Background

Since coming to the University of Georgia, I have directed students on projects on a wide range of topics. Many of these have been undertaken in collaboration with Bill Palmer at Tall Timbers Research Station. This collaboration is continuing with projects on quail ecology in South Florida and on various aspects of bobwhite genetics. In addition, projects have come along as a result of my work with the WPA/BirdLife/IUCN Partridge, Quail, and Francolin Specialist Group.

Research Projects

Since coming to the University of Georgia, I have directed students on projects on a wide range of topics. Some of the recently completed projects follow:

• Juhan, Mike. 2006. Influence of forest cover type and structure on seasonal and daily habitat of wild turkeys in southern Georgia--presently employed by Virginia Tech.
• Hannon, Tina. 2006. Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidis) ecology in northern Florida--presently biologist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
• Doxon, Elizabeth. 2005. Brood ecology of bobwhite quail and ring-necked pheasant relative to CRP management in Kansas—accepted to undertake Ph.D. at Oklahoma
• Stapleton, Seth. 2005. Snake community ecology relative to bobwhite quail management—presently research biologist in Antigua
• Cook, Patrick. 2004. Effects of field margin management of bobwhite quail demographics—presently small game research biologist for Virginia Parks and Wildlife
• Sitompul, Arnold. 2004. Human-elephant interactions on Sumatra—Ph.D. Student at Univ. of Mass.
• Burkhart, Jason. 2004. Impacts of Bermuda grass invasion on crop field margin management—presently animal control specialist for private company
• Bliss, Thomas. 2004. Spatial effects of set aside management on ring-necked pheasant broods in Austria
• Thornton, Ryan. 2003. Demographic effects of mammalian predator removal on bobwhite quail—presently fisheries observer for National Marine Fisheries in Alaska
• Anderson, Brandon. 2003. Survival of hen pheasants on managed farmland in Lower Austria—presently private lands biologist for Georgia DNR
• Winarmi, Nurul. 2002. Ecology and population of the great argus pheasant in Sumatra—presently a Ph.D. student at Manchester Metropolitan in the UK.
• Cederbaum, Sandra. 2002. Effects of alternative cotton cropping systems on songbirds—presently a research coordinator at UGA
• Hamrick, Richard. 2002. Response of bobwhite quail to a landscape level habitat management program—presently a research biologist for Mississippi State Univ.
• Maidens, Denise. 2001. Value of food plots for bobwhite quail brood habitat—presently an area biologist for Florida Wildlife Commission
• Staller, Eric. 2001. Nest predation of bobwhite quail using continuous video monitoring—presently land manager for Tall Timbers Research Station, Florida