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Welcome
Opportunities for
Graduate Study
Natural
Resource Ecology
and Management
and beyond ….
It is our great pleasure to circulate the Bien-
conducting research on fisheries manage-
nial Report of the Oklahoma Cooperative
ment in reservoirs, ponds, and rivers; stream
Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, which
ecology; species of special concern including
highlights graduate research and scholar-
alligator gar, Cerulean warblers, western
ship for 2006−2007.
big-eared bat; toxicology; and management
of river otters, black bears, and black bass.
The Oklahoma Unit of the U.S. Geological
While many of our research projects occur
Survey’s Cooperative Research Units Pro-
in Oklahoma, the Unit’s reach includes
gram has been an integral part of graduate-
activities in Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas,
level research and post-graduate training in
and beyond. As we begin our 7th decade,
natural resources, particularly fisheries and
future projects will continue to emphasize
wildlife conservation, at Oklahoma State
applied research on the natural resources
University since 1948.
of Oklahoma and the nation.
With direction from our Coordinating Com-
The Oklahoma Unit and its Cooperators
mittee, research is conducted on a wide
would be pleased to share additional informa-
variety of natural resource conservation
tion on any project summarized herein. You
topics in cooperation with federal and state
are welcome to contact any of the investigators
agencies, the University, the Oklahoma
listed by project through the Unit Office.
Department of Wildlife Conservation, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wildlife
Additional information about our coopera-
Management Institute, and various private
tors can be found at www.coopunits.org,
concerns. Most of our research projects are
www.okstate.edu, www.wildlifedepart-
problem oriented and designed to provide
ment.com, www.wildlifemanagementinsti-
cooperators with useful information on
tute.org, and www.fws.gov.
time-sensitive natural resource issues.
David M. Leslie, Jr.
From its establishment in 1948 to 2006,
the Unit was affiliated mostly closely with
COVER
Terrestrial resources in Oklahoma provide
numerous recreational opportunities including
catching glimpses of a rich avifauna of resident,
seasonal, and migratory species. Here, the
striking LeConte’s Sparrow, a tallgrass specialist
that winters in Oklahoma, was photographed
by M.S. Candidate Vincent S. Cavalieri near
Sooner Lake in January 2008. Froglet image
from the Oklahoma Panhandle on back cover
by M.S. graduate Tim Periard.
Biennial Report design update by Matt Lemmond with
Oklahoma State University’s Marketing Services.
OSU’s Department of Zoology in the College
of Arts and Sciences. In 2006, the Unit’s
primary affiliation was moved to the new
Department of Natural Resource Ecology
and Management in the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.
Such changes have expanded cooperative
research and enhanced the Unit’s ability to
assist faculties and students of both colleges
and departments and beyond.
William L. Fisher
A ssistant U nit L eader /
E colog y
Coordinating Committee
Robert E. Whitson
V ice P resident of t h e D ivision
of Agricultural S ciences and
N atural R esources , O kla h oma
S tate U niversit y
Greg D. Duffy
D irector , O kla h oma
D epartment of W ildlife
C onservation
Byron K. Williams
Research through the Oklahoma Unit is
conducted mainly by M.S. and Ph.D. candidates. About 340 theses and dissertations
have resulted from their persistence and
scholarship. Unit students are currently
i
U nit L eader / W ildlife
C h ief, C ooperative R esearc h
U nits , U . S . G eological S urve y
Len H. Carpenter
F ield R epresentative , W ildlife
M anagement I nstitute
Contents
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Cooperators and
Research Personnel
Cooperating faculty from the University,
resource professionals from many agencies
and affiliated universities, post-doctoral
researchers, graduate students, research associates and technicians, and volunteers are the
lifeblood of Unit operations and opportunity.
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Aquatic Resources
From extremely rare prairie and desert fishes
to blue catfish and black bass and with clear
Biennial
Report
2006–2007
applications of Geographic Information
System technologies, completed and ongoing
Unit projects in aquatic resources explore
complex resource issues focusing on recreation, recovery, and human dimensions.
The
UNIT BIENNIAL REPORT
is a publication of the Oklahoma Cooperative
Fish and Wildlife Research Unit to disseminate
information about Unit research and scholarly
activities at Oklahoma State University. It is
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Terrestrial Resources
From river otters to avian assessments in
prairies and forest and from conservation
genetics of bats and bears to a variety of
management issues, completed and ongoing Unit projects in terrestrial resources
encompass most topics in contemporary
wildlife conservation.
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Scholarship
intended to encourage communications among
interested parties. Please contact the Unit for
further information and dialog.
Oklahoma Cooperative
Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
404 Life Sciences West
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078-3051
405.744.6342 P
405.744.5006 F
www.coopunits.org
The spir it of scientif ic contr ibution
and scholarship of Unit participants in
2006−2007 is clear: 8 student awards, 16
theses/dissertations, 61 peer-reviewed and
technical publications, and 93 presentations
at professional state, regional, national, and
international meetings.
© 2008 Oklahoma State University
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Biennial
Report
2006
2007
Unit Staff
Cooperators
Dr. David M. Leslie, Jr.
O kl a h o m a S tat e U n i v e r s i t y
Unit Leader and Adjunct Professor. Ph.D.,
Agricultural Economics: Tracy Boyer;
Oregon State University, 1982. Terrestrial
Botany: Mike Palmer; Entomology: Tom
vertebrate ecology; endangered species.
Royer; Geography: Allen Finchum, Mike
[email protected]
Myers, Mahesh Rao; Geology: Todd Halihan,
Dr. William L. Fisher
Assistant Unit Leader and Adjunct
Professor. Ph.D., University of Louisville,
1987. Stream ecology, fisheries science.
[email protected]
Sheryl L. Lyon
Senior Administrative Support Specialist
[email protected]
Richard Marston; Natural Resource Ecology
and Management: Craig Davis, Sam Fuhlendorf, Mark Gregory, Fred Guthery, Karen
Hickman, Tim O’Connell, Keith Owens,
Keith Owens, Dan Shoup, Terry Bidwell,
David Engle, Sam Fuhlendorf; Zoology: Joe
Bidwell, Tony Echelle, Stan Fox, Meredith
Hamilton, Karen McBee, Scott McMurry,
Scott McMurry, Dave Schmidly, Loren Smith,
Loren Smith, Ron Van Den Bussche.
Joyce Hufford
Administrative Support Specialist
O kl a h o m a D e pa r t m e n t
of W i ldl i f e C o n s e r vat i o n
[email protected]
Administration: Richard Hatcher, John
Stafford; Fisheries: Paul Balkenbush, Barry
Bolten, Jeff Boxrucker, Greg Summers;
Wildlife: Bill Dinkines, Joe Hemphill,
Alan Peoples, Mike Sams, Rod Smith,
Mike Shaw; Natural Resources: Julianne
Hoagland, Melinda Hickman, Mark Howery,
Ron Suttles.
U . S . G e olog i c a l S u r v e y
Cooperative Research Units: Suzanne Cartatigorne, Jim Fleming, Mike Van Den Avyle.
U . S . F i s h a n d W i ldl i f e S e r v i c e
Region 2: Charlie Ault; Tulsa Ecological
Services: Jerry Brabander, Ken Collins,
and staff; Bosque del Apache: John Vradenburg; Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge:
Joe Kimball.
U.S. Department of Defense
Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory: Jeff Fehmi,
Tim Hayden; Arkansas District Office:
Johnny Mclean; Fort Hood: John Cornelius;
Tinker Air Force Base: Ray Moody; Veterans Affairs: Dennis Jackson.
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Research Personnel
U.S. Forest Service
Roger Perry, Ron Thill
U n i v e r s i t y of O kl a h o m a
Edie Marsh-Matthews
No r t h e a s t e r n
S tat e U n i v e r s i t y
Jim Schooley
S ou t h Da ko ta
S tat e U n i v e r s i t y
Jonathan Jenks, Theresa Zimmerman
S ou t h e r n i ll i n o i s
university
Eric Hellgren
P os t doc t o r a l f e llows
Jason Freund
Nicholas Lang
Titus Seilheimer
David Walter
P h . D . C a n d i dat e s
Eugene Albanese
Chad Boeckman
Brandi Coyner
Daniel Dauwalter *
Elizabeth Doxon
Claudia Glass
Donald Glass
Kimberly Hays
P. Mahawuweerachai
Shauna Marquardt
Roger Perry *
Baltazar Prado *
Zach Roehrs
Kiyoski Sasaki
Jason Schaffler *
Dale Splinter *
David Walter *
Stephen Winter
M . S . C a n d i dat e s
O kl a h o m a Wat e r
R e sou r c e s B oa r d
Derek Smithee
O kl a h o m a B i olog i c a l S u r v e y
Caryn Vaughn
G r a n d r i v e r da m au t h o r i t y
Darrell Townsend
Rock y Mou n ta i n Elk F ou n dat i o n
Randy Porterfield
Dane Balsman
Dominic Barrett
Kristopher Bodine
Eric Brinkman
Angela Brown
Kevin Burgess
Vincent Cavalieri
Phillip Cravatt
Debora Endriss *
Lynne Gardner-Santana *
Andrew George
Joseph Hackler *
Amit Jain *
Haruko Koike *
Justin Lack
Dustin Loftis *
Jared Lorensen
Meredith Magnuson
Sheri McClure *
Scott McConnell *
Tim Periard *
Scott Robertson
Sabrina Rust
Ryan Ryswyk
Fumiko Shirakura *
Cybil Nikki Smith
Stephanie Smith *
Shruti Palasmudram Ramesh
R e s e a r c h Assoc i at e s
Stacey Davis
John Shackford
Research Technicians
Erin Berghammer
Fred Zachary Brown
Jennifer Bryant
Waite Colbaugh
Bradley Compton
Nathan Copeland
Mary Kate Couch
Jerrod Davis
David deMontigny
Chase Ehlo
Peter Einsig
Leslie Elmore
Debora Endriss
Brian Evans
Colter Fluman
Jeff Fore
Ashley Foster
Amber Fritchie
Ashley Grace
Amie Hankins
April Hart
Brandy Hebert
Jason Heinen
Amit Jain
Sherry James
Himanshu Kale
Kimberly King
Shadrack Laanoi
Justin Lack
Drew Lane
Allysa Lapine
Will Lowry
Joshua Lucero
Meredith Magnuson
Bradley McNutt
Rex Medlin
Weston Miller
Kody Moore
James Morel
Lindsay Pascal
Kendra Phelps
Kayla Pollard
Angie Reisch
James Richards
Triston Richardson
Scott Robertson
Christopher Roy
Amanda Roggow
Ryan Ryswyk
Curtis Tackett
James Taulman
Alaina Thomas
Andrew Turner
Jared Vanderpool
Brent Wilson
John Worthington
Troy Zaikis
Justin Zweifel
Hima Bindu Sadashiva Reddy
Cybil Nikki Smith
Volu n t e e r s
Matthew Allen
Jennifer Bateman
Naomi Cooper
Carlos Cordova
Nathan Evans
Jonathan Fisher
Jonathan Kelly
Codi Lorensen
Will Lowry
Kenneth Nelson
Lindsey Parsons
Paul Port
Austin Renn
Ricardo Torres-Cervantes
* Graduated in FY06–07
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Aquatic Resources
Aquatic
Resources
Completed
Projects
Digital Atlas of
Oklahoma Fishes
Genetic structure of wild
and captive stocks of
desert pupfish
Databases of fish collection records from
A survey of 6 microsatellite DNA loci
Oklahoma State University and the Univer-
was used to assess genetic structure
sity of Oklahoma were incorporated into an
of approximately 25 captive stocks of
online management system, the Digital Atlas
the desert pupfish complex (C. macu-
of Oklahoma Fishes (DAOF) that allows
larius and C. eremus) in Arizona and
records to be entered and edited online
California. A similar analysis of 12 wild
by museum curators. All collections were
populations of this endangered complex
assigned geographic coordinates and an
was used to investigate levels of genetic
associated location confidence value. This
change and effective population sizes in
information is available online for users to
captivity. A protocol was developed for
search the database through text and spatial
long-term captive maintenance of desert
queries and to map species distributions.
pupfish populations.
