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Range Cattle Research & Education Center

Range Cattle Research & Education Center

Dr. Raoul Boughton
Assistant Professor - Rangeland Scientist, Wildlife

EDIS Documents

Refereed Journals

  • Bracho, R. G., Silveira, M. L., Boughton, R., Sanchez, J. M. D., Kohmann, M. M., Brandani, C. B., & Celis, G. (2021). Carbon dynamics and soil greenhouse fluxes in a Florida’s native rangeland before and after fire. Agricultural and Forest Metereology, 311, 108682. DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108682

  • Grace, M. K., Akçakaya, H. R., Bennett, E. L., Brooks, T.M., Heath, A., Hedges, S., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Hochkirch, A., Jenkins, R., Keith, D.A., Long, B., Mallon, D.P., Meijaard, E., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Rodriguez, J.P., Stephenson, P.J., Stuart, S.N., Young, R.P., Acebes, P., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Alvarez-Clare, S., Andriantsimanarilafy, R.R., Arbetman, M., Azat, C., Bacchetta, G., Badola, R., Barcelos, L. M. D., Barreiros, J. P., Basak, S., Berger, D. J., Bhattacharyya, S., Bino, G., Borges, P. A. V., Boughton, R. K., Brockmann, H. J., Buckley, H. L., Burfield, I. J., Burton, J., Camacho-Badani, T., Cano-Alonso, L. S., Carmichael, R. H., Carrero, C., Carroll, J. P., Catsadorakis, G., Chapple, D. G., Chapron, G., Chowdhury, G. W., Claassens, L., Cogoni, D., Constantine, R., Craig, C. A., Cunningham, A. A., Dahal, N., Daltry, J. C., Das, G. C., Dasgupta, N., Davey, A., Davies, K., Develey, P., Elangovan, V., Fairclough, D., Febbraro, M. D., Fenu, G., Fernandes, F. M., Fernandez, E. P., Finucci, B., Földesi, R., Foley, C. M., Ford, M., Forstner, M. R. J., García, N., Garcia-Sandoval, R., Gardner, P. C., Garibay-Orijel, R., Gatan-Balbas, M., Gauto, I., Ghazi, M. G. U., Godfrey, S. S., Gollock, M., González, B. A., Grant, T. D., Gray, T., Gregory, A. J., van Grunsven, R. H. A., Gryzenhout, M., Guernsey, N. C., Gupta, G., Hagen, C., Hagen, C. A., Hall, M. B., Hallerman, E., Hare, K., Hart, T., Hartdegen, R., Harvey-Brown, Y., Hatfield, R., Hawke, T., Hermes, C., Hitchmough, R., Hoffmann, P. M., Howarth, C., Hudson, M. A., Hussain, S. A., Huveneers, C., Jacques, H., Jorgensen, D., Katdare, S., Katsis, L. K. D., Kaul, R., Kaunda-Arara, B., Keith-Diagne, L., Kraus, D. T., de Lima, T. M., Lindeman, K., Linsky, J., Louis, E. Jr, Loy, A., Lughadha, E. N., Mangel, J. C., Marinari, P. E., Martin, G. M., Martinelli, G., McGowan, P. J. K., McInnes, A., Teles Barbosa Mendes, E., Millard, M. J., Mirande, C., Money, D., Monks, J. M., Morales, C. L., Mumu, N. N., Negrao, R., Nguyen, A. H., Niloy, M. N. H., Norbury, G. L., Nordmeyer, C., Norris, D., O'Brien, M., Oda, G.A., Orsenigo, S., Outerbridge, M. E., Pasachnik, S., Pérez-Jiménez, J. C,, Pike, C., Pilkington, F., Plumb, G., Portela, R. C. Q., Prohaska, A., Quintana, M. G., Rakotondrasoa, E. F., Ranglack, D. H., Rankou, H., Rawat, A. P., Reardon, J. T., Rheingantz, M. L., Richter, S. C., Rivers, M. C., Rogers, L. R., da Rosa, P., Rose, P., Royer, E., Ryan, C., de Mitcheson, Y. J. S., Salmon, L., Salvador, C. H., Samways, M. J., Sanjuan, T., Souza Dos Santos, A., Sasaki, H., Schutz, E., Scott, H. A., Scott, R. M., Serena, F., Sharma, S. P., Shuey, J. A., Silva, C. J. P., Simaika, J. P., Smith, D. R., Spaet, J. L. Y., Sultana, S., Talukdar, B. K., Tatayah, V., Thomas, P., Tringali, A., Trinh-Dinh, H., Tuboi, C., Usmani, A. A., Vasco-Palacios, A. M., Vié, J. C., Virens, J., Walker, A., Wallace, B., Waller, L. J., Wang, H., Wearn, O. R., van Weerd, M., Weigmann, S., Willcox, D., Woinarski, J., Yong, J. W. H., & Young, S. (2021). Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impact. Conservation Biology, 35, 1833-1849. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13756

