RICHARD A. STANTON, JR.

University of Missouri
School of Natural Resources
308 Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Building
Columbia, MO 65201
Phone: (334) 333-2398
E-mail: richardastantonjr@gmail.com

EDUCATION
2017 PhD, University of Florida, Interdisciplinary Ecology
Dissertation: Effects of Shrub Encroachment in Grass-Dominated Biomes
on Vertebrate Communities

2013 MS, University of Missouri, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences

Thesis: Habitat Selection of Brown-headed Nuthatches at Multiple Spatial
Scales

2009 BT, SUNY Cobleskill, Wildlife Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019-Date University of Missouri, Postdoctoral Researcher
Developing a landscape health index for Missouri’s priority geographies
for conservation assessment and planning.

2019-Date Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, Postdoctoral Fellow

Developing methods for linking climate and use-change projections to
landscape health assessment.

2018-2019 Auburn University, Postdoctoral researcher

Developed decision analyses and integrated population models to inform
continental-scale habitat management for American black ducks.

2013-2017 University of Florida, Graduate Research Assistant

Determined vertebrate community and species responses to shrub
encroachment and land-use intensification in grass-dominated biomes.

2013 Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, Graduate Fellow

Conducted distance sampling and time removal bird surveys to assess pine
woodland restoration effects on birds and prepared scientific manuscripts.

2010-2013 University of Missouri, Graduate Research Assistant

Quantified occupancy and space use in brown-headed nuthatches across
woodland gradients created by prescribed fire and tree thinning.
2010 National Audubon Society, Project Puffin, Island Supervisor
Maintained multiple concurrent seabird studies and a bird banding
station. Trained and supervised staff, managed predators.

2009-2010 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Volunteer Field Assistant

Monitored Hawaiian geese and managed predators.

2009 The Trustees of Reservations , Invasive Plant Manager

Mixed and applied herbicides on invasive woody plants to meet
conservation objectives.

2009 North Carolina State University, Field Technician

Swainson’s Warbler Research Project
Located and monitored nests. Captured and radio-tracked birds.

2007-2009 Massachusetts Audubon Society, Shorebird Monitor

Coastal Waterbird Program
Monitored shorebird nests on beaches. Re-sighted color-banded terns.

2007 Antioch University New England, Field Technician

Coastal Skunk Ecology Research Project
Trapped, handled, and radio tracked coastal skunks. Observed behavior
and habitat use.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
2020 Stanton Jr., R. A., R. J. Fletcher Jr., M. D. Sibiya, A. Monadjem, and R. A.
McCleery. In press. The effects of shrub encroachment on bird occupancy vary
with land use in an African savanna. Animal Conservation.

2018 Stanton Jr., R. A., W. W. Boone IV, J. Soto-Shoender, R. J. Fletcher Jr., N.

Blaum, and R. A. McCleery. 2018. Shrub encroachment and vertebrate diversity:
a global meta-analysis. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27:368-379.
http://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12675

Stanton Jr., R. A., A. D. Burke, K. M. Carrlson, D. C. Kesler, J. Faaborg, and F.

R. Thompson III 2018. Retention of Radio Transmitters Tail-mounted on Six
Bird Species. Wildlife Society Bulletin 42:67-71. http://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.846

2017 Stanton Jr., R. A., J. T. Shapiro, J. A. Laskowski, and R. A. McCleery. 2017.

Dynamic figures should be a central feature of scientific articles. Frontiers in
Ecology and the Environment 15:427-428. http://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1532

2015 Stanton Jr., R. A., F. R. Thompson III, and D. C. Kesler. 2015. Site occupancy
of brown-headed nuthatches varies with habitat restoration and range-limit
context. Journal of Wildlife Management 79:917-926.
http://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.903
2014 Stanton Jr., R. A., D. C. Kesler, and F. R. Thompson, III. 2014. Resource
configuration and abundance affect space use of a cooperatively breeding
resident bird. The Auk 131:407-420. https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-13-186.1

MANUSCRIPTS IN REVISION OR REVIEW

2020 Hartfelder, J., R. J. Fletcher, Jr., C. Reynolds, R. A. Stanton, Jr., M. Sibiya, A.
Monadjem, and R. A. McCleery. In revision. The allometry of movement and the
connectivity of communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
of the United States of America.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2019 Linking Ecology and Management
Auburn University, co-instructed with Conor McGowan

