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Kimberly G. Smith

Kimberly G. Smith

Phone: 575-6359
kgsmith@uark.edu

Degrees:

Ph.D. Utah State University, 1982

Research Interests:

Conservation biology, plant-animal relationships, vertebrate community dynamics, life history characteristics of vertebrate populations, role of food in structuring vertebrate communities, vertebrate reproductive ecology, habitat selection of vertebrates, tropical ecology, Bolivia, neotropical migratory warblers, and periodical cicadas.

Academic Interests:

Community, vertebrate, and tropical ecology.

Lab Website:

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Recent Publications:

Spurrier, S. E., and K. G. Smith. 2007.  Desert mistletoe (Phoradendron californicum) infestation correlates with blue palo verde (Cercidium floridum) mortality during a severe drought in the Mojave Desert.  J. Arid Environments 69:189-197.

Spurrier, S. E., and K. G. Smith. 2006. Watering blue palo verde (Cercidium floridum) affects berry maturation of parasitic desert mistletoe (Phoradendron californicum) during an extreme drought in the Mojave Desert. J. Arid Environments 64:369-373.

Barnhill, R. A., D. Weyer, W. F. Young, K. G. Smith, and D. A. James. 2005. Breeding biology of Jabirus, Jabiru mycteria, in Belize. Wilson Bull. 117:142-153.

Walter, W. D., D. M. Leslie, Jr., J. H. Herner-Thogmartin, K. G. Smith, and M. E. Cartwright. 2005. Efficacy of immobilizing free-ranging elk with TelazolR and xylazine hydrochloride using transmitter-equipped darts. J. Wildl. Diseases 41:395-400.

Dunn, E. H., C. M. Francis, P. J. Blancher, S. R. Drennan, M. A. Howe, D. Lepage, C. S. Robbins, K. V. Rosenberg, J. R. Sauer, and K. G. Smith. 2005. Enhancing the scientific value of the Christmas Bird Count. Auk 122:338-346.