James R. Miller

515-294-6764, Fax 515-294-7874
jrmiller@iastate.edu

B.S. 1991
Ph.D. 1999, Colorado State

Research

Dr. Miller is a landscape ecologist and conservation biologist whose research interests encompass the effects of human settlement on native species and their habitats, the ecology of riparian and wetland systems, the response of native species to habitat restoration, and ecologically-based land use planning.

Publications

Miller, J.R. Habitat and landscape design: concepts, constraints, and opportunities. Pages 75-89 in D.M. Lindenmayer and R.J. Hobbs, eds. Managing and Designing Landscapes for Conservation: Moving from Perspectives to Principles. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK. In Press.

Lindemayer, D., R. Hobbs, J. Miller, and others. A checklist for ecological management of landscapes for conservation. Ecology Letters. In Press.

Miller, J.R. Conserving biodiversity in metropolitan landscapes: a matter of scale (but which scale?). Landscape Review. (invited paper) In Press.

Snyder, S.A., J.R. Miller, A.M. Skibbe, and R.G. Haight. Habitat acquisition strategies for grassland birds in an urbanizing landscape. Environmental Management. In Press.

Vogel, J.A., D.M. Debinski, R.R. Koford, and J.R. Miller. 2007. Grassland butterfly responses to prairie restoration through fire and grazing. Biological Conservation 140:78-90.

Miller, J.R., and R.J. Hobbs. 2007. Habitat restoration – do we know what we’re doing? Restoration Ecology 15:382-390.

Brudvig, L., C.M. McMullen, J. R. Miller, and T.A. Walker. 2007. Looking beyond diversity to evaluate management efforts in central North American prairies. Conservation Biology 21:864-874.

Miller, J. R. 2006. A reply to Mehtälä and Vuorisalo: changing values or wishful thinking? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21:116-117.

Miller, J. R. 2005. Restoration, reconciliation, and reconnecting with nature. Biological Conservation 127:356-361.

Miller, J. R. 2005. Biodiversity conservation and the extinction of experience. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20:430-434.

Turner, M. G., S. E. Gergel, M. D. Dixon, and J. R. Miller. 2004. Distribution and abundance of trees in floodplain forests of the Wisconsin River: environmental influences at different scales. Journal of Vegetation Science 15:729-738.

Miller, J. R., M. D. Dixon, and M. G. Turner. 2004. Response of avian communities in large-river floodplains to environmental variation at multiple scales. Ecological Applications 14:1394-1410.

Miller, J. R., M. G. Turner, E. H. Stanley, E. A. H. Smithwick, and L. C. Dent. 2004. Spatial extrapolation: the science of predicting ecological patterns and processes. Bioscience 54:310-320.

Bestelmeyer, B. T., J. R. Miller, and J. A. Wiens. 2003. Applying species diversity theory to land management. Ecological Applications 13:1750-1761.

Miller, J. R., J. A. Wiens, N. T. Hobbs, and D. M. Theobald. 2003. The effect of human settlement on bird communities in lowland riparian areas near Colorado’s Front Range. Ecological Applications 13:1041-1059.

Gergel, S. E., M. G. Turner, J. R. Miller, J. M. Melack, and E. H. Stanley. 2002. Landscape indicators of human impacts on riverine systems. Aquatic Science 64:118-128.

Miller, J. R., and R. J. Hobbs. 2002. Conservation where people live and work. Conservation Biology 16:330-337.

Miller, J. R., J. M. Fraterrigo, N. T. Hobbs, D. M. Theobald, and J. A. Wiens. 2001. Urbanization, avian communities, and landscape ecology. Pages 117-137 in J. M. Marzluff, R. Bowman, R. McGowan, and R. Donnelly, editors. Avian Ecology and Conservation in an Urbanizing World. Kluwer, New York.

Miller, J. R., and P. Cale. 2000. Behavioral mechanisms and habitat use by birds in a fragmented agricultural landscape. Ecological Applications 10:1732-1748.

Miller, J. R., and N. T. Hobbs. 2000. Effects of recreational trails on nest predation rates and predator assemblages. Landscape and Urban Planning 50:227-236.

Miller, J. R., J. A. Wiens, and N. T. Hobbs. 2000. How does urbanization affect bird communities in riparian habitats? An approach and preliminary assessment. Pages 427-440 in J. Craig, N. Mitchell, and D. Saunders, editors. Nature Conservation in Production Environments: Managing the Matrix. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, New South Wales.

Miller, J. R. 1998. Wildlife, people, and conservation: perspectives from Western Australia. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26:1002-1003.

Duerksen, C. J., D. L. Elliott, N. T. Hobbs, E. Johnson, and J. R. Miller. 1997. Habitat Protection Planning: Where the Wild Things Are. American Planning Association Planning Advisory Service Report 470/471, Chicago. 82 pp.

Theobald, D. M., J. R. Miller, and N. T. Hobbs. 1997. Estimating the cumulative effects of development on wildlife habitat. Landscape and Urban Planning 39:25-36.

Miller, J. R., L. A. Joyce, R. L. Knight, and R. M. King. 1996. Landscape patterns and road density in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Landscape Ecology 11:115-127.

Elliot, D., C. Duerksen, N. T. Hobbs, and J. R. Miller. 1996. Managing Landscapes for Wildlife and People: A Habitat Protection Handbook. Clarion Associates, Denver, Colorado.

Miller, J. R., T. T. Schulz, N. T. Hobbs, K. R. Wilson, D. L. Schrupp, and W. L. Baker. 1995. Flood regimes and landscape structure: changes in a riparian zone following shifts in stream dynamics. Biological Conservation 72:371-379.