FUNDING
FUNDING
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
I N V E S T I G AT O R S
Jason Freund, Postdoctoral Fellow
FA C U LT Y S U P P O R T
William Fisher, Anthony Echelle, and Allen
Finchum, Oklahoma State University, and Edith
Marsh-Matthews, University of Oklahoma
COMPLETED
COMPLETED
July 2006
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Completed Projects
Haruko Koike and Dustin Loftis, M.S.
Candidates
Anthony A. Echelle, Ronald A. Van Den
Bussche, and William L. Fisher
February 2007
Aquatic Resources
Population structure and
genetic diversity of alligator
snapping turtles
Fluvial geomorphology
analysis of the Kiamichi River
Geomorphic adjustment of
the Washita River
Populations of alligator snapping turtles have
We assessed fluvial geomorphic features of
As part of the restoration of the Washita
declined throughout their range. Because
the Kiamichi River, Oklahoma, relative to
Battlefield Historic Site in southwestern
of increasing interest in restoring popula-
freshwater mussel occurrence. We digitally
Oklahoma, we investigated the present geo-
tions, we assessed population structure and
analyzed aerial photographs from 1979 and
morphic condition of the Washita River that
genetic diversity within and among natural
1995 to assess fluvial geomorphic change.
runs through the Battlefield, the adjustment
and captive populations using 10 microsat-
We sampled 114 channel units, or about 10%
of the present channel to the prevailing water
ellite loci. We analyzed specimens from
of potential mussel habitat in the river, and
and sediment supply, how this adjustment
11 river drainage basins in Alabama, Arkan-
measured geomorphic variables: bankfull
has changed through time, and the likelihood
sas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis-
width and depth, substrate particle size,
that a modified channel similar to which
souri, Oklahoma, and Texas and 2 captive
bank stability, and gradient. We compared
existed in 1868 could remain in equilibrium
populations in Oklahoma. No genetic differ-
mussel presence/absence patterns with
with the present conditions of flow and
entiation among population fragments was
catchment-scale and fluvial geomorphic
sediment. These data were used to examine
apparent within river drainage basins, but
variables.
options for restoration of the Battlefield,
there was significant genetic differentiation
between river drainage basins. Proper management will depend on cooperation between
which included no action, construction of a
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new channel, or allowing natural modification of active channel processes.
federal and state conservation agencies.
Sabrina Rust, M.S. Candidate and Aaron
Easley, Field Technician
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and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
William L. Fisher
COMPLETED
June 2006
Richard A. Marston, Todd Halihan, and David
M. Leslie, Jr.
FUNDING
U.S. National Park Service
Joseph C. Hackler, M.S. Candidate
COMPLETED
May 2007
Ronald A. Van Den Bussche, David M. Leslie,
Jr., and Stanley Fox
COMPLETED
June 2006
E. BRINKMAN
t. seilheimer
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Completed Projects
Aquatic Resources
Socio-economic evaluation of
the lower Illinois River trout
fishery
Water-quality problems, primarily low
dissolved oxygen levels, have affected the
introduced trout fishery in the lower Illinois
River below Tenkiller Lake. Properly allocated water releases from Tenkiller Dam are
needed to mitigate these problems. To sup-
Electrofishing sampling bias
for blue catfish
Aquatic
Resources
ongoing
Projects
Blue catfish are popular among anglers
because of their potential to produce trophy-sized fish. Conventional blue catfish
sampling methods such as electrofishing
appear to be heavily biased toward small
individuals, virtually omitting larger fish
port this allocation, we evaluated the impact
that many anglers target. Our objectives
of this fishery on the local economy from
are to 1) compare electrofishing catch rates
on-site creel surveys and follow up telephone
of blue catfish among seasons and habitat
surveys. We found that anglers’ willingness
types and 2) quantify the length bias of elec-
to pay for trout fishing justified the purchase
trofishing using a population with a known
of the water rights to maintain the fishery as
length structure. We are electrofishing for
it is currently priced. Financial cost-benefit
blue catfish in Kaw, Keystone, and Oologah
analysis showed that the fishery, as currently
reservoirs. Sampling is being conducted
managed, is financially self sufficient.
seasonally along 3 replicate transects in
2 reservoir locations (upper or lower reser-
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I N V E S T I G AT O R
Baltazar Prado, Ph.D. Candidate
voir), 3 structure types (point, flat, or creek
channel), and additional sites where timber/
brush are present.
Tracy Boyer and William L. Fisher, Oklahoma
State University and James Schooley, Northeastern State University
FUNDING
EXPECTED COMPLETION
Kris Bodine, M. S. Candidate
June 2006
Oklahoma Department of Conservation
Daniel E. Shoup
EXPECTED COMPLETION
June 2009
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Completed Projects
Aquatic Resources
Assessment of fish stocks
and angler attitudes in
close-to-home fishing lakes
Distribution and ecology of
alligator gar in Oklahoma.
Economic Impact of the lower
Illinois River Trout Fishery
The close-to-home fishing program (CTHFP)
Ecology and distribution of alligator gar are
We are conducting an economic impact
was developed by the Oklahoma Department
poorly understood throughout their range.
analysis of the trout fishery on the Lower
of Wildlife Conservation to provide Oklahoma
Fisheries biologists need this information
Illinois River in Sequoyah County, Okla-
metropolitan residents with quality fishing
to make effective management and con-
homa. The study objectives are to: 1) compile
opportunities. For the last several years,
servation decisions. We are assessing the
general demographic and economic data
municipal ponds and small lakes have been
distribution, abundance, habitat use, and
and determine trends for Sequoyah County,
stocked with channel catfish and hybrid blue-
population characteristics of alligator gar in
2) estimate direct spending within the county
gill. We are assessing fishing pressure, angler
the Red River and Lake Texoma and in the
by visitors to the Lower Illinois River using
satisfaction, and angler demographics in
Arkransas River, Oklahoma.
expenditure data from a previous survey,
3 Oklahoma City metropolitan lakes, Dolesse
Youth Park Pond, Kid’s Lake North, and
South Lake Park East, to provide information
about the standing stock and age structure of
3) estimate total expenditure impacts from
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visitor spending, and 4) summarize county
sales tax collections resulting from expendi-
Eric L. Brinkman, M.S. Candidate
ture impacts. For the analysis, we are gather-
ing data on the population, employment, and
William L. Fisher
income of and sales tax for Sequoyah County.
FUNDING
EXPECTED COLMPLETION
June 2008
We will use fishing-related expenditure col-
channel catfish in these CTHFP lakes.
lected during a 2004 survey of lower Illinois
River trout anglers.
Dane Balsman, M. S. Candidate
Daniel E. Shoup
FUNDING
EXPECTED COMPLETION
June 2009
Tracy Boyer and William L. Fisher
EXPECTED COMPLETION
December 2007
E. Brinkman
w. L. Fisher
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Completed Projects
Aquatic Resources
Field and laboratory
investigations of an ammoniadominated industrial effluent
Transport pathways and
water-quality impacts of
septic systems on Grand Lake
Instream flow assessment
of streams draining the
Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer
Laboratory-based toxicity tests are commonly
Pensacola Dam impounds the Neosho and
The Arbuckle-Simpson aquifer in southcen-
used to evaluate wastewater discharges;
Spring rivers to form Grand Lake in north-
tral Oklahoma is a primary source of water
however, effluent like ammonia may induce
eastern Oklahoma. The popularity of Grand
for surrounding towns, and there is growing
different effects in the laboratory versus the
Lake as a recreational area has resulted in
pressure to export water from the aquifer
field. We are validating basic laboratory
extensive shoreline development with some
to other regions of Oklahoma. The State of
bioassays with a field study of aquatic organ-
communities relying on septic systems for
Oklahoma placed a moratorium on issuing
isms in the Verdigris River, Oklahoma. We
waste treatment. Malfunctioning, inadequate,
groundwater permits for municipal and
are surveying macroinvertebrate and fish
and/or poorly sited septic systems have the
public water supplies in counties that do not
assemblages and evaluating in situ caged
potential to release nutrients and harmful
overlay the aquifer until studies of groundwa-
test organisms to assess the influence of an
bacteria into the lake. We are using infrared
ter yield and effects of groundwater pumping
ammonia effluent release on the Verdigris
technology to indicate the presence of failing
on streams were conducted. We are using
River. Results will determine if standard
septic systems and associated lake intrusion.
1) the Instream Flow Incremental Methodol-
laboratory tests provide an appropriate
Evaluations of on-site water chemistry are
ogy to assess instream flow requirements of
indication of the fate and effects of effluent
being used to determine if septic leachate is
selected fishes in the Blue River and Penning-
in the environment.
having an impact on water quality.
ton Creek, Oklahoma and 2) the Indicators
FUNDING
FUNDING
Terra Industries
Grand River Dam Authority
Phillip Cravatt, M. S. Candidate
Kevin Burgess, M. S. Candidate
Joseph R. Bidwell and William L. Fisher
Joseph R. Bidwell
EXPECTED COMPLETION
EXPECTED COMPLETION
December 2007
August 2007
of Hydrologic Alteration (IHA) method to
characterize the natural flow regime of the
Blue River, Pennington Creek, and several
smaller spring-fed creeks.
