USDA Forest Service
PO Box 267
Irvine, PA 16329
My current research focuses on evaluating the impacts of land
management on the distribution, abundance, and demography of
vertebrate populations, and assessing habitat requirements of
wildlife communities and species of special concern (such as the
Cerulean Warbler) on the Allegheny Plateau. Before joining NE-4152,
I held a post-doctoral position with the Albuquerque lab of the Rocky Mountain Research
Station, where I studied threatened and endangered birds of
Southwestern riparian woodlands. Prior to joining the Forest
Service, I studied avian demography and conservation in a variety of
studies in the western United States, Central and South America.
- Research Wildlife Biologist, RWU NE-4152, Irvine, PA,
- Research Wildlife Biologist, RWU RM-4351, Albuquerque, NM,
- Graduate Research Assistant, Yale University, New Haven, CT,
Civic and Professional Affiliations:
Stoleson, S.H., R. Felger, C. Raish, G. Ceballos,
and A. Búrquez. 2005. Human history of natural
resource use and population growth in northern Mexico. Pp.
52-86 in Cartron, J.-L., G. Ceballos, and R. S. Felger,
eds. Biodiversity, ecosystems, and conservation in
northern Mexico. Oxford University Press, New
S.H. 2004. Cerulean Warbler habitat use in an
oak-northern hardwoods transition zone: implications for
management. P. 535 in Yaussy, D. A.; Hix, D. M.;
Long, R. P.; Goebel, P. C., eds. Proceedings. 14th Central
Hardwood Forest Conference, 2004 March 16-19; Wooster, OH. Gen.
Tech. Rep. NE-316. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of
Agriculture. Forest Service. Northeastern Research Station. 539 p.
S.H., K. J. Kirschbaum, J. Frank, and C.J. Atwood.
2004. Integrating GPS, GIS, and avian call-response surveys
using Pocket PCs. Wildlife Society Bulletin
Stoleson, S.H. and D.M. Finch. 2003.
Microhabitat use by breeding Southwestern Willow Flycatchers on
the Gila River, New Mexico. Studies in Avian Biology
Shook, R.S., S.H. Stoleson, and P.F. Boucher.
2003. A field evaluation of the Southwestern Willow
Flycatcher Survey protocol. Studies in Avian Biology
Boucher, P.F., S.H. Stoleson, R.S. Shook, J.
Monzingo, and R.D. Pope. 2003. Riparian restoration on
the Gila River, New Mexico, creates breeding habitat for
Southwestern Willow Flycatchers. Studies in Avian Biology
H.C, Weinrich, M., Stoleson, S.H., Gibbs, J.P., Baker,
C.S., and R. DeSalle. 2002. The effect
of differential reproductive success on population genetic
structure: Correlations of life history with matrilines in
humpback whales of the Gulf of Maine. Journal of Heredity
S.H., and D.M. Finch. 2002. Breeding bird use of and
nesting success in exotic Russian olive in New Mexico.
Wilson Bulletin 113:452-455.
S.H. and S.R. Beissinger. 2001. Does risk
of nest failure or adult predation influence hatching patterns in
a neotropical parrot? Condor 103:85-97.
T.F, C.A. Toft, E. Enkerlin-Hoeflich, J. Gonzalez-Elizondo, M.
Albornoz, A. Rodríguez-Ferraro, F. Rojas-Suárez, V. Sanz, A.
Trujillo, S.R. Beissinger, V. Berovides A., X. Gálvez A., A.T.
Brice, K. Joyner, J. Eberhard, J. Gilardi, S.E. Koenig, S.H.
Stoleson, P. Martuscelli, and J.M. Meyers, K. Renton, A.M.
Rodríguez, A.C. Sosa-Asanza, F.J. Vilella, and J.W. Wiley.
Nest poaching in Neotropical parrots. Conservation
Cartron, J.-L., S.H. Stoleson, P.L.L. Stoleson, and
D. Shaw. 2000. Riparian Areas. Pp. 281-327 in
Ecological and socioeconomic aspects of livestock management in
the Southwest (R. Jemison and C. Raish, eds.). Elsevier
Finch, D.M. and S.H. Stoleson (eds.).
2000. Status, ecology, and
conservation of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-60. USDA Forest
Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, UT.
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.
S.H. and S.R. Beissinger. 1999. Egg viability as a
constraint on hatching asynchrony in a Neotropical parrot.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 68:951-962
S.H. and D.M. Finch. 1999. Unusual nest sites for
Southwestern Willow Flycatchers. Wilson Bulletin,
S.H., and S.R. Beissinger. 1997. Extreme hatching
asynchrony, brood reduction, and food limitation in a Neotropical
parrot: An experimental test. Ecological Monographs