Adam Duarte, PhD
Research Wildlife Biologist
adam.duarte@usda.gov
Treesearch Publications
- Adam Duarte, James T. Peterson. 2026. Avoiding common pitfalls in the implementation of adaptive forest wildlife management
- Damon B. Lesmeister, Zachary J. Ruff, Adam Duarte, Anna B. Kohlberg, Taal Levi, Christopher M. Sullivan. 2026. PNW-Cnet: An evolving convolutional neural network to support broad-scale passive acoustic monitoring
- Matthew J Weldy, Damon B. Lesmeister, Tom Denton, Adam Duarte, Ben J Vernasco, Amandine Gasc, Jennifer C Rowe, Michael J Adams, Matthew G Betts. 2026. Simulated soundscapes and transfer learning boost the performance of acoustic classifiers under data scarcity
- Adrianna J. Ferris, Adam Duarte, Jamie Ratliff, Ben J. Vernasco. 2026. Passive acoustic monitoring reveals the limited distribution of an indicator species, the White-headed Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus albolarvatus), in the northern Blue Mountains, USA
- Ryan Baumbusch, Adam Duarte, James T. Peterson. 2025. Invisible hand of sampling for management: Underlying needs to survey a threatened seabird can bias aggregated data
- Alaina Thomas, Adam Duarte, Matt J. Gostin, James T. Peterson, Damon B. Lesmeister. 2025. Passive acoustic monitoring is a cost‐effective approach to conduct inland surveys for marbled murrelets
- Valerie A. Steen, James T. Peterson, Adam Duarte. 2025. Spatially dynamic abundance patterns for a rare fish species
- Ben J. Vernasco, Adam Duarte, Matthew J. Weldy, Savannah Finch, Jamie Ratliff. 2025. Workflow and training materials for validating species detections from passive acoustic monitoring: a case study from the northern Blue Mountains
- Ivana Mali, Adam Duarte. 2025. Population dynamics of a desert riverine turtle, Pseudemys gorzugi, at the northern edge of its range
- Kevin F. A. Darras, Rodney A. Rountree, Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Anna F. Cord, Frederik Pitz, Youfang Chen, Lijun Dong, Agnès Rocquencourt, Camille Desjonquères, Patrick Mauritz Diaz, Tzu‐Hao Lin, Théophile Turco, Louise Emmerson, Tom Bradfer‐Lawrence, Amandine Gasc, Sarah Marley, Marcus Salton, Laura Schillé, Paul J. Wensveen, Shih‐Hung Wu, Adriana C. Acero‐Murcia, Orlando Acevedo‐Charry, Matyáš Adam, Jacopo Aguzzi, Irmak Akoglu, M. Clara P. Amorim, Mina Anders, Michel André, Alexandre Antonelli, Leandro Aparecido Do Nascimento, Giulliana Appel, Stephanie Archer, Christos Astaras, Andrey Atemasov, Jamieson Atkinson, Joël Attia, Emanuel Baltag, Luc Barbaro, Fritjof Basan, Carly Batist, Julio Ernesto Baumgarten, Just T. Bayle Sempere, Kristen Bellisario, Asaf Ben David, Oded Berger‐Tal, Frédéric Bertucci, Matthew G. Betts, Iqbal S. Bhalla, Thiago Bicudo, Marta Bolgan, Sara Bombaci, Gerard Bota, Martin Boullhesen, Robert A. Briers, Susannah Buchan, Michal Budka, Katie Burchard, Giuseppa Buscaino, Alice Calvente, Marconi Campos‐Cerqueira, Maria Isabel Carvalho Gonçalves, Maria Ceraulo, Maite Cerezo‐Araujo, Gunnar Cerwén, Adams A. Chaskda, Maria Chistopolova, Christopher W. Clark, Kieran D. Cox, Benjamin Cretois, Chapin Czarnecki, Luis P. da Silva, Wigna da Silva, Laurence H. De Clippele, David de la Haye, Ana Silvia de Oliveira Tissiani, Devin de Zwaan, M. Eugenia Degano, Jessica Deichmann, Joaquin del Rio, Christian Devenish, Ricardo Díaz‐Delgado, Pedro Diniz, Dorgival Diógenes Oliveira‐Júnior, Thiago Dorigo, Saskia Dröge, Marina Duarte, Adam Duarte, Kerry Dunleavy, Robert Dziak, Simon Elise, Hiroto Enari, Haruka S. Enari, Florence Erbs, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Pınar Ertör‐Akyazi, Nina C. Ferrari, Luane Ferreira, Abram B. Fleishman, Paulo J. Fonseca, Bárbara Freitas, Nicholas R. Friedman, Jérémy S. P. Froidevaux, Svetlana Gogoleva, Carolina Gonzaga, José Miguel González Correa, Eben Goodale, Benjamin Gottesman, Ingo Grass, Jack Greenhalgh, Jocelyn Gregoire, Samuel Haché, Jonas Hagge, William Halliday, Antonia Hammer, Tara Hanf‐Dressler, Sylvain Haupert, Samara Haver, Becky Heath, Daniel Hending, Jose Hernandez‐Blanco, Dennis Higgs, Thomas Hiller, Joe Chun‐Chia Huang, Katie Lois Hutchinson, Carole Hyacinthe. 2025. Worldwide Soundscapes: A synthesis of Passive Acoustic Monitoring across realms
