Honors and Awards

2005 Distinguished Scientist Award - Texas Academy of Science
2003 Outstanding Naturalist Award - The Valley Nature Center
1998 Minnie Stevens Piper Nominee - UTPA
1991 Leadership Award, Texas Agricultural Extension Service
1985 Annual Conservation Award, Frontera Audubon Society
1984 Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award (Research), P. A. U.
1983 Distinguished Faculty Award, Pan American University
1982 Fellow, Texas Academy of Sciences
1970 & 1971 Fellowship, Department of Biology, Texas Tech University

Grants and Contracts Received

2003. Coastal Coordination Council, Coastal Management Program grant for "Impact of Devegetation and Dune Migration on the Texas Barrier Islands". $20,402.15 for one year beginning in October 2003. K.R. Summy, F.W.Judd, R.I. Lonard, and R. Mazariegos are Co-PIs. Summy is Project Manager.

2003. Nature Conservancy of Texas contract for "A survey and Baseline Investigation of Invasive Vascular Plants at the Southmost Nature
Conservancy Preserve, Cameron County, Texas". $2,296 for 17 monthsJuly 1, 2003 to Dec. 31, 2004. R.I. Lonard and F.W. Judd are CoPIs.

2000 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Advanced Research Program grant for "Evaluation of Rio Grande Wildlife Corridor Revegetation Efforts" $73,213 over two years, Jan. 1, 2000 to December 31, 2001. Judd and Lonard are Co-PIs.

1999 Subcontract with UT Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology for an Environmental Protection Agency contract titled "Regional Ecological Resource Assessment of the Rio Grande Riparian Cooridor: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding Anthropogenic Effects on Riparian Communities in Semi-Arid Environments". $106,699 over three years, Sept. 1, 1999 to August 31, 2002. Judd and Lonard are Co- PIs

1998 Advanced Technology Program, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, “Remote Sensing of Rio Grande Delta Marshes”, $74, 139 over two years. Judd is pricipal investigator and director. Dr. Robert Lonard is co- principal investigator. This is U.T.-P.A.’s part of a collaborative project with Dr. Melba Crawford at U. T. Austin. 

1998 NASA equipment grant “Center for Remote Sensing in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas”, $69, 932 over one year. Judd is principal investigator and director. Five colleagues at UTPA are collaborators.

1997 Faculty Research Grant, U.T.P.A., “Remote Sensing of the Lomas in the Rio Grande Delta”, $1,491 over one year. Judd is co- investigator with Dr. R. I. Lonard and Mr. D. L. Hockaday. 

1996 Advanced Research Program, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, “Remote Sensing of Rio Grande Floodplain Vegetation”, $51,917 over two years. Judd is co-investigator with Dr. R. I. Lonard. This is U.T.-P.A.’s part of a collaborative project with Dr. Melba Crawford (U.T.-Austin) and Dr. Mita Desai (U.T.-San Antonio). Total award for all three universites is $175,673. 

1996 NASA, “Initiative for Development of Minority Institution Research,”  $499,093 over Three years. Judd is co-investigator with seven colleagues at U.T.-P.A.

1995 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, “Population Density and Biomass of Siren at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge,” $1,000 for one year.

1993 Texas General Land Office Contract, “Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography on the Impact of Discharges from the Rio Grande and Arroyo Colorado,” $44,995. 10-1-93 to 7-30-94 (with D. L. Hockaday).

1993 U.T.-P.A. Faculty Research Grant, “A Phytosociological Investigation of the vegetation of the Rio Grande in Southern Texas”, $ 1,718.37 (with R. I. Lonard). 

1991 N.O.A.A. Sea Grant Program. Texas A&M University. “Marine Education: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Minority Science Programs.” $99,387 over two years. Co-investigator with Rick Tinnin, Univ. Texas Marine Science Institute. Tinnin is project director.

1990 N.S.F. Grant “Minority Participation in Southern Marine Laboratory Research, Academic Programs and Field Activities”. Nine participating laboratories. U.T.-P.A., Coastal Studies Lab receives $28,000 over two years. Judd is Director of CSL project.

1989 Advanced Technology Program, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, “Using Remote Sensing Techniques to Monitor the Distribution and Abundance of Oyster Reefs”, $15,045. Two years.

