- Thomas P. Husband
- tom@uri.edu
- University of Rhode Island
- Department of Natural Resources Science
- Coastal Institute in Kingston, #107
- 1 Greenhouse Road
- Kingston, RI 02881
- Voice:(401)-874-2912
- Fax:(401)-874-4561
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Professor of Wildlife Biology & Department Chairman |
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Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1977 Dr. Husband conducts both basic and applied research on a wide variety of topics. Prominent are: wildlife use of wetland buffers and forest edges; effects of mute swan herbivory; population ecology, behavior, and genetics of the endangered Cretan wild goat; conservation genetics of cottontail rabbits; population ecology of dragonflies; habitat use of deer as determined by GPS tracking; and faunal inventory of the Brazilian Atlantic forest. Representative Publications: Stevens, S.M., and T.P. Husband. 1998. "Influence of edge on small mammals: Evidence from Brazialian Atlantic forest fragments." Biological Conservation, 85:1-8. Kowal, D., and T.P. Husband. 1996. "Characteristics of trees with excavated cavities used by birds in Rhode Island." Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, 13:16-18. Husband, T.P. 1996. "Genes, populations, and species." Review. Journal of Wildlife Management, 60:210-212. |
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