Scientific Publications

2024-2023

  • Bautista, A, DL Johnson, MT Henderson, DL Anderson, TL Booms, and CT Williams. 2024.  Trophic discrimination of amino acid-specific nitrogen stable isotopes in raptor nestlings: implications for estimating trophic position. Journal of Zoology, In prep.

  • Lawrence, J, RA Miller, BE Bedrosian, MD Larson, JD Carlisle, and TL Booms. 2024. Non-breeding land-cover use of Short-eared Owls (Asio flammeus) in western North America. Avian Conservation and Ecology, In prep.

  • Andexler, NJ, TL Booms, MT Henderson, BW Robinson, BS Sedinger. DL Johnson, and SA Dubay. 2024.  The Effects of Prey Biomass and Phenology on Gyrfalcon Nestling Development. Journal of Raptor Research, in review.

  • Gustafson, M, JD McCabe, BW Rolek, L Dunn, TL Booms, MT Henderson, DL Anderson, and J Cruz.  2024. Gyrfalcon prey abundance and their habitat associations in a changing Arctic. Ecology and Evolution, in review.

  • Miller, RA, JD Carlisle, and TL Booms. 2024. Anthropogenic Sources of Short-eared Owl Mortality in the Western United States. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, in review.

  • Radcliffe, RW, TL Booms, MT Henderson, CP Barger, DD Bowman, A Lucio-Foster, ML Virapin, KV Dhondt, AA Levitskiy, MT Reinoso-Perez, M Ito, DL Anderson, and OK Nielsen. 2024. Gyrfalcon disease ecology: a survey across Western Alaska.  Journal of Raptor Research 58:304-318. PDF

  • Eisaguirre, JM, PJ Williams, JC Brockman, SB Lewis, CP Barger, GA Breed, and TL Booms.  2023.  A hierarchical modelling framework for estimating individual- and population-level reproductive success from movement data.  Methods in Ecology and Evolution 14:2110-2122. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.14159. PDF

  • Martinez-Ruiz, M, CR Dykstra, TL Booms, and MT Henderson.  2023.  Effects of Global Climate Change on Raptors; Conservation Letters. Journal of Raptor Research 57:92-105. PDF

  • Johnson, DL, MT Henderson, A Franke, GJF Swan, RA McDonald, DA Anderson, TL Booms, and CT Williams. TDFcam: A Method for Estimating Stable Isotope Trophic Discrimination in Wild Populations. Ecology and Evolution, Jan 6; 13(1):e9709. doi: 10.1002/ece3.9709. PMID: 36620422. PDF

  • Miller, RA, JB Buchanan, TL Pope, JD Carlisle, C Moulton, and TL Booms.  2023.  Temporal and Spatial Population Dynamics of the Nomadic Short-eared Owl Across the Western United States.  Journal of Wildlife Management 87, April 2023,  e22369. PDF

2022-2021

  • Maynard, LD, JF Therrien, J Lemaître, T Booms, TA Miller, T Katzner, S Somershoe, J Cooper, R Sargent,, and N Lecomte. 2022. Interannual consistency of migration phenology is season- and breeding region-specific in North American in Golden Eagles. Ornithology 139, October 6, 2022, ukac029. 

  • Miller, RA, JB Buchanan, TL Pope, JD Carlisle, C Moulton, and TL Booms. 2022. Short-eared Owl land-use associations during the breeding season in the Western United States. Journal of Raptor Research 56:273-286. PDF

  • Johnson, DL, MT Henderson, DA Anderson, TL Booms, and CT Williams. 2022. Isotopic niche partitioning and individual specialization in an Arctic raptor guild. Oecologia 198:1073-1084. PDF

  • Eisaguirre, JM, TL Booms, CP Barger, SB Lewis, GA Breed. 2022.  Demographic partitioning of dynamic energy subsidies revealed with an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck space use model. Ecological Applications 32:e2542. PDF

  • Slabe, VA et al.  2022. Demographic implications of lead poisoning for eagles across North America. Science 375:779-782. PDF

  • Gahbauer, MA, TL Booms, PG Novak, MD Schlesinger, L Takats-Priestley, and KL Keyes.  2021.  Movements and habitat selection of short-eared owls (Asio flammeus) in North America. Airo 29: 95-114. PDF

  • Booms, TL, DA Nigro, LH DeCicco, MJ Flamme, and C.H. Handel. 2021. Arctic Plains and Mountains in Alaska Landbird Conservation Plan, version 2.0 (CM Handel, IJ Stenhouse, and SM Matsuoka Eds). Boreal Partners in Flight, Anchorage, AK 147pp. PDF.

