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Missouri Research Activities

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Research conducted by Missouri Unit scientists are strongly linked to the information need of the cooperators. Much of the research involves graduate students or post docs that develop a thesis, dissertation, and/or manuscripts from the research. Current projects by Missouri Unit scientists include determining the role of private elands for migrating waterfowl, evaluation of harvest regulations for geese, how climate change will affect fish habitat, refining ecological flow metrics for streams, conservation planning for large landscapes, endangered species recovery efforts in the Midwest and Southwest, and evaluation of habitat augmentation efforts for sportfish.
Because Missouri Unit scientists meet the information needs of the cooperators, funding and partners from the research are often from state and federal agencies such as the Missouri Department of Conservation, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, USDA, USGS, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service. Much of the work is also linked to larger-scale initiatives by agencies such as Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative, and the National Fish Habitat Initiative

Missouri Active Projects

Missouri Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Jeffress, M., R., C. P. Paukert, J. B. Whittier, B. K. Sandercock, and P. S. Gipson. 2011.
    Scale-dependent factors affecting North American river otter distribution in the Midwest.
    American Midland Naturalist 166:177-193.
  • Jeffress, M.R., C.P. Paukert, B. K. Sandercock, and P. Gipson. 2011. Factors affecting the detectability of river otters during sign surveys. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:144-150.
  • Paukert, C. P., K. L. Pitts, J. B. Whittier, and J. D. Olden. 2011. Development and assessment of a landscape-level ecological threat index of the Lower Colorado River Basin. Ecological Indicators 11:304-310.
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Missouri Technical Publications

  • Distribution and Abundance of Fishes in the Kansas River. Final report to Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
  • Bouska, W. W., C. P. Paukert, and T. Keane. 2009. Inventory and assessment of road-stream crossings for aquatic organism passage, with recommendations for culvert design. Final report, Kansas Department of Transportation, KTRANS Program, Project Number KSU 07-6, Topeka.
  • Marmorek, D., P. Dixon, D. Galat, R. Jacobson, K. Loftin, and J. Nestler. 2009. Independent Science Advisory Committee (ISAC): 2009 Report on the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (PPRIP). Prepared for the PPRIP Governance Committee.
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Missouri Theses and Dissertations

  • Andrea Severson, M. S. 2010. Thesis: Effects of zebra mussel invasion in fish and invertbrates in a Great Plains reservoir
  • Olmstead, V.G. 2010. Evaluation of management strategies on moist-soil seed availability and depletion on Wetland Reserve Program sites in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. MS Thesis, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR.
  • Tidwell, P.R. 2010. Effects of wetland density and area on nutrient reserves, lipid acquisition and diet of dabbling ducks migrating through the Rainwater Basin of Nebraska. MS Thesis, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR.
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Current Staff

Federal Staff: 2

Masters Students: 5

Phd Students: 3

Post Docs: 3

University Staff: 4

5 Year Summary

Students graduated: 17

Scientific Publications: 51

Presentations: 146

 

Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Cooperators

  1. Missouri Department of Conservation
  2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  3. U.S. Geological Survey
  4. University of Missouri
  5. Wildlife Management Institute