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Advancing methods for estimating and modeling breeding bird distributions for conservation and management 

Parvin, Lucas (2026-04-23)  ETD File Embargoed
Effective conservation depends on reliable inference about where species occur and how they respond to environmental change, yet both goals are often undermined by limitations in monitoring design and the scale-dependence ...

Quantifying the movements of Paddlefish Polyodon spathula in the lower Alabama River and Mobile-Tensaw River Delta 

Lee, William (2026-08-06)
Paddlefish Polyodon spathula are mobile potamodromous fish that move among riverine, deltaic, and estuarine habitats in coastal drainages. Despite a reasonable amount of research having been conducted on Paddlefish life ...

Remote sensing for adaptive management: Leveraging Landsat-based tools to support spatially explicit decision-making in Alabama’s Wildlife Management Areas 

Abubakar, Sinka Khadijah (2025-07-14)  ETD File Embargoed
Adaptive management emphasizes continuous improvement by learning from outcomes and adjusting strategies. It requires real-time data that static models cannot provide. To address this, we developed a land cover classification ...

Spatial and Behavioral Dynamics of Socially Isolated Wild Pigs Following Sounder Removal 

Gomez-Maldonado, Sebastian (2025-07-31)
Effective management of invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) requires understanding how individuals respond to social disruption. We GPS-collared 18 female wild pigs to evaluate spatial behavioral changes following partial ...