William H. Busby

Associate Scientist

Kansas Natural Heritage Inventory

Courtesy Associate Professor

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Contact Information

KSNHI

Phone	785-864-1530
Fax	785-864-1534
Email
Office	135B Higuchi

Unit Affiliations

KSNHI

Curriculum Vitae

William H. Busby - CV (pdf)

Detail

Specialty

Animal Ecology

Background

Bill Busby earned his Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 1987. Currently, Dr. Busby is a zoologist with the Kansas Natural Heritage Inventory, and holds a courtesy appointment with the KU Dept. of Ecology & Evolutiionary Biology.

Research Interests

Ecology of Great Plains vertebrates, grassland bird habitat relationships, plant-animal interactions, and conservation biology.

Research

Wildlife Conservation Planning	March 2012 - Dec. 2012	Kansas and western US
Habitat Associations and Ecological Niche Modeling in Eastern Forest Species	Oct. 2011 - present	Eastern Kansas
Assessment of the Current State of the American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus Oliver) in Southeastern Kansas	Jan. 2009 - present	Southeastern Kansas
Ecology of the Smooth Earth Snake (Virginia valeriae) and Redbelly Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata) in northeastern Kansas	June 2009 - Aug. 2011	Northeastern Kansas
Monitoring and Habitat Management for Species of Greatest Conservation Need: Anderson County Prairie Preserve	Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2010	Anderson County Prairie Preserve
Natural Areas Inventory of the Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation	Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2009	Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation
Prairie Restoration and Outreach in Eastern Kansas--Phase II	Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2009	Eastern Kansas
An Inventory of Natural Areas in Linn and Anderson Counties, Kansas	Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2009	Anderson and Linn Counties
Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Habitat of Concern in the Gila River Riparian Zone	Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2008	New Mexico

Published Works

Pisani, G., W. H. Busby. 2011. Ecology of the smooth earth snake (Virginia valeriae) and redbelly snake (Storeria occipitomaculata) in northeastern Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 172:37 pp.

Busby, W. H., W. Kettle, J. Delisle, R. Moranz, S. Roels, V. Salisbury. 2010. Monitoring and habitat management for species of greatest conservation need: Anderson County Prairie Preserve. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 164:99 pp.

Pisani, G., W. H. Busby. 2009. Final Report: Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation Amphibian and Reptile Inventory, 2007-2009. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 157:11 pp.

Guarisco, H., W. H. Busby. 2009. Survey for the federally endangered American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) in southeastern Kansas in 2009. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.

Kindscher, K., W. H. Busby, R. Craft, J. Delisle, C. C. Freeman, H. Kilroy, Q. Long, H. Loring, R. Moranz, F.J. Norman. 2009. A natural areas inventory of Anderson and Linn Counties in Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 158:79 pp.

Houts, M., R.D. Rodgers, R.D. Applegate, W. H. Busby. 2009. Using local knowledge and remote sensing to map known and potential prairie-chicken distribution in Kansas. Prairie Naturalist. 40(3/4):87-93. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/...

Dickson, T., W. H. Busby. 2009. Forb species establishment increases with decreased grass seeding density and with increased forb seeding density in a northeast Kansas, USA, experimental prairie restoration. Restoration Ecology. 17(5):597-605. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/...

Busby, W. H. 2009. Lesser prairie-chicken listing update. The Horned Lark. 36(4):3.

Busby, W. H. 2008. Climate change and Great Plains birds. The Horned Lark. 35(2):3. http://www.ksbirds.org/kos/newslett...

Busby, W. H., G. Pisani. 2007. Welda spring field trip. Journal of Kansas Herpetology. 22:12. http://www.cnah.org/khs/JKH_22.pdf

Busby, W. H., J. Delisle, C. C. Freeman, K. Kindscher, H. Loring, D.E. Nimz, C.J. Schmidt. 2007. A natural features inventory of the Smoky Hill ANG Range, Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Open-File Report No. 137:403 pp.

Busby, W. H. 2007. KOS joins 2007 Farm Bill coalition. The Horned Lark. 34(2):3.

Nimz, D.E., W. H. Busby. 2007. The natural legacy of the Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.

Kettle, W., V. Salisbury, W. H. Busby, C. C. Freeman. 2007. Ecological management plan for the Anderson County Prairie Preserve. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.

Busby, W. H., C. C. Freeman, K. Kindscher, J. Delisle. 2006. A natural features inventory of the Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range: Annual Progress Report. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.

