Progress 10/01/08 to 09/30/09
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Scientists operating under this CRIS project have been involved in numerous outreach activities, have presented works at professional meetings, and have been working closely with land managers in disseminating results to land managers and other professionals in the field, facilitating rapid transfer of information and application in conservation and management contexts. PARTICIPANTS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
Information garnered from this work has been and is being used in the management of numerous wildlife species, in Florida, other parts of North America, and Latin America. Studies of habitat fragmentation and introduced species will result in improved management of wildlife populations and habitats.
Publications
- Arnett, E. B., and J. P. Hayes. 2009. Use of conifer snags as roosts by females of three species of bats in western Oregon. Journal of Wildlife Management 73:214-225.
- Babbitt, K. J., J. S. Vesey, and G. W. Tanner. 2009. Measuring habitat. In Dodd, C. K. (ed.) Amphibian Ecology and Conservation. Oxford Press, UK.
- Binion, G. R., M. S. Allen, M. J. Catalano, and W. E. Pine, III. 2009. Direct and indirect estimates of black crappie size selectivity to a common sampling gear: Potential biases and limitations for assessment. Fisheries Research 95:47-54.
- Boland, J. L., J. P. Hayes, and W. P. Smith. 2009. Distribution of bats in southeast Alaska with emphasis on Keen's Myotis (Myotis keenii). Northwest Science 83:169-179.
- Boland, J. L., J. P. Hayes, W. P. Smith, and M. M. P. Huso. 2009. Selection of day-roosts in trees by male and female Keen's Myotis (Myotis keenii) at multiple spatial scales. Journal of Mammalogy 90:222-234.
- Cahall, R. E., and J. P. Hayes. 2009. Influences of post-fire salvage logging on forest birds in the Eastern Cascades, Oregon, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 257:1119-1128.
- Catalano, M. J., A. C. Dutterer, W. E. Pine, III, and M. S. Allen. 2009. Effects of variable mortality and recruitment on performance of catch-curve residuals as indicators of fish year class strength. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29:295-305.
- Flowers, H. J., W. E. Pine, III, A. C. Dutterer, K. G. Johnson, J. W. Ziewitz, M. S. Allen, and F. M. Parauka. 2009. Spawning site selection and potential implications of modified flow regimes on viability of Gulf sturgeon populations. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 138:1266-1284.
- Frick, W. F., J. P. Hayes, and P. A. Heady, III. 2009. Nestedness of a desert bat assemblage: species composition patterns in insular and contiguous landscapes. Oecologia 158:687-697.
- Giuliano, W.M. Game species of Florida ranchlands. 2009. Essay in Ward, C., editor. Florida cowboys: keepers of the last frontier. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
- Giuliano, W.M., and E.V. Willcox. 2009. Wildlife puzzles: ecology and management. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
- Hayes, J. P., H. K. Ober, and R. E. Sherwin. 2009. Surveying and monitoring bats. Pages 115-132, in Kunz, T. H., and S. Parsons (eds.). Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats, 2nd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.
- Hostetler, M.E. and D. Drake. 2009. Conservation subdivisions: a wildlife perspective. Landscape and Urban Planning. 90: 95-101.
- Moulton, M. P., D.K. McLain and L.E. Moulton. 2009. Sexual selection and the fate of Introduced pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae. Evolutionary Ecology Research 11: 889-904.
- Ober, H. K. and J. P. Hayes. 2009. Determinants of Lepidopteran diversity and community structure in a conifer-dominated forest. Biodiversity and Conservation. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9732-1.
- Pine, W. E., III, S. J. D. Martell, C. J. Walters, and J. F. Kitchell. 2009. Counterintuitive responses of fish populations to management actions: Some common causes and implications for predictions based on ecosystem modeling. Fisheries 34: 165-180.
- Ross J.P., D. Honeyfield , S. Brown, L. Brown , A. Rice , M. Welker & T. Schoeb. 2009. Gizzard shad thiaminase activity and the effect on captive alligator thiamine status. J. Aquatic Animal Health.
- Ross, J. P. 2009. Forty years of sea turtle conservation: What worked and what didn't. Invited keynote address- abstract. 29th International Sea Turtle Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, 18 February 2009
- Zweig, C.L. and W.M. Kitchens. 2009. Defining the present before restoring the past: Everglades vegetation communities. Society of Wetland Scientists Online Brief Series. http://www.sws.org/researchbrief.