  • Koriakin, K. & Boughton, R. K. (2021). Vaginal birthing sensors as a tool to monitor calving on large scale applications. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 182, 106035. DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2021.106035 Paudel, S., Cobb, A. B., Boughton, E. H., Spiegal, S., Boughton, R. K., Silveira, M. L., Swain, H. M., Reuter, R., Goodman, L. E., & Steiner, J. L. (2021). A framework for sustainable management of ecosystem services and disservices in perennial grassland agroecosystems. Ecosphere, 12(11), e03837. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3837

  • Raynor, E. J., Gersie, S. P., Stephenson, M. B., Clark, P. E., Spiegal, S. A., Boughton, R. K., Bailey, D. W., Cibils, A., Smith, B. W., Derner, J. D., Estell, R. E., Nielson, R. M., & Augustine, D. J. (2021). Cattle Grazing Distribution Patterns Related to Topography Across Diverse Rangeland Ecosystems of North America. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 75, 91-103. DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2020.12.002

  • Yang, A., Schlichting, P., Wight, B., Anderson, W. M., Chinn, S. M., Wilber, M. Q., Miller, R. S., Beasley, J. C., Boughton, R. K., VerCauteren, K. C., Wittemyer, G., & Pepin, K. M. (2021). Effects of social structure and management on risk of disease establishment in wild pigs. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(4), 820-833. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13412

  • Lee, S., Mir, R. A., Park, S. H., Kim, D., Kim, H. Y., Boughton, R. K., Morris, J. G., & Jeong, K. C. (2020). Prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamases in the local farm environment and livestock: challenges to mitigate antimicrobial resistance. Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 46, 1-14. DOI: 10.1080/1040841X.2020.1715339

  • Schlichting, P. E., Beasley, J. C., Boughton, R. K., Davis, A. J., Pepin, K. M., Glow, M. P., Snow, N. P., Miller, R. S., VerCauteren, K. S. & Lewis, J. S. (2020). A Rapid Population Assessment Method for Wild Pigs Using Baited Cameras at 3 Study Sites. Wildlife Society Bullentin, 44(2), 372–382. DOI: 10.1002/wsb.1075  

  • Tabak, M. A., Norouzzadeh, M. S., Wolfson, D. W., Newton, E. J., Boughton, R. K., Ivan, J. S., Odell, E. A., Newkirk, E. S., Conrey, R. Y., Stenglein, J. L. and Iannarilli, F., Erb, J., Brook, R. K., Davis, A. J., Lewis, J., Walsh, D. P., Beasley, J. C., VerCauteren, K. C., Clune, J. & Miller, R. S. (2020). Improving the accessibility and transferability of machine learning algorithms for identification of animals in camera trap images: MLWIC2. Ecology and Evolution, 10(19), 10374–10383. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6692 

  • Wilber, M.Q., Chinn, S.M., Beasley, J.C., Boughton, R.K., Brook, R.K., Ditchkoff, S.S., Fischer, J.W., Hartley, S.B., Holmstrom, L.K., Kilgo, J.C. Lewis, J.S., Miller, R. S., Snow, N. P., VerCauteren, K. C., Wisely, S. M., Webb, C. T., & Pepin, K. M. (2020). Predicting functional responses in agro‐ecosystems from animal movement data to improve management of invasive pests. Ecological Applications, 30(1), e02015. DOI: 10.1002/eap.2015

  • Boughton, R. K., Allen, B. L., Tillman, E. A., Wisely, S. M., & Engeman, R. M. (2019). Road hogs: Implications from GPS collared feral swine in pastureland habitat on the general utility of road-based observation techniques for assessing abundance. Ecological indicators, 99, 171-177. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.12.022

