Caleb P. Roberts

Assistant Unit Leader

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

13 h-index 66 pubs 716 cited

Research Areas

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Fire effects on ecosystems

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Caleb P. Roberts' research focuses on understanding ecological processes and their implications for wildlife and land management. His work has investigated the impact of tree encroachment on rangeland herbaceous production and explored how fire management strategies can restore grassland bird richness. Roberts has also studied the influence of human activity on the behavior of nine-banded armadillos and examined how targeted grazing and mechanical thinning can improve forest resilience to wildfires.

His research also extends to conservation applications, including tracking spatial regimes as early warning indicators for species of conservation concern. Roberts utilizes next-generation technologies to monitor rangeland productivity and quantify conservation outcomes at multiple scales. He has published 66 papers, accumulating 716 citations, and holds an h-index of 13. Roberts collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Lindsey A. P. LaBrie, M. W. Shaw, Percival M. Marshall, and Lauren L. Berry.

Metrics

  • h-index: 13
  • Publications: 66
  • Citations: 716

Selected Publications

  • Seasonal variation in wild pig ( <i>Sus scrofa</i> ) diet revealed by DNA metabarcoding (2026) DOI
  • <i>Rallus elegans</i> (King Rail) occupancy is stable, but habitat is in short supply in the Arkansas Delta (2025) DOI
  • High-intensity fire supports restoration of grassland species richness and community composition following woody encroachment (2025) DOI
  • Reconciling scale using the Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) Framework to improve management of woody encroachment in grasslands (2025) DOI
  • The relative influence of climate extremes and species richness on the temporal variability of bird communities (2025) DOI
  • Population increases of the threatened American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) linked to large-scale collaborations in a working lands ecoregion (2024) DOI
  • Balancing ecology and practicality to rank waterbodies for preventative invasive species management (2024) DOI
  • Risk of invasive waterfowl interaction with poultry production: Understanding potential for avian pathogen transmission via species distribution models (2024) DOI
  • Declining pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) population productivity caused by woody encroachment and oil and gas development (2024) DOI
  • Herbaceous production lost to tree encroachment in United States rangelands (2022) DOI
  • Next-generation technologies unlock new possibilities to track rangeland productivity and quantify multi-scale conservation outcomes (2022) DOI
  • Tracking spatial regimes in animal communities: Implications for resilience-based management (2022) DOI
  • Large‐scale fire management restores grassland bird richness for a private lands ecoregion (2022) DOI
  • Nine‐banded armadillo (<i>Dasypus novemcinctus</i>) activity patterns are influenced by human activity (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Lindsey A. P. LaBrie University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 3 shared publications M. W. Shaw University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Percival M. Marshall University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Lauren L. Berry University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications David G. Krementz University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Michael Ferrara University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Ellery V. Lassiter University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Andrhea Massey University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication

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