- Zweig, C. and W. M. Kitchens. 2009. Multi-state succession in wetlands: A novel use of state and transition models. Ecology 90:1900-1909.
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Progress 10/01/07 to 09/30/08
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Scientists operating under this CRIS project have been involved in numerous outreach activities, have presented works at professional meetings, and have been working closely with land managers in disseminating results to land managers and other professionals in the field, facilitating rapid transfer of information and application in conservation and management contexts. PARTICIPANTS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
Information garnered from this work has been and is being used in the management of numerous wildlife species, primarily in Florida and Latin America. Studies of habitat fragmentation and introduced species will result in improved management of wildlife populations and habitats.
Publications
- Borkhataria, R., P.C. Frederick, A.L. Bryan and J.A. Rodgers. 2008. A preliminary model of Wood Stork population dynamics in the southeastern United States. Waterbirds.
- Darby, P.C., R.E. Bennetts, and H.F. Percival. 2008 (Accepted). Dry down impacts on apple snail (Pomacea pauludosa) demography: implications for wetland water management. Wetlands 28(1):204-214.
- Frederick, P.C., and K. D. Meyer. 2008. Longevity and size of Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) colonies in Florida as guides for an effective monitoring strategy in the southeastern United tates. Waterbirds. Frick, W. F., J. P. Hayes, and P. A. Heady, III. 2008. Island biogeography of bats in Baja California, Mexico: Patterns of bat species richness in a near-shore archipelago. Journal of Biogeography 35:353-364.
- Frick, W. F., J. P. Hayes, and P. A. Heady, III. 2008. Patterns of island occupancy in bats: Influences of area and isolation on insular incidence of volant mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17:622-632.
- Honeyfield, D.A., J.P. Ross, D.A. Carbonneau, S.P. Terrell, A.R. Woodward, T.R. Schoeb, H.F. Percival, J.P. Hinterkopf. 2008. Pathology, physiological parameters, tissue contaminants, and tissue thiamine in morbid and healthy adult American alligators (Alligator mississipiensis) on Lake Griffin, FL. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 44(2): 280-294.
- Nomani, S.Z., R.R.Carthy and M.K. Oli. 2008. Comparison of methods for estimating abundance of gopher tortoises. Applied Herpetology. 5:13-31
- Ober, H. K., and J. P. Hayes. 2008. Influence of forest riparian vegetation on abundance and biomass of nocturnal flying insects. Forest Ecology and Management 256:1124-1132.
- Ober, H. K., and J. P. Hayes. 2008. Influence of vegetation on bat use of riparian areas at multiple spatial scales. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:396-404.
- Ober, H. K., and J. P. Hayes. 2008. Prey selection by bats in forests of western Oregon. Journal of Mammalogy 89:1191-1200.
- Rice, K.G., Waddle, J.H., Crockett, M.E., Bugbee, C.D., Jeffery, B.M., and Percival, H.F., 2007, Herpetofaunal inventories of the national park of south Florida and the Caribbean: Volume IV. Biscayne National Park: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1057, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
- Stolen, E.D., J.A. Collazo, and H.F. Percival. 2007. Scale-dependent habitat selection of nesting Great Egrets and Snowy Egrets. Waterbirds 30(3): 384-393
- Tirpak, J.M., W.M. Giuliano, and C.A. Miller. 2008. Ruffed grouse brood habitat selection at multiple scales in Pennsylvania: implications for survival. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86:329-337.
- Valentine-Darby, P.L., P.C. Darby, R.E. Bennetts, W.M. Kitchens, and H.F. Percival. 2008. The use of mark-recapture to estimate Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa Say) density in wetland habitats. Florida Scientist. 71(2): 115-127.
- Waddle, J. H., K. G. Rice, F. J. Mazzotti, and H. F. Percival. 2008. Modeling the effect of toe clipping on treefrog survival: beyond the return rate. Journal of Herpetology 42:467-473
- Watts, A. C., W. S. Bowman, A. H. El-Rahman, A. Mohamed, B. E. Wilkinson, J. Perry, Y. O. Kaddoura, and K. Lee 2008. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) for ecological research and natural-resource monitoring. Ecological Restoration, 26:13-14.
