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Current efforts of Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit focus on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Specific fields of interest include fisheries and wildlife management, aquatic and wildlife ecology, community ecology, ecophysiology, ecotoxicology, reproductive biology, and fish culture. These research and educational efforts are based on the technical expertise of unit scientists and university cooperators.

Texas Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Behney, A.C., B.A. Grisham, C.W. Boal, H.A.Whitlaw, and D.A. Haukos. Sexual selection and mating chronology of lesser prairie-chickens. Wilson Journal of Ornithology.
  • Skipper, B.R., and C.W. Boal. Female American kestrel survives double amputation. Journal of Raptor Research.
  • Boal, C. 2011. Bridled Quail-dove (Geotrygon mystacea). Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Neotropical Birds (http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=177941)  | Publisher Website | 
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Texas Technical Publications

  • Andersen, D.E., C.W. Boal, G. Perry, R.N. Mannan, and M.E. Reiter. 2010. Factors affecting distribution and detection of boreal chorus frogs and wood frogs at Cape Churchill, Manitoba. Pages 309-311 In L. Chow and K. McKay, eds. Hudson Bay regional research. Aboriginal Issues Press, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
  • Marteinsdóttir, G., T.B. Grabowski, B.J. McAdam, V. Thorsteinsson, S.B. Kristgeirsson and S. Guðbjörnsson. 2009. Framvinduskýrsla til Verkefnasjóðs Sjávarútvegsins fyrir árið 2008 - Kortlagning líffræðilegs fjölbreytileika þorsks með áherslu á atferli í tengslum við æxlun og far [The importance of diversity in terms of stock structure, life history and behavior for the survival of the cod stock in Iceland]. Progress report to Rannís; Reykjavik, Iceland.
  • Miller, A. and C.W. Boal. 2009. Red Canyon Wind Energy Center 2006-2007 Post-Construction Monitoring Final Report. TXCFWRU and Texas Tech University.
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Texas Theses and Dissertations

  • Strobel, B.N. 2011. Reproductive success and annual habitat preference by red-shouldered hawks in southern Texas. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
  • Schroeder, Evonne. 2010. Annual productivity and survival of birds in different vegetation communities of the Welder Wildlife Refuge. M.S., Texas Tech University.
  • Meyer, M.D. 2009. Development and validation of a fish embryo bioassay for studies of surface water quality in the Brazos River. A Master's Thesis in Biology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
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Current Staff

Federal Staff: 3

Masters Students: 12

Phd Students: 6

Post Docs: 1

University Staff: 3

5 Year Summary

Students graduated: 12

Scientific Publications: 56

Presentations: 103

 

Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Cooperators

  1. Texas Parks and Wildlife
  2. Texas Tech University
  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  4. U.S. Geological Survey
  5. Wildlife Management Institute