1989 The Nature Conservancy, Texas Chapter, “Population Structure, Density, and Fecundity of the Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri”, $1,320.

1987 The Center for Field Research, “Reproductive Ecology of the Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri”, $13,738.

1986 The Center for Field Research, “Fecundity of the Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri”, $12,600.

1985 N.S.F. RIMI Grant, Community Ecology of Laguna Madre and South Padre Island”, $273,091, 3 years (with R. I. Lonard, T. C. Allison, and R. J. Edwards. Judd is Director).

1984 P.A.U. Faculty Research Grant, “Fecundity of the Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri”, $4,920.

1983 Caesar Kleberg Foundation for Wildlife Conservation, “Woody Plants of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas”, $6,750 (with R. I. Lonard, J. Everitt, and N. Brown).

1982 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, “Status of Siren intermedia texana, Notophthalmus meridionalis and Crotaphytus reticulatus”, $4,413.

1981 P.A.U. Faculty-Student Research Grant, “Effects of arsenic on water balance of albino mice”, $667 (with S. Rodriguez).

1981 E.P.A. MIRS Program, “Effects of pentavalent arsenical compounds on the resistance of albino mice to infection with Salmonella typhimurium”, $104,164, 3 years (with N. L. Savage).

1979 N.S.F. Equipment Grant, “Arsenic accumulation and organ distribution in the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus”, $8,141 (with T. W. Schultz, “Effects of environmental parameters on the persistence and toxicity of aromatic amines”).

1979 P.A.U. Faculty-Student Research Grant, “Reproductive ecology of the South Texas pocket gopher, Geomys personatus”, $542 (with S. M. Doerr).

1978 N.O.A.A. Sea Grant Program, Texas A&M University, “Community structure of a Gulf Coast barrier island, South Padre Island, Texas”, $5,660 (with R. I. Lonard, P. James, and T. Allison).

1977 N.I.H. MBS Grant, “Effects of herbicides on growth, survival, development, reproduction, and behavior of Peromyscus leucopus”, $96,742, 3 years.

1977 P.A.U. Faculty Research Grant, “Effects of prescribed burning on sacahuistal communities in Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge”, $1,200 (with R. I. Lonard).

1974 N.I.H. MBS Grant, “Effects of herbicides on survival, growth, development, reproduction, and behavior of Peromyscus leucopus”, $79,000. Three years.

1973 P.A.U. Faculty Research Grant, “Effects of herbicides on survival, growth, and development of Peromyscus leucopus”, $1,836.

1973 P.A.U. Faculty Research Grant, “Terrestrial ecology of South Padre Island, Texas”, $2,000 (with R. I. Lonard and S. L. Sides).

1967 Society of the Sigma Xi, “Geographic variation of the deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, on the Llano Estacado”, $450.

Publications

1967

1. Judd, F. W. Notes on some mammals from Big Bend National Park. Southwestern Nat. 23: 192-194.

2. Packard, R. L. and F. W. Judd. Two noteworthy records of bats from Chihuahua. Southwestern Nat. 12: 330.

1968

3. Packard, R. L. and F. W. Judd. Comments on some mammals from western Texas. J. Mammalogy. 49: 535-538.

1969

4. Bowers, J. H. and F. W. Judd. Notes on the distribution of Didelphis marsupialis and Citellus spilosoma in western Texas. Texas J. Sci. 20: 277.

5. Judd, F. W. and D. J. Schmidly. Distributional notes for some mammals from western Texas and eastern New Mexico. Texas J. Sci. 20: 381-383.

6. Dalquest, W. W., E. Roth, and F. W. Judd. The mammal fauna of Schultze Cave, Edwards County, Texas. Bull. Florida State Mus. 13: 205-276.

1970

7. Judd, F. W. Geographic variation in the deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, on the Llano Estacado. Southwestern Nat. 14: 261-282.

8. James, P., F. W. Judd, and J. C. Moore. First western Atlantic occurrence of the pigmy killer whale. Fieldiana Zool. 58: 1-3.

1972

9. Judd, F. W. and O. J. Reichman. A comparison of the water requirements of the pocket gophers, Pappogeomys castanops and Thomomys bottae. Southwestern Nat. 17: 302-307.

