Publications

*undergraduate students
†co-first authors
‡Graduate student mentees

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  1. Coon, JJ, SB Maresh Nelson, *RC Daughtridge, DM Debinski, WH Schacht, & JR Miller. 2025. Bird and arthropod response to herbicide and grazing: Trade-offs and time lags in invasive plant management. Ecosphere.

  2. Coon, JJ, *MJ Easley, J Williams, & G Hambrick. 2025. Farmer perceptions of regenerative agriculture in the Corn Belt: Exploring motivations and barriers to adoption. Agriculture and Human Values.

  3. ‡Mingione, JE, JJ Coon, & JR Miller. 2025. Evaluating native plant community characteristics after restoration in invaded tallgrass prairies. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 98: 134-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2024.07.015

  4. ‡Winkler-Schor, S, JJ Coon, *D Sanji, *M Barefoot-Yeager. 2024. When it comes to research on land management behavior, how are we doing? A systematic review on theory, measurement, and suggestions for improvement. Conservation Science & Practice, 6(7):e13164. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13164

  5. Alexander, NB, D Knutson, M Spellman, M Rivera, LK Morrow, *M Scherz, *TE Clarkberg, LT Allen-Custodio, K Fountain, I Klimasmith, EM Smith, JJ Coon. 2024. Increasing LGBTQ+ inclusion and competency in wildlife sciences: Intersections of sociocultural, structural, and historic barriers to inclusion. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 48(1): e1511. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1511

  6. †Coon, JJ, †NB Alexander, EM Smith, *M Spellman, IM Klimasmith, LT Allen-Custodio, *TE Clarkberg, D Knutson, K Fountain, M Rivera, *M Scherz, LK Morrow. 2023. Best practices for LGBTQ+ inclusion during ecological fieldwork: Considering safety, cis/heteronormativity, and structural barriers. Journal of Applied Ecology, 60(3): 393-399. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14339

  7. Perrin-Stowe, T, M Horner JJ Coon, LR Lynch, A de Flamingh, NB Alexander, E Golebie, TM Swartz, AC Bader, & SJ Halsey. 2023. “Where do I even start?” Recommendations for faculty diversifying syllabi in the life & environmental sciences, 13(1): e9719. Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9719

  8. Coon, JJ, *KE Rola, *IA Bradley, SB Maresh Nelson, & JR Miller. 2022. Increased productivity and abundance of an obligate grassland bird after experimental invasive grass management. Restoration Ecology.

  9. Schultz, M, H Jamieson, E Piontek, JJ Coon, & SJ Halsey, SJ. In Press. The importance of cultural values in ecological restorations. Society & Natural Resources.

  10. Coon, JJ, NJ Lyon, EJ Raynor, DM Debinski, JR Miller, & WH Schacht. 2021. Using adaptive management to restore grasslands invaded by tall fescue (Schedonorus arundinaceus). Rangeland Ecology and Management, 76(1): 84-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2021.02.001
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  11. Strauser, J, WP Stewart, L Foelske, N Shipley, NM Evans, JJ Coon, & CJ van Riper. 2021. Effects of incentives on survey response rates in two rural counties. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration. https://doi.org/10.18666/JPRA-2020-10486
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  12. Coon, JJ, CJ van Riper, LW Morton, & JR Miller. 2020. What drives private landowner decisions? Exploring willingness to manage non-native grasses in the eastern Great Plains. Journal of Environmental Management, 276: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111355
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  13. Maresh Nelson, SB, JJ Coon, & JR Miller. 2020. Do habitat preferences improve fitness? Context-specific adaptive habitat selection by a grassland songbird. Oecologia. PDF, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04626-8
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  14. Larson, ER, BM Graham, R Achury, JJ Coon, MK Daniels, DK Gambrell, KL Jonasen, GD King, N LaRacuente, TIN Perrin-Stowe, EM Reed, CJ Rice, SA Ruzi, MW Thairu, JC Wilson, & AV Suarez. 2020. From environmental DNA (eDNA) to citizen science: Emerging tools for the early detection of invasive species. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 18(4): 194-202. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2162
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  15. Coon, JJ, CJ van Riper, LW Morton, & JR Miller. 2019. Evaluating nonresponse bias in survey research conducted in the rural Midwest. Society and Natural Resources. 33(8): 968-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2019.1705950
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  16. Raynor, EJ, JJ Coon, TM Swartz, LW Morton, WH Schacht, & JR Miller. 2019. A social-ecological assessment of cattle producer views toward conservation, an invasive grass, and stocking rate. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 72(6): 888-898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2019.07.008
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  17. Swartz, TM, JJ Coon, JR Mattes*, & JR Miller. 2019. Identifying Opportunities to Conserve Farm Ponds on Private Lands: Integration of Social, Ecological, and Historical Data. Land, 8(127): 1-19. PDF, https://doi.org/10.3390/land8090127
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  18. Maresh Nelson†, SB, JJ Coon†, WH Schacht, & JR Miller. 2019. Cattle select against the invasive grass tall fescue in heterogeneous pastures managed with prescribed fire. Grass and Forage Science, 74(3): 486-495. https://doi.org/10.1111/gfs.12411
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  19. Maresh Nelson, SB, JJ Coon, CJ Duchardt, JR Miller, DM Debinski, & WH Schacht. 2018. Contrasting impacts of invasive plants and human-altered land cover on nest survival and parasitism of a grassland bird. Landscape Ecology, 33(10): 1799-1813. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0703-3
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  20. Nelson, SB, JJ Coon, CJ Duchardt, JD Fischer, SJ Halsey, AJ Kranz, CM Parker, SC Schneider, TM Swartz, & JR Miller. 2017. Patterns and mechanisms of invasive plant impacts on North American birds: a systematic review. Biological Invasions, 19(5): 1547-1563. PDF, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1377-5
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  21. Coon, JJ, M Atkin, L Gabriel, & WM Pangle. 2015. Food choice of red-shouldered hawks (Buteo lineatus) in a rehabilitation setting in Shepherd, MI: Behavioral insights from novel methods. Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation, 35(2): 15-22. PDF
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  22. Coon, JJ and WM Pangle. 2015. Too hot to handle: Climate change and adaptive evolution in vertebrates. EvoS Journal: The Journal of Evolutionary Studies Consortium, 7(1), 1-9.
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Natural History Notes & Short Communications