- Williams, K.A., P. C. Frederick, P.C., P. Kubilis, and J. C. Simon. 2008. Visual bias in aerial estimates of colonially nesting white ibises and great egrets. Journal of Field Ornithology.
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Progress 10/01/05 to 09/30/06
Outputs
No progress reported this period
Impacts
Information garnered from this work has been and is being used in the management of numerous wildlife species, primarily in Florida and Latin America. Studies of habitat fragmentation and introduced species will result in improved management of wildlife populations and habitats.
Publications
- Bock, J. L., A.R. Woodward, S.L. Linda, H.F. Percival, and Dwayne A. Carbonneau. 2004. Hatching success of American alligator eggs when subjected to simulated collection trauma. Southeast Assoc. of Fish and Wildl. Agencies 58:323-335.
- Carthy, R.R. 2006. An owners manual for the Chelonioidea. Conservation Biology. 20(1)259-260.
- Garmestani, A.S., and H.F. Percival. 2005. Control of the Ten Thousand Islands raccoon Procyon lotor marinus (L.) reduces sea turtle nest depredation in the Ten Thousand Islands of Florida. Southeastern Naturalist 4(3):469-472.
- Greenberg, C.H., and G.W. Tanner. 2005. Spatial and temporal ecology of oak toads (Bufo quercicus) on a Florida landscape. Herpetologica 61:422-434.
- Greenberg, C.H., and G.W. Tanner. 2005. Spatial and temporal ecology of eastern spadefoot toads on a Florida landscape. Herpetologica 61:20-28.
- Hostetler, M.E., D. Scot, and J. Paul. 2005. Post-construction effects on an urban development on migrating, resident, and wintering birds. Southeastern Naturalist. 4(4): 421-434.
- Martin J., J.D. Nichols, W.M. Kitchens, and J.E. Hines. 2006. Multiscale patterns of movement in fragmented landscapes and consequences on demography of the snail kite in Florida. Journal of Animal Ecology. 75 (2):527-540.
- Reyna-Hurtado, R., and G.W. Tanner. 2005. Habitat preferences of ungulates in hunted and unhunted areas in the Calakmul Forest, Campeche, Mexico. Biotropica 37:675-685.
- Tirpak, J.M., W.M. Giuliano, C.A. Miller, T.J. Allen, S. Bittner, D.A. Buehler, J.W. Edwards, C.A. Harper, W.K. Igo, G.W. Norman, M. Seamster, and D.F. Stauffer. 2006. Ruffed grouse population dynamics in the central and southern Appalachians. Biological Conservation 133:364-378.
- Tirpak, J.M, W.M. Giuliano, C.A. Miller, T.J. Allen, S. Bittner, J.W. Edwards, S. Friedhof, W.K. Igo, D.F. Stauffer, and G.W. Norman. 2006. Ruffed grouse nest success and habitat selection in the central and southern Appalachians. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:138-144.
- Watts, A., G. Tanner, and R. Dye. 2006. Restoration of dry prairie using fire and roller chopping. Pages 225-230. In Land of Fire and Water: The Dry Prairie Ecosystem, R. Noss (ed.). Proceedings of Dry Prairie Restoration Conference, Sebring, FL.
- Weckel, M., W.M. Giuliano, and S. Silver. 2006. Cockscomb revisited: jaguar diet in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize. Biotropica 38:687-690.
- Weckel, M., W.M. Giuliano, and S. Silver. 2006. Jaguar feeding ecology: the distribution of predator and prey through time and space. Journal of Zoology 270:25-30.
- Whitaker, D.M., D.F. Stauffer, G.W. Norman, P.K. Devers, T.J. Allen, S. Bittner, D. Buehler, J. Edwards, S. Friedhoff, W.M. Giuliano, C.A. Harper, and B. Tefft. 2006. Factors affecting habitat use by Appalachian ruffed grouse. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:460-471.
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Progress 10/01/04 to 09/30/05
Outputs
No progress reported this period
Impacts
Information garnered from this work has been and is being used in the management of numerous wildlife species, primarily in Florida and Latin America. Studies of habitat fragmentation and intriduced species will result in improved management of wildlife populations and habitats.
