Lab News

September-December 2023

In October, Chuck presented a chapter of his MS research at the South Carolina Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s fall meeting.

Several news stories featured Joe Treichler’s research examining changes in wild pig population size and environmental damage in response to management. Read about his research here: Wild pig populations in U.S. can be managed - UGA Research News.

In November, Chuck, Vienna, Caitlin, and Kelly traveled to The Wildlife Society’s annual conference in Louisville, Kentucky to present their research.

Chuck Taylor successfully defended his MS thesis “Evaluating the performance of density estimators and common trap types for invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa).”

Vienna Canright also defended her MS thesis “Using DNA metabarcoding to characterize the diets of invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) in the Southeastern United States.”

Congrats Chuck and Vienna!

May-August 2023

In May, the Beasley lab welcomed Rhys Medcalfe and Reed Tamplin as undergraduate interns. Rhys will be spending the summer in Namibia assisting Jessy Patterson and Maddy Melton with their work examining the effects of human activities on mammals. Reed will work at the Savannah River Ecology Lab assisting with various projects related to wild pig management.

The lab also welcomed several new technicians: O’Malley McGee, Jordan Butler, Cheyenne Voorhies, and Alyssa Gladney. O’Malley and Jordan will be assisting with wild pig management research in Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests. Alyssa will be assisting with wild pig research on Blackbeard Island, and Cheyenne will be assisting with contaminant research on the Savannah River Site.

In June, Dipanjan, Caitlin, and Jim published research on the effects of fencing on lion and hyena movements in Namibia in collaboration with the Ongava Research Centre, the Etosha Ecological Institute, and the Namibia Lion Trust.

The lab published new articles this summer, including Joe Treichler’s MS research.

• Kudrenko, S., J. Vollering, A. Zedrosser, N. Selva, K. Ostapowicz, V. Fenchuk, J.C. Beasley, M. Heurich. In Press. Walking on the dark side: anthropogenic factors limit suitable habitat for gray wolf (Canis lupus) in a large natural area covering Belarus and Ukraine. Global Ecology and Conservation. Read article

• Treichler, J.W., K.C. VerCauteren, C.R. Taylor, and J.C. Beasley. In Press. Changes in wild pig (Sus scrofa) population size, crop damage, and environmental impacts in response to management. Pest Management Science. Read article

• Hill, J.E., J. Helton, R.B. Chipman, A.T. Gilbert, J.C. Beasley, G. Dharmarajan, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2023. Spatial ecology of translocated raccoons and implications for rabies virus transmission. Scientific Reports 13:10447. Read article

• Saito, R., Y. Wakiyama, H. Bontrager, K. Namba, and J.C. Beasley. 2023. Alteration of the Cesium 137 soil profile by wild boar rooting after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Environmental Challenges 12:100728. Read article

• Baek, E., T.G. Hinton, L. Skuterud, J.C. Beasley, B. Salbu, V.C. Baranwal, and O.C. Lind. 2023. Empirical evidence that mean soil contaminant concentration does not provide a conservative indicator of external exposure to wildlife. Ecological Indicators 152:110359. Read article

• Clontz, L.M., A. Yang, S.M. Chinn, K.M. Pepin, K.C. VerCauteren, G. Wittemyer, R.S. Miller, and J.C. Beasley. Jr. In Press. Role of social structure in establishment of an invasive large mammal after translocation. Pest Management Science. Read article

• Naha, D., S. Périquet, J.W. Kilian, C. Kupferman, T. Hoth-Hanssen, and J.C. Beasley. 2023. Fencing affects movement patterns of two large carnivores in Southern Africa. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11:1031321. Read article

January-April 2023

In January, the lab welcomed several new technicians, Megan Blanchard, Abigail Dwelle, and Emily Masterton, to assist with wild pig research on the Savannah River Site and in several South Carolina counties.

In February, Chuck Taylor presented at Congaree National Park about the history, ecology, and current management of wild pigs in South Carolina.

In March, Jim was awarded the Lamar Dodd Creative Research Award by the University of Georgia for his innovative research on the impacts of human activities on wildlife and the environment. The Lamar Dodd Award is given to recognize an outstanding body of nationally and internationally recognized scholarly or creative activities in the sciences.

Jim participated in the International Atomic Energy Agency Coordinated Research Project meeting in Vienna, a meeting that brings together researchers from throughout the world to collaborate on research topics of common interest.

Helen Bontrager successfully defended her MS thesis entitled “Movement behavior of wild boar within the Fukushima Exclusion Zone and consequences for radiation exposure assessments.” Congratulations, Helen!

The lab published several new journal articles this spring:

• Chinn, S.M., T.J. Smyser, and J.C. Beasley. 2023. Variance in offspring sex ratio and maternal allocation in a highly invasive mammal. Ecology and Evolution 13:e10136. Read article

• Dixon, W.C., R.B. Chipman, A.J. Davis, A.T. Gilbert, J.C. Beasley, J.E. Hill, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and G. Dharmarajan. 2023. Interspecific oral rabies vaccine bait competition in the Southeast United States. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 261:105897. Read article

• Hill, J.E., K.L. Turner, J.B. Smith, T.L. DeVault, W.C. Pitt, J.C. Beasley, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2023. Scavenging dynamics on Guam and implications for invasive species management. Biological Invasions 25:1845-1858. Read article

• Smith, J.B., D.A. Keiter, S.J. Sweeney, R.S. Miller, P.E. Schlichting, and J.C. Beasley. 2023. Habitat quality influences trade-offs in animal movement along the exploration- exploitation continuum. Scientific Reports 13:4814. Read article

• Yang, A., M. Wilber, K. Manlove, R.S. Miller, R. Boughton, J.C. Beasley, J. Northrup, K.C. VerCauteren, G. Wittemyer, and K. Pepin. 2023. Deriving spatially explicit direct and indirect interaction networks from animal movement data. Ecology and Evolution 13:e9774. Read article

• Helton, J., J. Hill, D.A. Bernasconi, W. Dixon, R.B. Chipman, A.T. Gilbert, J.C. Beasley, G. Dharmarajan, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2023. Assessment of habitat-specific competition for Oral rabies vaccine baits between raccoons and opossums. Journal of Wildlife Management 87:e22398. Read article

• Chinn, S.M., J. Hepinstall-Cymerman, and J.C. Beasley. 2023. Reproduction drives changes in space use and habitat selection in a highly adaptable invasive mammal. Journal of Mammalogy 104:479-495. Read article

September-December 2022

In November, the lab welcomed Sydney Brewer, a new MS student. Sydney will be evaluating the effectiveness of baits and lures in attracting wild pigs through fine-scale monitoring of wild pig movements.

