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Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Dr.John Carroll

Dr. John P. Carroll

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Contact Information

  • Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
  • Athens, Georgia
  • Room:3-409b
  • Phone:706.542.5815
  • Fax:706.542.8356
  • jcarroll@warnell.uga.edu

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, University of North Dakota, 1989.
Master of Science, Eastern Kentucky University, 1982. Thesis:
Bachelor of Science, University of Massachusetts, 1979.

Area of Specialization

Wildlife Ecology and Management - Ecology of Galliformes - Agriculture and Wildlife Management - International Wildlife Issues

Professional Experience

  • Professor, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia. 2006-Present
  • Visiting Professor, Department of Wildlife, University of Frieburg, Frieburg, Germany.  2004
  • Associate Professor, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia. 2000-2006
  • Assistant Professor, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia. 1998-2000
  • Head of the Lowland Gamebird Research Unit, The Game Conservancy Trust, Fordingbridge, England. 1995-1998
  • Associate Professor, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA 1995
  • Assistant Professor, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA. 1990-1995

Courses Taught

Study Abroad

FORS 5250/7250 South Africa Study Abroad

FORS 5250/7250 Republic of Georgia Undergraduate Research Experience

Research Areas

Ecology and management of gamebirds, impact of agricultural practices on wildlife, conservation of endangered Galliformes, and international issues in wildlife conservation

Other Websites

Present Research

  • Cotton farming impacts on songbirds and quail
  • Impact of landscape scale habitat management for bobwhite quail on quail and songbirds
  • Impact of predator control on bobwhite quail and predator community
  • Ecology of rat snakes in southern pine ecosystems
  • Songbird use of longleaf pine CPA fields
  • Pheasant ecology in Lower Austria
  • Population genetics of the northern bobwhite quail
  • Ecology of the wild turkey in pine savannah ecosystems
  • Parasite Ecology of the helmeted guineafowl
  • Sustainable harvest and management of grassland tinamous in Argentina

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles (last 2 years)

1.       Faircloth, B.C., G.P. Keller, C.J. Nairn, W.E. Palmer, J.P. Carroll, and P.A. Gowaty.  2006. Tetranucleotide Microsatellite primers from the eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis).  Molecular Ecology Notes. published online 24 July 2006.  in press

2.       Terhune, T.M., D.C. Sisson, H.L. Stribling, and J.P. Carroll. 2006. Home range, movement, and site fidelity of translocated northern bobwhite in southwestern Georgia, U.S.A. European Journal of Wildlife Research 52:119-124.

3.       Parnell, I.B., L.A. Lewis-Weis, S.H. Schweitzer, C.G. White, and J.P. Carroll Northern bobwhite use of manipulated CRP pine stands in a forest- and agriculture-dominated system. Proceedings Southeast Association Fish and Wildlife Agencies accepted.

4.       Butler, D.A., R.B. Sage, R.A.H. Draycott, J.P. Carroll, G.R. Potts. 2005. Lead exposure in ring-necked pheasants in Great Britain. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 33:583-589.

5.       Morgan, J.J., S. Schweitzer, and J.P. Carroll. Eastern wild turkey use of a landscape dominated by agriculture and pine plantations. Southeastern Naturalist. In press.

6.       Draycott, R.A.H., M.I.A. Woodburn, J.P. Carroll, and R.B. Sage. 2005. Effects of spring feeding on breeding success of ring-necked pheasants in Great Britain. Wildlife Biology. 11:85-90.

7.       Hamrick R.G., T. Pirgalioglu, S. Gunduz, and J.P. Carroll. 2005. Feral Donkey Equus asinus populations on the Karpaz Peninsula, Cyprus. European Journal of Wildlife Research. 51:108-116.

8.       Faircloth, B. C., A. Reid, T. Valentine, S. H. Eo, T. M. Terhune, T. C. Glenn, W. E. Palmer, C. J. Nairn, and J. P. Carroll. 2005. Tetratnucleotide, trinucleotide, and dinucleotide loci from the bobcat (Lynx rufus).  Molecular Ecology Notes. 5:387-389.

9.       Staller, E.L, W.E. Palmer, J.P. Carroll, R.P. Thornton, and D.C. Sisson. 2005. Identifying predators at northern bobwhite nests and nest predation relative to predator abundance. Journal of Wildlife Management. 69:124-132.

