The Wildlife Society Review of the Study on Golden-cheeked Warbler Population Distribution and Abundance and Associated Manuscripts

Authors: J. R. Dunk, P. B. Hamel, R. Peak, W. Thogmartin, F. R. Thompson III

At the request of TAMU and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service), TWS facilitated a two month, independent peer review of a package of materials relating to a recent modeling study for predicting occupancy and abundance within the GCWAs summer breeding range in Texas. In addition to the independent peer review, a brief question and answer/interview conference call occurred on 28 June 2011 (facilitated by TWS), enabling reviewers to seek clarification and a greater understanding of the research and interpretations associated with these studies. This review takes into account not only the documents themselves, but this question and answer session.