Dr. Brian S. Dorr

Brian S. Dorr, Research Wildlife Biologist

Dr. Brian Dorr is a Research Wildlife Biologist with the National Wildlife Research Center Mississippi Field Station. Dr. Dorr is also adjunct faculty in the College of Forest Resources, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture and the College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, at Mississippi State University. Brian’s research is focused on ecology and management of avian predators and invasive species particularly as it relates to human wildlife conflicts.

NWRC Research Project:  Defining Economic Impacts and Developing Strategies for Reducing Avian Predation in Aquaculture Systems

Current Research:

• Effects of management on double-crested cormorant populations
• Effectiveness of management programs in protecting commercial and natural resources
• Wildlife damage management methods for avian species
• The use of biomarkers as determinants of age and diet in avian species
• Evaluation of colonial waterbird survey techniques
• Use of satellite and VHF telemetry in assessments of habitat use, migration, and movement of avian species
• Evaluation of control methods for brown tree snakes.

Education:

• Ph.D., Mississippi State University, Wildlife Ecology
• M.S., Mississippi State University, Wildlife Ecology
• B.S., University of Arizona-Tucson

International Experience:

• Canada - Bird banding
• Guam - Brown Tree Sanke Control

Contact information

• USDA/WS/National Wildlife Research Center
  Scales Building, Rm. 103, (P.O. Box 6099)
  125 Stone Blvd.
  Mississippi State University, MS 39762
• Telephone: 662-325-8216
• Fax: 662-325-8704
• Email: brian.s.dorr@aphis.usda.gov

Recent Publications:

Lafferty, D.J.R., K.C. Hanson-Dorr, A.M. Prisock, and B.S. Dorr. 2016. Biotic and abiotic impacts of Double-crested cormorant breeding colonies on forested islands in the southeastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management 369:10-19.  doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.03.026  

Dorr, B.S., K.C. Hanson-Dorr, S.C. Barras and T.L. DeVault. 2016. Reproductive characteristics of double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) in the eastern United States:  Demographic information for an intensely managed species. Waterbirds 39(1): 81-85.  

Craig, E.C., B.S. Dorr, K.C. Hanson-Dorr, J.P. Sparks, and P.D. Curtis. 2015. Isotopic discrimination in the Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus).  PloS One 10(10):e0140946.  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140946

Dorr, B.S. and C.R. Engle. 2015. Influence of simulated double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, predation on multiple-batch production of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 46(3):319-327.  doi: 10.1111/jwas.12187

Ayers, C.R., K.C. Hanson-Dorr, S. O'Dell, C.D. Lovell, M.L. Jones, J.R. Suckow, and B.S. Dorr. 2015. Impacts of colonial waterbirds on vegetation and potential restoration of island habitats.  Restoration Ecology 23(3):252-260.  doi: 10.1111/rec.12169

Dorr, Brian S., Jeremy J. Hatch and D. V. Weseloh. 2014. Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/441  doi:10.2173/bna.441

Washburn, B.E., M.S. Martell, R.O. Bierregaard, Jr., C.J. Henny, B.S. Dorr, and T.J. Olexa. 2014. Wintering ecology of adult North American ospreys. Journal of Raptor Research 48(4):325-333. doi: 10.3356/JRR-OSPR-13-01.1.

Dorr, B.S., K.C. Hanson-Dorr, T.L. DeVault, A.Guillaumet, and S.C. Barras. 2014. Geographic segregation and evidence of density-dependent changes in sex ratios in an abundant colonial waterbird. Integrative Zoology 9:570-583.  doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12091.

Guillaumet, A., B.S. Dorr, G. Wang, and T.J. Doyle. 2014. The cumulative effects of management on the population dynamics of the Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus in the Great Lakes. Ibis 156(1): 141-152. doi 10.1111/ibi.12109.

Clark, L., P.J. Savarie, J.A. Shivik, S.W. Breck, and B.S. Dorr. 2012. Efficacy, effort, and cost comparisons of trapping and acetaminophen-baiting for control of brown treesnakes on Guam. Human-Wildlife Interactions 6: 222-236.

Dorr, B.S., and C. Somers. 2012. The direction of research and management of double-crested cormorants heading into the 2000s. Waterbirds 35: 138-148.

 Dorr, B.S., J.D. Taylor II, S.J. Werner, D.T. King, J.F. Farquhar, I.M. Mazzocchi, and R.D. McCullough. 2012. Summer and migrational movements of satellite-marked double-crested cormorants from a breeding colony managed by egg-oiling in Lake Ontario, USA. Waterbirds 35: 114-123.

Dorr, B.S., L.W. Burger, S.C. Barras, and K.C. Godwin. 2012. Double-crested cormorant distribution on catfish aquaculture in the Yazoo River Basin of Mississippi. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36(1): 70-77. doi: 10.1002/wsb.94

Dorr, B. S., L.W. Burger, S.C. Barras, and K.C. Godwin. 2012. Economic impact of double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, depredation on Channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, aquaculture in Mississippi, USA. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 43(4): 502-513.

Dorr, B.S., S.L. Hanisch, P.H. Butchko, and D.G. Fielder. 2012. Management of double-crested cormorants to improve sport fisheries in Michigan: three case studies. Human-Wildlife Interactions 6: 155-168.