How Both Short and Long Term Wildlife Research can Inform Management
Webinar Details
When:
Nov 10, 2020 3:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 00:45 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Dr. Lora Smith - Scientist, The Jones Center at Ichauway
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Long term research plays an invaluable role in informing natural resource management, particularly for long-lived wildlife species. However, short term and even opportunistic research can also yield important and sometimes surprising results relevant to management.
Gopher Tortoise
In this webinar, Dr. Smith will discuss management implications of a follow up survey of the alligator snapping turtle population on the Flint River, 22 years after eliminating harvest, the success of a forest restoration project in the eyes of pine snakes, and the unexpected added value of surveys of one threatened species (the gopher tortoise) for the conservation of another (the gopher frog).
Speaker Info
Lora L. Smith, PhD
The Jones Center at Ichauway
Scientist
lora.smith@jonesctr.org
Dr. Lora L. Smith’s research program is centered on the ecology of amphibians and reptiles of the Southeastern Coastal Plain, and in particular on herpetofaunal linkages between aquatic and terrestrial systems and keystone species in these systems. She is also investigating the interactions between natural and human disturbance legacies in longleaf pine forests and herpetofaunal communities. Aspects of her research program are incorporated into field courses for university students.
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