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Bird lab and alumni in the boreal forest at the 2004 AOU- PS, Erik Johnson, David Brown, Jenny DiMiceli, and Jason Zoller.  Click here to see our campsite in Quebec and other lab archives.

Current students:

Erik I. Johnson, Ph.D. program.  Bird communities in Amazon forest fragments.

Matthew E. Brooks, M.S. candidate.  Winter grassland bird communities in Mississippi forests damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Antoinette C. Taylor, M.S. candidate.  Early-successional bird communities and row spacing in pine plantations.

Past students:

Laura M. Palasz, Louisiana State University, M.S. 2008.  Effects of burning on Henslow's Sparros (Ammodramus henslowii) density and habitat quality in Louisiana.  Laura's thesis

Jennifer K. DiMiceli, Louisiana State University, M.S. 2006.  Winter diet, seed preferences and foraging behavior of Henslow’s Sparrows (Ammodramus henslowii) in southeastern Louisiana.  (now working for USGS in Oregon)  Jenny's thesis
 

Erik I. Johnson, Louisiana State University, M.S. 2006.  Effects of fire on habitat associations, abundance, and survival of wintering Henslow’s sparrows (Ammodramus henslowii) in southeastern Louisiana longleaf pine savannas.  (now working on a PhD at LSU)  Erik's thesis

David M. Fox, Louisiana State University, M.S. 2006.  Effects of insectivorous birds on tree growth in the  Maurepas swamp.  Dave's thesis

Jason A. Zoller, Southeastern Louisiana University, M. S. 2004.  Seasonal differences in bird communities of a Louisiana swamp and manipulation of the breeding density of Prothonotary Warblers.  (now working as an environmental consultant in Houston)

Catherine L. Bechtoldt, Southeastern Louisiana University, M. S. 2002.  Habitat use by wintering Henslow's Sparrows (Ammodramus henslowii) in relation to fire management.  (now working on a Ph.D. at Illinois)

Lynn M. Duda, Southeastern Louisiana University, M. S. 2003. Conservation implications for disturbance-dependent birds breeding on managed pine plantations in southeastern Louisiana.  (now working for Conservation International)

C. Audra Bassett,  Southeastern Louisiana University, M.S. 2001.  Habitat selection of the Swainson's Warbler in managed forests in southeastern Louisiana.  (now working on a Ph.D. at Michigan Tech.)

Jennifer A. Long, Southeastern Louisiana University, M.S. 2001.  Linking the wintering and breeding seasons in Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus):  Winter diet and the timing of spring migration.  (Ph.D., University of Maine; now on the faculty at Husson College, Bangor, Maine)

David R. Brown, Southeastern Louisiana University, M.S. 1999. Territoriality and habitat-specific demography of wintering Hermit Thrushes.  (Ph.D., Tulane; now on the faculty at Eastern Kentucky University)

Cheryl L. Strong, Southeastern Louisiana University, M.S. 1999. Habitat and diet selection of over-wintering birds in pine plantations and hardwood forests in southeastern Louisiana. (now working as a biologist at the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory)

Gena M. Dwyer, Southeastern Louisiana University, M.S. 1998.  Molecular sex determination and winter distribution of a monomorphic bird, the Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus).  (now a high school science teacher in Oregon)

Jeffrey A. Stratford, Southeastern Louisiana University, M.S. 1997. Abundance and vegetation associations of terrestrial insectivorous birds in a fragmented Amazonian landscape. (Ph.D., Auburn; now on the faculty at Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)

Sergio H. Borges, INPA, M.S. 1995.  Bird communities in two types of secondary vegetation in central Amazonia (in Portuguese).  (Ph.D., Museo Goeldi, Belem, Brazil; now a researcher with Fundação Vitória Amazônica in Manaus, Brazil)

Patrick O. Kain, Southeastern Louisiana University, M.S.  1995. Home range, seasonal movements, and behavior of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus).

Disclaimer: The statements included on this webpage are those of Phil Stouffer only. Any statement or opinions included in these pages are not those of the LSU Agricultural Center, Louisiana State University, the LSU Board of Supervisors or the School of Renewable Natural Resources.  In fact, the aforementioned do not recommend birding in open-toed shoes.