1974

10. Judd, F. W. Intraspecific variation in blood properties of the keeled earless lizard, Holbrookia propinqua. Herpetologica 30: 99-102.

1975

11. Judd, F. W. Activity and thermal ecology of the keeled earless lizard, Holbrookia propinqua. Herpetologica 31: 137-150.

12. Rose, F. L. and F. W. Judd. Activity and home range size of the Texas tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri, in South Texas. Herpetologica 31: 448-456.

1976

13. Judd, F. W. Food and feeding behavior of the keeled earless lizard, Holbrookia propinqua. Southwestern Nat. 21: 17-26.

14. Judd, F. W. Demography of a barrier island population of Holbrookia propinqua. Occas. Papers, Mus. Texas Tech Univ. 44: 1-45.

1977

15. Judd, F. W., R. I. Lonard and S. L. Sides. The vegetation of South Padre Island, Texas in relation to topography. Southwestern Nat. 22: 31-48.

16. Judd, F. W. and F. L. Rose. Aspects of the thermal biology of Gopherus berlandieri (Reptilia, Testudines, Testudinidae). J. Herpetology 11: 147-153.

1978

17. Judd, F. W. Toxicity of monosodium methanearsonate herbicide to Couch’s spadefoot toad, Scaphiopus couchi. Herpetologica 33: 44-46.  

18. Judd, F. W. and R. K. Ross. Year-to-year variation in clutch size of island and mainland populations of Holbrookia propinqua (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Iguanidae). J. Herpetology 12: 203-207.

19. Atkinson, E. and F. W. Judd. Comparative hematology of Lepomis microlophus and Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum. Copeia 1978: 230-237.

20. Lonard, R. I., F. W. Judd and S. L. Sides. Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of South Padre Island, Texas. Southwestern Nat. 23: 497-510.

21. Rose, F. L. and F. W. Judd. Tiny Tanks (Status of the Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri ). Texas Parks & Wildlife 36: 16-19.

22. Judd, F. W., J. Herrera, and M. Wagner. The relationship between lipid and reproductive cycles of a subtropical population of Peromyscus leucopus. J. Mammalogy 59: 669-676.

1979

23. Judd, F. W. Acute toxicity and effects of sublethal dietary exposure of monosodium methanearsonate herbicide to Peromyscus leucopus (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 22: 143-150.

24. Lopez, J. and F. W. Judd. Effect of sublethal dietary exposure of monosodium methanearsonate herbicide on nest-building behavior of Peromyscus leucopus. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 23: 30-32.

1980

25. Judd, F. W. and J. C. McQueen. Incubation, hatching and growth of the Texas toroise, Gopherus berlandieri J. Herpetology 14: 377-380.

26. Judd, F. W. and J. Lopez. Intraspecific variation in nest-building behavior of the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus. Southwestern Nat. 25: 438-441.

27. Lonard, R. I. and F. W. Judd. Phytogeography of South Padre Island, Texas. Southwestern Nat. 25: 313-322.

1981

28. Goff, M. L. and F. W. Judd. A new record of a chigger from the Texas tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri. Southwestern Nat. 26: 83-84. 

29. Guetzow, D. D. and F. W. Judd. Postnatal growth and development in a subtropical population of Peromyscus leucopus texanus (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae). Southwestern Nat. 26: 183-191.

30. Lonard, R. I. and F. W. Judd. The terrestrial flora of South Padre Island, Texas. Texas Mem. Mus. Misc. Papers No. 6. 74 pp.

1982

31. Ross, R. K. and F. W. Judd. Comparison of lipid cycles of Holbrookia propinqua from South Padre Island and mainland Texas. J. Herpetology 16: 53-60.

32. Rose, F. L. and F. W. Judd. The biology and status of Berlandier’s tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri). Pp. 57-70. In: Bury, R. B. (ed.). North American tortoises: conservation and ecology. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Research Report 12. Washington, D.C. 126 pp.

33. Judd, F. W. and J. C. McQueen. Notes on the longevity of Gopherus berlandieri (Testudinidae). Southwestern Nat. 27: 230-232.

34. Selcer, K. W. and F. W. Judd. Variation in the reproductive ecology of Holbrookia propinqua (Sauria: Iguanidae). Texas J. Sci. 334: 125-135.

