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Wildlife Program

Wildlife are distributed across the landscape based on the environmental features they use for food and cover. Recognizing the importance of wildlife to society and to the ecosystems in which they reside, the wildlife program at the Jones Center at Ichauway seeks to understand relationships between wildlife species and their habitats. We accomplish our work using a combination of designed experiments and observational studies.

Our wildlife research program focuses on three core themes:

Interactions between animals – Understanding how animals interact with one another to affect their habitat selection, population dynamics, and the vegetation associated with their habitat
Habitat associations and management effects – Identification of environmental factors of importance to select wildlife populations and communities and how management and natural disturbance affect those factors
Species of conservation concern and indicator species – Wildlife species of special interest associated with open pine communities and how to monitor and manage populations of these species

Historically, longleaf pine ecosystems were common, providing habitat for a unique suite of wildlife species adapted to this forest structure maintained by frequent fire. With the drastic decline of longleaf across its range, many of the associated wildlife species are similarly rare. The extensive longleaf found on Ichauway provides an opportunity to better understand these animals, their habitat, and their interactions with each other

Historically, longleaf pine ecosystems were common, providing habitat for a unique suite of wildlife species adapted to this forest structure maintained by frequent fire. With the drastic decline of longleaf across its range, many of the associated wildlife species are similarly rare. The extensive longleaf found on Ichauway provides an opportunity to better understand these animals, their habitat, and their interactions with each other

The Latest in Wildlife Research

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Effects of Non-native Predators on the Gopher Tortoise

Wading Bird Use of Wetlands

Wildlife Habitat Structure in Open Pine Woodlands

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Frequent Prescribed Fires Can Reduce Risk of Tick-borne Diseases

Land use and cover effects on an ecosystem engineer

Deer movement and resource selection during Hurricane Irma: Implications for extreme climatic events and wildlife

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Longleaf pine forests and associated wetlands

provide habitat for 31 species of animals and plants that are federally listed as endangered or threatened.

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Longleaf pine forests and associated wetlands

provide habitat for 31 species of animals and plants that are federally listed as endangered or threatened.