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Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# overview
Our lab interests include conservation biology, tropical ecology, the IUCN Global Assessments, conservation planning, and the assessment and monitoring of patterns and trends in biodiversity. Under this broad umbrella, the interests of past and current students is diverse.  We have conducted research focused on mammals, birds, amphibians, and people, with an underlying emphasis on conservation, in all of its diversity and complexity.

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4101 Climate Change Impacts And Adaptation

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University of Pittsburgh - (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States)

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Holder of Caesar Kleberg Chair of Wildlife Ecology

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Ecological modeling, population ecology, and wildlife toxicology: A team approach to environmental toxicology

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Agrochemical use on banana plantations in Latin America: Perspectives on ecological risk

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Impacts of contaminants and pesticides on biodiversity and ecosystem structure and function

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Use and selection of winter hibernacula by the eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) in Texas

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Temporal niche segregation in two rodent assemblages of subtropical Mexico

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Looking Forward: The Global Future of Wildlife Toxicology

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Assessment of assemblage-wide temporal niche segregation using null models

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Arbuscular mycorrhiza inoculum potential in natural and managed tropical montane soils in Costa Rica

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Species richness and edge effects on bat communities from Perobas Biological Reserve, Parana, southern Brazil

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Spatiotemporal responses of reptiles and amphibians to timber harvest treatments

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Parasitism of Trees by Marmosets in a Central Brazilian Gallery Forest

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An ecological risk assessment of lead shot exposure in nonwaterfowl avian species: Upland game birds and raptors

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Home range perturbations in Tamias striatus : Food supply as a determinant of home range and density.

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The Brazilian Caatinga in South American Zoogeography: Tropical Mammals in a Dry Region

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Cranial Morphology of the Dwarf Marmoset Callibella in the Context of Callitrichid Variability

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Effects of agricultural spraying of methyl parathion on cholinesterase activity and reproductive success in wild starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

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Comparison of land use change in payments for environmental services and National Biological Corridor Programs

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Availability of Resources and Use of Space in Eastern Chipmunks, Tamias striatus

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In situ effects of pesticides on amphibians in the Sierra Nevada.

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Climate change, range shifts, and the disruption of a pollinator-plant complex.

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Exudate-feeding byCallithrix jacchus penicillata in semideciduous woodland (Cerrado) in central Brazil

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National level use of International Union for Conservation of Nature knowledge products in American National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and National Reports to the Convention on Biological Diversity

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The IUCN global assessments: partnerships, collaboration and data sharing for biodiversity science and policy

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Support for rodent ecology and conservation to advance zoonotic disease research.

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Terrestrial small mammal richness and habitat associations in an Amazon Forest-Cerrado contact zone

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Frugivorous bats as facilitators of natural regeneration in degraded habitats: A potential global tool

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Comparing ecological functions of natural and created wetlands for shorebirds in Texas

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Cranial morphology of callitrichid genera: variability and diversification.

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Managed forests and migratory bird populations: evaluating spatial configurations through simulation

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Integrating Agriculture and Ecosystems to Find Suitable Adaptations to Climate Change

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Large and medium-sized mammals in the urban park Cinturo Verde, Cianorte, northwestern Paran

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The status of the world's land and marine mammals: diversity, threat, and knowledge.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Survey for antibody to hantaviruses in Tamaulipas, Mexico.

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Population responses of Peromyscus resident in Iowa cornfields treated with the organophosphorus pesticide COUNTER (R)

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Land cover drives amphibian diversity across steep elevational gradients in an isolated neotropical mountain range: Implications for community conservation

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Avian exposure to pesticides in Costa Rican banana plantations.

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Using digital photography and image analysis software to estimate the emergence of bats at Tou Santi Cave, Dominica, West Indies

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Food Preference as a Function of Resource Abundance with Multiple Prey Types: An Experimental Analysis of Optimal Foraging Theory

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USE AND SELECTION OF WINTER HIBERNACULA BY THE EASTERN PIPISTRELLE (PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS) IN TEXAS

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Avian response to a turf application of triumph 4E

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Parrot conservation in the lesser antilles with some comparison to the Puerto Rican efforts

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Food Selection of a Tropical Mammalian Folivore in Relation to Leaf-Nutrient Content

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Parrot conservation and ecotourism in the Windward Islands

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Exudate-eating, scent-marking, and territoriality in wild populations of marmosets

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Payments for environmental service's role in landscape connectivity

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The effect of methyl parathion on susceptibility of bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) to domestic cat predation.