1983

35. Judd, F. W. and S. L. Sides. Effects of Hurricane Allen on the nearshore vegetation of South Padre Island. Southwestern Nat. 28: 365-369.

36. Judd, F. W. and F. L. Rose. Population structure, density, and movements of the Texas tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri. Southwestern Nat. 28: 387-398.

1984

37. Judd, F. W. and G. Carpenter. Annual variation in the lipid cycles of a subtropical population of the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus. Festschrift for Walter W. Dalquest, Special Publ., Midwestern State University, Pp. 77-86.

38. Judd, F. W., G. Carpenter, and M. Wagner. Variation in reproduction of a subtropical population of Peromyscus leucopus. Pp. 125-135. In: R.E. Martin and B. R. Chapman (eds). Contributions in Mammalogy in Honor of Robert L. Packard. Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech Univ. 22: 1-234.

39. Doerr, S. M. and F. W. Judd. Reproductive ecology of the South Texas pocket gopher, Geomys personatus. Texas J. Sci. 35: 129-138.

1985

40. Judd, F. W. and R. I. Lonard. Effects of perturbations on South Padre Island. Pp. 1855-1869 in: Proceedings Fourth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management “Coastal Zone ‘85”. Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers. Baltimore, Maryland.

41. Lonard, R. I. and F. W. Judd. Effects of a severe freeze on native woody plants in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Southwestern Nat. 30: 397-403.

1987

42. Judd, F. W. and R. I. Lonard. Disturbance and community development. Pp. 1731-1745 in: Proceedings Fifth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management, Coastal Zone ‘87. Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers. Seattle, Washington.

43. King, K., D. Cavazos, and F. W. Judd. Anolis sagrei (Sauria: Iguanidae) established in southern Texas. Texas J. Sci. 39: 289-290.

1989

44. Judd, F. W. and F. L. Rose. Egg production by the Texas tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri, in southern Texas. Copeia 1989: 588-596.

45. Rose, F. L. and F. W. Judd. Gopherus berlandieri. Pp. 8-9 in: The Conservation Biology of Tortoises. I. R. Swingland and M. W. Klemens (eds.). Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) No. 5 IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

46. Judd, F. W., R. I. Lonard, J. H. Everitt, and R. Villarreal. Effects of vehicular traffic in secondary dunes and vegetated flats of South Padre Island, Texas. Pp. 4634-4645 in : Proceedings Sixth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management, “Coastal Zone ‘89”. Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers. Charleston, South Carolina.

47. Hockaday, D. L., F. W. Judd, J. H. Everitt, and M. R. Davis. Distribution and abundance of oyster reefs in South Bay, Texas. Pp. 1837-1843 in: Proceedings Sixth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management, “Coastal Zone ‘89”. Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers. Charleston, South Carolina.

48. Everitt, J. H. and F. W. Judd. Using remote sensing techniques to distinguish and monitor black mangrove (Avicennia germinans). J. Coastal Research 5:737-745.

49. Lonard, R. I. and F. W. Judd. Phenology of native angiosperms of South Padre Island, Texas. Pp. 217-222 in: Proceedings Eleventh North American Prairie Conference. T. Bragg and J. Stubbendieck (Eds.). Univ. Nebraska Printing, Lincoln, NE. 293 pages.

1991

50. Judd, F. W., H. Nieuwendaal, and D. L. Hockaday. The leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, in southernmost Texas. Texas J. Sci. 43: 101-103.

51. Lonard, R. I., J. H. Everitt, and F. W. Judd. Woody plants of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Texas. Mem. Mus. Misc. Publ. No. 7: 1-179.

52. Rose, F. L. and F. W. Judd. Egg size versus carapace-xiphiplastron aperture size in Gopherus berlandieri. J. Herpetology 25: 248-250.

53. Lonard, R. I. and F. W. Judd. Comparison of the effects of the severe freezes of 1983 and 1989 on native woody plants in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Southwestern Nat. 36: 213-217.

54. Judd, F. W., R. I. Lonard, J. H. Everitt, and D. E. Escobar. Resilience of seacoast bluestem barrier island communities. Pp. 3513-3524 in: Proceedings Seventh Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management, “Coastal Zone ‘91”. Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers. Long Beach, California.