Publications
- Labisky, R. F., C. C. Hurd, M. K. Oli, and R. S. Barwick. 2003. Foods of white-tailed deer in the Florida Everglades: The role of Crinum. Southeastern Naturalist 2:261-270.
- Novack, A. J., M. B. Main, M. E. Suquist, and R. F. Labisky. 2005. Foraging ecology of jaguar (Panthera onca)and puma (Puma concolor) in hunted and unhunted sites within the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala. Journal of Zoology (London) 267(2):167-178.
- MacDonald-Beyers, K., and R. F. Labisky. 2005. Influence of flood waters on survival, reproduction, and habitat use of white-tailed deer in the Florida Everglades. Wetlands 25:659-666.
- Johnson, S.A. 2005. Conservation and Life History of the Striped Newt: The Importance of Habitat Connectivity. Pp. 91-98 in: Amphibians and Reptiles: Status and Conservation in Florida, W.E. Meshaka and K. J. Babbitt (eds.). Krieger Publishing, Malabar, FL, 318 pp.
- Johnson, S.A. and R. B. Owen. 2005. Amphiuma means, Two-toed Amphiuma. Pp. 642-645 in: Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. M.J. Lanoo (ed.). University of California Press, Berkley, CA, 1094 pp.
- Dodd, C.K., Jr., D.B. Means, and S.A. Johnson. 2005. Notophthalmus perstriatus, Striped Newt. Pp. 887-889 in: Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. M.J. Lanoo (ed.). University of California Press, Berkley CA, 1094 pp.
- Casey, L.I., J.E. Earl, and S.A. Johnson. 2005. Attempted predation at a Pileated Woodpecker nest by a Gray Ratsnake. Florida Field Naturalist 33:55-56.
- Krysko, K.L, K.M. Enge, J.H. Townsend, E. M. Langan, S.A. Johnson, and T.S. Campbell. 2005. New county records of amphibians and reptiles from Florida. Herpetological Review 36:85-87.
- Dolby, S., D. V. Masters, B. K. Scheick, J. D. Clark, M.R. Pelton and M. E. Sunquist. 2005. Ecology of Florida black bears in the Okefenokee-Osceola ecosystem. Wildlife Monographs 158: 1-41.
- Cedeno-Vasquez, J. R., J. P. Ross & S. Calme Delalande 2005. Population status and conservation of the American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus and Morelet's crocodile, Crocodylus moreletii in southeastern Quintana Roo, Mexico. Herpetological Natural History.
- Rice, A. N., J. P. Ross, R. Owen & A. Finger. 2005. Application and evaluation of a stomach flushing technique for alligators. Herpetological Review.
- Ross, J. P. 2005. Hurricane effects on nesting Caretta caretta. Marine Turtle Newsletter 108:13-14.
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Progress 10/01/03 to 09/30/04
Outputs
This work provides information and tools for asessing, monitoring and managing native wildlife populations, predicting dispersal of native and introduced species, modeling changes in landscape and wildlife habitat, and conserving wildlife. The research improves our understanding of both theoretical and applied ecology and also provides information necessary for sustaining ecotourism. Of particular importance this past year were publications on the effects of hurricaines and flooding on Key deer.
Impacts
Information garnered from this work has been and is being used in the management of numerous wildlife species, primarily in Florida and Latin America. Studies of habitat fragmentation and intriduced species will result in improved management of wildlife populations and habitats.
Publications
- Lopez, R. R., N. J. Silvy, R. F. Labisky, and P. A. Frank. 2003. Hurricane impacts on Key deer in the Florida Keys. Journal of Wildlife Management 67(2): 280-288.
- Labisky, R. H. C. C. Hurd, M. K. Oli, and R. S. Barwick. 2003. Foods of white-tailed deer in the Florida Everglades; the significance of Crinum. Southeastern naturalist 2 (2):162-270.
- Labisky, R. F. and J. E. Arnett, Jr. 2003. American crows attack cattle egret. Florida Field Naturalist 31 (2): 78-79.
- MacDonald, K. and R. F. Labisky. 2004. Lumpy jaw in white-tailed deer subjected to a severe flood in the Florida Everglades. Florida Scientist 67 (1):43-47.
- Binczik, S. D., G. A. Binczik, and R. F. Labisky. 2004. Lek-like mating in white-nosed coatis: socioecological correlates of intraspecific variability in mating systems. Journal of Zoology (London) 262:179-185.
