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Name	Email	Thesis Title	School	Degree	Advisor
Jordan Baron	jordan.baron@jonesctr.org	Understanding northern bobwhite covey movement dynamics	Mississippi State University	MS	L. M. Conner
Suranjana Chatterjee	suranjana.chatterjee@jonesctr.org	Modeling sedimentation rates in isolated wetlands in an agricultural landscape	Auburn University	MS	S. T. Brantley
Helena Garrett			Auburn University	MS	K. D. Klepzig
Ben Gochnour		Interactions between lps beetle, associated fungi and mites, and longleaf pines under a frequent fire regime	University of Georgia	PhD	K. D. Klepzig
Ian Goldberg	ian.goldberg@jonesctr.org	Silvicultural strategies for promoting longleaf pine recruitment in multi-aged stands	University of Missouri	MS	J. J. Puhlick
Michelle Henson	michelle.henson@jonesctr.org	Effects of prescribed fire regimes on plant-microbe interactions in a longleaf pine savanna	University of Georgia	PhD	L. M. Giencke
Leela Hospach		Biology and ecology of gnats in longleaf forest systems	Clemson University	MS	K. D. Klepzig
Arthur Lamounier-Moura	arthur.moura@jonesctr.org	Linking understory community functional traits and fire behavior in two fire-dependent forest types	Auburn University	PhD	J. B. Cannon
Garrett Lawson	garrett.lawson@jonesctr.org	Nest site selection in gopher tortoises: Implications for management	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)	MS	L. L. Smith
Gianna Leone	gianna.leone@jonesctr.org	Comparing longleaf pine regeneration among various selection systems	Alabama A&M University	MS	J. J. Puhlick
Gabriel Nyen	gabriel.nyen@jonesctr.org	Silvicultural strategies for converting longleaf pine plantations to multi-aged longleaf pine stands	Mississippi State University	MS	J. J. Puhlick
Elizabeth Parsons	elizabeth.parsons@jonesctr.org	Bird and mammal communities in depressional wetlands in the longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Georgia	PhD	L. M. Conner
Jabryan Pegues	jabryan.pegues@jonesctr.org	Quantifying site productivity and production efficiency of plantation grown longleaf pine	Mississippi State University	MS	J. J. Puhlick
Hanusia Riggins		Ips bark beetle responses to climatic conditions	University of Georgia	PhD	K. D. Klepzig
Jade Samples	jade.higgins@jonesctr.org	Amphibian response to wetland restoration	University of Georgia	MS	L. L. Smith
Varsha Shastry	varsha.shastry@jonesctr.org	Analysis of two decades of small mammal capture-mark-release data	Mississippi State University	PhD	L. M. Conner
Thomas Sheehan	tom.sheehan@jonesctr.org		University of Georgia	PhD	K. D. Klepzig
Elizabeth Sicking	elizabeth.sicking@jonesctr.org	Assessing the influences of hydrology and vegetation on emergent insect and benthic macroinvertebrate communities across seasonally inundated, geographically isolated wetlands	Virginia Tech	MS	K. D. Klepzig
Chelsea Smith	chelsea.smith@jonesctr.org	Secondary production of aquatic macroinvertebrates in intermittent streams	University of Alabama	PhD	S. W. Golladay
Justine Smith	justine.smith@jonesctr.org		University of Georgia	PhD	L. M. Conner
Justine Valadez	justine.valadez@jonesctr.org	Hydraulic capacitance of pines	University of Georgia	PhD	S. T. Brantley
Ben Webster	benjamin.webster@jonesctr.org	Using sediments to reconstruct dynamics of large rivers	Auburn University	PhD	S. W. Golladay