55. Lonard, R. I., F. W. Judd, J. H. Everitt, and D. E. Escobar. Roadside associated disturbance on coastal dunes. Pp. 2823-2836 in: Proceedings Seventh Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management, “Coastal Zone ‘91”. Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers. Long Beach, California.

56. Everitt, J. H., D. E. Escobar, and F. W. Judd. Evaluation of airborne video imagery for distinguishing black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) on the lower Texas gulf coast. J. Coastal Research 7: 1169-1173. 

1992

57. Bennett, W. A. and F. W. Judd. A comparison of methods for determining low temperature tolerance: experiments with pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides. Copeia 1992: 1059-1065.

58. Everitt, J. H., D. E. Escobar, F. W. Judd, and M. R. Davis. Evaluation of spot satellite and airborne video imagery for distinguishing black mangrove (Avicennia germinans). Pp. 169-175 in: Proceedings 13th Biennial Workshop on Color Aerial Photography and Videography in the Plant Sciences, Orlando, FL. May 6-9, 1991, (Published in 1992).

59. Bennett, W. A. and F. W. Judd. Factors affecting the low temperature tolerance of Texas pinfish. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 121: 659-666.

60. Judd, F. W., D. L. Hockaday, J. H. Everitt and M. R. Davis. Remote sensing of oyster reefs. Pp. 905-912 in: Proceedings of the First Thematic Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments. New Orleans, Louisiana, 15-17 June 1992.

1993

61. Lonard, R. I. and F. W. Judd. Phytogeography of the woody flora of the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Texas J. Sci. 45: 133-147.

62. Lonard, R. I. and F. W. Judd. Recovery of vegetation of barrier island washover zones. Pp. 2324-2331 in: Proceedings of the Eighth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management, “Coastal Zone ‘93”. Am. Soc. Civil Engineers. New Orleans, Louisiana.

63. Judd, F. W., D. L. Hockaday, J. H. Everitt, D.E. Escobar, and M. R. Davis. Evaluation of airborne video imagery for distinguishing intertidal oyster reefs. Pp. 2443-2450 in: Proceedings of the Eighth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management, “Coastal Zone “93”. Am. Soc. Civil Engineers. New Orleans, Louisiana.

1994

64. Judd, F. W., R. I. Lonard, D. L. Hockaday, D. E. Escobar, J. H. Everitt, and R. Davis. Remote sensing of nearshore vegetation, South Padre Island, Texas. Pp. 581-589, in: Proceedings of the Second Thematic Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments. Vol. I. Needs, Solutions and Applications. Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM), P. O. Box 134001, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-4001, U.S.A.

1995

65. Everitt, J. H., D. E. Escobar, M. R. Davis, K. R. Summy, and F. W. Judd. Using spatial information technologies for detecting and mapping insect infestations and plant species. 15th Biennial Workshop on Videography & Color Photography in Resource Assessment, Proceedings pp. 63-76.

1996

66. Judd, F. W. and M. Bray. Date of birth, litter and neonate size of a diamondback water snake, Nerodia rhombifer, from southernmost Texas. Texas J. Sci. 48: 85-86.

67. Everitt, J. H., F. W. Judd, D. E. Escobar, and M. R. Davis. Integration of remote sensing and spatial information technologies for mapping black mangrove on the Texas Gulf Coast. J. Coastal Research 12: 64-69.

68. Everitt, J. H., D. E. Escobar, M. R. Davis, and F. W. Judd. Integration of airborne videography, GPS and GIS Technologies for mapping plant species and insect infestations. Proceedings Second International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference and Exhibition. San Francisco, California, 24-27 June 1996. Vol I pp 239-258.

69. Edwards, R. J., F. W. Judd, and T. Brush. Book Review. Catalog of Vertebrates of the Concho Valley Region of Texas by Terry C. Maxwell. Wm. C. Brown Publ. 1996, First edition. 111 pages. Texas. J. Sci., 48: 87-88.

70. Everitt, J. H., F. W. Judd, D. E. Escobar, M. A. Alaniz, M. R. Davis, and W. MacWhorter. Using remote sensing and spatial information technologies to map sabal palm in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Southwest. Nat. 41: 218-226.

71. Judd, F. W., J. H. Everitt, D. E. Escobar, M. R. Davis, and D. L. Hockaday. Remote sensing of oyster reefs and black mangrove communities along the Texas Gulf Coast. Recent Res. Devel. in Coastal Research., 1: 29-52.

