George Hess
Bio
Education
BA, Biology, Columbia College (1978)
BS, Computer Science, Columbia Engineering (1979)
MS, Computer Science, Stevens Insitute of Technology (1981)
PhD, Biomathematics, North Carolina State University (1994)
Awards
NC State University recipient of the UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2013-2014
Research Interests
Green infrastructure conservation and management, conservation, ecology, natural resources measurements, and engaged teaching & learning.
Regular Courses
NR 300 – Natural Resources Measurements
FW 333 – Conservation Biology in Practice
NR 595 – Conserving Urban Biodiversity
Area(s) of Expertise
Urban Open Space Conservation, Natural Resource Management
Publications
- Variations in reproduction and age structure in the North American river otter in North Carolina, USA , The Journal of Wildlife Management (2023)
- Carolina critters: a collection of camera-trap data from wildlife surveys across North Carolina , ECOLOGY (2021)
- SNAPSHOT USA 2019: a coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States , ECOLOGY (2021)
- LEPTOSPIRA, PARVOVIRUS, AND TOXOPLASMA IN THE NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER (LONTRA CANADENSIS) IN NORTH CAROLINA, USA , JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES (2020)
- Metal contamination of river otters in North Carolina , Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2020)
- Educational attainment predicts negative perceptions women have of their own climate change knowledge , PLOS ONE (2019)
- Research note: Shout-out survey for quantifying reasons for trail use , JOURNAL OF OUTDOOR RECREATION AND TOURISM-RESEARCH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT (2019)
- Developing an Instrument to Measure Autonomous Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change among Urban Households , FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (2018)
- Predictors of Bachman's Sparrow Occupancy at its Northern Range Limit , SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST (2018)
- Reproductive consequences of habitat fragmentation for a declining resident bird of the longleaf pine ecosystem , Ecosphere (2017)