2017 Landscape Ecology and Conservation

University of Florida, Assistant to Robert Fletcher

2014 Wildlife Colloquium

University of Florida, Assistant to William Giuliano

2007 Ornithology
State University of New York at Cobleskill, Assistant to Michael Losito

AWARDS AND GRANTS

Competitive awards and grants
2015 Working Group Grant, UF Tropical Conservation and Development ($1000)
2014 Pre-dissertation Research Award, UF Center for African Studies ($1000)
2012 Carl Morrow Scholarship, Conservation Federation of Missouri ($1000)
2011 Research Scholarship, Audubon Society of Missouri ($2000)
2011 Menke Scholarship, Webster Groves Nature Study Society ($2000)

Travel grants
2018 American Ornithological Society
2016 University of Florida Center for African Studies
2014 University of Florida Graduate Student Council
2013 American Ornithologist’s Union
2013 University of Missouri Graduate Professional Council
2012 University of Missouri Graduate Student Association
2012 North American Ornithological Conference
2012-2013 University of Missouri Organization Resource Group

CONTRIBUTED TALKS
National and international conferences
2018-2019 American Ornithological Society
2018-2019 The Wildlife Society
2018 Wilson Ornithological Society
2016 Ecological Society of America
2013-2014 American Ornithologists’ Union and Cooper Ornithological Society
2012 North American Ornithological Conference

Local and regional meetings

2015-2016 UF Natural Resource Management in Africa Working Group
2015 All-Out Africa Fireside Chat, Mbuluzi Game Reserve, Swaziland
2015 UF Students in African Studies Association
2009 Gulf of Maine Seabird Working Group

CONTRIBUTED POSTERS
2019 Auburn University Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
2017 Wilson Ornithological Society
2015-2017 UF Natural Resource Management in Africa Working Group
2014-2016 USGS Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
2013 Missouri Natural Resources Conference

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
2014 Saint Petersburg Audubon Society, Teacher Ecology Camp, St. Petersburg, Florida
2012 Missouri Bluebird Society, Annual Conference, Jefferson City, Missouri
2012 River Bluffs Audubon Society, Jefferson City, Missouri
2012 Webster Groves Nature Study Society, Kirkwood, Missouri
2010 Prout’s Neck Audubon Society, Annual Meeting, Scarborough, Maine
2008 West Tisbury Public Library, West Tisbury, Massachusetts
2008 New York State Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Annual Meeting, Owego, New York
2008 New York State Bluebird Society, Annual Meeting, Kingston, New York
2008 Schoharie County Conservation Association, meeting, Cobleskill, New York
2008 New York State Bluebird Society, regional meeting, Delmar, New York

SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Ad hoc Journal Reviewer: The Condor: Ornithological Applications; Journal of Field
Ornithology; The Journal of Wildlife Management;
Landscape Ecology; Ostrich: Journal of African
Ornithology; PLoS ONE; Urban Ecosystems
2018 Grant Reviewer: Graduate Women in Science Fellowship
2018 Structured Decision-Making Workshop, National Conservation Training
Center
2013-2017 Organizer, UF Natural Resource Management in Africa Working Group
2011-2013 Treasurer, Wildlife and Fisheries Graduate Student Organization
2011 Organized Schwartz Seminar Series, University of Missouri
2011 Interdisciplinarity workshop, Lou Gross, NimBios, University of Missouri
2011 Scientific Ethics Seminar, Gene Likens, University of Missouri
2010 Occupancy Modeling, Darryl MacKenzie, Jim Hines, University of Missouri
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2014-2016 Observer, Breeding Bird Survey
2014 Science Fair Judge, Mebane Middle School
2011 Bird Bander, Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project
2010 Bird Counter, Three Mountain Alliance
2008 Counting and Capture, New York Winter Raptor Monitoring Program
2008 Capture and Telemetry, New York Ruffed Grouse Project
2008-2009 Counting and Capture, Franklin Mountain Hawkwatch
2007-2008 Birder, Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary “Bird-a-thon”

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2008 The Wildlife Society
2008 American Ornithological Society
2016 Ecological Society of America
2015 Wilson Ornithological Society
2016 Animal Behavior Society