Name	Thesis Title	School	Year	Advisor
Robert Addington	Water use patterns and stomatal responses to the environment in longleaf pine on contrasting sites	University of Georgia	2001	R. J. Mitchell
Katherine Aleric	Responses to varied light environments and propagation techniques of the federally endangered shrub, Lindera melissifolia (Lauraceae).	University of Georgia	2004	L. K. Kirkman
Travis Alstad	Conservation genetics of the red-cockaded woodpecker	University of Georgia	2010	L. M. Conner
Andrew Arko	Quantifying changes in forest structural complexity in a longleaf pine woodland from Hurricane Michael using aerial LiDAR	Mississippi State University	2023	J. B. Cannon
Philip Ashford	Field methods and photogrammetric techniques for mapping aquatic vegetation using unmanned aerial systems	University of Georgia	2019	S. W. Golladay
Carla Atkinson	Food resource quality and its utilization by a native and an invasive bivalve in a Gulf Coastal Plain stream	University of Georgia	2008	S. P. Opsahl
Douglas Aubrey	Stored carbon decouples soil CO2 efflux in chronically disturbed ecosystems	University of Georgia	2011	R. J. Mitchell
Ashley Ballou	Aspects of gopher tortoise (Gopherus Polyphemus) populations in Georgia: status, landscape predictors, juvenile movements, and burrow use.	University of Georgia	2013	L.L. Smith
Benju Baniya	Re-assembly of the longleaf pine ecosystem: Effects of groundcover seeding on understory characteristics, fire behavior and soil properties.	University of Florida	2021	S. T. Brantley
Coleman Barrie	Groundwater flow on a karstic landscape in southwest Georgia	University of Georgia	2019	S. T. Brantley
Coleman Barrie	Sedimentation and hydrology of isolated wetlands impacted by row crop agriculture	Auburn University	2022	S. T. Brantley
Michael Battaglia	The influence of overstory structure on understory light availability in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) forest.	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)	2000	R. J. Mitchell
Michael Belovitch	Hydraulic redistribution – roots to the ecosystem.	University of Georgia	2018	L. M. Conner
Michael Biggerstaff	Seasonal resource selection of white-tailed deer on managed forests in the Upper Coastal Plain longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Georgia	2017	J. B. Cannon
Roger Birkhead	Ingestion of seeds by gopher tortoises (Gopherus Polyphemus) in a southeastern pine savanna: species composition and effects on germination.	Auburn University	2001	W. K. Michener
Crystal Bishop	In the eye of a hurricane: The effects of prescribed burns and salvage logging on lower stem and root feeding beetles and their sybiotic blue-stain fungi	University of Georgia	2022	K. D. Klepzig
Suzanne Henderson Blaydes	Modeling needle fuel dispersal in longleaf-pine dominated forests	University of Georgia	2022	J. B. Cannon
Kristin Bliss	Impact of nutrient heterogeneity on plant response and competition in Coastal plain species	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)	2001	R. J. Mitchell
Melissa D. Boglioli	Burrow dispersion and occupancy patterns as they relate to habitat parameters and social behavior in the gopher tortoise,(Gopherus Polyphemus).	Auburn University	1999	L. M. Conner
Jennifer Borgo	Reducing southern flying squirrel use of red-cockaded woodpecker cavities	Utah State University	2004	L. M. Conner
Gina Botello	Larval mosquitoes in agricultural wetlands of the Gulf Coastal Plain of Georgia, U.S.A.: investigating the effects of surrounding land use, nutrient enrichment, and food resources	University of Georgia	2012	S. W. Golladay
Sabrie Breland	Bee assemblage and vegetation across a suite of restoration conditions in a fire-maintained longleaf pine savanna	University of Georgia	2015	L. K. Kirkman
Courtney Brissey	Ecology of bark and woodboring beetles in longleaf pine forest stands	University of Georgia	2015	L. R. Boring
Jesse Canfield	Wildfire dynamics: understanding some behavior trends	Florida State University	2014	R. J. Mitchell
Durwin Carter	Carbon-fine root allocation and transfer at ecosystem scales (C-FATES)	State University of West Georgia	2001	R. J. Mitchell
Sarah Cathey	Growth and N2-fixation of legumes native to the longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem	Florida State University	2014	L. R. Boring
Michael Cherry	White-tailed deer, coyotes, and the ecology of fear in a longleaf pine savanna	University of Georgia	2014	L. M. Conner
Jessica Cochrane	Ecology of bobcats in a longleaf pine forest in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2003	L. M. Conner
Derek Colbert	Breeding season gobbling chronology in hunted and non-hunted populations of eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2013	L. M. Conner
Kelly Coles	Conservation, propagation, and restoration of Schwalbea Americana	Emory University	2023	K. D. Klepzig
Daniel Crawford	Causal linkages between prey behavior and predation risk: Controlled experiments reveal behavioral effects of predation risk on white-tailed deer	Texas A&M University	2021	L. M. Conner
Michelle Creech	Revegetation potential of slash pile burn sites in the longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Georgia	2009	L. K. Kirkman
Patrick Curtin	Canopy recruitment dynamics in naturally regenerated longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) woodlands	University of Missouri	2017	S. B. Jack
Brandon Daly	Observed changes in the atmospheric surface layer during prescribed agricultural burns	Florida State University	2012	R. J. Mitchell
Jessica Davis	Stream fish response to intermittency and drying in the Ichawaynochaway Creek Basin	University of Georgia	2017	S. W. Golladay
Stephanie Davis	Assessing impacts of animal agriculture on macroinvertebrates in intermittent Coastal Plain streams in the southeastern USA: implications for biomonitoring	University of Georgia	2000	S. W. Golladay
James Deemy	Isolated wetland mapping, connectivity assessment, and water quality in the Dougherty Plain of Georgia	University of Georgia	2015	L. K. Kirkman
Anna Derrick	Small mammal responses to prescribed fire and simulated mammal removal in a longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Georgia	2007	L. M. Conner
Nicholas Deuel	Space use, interactions, extra-territorial forays and habitat selection of gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2016	L. M. Conner
David Diaz	Effects of growing season flow regime on stream periphyton growth in a Coastal Plain stream	University of Georgia	2015	P. V. McCormick
Jordana Doughty	Bobcat (Lynx rufus) ecology in a longleaf pine ecosystem in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2004	L. M. Conner
David Dyson	Influence of competition on longleaf pine seedling recruitment in selection silviculture	Auburn University	2010	S. B. Jack
Michelina Dziadzio	Effects of predation on gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) nest and hatchling survival	University of Georgia	2015	L. L. Smith
Chloe Eggert	Biogeochemical storage and transformation of sediments from geographically isolated wetlands in agriculture landscapes	Auburn University	2022	S. W. Golladay
Chambers English	Economic modeling of longleaf pine restoration for water quantity	University of Georgia	2023	J. B. Cannon
Michael Entrekin	Storm flowpaths and biogeochemistry of a karst stream in southwest Georgia	University of South Carolina	1997	E. R. Blood
Sally Entrekin	Abundance, biomass, and secondary production of chironomids (Diptera) in grass-sedge marshes and cypress-gum swamps	University of Georgia	2000	S. W. Golladay
Christine Fallon	Effects of stream intermittency on leuciscid and percid food web dynamics in the Ichawaynochaway Creek Basin, Southwest Georgia, USA	University of Georgia	2020	S. W. Golladay
Chelcy Ford	Variable distributions of water as a transpiration source: consequences from the tree stem to ecosystem functioning	University of Georgia	2004	R. J. Mitchell
Catherine Frock	An integrative study in the behavioral landscape ecology of Sherman’s fox squirrels: implications of animal conservation in a changing world	University of Florida	2022	L. M. Conner
Danny Gammons	Radiotelemetry studies of armadillos in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2006	L. M. Conner
Heather Gaya	Sampling design enhancement for gopher tortoises	University of Georgia	2019	L. L. Smith
Elizabeth (Liz) Gleim	The effects of long-term prescribed burning on ticks and tick-borne pathogen prevalence.	University of Georgia	2013	L. M. Conner
