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Manhattan, KS 66506-3501
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Wildlife Projects

Status and Distribution of Black-tailed Prairie Dogs on Small Cultural National Parks in the Western Great Plains (Rachel Pigg)

Habitat Use and Movements of Mottled Ducks on the Chenier Plain of Texas

Environmental availability and lead exposure to mottled ducks (Anas fulvigula) on the Texas Chenier Plains National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Levels of lead exposure by waterbirds on the Texas Chenier Plains National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Environmental availability of lead on the Texas Midcoast National Wildlife Complex and use of moist-soil management to attract waterfowl on the Texas National Wildlife Refuges

Risk assessment of exposure to lead for mottled ducks on National Wildlife Refuge of the Texas Gulf Coast

Origin and habitat use of American woodcock in east Texas

Community response to use of prescribed grazing and herbicide for restoration of sand shinnery oak grasslands

Effect of managed grazing on trends of lesser prairie-chicken abundance, vegetation composition and structure, and invertebrate production on the Milnesand Prairie Preserve

Development of conservation and climate adaptation strategies for wetlands in the Great Plains LCC region

Estimating inundation frequency of playa wetlands Using 1970s LandSat MSS Data: did irrigation practices artificially increase frequency and longevity of landscape wetness?

Occurrence and Prediction of Avian Disease Outbreaks in Kansas

Impacts of Energy Production, Habitat Selection, and Population Size on Resource Selection, Survival, and Recruitment of Lesser Prairie-Chickens in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado

Patterns and Processes of dispersal of Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs in a heavily Managed Landscape of the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative



Fisheries Projects

Sand dredging effects on fishes and fish habitat in the Kansas River (Jason Fischer)

Recruitment of Fishes in the Kansas River (Joe Gerken)

Long-Term Monitoring of Kansas River Fishes

Assessing distribution and movement of Blue Catfish in Kansas reservoirs

Developing and testing a spatially-explicit, science-based, decision-support tool for making riverscape-scale management decisions: How dams and culverts affect a threatened native stream fish, the Neosho Madtom, and select tributary fish species

Striped bass potential for prey control in coastal ecosystems 

Habitat use, behavior, and movements of migratory striped bass during summer  residence in Plum Island Sound, MA: tracking striped bass within estuaries with acoustic tags

A watershed model testing consequences of variations in life stage, behavior, temperature, and discharge on outmigration of Atlantic salmon in the Connecticut River 

Summer temperature variation, across year patterns, and implications 

Use of a bio-social interaction web to identify causes of and potential solutions to environmental conflicts