David Miller

Professor of Wildlife Population Ecology

David Miller

Research Summary

Population ecology, quantitative ecology, avian and amphibian ecology, conservation decision analysis, life-history evolution.

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Most Recent Publications

Integrated movement models for individual tracking and species distribution data

Frances E. Buderman, Ephraim M. Hanks, Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez, Michael Shull, Robert K. Murphy, David A.W. Miller, 2025, Methods in Ecology and Evolution on p. 345-361

When the wild things are: Defining mammalian diel activity and plasticity

K. Devarjan, David Miller, (215 other co-authors), 2025, Science Advances on p. eado3843

Food availability has direct and delayed effects on structural growth and body reserves in garter snakes

Carli R. Dinsmore, Anne Bronikowski, Amanda M. Sparkman, Courtney Davis, David Muñoz, Julian Avery, Stevan J. Arnold, David A.W. Miller, 2025, Ecology

Pan‐amphibia distribution of the fungal parasite Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis varies with species and temperature

Daniel Grear, David Miller, (35 other co-authors), 2025, Ecological Monographs on p. e70001

Updated range map of an endangered salamander and congeneric competitor reveals different niche preferences

Jo A. Werba, David A.W. Miller, Adrianne B. Brand, Evan H.Campbell Grant, 2024, Ecology and Evolution

Evaluating trade-offs in spatial versus temporal replication when estimating avian community composition and predicting species distributions

Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, David A.W. Miller, David T. Iles, Samuel Haché, Charles M. Francis, David D. Hope, Judith D. Toms, Kiel L. Drake, 2024, Avian Conservation and Ecology

Range-wide salamander densities reveal a key component of terrestrial vertebrate biomass in eastern North American forests

Evan Grant, (28 other co-authors), David Miller, 2024, Biology Letters on p. 20240033

Quantifying regional-scale impacts of hemlock woolly adelgid invasion on North American forest bird communities

Bruna R. Amaral, Andrew M. Wilson, Julie Blum, David A. Miller, 2023, Biological Invasions on p. 4009-4025

Broad-Scale Assessment of Methylmercury in Adult Amphibians

Brian J. Tornabene, Blake R. Hossack, Brian J. Halstead, Collin A. Eagles-Smith, Michael J. Adams, Adam R. Backlin, Adrianne B. Brand, Colleen S. Emery, Robert N. Fisher, Jill Fleming, Brad M. Glorioso, Daniel A. Grear, Evan H.Campbell Grant, Patrick M. Kleeman, David A.W. Miller, Erin Muths, Christopher A. Pearl, Jennifer C. Rowe, Caitlin T. Rumrill, J. Hardin Waddle, Megan E. Winzeler, Kelly L. Smalling, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology on p. 17511-17521

Demographic consequences of phenological asynchrony for North American songbirds

Casey Youngflesh, Graham A. Montgomery, James F. Saracco, David A.W. Miller, Robert P. Guralnick, Allen H. Hurlbert, Rodney B. Siegel, Raphael LaFrance, Morgan W. Tingley, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Most-Cited Papers

Quantitative evidence for the effects of multiple drivers on continental-scale amphibian declines

Evan H.Campbell Grant, David A.W. Miller, Benedikt R. Schmidt, Michael J. Adams, Staci M. Amburgey, Thierry Chambert, Sam S. Cruickshank, Robert N. Fisher, David M. Green, Blake R. Hossack, Pieter T.J. Johnson, Maxwell B. Joseph, Tracy A.G. Rittenhouse, Maureen E. Ryan, J. Hardin Waddle, Susan C. Walls, Larissa L. Bailey, Gary M. Fellers, Thomas A. Gorman, Andrew M. Ray, David S. Pilliod, Steven J. Price, Daniel Saenz, Walt Sadinski, Erin Muths, 2016, Scientific Reports

The recent past and promising future for data integration methods to estimate species’ distributions

David A.W. Miller, Krishna Pacifici, Jamie S. Sanderlin, Brian J. Reich, 2019, Methods in Ecology and Evolution on p. 22-37

