I have wide-ranging interests in animal behavior, ornithology and evolution and I
teach a diverse array of classes in these areas including BIO208 Evolution, BIO209
Vertebrate Zoology and BIO323 Invertebrate Zoology.
My primary research focus is on foraging behavior and, in particular, the decision-making
processes of foraging animals. I have carried out research on the foraging behavior
of vultures and cormorants and most recently the breeding biology of grassland birds.
I am also interested in the ectoparasites of small mammals.
Buckley, Neil J. (2023). Review of: Vultures of the World: Essential Ecology and Conservation by Keith
L. Bildstein. Ornithological Applications 125:1-2. Book Review. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duad016
Rush, Scott A., Neil J. Buckley, Patrick A. Zollner, Bryan M. Kluever, Brooke L. McWherter, Grant N. Burcham, Zhao
Ma, Adrián Naveda-Rodriguez (2023). Science-driven guidelines needed to better manage
and conserve Black Vultures in North America. Wildlife Letters 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1002/wll2.12017
Crowley, Cynthia. M., Kyle. F. Tansley, and Neil J. Buckley (2022). First breeding record of the Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) in Vermont. Northeastern Naturalist. 29(1): N1-N5.
Buckley, Neil J., Bryan M. Kluever, Robert Driver, and Scott A. Rush (2022). Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (P. G. Rodewald and B. K. Keeney, Editors).
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY USA. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/blkvul/2.0
Buckley, Neil J. (2020). Carcass use by Crested Caracaras (Caracara cheriway) and interactions with Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) and Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) in South Texas. Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society 53:31-34.
Fajardo, N., Strong, A., Perlut, N., & Buckley, N. J. (2009). Natal and breeding dispersal of Bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) and Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) in an agricultural landscape. The Auk, 126(2), 310–318.
Perlut, N. G., Strong, A.M., Donovan, T. M., & Buckley, N. J. (2008). Regional population viability of grassland songbirds: Effects of agricultural
management. Biological Conservation, 141(12), 3139–3151.
Perlut, N. G., Strong, A.M., Donovan, T. M., & Buckley, N. J. (2008). Grassland songbird survival and recruitment in heterogeneous agricultural
landscapes: implications for source-sink demography. Ecology, 89(7), 1941–1952.
Stuart, P., Mirimin L., Cross T. F., Sleeman D. P., Buckley N. J., Telfer S., Birtles R. J., Kotlík P., & Searle J. B. (2007) The origin of Irish Bank
Voles Clethrionomys glareolus assessed by mitochondrial DNA analysis. The Irish Naturalists’ Journal, 28(11), 440–446.
Perlut, N. G., Strong, A. M., Donovan, T. M. and Buckley N. J. (2006). Grassland songbirds in a dynamic management landscape: behavioral responses
and management strategies. Ecological Applications, 16(6), 2235–2247.
Troy, A. R., Strong, A. M., Bosworth, S. C., Donovan, T. M., Buckley N. J. & Wilson, M. L. (2005). Attitudes of dairy farmers regarding adoption of management
practices for grassland songbirds. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 33(2), 528–538.