- Adam Duarte, Robert S. Spaan, James T. Peterson, Christopher A. Pearl, Michael J. Adams. 2025. Bayesian networks facilitate updating of species distribution and habitat suitability models
- James T. Peterson, Adam Duarte. 2024. An evaluation of tradeoffs in restoring ephemeral vs. perennial habitats to conserve animal populations
- Patti J. Wohner, Adam Duarte, James T. Peterson. 2024. An integrated analysis for estimation of survival, growth, and movement of unmarked juvenile anadromous fish
- Adam Duarte, Matthew J. Weldy, Damon B. Lesmeister, Zachary J. Ruff, Julianna M. Jenkins, Jonathon J. Valente, Matthew G. Betts. 2024. Passive acoustic monitoring and convolutional neural networks facilitate high-resolution and broadscale monitoring of a threatened species
- Erin K. Gilligan-Lunda, Adam Duarte, James T. Peterson. 2024. Habitat use of anadromous and amphidromous sturgeons in North America: a systematic review
- Joseph E. Kirsch, James T. Peterson, Adam Duarte, Denise Goodman, Andrew Goodman, Sara Hugentobler, Mariah Meek, Russell W. Perry, Corey Phillis, Lori Smith, Jeffrey Stuart. 2024. Imperfect detection and misidentification affect inferences from data informing water operation decisions
- Lauren Diaz, Adam Duarte, Michael Beakes, James T. Peterson. 2024. Ontogenetic niche partitioning in a facultatively anadromous salmonid: Implications for population dynamics
- Jennifer C. Rowe, Christopher A. Pearl, Adam Duarte, Brome McCreary, Michael J. Adams. 2024. Population dynamics of the threatened Oregon spotted frog before and after drought mitigation
- Marie Gaylord, Adam Duarte, Brenda McComb, Jamie Ratliff. 2023. Passive acoustic recorders increase White-headed Woodpecker detectability in the Blue Mountains
- Craig S. Strong, Adam Duarte. 2023. Reproductive indices of Common Murres Uria aalge and Marbled Murrelets Brachyramphus marmoratus indicate murrelets are more resilient during poor years
- Adam Duarte, Nathan D. Chelgren, Jennifer C. Rowe, Christopher A. Pearl, Sherri Johnson, Michael J. Adams. 2023. Adjacent and downstream effects of forest harvest on the distribution and abundance of larval headwater stream amphibians in the Oregon Coast Range
- Cara L. Appel, Damon B. Lesmeister, Adam Duarte, Raymond J. Davis, Matthew J. Weldy, Taal Levi. 2023. Using passive acoustic monitoring to estimate northern spotted owl landscape use and pair occupancy
- Valerie A. Steen, Adam Duarte, James T. Peterson. 2023. An evaluation of multistate occupancy models for estimating relative abundance and population trends
- Patti Wohner, Adam Duarte, John Wikert, Brad Cavallo, Steven Zeug, James T. Peterson. 2022. Integrating monitoring and optimization modeling to inform flow decisions for Chinook salmon smolts
- Laramie B. Mahan, Lawrence G. Bassett, Adam Duarte, Michael R. J. Forstner, Ivana Mali. 2022. Effects of salinization on the occurrence of a long-lived vertebrate in a desert river
- Bianca R. Charbonneau, Adam Duarte, Todd M. Swannack, Bradley D. Johnson, Candice D. Piercy. 2022. DOONIES: A process-based ecogeomorphological functional community model for coastal dune vegetation and landscape dynamics
- Lindsay S. Millward, Todd M. Wilson, Matt J. Weldy, Mary M. Rowland, Adam Duarte, Damon B. Lesmeister, William J. Ripple. 2022. Small mammal relative abundance within riparian ecosystems of the Blue Mountains
