T. Wayne Schwertner
Assistant Professor
Department of Wildlife , Suatainability and Ecosystem Scienc
Tarleton State University
United States of America
Biography
T. Wayne Schwertner is an Assistant Professor in WSES at Tarleton and is a research wildlife biologist with Texas A&M AgriLife Research. He has extensive experience conducting research and management of game bird populations, including doves. Prior to coming to Tarleton, Dr. Schwertner had a twelve-year career with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, including duties as the Statewide White-winged Dove Program Leader. During this time, he played a key role in implementing Texas’s first statewide white-winged dove survey, as well as the ongoing white-winged dove banding project. Dr. Schwertner has experience in modeling population dynamics and habitat relationships of a number of vertebrate species.
Research Interest
Society, Natural Resources & Environment and Wildlife
Publications
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MELTON KB, DREIBELBIS JZ, AGUIRRE R,COLLIER BA SCHWERTNER TW, PETERSON MJ et al. (2008) Abnormal eggs in Rio Grande wild turkey in Edwards Plateau, Texas. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120: 226–228
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SCHWERTNER TW, PETERSON MJ,SILVY NJ (2006) Multi-scale asynchrony and spatial structuring of medium-sized carnivore abundance trends in central Texas, 1978–2003. Texas Journal of Science. 58: 155–168
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SMALL MF,BACCUS JT,SCHWERTNER TW (2010) Productivity in an urban White-winged Dove population on the Edwards Plateau, Texas. Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society. 43(1-2): 62-67