Ivy Godbois	Ecology of bobcats on land managed for northern bobwhite in southwestern Georgia.	University of Georgia	2003	L. M. Conner
Jessica Gonynor McGuire	A multifaceted approach to evaluating gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) population health at selected sites in Georgia.	University of Georgia	2013	L. L. Smith
Darroc Goolsby	Patterns of landuse and succession in a longleaf pine forest	University of Georgia	2005	L. R. Boring
Jeffrey Grayum	Understanding northern bobwhite covey movement dynamics	Mississippi State University	2023	L. M. Conner
Mark Hainds	Legume population dynamics in a frequently burned longleaf pine – wiregrass ecosystem.	Auburn University	1995	R. J. Mitchel
Theresa Harper	Effects of diversionary feeding on raccoon foraging behavior in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2001	L. M. Conner
Camille Herteux	Wading bird use of geographically isolated wetlands in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain	Florida Atlantic University	2018	L. L. Smith
Kevin Hiers	The effect of fire season on legumes in a fire-maintained longleaf pine ecosystem.	University of Georgia	1999	R. J. Mitchell
Joseph Honings	Hydrogeologic investigation of a covered karst region	Louisiana State University	2022	S. T. Brantley
Shannon Hoss	Spatial ecology and male reproductive biology of the Eastern diamond-back rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus	Auburn University	2007	L. L. Smith
Brent Howze	The effect of predation on white-tailed deer recruitment at the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center	University of Georgia	2009	L. L. Smith
Gwen Iacona	Seedling recruitment as a driver of species richness in the understory of the longleaf pine savanna	University of Florida	2008	L. K. Kirkman
Claire Ike	Spatial variability and land use change: effects on total soil carbon contents in the coastal plain of Georgia	University of Georgia	2010	L. R. Boring
Elizabeth(Beth)Jacqmain	Controls on oak composition and population size structure in frequently burned longleaf pine – wiregrass ecosystems.	Auburn University	1996	R. J. Mitchell
Noah Jansen	Influence of root branching order on fine root substrate quality and decomposition in a Pinus palustris ecosystem	University of Florida	2007	R. J. Mitchell
George Jensen	Turning up the heat: Fire ecology and climate adaptive silviculture in longleaf pine forests	University of Missouri	2022	J. B. Cannon
James Johnson	White-tailed deer camera surveys: density estimation and spatio-temporal dynamics	University of Georgia	2019	L. M. Conner
Paula Johnson	Habitat association and drought responses of mussels in the lower Flint River Basin, southwest Georgia.	University of Georgia	2001	R. J. Mitchell
David D. Jones	Can increasing food availability alter foraging behavior of potential nest predators?	University of Georgia	2001	L. M. Conner
Phoebe Judge	The impacts of hydraulic redistribution on the physiology and growth of understory plants in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) sandhills	University of Georgia	2022	S. T. Brantley
Binab Karmacharya	Small mammal response to food, fire, herbicide and predation in longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Florida	2011	L. M. Conner
Margaret Kearns	Effects of annual flow regime on redbreast sunfish and bluegill growth in a southeastern Coastal Plain stream	University of Georgia	2001	S. W. Golladay
Jason Keenan	Comparison of two techniques that determine habitat selection by bobcats and a discussion of habitats within overlapping and non-overlapping areas.	University of Georgia	2007	L. M. Conner
Gavin Kenney	The effects of Hurricane Michael on the structure and function of longleaf pine woodlands	University of Alabama	2021	S. T. Brantley
Rachel King	Spatial ecology and wetland use of aquatic turtles in the Coastal Plain of Georgia	University of Georgia	2014	L. L. Smith
Brian Kirby	Effects of forest management practices on raccoon ecology in a longleaf pine ecosystem.	University of Tennessee	2015	L. M. Conner
Daniel Knapp	Development and life-history traits affect larval anuran stoichiometry: a framework for understanding the role of larval anurans in wetland nutrient storage.	University of Alabama	2019	L. L. Smith
Faith Kruis	Pig movements and efficacy of Judas pigs in whole-sounder removal	University of Georgia	2023	L. M. Conner
Jessica Laskowski	Animal habitat selection, foraging and fear response: from daily decisions to global patterns	University of Florida	2019	L. M. Conner
Luiza Lazzaro	Quantifying spatial feedbacks between overstory species and fuels in mixed longleaf pine-oak forests	Auburn University	2023	J. B. Cannon
Anna Liner	Wetland predictors of amphibian distributions and diversity within the southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain	University of Georgia	2006	L. L. Smith
Andy Little	Ecology of female Eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) in frequently-burned pine savannas in southwestern Georgia.	University of Georgia	2015	L. M. Conner
Andrea Long	Effects of an invasive ant on invertebrates in the southeastern United States	University of Florida	2015	L. M. Conner and L. L. Smith
Louise Loudermilk	ELinking plant demography, forest fuels, and fire in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) savannas using lidar remote sensing and simulation modeling.	University of Florida	2010	R. J. Mitchell
Greg Lynch	Effects of removal on spatial organization and habitat use of bobcats	University of Georgia	2005	L. M. Conner
Lewis Marquez	Medicinal compounds from native plants	Emory University	2023	K. D. Klepzig
Emily Martin	Microplastics in relation to water quality and land use in the lower Flint River Georgia	University of Georgia	2022	S. W. Golladay
Glenn Martin	Evaluating the location, extent, and condition of isolated wetlands in the Dougherty Plain, Georgia, USA	University of Georgia	2010	L. K. Kirkman
Katherine (Katie) Martin	Restoration of fire-dependent depression wetlands	University of Georgia	2006	L. K. Kirkman
Lewis Marquez	Medicinal compounds from native plants	Emory University	2023	K. D. Klepzig
Nicholas Marzolf	Environmental limits on the dispersal of invasive Pomacea maculata in Lake Seminole	University of Georgia	2015	S. W. Golladay
Cara McElroy	Determining landscape connectivity through amphibian abundance, community composition, and gene flow	University of Georgia	2016	L. L. Smith
Julie McEntire	The sources and cycling of nutrients and dissolved organic carbon in the lower ACF Basin and Lake Seminole	University of Georgia	2009	S. P. Opsahl
John McGuire	Canopy disturbances in longleaf pine savannas	Auburn University	1999	R. J. Mitchell
Anna McKee	Correlations between community diversity and within-species diversity in an amphibian assemblage: potential processes and implications for conservation management.	University of Georgia	2012	L. L. Smith
Adam Miles	Bat community structure, foraging activity, and evening bat roost site selection in loblolly pine and longleaf pine forests of Georgia./td>	University of Georgia	2005	L. M. Conner
Gabe Miller	Home range size, habitat associations and refuge use of the Florida pine snake, Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus, in southwest Georgia, U.S.A.	University of Florida	2008	L. L. Smith
Gail Morris	Effects of mammalian predator exclusion, supplemental feeding, and prescribed fire on small mammal populations in a longleaf pine ecosystem./td>	University of Florida	2010	L. M. Conner
Tara Muenz	Indicators of stream health: the use of benthic macroinvertebrates and amphibians in an agriculturally impacted area, southwest Georgia.	University of Georgia	2004	S. W. Golladay
Maureen Mulligan	Wiregrass (Aristida beyrichiana Trin. and Rupr.) recruitment, establishment and growth.	University of Georgia	2000	L. K. Kirkman
Chris Murphy	Vertebrate refugia in the longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem.	University of Georgia	2019	L. L. Smith
Matthew Neatrour	Factors affecting root system response to nutrient heterogeneity in forested wetland ecosystems	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)	2005	S. W. Golladay
Melinda Nelson	Habitat selection and survival of white-tailed deer fawns in a longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Georgia	2013	L. M. Conner
Heather Norden	Species biology and the life history of the federally endangered Schwalbea americana L. (Scrophulariaceae)	University of Georgia	2002	L. K. Kirkman
Jeannine Ott	Patterns and movement, burrow use, and reproduction in a population of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus): implications for the conservation and management of a declining species	Auburn University	1999	W. K. Michener