- Adam Duarte, James T. Peterson. 2021. Space‐for‐time is not necessarily a substitution when monitoring the distribution of pelagic fishes in the San Francisco Bay‐Delta
- Robert S. Spaan, Clinton W. Epps, Rachel Crowhurst, Donald Whittaker, Mike Cox, Adam Duarte. 2021. Impact of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae on juvenile bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) survival in the northern Basin and Range ecosystem
- Adam Duarte, Christopher A. Pearl, Brome McCreary, Jennifer C. Rowe, Michael J. Adams. 2021. An updated assessment of status and trend in the distribution of the Cascades Frog (Rana cascadae) in Oregon, USA
- Jennifer C. Rowe, Adam Duarte, Christopher A. Pearl, Brome McCreary, Patricia K. Haggerty, John W. Jones, Michael J. Adams. 2021. Demography of the Oregon spotted frog along a hydrologically modified river
- Lisa J. Koetke, Adam Duarte, Floyd W. Weckerly. 2020. Comparing the Ricker and θ‐logistic models for estimating elk population growth
- Lisa J. Koetke, Adam Duarte, Floyd W. Weckerly. 2020. Elk population dynamics when carrying capacities vary within and among herds
- James T. Peterson, Adam Duarte. 2020. Decision analysis for greater insights into the development and evaluation of Chinook salmon restoration strategies in California's Central Valley
Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications
- Adam Duarte, James T. Peterson, Christopher A. Pearl, Jennifer C. Rowe, Brome McCreary, Stephanie K. Galvan, Michael J. Adams. 2020. Estimation of metademographic rates and landscape connectivity for a conservation-reliant anuran.
- Meredith A. Holgerson, Adam Duarte, Marc P. Hayes, Michael J. Adams, Julie A. Tyson, Keith A. Douville, Angela L. Strecker. 2019. Floodplains provide important amphibian habitat despite multiple ecological threats.
- Brian J. Halstead, Patrick M. Kleeman, Adam Duarte, Jonathan P. Rose, Kris Urquhart, Chad Mellison, Kevin Guadalupe, Melanie Cota, Rachel Van Horne, Alexa Killion, Kelsey Ruehling. 2019. Monitoring protocol development and assessment for narrowly endemic toads in Nevada, 2018.
- Jennifer C. Rowe, Adam Duarte, Christopher A. Pearl, Brome McCreary, Staphanie K. Galvan, James T. Peterson, Michael J. Adams. 2019. Disentangling effects of invasive species and habitat while accounting for observer error in a long-term amphibian study.
- Daniel M. Wolcott, Adam Duarte, Floyd W. Weckerly. 2019. Statistical inference.
- Adam Duarte, Steven L. Whitlock, James T. Peterson. 2019. Species distribution modeling.
- Adam Duarte, Ivana Mali. 2019. Modeling dispersal processes for ecological systems.
- Floyd W. Weckerly, Gayatri Bhaskar, Adam Duarte, Ryan S. Luna, Heath D. Starns. 2018. Heavier rumen-reticulum organs in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is consistent with dietary bulk not quality.
- Ivana Mali, Adam Duarte, Michael R.J. Forstner. 2018. Comparison of hoop-net trapping and visual surveys to monitor abundance of the Rio Grande cooter.
- Juliana Masseloux, Clinton W. Epps, Adam Duarte, Donelle Schwalm, Mary Wykstra. 2018. Using detection/non-detection surveys and interviews to assess carnivore site use in Kenya.
- Adam Duarte, Michael J. Adams, James T. Peterson. 2018. Fitting N-mixture models to count data with unmodeled heterogeneity: Bias, diagnostics, and alternative approaches.
- Adam Duarte, Donald J. Brown, Michael R.J. Forstner. 2017. Response of lizards to high-severity wildfires in a southern United States mixed pine/hardwood forest.
- Adam Duarte, Christopher A. Pearl, Michael J. Adams, James T. Peterson 2017. A new parameterization for integrated population models to document amphibian reintroductions.