Vienna, Jessy, and Rie traveled to the national TWS conference in Spokane, WA to present their research.

Vienna, Joe, Rie, and Sarah presented their research at the 2022 International Wild Pig Conference.

Rie Saito traveled to Norway for the 5th International Conference on Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity to present her research on wild pig genetic structure in Fukushima, Japan.

Chuck and Jim were invited to present on the history and management of wild pigs at the Japanese Encephalitis Virus Symposium.

WSB-TV Atlanta featured the Beasley lab’s research on wild pigs, highlighting the impact of invasive wild pigs on agricultural and environmental resources in the U.S.

In December, The Wildlife Society featured an article about Sarah Chinn’s wild pig reproduction research. This article was then featured as a top 10 (#2) wildlife story of 2022 by TWS!

The lab published new journal articles this fall, including Miranda’s MS scavenging research.

• Butler-Valverde, M.J., TL. DeVault, O.E. Rhodes Jr., and J.C. Beasley. 2022. Carcass appearance does not influence scavenger avoidance of carnivore carrion. Scientific Reports 12:18842. Read article

• Pepin, K.M., V.R. Brown, A. Yang, J.C. Beasley, R. Boughton, K.C. VerCauteren, R.S. Miller, and S.N. Bevins. 2022. Optimizing response to an introduction of African swine fever in wild pigs. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 69(5):e3111-e3127. doi:10.1111/tbed.14668

May-August 2022

Chris Leaphart successfully defended his PhD dissertation: “Influence of methylmercury exposure and accumulation on the health and survival of waterfowl” Congrats, Dr. Leaphart!

Jessy Patterson and Maddie Melton traveled to Namibia to kick-off their graduate research projects. Jessy is studying the effects of anthropogenic activities on African mammals. Maddie is researching the effects of human settlement and livestock on carnivore movement and occupancy.

In collaboration with the USDA, Jim and Caitlin published their research examining the efficacy of baits in attracting wild pigs in South Carolina and southern Texas.

Several new research articles came out from the lab, including papers led by several students on their graduate research. In collaboration with the USDA, Jim and Caitlin published their research examining the efficacy of baits in attracting wild pigs in South Carolina and southern Texas.

Several new research articles came out from the lab, including papers led by several students on their graduate research.

• Chinn, S.M., P.E. Schlichting, T.J. Smyser, C.F. Pierce, and J.C. Beasley. 2022. Factors influencing pregnancy, litter size, and reproductive parameters of invasive wild pigs. Journal of Wildlife Management 86:e22304. Read article

• Snow, N.P, C.A. Kupferman, M.J. Lavelle, K.M. Pepin, M.H. Melton, W. Gann, K.C. VerCauteren, and J.C. Beasley. 2022. No panacea attractant for wild pigs, but season and location matter. Applied Animal Behavior 254:105705 Read article

• Leaphart, J.C., S.A. Abercrombie, E.J. Borchert, A.L. Bryan, and J.C. Beasley. 2022. Bioaccumulation of mercury and radiocesium in waterfowl introduced to a site with legacy contamination. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 41(10):2479-2487. doi:10.1002/etc.5444

• Patterson, J.R., T.L. DeVault, and J.C. Beasley. 2022. Integrating scavenging ecology into contemporary wildlife conservation and management. Ecology and Evolution 12:e9122 Read article

• Kays, R. et al. 2022. SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ecology e3775 Read article

• Bernasconi, D.A., R.B. Chipman, A.T. Gilbert, M. T. Hamilton, J.C. Beasley, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and G. Dharmarajan. 2022. Influence of landscape attributes on Virginia opossum density. Journal of Wildlife Management 86:e22280 Read article

• Meehan, T.D., et al. 2022. Integrating data types to estimate spatial patterns of avian migration across the Western Hemisphere. Ecological Applications e2679 Read article

• Gerke, H.C., T.G. Hinton, K. Okuda, and J.C. Beasley. 2022. Increased abundance of a common scavenger affects allocation of carrion but not efficiency of carcass removal in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone. Scientific Reports 12:8903 Read article

• De Marco, A.P., et al. 2022. Strategic roadmap to assess forest vulnerability under air pollution and climate change. Global Change Biology 28:5062-5085 Read article

• Sawyer, J.J., M.D. Eubanks, J.C. Beasley, B.T. Barton, R.T. Puckett, J.M. Tomeček, and J.K. Tomberlin. 2022. Vertebrate and invertebrate competition for carrion in human-impacted environments depends on abiotic factors. Ecosphere 13:e4151 Read article

• Titus, C.L., C.F. Bowden, T.J. Smyser, S.L. Webb, and J.C. Beasley. 2022. Genomic tools reveal complex social organization of an invasive large mammal (Sus scrofa). Biological Invasions 24:3199-3216 Read article

• Butler-Valverde, M.J., T.L. DeVault, and J.C. Beasley. 2022. Trophic interactions at avian carcasses: do scavengers feed on vulture carrion? Food Webs 31:e00230 doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2022.e00230

July-October 2021

In September, Jim and Dipanjan traveled to the Ongava Research Centre and Etosha National Park in Namibia to kick off a research project in collaboration with the Ongava Research Centre and Etosha Ecological Institute monitoring carnivore movement and human-wildlife interactions in the region.

Sarah Webster’s research on fox-coyote competition was featured in several news outlets, highlighting the potential interactions between coyotes and native fox populations in the southeast.

Hannah Gerke’s research on the presence of radioactive snakes in Fukushima was covered by several news outlets from across the globe.

