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Publications

 

This is a collection of peer-reviewed publications produced by members of our research lab. If available, article abstracts may be accessed by clicking on the citation. Reprints for personal academic use may be requested by emailing us at andrewswildlifelab@gmail.com.

 

Peer-reviewed Articles

2019

Rivera, B., K. Cook, K. Andrews, M. S. Atkinson, and A. E. Savage. 2019. Pathogen infection dynamics differ in an invasive island-dwelling frog compared to native species. Ecohealth: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-019-01432-4.

2018

Mascovich, K. A., L. M. Larson, and K. M. Andrews. 2018. Lights on, or lights off? Hotel guests’ response to non-personal educational outreach designed to protect nesting sea turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 17: 206-215.

Ballard, A., K. M. Andrews, and J. E. Colbert. 2018. Lampropeltis getula getula (eastern kingsnake) diet and habitat use. Herpetological Review

49: 344-345.

Mascovich, K. A., and K. M. Andrews. 2018. Apparent sleeping behaviors observed during nesting events in loggerhead sea turtles. Marine Turtle Newsletter 155: 1-3.

Flower, J. E., T. M. Norton, K. M. Andrews, C. E. Parker, M. Romero, K. E. Rockwell, and M. A. Mitchell. 2018. Baseline corticosterone, hematology, and biochemistry results and correlations to reproductive success in nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 49: 9-17.

2017

DeSha, J. N., J. Colbert, K. M. Andrews, S. Coleman, and C. T. Holbrook. 2017. Effects of a prescribed burn of on the adult butterfly community of a coastal grassland. Georgia Journal of Science 75: 1-10.

 

Shamblin, B. M., M. G. Dodd, D. B. Griffin, M. Pate, M. H. Godfrey, M. S. Coyne, K. L. Williams, J. B. Pfaller, B. L. Ondich, K. M. Andrews, R. Boettcher, and C. J. Nairn. 2017. Improved female abundance and reproductive parameter estimates through subpopulation-scale genetic capture-recapture of loggerhead turtles. Marine Biology 2017: 164:138 doi:10.1007/s00227-017-3166-1.

 

Skupien, G. M., and K. M. Andrews. 2017. Factors Influencing the Abundance of American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) on Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA. Journal of Herpetology 51: 89-94.

2016

Skupien, G. M., K. M. Andrews, and T. M. Norton. 2016. Benefits and biases of VHF and GPS telemetry: A case study of American alligator spatial ecology. Wildlife Society Bulletin 40: 772-780.

Murphy, C. M., J. C. Maerz, K. M. Andrews, and T. D. Tuberville. 2016. Evaporative water loss rates of four species of aquatic turtles from the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States. Journal of Herpetology 457-463.

Skupien, G. M., K. M. Andrews, and L. R. Larson. 2016. Teaching tolerance? Effects of conservation education programs on wildlife acceptance capacity for the American alligator. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 21: 264-279.

Crawford, B. A., and K. M. Andrews. 2016. Drivers’ attitudes toward wildlife-vehicle collisions with reptiles and other taxa. Animal Conservation 19: 444-450.

2015

Tuberville, T. D., K. M. Andrews, J. H. Sperry, and A. M. Grosse. 2015. Use of the NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index as an assessment tool for reptiles and amphibians: Lessons learned. Environmental Management 56: 822-834.

 

Flower, J. E., T. M. Norton, K. M. Andrews, C. E. Parker, L. M. Romero, and M. A. Mitchell. 2015. The use of baseline corticosterone, hematologic, and biochemistry results to assess the health status and reproductive success of nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Conservation Physiology 3: cov003 doi:10.1093/conphys/cov003.

2014

Colbert, J. E., K. M. Andrews, and T. M. Norton. 2014. Agkistrodon piscivorus (Cottonmouth). Prey and diet size. Herpetological Review 45: 703-704.