  • Booms, TL, NA Paprocki, JM Eisaguirre, CP Barger, SB Lewis, and GA Breed. 2021. Golden eagle abundance in Alaska: migration counts and movement data generate a conservative population estimate. Journal of Raptor Research 55:496-509, PDF.



2020-2016

  • Henderson, MT, AJ Eichenwald, DL Johnson, TL Booms, CJW McClure, AL Pyke, and DL Anderson. 2020. Species and sex composition of ptarmigan consumed by nestling gyrfalcons on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska.  Journal of Raptor Research. PDF

  • Henderson, MT, TL Booms, BW Robinson, DL Johnson, and DL Anderson. 2020. Direct and indirect effects of nesting site characteristics for a cliff-nesting raptor in Western Alaska.  Journal of Raptor Research. PDF

  • Eisaguirre, JM, TL Booms, CP Barger, GA Breed and S Goddard. 2020. Multistate Ornstein-Uhlenbeck movement models for central place animals: estimating unbiased resource selection around central places. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.  PDF

  • Hull, JM, GK Sage, SA Sonsthagen, MC Gravley; BL Martinico, TL Booms, T Swem and SL Talbot. 2020. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in merlin (Falco columbarius) and cross-species amplification in gyrfalcon (F. rusticolus) and peregrine falcon (F. peregrinus). Molecular Biology Reports 47: 8377-8383. PDF

  • Franke, A, K Falk, et al. 2020. Status and trends of circumpolar peregrine falcon and gyrfalcon populations. Ambio 49:762-783. PDF

  • Booms, TL, LH DeCicco, CP Barger, and JA Johnson. 2020. Current knowledge and conservation status of the gray-headed chickadee in North America. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management: 11: e1944-687X. https://doi.org/10.3996/082019-JFWM-072. PDF

  • Johnson, D, M Henderson, D Anderson, T Booms, and C Williams. 2020. Bayesian Stable Isotope mixing models effectively characterize the diet of an Arctic Raptor. Journal of Animal Ecology 89:2972-2985. PDF

  • Booms, TL, TJ Cade, and NJ Clum. 2020. Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gyrfal.01

  • Davison, SC, G Bohrer, E Gurarie, S LaPoint et. al. 2020. Ecological Insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic. Science 370:712-715. PDF

  • Eisaguirre, JM, TL Booms, CP Barger, SB Lewis, GA Breed. 2020. Novel step selection analyses on energy landscapes reveal how linear features alter migrations of soaring birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 89:2567-2583. PDF

  • Eisaguirre, JM, M Auger-Méthé, CP Barger, SB Lewis, TL Booms, GA Breed. 2019. Dynamic-parameter movement model reveals drivers of migratory pace in a soaring bird. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7:317. PDF

  • Herzog, JL, JM Eisaguirre, BD Linkhart, and TL Booms. 2019. Golden eagle diet in western Alaska.  Journal of Raptor Research 53:393-401. PDF

  • Anderson, DL, PJ Bente, TL Booms, L Dunn, and CJW McClure. 2019. Nonrandom territory occupancy by nesting Gyrfalcons.  Arctic Science 5:148-160. PDF

  • Robinson, BW, TL Booms, MJ Bechard, and DL Anderson. 2019.  Dietary plasticity in a specialist predator, the Gyrfalcon: new insights into diet during brood rearing.  Journal of Raptor Research 53: 115-126. PDF

  • Eisaguirre JM, TL Booms, CP Barger, CL McIntyre, SB Lewis, and GA Breed. 2018.  Local meteorological conditions reroute a migration. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285: 20181779.http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1779 PDF

  • Bedrosian, BE, R Domenech, A Shreading, MM Hayes, TL Booms, and CP Barger.  2018.  Migration corridors of adult Golden Eagles originating in Northwestern North America. PLoSONE 13(11): e0205204. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205204 PDF