FUNDING
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Titus Seilheimer, Postdoctoral Fellow
William L. Fisher
EXPECTED COMPLETION
June 2008
j. freund
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Completed Projects
e. brinkman
Aquatic Resources
Conservation genetics of
Blue River fishes
Fisheries and habitat
monitoring in the Arkansas
River navigation channel
Macroinvertebrate and fish
assemblages in tallgrass
prairie streams
The Blue River is a minimally-altered, spring-
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers has
The Caney, Verdigris and Neosho rivers in
fed stream originating from the Arbuckle-
proposed deepening the Arkansas River navi-
the Tallgrass Prairie region of Oklahoma
Simpson aquifer in southcentral Oklahoma.
gation channel and dredge barriers to back-
were ranked as very high priority conserva-
Four fish populations in the Blue River,
water lakes and side channels to improve
tion landscapes in the Oklahoma Compre-
red spot chub, least darter, logperch, and
river boat navigation and safety and enhance
hensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy.
orangebelly darter, appear to have had long
fisheries habitat. We are comparing fish
These rivers contain 9 mussel species and
histories of isolation from their closest rela-
populations and assemblages, water quality,
6 fish species of greatest conservation
tives in the eastern Oklahoma. We are using
and habitat in permanently-connected side
concern; however, there is a lack of basic
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) phylograms
channels in the lower Verdigris River, which
information on the status and distribution of
and a phylogentic diversity/genetic history
is the uppermost portion of the Arkansas
macroinvertebrate and fish assemblages in
approach to examine the added diversity
River navigation system. Sampling is being
these rivers. Our objectives are to 1) survey
represented by these four fish populations
conducted during 3 hydrologic seasons,
macroinvertebrates and fish in each river to
in Blue River to compare their contribution
summer low flow, winter intermediate flow,
determine relative abundance and diversity,
with other geographically defined units in
and spring high flow, to assess movements
2) use stable isotopes of nitrogen to assess
Oklahoma.
of fishes into and out of the side channels in
spatial variation among trophic levels in
relation to environmental changes.
the rivers, and 3) determine the range and
FUNDING
U. S. Geological Survey
density of invading zebra mussels in the
FUNDING
Nick Lang, Postdoctoral Fellow
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and Oklahoma
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Anthony Echelle, Ron Van Den Bussche,
William L.Fisher
Jared Lorensen, M. S. Candidate
EXPECTED COMPLETION
William L. Fisher and Joseph R. Bidwell
September 2008
EXPECTED COMPLETION
September 2008
Verdigris, Neosho, Arkansas rivers.
FUNDING
Chad Boeckman, Ph. D. Candidate
Joseph R. Bidwell and William L. Fisher
EXPECTED COMPLETION
June 2009
E. Brinkman
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Completed Projects
Terrestrial
Resources
Completed
Projects
Colonizing elk outside the
Wichita Mountains
Wildlife Refuge
Ecology of an urban population
of Texas horned lizard
We assessed home-range, habitat use, and
We described habitat use, spatial ecology,
nutrition of elk on private land and the Wich-
and population status of Texas horned lizards
ita Mountains Wildlife Refuge (WMWR) in
within Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
southwestern Oklahoma. Tracking of 22
Forty-one adult females, 39 adult males,
radiocollared elk resulted in 2,657 locations
21 yearlings, and 60 hatchlings have been
(Jan 2002–Mar 2005). Home-range sizes of
marked over 3 years. Estimated annual sur-
elk in forested habitat (Granite Area) were
vival was 0.70; population size was 53 ± 11
smaller than those of elk in a grassland habi-
lizards using the Jolly-Seber model in program
tat (Slick Hills). Elk in the Granite Area and
Mark; and was 5 ± 1 lizards/ha. Using the
Slick Hills used agricultural fields during
95% convex polygon method, the average
forage-limited winter months. Hoof, muscle,
size of home ranges was 0.43 ± 0.08 ha
and fecal stable isotopes of carbon and nitro-
(n = 13) for adult females and 0.57 ± 0.18 ha
gen from harvested elk on private land and
(n = 11) for adult males. Lizards used habitat
WMWR showed that elk on private land
nonrandomly, selecting native prairie, red
consumed more C3 vegetation and nitrogen
cedar– shrubland, nonnative prairie, and
annually than elk in WMWR.
developed habitats in order of preference.
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Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Oklahoma
Department of Wildlife Conservation, Nature
Works, and BancFirst
Tinker Air Force Base
W. David Walter, Ph.D. Candidate
David M. Leslie, Jr., David M. Engle, Jonathan
A. Jenks, and Eric Hellgran
COMPLETED
June 2006
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Ongoing Projects
Debora A. Endriss, M.S. Candidate
Eric C. Hellgren and Stanley F. Fox
COMPLETED
May 2006
Landscape-level roost site
selection by bats in the
Ouachita Mountains
Conservation genetics of the
western big-eared bat
Home range and habitat use
of the western big-eared bat
We evaluated effects of landscape attributes
Intra- and interpopulational structure and
Radiotransmitters were applied to lactating
and forest stand types on roost-site selection
differentiation of the western big-eared bat
female western big-eared bats in 2 counties
by forest-dwelling bats in east-central Arkan-
were investigated in western Oklahoma.
in western Oklahoma. Mean distance moved
sas to determine how forest management at
We analyzed mitochondrial DNA sequences
by females from a maternity roost in Washita
the landscape level affected bats. Five years
(maternally inherited) and microsatellite
County was 1.95 km, and maximum distance
of data were collected on 7 species of bats
data (biparentally inherited). Female bats
moved was 6.0 km. In Major County, mean
(eastern red, Seminole, eastern pipistrelle,
had high intra- and interpopulational vari-
distance moved was 0.81 km, and maximum
big brown, evening, hoary, and northern
ability and different dispersal patterns than
distance moved was 3.35 km. Most females
long-eared Myotis). Bats were instrumented
males. Populations of females were separated
in Washita County had 2 core foraging areas,
with radio transmitters and relocated at roost
by a gap in exposed gypsum deposits from
1 near their maternity cave and other
sites where roost and site characteristics
Kansas southeastward to Blaine County
>4.5 km south. Females in Major County had
were quantified. GPS locations for 442 roosts
and in Washita County. Microsatellite data
1 core foraging area close their maternity
from 174 individual bats were used with GIS
suggested that males did not experience bar-
roost. Suitable foraging habitat was more
databases to develop landscape–roost site
riers to gene flow and had a homogenizing
abundant near the maternity roost in Major
models. Stand-level selection was analyzed
effect on population structure. Despite high
County than in Washita County.
to determine how stand types and timber-
male gene flow and dispersal, populations of
harvest techniques affected roost selection.
females probably were locally regulated.
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USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station
and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Department of Veterans Affairs and Oklahoma
Roger W. Perry, Ph.D. Candidate
Stephanie J. Smith, M.S. Candidate and Kendra
Phelps, Field Technician
David M. Leslie, Jr., Oklahoma State University
and Ron Thill, USDA Forest Service
COMPLETED
July 2006
David M. Leslie, Jr., Ronald A. Van Den
Bussche, and Meredith J. Hamilton
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Department of Veterans Affairs and Oklahoma
Stephanie J. Smith, M.S. Candidate and Kendra
Phelps and Rory Allison, Field Technicians
David M. Leslie, Jr., Ronald A. Van Den
Bussche, and Meredith J. Hamilton
COMPLETED
May 2006
COMPLETED
May 2006
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Ongoing Projects
Mountain plovers and
long-billed curlews in the
Oklahoma Panhandle
Assessment of ecological
disturbance to a Cross
Timbers habitat
Breeding populations of mountain plovers
We assessed effects of a 2003 tornado on
and long-billed curlews were estimated in
the bird community, plant composition, and
the Oklahoma Panhandle. We conducted
forest structure in a Cross Timbers stand in
1,104, 10-min roadside surveys for birds
the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Oklahoma.
at randomly selected sections in Cimarron
Diameter-at-breast height, status (dead or
County. Sampling included estimates of
alive), damage type and number of sprouts
detection probabilities and broadcast calls
of tagged trees were recorded every sum-
of the elusive mountain plover to increase
mer. Age structure and fire history were
the probability of detecting this species. Over
recorded using dendroecological techniques.
2 field seasons, we encountered 84 mountain
We sampled birds and herbaceous plants in
plovers (including the 1st documented nest in
tornado-damaged and nondamaged areas.
Texas County) and 145 long-billed curlews.
The tornado killed a greater proportion of
Mountain plovers were most often found in
blackjack oaks than post oaks. Bird species
unvegetated tilled fields used for pivot irriga-
richness in the tornado-damaged area was
tion farming.
greater than in the undamaged area.
FUNDING
FUNDING
Scott McConnell, M.S. Candidate and John
Shackford, Research Associate
Daniel McGlinn, Ph.D. candidate and Fumiko
Shirakura and Roy Churchwell, M.S.Candidates
FA C U LT Y
Timothy J. O’Connell and David M. Leslie, Jr.
Michael W. Palmer
COMPLETED
COMPLETED
June 2006
May 2007
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Ongoing Projects
Terrestrial
Resources
Ongoing
Projects
Survey of small mammals
of special concern
Herpetological survey of the
Black Mesa Ecoregion and
surrounding area
Distribution and status of
river otters in eastern and
central Oklahoma
Using Sherman-live traps, gopher traps, and
We are using drift fences in 12 arrays with 4
Our objective was to describe the status
mist nets, we surveyed small mammals on
pit falls and 6 funnel traps, 4 fixed-route road
and distribution of northern river otters in
the 14 western-most Wildlife Management
routes of ca. 40 km, visual surveys, noctur-
eastern and central Oklahoma. In winter
Areas in western Oklahoma. Each manage-
nal anuran call surveys, and opportunistic
and spring, we visited 340 bridge sites in
ment area was trapped for 3 consecutive
encounters to survey the herpetofauna in
28 distinct watersheds and documented
nights with 8 lines of 50 traps dispersed
the Black Mesa ecoregion in the Oklahoma
river otters in 11 counties where they have
throughout the management area in an
Panhandle. A total of 1,920 individual
not been documented. Mail surveys to
attempt to survey as many different habitat
animals have been captured or observed to
wildlife professionals and trappers suggest
types as possible. During this study, we
date: 1,248 amphibians (1,246 frogs and
otter occurrence in 8 additional counties.
had 50,100 trap nights and 75 net nights,
2 salamanders) and 672 reptiles (167 snakes,
Tissues of 72 otters, either from live-captured
collected 6,879 small mammals, and docu-
470 lizards, and 35 turtles). Twenty-six rep-
individuals or salvaged carcasses, were
mented 23 new county records for small
tile species and 9 amphibian species were
evaluated for carbon and nitrogen isotopes;
mammals in western Oklahoma.
documented. Heterogeneous habitats and
age structure also was assessed. Both iso-
microhabitats result in enhanced diversity
topic signatures and ages suggested better
of herpetofauna.
nutrition and younger populations along a
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Zachary Roehrs and Brandi Coyner, Ph.D. Candidates, and Deanna Martinez, M.S. Candidate
Ronald A. Van Den Bussche, Meredith J. Hamilton, David M. Leslie, Jr., and David J. Schmidly
EXPECTED COMPLETION
September 2007
presumed dispersal front from the eastern
FUNDING
Timothy S. Periard, M.S. Candidate and
Cybil Smith, Field Technician
Stanley F. Fox and David M. Leslie, Jr.
