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Georgia Research Activities

A research technician with the Georgia Unit   using radio telemetry to track robust redhorse in the Oconee River

The Georgia Unit conducts research on a variety of topics including broad areas of life history, population dynamics, ecology, and management of important game and non-game fish and wildlife through the region. Recent research has been in partnership with a variety of agencies including the GA Department of Natural Resources, GA Power Company, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Nemours Wildlife Foundation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey.

Georgia Active Projects

Georgia Completed Projects

Georgia Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Gannon, J. J., C. T. Moore, T. L. Shaffer, and B. Flanders-Wanner. 2012. An adaptive approach to invasive plant management on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-owned native prairies in the Prairie Pothole Region: decision support under uncertainty. Proceedings of the 22nd North American Prairie Conference, 1-5 August 2010, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA.  | Abstract |  Download  |  Publisher Website | 
  • Kendall, W. L. and C. T. Moore. 2012. Maximizing the utility of monitoring to the adaptive management of natural resources. Pages ???-??? in R. A. Gitzen, J. J. Millspaugh, A. B. Cooper, and D. S. Licht, editors. Design and analysis of long-term ecological monitoring studies. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
  • Moore, C. T., S. J. Converse, M. J. Folk, M. C. Runge, and S. A. Nesbitt. 2012. Evaluating release alternatives for a long-lived bird species under uncertainty about long-term demographic rates. Journal of Ornithology 152:S339-S353.  | Abstract |  Download  |  Publisher Website | 
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Georgia Technical Publications

  • Irwin, B. J., T. Wagner, M. V. Kepler, W. Liu, J. R. Bence, D. B. Hayes, and N. Lester. 2011. Spatial and temporal components of variation in Great Lake percid populations: implications for conservation and management. Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act, Project Completion Report.
  • Diefenbach, D. R., B. J. Irwin, and T. Wagner. 2011. Summary of outcomes for the structured decision making workshop for catch and release trout regulations. State College, PA.
  • Peterson, J. T., C. R. Jackson, C. Shea, J. Romeis, and K. Rugel. 2010. Lower Flint River Basin Mussel Habitat Assessment and Monitoring Project, Georgia. Report to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle, Georgia.
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Georgia Theses and Dissertations

  • Sanderlin, JS. Integrated demographic modeling and estimation of the Central Georgia, USA black bear population.
  • Ely, P. C. 2007. Population size and passage efficiency of Alabama shad reaching Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam.
  • Mosley, D. L. 2006. Habitat selection of robust redhorse (Moxostoma robustum): implications for developing sampling protocols. MS Thesis submitted to Univ. of GA
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Current Staff

Federal Staff: 3

Masters Students: 8

Phd Students: 2

Post Docs: 0

University Staff: 6

5 Year Summary

Students graduated: 13

Scientific Publications: 66

Presentations: 118

 

Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Cooperators

  1. Georgia Department of Natural Resources
  2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  3. U.S. Geological Survey
  4. University of Georgia
  5. Wildlife Management Institute