1997

72. Lonard, R. I., and F. W. Judd. The Biological Flora of Coastal Dunes and Wetlands. Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L. J. Coastal Research 13: 96-104.

73. Judd, F. W., R. I. Lonard, J. H. Everitt, D. E. Escobar, and M. R. Davis. Using multispectral videography to distinguish the pattern of zonation and plant species composition in brackish water marshes of the Rio Grande Delta. Proceed. Fourth International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Orlando, Florida,17-19 March 1997. Vol. II, pp 621-629. 

74. Judd, F. W., R. I. Lonard, J. H. Everitt, D. E. Escobar, and M. R. Davis. Using multispectral videography to compare the pattern of zonation between brackish water marshes and salt water marshes of the Rio Grande Delta. Proceed. 16th Biennial Workshop on Videography and Color Photography in Resource Assessment, Weslaco, Texas, 29 April-1 May 1997, pp 394-405.

75. Lonard, R. I., F. W. Judd, J. H. Everitt, D. E. Escobar, and M. R. Davis. Using multispectral videography in distinguishing species composition and vegetation pattern in riparian forests of the lower Rio Grande. Proceed. 16th Biennial Workshop on Videography and Color Photography in Resource Assessment, Weslaco, Texas, 29 April-1 May 1997, pp 406-418.

1998

76. Zang, L., M. D. Desai, R. Lonard, and F. Judd. Multi-resolution vegetation classification along lower Rio Grande. Proceed. 1998 IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation, Tuscon, Arizona, 5-7 April 1998, pp 75-80.

77. Lonard, R. I., F. W. Judd, J. H. Everitt, D. E. Escobar, M. R. Davis, M. M. Crawford, and M. D. Desai. Evaluation of color-infrared photography for distinguishing annual changes in riparian forest vegetation of the lower Rio Grande in Texas, Proceed. First International Conference on Geospatial Information in Agriculture and Forestry, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 1-3 June 1998, Vol I pp 421-432.

78. Judd, F. W., R. I. Lonard, J. H. Everitt, D. E. Escobar, and M. R. Davis. Wind-tidal flats and dune vegetation of South Padre Island, Texas. Proceed. Fifth International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, San Diego, California, 5-7 October 1998, Vol II, pp 177-184.

79. Lonard, R. I., F. W. Judd, J. H. Everitt, D. E. Escobar, M. R. Davis, M. M. Crawford, and M. D. Desai. Monitoring native riparian forest vegetation. Earth Observation Magazine, October 1998, 3pp.

1999

80. Lonard, R. I., and F. W. Judd. The biological flora of coastal dunes and wetlands. Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb. Journal of Coastal Research 15: 645-652.

81. Everitt, J. H. M. A. Alaniz, D. E. Escobar, R. I. Lonard, F. W. Judd, and M. R. Davis. Reflectance characteristics and film image relations among important plant species on South Padre Island, Texas. Journal of Coastal Research 15: 789-795.

82. Lonard, R. I. and F. W. Judd. Vascular plants of the Rio Grande Delta marshes.
Proceedings of the Native Plant Society of Texas, October 14-17, 1999, Harlingen, Texas. pp. 22-29.

83. Lonard, R. I., F. W. Judd, J. H. Everitt, D. E. Escobar, M. R. Davis, and M. M. Crawford. Multispectral videography for distinguishing coastal prairie marshes in Texas. Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conference 16: 226-234.

84. Lonard, R. I., F. W. Judd, J. H. Everitt, D. E. Escobar, M. A. Alaniz, I. Cavazos III, and M. R. Davis. Vegetative change on South Padre Island, Texas, over twenty years and evaluation of multispectral videography in determining vegetative cover and species dentity. Southwestern Nat. 44: 261-271.

85. Everitt, J. H., D. E. Escobar, C. Yang, R. I. Lonard, F. W. Judd, M. A. Alaniz, I. Cavazos, M. R. Davis, and D. L. Hockaday. Distinguishing ecological parameters in a coastal area using a video system with visible/near-infrared/mid-infrared sensitivity. Journal of Coastal Research 15: 1145-1150.

