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Bird assemblage response to restoration of fire‐suppressed longleaf pine sandhills 

Steen, David A.; Conner, L. M.; Smith, Lora L.; Provencher, Louis; Hiers, J. Kevin; Pokswinski, Scott; Helms, Brian S.; Guyer, Craig (2022-09-15)
The ecological restoration of fire‐suppressed habitats may require a multifaceted approach. Removal of hardwood trees together with reintroduction of fire has been suggested as a method of restoring fire‐suppressed longleaf ...

Interspecific combat observed among viperid snakes 

Steen, David A.; Kelly, Dawn; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3031-7557 (2019-10-22)

Landscape-level influences of terrestrial snake occupancy within the southeastern United States 

Steen, David A.; McClure, Christopher J. W.; Brock, Jean C.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Pierce, Josh B.; Lee, James R.; Humphries, W. Jeffrey; Gregory, Beau B.; Sutton, William B.; Smith, Lora L.; Baxley, Danna L.; Stevenson, Dirk J.; Guyer, Craig; 0000-0002-3031-7557; 0000-0003-4909-2690 (2020-04-02)
Habitat loss and degradation are thought to be the primary drivers of species extirpations, but for many species we have little information regarding specific habitats that influence occupancy. Snakes are of conservation ...

An Overlooked Hotspot? Rapid Biodiversity Assessment Reveals a Region of Exceptional Herpetofaunal Richness in the Southeastern United States 

Graham, Sean P.; Steen, David A.; Nelson, Kerry T.; Durso, Andrew M.; Maerz, John C (2022-07-29)
We conducted a competitive bioblitz survey in four Georgia counties to raise awareness of a unique and species rich herpetofauna in the Pine Mountain/ Fall Line Sandhills Region of Georgia, and compared documented species ...