Recent publications


Hymowitz, T., R. J. Singh, and R. P. Larkin. 1990. Long-distance dispersal: the case for the allopolyploids Glycine tabacina (Labill.) Benth. and G. tomentella Hayata in the West-central Pacific. Micronesica 23:5-13.


Larkin, R.P. 1991. Flight speeds observed with radar, a correction: Slow "birds" are insects. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 29:221-224.


Larkin, R.P. 1992. Comparing actual and random distributions of nearest neighbors. Auk 109:202-203.


Larkin, R. P. and D. Halkin. 1994. A review of software packages for estimating animal home ranges. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 22:274:287.


Larkin, R. P., A. Raim and R. H. Diehl. 1996. Performance of a nonrotating direction-finder for automatic radio tracking. Journal of Field Ornithology 67:59-71.


Diehl, R.H. and Larkin, R.P. 1998. Providing resources for researchers on the world wide web: some perspectives. Bioscience 48(4) 313-315.

Diehl, R.H. and Larkin, R.P. 1998. Wing beat frequency of Catharus thrushes during nocturnal migration, measured via radio telemetry. Auk 115:591-601.


 Larkin, R.P., Evans, W.R., Diehl, R.H. 2002 Nocturnal flight calls of Dickcissels and Doppler radar echoes over south Texas in spring. Journal of Field Ornithology 73:2-8.


Wikelski M, Tarlow E, Raim A, Diehl RH, Larkin R.P., Visser GH. 2003. Energy costs of migration in free-flying songbirds. Nature 423:703-704.


Diehl, R.H., Larkin, R.P., Black, J.E. 2003 Bird migration around the Great Lakes on Doppler radar: implications for habitat conservation. Auk. 120:278-290.


Larkin, R.P. and Diehl, R.H. 2003. Spectrum width of birds and insects on pulsed Doppler radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.


Larkin, R.P.. VanDeelen, T.R. Sabick, R.M., Gosselink, T.E., Warner, R.E. 2003 Electronic signaling for prompt removal of an animal from a trap. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 31:387-391.


Diehl, R. H., and R. P. Larkin. (2005). Introduction to the WSR-88D (Nexrad) for ornithological research. Pages 876-888 in C. J. Ralph and T. D. Rich, editors. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference 2002. U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, California.


Larkin, R.P. (2005) Radar techniques for wildlife biology. pages 448-464 In: C. E. Braun, editor. Techniques for wildlife investigations and management, 6th Edition. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.


Larkin, R.P. (2006) Migrating bats interacting with wind turbines: What birds can tell us. Bat Research News 47:23-32.


Kunz, T.H., Arnett, E., Erickson, W.P., Hoar, A.R. Johnson, G.D., Larkin, R.P., Strickland, M.D., Thresher, R.W., Tuttle, M.D. (2007) Ecological impacts of wind energy development on bats: questions, research needs, and hypotheses. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, 5:315-324.


Kunz, T. H., E. B. Arnett, B. M. Cooper, W. P. Erickson, R. P. Larkin, T. Mabee, Michael L. Morrison, M. D. Strickland, and J. M. Szewczak. 2007. Assessing impacts of wind energy development on nocturnally active birds and bats. Journal of Wildlife Management, 71:2449-2486


Arnett, E.B., Inkley, D.B, Johnson, D.H., Larkin, R.P., Manes, S., Manville, A.M., Mason, R., Morrison, M., Strickland, M.D., Thresher, R. 2007. Impacts of wind energy facilities on wildlife and wildlife habitat. Wildlife Society Technical Review 07-2, 49 pp.. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.


Kunz,T.H., Gauthreaux, S.A.Jr., Hristov, N.I., Horn, J.W. Jones, G. Kalko, E.K.V., Kelly, T.A., Ronald P. Larkin, R.P., McCracken, G.F., Swartz, S.M., Srygley, R.B., Dudley, R., Westbrook, J.K., Wikelski, M., 2008. Aeroecology: probing and modeling the aerosphere. Integrative and Comparative Biology.


Larkin, R.P. and Szafoni, R.E. 2008. Radar evidence for dispersed groups of migrating vertebrates at night. Integrative and Comparative Biology. See also news release .


Recent abstracts, reports, and other publications


Larkin, R.P. 1991. Sensitivity of NEXRAD algorithms to echoes from birds and insects. 25th Radar Meteorology Conference Proceedings, Paris, June 1991, pp. 203-205.


Larkin, R.P. 1993. The potential role of modern radars in operational monitoring of nocturnal migration. Workshop to develop a North American migration monitoring program for landbird species. Long Point, Ontario, Sept 1993. 4 pp. (Abstract)


Larkin, R. P. 1994. Effects of military noise on wildlife: a literature review . Final Report to U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory , November 1994, 83 pp.


Larkin, R.P. 1994. NEXRAD algorithm for bird hazard warning. Final Report to U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, November 1994, 184 pp.


Larkin, R. P. and D. Halkin. 1994. A review of software packages for estimating animal home ranges. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 22:274:287.


Larkin, R. P., A. Raim and R. H. Diehl. 1996. Performance of a nonrotating direction-finder for automatic radio tracking. Journal of Field Ornithology 67:59-71.


Larkin, R. P., D. Margoliash, J. A. Kogan and L. L. Pater. 1996. Recognition of the utterances of terrestrial wildlife: A new approach. ( Abstract ). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 99:2532.


Larkin, R.P. May 1998. Final Report to USACERL, Contract DACA88-95-C-0012, Automated techniques for land-based detection and monitoring of animal sounds. 41 pp.


Larkin, R.P. and Diehl, R.H. 2002. Spectrum width of flying animals on Doppler radar. (Extended abstract) 15th Conference on Biometeorology/Aerobiology and 16th Congress of Biometeorology and at http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/


Diehl, R. H., and R. P. Larkin. 2003. Identifying high-use stopover habitat using Doppler radar. Final Report, The Nature Conservancy.


Larkin, R.P. 2005. System for automated radio tracking of animals in the field. NSF Final report (filed electronically).   Larkin, R.P. 2006. Locating bird roosts with Doppler radar. pp. 244-249 In: Proceedings 22nd Vertebrate Pest Control Conference, Berkeley, CA.


Larkin, R.P. and Kamen, B. 2006. Vermont Bird Migration Study: Phase 1 of 2; Feasibility of using WSR-88D radar Data to Characterize Bird Migration in the Mountainous Landscape of Vermont. Final report to US Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5, Hadley, MA.