Mark A. Rumble, PhD
Former Employee
Research Wildlife Biologist
Treesearch Publications
- Elizabeth A. Matseur, Joshua J. Millspaugh, Frank R. Thompson, Brian E. Dickerson, Mark A. Rumble. 2019. The importance of disturbance and forest structure to bird abundance in the Black Hills
- Elizabeth A. Matseur, Frank R. Thompson, Brian E. Dickerson, Mark A. Rumble, Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2018. Black‐backed woodpecker abundance in the Black Hills
- Aleshia L. Fremgen, Christopher P. Hansen, Mark A. Rumble, R. Scott Gamo, Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2018. Weather conditions and date influence male Sage Grouse attendance rates at leks
- Aleshia L. Fremgen, Christopher T. Rota, Christopher P. Hansen, Mark A. Rumble, R. Scott Gamo, Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2017. Male greater sage-grouse movements among leks
- Chadwick P. Lehman, Christopher T. Rota, Mark A. Rumble, Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2017. Characteristics of successful puma kill sites of elk in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Sean R. Mohren, Mark A. Rumble, Chadwick P. Lehman, Stanley H. Anderson. 2016. Resource selection by black-backed woodpeckers (Picoides arcticus) and American three-toed woodpeckers (P. dorsalis) in South Dakota and Wyoming
- Leslie A. Schreiber, Christopher P. Hansen, Mark A. Rumble, Joshua J. Millspaugh, Frank R. Thompson, R. Scott Gamo, Jon W. Kehmeier, Nate Wojik. 2016. Greater sage-grouse apparent nest productivity and chick survival in Carbon County, Wyoming
- Deborah M. Finch, D. A. Boyce, Jeanne C. Chambers, C. J. Colt, Kas Dumroese, Stanley G. Kitchen, C. McCarthy, Susan E. Meyer, Bryce A. Richardson, Mary M. Rowland, Mark A. Rumble, Michael K. Schwartz, Monica Tomosy, Michael Wisdom. 2016. Conservation and restoration of sagebrush ecosystems and sage-grouse: An assessment of USDA Forest Service Science
- Deborah M. Finch, Rosemary L. Pendleton, Matt C. Reeves, Jeffrey E. Ott, Francis F. Kilkenny, Jack L. Butler, Jacqueline P. Ott, Jeremy R. Pinto, Paulette L. Ford, Justin B. Runyon, Mark A. Rumble, Stanley G. Kitchen. 2016. Rangeland drought: Effects, restoration, and adaptation [Chap. 8]
- Aleshia L. Fremgen, Christopher P. Hansen, Mark A. Rumble, R. Scott Gamo, Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2016. Male greater sage-grouse detectability on leks
- Chadwick P. Lehman, Mark A. Rumble, Michael A. Battaglia, Todd R. Mills, Lance A. Asherin. 2016. Influence of mountain pine beetle epidemic on winter habitat conditions for Merriam's turkeys: Management implications for current and future condition
- Brian E. Dickerson, Angie K. Ambourn, Mark A. Rumble, Kurt K. Allen, Chad P. Lehman. 2015. Woodpecker forage availability in habitat disturbances of the Black Hills
- Chadwick P. Lehman, Mark A. Rumble, Christopher T. Rota, Benjamin Bird, Dillon T. Fogarty, Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2015. Elk resource selection at parturition sites, Black Hills, South Dakota
- Leslie A. Schreiber, Christopher P. Hansen, Mark A. Rumble, Joshua J. Millspaugh, R. Scott Gamo, Jon W. Kehmeier, Nate Wojcik. 2015. Microhabitat selection of brood-rearing sites by greater sage-grouse in Carbon County, Wyoming
- Deborah M. Finch, Douglas Boyce, Jeanne C. Chambers, Chris Colt, Clint McCarthy, Stanley G. Kitchen, Bryce A. Richardson, Mary M. Rowland, Mark A. Rumble, Michael K. Schwartz, Monica Tomosy, Michael Wisdom. 2015. USDA Forest Service Sage-Grouse Conservation Science Strategy
- Christopher T. Rota, Mark A. Rumble, Chad P. Lehman, Dylan C. Kesler, Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2015. Apparent foraging success reflects habitat quality in an irruptive species, the Black-backed Woodpecker
