Graduated-

• Albert Herb Jr.- The behavior and habitat use of the brown-headed nuthatch in an urban environment. Graduated: Spring 1999.

• Tamara Thompson- Breeding biology and the nature and importance of helper contributions in the cooperative breeding brown-headed nuthatch in a Texas urban population. Graduated: Spring 2000.

• Gail Lutowski- Non-thesis degree. Graduated August 2000.

• Ray Brown- Breeding biology, habitat, nest site, and nest box selection by prothonotary warblers and other species in eastern Texas. Graduated: Spring 2001.

• James McCormick- Brood mortality in red-cockaded woodpeckers.  Graduated: Fall 2001.

• Valerie Shafer- Phylogenetic analysis of cooperative breeding in the Class Aves. Graduated: Fall 2001.

• Lynnette Dornak- Nesting success of forest and urban nesting brown-headed nuthatches. Graduated: Fall 2002.

• Robert Allen- Habitat use by the Bachman’s sparrow in the western extent of its range.  Graduated: Fall 2004.

• James Johnson- The influence of morphology and swimming performance on survival of southern leopard froglarvae faced with predation by dragonfly naiads. Graduated: Fall 2004.

• Cory Adams- Ecological and evolutionary significance of palatability in anuran tadpoles.  Graduated Spring 2005.

• Andy Bradstreet- Small mammal habitat use in East Texas. Graduated Summer 2005.

• Sarah Johnson- Mesopredator homeranges in East Texas. Graduated Summer 2005.

• John Macey- Foraging site selection of red-cockaded woodpeckers relative to variation in midstory vegetation .  Graduated Fall 2005.

• Heather Podlipny- Snake predation pressures and associated mobbing behavior in colonial and solitary nesting blue-tailed bee-eaters.  Graduated: Summer 2006.

• Megan Phillips- Habitat Use and Breeding Biology of Yucatan and Golden-fronted Woodpeckers in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Graduated: Summer 2007.

   

Future Grad Student-

• Ava Burt- Optimal dispersal of bird seed, how much is too much? Expected Graduation: Spring 2027

Dr. D. Brent Burt, Professor

Stephen F. Austin State University

Department of Biology

Miller Science Building, Room 222

Box 13003 SFA Station

Nacogdoches, TX 75962

phone (936) 468-2482
fax (936) 468-2056

dbburt@sfasu.edu