10.     Faircloth, B.C., W.E. Palmer, and J.P. Carroll. 2005. Post-hatch brood amalgamation in northern bobwhite.  Journal of Field Ornithology. 76:175-182.

11.     Cederbaum, S.B., J.P. Carroll, and R.J. Cooper. 2004. Effects of alternative cotton agriculture on avian and arthropod populations. Conservation Biology 18:1272-1282.

12.     Schable, N.A., B.C. Faircloth, W.E. Palmer, J.P. Carroll, L.W. Burger, L.A. Brennan, C. Hagen, and T.C. Glenn. 2004. Tetranucleotide and dinucleotide microsatellite loci from the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus). Molecular Ecology Notes 4:415-419

13.     Sage, R.B., K. Hollins, C.L. Gregory, M.I.A. Woodburn, and J.P. Carroll. 2004. Impact of roe deer Capreolus capreolus browsing on understorey vegetation in small farm woodlands. Wildlife Biology 10:115-120.

14.     Fuller, R.A., P.J.K. McGowan, J.P. Carroll, R. W.R.J. Dekker, and P.J. Garson. 2003. What does IUCN species action planning contribute to the conservation process? Biological Conservation 112:343-349.

15.     Iqubal, P., P. McGowan, J. Carroll, and A.R. Rahmani. 2003. Home range size, habitat use, and nesting success of the swamp francolin on agricultural land in northern India. Bird Conservation International 13:127-138.

16.     Papeschi, A., J.P. Carroll, and F. Dessi-Fulgheri. 2003. Male ornaments are honest signals in intra-sexual selection in ring-necked pheasants. Condor 105:362-367.

Books, Book Chapters, and Conference Proceedings (last 2 years)

1.       Carroll, J.P. 2005. Chukar releases in Cyprus: A view from a gamebird biologist. Pages 203-209 in E. Hadjisterkotis (ed.) Proceedings of the XXVth International Congress of the International Union of Game Biologists – IUGB and the IX International Symposium Perdix Vol.

2.       Hamrick, R.G. and J.P. Carroll.2005. Northern bobwhite covey-call-indices: evaluating alternative techniques for autumn population monitoring.  Pages 109-121 in R.A. Fuller and S.J. Browne, eds., Galliformes 2004: Proceedings of the 3rd International Galliformes Symposium.  World Pheasant Association, Fordingbridge, U.K.

3.       Winarni, N.L., J.P. Carroll, and T.G. O’Brien. 2005. The application of camera traps to the study of Galliformes in southern Sumatra, Indonesia.  Pages 133-144 in R.A. Fuller and S.J. Browne, eds., Galliformes 2004: Proceedings of the 3rd International Galliformes Symposium.  World Pheasant Association, Fordingbridge, U.K.

4.       Carroll, J.P. 2004. Partridge, Quail, and Francolin Specialist Group. Annual Review of the World Pheasant Association. 2003/2004:36-37.

5.       Carroll, J.P. 2003. The Turkeys. Pages 188-189 in C. Perrins (ed.), Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds. Firefly Books, Toronto, Canada. 640pp.

6.       Carroll, J.P. 2003. Partridge, Quail, and Francolin Specialist Group Report. Pages 34-36 in KCR Howman, ed. Annual Review WPA 2002/2003, World Pheasant Association, Fordingbridge, U.K.

7.       Eitniear, J.C., J.P. Carroll, J.T. Baccus, and S.L. Dingle (eds.). 2003. Conservation of quail in the Neotropics. Center for the Study of Tropical Birds, Inc., San Antonio, Texas. 84pp.

8.       Carroll, J.P. 2003. Introduction. Pg. V in Conservation of quail in the Neotropics. CSTP, Inc., San Antonio, TX 84pp.

9.       Carroll, J.P. and J.C. Eitniear. 2003. Quails of Mexico and adjacent Central America: Status and Conservation concerns. Pg. 1-4 in Conservation of quail in the Neotropics. CSTP, Inc., San Antonio, TX 84pp.

Graduate Students(UGA)

Completed

Brandon Anderson, Habitat use and nesting ecology of ring-necked pheasant on a landscape dominated by agriculture in Lower Austria. M.S. 99pp http://www.arches.uga.edu/~6547bca/

Richard Hamrick. Effects of landscape scale habitat management on bobwhite populations. M.S.