- Barbara J. Keller, Amy D. Bleisch, Joshua J. Millspaugh, Chad P. Lehman, Jackie J. Kragel, Lonnie P. Hansen, Jason Sumners, Mark A. Rumble, Gary C. Brundige. 2015. Extended duration of parturition season in North American elk (Cervus elaphus)
- Sean R. Mohren, Mark A. Rumble, Stanley H. Anderson. 2014. Density and abundance of black-backed woodpeckers in a Ponderosa pine ecosystem
- Christopher P. Hansen, Mark A. Rumble, R. Scott Gamo, Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2014. Auxiliary VHF transmitter to aid recovery of solar Argos/GPS PTTs
- Christopher T. Rota, Joshua J. Millspaugh, Mark A. Rumble, Chad P. Lehman, Dylan C. Kesler. 2014. The role of wildfire, prescribed fire, and mountain pine beetle infestations on the population dynamics of black-backed woodpeckers in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Cassandra L. Mehls, Kent C. Jensen, Mark A. Rumble, Michael C. Wimberly. 2014. Multi-scale habitat use of male ruffed grouse in the Black Hills National Forest
- Christopher T. Rota, Mark A. Rumble, Joshua J. Millspaugh, Chadwick P. Lehman, Dylan C. Kesler. 2014. Space-use and habitat associations of Black-backed Woodpeckers (Picoides arcticus) occupying recently disturbed forests in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Christopher C. Swanson, Mark A. Rumble, Nicholas W. Kaczor, Robert W. Klaver, Katie M. Herman-Brunson, Jonathan A. Jenks, Kent C. Jensen. 2013. Greater sage-grouse winter habitat use on the eastern edge of their range
- Christopher T. Rota, Joshua J. Millspaugh, Dylan C. Kesler, Chad P. Lehman, Mark A. Rumble, Catherine M. B. Jachowski. 2013. A re-evaluation of a case-control model with contaminated controls for resource selection studies
- Chad P. Lehman, Lowell E. Schmitz, Mark A. Rumble, Jackie J. Kragel, Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2012. Observation of dystocia in wild elk
- Deborah M. Finch, D. Max Smith, Olivia LeDee, Jean-Luc E. Cartron, Mark A. Rumble. 2012. Climate change, animal species, and habitats: Adaptation and issues (Chapter 5)
- Chad P. Lehman, Mark A. Rumble, Lester D. Flake, Daniel J. Thompson. 2011. Resource selection for foraging by female Merriam's wild turkeys with poults in the southern Black Hills, South Dakota
- Chad P. Lehman, Dylan C. Kesler, Christopher T. Rota, Mark A. Rumble, Eric M. Seckinger, Thomas Juntti, Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2011. Netguns: a technique for capturing Black-backed Woodpeckers
- Nicholas W. Kaczor, Katie M. Herman-Brunson, Kent C. Jensen, Mark A. Rumble, Robert W. Klaver, Christopher C. Swanson. 2011. Resource selection during brood-rearing by Greater Sage-Grouse [chapter 12]
- Nicholas W. Kaczor, Kent C. Jensen, Robert W. Klaver, Mark A. Rumble, Katie M. Herman-Brunson, Christopher C. Swanson. 2011. Nesting success and resource selection of Greater Sage-Grouse [chapter 8]
- Mark A. Rumble, R. Scott Gamo. 2011. Resource selection by elk at two spatial scales in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Christopher P. Hansen, Joshua J. Millspaugh, Mark A. Rumble. 2011. Occupancy modeling of ruffed grouse in the Black Hills National Forest
- Christopher P. Hansen, Mark A. Rumble, Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2011. Ruffed grouse selection of drumming sites in the Black Hills National Forest
- Mark A. Rumble, R. Scott Gamo. 2011. Habitat use by elk (cervus elaphus) within structural stages of a managed forest of the northcentral United States
- Christopher P. Hansen, Mark A. Rumble, Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2010. Monitoring ruffed grouse in the Black Hills: Protocol and user's manual for the occupancy spreadsheet program
