Rolf Koford

515-294-3057, Fax 515-294-5468
rkoford@iastate.edu
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rkoford

B.S., University of California — Davis, 1970
Ph.D., University of California — Berkeley, 1979

Research

Dr. Koford specializes in birds that nest in grasslands, including songbirds and dabbling ducks. He has a diverse background in ecology, animal behavior, population biology, statistics, and wildlife research techniques. He also participates in the interdepartmental program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Example publications:

Publications

Fletcher, R.J., Jr., and R.R. Koford. 2003. Spatial responses of Bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) near different types of edges in northern Iowa. Auk 120:799-810.

Phillips, M. L., W. R. Clark, M. A. Sovada, D. J. Horn, and R. R. Koford, and R. J. Greenwood. 2003. Predator selection of prairie landscape features and its relation to duck nest success. J. Wildl. Manage. 67:104-114.

Fletcher, R. J., Jr., and R. R. Koford. 2003. Changes in breeding bird populations with habitat restoration in northern Iowa. Amer. Midl. Nat. 150:83-94.

Herkert, J. R., D. L. Reinking, D. A. Wiedenfeld, M. Winter, J. L. Zimmerman, W. E. Jensen, E. J. Finck, R. R. Koford, D. H. Wolfe, S. K. Sherrod, M. A. Jenkins, J. Faaborg, and S. K. Robinson. 2003. Effects of grassland fragmentation on the nesting success of breeding birds in the mid-continental United States. Conservation Biology 17:587-594.

Fletcher, R. J., Jr., and R. R. Koford. 2002. Habitat associations of breeding birds in native and restored grasslands. J. Wildl. Manage. 66:1011-1022.

Cordts, S.D., G. G. Zenner, and R. R. Koford. 2002. Comparison of helicopter and ground counts for waterfowl in Iowa. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30:317-326.

Koford, R. R. and H. Stallman. 2002. Habitat conservation for birds in the Mississippi Headwaters/Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem. Great Plains Research 12:123-139.

Horn, D. J., R. J. Fletcher, and R. R. Koford. 2000. Detecting area sensitivity: a comment on previous studies. American Midland Naturalist 144:72-86.

Koford, R. R. 1999. Density and fledging success of grassland birds in Conservation Reserve Program fields in North Dakota and west-central Minnesota. Studies in Avian Biology 19:187-195.

Koford, R. R, and L. B. Best. 1996. Management of agricultural landscapes for the conservation of Neotropical migratory birds. Pp. 68-88 in F. Thompson, ed., Management of Midwestern landscapes for the conservation of Neotropical migratory birds. U.S. Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-187, North Central Forest Experiment Station, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Melde, P. B., and R. R. Koford. 1996. Henslow's sparrow nesting observations, habitat associations, and history in Iowa. Iowa Bird Life 66:117-122.