Dr. Jay McGhee

Associate Professor

Education

Courses Taught

• Mammalogy
• Wildlife Management & Conservation
• Ornithology
• Herpetology
• Widlife Law
• Biological Sciences Seminar
• Principles of Biology Lab
• General Zoology Lab

Academic Interest

Scholarly Activity

• McGhee, J. D. 2023. Estimating summer survival, temporary emigration probabilities and capture rates for a population of the Cope’s Gray Treefrog/Eastern Gray Treefrog Complex in Northwest Missouri. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 18(1): 20-29.
• McGhee, J. D. 2021.Assessing summer pond and lake inlet use by Gray Treefrogs (Hylaversicolor/chrysoscelis complex) using PVC pipe traps in northwest Missouri. Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science 48: 17 -21.

• McGhee, J. D. 2016. Occupancy rates and detection probabilities of red-backed salamanders on the Virginia Fall Line. Virginia Journal of Science 67 (1 & 2): 1 – 10.

• McGhee, J. D. and M. D. Killian.  2016. Comparing two transect methods for the detection of red-backed salamanders. Journal of North American Herpetology 2016: 27 – 30.

• McGhee, J. D. 2013. Preliminary estimation of capture rates for red-backed salamanders at the Randolph-Macon College Environmental Field Station, Doswell, Virginia. Catesbeiana 33: 62 – 66.
• McGhee, J. D. In Review. Preliminary estimation of capture rates for red-backed salamanders at the Randolph-Macon field station, Doswell, Virginia. Catesbeiana.
• McGhee, J. D., and M. D. Killian.  In Press.  Comparing two transect methods for the detection of red-backed salamanders at C. F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area, Fauquier and Culpeper Counties, Virginia. Virginia Journal of Science.
• McGhee, J. D., and M. D. Killian. 2012.  Habitat modeling for red-backed salamanders at C. F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area, Fauquier and Culpeper Counties, Virginia.  Mid-Atlantic Ecological Society Conference: Disturbed Environments: Ecological Impact & Management Abstracts http://urbanforestry.frec.vt.edu/MAESA/documents/bookofabstracts2012.pdf Note: Published Abstract
• McGhee, J. D., and M. D. Killian. 2012.  A habitat model for the detection of two-lined salamanders at C. F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area, Fauquier and Culpeper Counties, Virginia. Virginia Journal of Science 61: 151 –156.
• McGhee, J. D., and J. M. Berkson. 2011.  Wild Turkey harvest strategies in a density-dependent stochastic system. 10^th Proceedings of the National Wild Turkey Symposium. 133 – 142.
• McGhee, J. D., and M. D. Killian. 2010.  Salamander Diversity at C. F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area, Fauquier and Culpeper Counties, Virginia. Northeastern Naturalist. 17: 629 – 638.
• McGhee, J. D., J. M. Berkson, D. E. Steffen, & G. W. Norman. 2008. Density-dependent harvest modeling for the eastern wild turkey. Journal of Wildlife Management. 72: 196 – 203.
• McGhee, J.D. & J. M. Berkson. 2007. Correlation of eastern wild turkey poult: hen ratios with population indices to detect reproductive density dependence.  Virginia Journal of Science 58: 175 – 185. 
• McGhee, J. D. & J. M. Berkson. 2007. Estimation of a non-linear density dependence parameter for wild turkey. Journal of Wildlife Management 71: 706 – 712.

Other Professional Experiences

Student Group Advisement

• Northwest Wildlife Club