Kelly Peeler	Caffeine as an anthropogenic source indicator in freshwater and marine systems	Florida State University	2004	S. P. Opsahl
Christina Perez	Seasonal area of use and habitat selection by female wild turkeys in response to prescribed fire in a managed longleaf pine savanna in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2013	L. M. Conner
Sara Piccolomini	Evaluation of post-release movement and habitat selection behavior in reintroduced populations of the Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi)	Auburn University	2019	L. L. Smith
Elisabeth (Corrie) Pieterson	Control and distribution of Lygodium japonicum (Japanese climbing fern) in the southeastern United States	University of Florida	2010	S. B. Jack
Cody Pope	Effects of canopy gaps created by Hurricane Michael on longleaf pine and oak sapling growth	University of Florida	2021	J. B. Cannon
Alex Potash	The environmental drivers of behavioral and physical antipredator adaptions in the southeastern fox squirrel	University of Florida	2018	L. M. Conner
Justin “JT” Pynne	Using an ecosystem engineer to restore functionality of natural pinelands in the southeastern United States	University of Georgia	2020	L. M. Conner
Allison Reid	Spatial genetic structure of four bobcat populations in the southeastern U.S.	University of Georgia	2006	L. M. Conner
Sean Reynolds	Turkey Oak (Quercus laevis W.) seedlings experience primarily competitive pressures, not facilitation, from the overstory in a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris M.) ecosystem	Auburn University	2020	S. W. Bigelow
Parisa Rinaldi	Relationships between landscape features and nutrient concentrations in an agricultural watershed in southwestern Georgia: an integrated geographic information systems approach	Georgia State University	2013	P. V. McCormick
Haley Ritger	Effects of fire regime on subcortical insects, tree physiology, and their interactions in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)	University of Georgia	2023	S. T. Brantley
Anna Rollosson	Factors influencing the growth of mature longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) at a second-growth fire-managed site in southwestern Georgia	University of Florida	2019	S. W. Bigelow
Kathleen Rugel	Investigating drivers of groundwater-surface water interaction in the lower Flint River Basin, southwestern Georgia, USA	University of Georgia	2013	S. W. Golladay
James Andrew (Drew) Ruttinger	Habitat and roost selection by male eastern wild turkeys in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2013	L. M. Conner
Morgan Sandera	Comparing longleaf pine wood quality grown in natural and planation stands	University of Georgia	2022	K. D. Klepzig
Lindsey Sargent	The influence of physicochemical characteristics and interspecies interactions on the invasion success of a non-native crayfish	University of Georgia	2009	S. W. Golladay
Elizabeth (Beth) Schlimm	The influence of habitat structure on squamate species richness in the Coastal Plain of Georgia	University of Georgia	2013	L. L. Smith
Brian Schoch	Diet, age, and reproduction of mesomammalian predators in response to intensive removal during the quail nesting season	University of Georgia	2003	L. M. Conner
Jason Scott	Empirical forecast models for guiding decision-making in complex landscapes with competing wildlife management goals	University of Georgia	2011	L. M. Conner
Ashley Sexton	Home range and habitat use of red-tailed hawks in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2005	L. M. Conner
Margaret Shearint	The direct and indirect effects of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) on seed fate in the longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Georgia	2011	L. K. Kirkman
Stephen Shivers	Transitioning from a river to a lake: how hydrology and invasive species alter nutrient cycling and retention within a reservoir	University of Georgia	2016	S. W. Golladay
Stephen Shivers	The impact of submerged aquatic vegetation on nutrient dynamics and bacterial metabolism in a southeastern reservoir	University of Georgia	2010	S. W. Golladay
Samuel Simkin	Soil disturbances created by pocket gophers (Geomys pinetis) are poor microsites for plant recruitment in a fire-maintained longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Georgia	1998	W. K. Michener
Chelsea Smith	Stream macroinvertebrate dynamics across a gradient of flow permanence in an agricultural watershed	University of Georgia	2015	P. V. McCormick
Justine Smith	Effect of invasive wild pigs on white-tailed deer and eastern wild turkey and behavioral responses to aerial gunning removal efforts	University of Georgia	2023	L. M. Conner
Adia Sovie	Response of vertebrates to hardwood and shrub encroachment	University of Florida	2020	L. M. Conner
David Steen	Wildlife restoration via forest management in fire-suppressed longleaf pine sandhills	Auburn University	2011	L. L. Smith
Sean Sterrett	The ecology and influence of land use on river turtles in southwest Georgia	University of Georgia	2015	L. L. Smith
Glen Stevens	Fine root dynamics in a Pinus palustris Mill. ecosystem: the role of sampling interval and the soil environment	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)	2001	R. J. Mitchell
Theresa Storey	Effects of diversionary feeding on raccoon foraging behavior in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2001	L. M. Conner
Stribling Stuber	The relationship between land use and the ecological integrity of isolated wetlands in the Dougherty Plain, Georgia, USA	University of Georgia	2013	L. K. Kirkman
Katharine (Katie) Stuble	Impacts of fire ant invasion on seed dispersal and ant community composition in the longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Georgia	2008	L. K. Kirkman
Amanda Subalusky	The role of isolated, seasonal wetlands in the ecology of the American alligator	Texas A&M University	2007	L. L. Smith
McKayla Susen	The relationship between habitat structure and the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in southwest Georgia	University of Georgia	2023	L. L. Smith
Andrew Taylor	Status assessment of a shoal bass population in the lower Flint River, Georgia	University of Georgia	2012	S. W. Golladay
Gabriel Tigreros	Insects and fungi utilizing downed trees in a subtropical longleaf pine forest along the Georgia Coastal Plain	University of Georgia	2024	K. D. Klepzig
Danielle Temple	Spatial ecology of gray foxes on a longleaf pine forest and the surrounding landscape in southwestern Georgia	Texas A&M University	2007	L. M. Conner
Kelsey Turner	The effects of habitat type, carcass size, and scavenger species exclusion on vertebrate scavenging communities	University of Georgia	2015	L. M. Conner
Ashley Warren	Ecology of the southeastern pocket gopher Geomys pinetis in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2014	L. M. Conner
Albert (Bert) Way	Burned to be wild: science, society and ecological conservation in the southern longleaf pine	University of Georgia	2008	R. K. McIntyre
Andy Whelan	Cyclic occurrence of fire and its role in carbon dynamics along an edaphic moisture gradient in longleaf pine ecosystems	University of Alabama	2012	R. J. Mitchell
Eva Whitehead	Adult mosquito ecology in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2009	S. W. Golladay
Susanne Wiesner	Energy density and entropy production: their role in the carbon and energy cycling of subtropical longleaf pine savannas	University of Alabama	2018	L. K. Kirkman
Scott Wiggers	Some like it hot: fire and legume germination in the longleaf pine ecosystem	Auburn University	2011	L. K. Kirkman
Margaret (Meg) Williams	Effects of growing-season prescribed fire on eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) nest success and poult survival in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2012	L. M. Conner
Alexander Wright	Long-term population ecology and movement patterns of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in southwest Georgia	University of Georgia	2016	L. L. Smith
Jenny Wright	Carbon dynamics of longleaf pine ecosystems	University of Edinburgh	2012	R. J. Mitchell
Nicole Yetke	Ecological role of American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) burrows across isolated wetland gradients: Microhabitats and species use	University of Florida	2023	L. L. Smith
Kelsea Young	In the pines: Dung beetle community composition in longleaf pine habitat	Clemson University	2021	K. D. Klepzig

