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Palo Duro Canyon - located about 13 miles from WTAMU |
Ray with a ringtail in Palo Duro Canyon |
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| Panhandle Bird Club
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| Class Information |
Wildlife Conservation (Bio2374) Wildlife Management (Biol3374) Natural History of Vertebrates (Bio3420) Wildlife Management Techniques (Bio3424) Animal Behavior (Biol4335/5335)
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Gipson, P. S., R. S. Matlack, D. P. Jones, H. J. Abel, and A. E. Hynek. 1995. Feral pigs, Sus scrofa, in Kansas. Pp. 93-95 in Proceedings of the Fourteenth North American Prairie Conference: Prairie Biodiversity (D. C. Hartnett, ed.). Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. McMillan, B. R., D. W. Kaufman, G. A. Kaufman, and R. S. Matlack. 1997. Mammals of Konza Prairie: new observations and an updated species list. The Prairie Naturalist, 29:263-271. Gipson, P. S., J. K. Veatch, R. S. Matlack, and D. P. Jones. 1999. Health status of a recently discovered population of feral swine in Kansas. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 35:624-627. Matlack, R. S., P. S. Gipson, and D. W. Kaufman. 2000. The swift fox in cropland and rangeland: effects on abundance, mortality, and body size. The Southwestern Naturalist, 45:221-225. Matlack, R. S., D. W. Kaufman, and G. A. Kaufman. 2001. Influence of grazing by bison and cattle on small mammals in burned tallgrass prairie. The American Midland Naturalist, 146:361-368. Matlack, R. S., D. W. Kaufman, and R. E. Charlton. 2001. First record of the cinereus shrew for Riley County, Kansas. The Prairie Naturalist. 33(2):107-108. Matlack, R. S., G. A. Kaufman, D. W. Kaufman, and B. R. McMillan. 2002. Long-term dynamics of Elliot’s short-tailed shrew (Blarina hylophaga) in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Mammalogy, 83(1): 280-289. Matlack, R. S., and R. L. Rehmeier. 2002. Status of the western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) in Kansas. The Southwestern Naturalist. 47(2): 312-314. Rehmeier, R. L., and R. S. Matlack. 2004. Thamnophis sirtalis Diet. Journal of Kansas Herpetology. 11:15. Matlack, R. S., R. L. Rehmeier, B. R. McMillan, D. W. Kaufman, and G. A. Kaufman. 2006. Unusual disturbance of small-mammal live traps by American crows. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences. 109:242-244. Poole, M. W. and R. S. Matlack. 2007. Noteworthy records of the prairie vole and other small mammals from the panhandle of Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 52(3): 442-445. Matlack, R. S., D. W. Kaufman, and G. A. Kaufman. 2008. Influence of woody vegetation on small mammals in tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist 160:7-19. Baar, L., R. S. Matlack, W. P. Johnson, and R. B. Barron. 2008. Migration chronology of non-breeding waterfowl in the Southern High Plains of Texas. Waterbirds. In press. Johnson, W. P., L. Baar, R. S. Matlack, and R. B. Barron. 2008. Hatching chronology of ducks using playas in the Southern High Plains of Texas. American Midland Naturalist. Submitted. |
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Grants and Contracts |
2002 Small mammal community ecology in Palo Duro Canyon: spatial variation in occurrence and abundance. Raymond S. Matlack. $4,810 award from Killgore Research Center, WTAMU. 2003 Temperature and relative humidity related to topography in Palo Duro Canyon. $991 award from Killgore Research Center. 2004 Field identification, status, and habitat associations of the Palo Duro mouse (Peromyscus truei comanche) in Palo Duro Canyon. Raymond S. Matlack. $2,900 award from Killgore Research Center. 2004 Population Survey of the Bats of Clarity Tunnel. Raymond S. Matlack. $4,800 awarded by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. 2004 Use of playas by waterfowl and shorebirds: chronology, abundance, and the influence of landscape features. Raymond S. Matlack. $3,289. awarded by Killgore Research Center. 2004 Baseline survey of the mammals of Palo Duro Canyon State Park including Cañoncita Ranch. Raymond S. Matlack. $4,998 awarded by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. 2005 Use of playas by waterfowl and shorebirds: chronology, abundance, and the influence of landscape features. Raymond S. Matlack. $7,400 awarded by Playa Lakes Joint Venture/Conoco Phillips. 2005 Ecological assessment of the Canadian River Breaks Ecoregion of Texas. R. S. Matlack and R. T. Kazmaier. $95,000 awarded by Bureau of Land Management. 2005 Use of playas by waterfowl and other wetland birds: chronology, abundance, and the influence of landscape features. Raymond S. Matlack. $30,000 awarded by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. 2005 West Texas Export Seed Grant. Raymond S. Matlack. $8,000 awarded by Texas Tech Health Science Center. 2006 Baseline survey of the mammals of Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Raymond S. Matlack. $4005 awarded by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. 2006 STEP Phase 1: Increasing Numbers, Connections, and Retention in Science and Engineering (INCRSE). R. S. Matlack, CoPI. $980,204 awarded by National Science Foundation. 2006 Population survey of the bats of Clarity Tunnel, Caprock Canyons State Park. Raymond S. Matlack. $9,940 awarded by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. 2007 REU Site: Ecology and Environment of the Southern High Plains. R. S. Matlack, PI. $235,404 awarded by National Science Foundation. 2008 Baseline inventory of mammals at Palo Duro Canyon State Park and population survey of bats at Clarity Tunnel. Raymond S. Matlack. $8,587.50 awarded by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. 2008 Wildlife characterization and nuisance management re: population of bobcats. Raymond S. Matlack. $54,869 total awarded ($28,363 in FY 2008) by BWXT Pantex, LLC.
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