DJ McNeil
Assistant Professor of Wildlife Management
Scholars@UK
Assessing Factors Associated With Detection Probability of the Japanese Burrowing Cricket (Velarifictorus micado) on Point Count Surveys
Cecconi, S. V., Notarianni, N. & McNeil, D. J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Applied Entomology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Landscape-level canopy heterogeneity improves avian conservation value in Appalachian forests: Implications for dynamic forest restoration
Fiss, C. J., Cohen, J. B., Hodges, T. J., Shaffer, D. R., McNeil, D. J. & Larkin, J. L., Dec 1 2025, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 597, 123124.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Does a decision support tool designed to depict West Nile virus risk explain variation in ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus use of managed forests?
Goldman, J., McNeil, D. J., Chronister, L. M., Koleck, R., Lapp, S., Larkin, J. T., Tyl, R., Kitzes, J. & Larkin, J. L., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Wildlife Biology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Leveraging Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) to elucidate forest structural conditions that influence eastern whip-poor-will abundance
Larkin, J. T., Itter, M., Fiss, C. J., Chronister, L. M., Kitzes, J., Larkin, J. L., Larkin, H. P., McNeil, D. J., D'Amato, A. W., Akresh, M. E. & King, D. I., Nov 1 2025, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 595, 122988.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Factors driving minimal focal species response to the implementation of habitat guidelines on private lands
Shaffer, D. R., McNeil, D. J., Gray, L. F., Duchamp, J. E. & Larkin, J. L., 2025, In: Avian Conservation and Ecology. 20, 1, 9.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Habitat associations of six-lined racerunners in longleaf pine managed with a short fire rotation for northern bobwhites
Samek, I. W., Price, S. J., Terhune, T. M. & McNeil, D. J., Dec 2024, In: Ecosphere. 15, 12, e70126.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The role of landscape factors in shaping bumble bee pathogen loads across regions of the eastern Nearctic
Gratton, E. M., McNeil, D. J., Sawyer, R., Martinello, A., Grozinger, C. M. & Hines, H. M., Nov 2024, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 17, 6, p. 1098-1112 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mapping recent timber harvest activity in a temperate forest using single date airborne LiDAR surveys and machine learning: lessons for conservation planning
Fisher, G. B., Elmore, A. J., Fitzpatrick, M. C., McNeil, D. J., Atkins, J. W. & Larkin, J. L., 2024, In: GIScience and Remote Sensing. 61, 1, 2379198.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Food availability aligns with contrasting demographics in populations of an at-risk songbird
Keele, E. C., Fiss, C. J., McNeil, D. J., Anderson, M., Thomas, N., Shaffer, D. & Larkin, J. L., Jul 2024, In: Ecology and Evolution. 14, 7, e11557.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A large-scale assessment of eastern whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) occupancy across a gradient of forest management intensity using autonomous recording units
Larkin, J. T., McNeil, D. J., Chronister, L., Akresh, M. E., Cohen, E. B., D'Amato, A. W., Fiss, C. J., Kitzes, J., Larkin, J. L., Parker, H. A. & King, D. I., Aug 2024, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 366, 121786.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Distance models reveal biases associated with passive trapping methods for measuring wild bee abundance
Mathis, C. L., McNeil, D. J., Kammerer, M., Larkin, J. L. & Skvarla, M. J., 2024, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 12, 1380622.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Heterogeneity in breeding productivity is driven largely by factors affecting nestlings and young fledglings in an imperiled migratory passerine
McNeil, D. J., Rodewald, A. D., Ruiz-Gutierrez, V., Fiss, C. J. & Larkin, J. L., May 2024, In: Ecology and Evolution. 14, 5, e11327.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Over the river and through the woods: Multi-scale habitat associations of two at-risk bird species in riparian forests of the Central Appalachians