Ashley Ballou

Zoologist, New York Natural Heritage Program

Faith Kruis

Nonnative Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

Elizabeth Gleim

Assistant Professor, Biology and Environmental Studies, Hollins University

Jess McGuire

Working Lands for Wildlife Bobwhite Coordinator

Brent Howze

Senior Wildlife Biologist

Amanda Subalusky

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, UF

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Name	Email	Thesis Title	School	Degree	Advisor
Jordan Baron	jordan.baron@jonesctr.org	Understanding northern bobwhite covey movement dynamics	Mississippi State University	MS	L. M. Conner
Suranjana Chatterjee	suranjana.chatterjee@jonesctr.org	Modeling sedimentation rates in isolated wetlands in an agricultural landscape	Auburn University	MS	S. T. Brantley
Helena Garrett			Auburn University	MS	K. D. Klepzig
Ben Gochnour		Interactions between lps beetle, associated fungi and mites, and longleaf pines under a frequent fire regime	University of Georgia	PhD	K. D. Klepzig
Ian Goldberg	ian.goldberg@jonesctr.org	Silvicultural strategies for promoting longleaf pine recruitment in multi-aged stands	University of Missouri	MS	J. J. Puhlick
Michelle Henson	michelle.henson@jonesctr.org	Effects of prescribed fire regimes on plant-microbe interactions in a longleaf pine savanna	University of Georgia	PhD	L. M. Giencke
Leela Hospach		Biology and ecology of gnats in longleaf forest systems	Clemson University	MS	K. D. Klepzig
Arthur Lamounier-Moura	arthur.moura@jonesctr.org	Linking understory community functional traits and fire behavior in two fire-dependent forest types	Auburn University	PhD	J. B. Cannon
Garrett Lawson	garrett.lawson@jonesctr.org	Nest site selection in gopher tortoises: Implications for management	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)	MS	L. L. Smith
Gianna Leone	gianna.leone@jonesctr.org	Comparing longleaf pine regeneration among various selection systems	Alabama A&M University	MS	J. J. Puhlick
Gabriel Nyen	gabriel.nyen@jonesctr.org	Silvicultural strategies for converting longleaf pine plantations to multi-aged longleaf pine stands	Mississippi State University	MS	J. J. Puhlick
Elizabeth Parsons	elizabeth.parsons@jonesctr.org	Bird and mammal communities in depressional wetlands in the longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Georgia	PhD	L. M. Conner
Jabryan Pegues	jabryan.pegues@jonesctr.org	Quantifying site productivity and production efficiency of plantation grown longleaf pine	Mississippi State University	MS	J. J. Puhlick
Hanusia Riggins		Ips bark beetle responses to climatic conditions	University of Georgia	PhD	K. D. Klepzig
Jade Samples	jade.higgins@jonesctr.org	Amphibian response to wetland restoration	University of Georgia	MS	L. L. Smith
Varsha Shastry	varsha.shastry@jonesctr.org	Analysis of two decades of small mammal capture-mark-release data	Mississippi State University	PhD	L. M. Conner
Thomas Sheehan	tom.sheehan@jonesctr.org		University of Georgia	PhD	K. D. Klepzig
Elizabeth Sicking	elizabeth.sicking@jonesctr.org	Assessing the influences of hydrology and vegetation on emergent insect and benthic macroinvertebrate communities across seasonally inundated, geographically isolated wetlands	Virginia Tech	MS	K. D. Klepzig
Chelsea Smith	chelsea.smith@jonesctr.org	Secondary production of aquatic macroinvertebrates in intermittent streams	University of Alabama	PhD	S. W. Golladay
Justine Smith	justine.smith@jonesctr.org		University of Georgia	PhD	L. M. Conner
Justine Valadez	justine.valadez@jonesctr.org	Hydraulic capacitance of pines	University of Georgia	PhD	S. T. Brantley
Ben Webster	benjamin.webster@jonesctr.org	Using sediments to reconstruct dynamics of large rivers	Auburn University	PhD	S. W. Golladay