  • Merrill, M. M., Boughton, R. K., Lollis, L. O., Sayler, K. A., & Wisely, S. M. (2019). Epidemiology of Bluetongue Virus and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus in Beef Cattle on a Ranch in South-Central Florida. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 19, DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2018.2406

  • Tabak, M. A., Norouzzadeh, M. S., Wolfson, D. W., Sweeney, S. J., VerCauteren, K. C., Snow, N. P., Halseth, J. M., Di Salvo, P. A, Lewis, J. S., White, M. D., Teton, B., Beasley, J. C., Schlichting, P. E., Boughton, R. K., Wight, B., Newkirk, E. S., Ivan, J. S., Odell, E. A., Brook, R. K., Lukacs, P.M., Moeller, A.  K., Mandeville, E. G., Clune, J. and Miller, R. S. (2019). Machine learning to classify animal species in camera trap images: applications in ecology. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(4), 585-590. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13120

  • Wilber, M. Q., Chinn, S. M., Beasley, J. C., Boughton, R. K., Brook, R. K., Ditchkoff, S. S., Fischer, J. W., Hartley, S. B., Holmstrom, L. K., Kilgo, J. C., Lewis, J. S., Miller, R. S., Snow, N. P., VerCauteren, K. C., Wisely, S. M., Webb, C. T., Pepin, K. M. (2019). Predicting functional responses in agro‐ecosystems from animal movement data to improve management of invasive pests. Ecological Applications, DOI: 10.1002/eap.2015

  • Alling, C., Rae, D. O., Ma, X., Neumann, L., Lollis, L. G., Steele, E., Yelvington, J., Naikare, H. K., Walden, H. S., Crews, J., & Boughton, R. K. (2018). Systemic humoral immunity in beef bulls following therapeutic vaccination against Tritrichomonas foetus. Veterinary parasitology, 255, 69-73.

  • Kleinman, P. J. A., Spiegal, S., Rigby, J. R., Goslee, S. C., Baker, J. M., Bestelmeyer, B. T. Boughton, R. K., Bryant, R. B., Cavigelli, M. A., Derner, J. D. and Duncan, E. W., Goodrich, D. C.,  Huggins, D. R., King, K. W., Liebig, M. A., Locke, M. A., Mirsky, S. B., Moglen, G. E., Moorman, T. B., Pierson, F. B., Robertson, G. P., Sadler, E. J., Shortle, J. S., Steiner, J. L., Strickland, T. C., Swain, H. M., Tsegaye, T., Williams, M. R., and Walthall, C. L. (2018). Advancing the Sustainability of US Agriculture through Long-Term Research. Journal of environmental quality, 47(6), 1412-1425.

  • Merrill, M. M., Boughton, R. K., Lord, C. C., Sayler, K. A., Wight, B., Anderson, W. M., & Wisely, S. M. (2018). Wild pigs as sentinels for hard ticks: A case study from south-central Florida. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 7(2), 161-170.

  • Spiegal, S., Bestelmeyer, B. T., Archer, D. W., Augustine, D. J., Boughton, E. H., Boughton, R. K., Cavigelli, M.A., Clark, P.E., Derner, J.D., Duncan. E.W., Hapeman, C. J., Harmel, R.D., Heilman, P., Holly, M. A., Huggins, D. R., King, K., Kleinman, P. J. A., Liebig, M. A., Locke, M. A., McCarty, G. W., Millar, N., Mirsky, S. B., Moorman, T. B., Pierson, F. B., Rigby, J. R., Robertson, G. P., Steiner, J. L., Strickland, T. C., Swain, H. M., Wienhold, B. J., Wulfhorst, J. D., Yost, M.A., & Walthall, C.L. (2018). Evaluating strategies for sustainable intensification of US agriculture through the Long-Term Agroecosystem Research network. Environmental Research Letters, 13(3), 034031.

