Research Publications
scientific publications
The publication of research in peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and edited books is one of the ways scientists share their findings with other scientists. Since 2009, I have devoted most of my writing time in translating science for the public in the form of talks, books, and workshops.
peer-reviewed
Duncan, R.S., C. Elliot, B. Fluker, and B. R. Kuhajda. 2010. Habitat use of the watercress darter (Etheostoma nuchale): An endangered fish in an urban landscape. American Midland Naturalist. 164(1):9−21.
Brook L. Fluker, Bernard R. Kuhajda, R. Scot Duncan, Elizabeth L. Salter, and Martin Schulman. 2009. Impacts of a Small Dam Removal on the Endangered Watercress Darter (Etheostoma nuchale) in Roebuck Spring, Birmingham, Alabama. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
Marks, B.K. and R.S. Duncan. 2009. Use of edge habitats by free-ranging cats and dogs in an urban nature preserve. Southeastern Naturalist. 8(3): 427-436
Duncan, R.S., C.B. Anderson, H.N. Sellers, E.E. Robbins. 2008. The effect of fire reintroduction on endemic and rare plants of a southeastern glade ecosystem. Restoration Ecology. 16(1): 39-49.
Duncan, R.S. 2006. Tree recruitment from on-site versus off-site propagule sources during tropical forest succession. New Forests. 31(2):131-150.
Hostetler, M., R.S. Duncan, and J. Paul. 2005. Post-construction effects of an urban development on migrating, resident, and wintering birds. Southeastern Naturalist. 4 (3): 421-434.
Saloom, M.E., and R.S. Duncan. 2005. Dissolved oxygen levels reduce anti-predation behaviours of the freshwater clam Corbicula fluminea. Freshwater Biology 50:1233-1238.
Duncan, R.S., and J.E. Linhoss. 2005. Regeneration of Virginia pine (Pinus viginiana) following southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis) outbreak in the Sipsey Wilderness, Alabama. Forest Ecology and Management. 212: 65-74.
Levey, D.J., R.S. Duncan, and C.J. Levins. 2004. Use of dung as a tool by burrowing owls. Nature 421:39, 2 September 2004.
Duncan, R.S. and C. Chapman. 2003. Tree-shrub interactions during early secondary forest succession in Uganda. Restoration Ecology 11:198-207.
Duncan, R.S. and C. Chapman. 2003. Consequences of plantation harvest during tropical forest restoration in Uganda. Forest Ecology and Management 173: 235-250.
Duncan, R.S. Wenny, D.G., M.D. Spritzer and C.J. Whelan. 2002. Does human scent bias seed predation studies? Ecology 83:2630-2636.
Duncan, R.S. and C.A. Chapman. 2002. Limitations of animal seed dispersal for enhancing forest succession on degraded lands. in D.J. Levey, M. Galetti and W.R. Silva (eds). Seed Dispersal and Frugivory: Ecology, Evolution and Conservation. CAB International, Wallingford, U.K.
Duncan, R.S. and V.E. Duncan. 2000. Forest succession and distance from forest edge in an Afro- tropical grassland. Biotropica 32:33-41.
Duncan, R.S. and C.A. Chapman. 1999. Seed dispersal and potential forest succession in abandoned agriculture in tropical Africa. Ecological Applications 9:998-1008.
Duncan, R.S. and W.A. Szelistowski. 1998. Influence of puffer predation on vertical distribution of mangrove littorinids in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Oecologia 117:433-442.
book chapters
Duncan, R.S. and C.A. Chapman. 2002. Limitations of animal seed dispersal for enhancing forest succession on degraded lands. in D.J. Levey, M. Galetti and W.R. Silva (eds). Seed Dispersal and Frugivory: Ecology, Evolution and Conservation. CAB International, Wallingford, U.K.
White Papers
Duncan, R.S. 2017. Ecoregional Basis for Biodiversity Richness and Endemism. Chapter in Report on the State of Knowledge of the Natural, Cultural, and Economic Conservation Resources of the Lower Alabama River Area. National Park Service and Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.
Duncan, R.S., R. Angus, B. Dobbins, and R. Haddock. 2012. A scientific review of the “Final Environmental Impact Statement Reevaluation,” Project HPP-1602 (530)(529)(502)(531)(532) Birmingham Northern Beltline. Prepared for the Cahaba River Society. 50 pp.
Duncan, R.S., and B.R. Kuhajda. 2012. Status Survey of the Endangered Watercress Darter, Etheostoma nuchale. Project report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (contract # 40181AM387). 42pp.
Duncan, R.S., B.R. Kuhajda, B. Fluker, L. Davenport, W. Howell, K.R. Marion, and R.A. Stiles. 2008. Science-based Recommendations for the Near- and Long-term Survival of the Watercress Darter (Etheostoma nuchale) in Roebuck Springs, Birmingham Alabama. 10 pp.
Borland, D.W., R.S. Duncan, and J. Lanning. 2006. Notes from Limited Site Reviews of the Proposed Red Mountain Park Project Parcel, Jefferson County, Alabama. 10 pp.
Duncan, R.S., H. Hughes, and G.J. Harber. 2004. A Call for a Biodiversity Conservation Plan for Oak Mountain State Park, Alabama. Produced in conjunction with Friends of Oak Mountain. 19 pp.
Duncan, R.S. 2003. The management needs of the major forest communities of Oak Mountain State Park, Pelham, AL. 12 pp.
dissertation/theses
Duncan, R.S. 2001. Tropical forest succession: integrating theory and application in forest restoration. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Duncan, R.S. 1997. Seed dispersal in a degraded agricultural tropical landscape: the first steps toward reforestation. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Duncan, R.S. 1993. Predation on supratidal mangrove littorinids by puffer fishes (Tetraodontidae) in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Senior Thesis, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.