Dr. Melanie Boudreau

Dr. Melanie  Boudreau

Title

  • Assistant Research Professor

Contact Information

mrb851@msstate.edu
Office: 662-325-2297
Thompson Hall, Rm 211

Overview

Education

  • Trent University, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Environmental Science
  • Mount Allison University, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Biology
  • University of New Brunswick, Bachelor's of Science (B.Sc.), Biology

Websites

Publications

Year Publications
2024

Lochansky, C., Kliewer, M., Boudreau, M. R., Turner, R., Webb, M., Brook, R. K. 2024. Temperature Drives Summer Group Size Dynamics of Eastern Migratory Caribou in the Hudson Bay Lowlands of Manitoba. Canadian Journal of Zoology

2024

Dentinger, J., Dolan, L., Schultz, E., Helferich, J., Demarais, S., DeYoung, R., McKinley, W., Strickland, B. K., Boudreau, M. 2024. Testing secondary sex ratio bias hypotheses in white-tailed deer in Mississippi,USA. Ecology and Evolution 14(10):70296.

2024

Schultz, E., Ellison, N., Boudreau, M., Street, G. M., Jones, L., Evans, K., Iglay, R. B. 2024. On the move: Influence of animal movements on count error during drone surveys. Ecology and Evolution 14(1):e70287.

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2024

Lancaster, J. D., Davis, J. B., Boudreau, M. R., Kaminski, R. M., Street, G. M., Mini, A. E., Nelms, K. 2024. Mallard winter use of conservation program wetlands in Mississippi. . Wildlife Society Bulletin 48(3):e1545.

2024

Saylor, E. M., Kouba, A. J., Boudreau, M. R., Songassen, N., Vance, C. 2024. Efficacy of Salmon GnRH, Ovaprim®, and hCG for Hormonal Stimulation of Spermiation in Amphibians. Conservation Physiology 12(1):coae056.

2024

Miller, H. A., Gobin, J., Boudreau, M. R., Horne, L., Scholl, L., Seguin, J., Sonnega, S., Krebs, C., Boonstra, R., Kenney, A., Jung, T. S., Boutin, S., Murray, D. L. 2024. Cyclic dynamics drive summer movement ecology of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12.

2024

Evans, T. S., Hileman, E., Boudreau, M., Strickland, B. K., Iglay, R. B. 2024. Can hair snares provide a reliable method for estimating abundance of an exotic ungulate? . Biological Invasions

2024

Kramer, C., Boudreau, M. R., Powers, R., VerCauteren, K., Brooks, R. 2024. Potential landscape connectivity for invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) across the northern prairies of North America. Biological Invasions 26:2525-2538.

2024

Ellison, N., Potts, J., Boudreau, M. R., Börger, L., Strickland, B. K., Street, G. M. 2024. Social interactions and habitat structure in understanding the dynamic space use of invasive wild pigs. Wildlife Biology 5:e01247.

2024

Evans, T. S., Ellison, N., Boudreau, M., Strickland, B. K., Street, G. M., Iglay, R. B. 2024. What drives wild pig (Sus scrofa) movement in bottomland and upland forests? . Movement Ecology 12:32.

2024

Wishart, A., Boudreau, M. R., Menzies, A. 2024. Graduate student experiences and perspectives from conducting thesis research within a long-term ecological project. . Facets 9:1-12.

2024

Vaughn, A. J., Street, G. M., Boudreau, M. R., Allen, P. J. 2024. The relationship among acceleration, metabolism, and tail beat frequency of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) during critical swimming speed tests. Aquaculture 580(1):740280.

2024

Murphy, N. K., Boudreau, M. R., Dorr, B. S., Slankard, K., Rush, S. A. 2024. Identifying priority mitigation areas for human-Osprey conflict. Journal of Wildlife Management

2023

Boudreau, M. R., Gantchoff, M. G., Conlee, L., Anderson, C., Bowerstock, N. R., Belant, J. L., Iglay, R. B. 2023. A harvest framework for a recovering American black bear population. Journal of Wildlife Management 88(1):e22508.

2023

Jones, L. R., Black, H. L., Boudreau, M. R., Bracken, R. D., Johnston, N. P. 2023. Eggshell colouration is an indicator of dietary calcium in Common Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus). Ibis 166(1):302-307.

2023

Seguin, J., Boudreau, M. R., Lavergne, S., Lamoureax, R., Boonstra, R., Krebs, C. J. 2023. Experimental manipulation of perceived predation risk alters survival and cause of death in juvenile snowshoe hares. Canadian Journal of Zoology 102(1):71-81.

2023

Jones, L. R., Hunts, C. A., Dolan, L. A., Murphy, N. K., Ripa, G. N., Schultz, E. A., Shastry, V. S., Sklarczyk, C. A., Thornton, B. S., Boudreau, M. R. 2023. Effects of seed size and toucan regurgitation on the germination of the tropical tree Eugenia uniflora. Journal of Tropical Ecology 39:e5.

2022

Davis, J. B., Boudreau, M. R., Kaminski, R. M., Monroe, K. C. 2022. Resource Use Overlap by Sympatric Wintering American Black Ducks and Mallards in Tennessee. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

2022

Parsons, I. L., Boudreau, M., Karisch, B. B., Stone, A. E., Norman, D., Webb, S. L., Evans, K., Street, G. M. 2022. Aiming for the optimum: examining complex relationships between sampling regime, sampling density and landscape complexity to accurately model resource availability. Landscape Ecology 37:2743-2756.

2022

Gantchoff, M. G., Conlee, L., Boudreau, M., Iglay, R. B., Anderson, C., Belant, J. L. 2022. Spatially-explicit population modeling to predict large carnivore recovery and expansion. Ecological Modelling 470(110033).

2022

Hammerschlag, N., McDonnell, L., Rider, M., Street, G. M., Hazen, E. L., Natason, L. J., McCandless, C. T., Boudreau, M. R., Gallagher, A. J., Pinsky, M. L., Kurtman, B. 2022. Ocean warming alters the distributional range, migratory timing, and spatial protections of an apex predator, the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Global Change Biology 28(6):1990-2005.

2022

Kramer, C., Boudreau, M. R., Miller, R., Powers, R., VerCauteren, K. C., Brooks, R. K. 2022. Use and selection of crops and native cover by invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) during the diel period and across the agricultural growing season. Canadian Journal of Zoology 100(8):494-506.

2022

Davis, J. B., Boudreau, M. R., Peterson, T. G., Kaminski, R. M. 2022. Wintering waterfowl use of bottomland forested wetlands in the Delta National Forest, Mississippi. Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 9:96-104.

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2022

Boudreau, M., Gantchoff, M. G., Ramirez-Reyes, C., Conlee, L., Belant, J. L., Iglay, R. B. 2022. Using habitat suitability and landscape connectivity in the spatial prioritization of public outreach and management during carnivore recolonization. Journal of Applied Ecology 59(3):757-767.

Extension Publications

Year Publications

Graduate Students

  • Lillian Thigpen
  • Jacob Wessels

Society Memberships

  • Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
  • The Wildlife Society