  • Tricola, G. M., Simons, M. J., Atema, E., Boughton, R. K., Brown, J. L., Dearborn, D. C., Divoky, G, Eimes, J. A., Huntington, C. E., Kitaysky, A. S., Juola, F. A., Lank, D. B., Litwa, H. P., Mulder, E. G. A., Nisbet, A. C. T., Kazuo, O., Safran, R. J., Schoech, S. J., Schreiber, A. A., Thompson, P. M., Verhulst, S., Wheelwright, N. T., Winkler, D. W., Young, R., Vleck, C, M., & Haussmann, M. F. (2018). The rate of telomere loss is related to maximum lifespan in birds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373(1741), 20160445. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0445

  • Kay, S. L., Fischer, J. W., Monaghan, A. J., Beasley, J. C., Boughton, R., Campbell, T. A., Cooper, S. M., Ditchkoff, S. S., Hartley, S. B., Kilgo, J. C. and Wisely, S. M. (2017) Quantifying drivers of wild pig movement across multiple spatial and temporal scales. Movement Ecology, 5, DOI 10.1186/s40462-017-0105-1.
  • Bankovich, B., E.H. Boughton, R.K. Boughton, M.L. Avery, S.M. Wisely. 2016. Plant community shifts caused by feral swine rooting devalue Florida rangeland. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 220:45-54.
  • Boughton, E.H, R.K. Boughton, C. Griffith, J. Bernath-Plaisted. 2016. Reproductive traits of Lachnanthes caroliniana [(Lam.) Dandy] related to patch formation following feral swine rooting disturbance. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 143:265-273.
  • Fassbinder‐Orth, C.A., T.E. Wilcoxen, T. Tran, R.K. Boughton, J.M. Fair, E.K. Hofmeister, J.L. Grindstaff, J.C. Owen. 2016. Immunoglobulin detection in wild birds: effectiveness of three secondary anti‐avian IgY antibodies in direct ELISAs in 41 avian species. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 7:1173-1181.
  • Pepin, K.M., A.J. Davis, J. Beasley, R. Boughton, T. Campbell, S.M. Cooper, W. Gaston, S. Hartley, J.C. Kilgo, S.M. Wisely, C. Wyckoff, and K.C. VerCauteren. 2016. Contact heterogeneities in feral swine: Implications for disease management and future research. Ecosphere 7(3):e01230. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.1230
  • Aldredge, R. A., Boughton, R. K., Rensel, M. A., Schoech, S. J., & Bowman, R. (2014). Hatching asynchrony that maintains egg viability also reduces brood reduction in a subtropical bird. Oecologia, 174(1), 77-85.
  • Boughton, E. H., & Boughton, R. K. (2014) Modification by an invasive ecosystem engineer shifts a wet prairie to a monotypic stand. Biological Invasions, 16, 2105-2114.
  • Martin, L. B., Boughton, R. K., & Ardia, D. R. (2014). A New Division of Ecoimmunology and Disease Ecology. Integrative and comparative biology, 54(3), 338-339.
  • Cohen, A.A., Bowman, R., Boughton, R.K., Bridge, A., Heiss, R.S., Schoech, S.J. and McGraw, K.J. (2013) Circulating carotenoid levels are negatively associated with previous reproductive success in Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens). Canadian Journal of Zoology 91(2): 64-70, 10.1139/cjz-2012-0243
  • Rohr, R.J., Boughton R.K., Halstead, N.T., Johnson, S., Martin, L.B., McMahon, T.A. and Raffel, T.R. (2013)Early-life exposure to an herbicide increases disease-induced mortality later in life. Proceedings Royal Society  280: 20131502
  • Wilcoxen, T.A., E.S. Bridge., R.K. Boughton., T.P. Hahn., and S.J. Schoech. (2013) Physiology of Reproductive  Senescence in Florida scrub-jays: Results from a Long-Term Study and GnRH Challenge. General and  Comparative Endocrinology 194C: 789-794
  • Wilcoxen, T.E., R.K. Boughton., G.M. Morgan., and S.J. Schoech (2013) Heritability of immunological characteristics in Florida scrub-jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) Canadian Journal of Zoology 91: 789-794
  • Boughton, R.K., Armitage, S. and Joop, G. (2011) Outdoor immunology: methodological considerations for ecologists. Functional Ecology 25, 81-100 (special feature).
  • Boughton, R.K. and Bowman, R. (2011) State wide assessment of Florida Scrub-Jay on managed areas: A comparison of current populations to populations of the early 1990s. Report to United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Mar 2011.
  • Heiss, R.S., Cohen, A.A., Bowman, R., Boughton, R.K., Bridge, E., McGraw, K.J. and Schoech, S.J. (2011) Circulating carotenoid concentrations are positively correlated with later clutch initiation in Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology 315: 101-110