- Matthew G.Betts, Christopher Wolf, William J.Ripple, Ben Phalan, Kimberley A.Millers, Adam Duarte, Stuart H.M. Butchart, Taal Levi. 2017. Global forest loss disproportionately erodes biodiversity in intact landscapes.
- Adam Duarte, Floyd W. Weckerly, Michael Schaub, Jefrey S. Hatfield. 2016. Estimating golden-cheeked warbler immigration: Implications for the spatial scale of conservation.
- Adam Duarte, Jeffrey S. Hatfield, Todd M. Swannack, Michael R.J. Forstner, Michael C. Green, Floyd W. Weckerly. 2016. Simulating range-wide population and breeding habitat dynamics for an endangered woodland warbler in the face of uncertainty.
- Meredith R.E. Aiken, Daniel M. Wolcott, Adam Duarte, Ryan S. Luna, Heath D. Starns, Floyd W. Weckerly. 2015. Use of rumen-reticulum fill to examine nutrient transfer and factors influencing food intake in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).
- Heath D. Starns, Floyd W. Weckerly, Mark A. Ricca, Adam Duarte. 2015. Vegetation changes associated with a population irruption by Roosevelt elk.
- Adam Duarte, Donald J. Brown, Michael R.J. Forstner. 2014. Documenting extinction in real time: Decline of the Houston toad on a primary recovery site.
- Heath D. Starns, Mark A. Ricca, Adam Duarte, Floyd W. Weckerly. 2014. Climatic and density influences on recruitment in an irruptive population of Roosevelt elk.
- Adam Duarte, Ryan S. Luna, Heath D. Starns, Floyd W. Weckerly. 2014. Intraspecific scaling of rumen-reticulum fill might depend on dietary fiber.
- Meredith R.E. Aiken, Adam Duarte, Ryan S. Luna, Daniel M. Wolcott, Floyd W. Weckerly. 2014. Daytime declines in rumen-reticulum fill of male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from south Texas.
- Claire A. Parra, Adam Duarte, Ryan S. Luna, Daniel M. Wolcott, Floyd W. Weckerly. 2014. Body mass, age, and reproductive influences on liver mass of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).
- Adam Duarte, James E. Hines, James D. Nichols, Jeffrey S. Hatfield, Floyd W. Weckerly. 2014. Age-specific survival of male golden-cheeked warblers on the Fort Hood Military Reservation, Texas.
- Donald J. Brown, Adam Duarte, Ivana Mali, Melissa C. Jones, Michael R.J. Forstner. 2014. Potential impacts of a high severity wildfire on abundance, movement, and diversity of herpetofauna in the Lost Pines ecoregion of Texas.
- Adam Duarte, Jennifer L.R. Jensen, Jeffrey S. Hatfield, Floyd W. Weckerly. 2013. Spatiotemporal variation in range-wide golden-cheeked warbler breeding habitat.
- Ryan S. Luna, Adam Duarte, Floyd W. Weckerly. 2013. Influence of body size on dietary nutrition of white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus.
- Jennifer L.R. Jensen, Sandra Irvin, Adam Duarte. 2013. Lidar-based detection of shrubland and forest land cover to improve identification of golden-cheeked warbler habitat.
- Adam Duarte, Daniel M. Wolcott, T. Edwin Chow, Mark A. Ricca. 2012. Identifying potential habitat for the endangered Aleutian shield fern using topographical characteristics.
- Ryan S. Luna, Adam Duarte, Floyd W. Weckerly. 2012. Rumen-reticulum characteristics, scaling relationships, and ontogeny in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).
- Jeffrey S. Hatfield, Floyd W. Weckerly, Adam Duarte. 2012. Shifting foundations and metrics for golden-cheeked warbler recovery.
- Mark A. Ricca, Floyd W. Weckerly, Adam Duarte, Jeffrey C. Williams. 2012. Range expansion of nonindigenous caribou in the Aleutian archipelago of Alaska.
- Adam Duarte, Donald J. Brown, Michael R.J. Forstner. 2011. Estimating abundance of the endangered Houston toad on a primary recovery site.
- Adam Duarte, Dale R. McCullough, Floyd W. Weckerly. 2011. Does rumen-reticulum capacity correlate with body size or age in black-tailed deer?
- Texas State University, Ph.D., Wildlife Ecology, 2015
- Texas State University, M.S., Wildlife Ecology, 2011
- Texas A&M University, B.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, 2009
Last updated March 10, 2026