  1. Tori WP, J Angell, *H Grushon H, *C Roskamp, *T Clarkberg, *E King, *M McKellar, J Mingione, and JJ Coon. 2023. Attempted forced copulation by an immature Red-winged Blackbird male: Video evidence from the Grand River Grasslands of Iowa and potential explanations. Biodiversity Observations, 13: 42-49. https://doi.org/10.15641/bo.1267

  2. Iverson, JB, MS Finkler, & JJ Coon. 2021. Ambystoma maculatum (spotted salamander) and Ambystoma texanum (smallmouth salamander) tail bifurcation. Herp Review

  3. Coon, JJ, SB Nelson, IA Bradley, AC West, and JR Miller. 2018. Parental infanticide in Dickcissels (Spiza americana): Video evidence and a review of potential mechanisms. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 130(1): 1-5. PDF, https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-130.1.341

Technical Reports

  1. *Feldberg-Bannatyne, E., P*etras, A., *Newman, K., *Astorga, J., *Boigenzahn, E., *Clarkberg, T.E., *Eckert, K., *Kamara, K., *King, E., *Mathews, M., *Roskamp, C., Schalck, G., *Spellman, M., and Coon, JJ. 2021. Nature’s Contributions to People: Evaluating the Benefits of Earlham College’s Backcampus. Earlham College Department of Environmental Sustainability, Report 353-2021.
    PDF forthcoming.

  2. Coon, JJ, SB Maresh Nelson, L Wright Morton, and JR Miller. 2019. Agricultural, ecological, and social responses to an invasive grass and its removal in working Midwestern grasslands. Sustainable Agriculture, Research, and Education-North Central Region, Report GNC 15-201. https://projects.sare.org/project-reports/gnc15-201/
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  3. Coon, JJ, LW Morton, & JR Miller. 2018. A survey of landowners in the Grand River Grasslands: Managing wildlife, cattle, and non-native plants. Report 04-18, University of Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Urbana, IL. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/99941
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  4. Coon, JJ. 2014. Nature as a distant other: What the human species owes to biological communities. Honors Platform Undergraduate Academic Journal, 2: 11-16.Technical Reports

Articles - Not Peer Reviewed

  1. Alexander, NB, D Knutson, LK Morrow, L Lynch, *M Spellman, M Rivera, *M Scherz, *TE Clarkberg, LT Allen-Custodio, K Fountain, I Kilmasmith, EM Smith, & JJ Coon. 2023. Disparities and concerns relating to LGBTQ+ demographic data collection in the biological sciences. Invited Viewpoint in BioScience, 73(4): 258-260. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad011

  2. Coon, JJ, NB Alexander. 2023. “LGBTQ+ Ecologists Reflect on Accessibility and Inclusivity in Fieldwork.” Invited Blog in Applied Ecologist.

  3. Coon, JJ. 2014. Nature as a distant other: What the human species owes to biological communities. Essay in Honors Platform Academic Journal, 2: 11-16.