  • Johnson, JA, TL Booms, LH DeCicco, and DC Douglas.  2017.  Seasonal movements of the Short-eared Owl in Western North America as revealed by satellite telemetry.  Journal of Raptor Research 51:115-128. PDF

  • Cason, MM, AP Baltensperger, TL Booms, JJ Burns, and LE Olson.  2016. Revised distribution of an Alaskan endemic, the Alaska Hare (Lepus othus), with implications for taxonomy, biogeography, and climate change. Arctic Science 2:50-66. PDF

  • Eisaguirre, JM, TL Booms, PF Schempf, and SB Lewis.  2016.  Gyrfalcon home ranges and movements on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.  Journal of Raptor Research 50:109-114. PDF

  • Rosenfield, RN, J Bielefeldt, TG Haynes, MG Hardin, FJ Glassen, and TL Booms.  2016.  Body mass of female Cooper’s Hawks is unrelated to longevity and breeding dispersal: implications for the study of breeding dispersal.  Journal of Raptor Research 50:305-312. PDF



2015-2011

  • Anderson, A, J Russell, TL Booms, and D Russell.  2015.  Siblicide and cannibalism in Alaskan Boreal Owls.  Journal of Raptor Research 49: 498-500. PDF

  • Booms, TL, GL Holroyd, MA Gahbauer, HE Trefry, DA Wiggins, DW Holt, JA Johnson, SB Lewis, MD Larson, KL Keyes, and S Swengel. 2014. Assessing the status and conservation priorities of the short-eared owl in North America. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 78: 772–778. PDF

  • Rosenfield, R, J Bielefeldt, T Booms, J Cava, and M Bozek.  2013.  Life-history trade-offs of breeding in one-year-old male Coopers Hawks. The Condor 115:306-315. PDF

  • Booms, T.  2012.  Banded Alaskan Gyrfalcon discovered in Arabian falconry.  Journal of Raptor Research 46:226-227. PDF

  • Booms, TL, L Parrett, and M Keech 2012. Use of a net-gun to safely capture Short-eared Owls in mid-flight from a helicopter.  Journal of Raptor Research 46:208-211. PDF

  • Booms, TL, S Talbot, G Sage, B McCaffery, K McCracken, and P Schempf. 2011. Nest site fidelity and dispersal of Gyrfalcons estimated by non-invasive genetic sampling. Condor 113:768-778. PDF

  • Booms, TL, M Lindgren, and F Huettmann. 2011. Linking Alaska’s predicted climate, Gyrfalcon, and ptarmigan distributions in space and time: A unique 200 year perspective. Pp. 177-190 in R.T. Watson, T.J. Cade, M. Fuller, G. Hunt, and E. Potapov (eds), Gyrfalcons and Ptarmigan in a Changing World, Vol. I, The Peregrine Fund, Boise, ID. PDF

  • Matz, A, T Swem, P Johnson, T Booms, and C White. 2011. Potential for climate change to increase contaminant exposure and effects in Gyrfalcons.  Pp. 161-175 in R.T. Watson, T.J. Cade, M. Fuller, G. Hunt, and E. Potapov (eds), Gyrfalcons and Ptarmigan in a Changing World, Vol. I, The Peregrine Fund, Boise, ID. PDF

  • Fuller, M, P Schempf, and T Booms. 2011. Developing Gyrfalcon surveys and monitoring for Alaska. Pp. 275-282 in R.T. Watson, T.J. Cade, M. Fuller, G. Hunt, and E. Potapov (eds), Gyrfalcons and Ptarmigan in a Changing World, Vol. I, The Peregrine Fund, Boise, ID. PDF

  • McCaffery, B, T Booms, T Doolittle, F Broerman, J Morgart, and K Sowl. 2011. The ecology of Gyrfalcons on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.  Pp. 191-220 in R.T. Watson, T.J. Cade, M. Fuller, G. Hunt, and E. Potapov (eds), Gyrfalcons and Ptarmigan in a Changing World, Vol. I, The Peregrine Fund, Boise, ID. PDF