Nurul Winarmi, Nurul. Population dynamics of great argus pheasants in lowland jungle in Sumatra. M.S. 120pp

Sandra Cederbaum. Effects of clover strip-cropping in cotton on songbird ecology. M.S. Co-advised with R.J. Cooper 91pp

Denise Maidens. Assessing Macroinvertebrate assemblages in four different crop types established as northern bobwhite Colinus virginanus brood habitat in South Georgia. M.S. 152pp

Elizabeth Doxon. Assessing quality of CRP planting options in Kansas for northern bobwhite and ring-necked pheasant chicks. M.S.

Mike Juhan. Ecology of the wild turkey in pine savannah ecosystems. M.S.

Jessica Rodriguez. Parasite ecology and rearing in the Northern Bobwhite. M.S.

Arnold Sitompul. Human-elephant interactions adjacent to national parks on Sumatra, Indonesia. M.S.

Seth Stapleton. Effects of meso-mammalian predator control on rat snake ecology in south Georgia and north Florida. M.S.

Jason Burkhart. Bermudagrass invasion and control in field margins managed for bobwhite quail habitat. M.S.

Tina Hannon. Hispid cotton rat ecology in northern Florida. M.S.

Ryan Thornton. Predation ecology of Northern Bobwhite nests. M.S.

In Progress

Susan Ellis.  Modeling impacts of predator management on northern bobwhite ecology. co-advised with Mike Conroy. 

Adam Butler.  Songbird ecology on restored rangeland in South Florida.  M.S. co-advised with Bill Palmer, Tall Timbers Research Station. 

Randy Cass.  Ecology and behavior of reared Northern Bobwhite chicks.  M.S. co-advised with Bill Palmer, Tall Timbers Research Station.

Theron Terhune. Ecology and gene flow in translocated wild Northern Bobwhites.  Ph.D. co-advised with Bill Palmer, Tall Timbers Research Station, and Clay Sisson, Albany Quail Project. 

Andrew Zakarhenka. Analysis of conservation certification in big game hunting in Eastern Europe and former Soviet republics.  Ph.D. co-advised with Jacek Siry. 

Teresa Valentine. Fragmentation and gene flow in the northern bobwhite. M.S.

James Martin. Use of government agricultural programs for managing the northern bobwhite in central Florida. Ph.D. co-advised with Bill Palmer, Tall Timbers Research Station.

Soo Hyung Eo. Phylogeography of the Colinus. Ph.D. co-advised with Joe Nairn

Brant Faircloth. Relatedness and population genetics of the bobwhite quail. Ph.D. (http://www.arches.uga.edu/~brant/) co-advised with Bill Palmer, Tall Timbers Research Station.

Jeff Thompson. Sustainable harvest and management of grassland tinamous in Argentina. Ph.D.(http://www.arches.uga.edu/~perdiz/)




Professional Activities

Chair, IUCN-Species Survival Commission/BirdLife International/World Pheasant Association Partridge, Quail, and Francolin Specialist Group, 1996-Present (http://www.game-conservancy.org.uk/pqf)

Co-Chair, Scientists Workshop - Young Asian Biologist Training Workshop, National Conservation and Research

Training Centre run by the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation, Nepal, October 2000. One-week training program for 18 young Asian biologists in field methods for studying Galliformes, with Drs. Peter Garson and Phil McGowan

Research Associate, Tall Timbers Research Station, Inc., 2000-Present

Conference co-organizer, Conservation of Cracids and quails of Mexico and northern Central America, Neotropical Ornithological Congress, Monterrey, Mexico, IUCN-SSC Cracid Specialist Group and IUCN-SSC Partridge, Quail, and Francolin Specialist Group, 1999

Organizing committee, 22nd Annual Southeastern Conservation Tillage Conference for Sustainable Agriculture, 1999

Research Committee, Southeast Quail Study Group, 1998-Present

Secretary, World Pheasant Association-USA, 1998-Present

Advisory Trustee, Game Conservancy-USA, 1998-Present

Organizing Committee, Nepal 2000: International Galliformes Symposium, Kathmandu, Nepal, World Pheasant Association, 1998-Present

Organizing Committee, Nashville 2000: The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, The Wildlife Society, 1998-1999

Member, Conservation Committee, World Pheasant Association, 1996-Present

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