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Douglas A. James Office: SCEN 737 |
Degrees:
Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1957.Research Interests:
My research stresses community ecology of birds. I am completing a study comparing community ecology of shrubland birds in Africa, Asia, North and Central America. I also study endangered species: Great Hornbill, Bald Eagle, Red-cockaded Woodpecker. My students and I study behavioral ecology, too. My recent and current graduate students have projects concerning Bald Eagle roost dynamics, rail habitats and home ranges, West Nile Virus in Ozark birds, forest fragmentation and the Crested Goshawk in Taiwan, winter habitats of shrubland birds, avian populations in Central American, bat and amphibian ecology, bird and bat migration based on feather/hair isotopes, primate behavior.
Academic Interests:
Ecology and Ornithology, especially avian community and behavioral ecology, and tropical avain ecology.Lab Website:
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Recent Publications:
James, D. A. 2004. Impacts of potential forest change on breeding bird populations in the Ozarks. Proc. Upland Oak Ecology Symposium, USDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Asheville, N.C.Caviness, M. L. and D. A. James 2001. Results of a bat survey in the western Ozark National Forest. J. Ark. Acad. Sci. 55:168-171.
James, D. A., C. J. Kellner, J. Self and J. Davis. 2001. Breeding season distribution of Cerulean Warblers in Arkansas in the 1990s. J. Ark. Acad. Sci. 55:66-74.
Kannan, R. and D. A. James. 1999. Common Peafowl. No. 377, p. 1-16, in The Birds of North America. Philadelphia, PA.
Kannan, R. and D. A. James. 1999. Fruiting phenology and the conservation of the Great Pied Hornbill in the western Ghats of southern India. Biotropica 31:167-177.