- Donze, J., M. P. Moulton, R. F. Labisky, and W. Jetz. 2004. Sexual plumage difference and the outcome of game bird (Aves: Galliformes) introductions on oceanic islands. Evolutionary Ecology Research 6:595-606.
- Binczik, S. D., G. A. Binczik, and R. F. Labisky. 2004. An apparent foraging association between white hawks and white-noased coatis. Wilson Bulletin 116(1):101-103.
- Ward, M. D., and R. F. Labisky. 2004. Post-dispersal germination success of native black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) and introduced camphor tree (Cinnamomun camphora) in Florida, USA. Natural Areas Journal 24:341-344.
- Mugisha, A. and S.K Jacobson (2004) Threat reduction assessment of conventional and community-based conservation approaches to managing protected areas in Uganda. Environmental Conservation. 31 (3):14pp.
- Masozera, M.K, J.R Alavalapati, S.K Jacobson,., and R.K. Shrestha (2004) Assessing the suitability of community-based management for the Nyungwe Forest Reserve, Rwanda. Forest Policy and Economics (x):12pp
- Jacobson, S.K. and J. Morris 2004. Understanding, Measuring and Breaking Down Barriers to Implementation of an Adaptive Management Program: The FWC Objective-based Vegetation Management Approach in Florida. Final Report for USGS State Partnership Program and FL Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 103 pp.
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Progress 10/01/02 to 10/01/03
Outputs
This work provides information and tools for asessing and monitoring native wildlife populations, predicting dispersal of native and introduced species, modeling changes in landscape and wildlife habitat, and conserving wildlife. The research improves our understanding of both theoretical and applied ecology and also provides information necessary for sustaining ecotourism.
Impacts
Information garnered from this work has been and is being used in the management of numerous wildlife species, primarily in Florida and Latin America. Studies of habitat fragmentation will result in improved landscape models to enable better management of wildlife populations and habitats in the future.
Publications
- Labisky, R. F., C. C. Hurd, M. K. Oli, and R. S. Barwick. 2003. Foods of white-tailed deer in the Florida Everglades: The role of Crinum. Southeastern Naturalist 2:261-270.
- Gardner, A. and M. E. Sunquist. 2003. Opossums. Pages 3-29 in Wild Mammals of North America, 2nd ed. (eds. G.A. Feldhammer, B.C. Thompson, and J.A. Chapman). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Kawanishi, K., M. E. Sunquist, and A. M. Sahak. 2003. Rarity and possible new records of Sumatran rhinoceros in Taman Negara. J. Wildlife and Parks (Malaysia) 20: 125-128.
- Heppell, S. S., L. B. Crowder, D. T. Crouse, S. P. Epperl,y, and N. B. Frazer. 2003. Population Models for Atlantic Loggerheads: Past, Present, and Future. Pp. 255-273. In A. Bolten and B. Witherington (Eds.) Synopsis of the Biology and Conservation of Loggerhead Sea Turtle. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC.
- Traut, A.H., and M.E. Hostetler. 2003. Urban lakes and waterbirds: effects of development on avian behavior. Waterbirds 26(3): 290-302.
- Hostetler, M. E., and Knowles-Yanez, K. 2003. Land use, scale, and bird distributions in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Landscape and Urban Planning 62: 55-68.
- Witherington, B. and N. Frazer. 2003. Social and Economic Aspects of Sea Turtle Conservation. Chapter 14 In. P.L.Lutz, J. Musick and J.Wyneken (Eds.) Biology of Sea Turtles Volume II. CRC Press.
- Frazer, N. B. 2003. Concerning Those Things Which We Ought to Have Done: Reflections on the Future of Sea Turtle Research. Marine Turtle Newsletter 100:5-8 (Invited editorial)
- Darby, P.C., P.L. Valentine-Darby and H.F. Percival. 2003. Dry Season Survival in a Florida Apple Snail (Pomacea paludosa Say) Population. Malacologia, Vol. 45:179-184.
- Schmid, J.R., A.B. Bolten, K.A. Bjorndal, W.J. Lindberg, H.F. Percival, and P.D. Zwick. 2003. Home range and habitat use by Kemp's Ridley turtles in west-central Florida. Journal of Wildlife Management, Vol. 67(1):196-206.