EXPECTED COMPLETION
May 2008
Oklahoma border westward.
FUNDING
Dominic A. Barrett, M.S. Candidate and
Stacey K. Davis, Field Technician
David M. Leslie, Jr. and Ronald A. Van Den
Bussche
EXPECTED COMPLETION
January 2008
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Ongoing Projects
Distribution and abundance
of black bears in
southeastern Oklahoma
Golden-cheeked warbler
tolerance of non-consumptive
recreation
Status of Cerulean
Warbler in Oklahoma
We are using DNA obtained noninvasively
We examined effects of mountain biking
We are evaluating breeding populations of
from black bear hair samples collected dur-
on daily activity budgets, nesting behavior,
Cerulean Warbler in eastern Oklahoma.
ing 2 7-week sampling sessions in summers
productivity, and territory size of the golden-
The Cerulean Warbler is a rare breeder in
2004–2006 to examine several character-
cheeked warbler, an endangered neotropical
the State that, while never widespread, has
istics of the population of black bears cur-
migrant that breeds exclusively in central
declined in recent years; it may still breed at
rently colonizing southeastern Oklahoma.
Texas. Results suggest that male golden-
1–2 historical locations in riparian bottom-
Population density is believed to be relatively
cheeked warbler territories are larger in
land forest and upland hardwood forest on
low because bears have not saturated avail-
areas with high mountain bike activities than
steep slopes. We surveyed former breeding
able habitat in the western part of the study
areas with minimal mountain bike activities.
areas and apply a synoptic habitat model
area. Levels of genetic diversity are high and
Differences in habitat quality caused by
to identify other potential breeding areas.
comparable to other black bear populations
fragmentation of forests by mountain biking
At randomly selected sites from mapped suit-
in the North America. No past bottlenecks,
may be responsible. Analysis of behavior
able habitat, we conducted timed point-count
inbreeding, or cryptic population structure
and productivity data will further elucidate
surveys including broadcast of the Cerulean
are evident in this population. We predict
impacts of mountain biking on this endan-
Warbler’s song. We expect to survey about
this population will continue to grow and
gered species.
100 sites in the Ozark and Ouachita plateaus
expand into available habitat.
in 2006–2007.
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FUNDING
Fort Hood and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
Craig A. Davis and David M. Leslie, Jr.
Lynne C. Gardner-Santana and Angela G.
Brown, M.S. Candidates
EXPECTED COMPLETION
September 2007
Eric C. Hellgren, Ronald A. Van Den Bussche,
and David M. Leslie, Jr.
EXPECTED COMPLETION
FUNDING
INVESTIGOTOR
Vincent Cavaleiri, M.S. Candidate
FACULTY
Timothy J. O’Connell and David M. Leslie, Jr.
EXPECTED COMPLETION
August 2008
June 2008
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Ongoing Projects
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Control of exotic salt cedar
at Salt Plains National
Wildlife Refuge
Effects of patch-burning on
sand sagebrush vegetation
Patch-burn management
for imperiled grassland
bird species
Salt cedar was introduced in the U.S. in the
We are evaluating the effect of patch-burning
We are assessing if we can enhance bird
1880s; it spread rapidly thereafter. It grows
on sand sagebrush vegetation at Cooper
communities in mixed grass prairie and
aggressively and can rapidly deplete ground
Wildlife Management Area in Woodward
sagebrush communities at Cooper Wildlife
water. This project is investigating biological
County, northwestern Oklahoma. Both veg-
Management Area in western Oklahoma
control of salt cedar at Salt Plains National
etation structure and species composition
by providing habitat heterogeneity to which
Wildlife Refuge in north-central Oklahoma
are being quantified as well as density of the
different species may respond. Ordination
with the salt cedar beetle, a known herbivore
dominant shrub, sand sagebrush (Artemisia
analyses suggested birds respond to changes
of salt cedar. Assessments include docu-
filifolia). Results will elucidate the effect of
in tree abundance, sagebrush density,
menting the genetic status of salt cedar at
patch burning on grassland bird habitat in a
and amount of bare ground. For instance,
the refuge, evaluating strains of salt cedar
vegetation type in which this novel manage-
Cassin’s Sparrows respond to increased
beetle and their potential natural enemies,
ment technique has not been studied well.
sagebrush density and decreased tree abun-
and evaluating vegetative succession follow-
dance, whereas Lark Sparrows respond to
FUNDING
ing defoliation.
FUNDING
Stephen Winter, Ph.D. Candidate
Samuel D. Fuhlendorf and Craig A. Davis
Alissa Berro, M.S. Candidate
EXPECTED COMPLETION
August 2008
Tom A. Royer
increased bare ground.
FUNDING
Elizabeth D. Doxon, Ph.D. Candidate
Samuel D. Fuhlendorf and Craig A. Davis
EXPECTED COMPLETION
EXPECTED COMPLETION
July 2009
August 2008
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Ongoing Projects
Habitat-Use of Migrant
Shorebirds in the
Mixed-Grass Prairie
Avian response to Old World
Bluestem monocultures in
mixed grass prairie
Conversion of Old World
Bluestem Monocultures to
Native Plant Communities
This study is examining the influence of local
Despite persistent and widespread declines
This study will evaluate methods for restor-
and landscape-level variables on migrant
of grassland birds in North America, few
ing native plant communities that have been
shorebirds in the Mixed-grass Prairie Region
studies have assessed differences between
invaded by Old World bluestem (OWB).
of Oklahoma. Specifically, we are conducting
native grasslands and seeded monocultures
Successful conversion requires OWB to be
surveys of wetlands in this region for shore-
as songbird habitat. In the Great Plains, Old
effectively controlled before native plants can
birds during spring and fall migration. We
World bluestems (OWB) have been widely
become established. We will evaluate the most
are measuring environmental factors at local
planted, yet there is evidence to suggest that
effective combination of fire, herbicide applica-
and landscape scales because regional and
OWB may not provide suitable conditions for
tion rate, and timing of herbicide application
local environmental factors determine the
several grassland bird species. The objec-
in eradicating OWB. Following successful
composition and distribution of avian species
tives of this study are to compare breeding
eradication, we will also compare establish-
within biological communities during migra-
bird communities in OWB monocultures to
ment success of a native, high seral grass seed
tion. To assess habitat quality for shorebirds
native mixed grass prairie, and to evaluate
mixture with a seed mixture that contains both
at a local-level scale, we are measuring vari-
the influence of vegetation structure and
low and high seral grass and forbs.
ables within discrete wetlands. We will use
composition on bird abundance and diversity
GIS to characterize landscape variables that
in all seasons.
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may influence shorebird habitat use patterns
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at a landscape-level scale.
FUNDING
Karen R. Hickman, Timothy O’Connell, Curtis
Bensch, and David M. Leslie, Jr.
Andrew D. George, M.S. Candidate
EXPECTED COMPLETION
Timothy J. O’Connell, Karen R. Hickman
and David M. Leslie, Jr.
Gene Albanese, Ph.D. Candidates
Craig A. Davis, Joe Bidwell, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Mike Palmer, and Susan Skagen.
May 2009
EXPECTED COMPLETION
May 2009
EXPECTED COMPLETION
January 2010
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Ongoing Projects
Scott Robertson, MS Candidates
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Human disturbance and
wintering waterfowl at
Bosque del Apache
USDA programs effects on
High Plains playa wetlands
Assessing impacts of
communication towers
on avian species
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
In concert with a companion project through
This study is evaluating effects of various
in the Middle Rio Grande Valley of New
the Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
lighting schemes (color, height, and number)
Mexico provides wintering habitat to thou-
Research Unit, this research is assessing the
of communications towers on avian mortal-
sands of migratory waterfowl and cranes.
influence of USDA conservation practices on
ity and effects of scavenging-rate bias while
This research is focused on the effect of high
playa wetland ecosystems in the High Plains.
assessing avian mortalities. Towers with red-
and low consumptive and non-consumptive
We are evaluating ecosystem services for
flashing and white-flashing lights have been
human disturbance on wintering waterfowl
playa wetlands in 3 land treatment groups:
identified for study in northeastern Oklahoma
at Bosque del Apache. Body condition, time-
cropland, lands enrolled in USDA conserva-
and will be evaluated to estimate avian mortal-
budget assessments, and corticosterone
tion programs (e.g., CRP and WRP), and
ity during spring and autumn migration. Scav-
levels will be assessed, with primary focus
grassland. Results will include the devel-
enging bias will be assessed experimentally by
on northern pintails and lesser snow geese
opment of predictive functional condition
enumerating removal of bird carcasses placed
because of the importance of these species.
indicator models that include multiple-scale
generally under support wires of selected tow-
factors that contribute to differences in eco-
ers and reference areas.
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system service estimates.
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Dustin Taylor, M.S. Candidate
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Loren Smith, Matt Lovern, Scott McMurry
EXPECTED COMPLETION
September 2011
Mary Dougherty, M.S. candidate; Pam Truman
and Jessica O’Connell Ph.D. candidates
Claudia R. Glass and Don G. Glass, Ph.D. Candidates
David M. Leslie, Jr., Craig A. Davis and Meredith J. Hamilton
Loren Smith and Scott McMurry
EXPECTED COMPLETION
EXPECTED COMPLETION
January 2010
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Rogers State University and Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
June 2007
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Ongoing Projects
Scholarly Activities
Digital Atlas of
Oklahoma Mammals
We are converting collection records in the
Oklahoma State University Collection of
Vertebrates, compiled over the past century
into the Digital Atlas of Mammals (DAOM),
a complement to the ongoing Digital Atlas
Scholarly
Activities
Federal
Fiscal Years
2006–2007
Honors and
Awards
Angela G. Brown (Unit M.S. student; advisor, Leslie)
received the Robert L. Lochmiller II Endowed Scholarship in
Wildlife Ecology, Department of Natural Resources Ecology
and Management, Oklahoma State University, April 2007.
Daniel Dauwalter (Unit Ph.D. student; advisor, Fisher)
was the co-recipient of the inaugural Murray-Gray Unit
Service Award, Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
Research Unit, April 2006.
of Oklahoma Fishes project. Quality-control
procedures will assure that identification,
taxonomy, and georeferencing are accurate
and standardized. The DAOM will provide
accessible information on Oklahoma mammals for managing critical habitat and
making informed decisions about species
of greatest conservation need and a ready
resource for Oklahoma citizens interested
in wildlife.
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Jason Freund, Postdoctoral Fellow
Karen McBee, William L. Fisher, and Allen
Finchum
Daniel Dauwalter (Unit Ph.D. student; advisor, Fisher)
received the Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award, Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University, April 2006.
Elizabeth Doxon (Unit Ph.D. student; advisor, Davis)
received the Robert L. Lochmiller II Endowed Scholarship in
Wildlife Ecology, Department of Natural Resources Ecology
and Management, Oklahoma State University, April 2007.
Debora Endriss (Unit M.S. student; advisors, Hellgren
and Fox) received the Robert L. Lochmiller II Endowed
Scholarship in Wildlife Ecology, Department of Zoology,
Oklahoma State University, April 2006.
