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North Carolina Research Activities

Edye Kornegay holding a Sharp-shinned Hawk while mist-netting at Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center in Four Oaks, NC.

Most of the research projects undertaken by the NC Unit are field oriented and conducted by graduate students in close cooperation with Unit, other University, and agency biologists. These projects address the research and technical needs of the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, NC Wildlife Resources Commission, NC State University, and other State and Federal agencies and private organizations. The NC Unit also facilitates and administers funding for research conducted by cooperating faculty at NC State University to address research needs by State and Federal cooperating agencies.

North Carolina Active Projects

North Carolina Completed Projects

North Carolina Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Smith, J. A., and J. E. Hightower. 2012. Effect of low-head lock and dam structures on migration and spawning of American shad and striped bass in the Cape Fear River, North Carolina. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 141:402-413.  | Abstract |  Publisher Website | 
  • Harris, J. E., and J. E. Hightower. 2011. Identification of American shad spawning sites and habitat use in the Pee Dee River, North Carolina and South Carolina. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 31:1019-1033.
  • Drew, C. A. and J. A. Collazo. In Press. Expert knowledge as a foundation for management of secretive species and their habitat (Chapter 5). Perera A.H., Drew C.A., and Johnson C,J. (eds), Expert Knowledge and its Application in Landscape Ecology. Springer, New York.
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North Carolina Technical Publications

  • Harris, J. E., and J. E. Hightower. 2010. Movement and spawning of American shad transported above dams on the Roanoke River. Report Number NCCFWRU 2010-001. Report to North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. NC Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, NC State University, Raleigh, NC.
  • Collazo, J. A., M. Krachey, S. J. Dinsmore, T. H. White, Jr., I. Llerandi-Román. 2010. Assessment of Puerto Rican Parrot Demography: Implications for its Recovery Program. Final Report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Puerto Rican Parrot Field Office, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. 52 pp.
  • Stocking, J., Elliott-Smith, E., Holcomb, N., and Haig, S.M., 2010, Long-billed curlew breeding success on Mid-Columbia River National Wildlife Refuges, south-central Washington and north-central Oregon, 2007–08: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1089, 40 p. | Download |
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North Carolina Theses and Dissertations

  • Schwarzer, A. 2011. Demographic rates and energetics of red knots wintering in Florida. Master of Science Thesis. University of Florida, Gainesville.
  • Rogers, S. 2011. King Rail (Rallus elegans) occupancy, reproductive activity and success in fire managed coastal marshes of North Carolina and Virginia. Master of Science Thesis, North Carolina State University, Raleigh.
  • Buttermore, E.N. 2011. Contaminant and trophic dynamics of tropical stream ecosystems. Master of Science Thesis, North Carolina State University, Raleigh.
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Current Staff

Federal Staff: 4

Masters Students: 6

Phd Students: 8

Post Docs: 5

University Staff: 22

5 Year Summary

Students graduated: 34

Scientific Publications: 66

Presentations: 151

 

North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Cooperators

  1. North Carolina State University
  2. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  4. U.S. Geological Survey
  5. Wildlife Management Institute