Jim was selected to receive the Terrell Professorship in Forestry and Natural Resources, which is an endowed Professorship through Warnell.

The book, Invasive Wild Pigs in North America: Ecology, Impacts, and Management, which Jim was involved in as a co-editor and author received the Book of the Year Award from the National Wildlife Research Center.

Several new journal articles came out from the lab, including a paper led by Sarah Webster on findings from her graduate research.

• Kilgo, J.C., J.E. Garabedian, M. Vukovich, P.E. Schlichting, M.E. Byrne, and J.C. Beasley. 2021. Food resources affect territoriality of wild pig sounders with implications for control. Scientific Reports 11:18821.

• Thomas, J.C., T.J. Kieran, J.W. Finger, Jr., N. Bayona-Vasquez, A. Oladeinde, J.C. Beasley, J.C. Seaman, J.V. McArthur, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and T.C. Glenn. 2021. Unveiling the gut microbiota and resistome of wild cotton-mice, Peromyscus gossypinus, from heavy metal and radionuclide-contaminated sites in the Southeastern US. Microbiology Spectrum 9:e00097-21

• Street, G.M., J.R. Potts, L. Börger, J.C. Beasley, S. Demarais, J.M. Fryxell, P.D. McLoughlin, E.H. Merrill, K.L. Monteith, C.M. Prokopenko, M.C. Ribeiro, A.R. Rodgers, B.K. Strickland, F.M. van Beest, D.A. Bernasconi, L.T. Beumer, G. Dharmarajan, S.P. Dwinnell, M.L.S.P. Jorge, D.A. Keiter, A. Keuroghlian, L.J. Newediuk, J.E.F. Oshima, O.E. Rhodes Jr., P.E. Schlichting, N.M. Schmidt, and E. Vander Wal. 2021. Solving the sample size problem for species distribution models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12: 2421-2431.

• Yang, A., R.K. Boughton, R.S. Miller, B. Wight, W.M. Anderson, J.C. Beasley, K.C. VerCauteren, K.M. Pepin, and G. Wittemyer. 2021. Spatial variation in direct and indirect contact rates at the wildlife-livestock interface for informing disease management. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 194:105423

• Sebastián-González, E., Z. Morales-Reyes, F. Botella, L. Naves-Alegre, J.M. Pérez-García, P. Mateo-Tomás, P.P. Olea, M. Moleón, J.M. Barbosa, F. Hiraldo, E. Arrondo, J.A. Donázar, A. Cortés-Avizanda, N. Selva, S.A. Lambertucci, A. Bhattacharjee, A. Brewer, E. Abernethy, K. Turner, J.C. Beasley, T.L. DeVault, H. Gerke, O.E. Rhodes Jr, A. Ordiz, C. Wikenros, B. Zimmermann, P. Wabakken, C.C. Wilmers, J.A. Smith, C.J. Kendall, D. Ogada, E. Frehner, M.L. Allen, S. Dirksen-Adlai, H.U. Wittmer, J.R.A. Butler, J.T. du Toit, A. Margalida, P. Olivia-Vidal, D. Wilson, K. Jerina, M. Krofel, R. Kostecke, R. Inger, E. Per, Y. Ayhan, M. Sanci, Ü. Yilmazer, A. Inagaki, S. Koike, A. Samson, P.L. Perrig, E. Spencer, T.M. Newsome, M. Heurich, J.D. Anadón, E.R. Beuchley, C. Gutiérrez-Cánovas, M.L. Elbroch, and J.A. Sánchez-Zapata. 2021. Functional traits driving species role in the structure of terrestrial vertebrate scavenger networks. Ecology 102: e03519.

• Webster, S.C., M.J. Chamberlain, J.W. Hinton, and J.C. Beasley. 2021. Isotope analysis reveals dietary overlap among sympatric canids. Journal of Mammalogy 102:1222–1234

April-June 2021

In May, 14 UGA students made the trip up to the Savannah River Ecology Lab to take part in Jim’s 10-day wildlife field course. UGA ran a news story on the course: Catch and Release. Check out the action!

Sarah Chinn successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation: “Effects of intrinsic and environmental attributes on reproductive ecology of invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa).” Congrats, Dr. Chinn!

Jim was invited to speak at the Warnell spring commencement ceremony, where he shared insights from his prior experiences to the 2021 graduates.

Several new journal articles came out from the lab, including papers led by Sarah Chinn and Hannah Gerke on findings from their graduate research.

• Beasley, J.C., L.M. Clontz, A. Rakowski, N. Snow, and K.C. VerCauteren. 2021. Evaluation of a warfarin bait for controlling invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa). Pest Management Science 77:3057-3067.

• Chinn, S.M., J.C. Kilgo, M. Vukovich, and J.C. Beasley. 2021. Influence of intrinsic and extrinsic attributes on neonate survival in an invasive large mammal. Scientific Reports 11:11033.

• Gerke, H.C., T.G. Hinton, and J.C. Beasley. 2021. Movement behavior and habitat selection of snakes (Elaphe spp.) in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone. Ichthyology and Herpetology 109:549-556.

January-March 2021

Jim was invited to give 2 presentations at the Ecology Center at Utah State University.

UGA ran a news story on the 10-year anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, featuring research findings from the Beasley lab.

Several new papers just came out from the lab, including papers led by Cody and Lindsay on findings from their graduate research, as well as a paper Jim and Caitlin coauthored on the movement behavior of leopards in India.

• Naha, D., S.K. Dash, C. Kupferman, J.C. Beasley, and S. Sathyakumar. 2021. Movement behavior of a solitary large carnivore within a hotspot of human-wildlife conflicts in India. Scientific Reports 11:3862

• Clontz, L.M., K.M. Pepin, K.C. VerCauteren, and J.C. Beasley. 2021. Connecting the dots: behavioral state resource selection in wild pigs in the southeast United States. Scientific Reports 11:6924.

• Beasley, J.C., L.M. Clontz, A. Rakowski, N. Snow, and K.C. VerCauteren. 2021. Evaluation of a warfarin bait for controlling invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa). Pest Management Science 77:3057-3067.