William L. Fisher (Assistant Unit Leader) received the
Margaret S. Ewing Outstanding Mentor Award, Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University, April 2006.
David (Chip) Leslie (Unit Leader) received the Hartley H.
T. Jackson Service Award from the American Society of
Mammalogists at the 86th Annual Meeting in Amherst,
MA, June 2006.
Jason R. Pogue (Senior Financial Officer, Office of the
Vice President of Research and Technology Transfer, OSU)
received the Murray-Gray Unit Service Award, Oklahoma
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, April 2007.
EXPECTED COMPLETION
June 2009
Lynne Gardner-Santana (Unit M.S. student, advisor Van
Den Bussche) received the Wilhm Graduate Teaching
Assistantship Award, Department of Zoology, Oklahoma
State University, April 2006.
Sabrina Rust (Unit M.S. student; advisor, Fisher) received
the Best Paper Award, Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Section, Oklahoma Academy of Science, November
2005, and the Byron Moser Award Best Paper Award,
Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society, April 2006.
W. David Walter (Unit Ph.D. student, advisor, Leslie)
was the co-recipient of the inaugural Murray-Gray Unit
Service Award, Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
Research Unit, April 2006.
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Honors and Awards
THESES AND
DISSERTATIONS
Scientific
PUBLICATIONS
Dauwalter, Daniel. 2006. Relationships among
geomorphology, habitat, and fishes in eastern
Oklahoma streams: implications for stream restoration. Ph.D. Dissertation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. 211 pp. (Zoology: advisor, Fisher)
Periard, Timothy S. Herpetological survey of the Black
Mesa Ecoregion, Oklahoma, with an emphasis on the
ecology of the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum). M.S. Thesis, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.
104 pp. (Zoology: advisor, Fox)
Endriss, Debora A. 2006. Ecology of an urban population of the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)
in central Oklahoma. M.S. Thesis, Oklahoma State
University, Stillwater. 141 pp. (Zoology: advisors, Hellgren and Fox)
Perry, Roger W. 2006. Stand- and landscape-level roost
selection by forest bats in the Ouachita Mountains. Ph.D.
Dissertation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. 87 pp.
(Zoology: advisor, Leslie)
Gardner-Santana, Lynne C. 2007. Patterns of genetic
diversity in black bears (Ursus americanus) during a
range expansion into Oklahoma. M.S. Thesis, Oklahoma
State University, Stillwater. 71 pp. (Zoology: adivsor,
Van Den Bussche)
Hackler, Joe. 2006. Assessment of genetic variation
within and among natural and captive populations of
alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii). M.S.
Thesis, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. 36 pp.
(Zoology: advisors, Fox and Van Den Bussche)
Koike, Haruko. 2007. Genetic structure of refuge
populations of the desert pupfish complex. M.S. Thesis,
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. 73 pp. (Zoology:
advisor, Echelle)
Loftis, Dustin. 2007. The genetic structure of the
desert pupfish complex. M.S. Thesis, Oklahoma State
University, Stillwater. 42 pp. (Zoology: advisors, Echelle
and Van Den Bussche)
McClure, Sherri A. 2005. Status and genetic structure
of the channel catfish complex (Genus Ictalurus) in
New Mexico and Texas. M.S. Thesis, Oklahoma State
University, Stillwater. 29 pp. (Zoology: advisors, Echelle
and Van Den Bussche)
McConnell, Scott. 2006. Habitat associations, ranges, and
population estimates of selected bird species in Cimarron
County, Oklahoma. M.S. Thesis, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. 159 pp. (Zoology: advisor, O’Connell)
Prado, Baltazar E. 2006. Economic valuation of the
lower Illinois trout fishery in Oklahoma under current
and hypothetical management plans. Ph.D. Dissertation,
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. 252 pp. (Agricultural Economics: advisor, Boyer)
Schaffler, Jason J. 2005. Age, growth, and recruitment
of striped bass in Lake Texoma, Oklahoma-Texas. Ph.D.
Dissertation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. 91
pp. (Zoology: advisor, Winkleman)
Shirakura, Fumiko. 2006. Tornado damage and fire
history in the Cross Timbers of the Tallgrass Prairie
Preserve, Oklahoma. M.S. Thesis, Oklahoma State
University, Stillwater. 59 pp. (Botany: advisor, Palmer)
Smith, Stephanie J. 2006. Using genetic analyses to gain
insight on a rare bat, Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens.
M.S. Thesis, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. 49 pp.
(Zoology: advisors, Leslie and Van Den Bussche)
Splinter, D. K. Spatial patterns in the fluvial system: comparisons among three eastern Oklahoma ecoregions. Ph.D.
pp. (Environmental Science: advisors, Marston and Fisher)
Walter, W. David. 2006. Ecology of a colonizing population of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus). Ph.D.
pp. (Zoology: advisor, Leslie)
Bales, S. L., E. C. Hellgren, D. M. Leslie, Jr., and J. Hemphill,
Jr. 2005. Dynamics of a recolonizing population of black
bears in the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma. Wildlife
Society Bulletin 33:1342–1351.
Chappell, W. S., and W. L. Fisher. 2005. Fish assemblages and aquatic habitat relationships at the Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma. Proceedings of
the Oklahoma Academy of Science 85:19–31.
Churchwell, R., C. A. Davis, S. D. Fuhlendorf, and D.
M. Engle. 2005. Direct impacts of cattle grazing on
grassland nesting birds. Bulletin of the Oklahoma Ornithological Society 38:25–30.
Dauwalter, D.C., W. L. Fisher, and K. C. Belt. 2006.
Mapping stream habitats with a global positioning
system: accuracy, precision, and comparison with
traditional methods. Environmental Management
37:271–280.
Dauwalter, D. C., and W. L. Fisher. 2007. Electrofishing capture probability of smallmouth bass in streams.
North American Journal of Fisheries Management
27:162-171.
Dauwalter, D. C., and W. L. Fisher. 2007. Spawning
chronology, nest site selection and nest success of
smallmouth bass during benign streamflow conditions.
American Midland Naturalist 158:60-78.
Dauwalter, D. C., D. K. Splinter, W. L. Fisher, and R.
A. Marston. 2007. Geomorphology and stream habitat
relationships with smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) abundance at multiple spatial scales in eastern
Oklahoma. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 64:1116-1129.
*Fenner, D. B., D. L. Winkelman, and M. G. Walsh. 2004.
Diet overlap of introduced rainbow trout and three native
fishes in an Ozark stream. Pages 475–482 in Propagated
fish in resource management (M. J. Nickum, P. M. Mazik,
J. G. Nickum, and D. D. MacKinlay, eds.). American Fisheries Society Symposium 44, Bethesda, Maryland.
Fore, J. D., D. C. Dauwalter, and W. L. Fisher. 2007.
Microhabitat use by smallmouth bass in an Ozark stream.
Journal of Freshwater Ecology 22:189-199.
A. BROWN
T. PERIARD
Fuhlendorf, S. D., W. C. Harrell, D. M. Engle, R. G.
Hamilton, C. A. Davis, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 2006. Should
heterogeneity be the basis for grassland conservation?
Response of grassland birds to the fire-grazing interaction. Ecological Applications 16:1706–1716.
Graber, A. E., C. A. Davis, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 2006.
Golden-cheeked warbler males participate in nest-site
selection. Wilson Bulletin 118:247–251.
Hackler, J. C., R. A. Van Den Bussche, and D. M. Leslie,
Jr. 2007. Characterization of microsatellite DNA markers
for the alligator snapping turtle, Macrochelys temminckii.
Molecular Ecology Notes 7:474–476.
Hellgren, E. C., S. L. Bales, M. Gregory, D. M. Leslie, Jr.,
and J. D. Clark. 2007. Testing a Mahalanobis distance
model of black bear habitat selection in the Ouachita
Mountains of Oklahoma. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:924–928.
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scientific presentations
Horncastle, V. J., E. C. Hellgren, P. M. Mayer, A. C.
Ganguli, D. M. Engle, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. Implications
of invasion by Juniperus virginianus on small mammals
in the southern Great Plains. Journal of Mammalogy
86:1144–1155.
Leis, S. A., D. M. Engle, D. M. Leslie, Jr., and J. S.
Fehmi. 2005. Effects of short- and long-term disturbance
resulting from military disturbance on vegetation and
soil in a mixed prairie area. Environmental Management
36:849–861.
Leis, S. A., D. M. Leslie, Jr., D. M. Engle, and J. S. Fehmi.
2007. Small mammals as indicators of short-term and
long-term disturbance in mixed prairie. Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment 137:75-84.
Leslie, D. M., Jr. 2007. A shifting mosaic of scholarly
publishing, scientific delivery, and future impact changing the face of learned societies. Journal of Mammalogy
88:275–286.
Leslie, D. M., Jr., and M. J. Hamilton. 2007. A plea for
a common citation format in scientific serials. Serials
Review 33:1–3.
Long, J. M., and W. L. Fisher. 2006. Analysis of
environmental variation in a Great Plains reservoir
using principal components analysis and geographic
information systems. Lake and Reservoir Management
22:132–140.
Martin, K. W., D. M. Leslie, Jr., M. E. Payton, W. L.
Puckette, and S. L. Hensley. 2006. Impacts of passage
manipulation on cave climate: conservation implications for cave-dwelling bats. Wildlife Society Bulletin
34:137–143.
Mayer P. M., S. J. Tunnell, D. M. Engle, E. E. Jorgensen,
and P. Nunn. 2005. Invasive grass alters litter decomposition by influencing macrodetritivores. Ecosystems
8:200–209.
McConnell, S., J. Lish, W. Voelker, and J. Keller. 2007.
Leucistic Red-shouldered Hawk in Beaver County, Oklahoma. Bulletin of the Oklahoma Ornithological Society
40:1–2.
McConnell, S., J. S. Shackford, T. J. O’Connell, and D.
M. Leslie, Jr. 2006. Unusual Oklahoma breeding records
for Cimarron County, 2004–2005. Bulletin of the Oklahoma Ornithological Society 39:17–21.
Mitchell, M.S., S.H. Rutzmoser, T.B. Wigley, C. Loehle,
J.A. Gerwin, P.D. Keyser, R.A. Lancia, R.W. Perry,
C. J. Reynolds, R.E. Thill, R. Weih, D. White, and P.
B. Wood. 2006 Relationships between avian richness and landscape structure at multiple scales using
multiple landscapes. Forest Ecology and Management
221:155–169.
Perry, R. W. and R. E. Thill. 2005. Small-mammal
responses to pine regeneration treatments in the
Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma, USA.
Forest Ecology and Management 219:81–94.
Perry, R. W., R. E. Thill, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 2007.
Selection of roosting habitat by forest bats in a diverse
forested landscape. Forest Ecology and Management
238:156–166.