Alumni

Name	Thesis Title	School	Year	Advisor
Robert Addington	Water use patterns and stomatal responses to the environment in longleaf pine on contrasting sites	University of Georgia	2001	R. J. Mitchell
Katherine Aleric	Responses to varied light environments and propagation techniques of the federally endangered shrub, Lindera melissifolia (Lauraceae).	University of Georgia	2004	L. K. Kirkman
Travis Alstad	Conservation genetics of the red-cockaded woodpecker	University of Georgia	2010	L. M. Conner
Andrew Arko	Quantifying changes in forest structural complexity in a longleaf pine woodland from Hurricane Michael using aerial LiDAR	Mississippi State University	2023	J. B. Cannon
Philip Ashford	Field methods and photogrammetric techniques for mapping aquatic vegetation using unmanned aerial systems	University of Georgia	2019	S. W. Golladay
Carla Atkinson	Food resource quality and its utilization by a native and an invasive bivalve in a Gulf Coastal Plain stream	University of Georgia	2008	S. P. Opsahl
Douglas Aubrey	Stored carbon decouples soil CO2 efflux in chronically disturbed ecosystems	University of Georgia	2011	R. J. Mitchell
Ashley Ballou	Aspects of gopher tortoise (Gopherus Polyphemus) populations in Georgia: status, landscape predictors, juvenile movements, and burrow use.	University of Georgia	2013	L.L. Smith
Benju Baniya	Re-assembly of the longleaf pine ecosystem: Effects of groundcover seeding on understory characteristics, fire behavior and soil properties.	University of Florida	2021	S. T. Brantley
Coleman Barrie	Groundwater flow on a karstic landscape in southwest Georgia	University of Georgia	2019	S. T. Brantley
Coleman Barrie	Sedimentation and hydrology of isolated wetlands impacted by row crop agriculture	Auburn University	2022	S. T. Brantley
Michael Battaglia	The influence of overstory structure on understory light availability in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) forest.	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)	2000	R. J. Mitchell
Michael Belovitch	Hydraulic redistribution – roots to the ecosystem.	University of Georgia	2018	L. M. Conner
Michael Biggerstaff	Seasonal resource selection of white-tailed deer on managed forests in the Upper Coastal Plain longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Georgia	2017	J. B. Cannon
Roger Birkhead	Ingestion of seeds by gopher tortoises (Gopherus Polyphemus) in a southeastern pine savanna: species composition and effects on germination.	Auburn University	2001	W. K. Michener
Crystal Bishop	In the eye of a hurricane: The effects of prescribed burns and salvage logging on lower stem and root feeding beetles and their sybiotic blue-stain fungi	University of Georgia	2022	K. D. Klepzig
Suzanne Henderson Blaydes	Modeling needle fuel dispersal in longleaf-pine dominated forests	University of Georgia	2022	J. B. Cannon
Kristin Bliss	Impact of nutrient heterogeneity on plant response and competition in Coastal plain species	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)	2001	R. J. Mitchell
Melissa D. Boglioli	Burrow dispersion and occupancy patterns as they relate to habitat parameters and social behavior in the gopher tortoise,(Gopherus Polyphemus).	Auburn University	1999	L. M. Conner
Jennifer Borgo	Reducing southern flying squirrel use of red-cockaded woodpecker cavities	Utah State University	2004	L. M. Conner
Gina Botello	Larval mosquitoes in agricultural wetlands of the Gulf Coastal Plain of Georgia, U.S.A.: investigating the effects of surrounding land use, nutrient enrichment, and food resources	University of Georgia	2012	S. W. Golladay
Sabrie Breland	Bee assemblage and vegetation across a suite of restoration conditions in a fire-maintained longleaf pine savanna	University of Georgia	2015	L. K. Kirkman
Courtney Brissey	Ecology of bark and woodboring beetles in longleaf pine forest stands	University of Georgia	2015	L. R. Boring
Jesse Canfield	Wildfire dynamics: understanding some behavior trends	Florida State University	2014	R. J. Mitchell
Durwin Carter	Carbon-fine root allocation and transfer at ecosystem scales (C-FATES)	State University of West Georgia	2001	R. J. Mitchell
Sarah Cathey	Growth and N2-fixation of legumes native to the longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem	Florida State University	2014	L. R. Boring
Michael Cherry	White-tailed deer, coyotes, and the ecology of fear in a longleaf pine savanna	University of Georgia	2014	L. M. Conner
Jessica Cochrane	Ecology of bobcats in a longleaf pine forest in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2003	L. M. Conner
Derek Colbert	Breeding season gobbling chronology in hunted and non-hunted populations of eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2013	L. M. Conner
Kelly Coles	Conservation, propagation, and restoration of Schwalbea Americana	Emory University	2023	K. D. Klepzig
Daniel Crawford	Causal linkages between prey behavior and predation risk: Controlled experiments reveal behavioral effects of predation risk on white-tailed deer	Texas A&M University	2021	L. M. Conner
Michelle Creech	Revegetation potential of slash pile burn sites in the longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Georgia	2009	L. K. Kirkman
Patrick Curtin	Canopy recruitment dynamics in naturally regenerated longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) woodlands	University of Missouri	2017	S. B. Jack
Brandon Daly	Observed changes in the atmospheric surface layer during prescribed agricultural burns	Florida State University	2012	R. J. Mitchell
Jessica Davis	Stream fish response to intermittency and drying in the Ichawaynochaway Creek Basin	University of Georgia	2017	S. W. Golladay
Stephanie Davis	Assessing impacts of animal agriculture on macroinvertebrates in intermittent Coastal Plain streams in the southeastern USA: implications for biomonitoring	University of Georgia	2000	S. W. Golladay
James Deemy	Isolated wetland mapping, connectivity assessment, and water quality in the Dougherty Plain of Georgia	University of Georgia	2015	L. K. Kirkman
Anna Derrick	Small mammal responses to prescribed fire and simulated mammal removal in a longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Georgia	2007	L. M. Conner
Nicholas Deuel	Space use, interactions, extra-territorial forays and habitat selection of gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2016	L. M. Conner
David Diaz	Effects of growing season flow regime on stream periphyton growth in a Coastal Plain stream	University of Georgia	2015	P. V. McCormick
Jordana Doughty	Bobcat (Lynx rufus) ecology in a longleaf pine ecosystem in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2004	L. M. Conner
David Dyson	Influence of competition on longleaf pine seedling recruitment in selection silviculture	Auburn University	2010	S. B. Jack
Michelina Dziadzio	Effects of predation on gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) nest and hatchling survival	University of Georgia	2015	L. L. Smith
Chloe Eggert	Biogeochemical storage and transformation of sediments from geographically isolated wetlands in agriculture landscapes	Auburn University	2022	S. W. Golladay
Chambers English	Economic modeling of longleaf pine restoration for water quantity	University of Georgia	2023	J. B. Cannon
Michael Entrekin	Storm flowpaths and biogeochemistry of a karst stream in southwest Georgia	University of South Carolina	1997	E. R. Blood
Sally Entrekin	Abundance, biomass, and secondary production of chironomids (Diptera) in grass-sedge marshes and cypress-gum swamps	University of Georgia	2000	S. W. Golladay
Christine Fallon	Effects of stream intermittency on leuciscid and percid food web dynamics in the Ichawaynochaway Creek Basin, Southwest Georgia, USA	University of Georgia	2020	S. W. Golladay
Chelcy Ford	Variable distributions of water as a transpiration source: consequences from the tree stem to ecosystem functioning	University of Georgia	2004	R. J. Mitchell
Catherine Frock	An integrative study in the behavioral landscape ecology of Sherman’s fox squirrels: implications of animal conservation in a changing world	University of Florida	2022	L. M. Conner
Danny Gammons	Radiotelemetry studies of armadillos in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2006	L. M. Conner
Heather Gaya	Sampling design enhancement for gopher tortoises	University of Georgia	2019	L. L. Smith
Elizabeth (Liz) Gleim	The effects of long-term prescribed burning on ticks and tick-borne pathogen prevalence.	University of Georgia	2013	L. M. Conner
Ivy Godbois	Ecology of bobcats on land managed for northern bobwhite in southwestern Georgia.	University of Georgia	2003	L. M. Conner