• Tisdale, C.A., J.A. Martin, and J.C. Beasley. 2021. Lead contamination differences in the muscle of wild turkeys harvested with lead and copper-plated lead shot. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 2:250-256.

• Tisdale, C.A., J.A. Martin, and J.C. Beasley. 2021. Accumulation of contaminants by wild turkeys and potential for consumer exposure. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 40:1222-1231.

• Bastille-Rousseau, G., P.E. Schlichting, D.A. Keiter, J.B. Smith, J.C. Kilgo, G. Wittemyer, K.C. VerCauteren, J.C. Beasley*, KM Pepin. 2021. Multi-level movement response of invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) to removal. Pest Management Science 77:85-95 *joint senior co-authorship

June-December 2020

David Bernasconi successfully defended his M.S. Thesis: “Demography, spatial ecology, and disease ecology of the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in the Southeast United States.” Congrats David!

Sarah Chinn successfully passed her Ph.D. preliminary exams, congrats Sarah!

Helen Bontrager transitioned to a Master’s student in the Beasley lab after working as a research technician for the lab last spring. Her graduate work will focus on radioecology and the spatial ecology of wild boar in the Fukushima exclusion zone in Japan.

The Beasley lab was well represented at the 2020 International Wild Pig Conference (virtual), presenting 7 talks, and co-authoring an additional 4 talks.

Chris Leaphart published a paper investigating accumulation patterns of contaminants in waterfowl: Leaphart, J.C., R.E. Oldenkamp, A.L. Bryan, R.A. Kennamer, and J.C. Beasley. 2020. Patterns of trace element accumulation in waterfowl restricted to impoundments holding coal combustion waste. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 39(5)1052-1059

April-May 2020

Jim Beasley received the University of Georgia Warnell Alumni Association’s Faculty Award for research.

Sarah Webster (Ph.D.) and Cody Tisdale (M.S.) successfully defended and graduated this semester! Sarah has accepted a postdoc position with USGS and Cody will be moving to Idaho as a research scientist with the University of Idaho.

Jim was invited to give a plenary talk at the 21st Annual Ecological Integration Symposium at Texas A&M.

Miranda Butler-Valverde received the Archie E. Patterson Scholarship and Sarah Chinn received the Archie E. Patterson Scholarship through the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. Congrats Miranda and Sarah!

Hannah Gerke and Chris Boyce both had papers published from their graduate work, congrats!

• Gerke, H.C., T.G. Hinton, T. Takase, D. Anderson, K. Nanba, and J.C. Beasley. 2020. Radiocesium concentrations and GPS-coupled dosimetry in Fukushima snakes. Science of the Total Environment 734:139389

• Boyce, C.M., K.C. VerCauteren, and J.C. Beasley. 2020. Timing and extent of crop damage by wild pigs (Sus scrofa) to corn and peanut fields. Crop Protection 133:105131.

January-March 2020

Jim Beasley recently published a book he co-edited Invasive Wild Pigs in North America: Ecology, Impacts and Management. This book addressed aspects of wild pig biology, ecology, damage, and management in a single comprehensive volume. The book received The Wildlife Society’s edited book award for 2020!

In January the lab welcomed Caitlin Kupferman as the new Research Coordinator for the Beasley lab.

Hannah Gerke travelled to New Zealand to present her work on snakes in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone at the 9th World Congress of Herpetology in Dunedin. Her presentation won best paper on snake ecology at this international conference. Way to go Hannah!

Sarah Chinn attended the Society for integrative and Comparative Biology Conference in Austin, Texas, where she presented on the testing of sex ratio theory for wild pigs. Several students presented their research at the annual Warnell Graduate Student Symposium. Cody Tisdale won first place for his presentation on contaminants in wild turkeys.

TED Ideas published a story featuring Jim’s research in Chernobyl and Fukushima.

Phillip and Kelsey published papers stemming from their graduate work. Phillip’s paper on rewilding of wildlife in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone already has received extensive news coverage, including a top news story at UGA. Great work Phillip and Kelsey!

• Lyons, P.C., K. Okuda, M. Hamilton, T.G. Hinton, and J.C. Beasley. 2020. Rewilding of Fukushima’s human evacuation zone in the presence of radioactive stressors. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. doi:10.1002/fee.2149

• Turner, K.L., L.M. Conner, and J.C. Beasley. 2020. Effect of mammalian mesopredator exclusion on vertebrate scavenging communities. Scientific Reports 10:2644

August-December 2019

In November, Hannah Gerke successfully defended her M.S. Thesis: “From Snakes to Scavengers: Effects of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident.” Congrats Hannah!

The Beasley lab welcomed three new M.S. students: Miranda Butler-Valverde, Chelsea Titus, and Joseph Treichler.

Congratulations to Sarah Webster who successfully passed her doctoral preliminary exams in September!

Chris Boyce successfully defended his M.S. thesis, and will soon head down to South Florida as a bear biologist. Congrats Chris!

In November, Jim Beasley travelled to Tokyo, Japan where he was invited as a specialist to participate in a workshop on the Effective Control of Classical Swine Fever Virus Infection in Wild Boar. Jim also travelled to Koriyama, Japan with the International Atomic Energy Agency in July, and to the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria in October to participate in meetings with the Fukushima Prefecture regarding remediation and monitoring activities related to the 2011 nuclear accident.

Amanda, Peter, and Sarah Webster all had papers accepted for publication!

• Holland, A.E., M.E. Byrne, J. Hepinstall-Cymerman, A.L. Bryan Jr., T.L. DeVault, O.E. Rhodes Jr. and J.C. Beasley. 2019. "Evidence of niche differentiation for two sympatric vulture species in the Southeastern United States." Movement Ecology 7(31): 1-12.

• Schlichting, P.E., V. Dombrovski, and J.C. Beasley. 2019. Use of abandoned buildings by Przewalski’s wild horses and other wildlife in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Mammal Research doi.org/10.1007/s13364-019-00451-4

• Webster, S.C., and J.C. Beasley. 2019. Influence of lure choice and survey duration on efficacy of scent stations for multi-species carnivore surveys. Wildlife Society Bulletin doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1011

• Schlichting, P.E., J.C. Beasley, R.K. Boughton, A.J. Davis, K.M. Pepin, M.P. Glow, R.S. Miller, K.C. VerCauteren, and J.E. Lewis. In press. A rapid population assessment method for wild pigs using baited camera sites. Wildlife Society Bulletin.

