Research Interests:

• Migratory Songbird Ecology

• Endangered Species Management

• Brown-headed Cowbird Parasitism

• Landscape Ecology

• Prothonotary Warbler nesting ecology

• Grassland bird winter habitat use

Recent Publications:

Wood, D.R. and F.J. Vilella. In press.  Spring Songbird Migration Banding at Davis Bayou, Gulf Islands National Seashore 2000-2001.  Mississippi Kite.

Wood, D. R., F. J. Vilella, and L. W. Burger, Jr. 2001.  Red-cockaded Woodpecker Banding at Bienville National Forest, Mississippi. North American Bird Bander 26:16-19.

Wood, D.R., Multi-resolution Assessment of the Foraging and Reproductive Ecology of  Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in a Mississippi Loblolly-Shortleaf Pine Forest.  Dissertation, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi 223pp.

Wood, D.R., F. J. Vilella, L. W. Burger, Jr., and J. W. Armacost, Jr. 2001. Surveying nocturnal bird communities of the Southeast with silent and playback methods. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 55.

Wood, D. R., L. W. Burger, Jr., F. J. Vilella, and B. E. Raulston. 2000. Long-term effects of red-cockaded woodpecker cavity restrictors. Wildlife Society Bulletin 28:105-109.

Bowman, J. L., D. R. Wood, F. J. Vilella, B. D. Leopold, L. W. Burger, Jr., and K. D. Godwin. 1999.  Effects of red-cockaded woodpecker management on vegetation composition, structure, and subsequent impacts on game species. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 53:220-234.

Wood, D. R., and G. A. Hurst. 1999. Red-cockaded Woodpeckers and Turkeys: Birds of a Feather? Turkey and Turkey Hunting Magazine 16:32-34.

D. R. Wood. In press. The Downy Woodpecker. The Birds of Washington State.

D. R. Wood. In press. The Hairy Woodpecker. The Birds of Washington State.

D. R. Wood. In press. The Northern Flicker. The Birds of Washington State.

Other:

General Zoology Coordinator
Curator, SOSU Ornithological Collection (~350 specimens)