86. Lonard, R. I., F. W. Judd, J. H. Everitt, D. E. Escobar, M. R. Davis, M. M. Crawford, and M. D. Desai. 1999. Evaluation of color-infrared photography for distinguishing forest vegetation of the lower Rio Grande in Texas. 17th Biennial Workshop on Color Photography and Videography in Resource Assessment. May 5-7, 1999, Reno, Nevada. pp. 178-186.

2000

87. Judd, F. W., and F. L. Rose. 2000. Conservation status of the Texas tortoise Gopherus berlandieri. Occcasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech Univ. Number 196:1-11.

88. Lonard, R. I., F. W. Judd, J. H. Everitt, D. E. Escobar, M. R. Davis, M. M. Crawford, and M. D. Desai. 2000. Evaluation of color-infrared photography for distinguishing annual changes in riparian forest vegetation of the lower Rio Grande in Texas. Forest Ecology and Management 128:75-81.

2002

89. Tunnell, Jr., J. W. and F. W. Judd (eds.). 2002. The Laguna Madre of Texas and Tamaulipas. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas. 346 pp.

90. Judd, F. W. 2002. Tamaulipan Biotic Province, pp. 38-58, in the Laguna Madre of Texas and Tamaulipas, J. W. Tunnell, Jr., and F. W. Judd (eds.). Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas. 346 pp.

91. Judd, F. W., R. I. Lonard, and G. L. Waggerman. 2002. Evaluation of facilitated succession at Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area in South Texas. Texas Journal of Science 54:163-176.

92. Judd, F. W., and R. I. Lonard. 2002. Species richness and diversity of brackish and salt marshes in the Rio Grande Delta. Journal of Coastal Research 18: 751-759.

93. Lonard, R. I., and F. W. Judd. Riparian vegetation of the lower Rio Grande. Southwestern Naturalist 47: 420-432.

2003

94. Eddy, M. and F. W. Judd. 2003. Phenology of Acacia berlandieri, A. minuata, A. rigidula, A. schaffneri, and Chloroleucon ebano in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas during a drought. Southwestern Naturalist 48(3):321-332.

95. Lonard, R.I., F.W. Frank and E. H. Smith. 2003. Recovery of vegetation following a wild fire on the margins of tidal flats, Padre Island National Seashore, Texas. Texas J. Sci. 55:347-364.

2004

96. Lonard, R. I., F. W. Judd, E. H. Smith, and C. Yang. 2004. Recovery of vegetation following a wildfire in a barrier island grassland, Padre Island National Seashore, Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 49:173-188.

97. Judd, F. W., and R. I. Lonard. 2004. Community ecology of freshwater, brackish and salt marshes of the Rio Grande Delta. Texas Journal of Science, 56: 103-122.

98. Lonard, R. I., F. W. Judd, J. H. Everitt, D. E. Escobar, M. R. Davis, M. M. Crawford, and M. E. Desai. 2004. Riparian vegetation at the mouth of the Rio Grande. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Workshop on Color Photography & Videography in Resource Assessment. Amherst, Massachusetts, May 16-18, 2001. American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 9 pp.

99. Lonard, R. I., J. H. Everitt, D. E. Escobar, F. W. Judd, D. L. Drawe, and M. R. Davis. 2004. Vegetative characteristics and remote sensing of plant communities in South Texas. Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Workshop on Color Photography & Videography in Resource Assessment. Amherst, Massachusetts, May 16-18, 2001. American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 14 pp.

100. Eddy, M. R., and F. W. Judd. 2004. Comparison of branch elongation among four Acacia species and Texas ebony in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Texas Journal of Science, 56: 253-262.

2005

101. Judd, F. W., and K. J. Irwin. 2005. Part II. Species Accounts. Anura, Microhylidae, Hypopachus variolosus. Pp. 506-508, in "Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species". M. J. Lannoo (ed.), University of California Press, Berkeley, California. 1,094 pp.

102. Irwin, K. J., and F. W. Judd. 2005. Part II. Species Accounts. Caudata. Salamandridae, Notophthalmus meridionalis, pp. 884-887 in "Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species". M. J. Lannoo (ed.), University of California Press, Berkeley, California. 1,094 pp.