April-June 2019

Jim Beasley was awarded the UGA Herrick Superior Teaching Award through the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. He was also selected as the 2019-2020 recipient of the Sarah H. Moss Fellowship at the University of Georgia. He will use this fellowship to expand his research in Japan in collaboration with the Institute of Environmental Radioactivity at Fukushima University.

Another great group of students attended Jim’s wildlife field techniques course at SREL.

Sarah Chinn and Allie Rakowski traveled to Ardmore, OK to collect reproductive data from wild pigs that were sampled across the state of Oklahoma in collaboration with the Noble Foundation.

Sarah Chinn was awarded the UGA Graduate School Innovative and Interdisciplinary Research Grant ($2,000). Sarah also was awarded the Warnell School’s Archie E. Patterson Scholarship ($5,000). Congrats Sarah!

EJ, Kevin Eckert, Chris Leaphart, and Sarah Webster all had papers accepted for publication, great work everyone!

• Borchert, E.J., J.C. Leaphart, A.L. Bryan Jr. and J.C. Beasley (2019). Ecotoxicoparasitology of mercury and trace elements in semi-aquatic mammals and their endoparasite communities. Science of the Total Environment 679(2019): 307-316.

• Eckert, K.D., D.A. Keiter and J.C. Beasley. 2019. Animal Visitation to Wild Pig (Sus scrofa) Wallows and Implications for Disease Transmission. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 55(2): 488-493.

• Leaphart, J.C., K.C. Wilms, A.L. Bryan, Jr., and J.C. Beasley. 2019. Bioaccumulation of 137Cs in anuran larvae utilizing a contaminated effluent canal on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 203:25-29.

• Webster, S.C., Z.H. Olson, and J.C. Beasley. In Press. Occupancy and abundance of free-roaming cats in a fragmented agricultural ecosystem. Wildlife Research.

January-March 2019

Sarah Chinn travelled to Fukushima, Japan to continue her research on the reproductive health of wild boar within the Fukushima human evacuation zone. She was also awarded a $4,500 scholarship from UGA’s Office of Global Engagement that will help support her research in Japan.

Jim Beasley also travelled to Fukushima with the International Atomic Energy Agency to participate as an expert advisor in the 13th IAEA expert mission to the Fukushima Prefecture, as well as to assist with field research on wild boar.

Peter and Mike both published papers stemming from their postdoctoral research. Schlichting, P. E., C. N. Love, S. C. Webster and J. C. Beasley (2019). Efficiency and composition of vertebrate scavengers at the land-water interface in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Food Webs 18(2019): e00107.

Byrne, M. E., A. E. Holland, K. L. Turner, A. L. Bryan Jr. and J. C. Beasley (2019). Using multiple data sources to investigate foraging niche partitioning in sympatric obligate avian scavengers. Ecosphere 10(1): e02548.

August-December 2018

Allie Rakowski joined the lab as a research professional where she will assist with various ongoing projects.

Lindsay Clontz joined the Beasley lab as a master’s student where her research will focus on the spatial ecology of wild pigs.

Mike Byrne published a paper on our research investigating wolf spatial ecology within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: Byrne, M. E., S. C. Webster, S. L. Lance, C. N. Love, T. G. Hinton, D. Shamovich and J. C. Beasley (2018). Evidence of long-distance dispersal of a gray wolf from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. European Journal of Wildlife Research 64(4): Article 39.

Phillip Lyons successfully defended his M.S. thesis! Phillip also gave a webinar on his research investigating the abundance of wildlife in the Fukushima Evacuation Zone.

January-March 2018

Cody Tisdale joined lab as a master’s student and will conduct research on the survival and contaminant uptake in Eastern wild turkeys.

Jim Beasley was invited to present several seminars on his research in Chernobyl and Fukushima, including at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia, the Department of Radiological and Environmental Health Sciences at Colorado State University, and the Savannah River Site Tech Reunion group in North Augusta, Georgia.

In February, Jim Beasley travelled to Koriyama, Japan to present and participate as a wildlife expert with the International Atomic Energy Agency in a conference detailing the progress made by the Fukushima prefecture in terms of research and monitoring since the nuclear accident that occurred there in 2011.

Sarah Webster was invited to speak at the Georgia Mountain Research and Education Center in Blairsville, GA, on coyote ecology and management in the southeastern United States.

In March, Jim Beasley was invited by NASA to present on his research in Chernobyl and Fukushima at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD.

A few new papers just came out from our lab, including a paper outlining research priorities for managing wild pigs, a paper on wolf population dynamics in Chernobyl, and a paper on game consumption patterns:

• Beasley, J.C., S.S. Ditchkoff, J.J. Mayer, M.D. Smith, and K.C. VerCauteren. 2018. Research priorities for managing invasive wild pigs in North America. Journal of Wildlife Management 82:674-681.

• Dombrovsky V.C., J.C. Beasley, P. Schlichting, S.C. Webster, C. Love, D. Shamovich. If you do not shoot: the number, territorial structure and predation of the wolf in the winter period 2016-2017 in the Chernobyl zone. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Modern Problems of Hunting and Preservation of Biodiversity", May 16-17, 2017 - Minsk, 2017. - p. 93-97.

• Smith, J.B., T.D. Tuberville, and J.C. Beasley. In press. Hunting and game consumption patterns of hunters in South Carolina, USA. To appear in: Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management.

September-December 2017

In October, Jim Beasley presented at the Minsk National Academy of Sciences on the team’s research investigating the movements of gray wolves inhabiting the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

Jim Beasley, along with co-editors, Will Pitt and Gary Witmer, recently published Ecology and Management of Terrestrial Invasive Species in the United States. The book consists of 18 chapters written by experts from across the United States and focuses on prominent terrestrial invasive species that have a history of established policy and management.

