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Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Clinical Trial Documentation,
Technical Writing,
Copywriting,
Newswriting
Research
Market Research,
User Research,
Meta-Research,
Fact Checking,
Gap Analysis,
Gray Literature Search,
Systematic Literature Review,
Secondary Data Collection
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI
Predictive Modeling,
Statistical Analysis,
Data Visualization,
Big Data Analytics,
Data Processing,
Data Insights
Product Development
Formulation,
Product Evaluation,
Product Validation,
Concept Development
Work Experience
Wildlife Biologist
US Geological Survey
September 2016 - September 2020
Education
Ph.D. Biology - Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior
CUNY (City University of New York) Graduate Center
August 2009 - February 2014
Certifications
- Certification details not provided.
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Croston, R., Hartman, C.A., Herzog, M.P., Peterson, S.H., Kohl, J.D., Overton, C.T., Feldheim, C.L., Casazza, M.L., Ackerman, J.T.(2021). Interrupted incubation: How dabbling ducks respond when flushed from the nest . Ecology and Evolution. 11. (6). p. 2862-2872.
Croston, R., Peterson, S.H., Hartman, C.A., Herzog, M.P., Feldheim, C.L., Casazza, M.L., Ackerman, J.T.(2021). Nocturnal incubation recess and flushing behavior by duck hens . Ecology and Evolution.
Croston, R., Hartman, C.A., Herzog, M.P., Casazza, M.L., Feldheim, C.L., Ackerman, J.T.(2020). Timing, frequency, and duration of incubation recesses in dabbling ducks . Ecology and Evolution. 10. (5). p. 2513-2529.
Peterson, S.H., Ackerman, J.T., Herzog, M.P., Hartman, C.A., Croston, R., Feldheim, C.L., Casazza, M.L.(2019). Sitting ducklings: Timing of hatch, nest departure, and predation risk for dabbling duck broods . Ecology and Evolution. 9. (9). p. 5490-5500.
Croston, R., Alex Hartman, C., Herzog, M.P., Casazza, M.L., Ackerman, J.T.(2018). A new approach to automated incubation recess detection using temperature loggers . Condor. 120. (4). p. 739-750.
Croston, R., Ackerman, J.T., Herzog, M.P., Kohl, J.D., Hartman, C.A., Peterson, S.H., Overton, C.T., Feldheim, C.L., Casazza, M.L.(2018). Duck nest depredation, predator behavior, and female response using video . Journal of Wildlife Management. 82. (5). p. 1014-1025.
Luro, A.B., Igic, B., Croston, R., López, A.V., Shawkey, M.D., Hauber, M.E.(2018). Which egg features predict egg rejection responses in American robins? Replicating Rothstein's (1982) study . Ecology and Evolution. 8. (3). p. 1673-1679.
Croston, R., Branch, C.L., Pitera, A.M., Kozlovsky, D.Y., Bridge, E.S., Parchman, T.L., Pravosudov, V.V.(2017). Predictably harsh environment is associated with reduced cognitive flexibility in wild food-caching mountain chickadees . Animal Behaviour. 123. p. 139-149.
Croston, R., Kozlovsky, D.Y., Branch, C.L., Parchman, T.L., Bridge, E.S., Pravosudov, V.V.(2016). Individual variation in spatial memory performance in wild mountain chickadees from different elevations . Animal Behaviour. 111. p. 225-234.
Branch, C.L., Kozlovsky, D.Y., Croston, R., Pitera, A., Pravosudov, V.V.(2016). Mountain chickadees return to their post-natal dispersal settlements following long-term captivity . Behaviour. 153. (5). p. 551-567.
Croston, R., Hauber, M.E.(2015). A recoverable cost of brood parasitism during the nestling stage of the American robin (Turdus migratorius): Implications for the evolution of egg rejection behaviors in a host of the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) . Ethology Ecology and Evolution. 27. (1). p. 42-55.
Croston, R., Hauber, M.E.(2015). Experimental shifts in intraclutch egg color variation do not affect egg rejection in a host of a non-egg-mimetic avian brood parasite . PLoS ONE. 10. (4).
Croston, R., Branch, C.L., Kozlovsky, D.Y., Dukas, R., Pravosudov, V.V.(2015). Heritability and the evolution of cognitive traits . Behavioral Ecology. 26. (6). p. 1447-1459.
Dinets, V., Samaš, P., Croston, R., Grim, T., Hauber, M.E.(2015). Predicting the responses of native birds to transoceanic invasions by avian brood parasites . Journal of Field Ornithology. 86. (3). p. 244-251.
Croston, R., Branch, C.L., Kozlovsky, D.Y., Dukas, R., Pravosudov, V.V.(2015). The importance of heritability estimates for understanding the evolution of cognition: A response to comments on Croston et al . Behavioral Ecology. 26. (6). p. 1463-1464.
Aidala, Z., Croston, R., Schwartz, J., Tong, L., Hauber, M.E.(2015). The role of egg-nest contrast in the rejection of brood parasitic eggs . Journal of Experimental Biology. 218. (8). p. 1126-1136.
Croston, R., Branch, C.L., Kozlovsky, D.Y., Roth, T.C., LaDage, L.D., Freas, C.A., Pravosudov, V.V.(2015). Potential mechanisms driving population variation in spatial memory and the hippocampus in food-caching chickadees . Integrative and Comparative Biology. 55. (3). p. 354-371.
Igic, B., Nunez, V., Voss, H.U., Croston, R., Aidala, Z., López, A.V., Van Tatenhove, A., Holford, M.E., Shawkey, M.D., Hauber, M.E.(2015). Using 3D printed eggs to examine the egg-rejection behaviour of wild birds . PeerJ. 2015. (5).
Hauber, M.E., Tong, L., Bán, M., Croston, R., Grim, T., Waterhouse, G.I.N., Shawkey, M.D., Barron, A.B., Moskát, C.(2015). The Value of Artificial Stimuli in Behavioral Research: Making the Case for Egg Rejection Studies in Avian Brood Parasitism . Ethology. 121. (6). p. 521-528.
Croston, R., Hauber, M.E.(2014). High repeatability of egg rejection in response to experimental brood parasitism in the American robin (Turdus migratorius) . Behaviour. 151. (6). p. 703-718.
Croston, R., Hauber, M.E.(2014). Spectral tuning and perceptual differences do not explain the rejection of brood parasitic eggs by American robins (Turdus migratorius) . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 68. (3). p. 351-362.
Wagner, G.F., Aidala, Z., Croston, R., Hauber, M.E.(2013). Repeated brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) at nesting sites of eastern phoebes (Sayornis phoebe) across non-consecutive years . Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 125. (2). p. 389-394.
Croston, R., Tonra, C.M., Heath, S.K., Hauber, M.E.(2012). Flange color differences of brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds from nests of two host species . Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 124. (1). p. 139-145.
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