Research and Publications

CURRENT FUNDED RESEARCH

• Examining the structure and productivity of avian and vegetative grassland communities in Michigan CREP lands - funded by Michigan DNR (co-PI's Dr. Henry Campa, III and Adria S. Van Loan)
• Locating important habitat types along west Michigan shorelines and dunes: a novel approach to predictive management for threatened and endangered species – funded by Michigan DNR (co-PI Katherine J. Kahl)

PUBLICATIONS
(* significant teaching / education component)

Williams, Bronwyn W., Dwayne R. Etter, Scott R. Winterstein, Daniel W. Linden, Kelly F. Millenbah and Kim T. Scribner. 2008. Non-invasive hair sampling and genetic tagging of co-distributed fishers and American martens. Journal of Wildlife Management. In Press.

Wildman, Kristin M., Henry Campa, III, and Kelly F. Millenbah. 2005. Massasauga research in southwest Michigan. Rattlesnake Tales 17:2-3.

Felix, Alexandra B., Henry Campa, III, Kelly F. Millenbah, Scott R. Winterstein, and William. E. Moritz. 2004. Development of landscape-scale habitat-potential models for forest wildlife planning and management. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32(3):795-806.

* Millspaugh, Joshua J., and Kelly F. Millenbah. 2004. Value and structure of research experience for undergraduate wildlife students. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32:1185-1194.

Lamp, Nicole E., Kelly F. Millenbah, Betsy S. Haley. 2003. Vegetation cover and common tern hatching success on human-made and natural nesting sites in the St. Mary’s River and Saginaw Bay, Michigan. Michigan Birds and Natural History 10 (2):42-55.

Kurunthachalam Senthilkumar., William W. Bowerman, Kelly F. Millenbah, Dave A. Best, Takumi Takasuga, and Shigeki Masunaga. 2003. Polychlorinated-dibenzo-p-dixons / furnans and -dioxin-like biphenyls in eggs of common terns from Lime Island, St. Mary’s River, Michigan, USA. Toxicology and Environmental Chemistry 85:221-232.

Van Loan, Adria S., and Kelly F. Millenbah. 2003. Book review - Wildlife Restoration: Techniques for habitat Analysis and Animal Monitoring. Ecological Restoration 21(3):230-231.

*Millenbah, Kelly F., and Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2003. Using experiential learning in wildlife courses to improve retention, problem solving, and decision making. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31:127-137.

Felix, Alexandra B., Henry Campa, III, Kelly F. Millenbah, Sarah. L. Panken, Scott R. Winterstein, and William. E. Moritz. 2002. Applications of using landscape scale models to quantify white-tailed deer habitat potential in Michigan, U.S.A. European Journal of Wildlife Research - Proceedings from the XXV Congress of the International Union of Game Biologists and the IX International Symposium Perdix 48 (supplement):107-114.

Kumar, Kurunthachalam S., William W. Bowerman, Kelly F. Millenbah, David A. Best, and Shigeki Masunaga. 2002. Dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs in eggs of common terns from St. Mary’s River of Michigan, USA. Organohalogen Compounds 58:465-468.

Cook, Besty S., and Kelly F. Millenbah. 2002. Impacts of vegetative manipulations on Common Tern nest success at Lime Island, Michigan. Journal of Field Ornithology 73(2):174-179.

Deloria-Sheffield, Christie M., Kelly F. Millenbah, Carol I. Bocetti, Paul W. Sykes, Jr. and Cameron R. Kepler. 2001. Kirtland’s warbler diet as determined through fecal analysis. The Wilson Bulletin 113(4):384-387.

*Winterstein, Scott R., Henry Camps, III, Kelly F. Millenbah and Thomas G. Coon. 2001. Infusing quantification into the undergraduate curriculum: The Michigan State University model. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29(4):1031-1037.

Hefty, Ruth C., and Kelly F. Millenbah. 2000. Wildlife and habitat response to prairie creation at Rose Lake Wildlife Research Area, Clinton County, Michigan. Michigan Academician 32(4): 299-311.

* Millenbah, Kelly F., Henry Campa, III, and Scott R. Winterstein. 2000. Models for infusing experiential learning in the curriculum. Pages 44-49 in W. B. Kurtz, M. R. Ryan, and D. E. Larson, editors. Proceedings of the Third Biennial Conference in Natural Resources Education, Columbia, Missouri, USA.

* Campa, III, Henry, Delia F. Raymer and Kelly F. Millenbah. 2000. An approach for preparing graduate students in natural resources management to be educators in agencies and academia. Pages 28-34 in W. B. Kurtz, M. R. Ryan, and D. E. Larson, editors. Proceedings of the Third Biennial Conference in Natural Resources Education, Columbia, Missouri, USA.

Millenbah, Kelly F., and Scott R. Winterstein. 1999. Status of common terns nesting on the Saginaw Bay Confined Disposal Facility, Michigan. Michigan Birds and Natural History 6(4):177-183.

* Millenbah, Kelly F., Henry Campa, III, Scott R. Winterstein, Perez M. Olindo, Chiaki Nakamura. 1998. The Kenya Model: Development and Implementation of an Overseas Study Course on African Wildlife Ecology and Management. Pages 147-154 in Proceedings of the Second Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources, Natural Resources and Environmental Issues, Vol. VII. Logan, Utah.

Millenbah, Kelly F., Scott R. Winterstein, Henry Campa, III, Ly T. Furrow, and Richard B. Minnis. 1996. Effects of CRP field age on avian relative abundance, diversity, and productivity. The Wilson Bulletin 108:760-770.

* Campa, III, Henry, Kelly F. Millenbah, and C. Paola Fererri. 1996. Lessons learned from fisheries and wildlife management: using academic constructive controversies in the classroom. Pages 235-244 in Proceedings of the First Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources, University Park, Pennsylvania.