- Waddle, J. Hardin, Kenneth G. Rice and H. Franklin Percival. 2003. Using personal digital assistants for collection of wildlife field data. Wildlife Society Bulletin, Vol. 31(1):306-308.
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Progress 10/01/01 to 10/01/02
Outputs
Progress report: This work provides information and tools for asessing and monitoring native wildlife populations, predicting dispersal of native and introduced species, modeling changes in landscape and wildlife habitat, and conserving wildlife. The research improves our understanding of both theoretical and applied ecology and also provides information necessary for sustaining ecotourism.
Impacts
Information garnered from this work has been and is being used in the management of numerous wildlife species, primarily in Florida and Latin America. Studies of habitat fragmentation will result in improved landscape models to enable better management of wildlife populations and habitats in the future.
Publications
- Bruna, E. M. and W. J. Kress. 2002. Habitat fragmentation and the demographic structure of an Amazonian understory herb (Heliconia acuminata). Conservation Biology, 16(5): 1256-1266.
- Bruna, E. M., O. Nardy, S. Y. Strauss, and S. P. Harrison. 2002. Experimental assessment of Heliconia acuminata growth in a fragmented Amazonian landscape. Journal of Ecology, 90(4): 639-649.
- Bruna, E. M. 2002. Effects of forest fragmentation on Heliconia acuminata seedling recruitment in the central Amazon. Oecologia, 132:235-243.
- Bruna, E. M. 2002. A biologists guide to fragmenting the Amazon (including why it's a bad idea). Conservation Biology, 16(5): 1446-1448.
- Frazer, N. B. 2002. (Abstract) The value of sea turtles: choices in contingent valuation and sustainability. Pp. 42. In Mosier, A., A. Foley, and B. Brost, compilers. Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium on Sea turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Techn. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-477, 369 p.
- Sunquist, M. and F. Sunquist. 2002. Wild Cats of the World. The University of Chicago Press. 416 pp.
- Sunquist, F., M. Sunquist and L. Beletsky. 2002. Florida: The Ecotravellers' Wildlife Guide. Academic Press. 532 pp.
- Sunquist, M. 2002. The history of jaguar research in the Americas. Pages 535-549 in The jaguar in the new millennium. (Medellin, R., et al., Eds.). Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and the Wildlife Conservation Society. Mexico, D. F.
- Scognamillo, D., I. Maxit, M. Sunquist and L. Farrell. 2002. Ecology of the jaguar and the problem of depredation on livestock at Hato Pinero, Venezuela. Pages 139-150 in The jaguar in the new millennium.(Medellin, R., et al., Eds.). Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and the Wildlife Conservation Society. Mexico, D. F.
- Sanderson, J., M. Sunquist and A. W. Iriarte. 2002. Natural history and landscape-use of guignas (Oncifelis guigna) on Isla Grande Chiloe, Chile. J. Mammalogy 83: 608-613.
- Stevens, A.J., Z.C. Welch, P.C. Darby, and H.F. Percival. 2002. Temperature effects on Florida applesnail activity: implications for snail kite foraging success and distribution. Wildlife Society Bulletin, Vol. 30(1):75-81.
- Anderson, Y. 2002. The ecological relationship between the tumor-promoting dinoflagellate,Prorocentrum Spp., and fibropapillomatosis in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Hawaii and Florida. MS Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 210 pp.
- Askren,V., R. Carthy, C. Chase, G. Comstock, E. Franz and T. Oriola. 2002. More Citation Vigilance. The Scientist. 16 (17) 14.
- Lamont, M. M. 2002 Response of foraging shorebirds and nesting sea turtles to barrier island dynamics. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 116 pages.
- London, C. 2002. Unraveling the mysteries of a modern-day prehistoric creature. Marine Environment News, The Boating Channel, Sag Harbor, NY, October 2002.
- Maglothin, M.L., M.M. Lamont, and R.R. Carthy. 2002. Nest Chamber anomalies in loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nests from Northwest Florida, USA. Herpetological Review., Vol. 33(1):48-50.
- Parris, L.B., M.M. Lamont and R.R. Carthy. 2002. Increased incidence of red imported fire ant(Hymenoptera: formicidae) presence in loggerhead sea turtle (testudines: cheloniidae) nests and observations of hatchling mortality. Florida Entomologist, Vol. 85(3):514-517.