  • McMahon, T., Hastead, N., Johnson, S., Raffel, T.R., Romansic, J.M., Crumrine, P.W., Boughton, R.K., Martin, L.B. and Rohr, J.R (2011)  The Fungicide Chlorothalonil Is Nonlinearly Associated with Corticosterone Levels, Immunity, and Mortality in Amphibians. Environmental Health Perspectives 119: 1098-1103
  • Wilcoxen, T.E., Boughton R.K., Bridge E.S., Rensel M.A., and Schoech, S.J. (2011) Baseline and stress-induced corticosterone among different-aged Florida Scrub-Jays. General and Comparative Endocrinology 173: 461-466
  • Boughton, R.K. and Bowman, R.  (2010) State wide assessment of Florida Scrub-Jay on managed areas: A comparison of current populations to the results of the 1992-93 survey. Report to Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. 10 June.
  • Morgan, G.M., Boughton, R.K. and Schoech, S.J. (2010) Road effects on food availability and energetic intake in Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens).  The Auk 127, 581-589
  • Rensel, M.A., Boughton, R.K. and Schoech, S.J. (2010) Development of the adrenal stress response in the Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens). General and Comparative Endocrinology 165 (2):255-261
  • Wilcoxen, T.E., Bridge,E.S., Boughton, R.K., Rensel, M.A., Reynolds, S.J. and Schoech, S.J (in press) Parental, social and environmental factors associated with hatching failure in Florida Scrub-Jays Aphelocoma coerulescens. Ibis doi: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.07078.x
  • Wilcoxen, T.E., Boughton, R.K. and Schoech, S.J. (2010) Selective pressure on physiological traits throughout an epidemic.  Biology Letters 6, 552-554
  • Wilcoxen, T.E., Boughton, R.K. and Schoech, S.J. (2010) Older can be better: Physiological costs of paternal investment in the Florida scrub-jay. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64, 1527-1535
  • Schoech, S. J., Rensel, M. A., Bridge, E. S., Boughton, R. K., and Wilcoxen, T. E. (2009) Environment, glucocorticoids, and the timing of reproduction. General and Comparative Endocrinology 163, 201-207
  • Schoech, S. J., Bridge E. S.,  Boughton R. K., Reynolds S. J., Atwell J. W. and Bowman, R (2008) Food supplementation: a tool to increase reproductive output? A case study in the Threatened Florida Scrub-Jay. Biological Conservation 141, 162-173.
  • Boughton, R.K (2007) A test of the resource allocation hypothesis. Doctoral Dissertation. University of Memphis, Memphis, U.S.A.
  • Schoech, S. J., Bowman, R., Bridge, E. S., Morgan, G. M., Rensel, M. A., Wilcoxen, T. E., and Boughton R.K. (2007) Corticosterone administration does not affect timing of breeding in Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens). Hormones and Behavior  52(2), 191-196
  • Boughton, R.K and Bowman, R. (2007) Distribution and population patterns of Florida Scrub-Jays in the Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area: Results of regional surveys conducted July, 2007. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  • Schoech, S.J., Bowman, R., Bridge, E.S. and Boughton, R.K (2007) Baseline and acute levels of corticosterone in Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens): Effects of food supplementation, suburban habitat, and year. General and Comparative Endocrinology 154, 150-160
  • Boughton, R.K., Bridge, E.S. and Schoech, S.J. (2007) Energetic trade-offs between immunity and reproduction in male Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix). Journal of Experimental Biology 307A, 479-487
  • Bridge, E.S, Boughton, R.K., Aldredge, R.A., Harrison, T, J, E., Bowman, R., and Schoech, S. J. (2007) Measuring egg size using digital photography: testing Hoyt’s method using Florida Scrub-Jay eggs. Journal of Field Ornithology. 78(1), 109-116.
  • Boughton, R.K., Atwell, J.A., and Schoech, S.J. (2006) An introduced generalist parasite, the sticktight flea (Echidnophaga gallinacea), and its pathology in the threatened Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens). Journal of Parasitology 92(5), 941-948
  • Boughton, E.A., Quintana-Ascencio, P.F., Menges, E.S., and Boughton, R.K. (2006) Association of ecotones with relative elevation and fire in an upland Florida landscape. Journal of Vegetation Science. 17, 361-368
  • Schoech, S. J., Reynolds, S.J. and Boughton R.K. (2004) Endocrinology. pp. 128-141, In: Ecology and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds, W. D. Koenig and J. Dickenson (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Great Britain.