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Mammalian endemism, range size and conservation status in the southern temperate zone

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Hair-trap efficacy for detecting mammalian carnivores in the tropics

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Seasonal patterns in community composition of bats in forest fragments of the Alto Rio Parana, southern Brazil

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Modeling the suitability of Texas karst regions for infection by Pseudogymnoascus destructans in bats

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Modelling the potential geographic distribution of an endangered pollination corridor in Mexico and the United States

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Effect of methyl parathion on food discrimination in northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)

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Tropical ecotoxicology: Status and needs

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Changing the Course of Biodiversity Conservation in the Caatinga of Northeastern Brazil

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The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Behavior, habitat, diet and reproduction of the iguanid lizard Polychrus acutirostris in the caatinga of northeastern Brazil.

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Seasonal Emergence and Historical Contaminant Exposure of Cave Myotis (Myotis velifer) in Central Texas and Current Status of the Population

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Social Spacing in Small Mammals: Patterns of Individual Variation

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Latitudinal patterns of range size and species richness of New World woody plants

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Effects of methyl parathion in ducks and duck broods

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Multi-scale effects of habitat structure and landscape context on a vertebrate with limited dispersal ability (the brown-throated sloth, Bradypus variegatus)

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A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets.

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Monocrotophos-induced mass mortality of Swainson's hawks in Argentina, 1995-96

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Shade coffee and amphibian conservation, a sustainable way forward? Understanding the perceptions and management strategies of coffee growers in Colombia

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Chemical and biochemical evaluation of Swainson's hawk mortalities in Argentina.

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Monitoring and assessment of Swainson's hawks in Argentina following restrictions on monocrotophos use, 1996-97

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Tools and Metrics for Species Prioritization for Conservation Planning and Action: Case Studies for Antelopes and Small Mammals

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Disconnect within Agriculture and Ecosystem Climate Effects, Adaptations and Policy

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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The functional roles of mammals in ecosystems

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Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences.

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Temporal variation of ethylene dibromide (EDB) in an unconfined aquifer, Whatcom County, Washington, USA: a twenty-seven month study.

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Chemical and biochemical evaluation of Swainson's hawk mortalities in Argentina

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Species Identity Supersedes the Dilution Effect Concerning Hantavirus Prevalence at Sites across Texas and Mxico.

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Effects of the organophosphate pesticide Counter on laboratory deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)

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Post-migration weight gain of Swainson's Hawks in Argentina

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The biogeography and filtering of woody plant functional diversity in North and South America

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The relationship between frugivory and insectivory in primates

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Evolution, phylogeny, ecology, and conservation of the clade Glires: Lagomorpha and Rodentia

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Assessment and Monitoring of Biodiversity: Impacts of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation and Climate Change.

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Revitalizing the Central American Coffee Sector after the Rust Crisis of 2012 Through Applied Research and Development

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United States Agency for International Development - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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United States Agency for International Development

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences; 2258 TAMU

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Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# inTheNews[].label
First Generation Celebration: How One Aggie Student Went From First Gen To Ph.D.

# etdChairOf[].label
Wood, Margot Astrid (2016-08). Conservation Policies, Mammal Corridors, and Landscape Dynamics within a Costa Rican Biological Corridor. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Castro-Arellano, Ivan (2005-12). Ecological patterns of the small mammal communities at El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Weber, Laura (2012-05). Co-creating Knowledge, Understanding, and Action for Effective Natural Resource Conservation. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Adamek, Krista Anne (2011-05). Temporal Variation in Space and Resource Use of Macaws in the Southeastern Peruvian Amazon. Master's Thesis.

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Aguiar, John Marshall (2009-12). Cranial Variability in Amazonian Marmosets. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Gomez Ruiz, Emma Patricia (2015-12). Potential Impacts of Global and Regional Environmental Changes on an Endangered Pollination Corridor in Mexico and the USA. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Cowman, Deborah Fay (2005-12). Pesticides and amphibian declines in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Neam, Kelsey Dillon (2015-08). The Spatial Ecology of a Dispersal Limited Mammal on a Mosaic Landscape. Master's Thesis.

# websites[].label
Biodiversity Assessment & Monitoring Lab