  • Rosenfield, R, T Booms, K Burnham, B McCaffery, and R Goodwin. 2011. The potential for long-term monitoring and research of Gyrfalcon and Peregrine Falcon breeding populations using undergraduate students: an apparent inexhaustible source of funding.  Pp. 373-384 in R.T. Watson, T.J. Cade, M. Fuller, G. Hunt, and E. Potapov (eds), Gyrfalcons and Ptarmigan in a Changing World, Vol. I, The Peregrine Fund, Boise, ID. PDF

  • Booms, TL, PF Schempf, and MR Fuller 2011. Preening behavior of adult Gyrfalcons tagged with backpack transmitters. Journal of Raptor Research 45:264-267. PDF



2010-2006

  • Booms, TL.  2010. Gyrfalcon breeding biology in Alaska. PhD dissertation, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK. PDF

  • Booms, TL, PF Schempf, BJ McCaffery, MS Lindberg, and MR Fuller. 2010. Detection probability of cliff-nesting raptors during helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft surveys in Western Alaska. Journal of Raptor Research 44:175-187. PDF

  • Booms, TL, JS Whitman, and CL Gardner. 2010. Utility of helicopters for Short-eared Owl nest searching and surveys. Journal of Raptor Research 44:247-248. PDF

  • Booms, TL, F Huettmann, and PF Schempf. 2009. Gyrfalcon nest distribution in Alaska based on a predictive model. Polar Biology 33:347-358. PDF

  • Rosenfield, RN, J Bielefeldt, LJ Rosenfield, TL Booms, and MA Bozek. 2009. Survival rates and lifetime reproduction in breeding male Cooper’s Hawks in Wisconsin, 1980-2005. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121:610-617. PDF

  • Booms, TL, BJ McCaffery, and P Schempf. 2008. Molted feather persistence and aging in a sub-Arctic environment. Condor 110:756-762. PDF

  • Booms, TL, NJ Clum, and TJ Cade. 2008. Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus). In The Birds of North America Online, No. 114 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Ithaca: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

  • Booms, TL and BJ McCaffery. 2007. A novel use of passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags as nest markers. Journal of Field Ornithology 78: 83-86. PDF

  • Booms, TL. 2006. The Gyrfalcon, a book review. Quarterly Review of Biology. 81:185-186. PDF



2005 - 1999

  • Booms, TL and MR Fuller. 2003. Gyrfalcon diet in central West Greenland during the nesting period. Condor 105: 528-537. PDF

  • Booms, TL and MR Fuller. 2003. Time-lapse video system used to study nesting Gyrfalcons. Journal of Field Ornithology 74: 416-422. PDF

  • Booms, TL and MR Fuller. 2003. Gyrfalcon feeding behavior during the nestling period in central West Greenland. Arctic 58:341-348. PDF

  • Booms, TL. 2002. Gyrfalcon food habits in Central West Greenland during the Nestling Period. MS Thesis, Boise State University, Boise, ID.

  • Rosenfield, RN, J Bielefeldt, S Sonsthagen, and TL Booms. 2000. Comparable reproductive success at conifer plantation and non-plantation nest sites for Cooper’s Hawks in Wisconsin. Wilson Bulletin 112: 417-421. PDF

  • Booms, TL. 1999. Vertebrates removed by mechanical weed harvesting in Lake Keesus, Wisconsin. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 37: 34-36. PDF


Popular Publications

  • O’Donnell, K, B McComb, TL Booms, and A Novarro. 2021. Breaking the Binary: LGBTQ+ Wildlifer Perspectives In Women in Wildlife Sciences: Building a Diverse Future (C. Chambers and K Nicholson Eds). John Hopkins University Press. In Press 

  • Booms, TL. 2020. Wildlife vocalizations: Travis Booms. The Wildlife Society. Available at: https://wildlife.org/wildlife-vocalizations-travis-booms/.

  • Booms, TL. 2020. Cracking the Code. What does it take to be student chapter of the year: A legacy and it’s lessons, continue. The Wildlife Professional 14:50.

  • Olfenbuttel, C, TL Booms, C Crow, and K O’Donnell. 2020. Out in the Field: a new LGBTQ+ initiative within The Wildlife Society. The Wildlife Professional 14: 34-37. PDF

  • Booms, TL. 2019. I am one of you. The Wildlife Professional:13 34-35. PDF