Publications

Peer-reviewed

• Amichai, E., G. M. Forcey, M. Vukovich, and J. R. Willmott. 2025. Multi-sensor arrays provide complementary information on bat presence and activity in the offshore environment. Journal of North American Bat Research 3:75–88. https://eaglehill.us/NABRonline/access-pages/spec01/006-Amichai-accesspage.shtml
• Robinson Willmott, J., G. Forcey, and M. Vukovich. 2023. New insights into the influence of turbines on the behaviour of migrant birds: implications for predicting impacts of offshore wind developments on wildlife. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2507:012006. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2507/1/012006
• Forcey, G. M., K. Gilland, and C. Denny. 2016. A GIS-based model to predict electrocutions of bald eagle and wood stork in Florida. Pages 331–343 in Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-Way Management, 11th International Symposium. Utility Arborist Association, 20–23 September 2015, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. https://www.rights-of-way.org/past-proceedings/
• Robinson Willmott, J., G. M. Forcey, and L. A. Hooton. 2015. Developing an automated risk management tool to minimize bird and bat mortality at wind facilities. Ambio. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0707-z. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-015-0707-z
• Forcey, G. M., W. E. Thogmartin, G. M. Linz, P. C. McKann, S. M. Crimmins. 2015. Spatially explicit modeling of blackbird abundance in the Prairie Pothole Region. Journal of Wildlife Management 79:1022–1033. https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jwmg.912
• Forcey, G. M., W. E. Thogmartin, G. M. Linz, P. C. McKann. 2014. Land use and climate affect black tern, northern harrier, and marsh wren abundance in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States. Condor: Ornithological Applications 116:226–241. https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/116/2/226/5153090
• Forcey, G. M., J. Lavallee, C. Newman, and C. Sutter. 2014. A spatial habitat model to predict exposure of bald eagles to distribution poles in central Florida. Pages 141–148 in Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-Way Management, 10th International Symposium. Utility Arborist Association, 30 September–3 October 2012, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. https://www.rights-of-way.org/past-proceedings/
• Forcey, G., J. Newman, J. Lindsay, and C. Newman. 2012. Spatial modeling monk parakeet distributions on electric utility structures in Broward and Dade Counties, Florida. Pages 221–229 in Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-Way Management, 9th International Symposium. International Society of Arboriculture, 27–30 September 2009, Portland, Oregon, USA. https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10.5555/20133390126
• Forcey, G. M., W. E. Thogmartin, G. M. Linz, W. J. Bleier, P. C. McKann. 2011. Land use and climate influences on waterbirds in the Prairie Potholes. Journal of Biogeography 38:1694–1707. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02510.x
• Burger, J., C. Gordon, L. Niles, J. Newman, G. Forcey, and L. Vliestra. 2011. Risk evaluation for federally listed (roseate tern, piping plover) or candidate (red knot) bird species in offshore waters: A first step for managing the potential impacts of wind facility development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. Renewable Energy 36:338–351. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148110003216
• Forcey, G. M., G. M. Linz, W. E. Thogmartin, and W. J. Bleier. 2008. Modeling wetland blackbird populations as a function of waterfowl abundance in the prairie pothole region of the United States and Canada. Environmental Bioindicators 3:124–135. (This paper was voted best paper overall for 2008 in Environmental Bioindicators.) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15555270802275434
• Petersen, M. L., G. M. Linz, G. Forcey, W. Thogmartin, and W. J. Bleier. 2008. Evaluation of stop-level vs. route-level Breeding Bird Survey counts for modeling the influence of land use and climate on breeding blackbird abundance in North Dakota. Pages 122–124 in Proceedings of the 23rd Vertebrate Pest Conference. Vertebrate Pest Council, 17–20 March 2008, San Diego, California, USA. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm_usdanwrc/790/
• Forcey, G. M., G. M. Linz, W. E. Thogmartin, and W. J. Bleier. 2007. Influence of land use and climate on wetland breeding birds in the Prairie Pothole Region of Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 85:421–436. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/z07-005
• Forcey, G. M., J. T. Anderson, F. K. Ammer, and R. C. Whitmore. 2006. Comparison of two double-observer point count approaches for estimating breeding bird abundance. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:1674–1681. https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70%5B1674:COTDPA%5D2.0.CO;2
• Forcey, G. M., G. M. Linz, and W. J. Bleier. 2004. Influences of land use patterns on blackbird abundance in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota. Pages 368–403 in Proceedings of the 16th International Sunflower Conference. International Sunflower Association, 29 August–2 September 2004, Fargo, North Dakota, USA. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1350&&context=icwdm_usdanwrc
• Forcey, G. M., and J. T. Anderson. 2002. An assessment of avian fauna on the Camp Dawson Collective Training Area, Kingwood, West Virginia. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Sciences 74:39–55.

• Anderson, J. T., G. M. Forcey, J. D. Osbourne, and A. B. Spurgeon. 2002. The importance and use of wildlife management plans: an example from the Camp Dawson Collective Training Area. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Sciences 74:8–17.

• Forcey, G. M., and J. T. Anderson. 2002. Variation in bird detection probabilities and abundances among different point count durations and plot sizes. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 56:331–342.

Thesis and Dissertation

• Forcey, G. M. 2006. Landscape-level influences on wetland birds in the prairie pothole region of the United States and Canada. PhD Dissertation, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA.

• Forcey, G. M. 2002. An evaluation of double-observer point count techniques and avian habitat use on the Camp Dawson Collective Training Area, Preston County, West Virginia. M.S. Thesis, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.

Book Chapters

• Forcey, G. M., and W. E. Thogmartin. 2017. Effects of habitat and climate change on blackbird populations. Pages 101–118 in G. M. Linz, M. L. Avery, and R. A. Dolbeer, editors. Ecology and management of blackbirds (Icteridae) in North America. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/121/1/duy010/5318749

Popular Press

• Forcey, G., J. R. Willmott, and M. Vukovich. 2023. Closing the Gap: Remote sensing technology can monitor bird and bat activity at offshore wind turbines. Wildlife Professional, May/June 2023, pp 48–51.
• Forcey, G. 2013. Maps for Bats. Geoworld Magazine. April 2013, pp 22–25.