Larkin, J. T., Fiss, C. J., Parker, H. A., Tyree, M. C., Duchamp, J., Larkin, J. L. & McNeil, D. J., Jul 15 2024, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 564, 121997.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Illuminating patterns of firefly abundance using citizen science data and machine learning models
McNeil, D. J., Goslee, S. C., Kammerer, M., Lower, S. E., Tooker, J. F. & Grozinger, C. M., Jun 15 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 929, 172329.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Benefits of Golden-winged Warbler and Cerulean Warbler habitat restoration for non-target forest birds: An empirical examination of the focal species concept
Rhinehart, T. A., McNeil, D. J., Fiss, C. J., Larkin, J. L., Rodewald, A. D., Cohen, J. & Kitzes, J., Apr 2024, In: Biological Conservation. 292, 110436.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Breeding season space use and habitat selection by Blue-winged Warblers in managed shrublands
Fuoco, K. B., McNeil, D. J., Fiss, C. J., Bocetti, C. I., Fisher, G. B. & Larkin, J. L., Mar 2024, In: Avian Conservation and Ecology. 19, 1, 6.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Factors driving bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) and butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) use of sheared shrubland and young forest communities of the western Great Lakes
Keele, E. C., McNeil, D. J., Duchamp, J. E. & Larkin, J. L., Dec 1 2023, In: Environmental Entomology. 52, 6, p. 1095-1107 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Local habitat type influences bumble bee pathogen loads and bee species distributions
Gratton, E. M., McNeil, D. J., Grozinger, C. M. & Hines, H. M., Jun 1 2023, In: Environmental Entomology. 52, 3, p. 491-501 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Assessing American woodcock use of habitat managed through programs targeting a declining songbird
McNeil, D. J., Johnson, K. E. & Larkin, J. L., Sep 2023, In: Journal of Wildlife Management. 87, 7, e22457.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Assessing the benefits of managed golden-winged warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) nesting habitat for breeding monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in the western Great Lakes
Keele, E. C., McNeil, D. J., Duchamp, J. E., Bastidas, E. & Larkin, J. L., Dec 2023, In: Journal of Insect Conservation. 27, 6, p. 879-894 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
NFWF Chesapeake WILD: Avian Aquatic Invertebrates, and Pollinator Monitoring (Open)
McNeil, D. (PI)
11/13/25 → 3/31/27
Project: Research project
NFWF Chesapeake WILD: Avian Aquatic Invertebrates, and Pollinator Monitoring
McNeil, D. (PI)
3/15/25 → 3/31/27
Project: Research project
Long-Term Bobwhite Monitoring Solutions: Using Drones, VHF, and GPS Technology
McNeil, D. (PI)
The Moore Charitable Foundation
7/22/25 → 7/21/30
Project: Research project
University of Kentucky - Whip-Poor-Will Research Project
McNeil, D. (PI)
KY Department of Fish and Wildlife
7/1/25 → 6/30/26
Project: Research project
Novel Methods for Assessing Abundance and Population Dynamics of Three Forest Birds in Managed Young Forests using Autonomous Recording Units
McNeil, D. (PI)
7/1/24 → 6/30/28
Project: Research project
NFWF Chesapeake WILD: Avian Aquatic Invertebrates, and Pollinator Monitoring
McNeil, D. (PI)
3/15/25 → 10/14/25
Project: Research project
Habitat Use of Kentucky's Eastern Whip-poor-Wills
McNeil, D. (PI)
KY Department of Fish and Wildlife
11/15/24 → 6/30/25
Project: Research project
Assessing Pollinator Outcomes Associated with Delivery of the Northern bobwhite, Grasslands, and Savannas Framework for Conservation Action
McNeil, D. (PI)
Natural Resources Conservation Service
9/25/23 → 12/31/26
Project: Research project
Habitat Use and Movement Ecology of Three At-risk Forest Birds
McNeil, D. (PI)
4/1/23 → 6/30/26
Project: Research project
Improving Estimation Of Golden-Winged Warbler Adult Apparent Survival To Parameterize An Integrated Population Model
McNeil, D. (PI)
1/1/23 → 9/30/23
Project: Research project
