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Overview

John C. Kilgo is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology. Their research addresses various aspects of wildlife ecology, animal behavior, and conservation, contributing to multiple subfields including small animals, agronomy and crop science, genetics, and insect science.

They have published extensively in several scientific journals, with frequent contributions to the Journal of Wildlife Management and Wildlife Society Bulletin, each featuring six of their publications. Other notable publication venues include Ecosphere and Ecology and Evolution, both with four publications, and Scientific Reports with two.

Their research topics encompass a range of wildlife and ecological studies:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management

Among recent scientific papers illustrating the scope of their work are the following:

  • Coyote diet in North America: geographic and ecological patterns during range expansion (2022, Mammal Review)
  • Food resources affect territoriality of invasive wild pig sounders with implications for control (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Multi-level movement response of invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) to removal (2020, Pest Management Science)
  • Relative reproductive phenology and synchrony affect neonate survival in a nonprecocial ungulate (2020, Functional Ecology)
  • Factors Affecting Bait Site Visitation: Area of Influence of Baits (2020, Wildlife Society Bulletin)

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of their research, with frequent coauthors including Charles Ruth, Jay Cantrell, Michael J. Chamberlain, James E. Garabedian, and Bret A. Collier. These partnerships have occurred multiple times, with individual coauthor counts ranging from nine to twelve joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Influences of hunting on the behavior of white-tailed deer: implications for conservation of the Florida panther

    John C. Kilgo;Ronald F. Labisky;Duane E. Fritzen

  • EFFECT OF HABITAT AND FORAGING HEIGHT ON BAT ACTIVITY IN THE COASTAL PLAIN OF SOUTH CAROLINA

    Jennifer M. Menzel;Michael A. Menzel;John C. Kilgo;W. Mark Ford

  • Predation by coyotes on white‐tailed deer neonates in South Carolina

    John C. Kilgo;H. Scott Ray;Mark Vukovich;Matthew J. Goode

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  • Importance of Coarse Woody Debris to Avian Communities in Loblolly Pine Forests

    Steven M. Lohr;Sidney A. Gauthreaux;John C. Kilgo

  • Can Coyotes Affect Deer Populations in Southeastern North America

    John C. Kilgo;H. Scott Ray;Charles Ruth;Karl V. Miller

  • Effect of stand width and adjacent habitat on breeding bird communities in bottomland hardwoods

    John C. Kilgo;Robert A. Sargent

  • Ecology and management of a forested landscape : fifty years on the Savannah River Site

    John C. Kilgo;John Irvin Blake;H. Ronald Pulliam

  • Presence and Absence of Bats Across Habitat Scales in the Upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina

    W. Mark Ford;Jennifer M. Menzel;Michael A. Menzel;John W. Edwards

  • Quantifying drivers of wild pig movement across multiple spatial and temporal scales

    Shannon L. Kay;Justin W. Fischer;Andrew J. Monaghan;James C. Beasley

  • White-tailed deer population dynamics and adult female survival in the presence of a novel predator

    Michael C. Chitwood;Marcus A. Lashley;John C. Kilgo;Christopher E. Moorman

  • FINE-SCALE GENETIC STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN FEMALE WHITE-TAILED DEER

    Christopher E. Comer;John C. Kilgo;Gino J. D'angelo;Travis C. Glenn

  • Seasonal Food Habits of the Coyote in the South Carolina Coastal Plain

    Joshua D. Schrecengost;John C. Kilgo;David Mallard;H. Scott Ray

  • Influences of Hunting on the Behavior of White-Tailed Deer: Implications for Conservation of the Florida Panther

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  • Do Biological and Bedsite Characteristics Influence Survival of Neonatal White-Tailed Deer?

    M. Colter Chitwood;Marcus A. Lashley;John C. Kilgo;Kenneth H. Pollock

  • Coyote Removal, Understory Cover, and Survival of White-Tailed Deer Neonates

    John C. Kilgo;Mark Vukovich;H. Scott Ray;Christopher E. Shaw

  • Amphibian and reptile community response to coarse woody debris manipulations in upland loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) forests

    Audrey K. Owens;Kurtis R. Moseley;Timothy S. McCay;Steven B. Castleberry

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of beetles associated with coarse woody debris in managed bottomland hardwood forests.

    Michael D. Ulyshen;James L. Hanula;Scott Horn;John C. Kilgo

  • Hooded Warbler Nesting Success Adjacent to Group-selection and Clearcut Edges in a Southeastern Bottomland Forest

    Christopher E. Moorman;David C. Guynn;John C. Kilgo

  • Effects of scale of movement, detection probability, and true population density on common methods of estimating population density

    David A. Keiter;Amy J. Davis;Olin E. Rhodes;Fred L. Cunningham

  • BAT RESPONSE TO CAROLINA BAYS AND WETLAND RESTORATION IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COASTAL PLAIN

    Jennifer M. Menzel;Michael A. Menzel;John C. Kilgo;W. Mark Ford

  • Influence of coarse woody debris on the soricid community in southeastern Coastal Plain pine stands

    Justin C. Davis;Steven B. Castleberry;John C. Kilgo

  • Seasonal diets of insectivorous birds using canopy gaps in a bottomland forest

    Christopher E. Moorman;Liessa T. Bowen;John C. Kilgo;Clyde E. Sorenson

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl V. Miller
Karl V. Miller University of Georgia
Christopher E. Moorman
Christopher E. Moorman North Carolina State University
James C. Beasley
James C. Beasley University of Georgia
M. Nils Peterson
M. Nils Peterson North Carolina State University
Kurt C. VerCauteren
Kurt C. VerCauteren United States Department of Agriculture
W. Mark Ford
W. Mark Ford United States Geological Survey
James L. Hanula
James L. Hanula US Forest Service
Michael D. Ulyshen
Michael D. Ulyshen US Forest Service
Michael J. Chamberlain
Michael J. Chamberlain University of Georgia
Samantha M. Wisely
Samantha M. Wisely University of Florida

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