Publications
Publications
(many published under Dr. Couvillon's maiden name, Anastasia Krainyk)
• Couvillon, A., Soulliere, G., Gordon, D., Eggeman D., Al-Saffar, M., Humburg, D., and Lyons, J. (2026) Regional Conservation Planning Tool: A Spreadsheet Model to Support Spatial Prioritization and Resource Allocation Decisions. The Wildlife Society Bulletin. (in press)
• Krainyk, A., Soulliere, G., Coluccy, J., Al-Saffar, M., Brasher, M., Wilson, B., Humburg, D., and Lyons, J. (2022). Structured Decision Making to Rank North American Wetlands Conservation Act Proposals within Joint Ventures. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 13(2): 375–395.
• Krainyk, A., Lyons, J., Rice, M., Fowler, K., Soulliere, G., Brasher, M., Humburg, D., and Coluccy, J. (2021). Multicriteria Decisions and Portfolio Analysis: Land Acquisition for Biological and Social Objectives. Ecological Applications. 31(7): e02420.
• Krainyk, A., Koczur, L.M., and Ballard, B.M. (2020). A Spatial Model for the Beneficial Use of Dredge Spoil Deposition: Creation and Management of Breeding Habitat for Colonial Waterbirds in Texas. Journal of Environmental Management. 260.
• Krainyk, A., Lyons, J.E., Brasher, M.G., Humburg, D.D., Soulliere, G., Howerter, D., Coluccy, J., Petrie, M., Slattery, S., Rice, M., and Fuller, J. (2019). Spatial Integration of Biological and Social Objectives to Identify Priority Landscapes for Waterfowl Habitat Conservation. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2019-1029. 41 p.
• Krainyk, A., Ballard, B.M., Brasher, M.G., Wilson, B.C., Parr, M.W., and Edwards, C.K. (2019). Decision support tool: Mottled duck habitat management and conservation in the western Gulf Coast. Journal of Environmental Management. 230: 43–52. doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.09.054
• Crouch, C.G., Flores, A.J., Krainyk, A., Brennan, L.A., Wester, D.B., Grahmann, E.D., Benson, R.H., Hernandez, F., and Kelly, J.F. (2019). Comparative Habitat Use of Wintering American Kestrels and Loggerhead Shrikes Along South Texas Roadways. Southeastern Naturalist. 18(2): 240–255.
• Krainyk, A., Finger, R.S., Ballard, B.M., Merendino, M.T., Wester, D.B., and Terry, R.H. (2018). Habitat selection by mottled duck (Anas fulvigula) broods. Wildfowl. 68: 104–122.
• Krainyk, A. and Ballard, B.M. (2016). Testing the Performance of the Mottled Duck Decision Support Tool for Habitat Conservation and Management in the Western Gulf Coast. Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative Internal Report.
• Bates, L.M., Ballard, B.M., Koczur, L.M., Krainyk, A., and Kasner, A. (2016). Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Foraging Habitat Availability for Reddish Egrets in the Laguna Madre, Texas. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation. 8(10): 251–258.
• Krainyk, A. (2016). Prioritizing Habitat Conservation for the Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula) Along the Western Gulf Coast of Mexico. Ph.D. Dissertation. Texas A&M–Kingsville, Kingsville, TX.
• Krainyk, A. and Ballard, B.M. (2014). Decision Support Tool: Prioritization of Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula) Habitat for Conservation and Management in the Western Gulf Coast. Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative Internal Report.
• Krainyk, A. (2011). Application of Bio-boundary Research to the Captive Management of African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus). Master’s Thesis. Columbia University, New York, NY.