Integrating multiple data sources in species distribution modeling: A framework for data fusion

Krishna Pacifici, Brian J. Reich, David A.W. Miller, Beth Gardner, Glenn Stauffer, Susheela Singh, Alexa McKerrow, Jaime A. Collazo, 2017, Ecology on p. 840-850

Using camera trapping and hierarchical occupancy modelling to evaluate the spatial ecology of an African mammal community

Lindsey N. Rich, David A.W. Miller, Hugh S. Robinson, J. Weldon McNutt, Marcella J. Kelly, 2016, Journal of Applied Ecology on p. 1225-1235

Large-scale recovery of an endangered amphibian despite ongoing exposure to multiple stressors

Roland A. Knapp, Gary M. Fellers, Patrick M. Kleeman, David A.W. Miller, Vance T. Vredenburg, Erica Bree Rosenblum, Cheryl J. Briggs, 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 11889-11894

Modeling false positive detections in species occurrence data under different study designs

Thierry Chambert, David A.W. Miller, James D. Nichols, 2015, Ecology on p. 332-339

Assessing global patterns in mammalian carnivore occupancy and richness by integrating local camera trap surveys

Lindsey N. Rich, Courtney L. Davis, Zach J. Farris, David A.W. Miller, Jody M. Tucker, Sandra Hamel, Mohammad S. Farhadinia, Robin Steenweg, Mario S. Di Bitetti, Kanchan Thapa, Mamadou D. Kane, S. Sunarto, Nathaniel P. Robinson, Agustín Paviolo, Paula Cruz, Quinton Martins, Navid Gholikhani, Ateih Taktehrani, Jesse Whittington, Febri A. Widodo, Nigel G. Yoccoz, Claudia Wultsch, Bart J. Harmsen, Marcella J. Kelly, 2017, Global Ecology and Biogeography on p. 918-929

Quantifying climate sensitivity and climate-driven change in North American amphibian communities

David A.W. Miller, Evan Grant, Erin Muths, Staci Amburgey, Michael Adams, Maxwell Joseph, J Waddle, Pieter Johnson, Maureen Ryan, Benedikt Schmidt, others, Daniel L. Calhoun, Courtney L. Davis, Robert N. Fisher, David M. Green, Blake R. Hossack, Tracy A.G. Rittenhouse, Susan C. Walls, Larissa L. Bailey, Sam S. Cruickshank, Gary M. Fellers, Thomas A. Gorman, Carola A. Haas, Ward Hughson, David S. Pilliod, Steven J. Price, Andrew M. Ray, Walt Sadinski, Daniel Saenz, William J. Barichivich, Adrianne Brand, Cheryl S. Brehme, Rosi Dagit, Katy S. Delaney, Brad M. Glorioso, Lee B. Kats, Patrick M. Kleeman, Christopher A. Pearl, Carlton J. Rochester, Seth P.D. Riley, Mark Roth, Brent H. Sigafus, 2018, Nature Communications on p. 3926

Ecological correlates of the spatial co-occurrence of sympatric mammalian carnivores worldwide

Courtney L. Davis, Lindsey N Rich, Zach J. Farris, Marcella J. Kelly, Mario S. Di Bitetti, Yamil Di Blanco, Sebastian Albanesi, Mohammad S Farhadinia, Navid Gholikhani, Sandra Hamel, Bart J. Harmsen, Claudia Wultsch, Mamadou D. Kane, Quinton Martins, Asia J. Murphy, Robin Steenweg, Sunarto Sunarto, Atieh Taktehrani, Kanchan Thapa, Jody M. Tucker, Jesse Whittington, Febri A. Widodo, Nigel G. Yoccoz, David A.W. Miller, 2018, Ecology Letters on p. 1401-1412

A Synthesis of evidence of drivers of amphibian declines

Evan H. Campbell Grant, David A.W. Miller, Erin Muths, 2020, Herpetologica on p. 101-107