Voice: 479-575-4266
E-mail: thompson@uark.edu

Research Interests: Wildlife-habitat relationships, population monitoring, survival estimation of marked animals, information-theoretic model selection.

Education:

Ph.D., Biological Sciences (Minor: Statistics), Montana State University (1993)
M.S.,  Fish and Wildlife Sciences, Pennsylvania State University (1987)
B.S.,   Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, University of Vermont (1984)

Recent Publications:

Anderson, D. R., K. P. Burnham, and W. L. Thompson.  2000.  Null hypothesis testing in ecological studies: problems, prevalence, and an alternative.  Journal of Wildlife Management 64:912-923. [paper in pdf format]

[Null hypothesis testing webpage]

Rieman, B., J. T. Peterson, J. Clayton, P. Howell, R. Thurow, W. Thompson, and D. Lee. 2001. Evaluation of potential effects of federal land management alternatives on trends of salmonids and their habitats in the interior Columbia River basin. Forest Ecology and Management 153:43-62. [paper in pdf format]

Thompson, W. L. 2002. Towards reliable bird surveys: accounting for individuals present but not detected. Auk 119:18-25.[paper in pdf format]

Thompson, W. L. 2003. Hankin and Reeves’ approach to estimating fish abundance in small streams: limitations and alternatives. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132:69-75. [paper in pdf format]

Thompson, W. L., and D. C. Lee.  2000.  Modeling relationships between landscape-level attributes and snorkel counts of chinook salmon and steelhead parr in Idaho.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57:1834-1842. [paper in pdf format]

Thompson, W. L., and D. C. Lee . 2002. A two-stage information-theoretic approach to modeling landscape-level attributes and maximum recruitment of chinook salmon in the Columbia River Basin. Natural Resource Modeling 15:227-257. [paper in pdf format]

Thompson, W. L., G. C. White, and C. Gowan.  1998.  Monitoring vertebrate populations.  Academic Press , San Diego, Calif.  365pp.

Manuscripts in Review

Books

Editing a volume on Sampling Rare or Elusive Species, which contains 18 chapters written by authors from 4 countries and covers terrestrial, aquatic and marine environments. Submitted book prospectus and proposal package to Island Press for their consideration regarding publication. Personally wrote a chapter entitled, Future Directions in Sampling Rare or Elusive Species, as part of this book.

Refereed Journals

Saab, V. A., J. G. Dudley, and W. L. Thompson. Factors influencing occupancy of nest cavities in recently burned forests. Submitted to The Condor.

Thompson, W. L. Survival rates of wild turkeys in burned and unburned ponderosa pine forests. Submitted to American Midland Naturalist; currently being revised for re-submission.

Thompson, W. L., and K. P. Burnham. Likelihood, strength of evidence and model-based inference. Submitted to Journal of Wildlife Management; currently being revised for re-submission.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Beaupre, S. J., W. L. Thompson, and B. A. Collier. Evaluating sex, size, supplemental feeding, and temporal effects on survival rates of timber rattlesnakes Crotalus horridus. Will be submitted to Copeia.

Thompson, W. L., and M. J. Conroy. A call for a double-blind review process for publications of The Wildlife Society. Will be submitted to Wildlife Society Bulletin.