 

White, K. N., K. M. Andrews, and E. B. Chapman. 2014. Coluber (Masticophis) flagellum (Coachwhip). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 45: 706-707.

2013

Ondich, B. L. and K. M. Andrews. 2013. A history of sea turtle tagging and monitoring on Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA. Marine Turtle Newsletter 138: 11-15.

Books & Contributed Chapters

2018

Norton, T. M.K. M. Andrews, and L. L. Smith. 2019. Working with free ranging reptiles. In: S. Divers and S. Stahl (eds.), Mader’s Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery, pp. 1366-1381. Elsevier Press, Cambridge, MA. 

Andrews, K. M., G. M. Skupien, and R. G. Bauer. 2018. Alternative management tools for American alligators. In: S. Henke and C. Eversole (eds.), pp. 329-347. American Alligators: Habitats, Behaviors, and Threats. Nova Publishing, Hauppage, NY.

 

Bauer, R. G., T. M. Norton, K. M. Andrews, and G. M. Skupien. 2018. Environmental toxicology and health assessments of the American alligator. In: S. Henke and C. Eversole (eds.), pp. 215-254. American Alligators: Habitats, Behaviors, and Threats. Nova Publishing, Hauppage, NY.

2017

 

Andrews, K. M. and J. L. Waldron. 2017. Comparative overwintering ecology of a coastal and an inland population of canebrake rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) in the southern United States. In: M. J. Dreslik, W. K. Hayes. S. J. Beaupre, and S. P. Mackessy (eds.), pp. 196-212. Biology of the Rattlesnakes (vol. 2). ECO Herpetological Publishing and Distribution, Rodeo, NM.

2013

Norton, T. M., K. M. Andrews, and L. L. Smith. 2013. Amphibian and reptile capture, handling and marking techniques and telemetry application. In: D. R. Mader and S. J. Divers (eds.), pp. 310-340. Reptile Medicine and Surgery: Current Therapy. Elsevier Press, Cambridge, MA.

Andrews, K. M. 2013. Road cruising. In: G. J. Graeter, K. A. Buhlmann, L. R. Wilkinson, and J. W. Gibbons (eds.), Inventory and Monitoring: Recommended Techniques for Reptiles and Amphibians, with Application to the United States and Canada, pp. 94-98. Partners and Amphibians and Reptiles Conservation (PARC) Publication Technical Publication IM-1, High Cotton, Birmingham, AL.

Andrews, K. M., B. D. Todd, and L. A. Fedewa. 2013. Threats to amphibians and reptiles. In: G. J. Graeter, K. A. Buhlmann, L. R. Wilkinson, and J. W. Gibbons (eds.), Inventory and Monitoring: Recommended Techniques for Reptiles and Amphibians, with Application to the United States and Canada, pp. 2-11. Partners and Amphibians and Reptiles Conservation (PARC) Technical Publication IM-1, High Cotton, Birmingham, AL.

2012

Tuberville, T. D., K. M. Andrews, J. D. Westervelt, H. E. Balbach, J. Macey, and L. Carlile. 2012. Using demographic sensitivity testing to guide management for gopher tortoises on Fort Stewart, Georgia: a comparison of individual-based modeling and population viability analysis approaches. In J. D. Westervelt and G. L. Cohen (eds.), Ecologist-Developed Spatially-Explicit Dynamic Landscape Models, pp. 109-131. Springer Press, New York, NY.

Student Theses & Dissertations

Mascovich, K. A. 2018. The nesting ecology of sea turtles: managing people, infrastructure, and habitat. Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Paden, L. M. 2018. Spatial effects of translocation on gopher tortoises in southeast Georgia. Masters thesis. Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Colbert, J. E. 2016. Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) population and behavioral response to prescribed fire in maritime grasslands. Masters thesis. Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Skupien, G. M. 2015. Wildlife conservation in a developing landscape: interfacing biological research and science-based public awareness. Masters thesis. Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Publications prior to 2012 are available upon request at kma77@uga.edu.

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