Jessica Gonynor McGuire	A multifaceted approach to evaluating gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) population health at selected sites in Georgia.	University of Georgia	2013	L. L. Smith
Darroc Goolsby	Patterns of landuse and succession in a longleaf pine forest	University of Georgia	2005	L. R. Boring
Jeffrey Grayum	Understanding northern bobwhite covey movement dynamics	Mississippi State University	2023	L. M. Conner
Mark Hainds	Legume population dynamics in a frequently burned longleaf pine – wiregrass ecosystem.	Auburn University	1995	R. J. Mitchel
Theresa Harper	Effects of diversionary feeding on raccoon foraging behavior in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2001	L. M. Conner
Camille Herteux	Wading bird use of geographically isolated wetlands in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain	Florida Atlantic University	2018	L. L. Smith
Kevin Hiers	The effect of fire season on legumes in a fire-maintained longleaf pine ecosystem.	University of Georgia	1999	R. J. Mitchell
Joseph Honings	Hydrogeologic investigation of a covered karst region	Louisiana State University	2022	S. T. Brantley
Shannon Hoss	Spatial ecology and male reproductive biology of the Eastern diamond-back rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus	Auburn University	2007	L. L. Smith
Brent Howze	The effect of predation on white-tailed deer recruitment at the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center	University of Georgia	2009	L. L. Smith
Gwen Iacona	Seedling recruitment as a driver of species richness in the understory of the longleaf pine savanna	University of Florida	2008	L. K. Kirkman
Claire Ike	Spatial variability and land use change: effects on total soil carbon contents in the coastal plain of Georgia	University of Georgia	2010	L. R. Boring
Elizabeth(Beth)Jacqmain	Controls on oak composition and population size structure in frequently burned longleaf pine – wiregrass ecosystems.	Auburn University	1996	R. J. Mitchell
Noah Jansen	Influence of root branching order on fine root substrate quality and decomposition in a Pinus palustris ecosystem	University of Florida	2007	R. J. Mitchell
George Jensen	Turning up the heat: Fire ecology and climate adaptive silviculture in longleaf pine forests	University of Missouri	2022	J. B. Cannon
James Johnson	White-tailed deer camera surveys: density estimation and spatio-temporal dynamics	University of Georgia	2019	L. M. Conner
Paula Johnson	Habitat association and drought responses of mussels in the lower Flint River Basin, southwest Georgia.	University of Georgia	2001	R. J. Mitchell
David D. Jones	Can increasing food availability alter foraging behavior of potential nest predators?	University of Georgia	2001	L. M. Conner
Phoebe Judge	The impacts of hydraulic redistribution on the physiology and growth of understory plants in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) sandhills	University of Georgia	2022	S. T. Brantley
Binab Karmacharya	Small mammal response to food, fire, herbicide and predation in longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Florida	2011	L. M. Conner
Margaret Kearns	Effects of annual flow regime on redbreast sunfish and bluegill growth in a southeastern Coastal Plain stream	University of Georgia	2001	S. W. Golladay
Jason Keenan	Comparison of two techniques that determine habitat selection by bobcats and a discussion of habitats within overlapping and non-overlapping areas.	University of Georgia	2007	L. M. Conner
Gavin Kenney	The effects of Hurricane Michael on the structure and function of longleaf pine woodlands	University of Alabama	2021	S. T. Brantley
Rachel King	Spatial ecology and wetland use of aquatic turtles in the Coastal Plain of Georgia	University of Georgia	2014	L. L. Smith
Brian Kirby	Effects of forest management practices on raccoon ecology in a longleaf pine ecosystem.	University of Tennessee	2015	L. M. Conner
Daniel Knapp	Development and life-history traits affect larval anuran stoichiometry: a framework for understanding the role of larval anurans in wetland nutrient storage.	University of Alabama	2019	L. L. Smith
Faith Kruis	Pig movements and efficacy of Judas pigs in whole-sounder removal	University of Georgia	2023	L. M. Conner
Jessica Laskowski	Animal habitat selection, foraging and fear response: from daily decisions to global patterns	University of Florida	2019	L. M. Conner
Luiza Lazzaro	Quantifying spatial feedbacks between overstory species and fuels in mixed longleaf pine-oak forests	Auburn University	2023	J. B. Cannon
Anna Liner	Wetland predictors of amphibian distributions and diversity within the southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain	University of Georgia	2006	L. L. Smith
Andy Little	Ecology of female Eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) in frequently-burned pine savannas in southwestern Georgia.	University of Georgia	2015	L. M. Conner
Andrea Long	Effects of an invasive ant on invertebrates in the southeastern United States	University of Florida	2015	L. M. Conner and L. L. Smith
Louise Loudermilk	ELinking plant demography, forest fuels, and fire in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) savannas using lidar remote sensing and simulation modeling.	University of Florida	2010	R. J. Mitchell
Greg Lynch	Effects of removal on spatial organization and habitat use of bobcats	University of Georgia	2005	L. M. Conner
Lewis Marquez	Medicinal compounds from native plants	Emory University	2023	K. D. Klepzig
Emily Martin	Microplastics in relation to water quality and land use in the lower Flint River Georgia	University of Georgia	2022	S. W. Golladay
Glenn Martin	Evaluating the location, extent, and condition of isolated wetlands in the Dougherty Plain, Georgia, USA	University of Georgia	2010	L. K. Kirkman
Katherine (Katie) Martin	Restoration of fire-dependent depression wetlands	University of Georgia	2006	L. K. Kirkman
Lewis Marquez	Medicinal compounds from native plants	Emory University	2023	K. D. Klepzig
Nicholas Marzolf	Environmental limits on the dispersal of invasive Pomacea maculata in Lake Seminole	University of Georgia	2015	S. W. Golladay
Cara McElroy	Determining landscape connectivity through amphibian abundance, community composition, and gene flow	University of Georgia	2016	L. L. Smith
Julie McEntire	The sources and cycling of nutrients and dissolved organic carbon in the lower ACF Basin and Lake Seminole	University of Georgia	2009	S. P. Opsahl
John McGuire	Canopy disturbances in longleaf pine savannas	Auburn University	1999	R. J. Mitchell
Anna McKee	Correlations between community diversity and within-species diversity in an amphibian assemblage: potential processes and implications for conservation management.	University of Georgia	2012	L. L. Smith
Adam Miles	Bat community structure, foraging activity, and evening bat roost site selection in loblolly pine and longleaf pine forests of Georgia./td>	University of Georgia	2005	L. M. Conner
Gabe Miller	Home range size, habitat associations and refuge use of the Florida pine snake, Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus, in southwest Georgia, U.S.A.	University of Florida	2008	L. L. Smith
Gail Morris	Effects of mammalian predator exclusion, supplemental feeding, and prescribed fire on small mammal populations in a longleaf pine ecosystem./td>	University of Florida	2010	L. M. Conner
Tara Muenz	Indicators of stream health: the use of benthic macroinvertebrates and amphibians in an agriculturally impacted area, southwest Georgia.	University of Georgia	2004	S. W. Golladay
Maureen Mulligan	Wiregrass (Aristida beyrichiana Trin. and Rupr.) recruitment, establishment and growth.	University of Georgia	2000	L. K. Kirkman
Chris Murphy	Vertebrate refugia in the longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem.	University of Georgia	2019	L. L. Smith
Matthew Neatrour	Factors affecting root system response to nutrient heterogeneity in forested wetland ecosystems	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)	2005	S. W. Golladay
Melinda Nelson	Habitat selection and survival of white-tailed deer fawns in a longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Georgia	2013	L. M. Conner
Heather Norden	Species biology and the life history of the federally endangered Schwalbea americana L. (Scrophulariaceae)	University of Georgia	2002	L. K. Kirkman
Jeannine Ott	Patterns and movement, burrow use, and reproduction in a population of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus): implications for the conservation and management of a declining species	Auburn University	1999	W. K. Michener