Kettle, W., V. Salisbury, W. H. Busby, C. C. Freeman. 2006. Ecological management plan for the Anderson County Prairie Preserve Part 1. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.

Busby, W. H. 2006. Ferrets in Kansas?. The Horned Lark. 33(4):11-12.

Powell, A., W. H. Busby, K. Kindscher. 2006. Status of the regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia) and effects of fire management on its abundance in northeastern Kansas. Journal of Insect Conservation. November 2006:10 pp.

Busby, W. H., J. Collins, G. Suleiman. 2005. The Snakes, Lizards, Turtles, and Amphibians of Fort Riley and Vicinity. The Snakes, Lizards, Turtles, and Amphibians of Fort Riley and Vicinity:2nd Edition. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 76 pp.

Kindscher, K., W. H. Busby, J. Delisle, J. Dropkin, C. C. Freeman. 2005. A natural areas inventory of Douglas, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, and Wyandotte Counties in northeast Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Open-file Report No. 124:79 pp.

Kettle, W., W. H. Busby, J. Delisle, C. C. Freeman, K. Kindscher, C.M. Morse. 2005. Fieldwork and activities in support of integrated natural resource management planning at Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.

Delisle, J., W. H. Busby. 2004. Biological inventory for vertebrates at Fort Larned National Historic Site of the Southern Plains Network. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 103:65 pp.

Kettle, W., W. H. Busby, V. Salisbury. 2003. Management recommendations. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 117:110-123.

Freeman, C. C., W. H. Busby, J. Delisle, W. Kettle, K. Kindscher, H. Loring, C. Morse, V. Salisbury. 2003. A natural areas inventory of the Ft. Leavenworth Military Reservation, Leavenworth County, Kansas. II. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 117:199 pp.

Busby, W. H. 2002. Kansas recovery plan for the Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus). Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.

Busby, W. H. 2002. Distribution and subspecific status of the Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nevadica) in Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 108.

Lauver, C., W. H. Busby, J. Whistler. 2002. Testing a GIS model of habitat suitability for a declining grassland bird. Environmental Management. 30(1):88-97.

Busby, W. H., J.L. Zimmerman. 2001. The Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas. The Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas. Lawrence, KS:University Press of Kansas. 466 pp.

Busby, W. H., H. Guarisco. 2000. Survey for the Topeka Shiner, Notropis topeka, and the American Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus americanus, on the Smoky Hill ANG Range in Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 95:26 pp.

Fitzgerald, J., W. H. Busby, M. Howery, R. Klataske, D. Reinking, D. Pashley. 2000. Partners in Flight Conservation Plan for the Osage Plains (Physiographic Area 33). Partners in Flight.

Busby, W. H. 2000. Hummingbird pollination of epiphytic ericaceae in the cloud forest canopy. The Ecology and Natural History of Monteverde: A Background to Conservation. New York, NY:Oxford University Press.

Busby, W. H., S.T. Patti, M. Rader. 1999. Summer record of the Rufous-crowned Sparrow in Kansas. Bulletin of the Kansas Ornithological Society. 50:27-28.

Liechti, P., C. C. Freeman, W. H. Busby, C. Lauver. 1999. A systematic survey for protected and rare species and the identification of riparian natural communities along the Solomon River in north-central Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 91:121 pp.

Freeman, C. C., W. H. Busby, C. Lauver, P. Liechti. 1998. A systematic survey for protected and rare species and the identification of riparian natural communities along the Republican River in north-central Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 85:128 pp.

Busby, W. H., W. R. Brecheisen. 1997. Chorusing phenology and habitat associations of the crawfish frog, Rana Aeolata Anura: Raniade, in Kansas. Southwestern Naturalist. 42(2):210-217. http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus...

Busby, W. H., D.W. Mulhern, P.G. Kramos, D. Rintoul. 1997. Nesting piping plover and least tern on the Kansas River. Prairie Naturalist. 29(4):257-262.

Freeman, C. C., W. H. Busby, C. Lauver, K. Kindscher, J. Elliott, D.A. Eifler. 1996. A natural areas inventory of the Ft. Leavenworth Military Reservation, Leavenworth County, Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 77:282 pp.

Busby, W. H., J.R. Parmelee. 1996. Historical changes in a herpetofaunal assemblage in the Flint Hills of Kansas. American Midland Naturalist. 135:81-91.

Busby, W. H., J.R. Parmelee. 1996. The reptiles and amphibians of Fort Riley and vicinity. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 1996:72 pp.

