Butler, M. J., and P. A. Tappe.  2008.  Relationships of red-cockaded woodpecker reproduction and foraging habitat characteristics in Arkansas and Louisiana.  European Journal of Wildlife Research 54(4): 601-608. [online]

Butler, M. J., W. B. Ballard, M. C. Wallace, and S. J. DeMaso.  2008.  Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) detectability from helicopters and ramifications for estimating abundance.  European Journal of Wildlife Research 54(1): 148–152. [online, pdf]

Brunjes, J. H., IV, W. B. Ballard, M. C. Wallace, R. S. Phillips, D. P. Holdstock, B. L. Spears, M. J. Butler, M. S. Miller, N. E. McIntyre, S. J. DeMaso, R. D. Applegate, and P. S. Gipson.  2007.  Patterns of capture-related mortality in Rio Grande wild turkeys.  National Wild Turkey Symposium Proceedings 9: 75–81. [pdf]

Butler, M. J., W. B. Ballard, M. C. Wallace, and S. J. DeMaso.  2007.  Road-based surveys for estimating wild turkey density in the Texas Rolling Plains.  Journal of Wildlife Management 71(5): 1646–1653. [pdf]

Butler, M. J., W. B. Ballard, M. C. Wallace, and S. J. DeMaso.  2007.  Evaluation of survey techniques for wild turkey in the southern Great Plains.  Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 61: 113. [pdf]

Butler, M. J., W. B. Ballard, M. C. Wallace, S. J. DeMaso, and B. K. McGee.  2007.  Aerial surveys for estimating wild turkey abundance in the Texas Rolling Plains.  Journal of Wildlife Management 71(5): 1639–1645. [pdf]

Butler, M. J., G. I. Hall, M. C. Wallace, W. B. Ballard, R. S. Phillips, J. H. Brunjes IV, R. T. Huffman, R. L. Houchin, J. C. Bullock, S. J. DeMaso, R. D. Applegate, and M. C. Frisbie.  2007.  Utility of poult-hen counts to index productivity of Rio Grande wild turkeys.  National Wild Turkey Symposium Proceedings 9: 159–168. [pdf]

Hall, G. I., M. C. Wallace, W. B. Ballard, D. C. Ruthven III, M. J. Butler, R. L. Houchin, R. T. Huffman, R. S. Phillips, and R. D. Applegate.  2007.  Rio Grande wild turkey habitat selection in the Southern Great Plains.  Journal of Wildlife Management 71(8): 2583–2591. [pdf]

Butler, M. J., W. B. Ballard, and H. A. Whitlaw.  2006.  Physical characteristics, hematology, and serum chemistry of free-ranging gray wolves in south-central Alaska.  The Canadian Field-Naturalist 121: 205–212. [pdf]

Butler, M. J., W. B. Ballard, M. C. Wallace, S. J. DeMaso, and R. D. Applegate.  2006.  Comparing techniques for counting Rio Grande wild turkeys at winter roosts.  Pages 112–117 in J. W. Cain III and P. R. Krausman, editors.  Managing wildlife in the southwest: new challenges for the 21st century.  The Southwest Section of The Wildlife Society, 9–11 August 2005, Alpine, Texas, USA. [pdf]

Hall, G. I., M. J. Butler, M. C. Wallace, W. B. Ballard, D. C. Ruthven III, R. L. Houchin, R. T. Huffman, R. S. Phillips, and R. D. Applegate.  2006.  Rio Grande wild turkey home ranges in the Southern Great Plains.  Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 60: 36–42. [pdf]

McGee, B. K., M. J. Butler, D. B. Pence, J. L. Alexander, J. B. Nissen, W. B. Ballard, and K. L. Nicholson.  2006.  Possible vector dissemination by swift foxes following a plague epizootic in black-tailed prairie dogs in northwestern Texas.  Journal of Wildlife Disease 42(2): 415–420. [pdf]

McGee, B. K., K. L. Nicholson, W. B. Ballard, and M. J. Butler.  2006.  Characteristics of swift fox dens in northwest Texas.  Western North American Naturalist 66(2): 239–245. [pdf]

McGee, B. K., M. J. Butler, M. C. Wallace, W. B. Ballard, and K. L. Nicholson.  2005.  From the field: a comparison of survey techniques for swift fox pups.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 33(3): 1169–1173. [pdf]

Butler, M. J., M. C. Wallace, W. B. Ballard, S. J. DeMaso, and R. D. Applegate.  2005.  From the field: the relationship of Rio Grande wild turkey distributions to roads.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 33(2): 745–748. [pdf]

Butler, M. J., A. P. Teaschner, W. B. Ballard, and B. K. McGee.  2005.  Wildlife ranching in North America: arguments, issues, and perspectives.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 33(1): 381–389. [pdf]

In Review:

Haskell, S. P., D. A. Butler, W. B. Ballard, M. J. Butler, M. C. Wallace, and M. H. Humphrey.  Deer density estimation in west-central Texas: old versus new ground techniques with mark-resight as a comparative baseline.  Proceedings of the Western States and Provinces Deer and Elk Workshop.

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