Kelly Peeler	Caffeine as an anthropogenic source indicator in freshwater and marine systems	Florida State University	2004	S. P. Opsahl
Christina Perez	Seasonal area of use and habitat selection by female wild turkeys in response to prescribed fire in a managed longleaf pine savanna in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2013	L. M. Conner
Sara Piccolomini	Evaluation of post-release movement and habitat selection behavior in reintroduced populations of the Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi)	Auburn University	2019	L. L. Smith
Elisabeth (Corrie) Pieterson	Control and distribution of Lygodium japonicum (Japanese climbing fern) in the southeastern United States	University of Florida	2010	S. B. Jack
Cody Pope	Effects of canopy gaps created by Hurricane Michael on longleaf pine and oak sapling growth	University of Florida	2021	J. B. Cannon
Alex Potash	The environmental drivers of behavioral and physical antipredator adaptions in the southeastern fox squirrel	University of Florida	2018	L. M. Conner
Justin “JT” Pynne	Using an ecosystem engineer to restore functionality of natural pinelands in the southeastern United States	University of Georgia	2020	L. M. Conner
Allison Reid	Spatial genetic structure of four bobcat populations in the southeastern U.S.	University of Georgia	2006	L. M. Conner
Sean Reynolds	Turkey Oak (Quercus laevis W.) seedlings experience primarily competitive pressures, not facilitation, from the overstory in a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris M.) ecosystem	Auburn University	2020	S. W. Bigelow
Parisa Rinaldi	Relationships between landscape features and nutrient concentrations in an agricultural watershed in southwestern Georgia: an integrated geographic information systems approach	Georgia State University	2013	P. V. McCormick
Haley Ritger	Effects of fire regime on subcortical insects, tree physiology, and their interactions in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)	University of Georgia	2023	S. T. Brantley
Anna Rollosson	Factors influencing the growth of mature longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) at a second-growth fire-managed site in southwestern Georgia	University of Florida	2019	S. W. Bigelow
Kathleen Rugel	Investigating drivers of groundwater-surface water interaction in the lower Flint River Basin, southwestern Georgia, USA	University of Georgia	2013	S. W. Golladay
James Andrew (Drew) Ruttinger	Habitat and roost selection by male eastern wild turkeys in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2013	L. M. Conner
Morgan Sandera	Comparing longleaf pine wood quality grown in natural and planation stands	University of Georgia	2022	K. D. Klepzig
Lindsey Sargent	The influence of physicochemical characteristics and interspecies interactions on the invasion success of a non-native crayfish	University of Georgia	2009	S. W. Golladay
Elizabeth (Beth) Schlimm	The influence of habitat structure on squamate species richness in the Coastal Plain of Georgia	University of Georgia	2013	L. L. Smith
Brian Schoch	Diet, age, and reproduction of mesomammalian predators in response to intensive removal during the quail nesting season	University of Georgia	2003	L. M. Conner
Jason Scott	Empirical forecast models for guiding decision-making in complex landscapes with competing wildlife management goals	University of Georgia	2011	L. M. Conner
Ashley Sexton	Home range and habitat use of red-tailed hawks in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2005	L. M. Conner
Margaret Shearint	The direct and indirect effects of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) on seed fate in the longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Georgia	2011	L. K. Kirkman
Stephen Shivers	Transitioning from a river to a lake: how hydrology and invasive species alter nutrient cycling and retention within a reservoir	University of Georgia	2016	S. W. Golladay
Stephen Shivers	The impact of submerged aquatic vegetation on nutrient dynamics and bacterial metabolism in a southeastern reservoir	University of Georgia	2010	S. W. Golladay
Samuel Simkin	Soil disturbances created by pocket gophers (Geomys pinetis) are poor microsites for plant recruitment in a fire-maintained longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Georgia	1998	W. K. Michener
Chelsea Smith	Stream macroinvertebrate dynamics across a gradient of flow permanence in an agricultural watershed	University of Georgia	2015	P. V. McCormick
Justine Smith	Effect of invasive wild pigs on white-tailed deer and eastern wild turkey and behavioral responses to aerial gunning removal efforts	University of Georgia	2023	L. M. Conner
Adia Sovie	Response of vertebrates to hardwood and shrub encroachment	University of Florida	2020	L. M. Conner
David Steen	Wildlife restoration via forest management in fire-suppressed longleaf pine sandhills	Auburn University	2011	L. L. Smith
Sean Sterrett	The ecology and influence of land use on river turtles in southwest Georgia	University of Georgia	2015	L. L. Smith
Glen Stevens	Fine root dynamics in a Pinus palustris Mill. ecosystem: the role of sampling interval and the soil environment	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)	2001	R. J. Mitchell
Theresa Storey	Effects of diversionary feeding on raccoon foraging behavior in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2001	L. M. Conner
Stribling Stuber	The relationship between land use and the ecological integrity of isolated wetlands in the Dougherty Plain, Georgia, USA	University of Georgia	2013	L. K. Kirkman
Katharine (Katie) Stuble	Impacts of fire ant invasion on seed dispersal and ant community composition in the longleaf pine ecosystem	University of Georgia	2008	L. K. Kirkman
Amanda Subalusky	The role of isolated, seasonal wetlands in the ecology of the American alligator	Texas A&M University	2007	L. L. Smith
McKayla Susen	The relationship between habitat structure and the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in southwest Georgia	University of Georgia	2023	L. L. Smith
Andrew Taylor	Status assessment of a shoal bass population in the lower Flint River, Georgia	University of Georgia	2012	S. W. Golladay
Gabriel Tigreros	Insects and fungi utilizing downed trees in a subtropical longleaf pine forest along the Georgia Coastal Plain	University of Georgia	2024	K. D. Klepzig
Danielle Temple	Spatial ecology of gray foxes on a longleaf pine forest and the surrounding landscape in southwestern Georgia	Texas A&M University	2007	L. M. Conner
Kelsey Turner	The effects of habitat type, carcass size, and scavenger species exclusion on vertebrate scavenging communities	University of Georgia	2015	L. M. Conner
Ashley Warren	Ecology of the southeastern pocket gopher Geomys pinetis in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2014	L. M. Conner
Albert (Bert) Way	Burned to be wild: science, society and ecological conservation in the southern longleaf pine	University of Georgia	2008	R. K. McIntyre
Andy Whelan	Cyclic occurrence of fire and its role in carbon dynamics along an edaphic moisture gradient in longleaf pine ecosystems	University of Alabama	2012	R. J. Mitchell
Eva Whitehead	Adult mosquito ecology in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2009	S. W. Golladay
Susanne Wiesner	Energy density and entropy production: their role in the carbon and energy cycling of subtropical longleaf pine savannas	University of Alabama	2018	L. K. Kirkman
Scott Wiggers	Some like it hot: fire and legume germination in the longleaf pine ecosystem	Auburn University	2011	L. K. Kirkman
Margaret (Meg) Williams	Effects of growing-season prescribed fire on eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) nest success and poult survival in southwestern Georgia	University of Georgia	2012	L. M. Conner
Alexander Wright	Long-term population ecology and movement patterns of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in southwest Georgia	University of Georgia	2016	L. L. Smith
Jenny Wright	Carbon dynamics of longleaf pine ecosystems	University of Edinburgh	2012	R. J. Mitchell
Nicole Yetke	Ecological role of American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) burrows across isolated wetland gradients: Microhabitats and species use	University of Florida	2023	L. L. Smith
Kelsea Young	In the pines: Dung beetle community composition in longleaf pine habitat	Clemson University	2021	K. D. Klepzig

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