Chris Leaphart defended his M.S. thesis and graduated from the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia. He will be continuing his education and re-search at SREL, pursuing his PhD in the Beasley lab working on ecotoxicology in waterfowl.

Jim Beasley and Sarah Webster presented a coyote/wild pig workshop sponsored by the Aiken Soil and Water Conservation District.

Jim Beasley was invited to attend and present at a symposium on toxicants for wild pigs at the annual conference of the Southeastern Fish and Wildlife Association in Louisville, KY.

Several new papers were recently accepted for publication:

• Webster, S.C., F.L. Cunningham, J.C. Kilgo, M. Vukovich, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and J.C. Beasley. In Press. Minimum effective dose and persistence of Rhodamine-B in wild pig (Sus scrofa) vibrissae. Wildlife Society Bulletin.

• Smith, J. B., L. J. Laatsch and J. C. Beasley (2017). Spatial complexity of carcass location influences vertebrate scavenger efficiency and species composition. Scientific Reports 7(10250): 1-8.

• DeVault, T. L., T. W. Seamans, K. E. Linnell, D. W. Sparks and J. C. Beasley (2017). Scavenger removal of bird carcasses at simulated wind turbines: Does carcass type matter? Ecosphere 8(11): 1-10.

Jul-Aug 2017

July and August have been a busy few months in the lab! Lauren Laatch’s undergraduate thesis was published in Nature-Scientific Reports! titled: “Spatial complexity of carcass location influences vertebrate scavenger efficiency and species composition”. Dave Keiter’s final Master’s thesis chapter was published in Scientific Reports as well: “Comparison of wildlife population density estimators under field and simulated conditions”. Kelsey Turner published the first chapter from her Master’s research, in Ecology!, “Abiotic and biotic factors modulate carrion fate and scavenging community dynamics”. Ricki Oldenkamp also published one of her thesis chapters in the Journal of Wildlife Management “Trace elements and radiocesium in game species near contaminated sites”, and Amanda Holland published her first thesis chapter in PLoS ONE “Fine-scale assessment of monthly home ranges and activity patterns of resident Black (Coragyps atratus) and Turkey (Cathartes aura) Vultures”.

Several new students also joined the Beasley lab in August: Hannah Gerke, Erik Neff, and David Bernasconi all joined as M.S. students and Sarah Chinn joined as a Ph.D. student. Jena Nierman also joined the lab as a research technician and Kaitlin Wilms joined the lab for the summer as an NSF-funded REU student to work on a study assessing bioaccumulation of 137Cs in amphibians. Welcome to the lab everyone!

Jim Beasley travelled to Fukushima, Japan, where he met with the International Atomic Energy Agency and Fukushima Prefecture biologists. While there he also spent several days in the field with Phillip Lyons and Hannah Gerke assisting with their graduate research.

Mike Byrne presented his research on niche partitioning in vultures at the annual ESA meeting in Portland, OR.

Sarah Webster, Chris Leaphart, and EJ Borchert volunteered and presented at SREL’s annual Touch an Animal Day.

Jan-Jun 2017

Jim Beasley presented on the lab’s wild pig research program at both the South Carolina Wild Pig Task Force meeting and the National Wild Pig Task Force meeting in Orange Beach, AL.

Hannah Gerke joined the lab as a research technician. Both Hannah and Phillip Lyons travelled to Fukushima, Japan to continue field research on wildlife populations in the human evacuation zone. David Keiter published two papers on wild pigs, a paper in Wildlife Research “Development of known-fate survival monitoring techniques for juvenile wild pigs (Sus scrofa)”, as well as an invited review paper in Natural Areas Journal: “Hog heaven? Challenges of managing introduced wild pigs in natural areas”.

Mike Byrne published a manuscript in Condor on the performance of solar powered GPS/GSM transmitters: “Influence of environmental conditions and animal behavior on performance of solar-powered GPS/GSM avian transmitters”.

Felipe Hernandez published a paper in Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology on the effects of coal fly ash exposure on raccoons: “Raccoons (Procyon lotor) as sentinels of trace element contamination and physiological effects of exposure to coal fly ash”. Ricki Oldenkamp also were involved in Felipe’s study. A press release from Felipe’s study can be found here: http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/toxic-contaminants-found-in-raccoons/

Ricki Oldenkamp published one of her Master’s thesis chapters in the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity: “Radiocesium in migratory aquatic game birds using contaminated U.S. Department of Energy reactor-cooling reservoirs: a long-term perspective”.

Chris Leaphart, Phillip Lyons, and EJ Borchert presented their research at the Warnell graduate student symposium.

Jul-Dec 2016

David Keiter and Ansley Silva successfully defended their Master’s theses and Katie McManners defended her undergraduate thesis, congratulations!

Chris Leaphart attended the annual SETAC meeting in Orlando, FL where he presented on his Master’s research at SREL.

Several members of the Beasley lab attended the 23rd annual meeting of The Wildlife Society in Raleigh, NC. Jim Beasley, Dave Keiter, Chris Leaphart, Sarah Webster, and EJ Borchert all gave presentations at the meeting. Dave Keiter and Jim Beasley also hosted a hands-on workshop on contemporary research and management techniques for wild pigs that included both hands-on demonstrations and presentations from wild pig experts across the country. It was attended by a broad range of participants ranging from undergraduate students to advanced professionals in academic, governmental, and NGO positions.

Dave Keiter received 1st place for his talk among the student oral presentations at the 2016 Georgia Annual Wildlife Society Conference, Tifton, GA.

Jim Beasley presented an overview of his research at the USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services annual meeting in McCormick, SC.

Jim Beasley was invited to participate in the 2016 TEDx Peachtree event in Atlanta, GA, where he presented on the status of wildlife populations within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and the impacts of global bio-diversity loss. You can view Jim’s TEDx talk at: https://youtu.be/iXAsirlbFFw.

Chris Boyce joined the Beasley lab as a research technician.

Phillip Lyons started a Master’s position in the Beasley lab and spent several weeks conducting wildlife research in Fukushima as part of his MS research. Jim Beasley joined them in the evacuation zone for a few days in early December to help capture wild boar after attending a meeting with the International Atomic Energy Agency in Koriyama, Japan.