- Chad P. Lehman, Daniel J. Thompson, Mark A. Rumble. 2010. Ground roost resource selection for Merriam's wild turkeys
- Daniel J. Thompson, Mark A. Rumble, Lester D. Flake, Chad P. Lehman. 2009. Multiple-scale roost habitat comparisons of female Merriam's wild turkeys in the southern Black Hills, South Dakota
- Katie M. Herman-Brunson, Kent C. Jensen, Nicholas W. Kaczor, Christopher C. Swanson, Mark A. Rumble, Robert W. Klaver. 2009. Nesting ecology of greater sage-grouse Centrocercus urophasianus at the eastern edge of their historic distribution
- Thomas W. Bonnot, Joshua J. Millspaugh, Mark A. Rumble. 2009. Multi-scale nest-site selection by black-backed woodpeckers in outbreaks of mountain pine beetles
- Mark A. Rumble, Thomas Juntti, Thomas W. Bonnot, Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2009. Digital voice recording: An efficient alternative for data collection
- Chad P. Lehman, Lester D. Flake, Mark A. Rumble, Daniel J. Thompson. 2008. Merriam's turkey poult survival in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Chad P. Lehman, Mark A. Rumble, Lester D. Flake, Daniel J. Thompson. 2008. Merriam's turkey nest survival and factors affecting nest predation by mammals
- Thomas W. Bonnot, Mark A. Rumble, Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2008. Nest success of Black-backed Woodpeckers in forests with mountain pine beetle outbreaks in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Mark A. Rumble, Lakhdar Benkobi, R. Scott Gamo. 2007. A different time and place test of ArcHSI: A spatially explicit habitat model for elk in the Black Hills
- Chad P. Lehman, Mark A. Rumble, Lester D. Flake. 2007. Winter habitat selection patterns of Merriam's turkeys in the southern Black Hills, South Dakota
- Chad P. Lehman, Lester D. Flake, Mark A. Rumble, Dan J. Thompson. 2007. Gobbling of Merriam's turkeys in relation to nesting and occurrence of hunting in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Chad P. Lehman, Lester D. Flake, Mark A. Rumble. 2007. Survival and cause-specific mortality of Merriam's turkeys in the southern Black Hills
- Thomas Juntti, Mark A. Rumble. 2006. Arc Habitat Suitability Index computer software
- Cynthia H. Stubblefield, Kerri T. Vierling, Mark A. Rumble. 2006. Landscape-scale attributes of elk centers of activity in the central Black Hills of South Dakota
- Sylvio Mannel, Mark A. Rumble, Maribeth Price, Thomas Juntti, Dong Hua. 2006. Comparison of combinations of sighting devices and target objects for establishing circular plots in the field
- Mark A. Rumble, Lakhdar Benkobi, R. Scott Gamo. 2005. Elk responses to humans in a densely roaded area
- Lakhdar Benkobi, Mark A. Rumble, Cynthia H. Stubblefield, R. Scott Gamo, Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2005. Seasonal migration and home ranges of female elk in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming
- Chad P. Lehman, Lester D. Flake, Mark A. Rumble, Roger D. Shields, Dan J. Thompson. 2005. Pre-incubation movements of female wild turkeys relative to nest initiation in South Dakota
- Shawn C. Fritcher, Mark A. Rumble, Lester D. Flake. 2004. Grassland bird densities in seral stages of mixed-grass prairie
- Mark A. Rumble, John E. Gobeille. 2004. Avian use of successional cottonwood (Populus deltoides) woodlands along the middle Missouri River
- Lakhdar Benkobi, Mark A. Rumble, Gary C. Brundige, Joshua J. Millspaugh. 2004. Refinement of the Arc-Habcap model to predict habitat effectiveness for elk
- Mark A. Rumble, Brian F. Wakeling, Lester D. Flake. 2003. Factors affecting survival and recruitment in female Merriam's turkeys
- Mark A. Rumble, Lester D. Flake, Todd R. Mills, Brian L. Dykstra. 2001. Do pine trees in aspen stands increase bird diversity?