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Scientific Publications
Riedle, J. D., P. A. Shipman, S. F. Fox, and D. M. Leslie,
Jr. 2006. Microhabitat use, home range, and movements
of the alligator snapping turtle, Macrochelys temminckii,
in Oklahoma. Southwestern Naturalist 51:35–40.
Sager, C. R., and D. L. Winkelman. 2006. Effects of
increased feeding frequency on growth of hybrid bluegill in ponds. North American Journal of Aquaculture
68:313–316.
Schuler, K. L., D. M. Leslie, Jr., J. H. Shaw, and E. J.
Maichak. 2006. Temporal-spatial distribution of American bison (Bison bison) in a tallgrass prairie fire mosaic.
Journal of Mammalogy 87:539–544.
Smith, S. J., and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 2006. Pteropus livingstonii. Mammalian Species 792:1–5.
Utrup, N. J., and W. L. Fisher. 2006. Development of
a rapid bioassessment protocol for sampling fishes in
large prairie rivers. North American Journal of Fisheries
Management 26:714–726.
*Walsh, M. G., and D. L. Winkelman. 2004. Anchor and
visible implant elastomer tag retention in hatchery-reared
rainbow trout stocked into an Ozark stream. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:1435–1439.
*Walsh, M. G., and D. L. Winkelman. 2004. Characteristics of smallmouth bass and shadow bass populations in
an Ozark stream before and after rainbow trout introduction. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 19:587–596.
*Walsh, M. G., and D. L. Winkelman. 2004. Retention
of Floy anchor tags by stream-dwelling smallmouth
bass. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
56:38–43.
Walter, W. D., R. L. Bryant, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 2005.
Unusual documentation of elk behaviors using automated cameras. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy
of Science 85:81–83.
Walter, W. D., D. M. Leslie, Jr., and J. A. Jenks. 2006.
Response of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus) to
wind-power development. American Midland Naturalist
156:363–375.
Weyandt, S. E., R. A. Van Den Bussche, M. J. Hamilton,
and D. M. Leslie, Jr. Unraveling the effects of sex and
dispersal: Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii
ingens) conservation genetics. Journal of Mammaloogy
86:1136–1143.
Whittier, J. B., D. M. Leslie, Jr., and R. A. Van Den
Bussche. 2006. Genetic variation among subspecies of
least tern (Sterna antillarum): implications for conservation. Waterbirds 29:176–184.
Zimmerman, T. J., J. A. Jenks, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 2006.
Gastrointestinal morphology of female white-tailed and
mule deer: effects of fire, reproduction, and feeding type.
Journal of Mammalogy 87:598–605.
* Inadvertently omitted in the 2004–2005 Biennial Report.
*Walsh, M. G., and D. L. Winkelman. 2004. Fish assemblage structure in an Oklahoma Ozark stream before
and after rainbow trout introduction. Pages 413–426 in
Propagated fish in resource management (M. J. Nickum,
P. M. Mazik, J. G. Nickum, and D. D. MacKinlay, eds.).
American Fisheries Society Symposium 44, Bethesda,
Maryland.
*Walsh, M. G., D. L. Winkelman, and R. J. Bahr.
2004. Electrofishing injury and short-term mortality in
hatchery-reared rainbow trout stocked into an Ozark
stream. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:316–321.
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Technical
Publications
Allen, M., F. Shirakura, D. McGlinn, J. R. Arévalo,
J. Linneman, and M. Palmer. 2007. Assessment of
ecological disturbance to a Cross Timbers habitat. Final
Report, State Wildlife Grant Project T-18-P, Oklahoma
Department of Wildlife Conservation, Oklahoma City.
17 pp. + 59 pp. Appendix.
Boyer, T., and W. L. Fisher. 2006. A socio-economic
evaluation of the Lower Illinois River. Final Report, Federal
Aid Project F-58-R, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
Conservation, Oklahoma City. 13 pp. + Appendices.
Dauwalter, D. C., D. K. Splinter, W. L. Fisher, and
R. A. Marston. 2006. Aquatic habitat inventory of
eastern Oklahoma. Final Report, Federal Aid Project
F-55-R, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Oklahoma City. 246 pp.
Fisher, W. L., and M. S. Gregory. 2005. Oklahoma Gap
Analysis Project. Gap Analysis Bulletin No. 13.
Freund, J. G., W. L. Fisher, and A. A. Echelle. 2006.
Digital Atlas of Oklahoma Fishes: preparation of data
from Oklahoma State University. Final Report, State
Wildlife Grant T-12-P, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
Conservation, Oklahoma City. 32 pp.
Hackler, J. C., R. A. Van Den Bussche, S. F. Fox, and D.
M. Leslie, Jr. 2006. Genetic variation within and among
natural and captive populations of alligator snapping
turtles (Macrochelys temmincki) in Oklahoma. Final
Report, State Wildlife Grant T-5-P, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Oklahoma City. 9 pp. +
39 pp. Appendix.
Hellgren, E. C., K. Freel, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 2005.
Surveys of the swift fox (Vulpes velox) in western Oklahoma. Final Report, State Wildlife Grant T-4-P, Oklahoma
Department of Wildlife Conservation, Oklahoma City.
29 pp.
Jorgensen, E. E., S. M. Holub, P. M. Mayer, M. E.
Gonsoulin, R. G. Silva, A. E. West, S. J. Tunnell, J.
E. Clark, J. L. Parsons, D. M. Engle, E. C. Hellgren, J.
D. H. Spears, C. E. Butler, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 2005.
Ecosystem stress from chronic exposure to low levels
of nitrogen. National Risk Management Research
Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
EPA/600/R-05/087. 35 pp.
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Scientific
Presentations
Leis, S. A., J. Kretzer, and E. Webb. 2007. Cooperative
research on small mammals helps to mitigate effects of
short- and long-term land disturbance at Fort Sill. CREO
Environmental Newsletter 3:5, 11.
Leslie, D. M., Jr. 2007. The Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and
Wildlife Research Unit. Natural Resource News 1(2):1, 6.
Marston, R. A., and T. Halihan. 2007. Geomorphic
adjustment of the Washita River, Washita Battlefield
National Historic Site, Oklahoma. Final Report, National
Park Service, Water Resources Division, Denver, CO. 84
pp. + Appendix.
Marston, R. A., and T. Halihan. 2007. Geomorphic
adjustment of the Washita River, Washita Battlefield
National Historic Site, Oklahoma. National Park Service,
Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/NRPC/WRD/
NRTR–2007/070, Denver, Colorado.
O’Connell, T. J., S. McConnell, and D. M. Leslie, Jr.
2007. Population status of the Mountain Plover and
Long-billed Curlew in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Final
Report, State Wildlife Grant T-4-P, Oklahoma Department
of Wildlife Conservation, Oklahoma City. 12 pp. + 159
pp. Appendix.
Rust, S., W. L. Fisher, and R. A. Marston. 2006. Fluvial
geomorphology analysis of the Kiamichi River, Oklahoma.
Final Report, State Wildlife Grant T-19-P, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Oklahoma City. 79 pp.
Nishida, T., W. L. Fisher, S. Srivastava, T. Jantunen, S.
DeSilva, H. Matsuura, and T. Gunawan. 2005. Application of GIS and remote sensing technologies in inland
fisheries management and planning in Asia. Seminar
on Inland Fisheries Management. Asian Productivity
Organization, New Delhi, India. 60 pp.
Shackford, J., and S. McConnell. 2007. Summer birding
in Cimarron County. Scissortail 57(1):4–5.
Walter, W. D. 2006. Soay sheep: dynamics and selection in an island population (Book Review). Journal of
Mammalogy 87:181–182.
Walter, W. D. 2007. Urban wildlife management (Book
Review). Journal of Wildlife Management 71:680.
Walter, W. D., and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 2006. Population
characteristics and movements of elk (Cervus elaphus)
outside the Wichita Mountains National Refuge. Final
Report, Federal Aid Project W-148-R, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Oklahoma City. 34 pp. +
155 pp. Appendices.
Albanese, G., and C. A. Davis. 4 January 2007. Landscape- and land-level factors influencing stop-over habitat
use patterns of migrant shorebirds within the mixed-grass
prairie of Oklahoma. State Wildlife Grant and ODWC
Nongame Technical Committee Meeting, Norman, OK.
Balsman, D. M., and D. E. Shoup. 3 November 2006.
Angler attitudes, harvest rates, and channel catfish population sizes at close-to-home fishing-program ponds. 95th
Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of Science,
Claremore, OK.
Balsman, D. M., and D. E. Shoup. 7 November 2007.
Angler attitudes, harvest rates, and channel catfish
population sizes at close-to-home-fishing-program ponds.
96th Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of
Science, Lawton, OK.
Barrett, D. A., and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 5 November 2005.
River otter (Lontra canadensis) distribution and current
research in Oklahoma. 94th Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, Oklahoma City, OK.
Barrett, D. A., and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 14 October 2006.
River otter (Lontra canadensis) distribution in Oklahoma. Annual Meeting of the Central Plains Society of
Mammalogists, Edmond, OK.
Barrett, D. A., and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 3 November 2006.
Surveys for river otter (Lontra canadensis) distribution
and status in Oklahoma. 95th Annual Meeting of the
Oklahoma Academy of Science, Claremore, OK.
Barrett, D., and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 19 October 2007.
Spatiotemporal age structures of expanding river otter
populations. Joint Meeting of the Bollenbach Wildlife
Symposium and Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife
Society, Woodward, OK.
Bidwell, J. R., and K. Burgess. 3 November 2006. Septic
tank influence on lake quality. 95th Annual Meeting of the
Oklahoma Academy of Science, Claremore, OK.
Bodine, K. A., and D. E. Shoup. 3 November 2006.
Seasonal and habitat-specific length bias of electrofishing
for blue catfish. 95th Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma
Academy of Science, Claremore, OK.
Boeckman, C. J., and J. R. Bidwell. 4 January 2007.
Status of macroinvertebrate and fish assemblages in the
small rivers of the tallgrass prairie region. State Wildlife
Grant and ODWC Nongame Technical Committee Meeting, Norman, OK.
Boeckman, C. J., J. R. Bidwell, and W. L. Fisher. 19 July
2007. Status of the freshwater mussel community in the
Oklahoma portion of the Verdigris River after introduction
of the zebra mussel. Kansas Pearly Mussel Workshop,
Pittsburg, KS.
Boeckman, C. J., J. R. Bidwell, and W. L. Fisher. 13
March 2007. Current status of the unionid mussel
assemblage in the Verdigris River, Oklahoma. Freshwater
Mollusk Conservation Society, Little Rock, AR.
Brinkman, E. L., and W. L. Fisher. 23 February 2006.
Contributions to the life history of the alligator gar in
Oklahoma: proposed research. 26th Annual Meeting of
the Oklahoma Chapter of American Fisheries Society,
Ardmore, OK.
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Autumn and winter movements of alligator gar in Lake
Texoma, OK-TX. 2007 Spring Meeting, Southern Division
of the American Fisheries Society, Memphis, TN.
