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, conservation biology, behavioral ecology, population biology, and wildlife research techniques. He also participates in the interdepartmental program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

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.