Jim Beasley, Peter Schlichting, and Sarah Webster spent several weeks conducting research in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Belarus. While there, they deployed GPS collars on gray wolves (Canis lupus) and raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides), continuing their collaborative work with PSRER scientists.

Josh Smith, Kelsey Turner, and Jim Beasley published a paper from their work on brown treesnakes in Guam: Smith, J. B., K. L. Turner, J. C. Beasley, T. L. DeVault, W. C. Pitt and O. E. Rhodes Jr. 2016. Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) population density and carcass locations following exposure to acetaminophen. Ecotoxicology 25(8): 1556-1562.

Jan-Jun 2016

In January Peter Schlichting joined the Beasley lab as a postdoc and Phillip Lyons joined as a research technician. Welcome to SREL!

Dave Keiter and the Beasley lab’s research on the translocation behavior of wild pigs was highlighted on the Wildlife Society’s (TWS) website as well as in the weekly eWildlifer newsletter distributed by TWS.

Dave Keiter, Chris Leaphart, Ricki Oldenkamp, and Sarah Webster all presented their research at the Warnell Graduate Student Symposium. Congratulations to Dave Keiter who was awarded 1st place and Chris Leaphart and Ricki Oldenkamp who were awarded 2nd place awards.

Sarah Webster and Ricki Oldenkamp successfully defended their Master’s thesis and Lauren Laatsch defended her undergraduate thesis, congratulations!

Several members from the Beasley lab (Jim Beasley, David Keiter, Sarah Webster, and Peter Schlichting) attended the International Wild Pig Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC where they presented the results of several studies being conducted on wild pigs.

Jim Beasley was selected to serve as the first Chair of the Research sub-committee of the National Wild Pig Task Force, which was officially formed at the Myrtle Beach conference.

David Keiter published the first chapter from his Master’s thesis: Keiter, D, F.L. Cunningham, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., B.J. Irwin, and J.C. Beasley. 2016. Optimization of scat detection methods for social ungulates and evaluation of factors affecting human detection of scat: Wild pigs as a case study. PlosOne 11(5): e0155615.

Phillip Lyons travelled to Japan to begin a research project studying the distribution and abundance of mammals in the Fukushima human exclusion zone.

Kelsey Turner and Josh Smith travelled to Guam for the summer to continue their research evaluating the potential flow of toxicants into food webs via scavenging.

Sarah Webster’s research on carnivore occupancy patterns in Chernobyl was published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: Webster, S.C., M.E. Byrne, S.L. Lance, C.L. Love, T. Hinton, D. Shamovich, and J.C. Beasley. 2016. Where the wild things are: Influence of radiation on the distribution of mammalian species within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 14(4): 1-6.  This paper received global press and already has the highest altmetric score of any paper published in this prestigious journal. Congrats Sarah! You can check out a few of the press articles from this research here:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/060418-chernobyl-wildlife-thirty-year-anniversary-science/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/04/26/30-years-after-chernobyl-disaster-camera-study-captures-a-wildlife-wonderland/?utm_term=.2608fc2f2073

Katie McManners joined the Beasley lab as an undergraduate student to work on a thesis project studying babesia in wild pigs in collaboration with Dr. Yabsley in Warnell.

Dave Keiter published a paper in the Wildlife Society Bulletin: Keiter, D. A., J. J. Mayer and J. C. Beasley. 2016. What is in a "Common" Name? A Call for Consistent Terminology for Nonnative Sus scrofa. Wildlife Society Bulletin 40(2): 384-387.

Sarah Abercrombie joined the Beasley lab as an NSF-funded undergraduate REU student to study uptake of contaminants of waterfowl on the SRS.

Oct-Dec 2015

Kelsey Turner and Amanda Holland successfully defended their M.S. theses. Congratulations!

Jim Beasley returned to Fukushima with the International Atomic Energy Association to discuss ongoing research and remediation efforts in response to the 2011 Nuclear Accident. While in Fukushima Jim visited the Fukushima Exclusion Zone with Tom Hinton and Kei Okuda to discuss potential research collaborations.

Jim Beasley recently coauthored a paper in Current Biology (Deryabina, T.G., S.V. Kuchmel, L.L. Nagorskaya, T.G. Hinton, J.C. Beasley, A. Lerebours, and J.T. Smith. 2015. Long term census data reveal thriving mammal populations at Chernobyl. Current Biology 25:R811-R826) along with colleagues in Belarus, the UK, and Japan presenting the first long-term data to date on the status of large mammal populations within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The findings of the study were featured in several dozen major television, newspaper, and radio media outlets across the globe such as CNN (TV), NPR weekend edition, USA Today, The Guardian, Science, and Nature. Currently the paper has an altmetric score ranked within the top 1% of more than 4.5 million research articles to date.

Jim Beasley and Sarah Webster recently coauthored a paper highlighting the development of a novel type of GPS transmitter that is capable of recording coupled GPS and radiation exposure data: Hinton, T.G., M. Byrne, P. Fort, P. Martin, R. Schuman, S. Webster, and J.C. Beasley. 2015. Quantifying the spatial and temporal variation in dose from external exposure to radiation: A new tool for use on free-ranging wildlife. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 145:58-65.

Jim Beasley authored a paper in Ecosphere demonstrating source-sink dynamics in raccoons:
Beasley, J.C., G. Dharmarajan, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2105. Melding genetics and demography to elucidate source and sink habitats in fragmented landscapes. Ecosphere 6(4):1-16.

Ricki Oldenkamp received the Shikar Safari Club Scholarship, a nationally competitive scholarship that recognizes high-achieving students currently involved in the studies of wildlife management, range management and law enforcement.

Dave Keiter, Ricki Oldenkamp, and Kelsey Turner presented their research at the Georgia Wildlife Society Conference in Athens, GA. Dave and Kelsey were awarded first place for their oral and poster presentations, respectively, at this conference.