Home range and movements of alligator gar in Lake
Texoma, Oklahoma-Texas. 27th Annual Meeting of the
Oklahoma Chapter of the American Fisheries Society,
Jenks, OK.
Brown, A. G., L. C. Gardner-Santana, E. C. Hellgren, R.
A. Van Den Bussche, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 5 November
2005. Trapping and hair sampling of black bears (Ursus
americanus) in southeastern Oklahoma. 94th Annual
Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, Oklahoma City, OK.
Brown, A. G., L. Gardner-Santana, E. C. Hellgren, V.
A. Van Den Bussche, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 18 June
2006. Density and spatial distribution of black bears in
southeastern Oklahoma using hair-snare samples. 86th
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Amherst, MA.
Brown, A. G., L. Gardner-Santana, E. C. Hellgren, V.
A. Van Den Bussche, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 14 October
2006. Spatial distribution of black bears in southeastern
Oklahoma using hair-snare samples. Annual Meeting of the
Central Plains Society of Mammalogists, Edmond, OK.
Brown, A. G., E. C. Hellgren, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 3
November 2006. Age structure and morphometrics
of black bears in southeastern Oklahoma. 95th Annual
Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, Claremore, OK.
Brown, A. G., D. M. Leslie, Jr., and E. C. Hellgren. 19
October 2007. Age structure and morphometrics of
recolonizing black bears. Joint Meeting of the Bollenbach
Wildlife Symposium and Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Woodward, OK.
Burgess, K. 5 November 2005. Evaluating water-quality
impacts of shoreline septic systems on Grand Lake Reservoir. 94th Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of
Science, Oklahoma City, OK.
Burgess, K., and J. R. Bidwell. 23 February 2006.
Evaluating water quality impacts of shoreline septic
systems. Oklahoma State University Research Week,
Stillwater, OK.
Burgess, K., and J. R. Bidwell. 23 May 2006. Evaluating impacts of shoreline septic systems on Grand Lake
Reservoir. Annual Meeting of the Ozark-Prairie Chapter
of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Columbus, MO.
Cavalieri, V. S., T. O’Connell, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 3
November 2006. Status and habitat affinity for Cerulean
Warbler (Dendroica cerulea) and other forest birds in Oklahoma. 95th Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy
of Science, Claremore, OK.
Cavalieri, V. S., T. J. O’Connell, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 5
October 2006. Topography, forest stand composition,
and breeding birds in the Ouachita National Forest,
Oklahoma. 4th North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico.
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Scientific presentations
Cavalieri, V. S., T. J. O’Connell, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 23
March 2007. A bird on the edge: Cerulean Warblers still
breed in Oklahoma. Joint Annual Meeting of the Wilson
Ornithological Society and Massachusetts Audubon
Society, Wakefield, MA.
Doxon, E., C. A. Davis, S. Winter, and S. Fuhlendorf.
4 January 2007. Patch-burn management: enhancing
habitat for imperiled grassland bird species. State Wildlife
Grant and ODWC Nongame Technical Committee Meeting, Norman, OK.
Cavalieri, V., T. O’Connell, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 19 October 2007. Status and habitat affinity of cerulean warbler
and other forest birds in Oklahoma. Joint Meeting of the
Bollenbach Wildlife Symposium and Oklahoma Chapter
of The Wildlife Society, Woodward, OK.
Doxon, E., C. A. Davis, S. Winter, and S. Fuhlendorf. 8
December 2007. Bird-habitat relationships in an Oklahoma
sand-sage prairie managed with patch-burn techniques.
2007 Symposium on Multivariate Methods in Community
Ecology, Stillwater, OK.
Cravatt, P., and J. R. Bidwell. 5 November 2005. Field
and laboratory investigation of an ammonia-dominated
industrial effluent. 94th Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma
Academy of Science, Oklahoma City, OK.
Doxon, E., C. A. Davis, and S. Fulendorf. 19 October
2007. Effects of tree characteristics on hatching
success of scissor-tailed flycatchers under patch-burn
management. Joint Meeting of the Bollenbach Wildlife
Dauwalter, D. C., and W. L. Fisher. 5 November 2005.
Nest site selection and nest success of smallmouth bass in
Baron Fork Creek, Oklahoma. 94th Annual Meeting of the
Oklahoma Academy of Science, Oklahoma City, OK.
Dauwalter, D. C., and W. L. Fisher. 11 February 2006.
Nest site selection and nest success of smallmouth bass
in Baron Fork Creek, Oklahoma. 2006 Spring Meeting,
Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society,
San Antonio, TX.
Dauwalter, D. C., D. K. Splinter, W. L. Fisher, and
R. A. Marston. 11 February 2006. Longitudinal and
local geomorphic effects on fish species composition
in eastern Oklahoma streams. 2006 Spring Meeting,
Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society,
San Antonio, TX.
Dauwalter, D.C., D. K. Splinter, W. L. Fisher, and R. A.
Marston. 23 February 2006. Longitudinal and local
geomorphic effects on fish species composition in
eastern Oklahoma streams. 26th Annual Meeting of the
Oklahoma Chapter of the American Fisheries Society,
Ardmore, OK.
Doxon, E. D., and C. A. Davis. 3 November 2006. Feeding ecology of female grassland songbirds in sand-sage
prairie managed with patch-burn techniques: preliminary
results. 95th Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy
of Science, Claremore, OK.
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Endriss, D. A., E. C. Hellgren, S. F. Fox, and R. Moody.
5 November 2005. Habitat use and ecology of the
Texas horned lizard at an urban Air Force base. 94th
Oklahoma City, OK.
Endriss, D. A., E. C. Hellgren, S. F. Fox, and R. Moody.
14 April 2006. Demography of an urban population of the
Texas horned lizard. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Colima, Colima, Mexico.
Fisher, W. L. 9 March 2006. The Tallgrass Prairie
Preserve as a laboratory for stream ecology research and
education. Oklahoma EPSCOR Tallgrass Prairie Retreat,
Pauhuska, OK.
Fisher, W. L. 11 February 2006. Recent trends in fisheries
GIS applications. 2006 Spring Meeting, Southern Division
of the American Fisheries Society, San Antonio, TX.
Fisher, W. L. 12 February 2006. Demand for southeastern
Oklahoma’s water: will we leave enough in the rivers for
the biota? 2006 Spring Meeting, Southern Division of the
American Fisheries Society, San Antonio, TX.
Fisher, W. L. 17 May 2006. A review of modeling
approaches to predict fish habitat and distribution. Workshop on Predicting Salmon Habitat in Alaska, The Nature
Conservancy, Anchorage, AK.
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Fisher, W. L. 8 June 2006. GIS in fisheries: tools for
research and management. Seminar on GIS and spatial
analysis methods: an aid for research and management
of aquatic environments. Cemagref Research Institute,
Antony, France.
Fisher, W. L. 14 September 2006. Applications of spatial
statistics and GIS in fisheries. 136th Annual Meeting of the
American Fisheries Society, Lake Placid, NY.
Fisher, W. L. 30 October 2006. National Fisheries Data
Summit: survey results. National Fisheries Data Summit,
Salt Lake City, UT.
Fisher, W. L. 22 February 2007. Water allocation issues in
Oklahoma: will we leave enough water for the biota? 27th
Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American
Fisheries Society, Jenks, OK.
Fore, J. D., D. C. Dauwalter, and W. L. Fisher. 5 November
2005. Microhabitat use of smallmouth bass in the Baron
Fork Creek, Oklahoma. 94th Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, Oklahoma City, OK.
Fore, J. D., D. C. Dauwalter, and W. L. Fisher. 23 February
2006. Microhabitat use by smallmouth bass in Baron Fork
Creek, Oklahoma. 26th Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma
Chapter of American Fisheries Society, Ardmore, OK.
Fore, J. D., D. C. Dauwalter, and W. L. Fisher. 4 December 2006. Microhabitat use by smallmouth bass in an
Ozark stream. 67th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference,
Omaha, NE.
Freund, J. G., W. L. Fisher, A. A. Echelle, M. Brooks,
A. Fortner, C. Hargrave, and E. Marsh-Matthews. 11
February 2006. Assessing the conservation status of
Oklahoma’s fishes: incorporating museum collections
in a GIS. 2006 Spring Meeting, Southern Division of the
Freund, J. G., W. L. Fisher, A. A. Echelle, M. Brooks, C.
Hargrave, A. Fortner, R. Riesch, and E. Marsh-Matthews.
4 January 2007. Digital Atlas of Oklahoma Fishes. State
Wildlife Grant and ODWC Nongame Technical Committee
Meeting, Norman, OK.
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Freund, J. G., W. L. Fisher, A. A. Echelle, C. Hargrave, M.
Brooks, A. Fortner, and E. Marsh-Matthews. 5 November
2005. Development of an Internet-based GIS to manage
and disseminate fish museum collection information in
Oklahoma. 94th Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, Oklahoma City, OK.
Gardner-Santana, L. C., R. A. Van Den Bussche, E. C. Hellgren, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 5 November 2005. Noninvasive
sampling to elucidate genetic structure and abundance
of black bears (Ursus americanus) in Oklahoma. 94th
Oklahoma City, OK.
Gardner-Santana, L., V. A. Van Den Bussche, E. C. Hellgren, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 21 June 2006. Genetic status
and abundance of a recolonizing black bear (Ursus americanus) population in Oklahoma. 86th Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Mammalogists, Amherst, MA.
Gardner-Santana, L.C., R.A. Van Den Bussche, E.C.
Hellgren, and D.M. Leslie, Jr. 14 November 2006. Genetic
status and abundance of a recolonizing black bear (Ursus
americanus) population in Oklahoma. Defenders of Wildlife
Carnivores Conference, St. Petersburg, FL.
George, A., T. O’Connell, and K. Hickman. 19 October
2007. Avian response to Old World bluestem monocultures in mixed-grass prairie. Joint Meeting of the Bollenbach Wildlife Symposium and Oklahoma Chapter of The
Wildlife Society, Woodward, OK.
George, A., T. O’Connell, and K. Hickman. 8 December 2007. Avian response to Old World bluestem,
Bothriochloa ischaemum, monocultures in mixed-grass
prairie. 2007 Symposium on Multivariate Methods in
Community Ecology, Stillwater, OK.
Loftis, D. G., A. A. Echelle, and R. A. Van Den Bussche.
5 November 2005. Genetic structure of remnant natural
populations within the desert pupfish complex. 94th
Oklahoma City, OK.
Martinez, D. L., Z. P. Roehrs, B. S. Coyner, R. A. Van
Den Bussche, M. J. Hamilton, D. M. Leslie, Jr., and
D. J. Schmidly. 5 November 2005. Small mammals of
western Oklahoma Wildlife Management Areas. 94th
Oklahoma City, OK.
McBee, K., J. G. Freund, W. L. Fisher, K. A. Hays, Z. P.
