Lisa Nagaoka. Conservation implications of late Holocene freshwater mussel remains of the Leon River in central Texas. Hydrobiologia. LINK
2017
Traci Popejoy, Steve Wolverton, Lisa Nagaoka, Charles R. Randklev. An interpretive framework for assessing freshwater mussel taxonomic abundance in zooarchaeological faunas. Quaternary International. LINK