Jim Beasley, Sarah Webster, Ricki Oldenkamp, Amanda Holland, and Dave Keiter travelled to Winnipeg, Canada to present at the Annual Wildlife Society Conference. Dave Keiter was awarded 3rd place, out of nearly 150 student presentations, for his poster on the spatial ecology of translocated wild pigs!

Jim Beasley gave an invited seminar at Clemson University entitled “Ecological Adaptations of Wildlife to Human-Disturbed Ecosystems”.

Jim Beasley and Gene Rhodes were invited to participate in a consensus workshop sponsored by the International Union for Radioecology in Miami, FL. Nearly 30 researchers from across the globe participated in the workshop.

Jim Beasley and Amanda Holland were recently featured in a Georgia Outdoors episode on vultures that aired on Georgia PBS.

July 2015

Kelsey Turner, Sarah Webster, Dave Keiter, and Jim Beasley travelled to Jacksonville, FL, to attend the American Society of Mammologists Annual Meeting. Kelsey, Sarah, and Dave presented at the conference and Ricki Oldenkamp also co-authored a poster at the meeting.

Kelsey Turner and Josh Smith travelled to Guam to begin a 3-year research project on Brown Tree Snakes.

Jim Beasley travelled to Fukushima, Japan, with the International Atomic Energy Association to discuss ongoing monitoring and remediation efforts in response to the nuclear accident that occurred there in 2011. He also visited Guam on this trip.

Ricki Oldenkamp was awarded a $600 grant by the Oconee River Audubon Society in support of her research investigating waterfowl contaminant uptake. Ricki also was nominated as the University of Georgia representative to compete against students from 9 other Universities across the country for a Shikar Safari Club Scholarship.

Jim Beasley published a paper in Ecosphere entitled “Melding genetics and demography to elucidate source and sink habitats in fragmented landscapes”.

Jim Beasley, Sarah Webster, and Mike Byrne co-authored a paper in the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity entitled “Quantifying the spatial and temporal variation in dose from external exposure to radiation: A new tool for use on free ranging wildlife”.

March 2015

Jim Beasley and Sarah Webster published a paper in the Wildlife Society Bulletin on the efficacy of Rhodamine B as a biomarker for use in wild pigs.

Dave Keiter (1st place), Ricki Oldenkamp (1st place), Amanda Holland (2nd place), and Kelsey Turner (2nd place) all received awards for their presentations at the Warnell Graduate Student Symposium. Great work!

Jim Beasley’s research on optimizing bait distribution patterns for controlling rabies in raccoons was highlighted on the UGA homepage and was picked up by several local and national media outlets. http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/srel-researchers-develop-targeted-approach-to-reduce-rabies/

Jim Beasley, Dave Keiter, and Sarah Webster were featured in an article in UGA’s Red & Black highlighting their work on wild pigs.

Kevin Eckert, Ellen Bledsoe, and Beckie Juarez joined the Beasley lab in February as research technicians to assist Dave with his research on wild pig population estimation and survival.

November 2014

Jim Beasley, Sarah Webster, Mike Byrne, Stacey Lance, and Cara Love travelled to Belarus along with Tom Hinton to conduct research on wolf spatial ecology and carnivore population dynamics within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Their research trip was featured in more than a half dozen media outlets including the Atlanta Business Chronicle, the Augusta Chronicle, and UGA’s Red & Black.

Kelsey Turner and Amanda Holland traveled to the 21st Annual Meeting of the Wildlife Society in Pittsburgh, PA to present posters on their research findings.

July 2014

Jim Beasley traveled to Fukushima City, Japan with the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) as the IAEA’s representative expert in wildlife radioecology to present research on wild boar radioecology and participate in discussions with the Fukushima Prefecture Government on the status of current ecological monitoring and remediation efforts, as well as provide recommendations to expand future work in areas impacted by the nuclear accident.

Chris Leaphart and Jeff Petersen presented the results of their summer research at the SREL undergraduate research symposium. Chris Leaphart and Jim Beasley were featured in an article in the Aiken Standard about the 2014 SREL undergraduate research program.

Amanda Holland received a $450 travel award to attend the 2014 joint meeting of the American Ornithologists Union, the Cooper Ornithological Society, and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists, coming up in September in Estes Park, CO, where she will present her research on vulture spatial ecology.

May 2014

Ricki Oldencamp and Ansley Silva joined the Beasley lab as M.S. students.

Jim Beasley authored a publication “Habitats associated with vehicle collisions with wild pigs” in the journal Wildlife Research.

Jim Beasley co-authored a publication “Neglected leptospirosis in raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Indiana, USA” in the journal Veterinary Quarterly.

Amanda Holland presented a poster at the Symposium for Animal Movement and the Environment entitled “Efficacy of Solar-Powered Groupe Special Mobile/Global Positioning System (GSM/GPS) Transmitters in a Range of Weather Conditions”.

March 2014

Jim Beasley was featured in an article in the Aiken Standard newspaper about Golden Eagle sightings on the SRS. Check out the article here: http://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20140304/AIK0101/140309854/golden-eagles-make-a-rare-winter-visit-to-srs

Jim Beasley published a manuscript “Habitats Associated with Vehicle Collisions with Wild Pigs” in the journal Wildlife Research.

February 2014

Kelsey Turner, Amanda Holland, and Sarah Webster presented posters at the Warnell Graduate Student Symposium. Kelsey and Amanda won 2nd and 3rd place, respectively, for their posters.

Jim Beasley was featured on the front page of the Aiken Standard newspaper in an article about wild pigs. He also was interviewed by the Channel 26 news in Augusta on the same subject.

Jim Beasley co-authored a publication “Analysis of Space and Resource Use by a Generalist Mesopredator Near its Historical Range Boundary” in the Canadian Journal of Zoology.

Our lab, along with Larry Bryan, Bobby Kennamer, and Gary Mills, was just awarded funding by the U.S. Department of Energy to conduct contaminant studies in waterfowl on the Savannah River Site.

January 2014

Jim Beasley gave an invited seminar at the University of Florida on his research on mesopredator ecology.

Jim Beasley and Stacey Lance were recently highlighted in the UGA Columns for their upcoming work on wolves at Chernobyl.