Roehrs, and J. K. Braun. 3 November 2006. Digital Atlas
of Oklahoma Mammals: data capture and georeferencing for museum records of Oklahoma mammals. 95th
Claremore, OK.
Roehrs, and J. K. Braun. 4 January 2007. Digital Atlas
of Oklahoma Mammals: data capture and georeferencing for museum records of Oklahoma mammals. State
Wildlife Grant and ODWC Nongame Technical Committee Meeting, Norman, OK.
Roehrs, and J. K. Braun. 20 April 2007. Digital Atlas of
Oklahoma Mammals: data capture and georeferencing
for museum records of Oklahoma mammals. 54th Annual
Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists,
Stephenville, TX.
McConnell, S., T. J. O’Connell, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 5
November 2005. Buteo habitat partitioning in Cimarron
County, Oklahoma. 94th Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma
Grimm, N. B., and D. M. Leslie, Jr. (Working Group Facilitators). 8–9 December 2006. Needs for data centers.
Ecological Society of America’s Workshop on Data
Centers for Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology,
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis,
Santa Barbara, CA.
O’Connell, T., S. McConnell, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 19
October 2007. Breeding habitat and estimated population size of mountain plovers in Oklahoma. Joint Meeting
of the Bollenbach Wildlife Symposium and Oklahoma
Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Woodward, OK.
Hickman, K., T. J. O’Connell, C. Bensch, D. M. Leslie, Jr.,
and S. Robertson. 4 January 2007. Evaluating conversion of Old World bluestem monocultures to native plant
communities. State Wildlife Grant and ODWC Nongame
Technical Committee Meeting, Norman, OK.
Periard, T. S., S. F. Fox, D. M. Leslie, Jr., and R. C. Stark.
5 November 2005. Survey of the Black Mesa ecoregion, with an emphasis on the comparative ecology of
Oklahoma’s horned lizards. 94th Annual Meeting of the
Heinen, J., and T. O’Connell. 19 October 2007. Use of
cross timbers as nesting habitat by neotropical migrant
songbirds. Joint Meeting of the Bollenbach Wildlife
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Koike, H., A. A. Echelle, D. G. Loftis, and R. A. Van Den
Bussche. 21 April 2007. Changes in genetic structure
of captive stocks of desert pupfish. 54th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists,
Stephenville, TX.
Leis, S. A., D. M. Leslie, Jr., D. M. Engle, and J. S. Fehmi.
16 February 2006. Small mammal response to long- and
short-term disturbance in a mixed prairie: a different
footprint. 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range
Management, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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14 April 2006. First year’s results of a herpetological
survey of the Black Mesa Ecoregion. 53rd Annual Meeting of Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Colima,
Colima, Mexico.
3 November 2006. Space use, movements, and survival
of Texas Horned lizards in the Black Mesa Ecoregion. 95th
Claremore, OK.
Periard, T., S. F. Fox, D. M. Leslie, Jr., and R. Stark. 4
January 2007. A herpetological survey of the Black Mesa
ecoregion and surrounding area, with emphasis on the
ecology of the Texas horned lizard. State Wildlife Grant
and ODWC Nongame Technical Committee Meeting,
Norman, OK.
Periard, T. A., S. F. Fox, D. M. Leslie, Jr., and R. C. Stark.
20 April 2007. Space use, movements, and survival of
Texas horned lizards in the Black Mesa Ecoregion, Oklahoma, USA. 54th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern
Association of Naturalists, Stephenville, TX.
Perry, R. W., R. E. Thill, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 20 October
2006. Effects of landscape structure and composition
on roost selection by forest bats. 36th North American
Symposium on Bat Research, Willmington, NC.
Robertson, S. 8 December 2007. Plant community and
seed bank assemblage along a roadside gradient. 2007
Symposium on Multivariate Methods in Community
Ecology, Stillwater, OK.
Robertson, S., and K. Hickman. 10 March 2007. Rate
and timing of herbicides for the control of invasive Old
World bluestem. Annual Meeting of the Society of Range
Management, Reno, NV.
Roehrs, Z. P., R. A. Van Den Bussche, M. J. Hamilton,
D. M. Leslie, Jr., and D. J. Schmidly. 3 November 2006.
Two years of a small mammal survey of western Oklahoma Wildlife Management Areas. 95th Annual Meeting
of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, Claremore, OK.
Rust, S. G., and W. L. Fisher. 11 February 2006. Linear
referencing as a tool for mapping freshwater mussel
habitat. 2006 Spring Meeting, Southern Division of the
Rust, S. G., and W. L. Fisher. 23 February 2006. Linear
referencing as a tool for mapping freshwater mussel
habitat. 26th Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Chapter
of American Fisheries Society, Ardmore, OK.
Rust, S. G., W. L. Fisher, and R. A. Marston. 5 November 2005. The role of fluvial geomorphic features in the
distribution of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in
the Kiamichi River, Oklahoma. 94th Annual Meeting of the
Shirakura, F., M. Allen, J. R. Arevalo, M. C. Cabo, P. Earls,
D. McGlinn, K. Sasaki, V. Thapa, and M. W. Palmer. 4
January 2007. Research in the Cross Timbers of the
Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Osage County, Oklahoma.
State Wildlife Grant and ODWC Nongame Technical
Committee Meeting, Norman, OK.
Shirakura, F., D. J. McGlinn, J. R. Arévalo, and M. W.
Palmer. 21 August 2003. Resprouting of Quercus marilandica and Quercus stellata in a Cross Timbers Forest,
Oklahoma, following a 2003 Tornado. 91st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN.
Shirakura, F., and M. W. Palmer, 5 November 2005.
The fire history of a Cross Timbers forest in the Tallgrass
Prairie Preserve. 94th Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma
Splinter, D. K., D. C. Dauwalter, R. A. Marston, and W.
L. Fisher. 9 October 2005. Upstream to downstream
trends of geomorphic variables in three eastern Oklahoma ecoregions. 36th Binghamton Geomorphology
Symposium, Buffalo, NY.
Winter, S. L. 8 December 2007. Heterogeneity in sandsage prairie: the influence of a fire-grazing interaction
in an already heterogeneous landscape. 2007 Symposium on Multivariate Methods in Community Ecology,
Stillwater, OK.
Winter, S. L., and S. D. Fuhlendorf. 3 November 2006.
Application of patch-burning to sand-sage vegetation.
95th Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of
Science, Claremore, OK.
Winter, S. L., S. D. Fuhlendorf, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 13
February 2007. Structure and density of Oklahoma sand
sagebrush in a patch-burn environment. Annual Meeting
of the Society of Range Management, Reno, NV.
Winter, S. L., K. R. Hickman, S. D. Fuhlendorf, and
D. M. Leslie, Jr. 20 April 2007. Biomass allocation of
a prairie forb in a patch-burn landscape. 54th Annual
Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists,
Stephenville, TX.
Winter, S., S. Fudlendorf, C. A. Davis, and D. M. Leslie,
Jr. 19 October 2007. Use of prescribed fire on sand
sagebrush at the Hal and Fern Cooper Wildlife Management Area. Joint Meeting of the Bollenbach Wildlife
Zimmerman, T. J., J. A. Jenks, R. W. Klaver, D. M. Leslie,
Jr., and E. L. Childers. 4 April 2006. Use of digital elevation data to predict bighorn sheep habitat at Badlands
National Park. 15th Biennial Symposium of the Northern
Wild Sheep and Goat Council, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Zimmerman, T. J., J. T. Kanta, J. A. Jenks, R. W. Klaver,
D. M. Leslie, Jr., and E. L. Childers. 4 December 2006.
Yearling bighorn sheep movement from Badlands
National Park: occasional sally or dispersal? 67th Midwest
Fish and Wildlife Conference, Omaha, NE.
Walter, W. D., D. M. Leslie, Jr., D. M. Engle, and J. A.
Jenks. 10 September 2005. Fecal carbon and nitrogen
isotopes to measure dietary quality in Rocky Mountain
elk (Cervus elaphus). Joint Meeting of the Oklahoma
Ornithological Society and the Oklahoma Chapter of The
Wildlife Society, Stillwater, OK.
z. roehrs
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Fondly, we remember
The Oklahoma Unit lost a dear friend and
loyal coworker on 27 September 2007. It is
difficult to summarize the depth of our feelings for Helen, who worked with many of us
for 40 years! She touched so many students,
faculty, and Unit friends with her good spirit,
energy, positive outlook, and warmth. It is
safe to say that without Helen, the establishment of Oklahoma Fishery Unit in 1965
would not have happened! So many Unit
students benefited from her sound advice,
youthful manner, and motherly treatment.
We are pretty certain that she typed just
about every fisheries thesis from 1965 until
personal computers came on the scene.
Few people we know are as generous with
their time as Helen was. Forever active in
campus activities, the leadership development program at OSU, and even Latin dance,
as well as her many church activities and community involvement, she was truly an inspiration. So few of us rise to the occasion as did
Helen, something we will always remember.
Helen had “hugs” for everybody!
In 2005, the Oklahoma Unit established the
Murray-Gray Unit Service Award in honor of
Helen and her co-worker Judy Gray. Each year,
we celebrate the spirit of cooperative service of
people just like Helen. Two graduate students,
one OSU staff member, and one colleague
from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
Conservation have received this honor to date,
and their names are engraved on a commemorative plaque displayed in the Unit office.
Helen L. Murray
1965–1983 Oklahoma Cooperative Fishery Research Unit
1983–2005 Oklahoma Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
To honor Helen’s memory further, we have
established an Oklahoma State University
Foundation account with the goal of endowment and a perpetual monetary award/
scholarship to the annual recipient. Please
consider helping us reach that goal by
making a contribution in the attached donor
envelope, or directly to: Murray-Gray Unit
Service Award, c/o OSU Foundation, P.O.
Box 1749, Stillwater, OK 74076-1749.
Wildlife Research Unit
(est. 1948)
60 Years
of Service
UNIT LEADERS
Walter P. Taylor, 1948-51
Adolph M. Stebler, 1951-67
John A. Morrison, 1967-75
Paul A. Vohs, Jr., 1976-79
Frank Schitoskey, Jr., 1980-83
O. Eugene Maughan, 1983-84
(acting)
A S S I S TA N T U N I T L E A D E R S
Fred Baumgartner, 1948-65
George A. Moore, 1953-65
Robert I. Smith, 1965-67
James C. Lewis, 1967-77
John A. Bissonette, 1977-81
Fishery Research Unit
(est. 1965)
UNIT LEADERS
Bradford E. Brown, 1965-66
(acting)
Robert C. Summerfelt, 1966-76
Bradford E. Brown, 1966-70
Austin K. Andrews, 1970-75
Michael D. Clady, 1976-81
Fish AND Wildlife
Research Unit
(combined 1984)
UNIT LEADERS
Phillip J. Zwank, 1987-89
David M. Leslie, Jr., 1989-present
David M. Leslie, Jr., 1985-89
Alexander V. Zale, 1985-93
William L. Fisher, 1991-present
Dana L. Winkelman, 1998-03

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