MARKUS J. PETERSON

Associate Professor
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Texas A&M University
TAMU 2258
College Station, TX 77843-2258
Office: 011A Nagle Hall (map)
Phone: 979.845.6295
E-mail: mpeterson@tamu.edu

Keywords: conservation biology, wildlife ecology, wildlife management

Interests:
Biodiversity conservation; sustainable use of natural resources; environmental policy formation and implementation; factors influencing animal abundance such as parasitism-disease, predation, weather, habitat, and human exploitation.

Disciplines: Community Ecology & Population Biology

Selected publications:

Note:(name and name indicates the author was a Graduate Student or Postdoctoral Research Associate, respectively, at the time project was conducted)

Dixon, T. P., R. R. Lopez, M. J. Peterson, R. A. McCleery, and� N. J. Silvy. 2008. Field-level spatial factors, associated edges, and dickcissel nesting ecology on reclaimed lands in Texas. Landscape and Urban Planning 86(1): 60-65.

Dreibelbis, J. Z., K. B. Melton, R. Aguirre, B. A. Collier, J. Hardin, N. J. Silvy, and M. J. Peterson. 2008. Predation of Rio Grande wild turkey nests on the Edwards Plateau, Texas. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120(4): 906-910.

Faulhaber, C. A., N. J. Silvy, R. R. Lopez, P. A. Frank, and M. J. Peterson. 2008. Diurnal habitat use by Lower Keys marsh rabbits. Journal of Wildlife Management 72(5): 1161-1167.

Ferro, P. J., J. El-Attrach, X. Fang, S. N. Rollo, A. Jester, T. Merendino, M. J. Peterson, and B. Lupiani. 2008. Avian influenza surveillance in hunter-harvested waterfowl from the Gulf Coast of Texas (November 2005-January 2006). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44(2): 434-439.

Melton, K. B., J. Z. Dreibelbis, R. Aguirre, B. A. Collier, T. W. Schwertner, M. J. Peterson, and N. J. Silvy. 2008. Abnormal eggs of Rio Grande wild turkeys on Edwards Plateau, Texas. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120(1): 226-228.

Morrison, M. L., W. M. Block, M. D. Strickland, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Peterson. 2008. Wildlife study design. Second edition. Springer, New York, New York, USA.

Schmidt, P. M., and M. J. Peterson. 2009. Biodiversity conservation and indigenous land management in the era of self-determination. Conservation Biology 23: In Press.

Collier, B. A., D. A. Jones, J. N. Schaap, C. J. Randel, III, B. J. Willsey, R. Aguirre, T. W. Schwertner, N. J. Silvy, and M. J. Peterson. 2007. Survival of Rio Grande wild turkeys on the Edwards Plateau of Texas. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(1): 82-86.

Collier, B. A., K. B. Melton, J. Z. Dreibelbis, W. P. Kuvlesky, G. A. Proudfoot, R. Aguirre, D. G. Hewitt, T. W. Schwertner, S. J. DeMaso, N. J. Silvy, and M. J. Peterson. 2007. Variation in brood sex ratios of Texas Rio Grande wild turkeys. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(6): 1793-1799.

Faulhaber, C. A., N. D. Perry, N. J. Silvy, R. R. Lopez, P. A. Frank, P. T. Hughes, and M. J. Peterson. 2007. Updated distribution of the Lower Keys marsh rabbit. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(1): 208-212.

Hern�ndez, F., and M. J. Peterson. 2007. Northern bobwhite ecology and life history.� Pages 40–64 in L. A. Brennan, editor. Texas quails: Ecology and management. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas, USA.

Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, M. J. Peterson, and S. J. DeMaso. 2007. Evidence of regionally synchronized cycles in Texas quail population dynamics. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(3): 837-843.

Peterson, M. J. 2007. Bobwhites on the Blackland Prairies. Pages 184-201 in L. A. Brennan, editor. Texas quails: Ecology and management. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas, USA.

Peterson, M. J. 2007. Diseases and parasites of Texas quails. Pages 89-114 in L. A. Brennan, editor. Texas quails: Ecology and management. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas, USA.

Peterson, M. N., M. J. Peterson, and T. R. Peterson. 2007. Environmental communication: Why this crisis discipline should facilitate environmental democracy. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture 1(1): 74-86.

Peterson, M. N., M. J. Peterson, T. R. Peterson, and J. Lui. 2007. A household perspective for biodiversity conservation. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(4): 1243-1248.

Randel, C. J., R. Aguirre, M. J. Peterson, and N. J. Silvy. 2007. Invertebrate abundance at Rio Grande wild turkey brood locations. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(7): 2417-2420.