Collins, J., S. Collins, J. Horak, D. Mulhern, W. H. Busby, C. C. Freeman, G. Wallace. 1995. An Illustrated Guide to Endangered and Threatened Species in Kansas. An Illustrated Guide to Endangered and Threatened Species in Kansas. Lawrence, KS:University Press of Kansas. 140 pp.

Eifler, D.A., W. H. Busby, C. C. Freeman. 1995. A survey for protected and rare species and exemplary natural areas on the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant in Labette County, Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 64:184 pp.

Freeman, C. C., W. H. Busby. 1994. A survey for protected and rare species and exemplary natural areas on the McConnell Air Force Base in Sedgwick County, KS. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 62:47 pp.

Busby, W. H. 1994. Natural Communities of Kansas - XII: Caves. Newsletter of the Kansas Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. Summer 1994:4-5.

Busby, W. H., J.R. Parmelee, C.M. Dwyer, E.D. Hooper, K.J. Irwin. 1994. A survey of the herpetofauna on the Fort Riley Military Reservation. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 58:79 pp.

Hammond, C., W. H. Busby. 1994. Survey for the Plains Spotted Skunk in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.

Freeman, C. C., W. H. Busby. 1993. A survey for endangered and threatened species on the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, Johnson County, Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 54:55 pp.

Lingafelter, S.W., W. H. Busby. 1993. Survey for the American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) in Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 55:8 pp.

Busby, W. H., G. Horak. 1993. Unionid mussels in Kansas: Overview of conservation efforts and harvest regulations. UMRCC.

Lingafelter, S.W., W. H. Busby. 1992. Survey for the American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) in eastern Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 53:14 pp.

Busby, W. H., J. Danoff-Burg. 1992. Status report on Stygobromus clantoni (Creaser), Clanton's cave amphipod, in Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 49:24 pp.

Busby, W. H. 1991. Prairie mole cricket survey report for Kansas, 1991. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 47:18 pp.

Ferrington, L.C. Jr., W. H. Busby. 1991. Status report on Optioservus phaeus White (Scott riffle beetle). Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 48:21 pp.

Freeman, C. C., W. H. Busby, C. Lauver. 1990. Progress report of the Kansas Natural Heritage Program: January 1, 1988-December 31, 1989. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.

Busby, W. H. 1990. An inventory of three tallgrass prairie animals in eastern Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 45:11 pp.

Feinsinger, P., W. H. Busby, H.M. Tiebout III. 1988. Effects of indiscriminate foraging by tropical hummingbirds on pollination and pollination success: experiments with two tropical treelets (Rubiaceae). Oecologia. 76:471-474.

Feinsinger, P., W. H. Busby, K.G. Murray, J. Beach, W.Z. Pounds, Y.B. Linhart. 1988. Mixed support for spatial heterogeneity in species interactions: Hummingbirds in a tropical disturbance mosaid. American Naturalist. 131:33-57.

Linhart, Y.B., P. Feinsinger, J.H. Beach, W. H. Busby, K.G. Murray, W.Z. Pounds, S. Kinsman, C.A. Guindon, M. Kooiman. 1987. Disturbance and predictability of flowering patterns in bird-pollinated plants of neotropical cloud forest. Ecology. 68:1696-1710.

Linhart, Y.B., W. H. Busby, J.H. Beach, P. Feinsinger. 1987. Forager behavior, pollen dispersal and inbreeding in two species of hummingbird-pollinated plants. Evolution. 41:679-682.

Feinsinger, P., W. H. Busby. 1987. Pollen carryover: Experimental comparisons between morphs of Palicourea lasiorrachis (Rubiaceae), a distylous, bird-pollinated, tropical treelet. Oecologia. 73:231-235.

Feinsinger, P., J. Beach, Y.B. Linhart, W. H. Busby, K.G. Murray. 1987. Disturbance, pollinator predictability, and pollination success among Costa Rican cloud forest plants. Ecology. 68:1294-1305.

Feinsinger, P., K.G. Murray, S. Kinsman, W. H. Busby. 1986. Floral neighborhood and pollination success in four hummingbird-pollinated plant species of a Costa Rican cloud forest. Ecology. 67:449-464.

Barlow, B.A., D. Wiens, C. Wiens, W. H. Busby, C. Brighton. 1978. Permanent translocation heterozygosity in Viscum album and V. cruciatum: Sex association, balanced lethals, sex ratios. Heredity. 40:33-38.