Bio

Education

B.S. University of Michigan (1968)
M.A. Southern Illinois University (1974)
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts (1979)

Research Interests

Wildlife biology; wildlife-habitat interrelationships; spatial and temporal habitat modeling; population analysis and estimation; fur-bearer ecology; biotelemetry; endangered species.

Courses

(FOR) FW 404 – Forest Wildlife Management
FW (FOR) 310 – Wildlife Summer Camp
FOR (FW) 585 – Advanced Wildlife Habitat Management
FOR (FW) 594 – Seminar in Wildlife Management

Area(s) of Expertise

Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences

Publications

• The mating system of white‐tailed deer under Quality Deer Management , Journal of Wildlife Management (2016)
• Nesting Ecology of Swainson's Warblers in a South Carolina Bottomland Forest , The Wilson Journal of Ornithology (2012)
• Intracranial Abscessation as a Natural Mortality Factor for Adult Male White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) in Kent County, Maryland, USA , Journal of Wildlife Diseases (2009)
• Using Video Surveillance to Estimate Wildlife Use of a Highway Underpass , Journal of Wildlife Management (2007)
• Effect of Population Demographics and Social Pressures on White-Tailed Deer Dispersal Ecology , Journal of Wildlife Management (2006)
• Factors Influencing Acadian Flycatcher Nesting Success in an Intensively Managed Forest Landscape , Journal of Wildlife Management (2006)
• Managed forest landscape structure and avian species richness in the southeastern US , Forest Ecology and Management (2005)
• Relationships between avian richness and landscape structure at multiple scales using multiple landscapes , Forest Ecology and Management (2005)
• Swainson's warbler habitat selection in a managed bottomland hardwood forest , Journal of Wildlife Management (2005)
• Influences of hardwood stand area and adjacency on breeding birds in an intensively managed pine landscape , Forest Science (2002)

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