- Cox, J., Engstrom, R. T., Paul, A., Stolen, E., and E. Stoccardo. 2002. Florida's new method of evaluating rare species: a report by the conservation committee of the Florida Ornithological Society with emphasis on a proposed reclassification of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker. Florida Field Naturalist, Vol. 30:44-59.
- Darby, Philip C., Robert E. Bennetts, Steven J. Miller and H. Franklin Percival. 2002. Movements of Florida apple snails in relations to water levels and drying events. Wetlands, Vol. 22(3):489-498. (September 2002; FY 2003)
- Rice, K.G., D.H. Slone, and H.F. Percival. 1999-2002. Parameter estimation and population-based simulation modeling of American alligator populations in support of ATLSS. Interim/Annual Reports. USGS-BRD. Gainesville, FL.
- Schmid, J.R., A.B. Bolten, K.A. Bjorndal, and W.J. Lindberg. 2002. Activity patterns of Kemp's ridley turtles, Lepidochelys kempii, in the coastal waters of the Cedar Keys, Florida. Marine Biology, Vol. 140:215-228.
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Progress 10/01/00 to 10/01/01
Outputs
Progress report: This work provides information and tools for demographic analysis of age- and stage-structured wildlife populations, dispersal of native and introduced species, landscape and habitat modeling, and conservation of wildlife. The research improves our understanding of both theoretical (e.g., the demographic basis for changes and regulation of biological populations) and applied (e.g., the implications for management and conservation of wildlife) ecology. The following invited keynote address was given at an international meeting: Frazer, N. B. "Population Dynamics and Genetics of Marine Turtles" First Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles, Rome, Italy. October 2001.
Impacts
Information garnered from this work has been and is being used in the management of freshwater and marine turtles, red-cockaded woodpeckers, game birds, deer, apple snails, coatis, African ticks, and other native and introduced wildlife. Theoretical aspects will improve mathematical demographic and landscape models to enable better management of populations and habitats in the future. Some demographic techniques also are applicable to providing insight into issues involving human health (e.g., Howard et al. 2001).
Publications
- Moulton, Michael P., Karl Miller and Eric Tillman. 2001. Patterns of success among introduced birds in the Hawaiian Islands. In, J.M. Scott, S. Conant, C. van Riper, III, Eds. Evolution, Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Hawaiian Birds: A Vanishing Avifauna. Studies in Avian Biology No. 22:31-46.
- Brandt, L.A., K.M. Portier, and W.M. Kitchens. 2000. Patterns of change in tree islands in Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge from 1950 to 1991. Wetlands, Vol. 20(1):1-14.
- Labisky, R. F., J. A. Hovis, and R. A. Sargent. 2000. A 10-year population survey of red-cockaded woodpeckers on a 5,181-hectare study site, Apalachicola National Forest, Florida. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (Tallahassee) Final Report, 34 pp.
- Moulton, M. P., J. G. Sanderson, and R. F. Labisky. 2001. Patterns of success in game bird (Aves: Galliformes) introductions to the Hawaiian islands and New Zealand. Evolutionary Ecology Research 3: 507-519.
- Hartless, C. S., R. F. Labisky, and K. M. Portier. 2000. Modeling spatial and temporal dynamics of white-tailed deer in the Florida Everglades. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Science Conference. Naples, Florida. (Abstract.)
- Sternberg, R. M., R. F. Labisky, and T. S. Gross. 2001. Indices of reproductive status and health in Florida apple snail populations. Annual Meeting, Florida Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Gainesville, Florida. (Abstract.)
- Sternberg, R. M. 2001. Indices of general physiological condition and endocrine status in Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa Say) populations. M.S. thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville. 85 pp.
- Booth-Binczik, S. D. 2001. Ecology of coati social behavior in Tikal National Park, Guatemala. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville. 86 pp.
- Howard G, V. J. Howard, C. R. Katholi, M. K. Oli, and S. Houston. 2001. The decline in stroke mortality: an analysis of temporal patterns by sex, race and geographic region. Stroke 32:2213-2220.
- Darby, Philip C., Patricia L. Valentine-Darby, H. Franklin Percival, and Wiley M. Kitchens. 2001. Collecting Florida apple snails (Pomacea paludosa) from wetland habitats using funnel traps. Wetlands, Vol. 21(2):308-311.