- Mark A. Rumble, Lakhdar Benkobi, Fredrick Lindzey, R. Scott Gamo. 2001. Evaluating elk habitat interactions with GPS collars
- Mark A. Rumble, John E. Gobeille. 2001. Small mammals in successional prairie woodlands of the northern Great Plains
- Todd R. Mills, Mark A. Rumble, Lester D. Flake. 2000. Habitat of birds in ponderosa pine and aspen/birch forest in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- R. Scott Gamo, Mark A. Rumble, Fred Lindzey, Matt Stefanich. 2000. GPS radio collar 3D performance as influenced by forest structure and topography
- Mark A. Rumble, Brian L. Dykstra, Lester D. Flake. 2000. Species-area relations of song birds in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Todd R. Mills, Mark A. Rumble, Lester D. Flake. 2000. Optimum timeframes for detecting songbird vocalizations in the Black Hills
- Mark A. Rumble, Todd R. Mills, Lester D. Flake. 1999. Habitat capability model for birds wintering in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Seth A. McClean, Mark A. Rumble, Rudy King, William L. Baker. 1998. Evaluation of resource selection methods with different definitions of availability
- Mark A. Rumble, Carolyn H. Sieg, Daniel Uresk, Jody Javersak. 1998. Native woodlands and birds of South Dakota: Past and present
- Mark A. Rumble, John E. Gobeille. 1998. Bird community relationships to succession in green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) woodlands
- Brian L. Dykstra, Mark A. Rumble, Lester D. Flake. 1997. Effects of timber harvesting on birds in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, USA
- Mark A. Rumble, Stanley H. Anderson. 1997. Variation in selection of microhabitats by Merriam's turkey brood hens
- Clinton McCarthy, Tim Pella, Greg Link, Mark A. Rumble. 1997. Greater prairie chicken nesting habitat, Sheyenne National Grassland, North Dakota
- Mark A. Rumble, Todd R. Mills, Brian F. Wakeling, Richard W. Hoffman. 1996. Age and gender classification of Merriam's turkeys from foot measurements
- Todd R. Mills, Mark A. Rumble, Lester D. Flake. 1996. Evaluation of a habitat capability model for nongame birds in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Mark A. Rumble, Stanley H. Anderson. 1996. Microhabitats of Merriam's turkeys in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Mark A. Rumble, Stanley H. Anderson. 1996. Feeding ecology of Merriam's turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo merriami) in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Mark A. Rumble, Stanley H. Anderson. 1996. A test of the habitat suitability model for Merriam's wild turkeys
- Mark A. Rumble, Stanley H. Anderson. 1995. Evaluating the habitat capability model for Merriam's turkeys
- Mark A. Rumble, John E. Gobeille. 1995. Wildlife associations in Rocky Mountain juniper in the northern Great Plains, South Dakota
- Richard W. Hoffman, Harley G. Shaw, Mark A. Rumble, Brian F. Wakeling, Cheryl M. Mollohan, Sanford D. Schemnitz, Ron Engel-Wilson, Dan A. Hengel. 1993. Management guidelines for Merriam's wild turkeys
- Mark A. Rumble, Stanley H. Anderson. 1993. Macrohabitat associations of Merriam's turkeys in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Mark A. Rumble, Stanley H. Anderson. 1993. Evaluating the microscopic fecal technique for estimating hard mast in turkey diets
- Mark A. Rumble, Robert A. Hodorff. 1993. Nesting ecology of Merriam's turkeys in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Mark A. Rumble, Todd Mills. 1993. The fate of turkey #88
- Mark A. Rumble, Stanley H. Anderson. 1993. Habitat selection of Merriam's turkey (Meleagris gallopavo Merriami) hens with poults in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Mark A. Rumble. 1992. Roosting habitat of Merriam's turkeys in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Mark A. Rumble, Stanley H. Anderson. 1992. Stratification of habitats for identifying habitat selection by Merriam's turkeys
- Todd R. Mills, Mark A. Rumble. 1991. Poult adoption in Merriam's wild turkeys
- Mark A. Rumble. 1989. Surface mine impoundments as wildlife and fish habitat
- Mark A. Rumble. 1989. Wildlife associated with scoria outcrops: implications for reclamation of surface-mined lands
- Mark A. Rumble, Jay A. Newell, John E. Toepfer. 1988. Diets of greater prairie chickens on the Sheyenne National Grasslands
- Jay A. Newell, John E. Toepfer, Mark A. Rumble. 1988. Summer brood-rearing ecology of the greater prairie chicken on the Sheyenne National Grasslands
- Mark A. Rumble, Stanley H. Anderson. 1987. Turkey habitat use and nesting characteristics in ponderosa pine
- Mark A. Rumble. 1987. Avian use of scoria rock outcrops
- Mark A. Rumble. 1987. Using twig diameters to estimate browse utilization on three shrub species in southeastern Montana
- Mark A. Rumble, Ardell J. Bjugstad. 1986. Uranium and radium concentrations in plants growing on uranium mill tailings in South Dakota
- Mark A. Rumble. 1986. Radiation dosimetry on revegetated uranium mill tailings in western South Dakota
- Mark A. Rumble. 1985. Quality of water for livestock in man-made impoundments in the northern High Plains
- Mark A. Rumble, Lester D. Flake. 1983. Management considerations to enhance use of stock ponds by waterfowl broods
- Mark A. Rumble, Lester D. Flake. 1982. A comparison of two waterfowl brood survey techniques
- Mark A. Rumble. 1982. Biota of uranium mill tailings near the Black Hills
- Washington State University, Pullman, WA, B.S., Wildlife Biology, 1975
- South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, M.S., Wildlife Biology, 1979
- University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, Ph.D., Zoology and Physiology, 1990
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