programs Natural Resources

Research Reports Archive

2020-2022

• Landscape Assessment of West and South Texas Grasslands to Inform Conservation of Spot-tailed Earless Lizards in Texas (PDF)
  Supplemental data (PDF)
  Kahl et al. Texas Tech University. March 2022.
• Multiple Freshwater Mussel Species in the Brazos River, Colorado River and Guadalupe River Basins (PDF)
  Bonner et al. Texas State University. March 2020.
• Distribution and Abundance of the Texas Heelsplitter (Potamilus amphichaenus) and Louisiana Pigtoe (Pleurobema riddellii) (PDF)
  Banta et al. University of Texas at Tyler. January 2020.

2019

• Movement and Habitat Use of the Plateau Spot-tailed Earless Lizard (Holbrookia lacerata) and the Tamaulipan Spot-tailed Earless Lizard (Holbrookia subcaudalis): 2017-2019 (PDF)
  LaDuc et al. University of Texas at Austin. December 2019.
• Development and Application of a Novel Suite of Field Survey Methods to Inform Conservation of the Rio Grande Cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi) (PDF)
  Davis et al. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. December 2019.
• Texas Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys elator) (PDF)
  Stuhler et al. Texas Tech University. December 2019.
• Translocation of Dunes Sagebrush Lizards (Sceloporus arenicolus) to Unoccupied Habitat in Crane County, Texas (PDF)
  Parker et al. Texas A&M University. December 2019.
• Louisiana Pigtoe Genomic Research (PDF)
  Williams et al. University of Texas at Tyler. June 2019.
• Frac Sand Facilities and Their Potential Effects on the Groundwater Resources of the Monahans-Mescalero Sand Ecosystem, Permian Basin, Texas (PDF)
  Robert E. Mace. Texas State University. January 2019.

2018

• Monarch Butterfly (PDF)
  Janis K. Bush et al. University of Texas at San Antonio. December 2018.
• Investigations on Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in Texas Using a Spatially Explicit Functional Connectivity Approach (PDF)
  Coulson et al. Texas A&M University. December 2018.
• Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) (PDF)
  Amanda A. Moore. Texas State University. November 2018.
• Dunes Sagebrush Lizard – Alpha Texas Habitat Model (PDF)
  Hardy et al. Texas State University. September 2018.
• Potential Effects of the Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) on Survivorship of Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Eggs and Larvae in Northeast Texas
  Jeff Kopachena and Bukuo Ni. Texas A&M University Commerce. September 2018.
• Freshwater Mussel Species of the Brazos River, Colorado River and Guadalupe River basins (PDF)
  Bonner et al. Texas State University. August 2018.
• Aquatic Surveys of Delaware River of Texas (PDF)
  Timothy H. Bonner and Bradley M. Littrell. Texas State University. June 2018.
• Collaborative Research on the Natural History of the Enigmatic Spot-tailed Earless Lizard (Holbrookia lacerata) in Texas (PDF)
  Travis J. LaDuc et al. University of Texas at Austin. May 2018.
• Current Status, Critical Habitat and General Ecology of the Bluehead Shiner (Pteronotropis hubbsi) in Texas (PDF)
  Chad W. Hargrave and Kaitlen P. Gary. Sam Houston State University. March 2018.

2017

• Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) (PDF)
  Amanda A. Moore. Texas State University. December 2017.
• Evaluation of the Status of the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) With an Emphasis on its Current Populations, Host Plant Availability and Disease Threat in East Texas (PDF)
  Cook et al. Sam Houston State University. 2017.
• Conservation Status of the Plains Spotted Skunk (Spilogale putorius interrupta) in Texas, with an Assessment of Genetic Variability in the Species (PDF)
  Dowler et al. San Angelo State University. October 2017.
• Prairie Chub (PDF)
  Bonner et al. Texas State University. July 2017.
• Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae): Central and West Texas (PDF)
  Randklev et al. Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources. April 2017.
• Freshwater Mussels, East Texas (PDF)
  Ford et al. University of Texas at Tyler. February 2017.
• Integrated Conservation Biology of the Desert (Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii) and Western Massasauga (S. c. tergeminus) at the Species and Population Level (PDF)
  Placyk et al. University of Texas-Tyler. January 2017.
• Sprague’s Pipit (PDF)
  Joseph A. Veech. Texas State University. January 2017.

2016

• Endangered Species Research Projects for the Louisiana Pine Snake (PDF)
  Hibbitts et al. Texas A&M University. December 2016.
• Habitat Modeling and Conservation of the Western Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria) in Texas (PDF)
  Ryberg et al. Texas A&M University. August 2016.
• Pilot Study on the Potential Role of Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) on Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Reproductive Recruitment in Northeast Texas (PDF)
  Kopachena et al. Sam Houston State University. July 2016.

2015

• Evaluation of Sprague’s Pipits' Conservation Status on their Wintering Grounds in Texas (PDF)
  Long et al. Texas A&M University. September 2015.