- McIntyre, N. E., and Hostetler, M. E. 2001. Effects of urban land use on pollinator (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) communities in a desert metropolis. Basic. Appl. Ecol. 2: 209-218
- Sunquist, M. E. and F. C. Sunquist. 2001. Changing landscapes: Consequences for carnivores. Pages 399-418 in Carnivore conservation (eds. J. L. Gittleman, S. M. Funk, D. W. Macdonald and R. K. Wayne). Cambridge University Press.
- Ray, J. and M. E. Sunquist. 2001. Ecological separation within an African forest carnivore community. Oecologia 127: 395-408.
- McIntyre, N. E., and Hostetler, M. E. 2001. Effects of urban land use on pollinator (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) communities in a desert metropolis. Basic. Appl. Ecol. 2: 209-218
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Progress 10/01/99 to 09/30/00
Outputs
This work provides information and tools for demographic analysis of age- and stage-structured wildlife populations, dispersal of native and introduced species, and conservation of wildlife. The research improves our understanding of both theoretical (e.g., the demographic basis for changes and regulation of biological populations) and applied (e.g., the implications for management and conservation of wildlife) ecology. The following invited presentations were given at national or international meetings: Frazer, N. B. "Management Goals and Criteria for Caribbean Sea Turtles." Marine Turtle Conservation in the Wider Caribbean Region: A Dialogue for Effective Regional Management -- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, November 1999; Heppell, S. S., D. T. Crouse, L. B. Crowder, S. P. Epperly, and N. B. Frazer. Population Models for Atlantic Loggerheads: Past, Present, and Future. 20th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, 29 Feb. - 4 March 2000, Orlando,
FL; Frazer, N. B. The Value of Sea Turtles: Choices in Contingent Valuation and Sustainability. 20th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, 29 Feb. - 4 March 2000, Orlando, FL.
Impacts
Information garnered from this work has been and is being used in the management of freshwater and marine turtles and other native and introduced wildlife. Theoretical aspects will improve mathematical demographic models to enable better management in the future. Philosophical contributions are having an impact on marine turtle management decisions in the US water of the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic, and the Caribbean Basin, as well as in Australian Pacific waters.
Publications
- Romagosa, Christina M., and Ronald F. Labisky. 2000. Establishment and dispersal of the Eurasian collared-dove in Florida. Journal of Field Ornithology 71(1):159-166.
- Frazer, N. B. 2000. Foreword. In M. W. Klemens (Editor) Turtle Conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC. 334p.
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Progress 10/01/98 to 09/30/99
Outputs
Nothing to report for FY 1999
Impacts
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Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/96 to 09/30/97
Outputs
Black Bear Study @ Eglin A.F.B.- Research on the ecology and populations dynamics of black bears at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is in progress. Movement data from radio-instrumented bears are being analyzed using GIS to categorize the relative importance of various habitat types, to assess the impact of roads, and to identify landscape linkages with other ecosystems in the region. Black Bear Study @ Okefnokee-A study of the population ecology of black bears in the Okefenokee Swamp-Osceola ecosystem is ongoing. Data from radio-instrumented adult female bears are being collected to determine population growth rates, recruitment, mortality rates, and sustainable yield. Proactive Strategies for Hunting as a choice - We analyzed data and prepared the final report and a thesis for a project on evaluation of two educational programs of the International Assoc.of Fish and Wildlife. Schoolyard Wildlife Program - We collected data, conducted a preliminary analysis, and
developed plans for further data collection via focus groups, surveys, personal interviews and site visits. Community Ecology of Avian Nest Predation -We conducted extensive field experiments, between March and September of 1997 at the Swisher-Ordway Preserve in Melrose, to ascertain what species of animals are potential predators of natural bird nests, using artificial nest arrays (10 different plots, sampled for 15 days, each with 40 artificial nests, baited with one Coturnix quail and one clay egg). Data are being analyzed right now.
Impacts
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Publications
- Walker, S. and M.E. Sunquist. 1997. Movement and spatial organization of raccoons in north-central Florida Florida field Naturalist
- Sieving, K.E. and M.F. Willson. Nest predation and avial species diversity in northwestern forest understory. Ecology. (In Press).
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