2006

103. Lonard, R. I., F. W. Judd, J. H. Everitt, and M. R. Davis. 2006. Remote sensing of resaca wetlands in South Texas. Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Workshop on Aerial Photography, Videography, and High Resolution Digital Imagery for Resource Assessment, Weslaco, Texas. October 4-6, 2005. American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 6 pp.

104. Summy, K. R., F. W. Judd, R. I. Lonard, R. A. Masariegos, J. H. Everitt, and M. R. Davis.2006. Effectiveness of aerial color infrared photography for mapping vegetative cover within dune areas of South Padre Island, Texas. Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Workshop on Aerial Photography, Videography, and High Resolution Digital Imagery for Resource Assessment, Weslaco, Texas. October 4-6, 2005. American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 12 pp.

105. Mazariegos, R. A. K. R. Summy, F. W. Judd, R. I. Lonard, and M. R. Heep.2006. Evaluation of CIR photography in the development of vegetation maps for spoil islands of the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas. Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Workshop on Aerial Photography, Videogrphy, and High Resolution Digital Imagery for Resource Assessment, Weslaco, Texas. October 4-6, 2005. American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 7 pp.

106. Sternberg, M. A. and F. W. Judd.2006. Rodent communities of native woodland,
replanted, and secondary succession sites in the Lower Rio Grande Valley,
Texas. Texas Journal of Science 58:98-118.

107. Lonard, R. I. and F. W. Judd. 2006. Notes on invasive plants in the Rio Grande
Delta of Cameron County, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 58:271-277.

2007

108. Everitt, J. H., C. Yang, K. R. Summy, F. W. Judd, and M. R. Davis. 2007.
Evaluation of color-infrared photography and digital imagery to map black
mangrove on the Texas gulf coast. Journal of Coastal Research 23:230-235.

109. Judd, F. W., R. I. Lonard, K. R. Summy, and R. A. Mazariegos. 2007.
Seasonal variation in dune vegetation at South Padre Island, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 59:113-126.

2008

110. Judd, F. W., K. R. Summy, R. I. Lonard, and R. Mazariegos.2008. Dune and Vegetation Stability at South Padre Island, Texas, United States of America. Journal of Coastal Research 24: 992-998.

111. Judd, F. W., and R. I. Lonard.2008. Geographic distribution. Kinosternon flavescens. Herpetological Review 39(3):365.

112. Everitt, J. H., C. Yang, S. Sriharan, and F. W. Judd. 2008. Using high resolution satellite imagery to map black mangrove on the Texas Gulf Coast. Journal of Coastal Research 24 (6):1582-1586.

2009

113. Lonard, I. and F.W. Judd. 2009. The biological flora of coastal dunes in wetlands: Croton punctatus N. von Jacquin. Journal of Coastal Research 25(1):23-29.

Publications - Popular

1984 Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Coastal Fauna and Flora” in Port Isabel-South Padre Island Press. 15 columns published between Sept. 20, 1984 and December 27, 1984.

1985 Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Coastal Fauna and Flora” in Port Isabel-South Padre Island Press. 50 columns published between Jan. 3, 1985 and Dec. 26, 1985.

1985 Judd, F. W. “Coastal Lab is Mini-Museum” in Sand Dollar. Vol. 2, No. 2 Summer 1985. l pp.

1986 Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Coastal Fauna and Flora” in Port Isabel-South Padre Island Press. 51 columns published between Jan. 1, 1986 and Dec. 31, 1986.

Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Rio Grande Valley Fauna and Flora” in Mercedes Enterprise. 12 columns published between Oct. 1, 1986 and Dec. 31, 1986.

1987 Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Coastal Fauna and Flora” in Port Isabel-South Padre Island Press. 52 columns published between Jan. 1, 1987 and Dec. 31, 1987.

Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Rio Grande Valley Fauna and Flora” in Mercedes Enterprise. 48 columns published between Jan. 1, 1987 and Dec. 31, 1987.

Judd, F. W. and F. L. Rose. “Egg Production of the Texas Tortoise”. Newsletter, Lubbock Turtle and Tortoise Society, October 1987: 2-4.

1988 Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Coastal Fauna and Flora” in Port Isabel-South Padre Island Press. 52 columns published between Jan. 1, 1988 and Dec. 31, 1988.

Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Rio Grande Valley Fauna and Flora” in Mercedes Enterprise. 48 columns published between Jan. 1, 1988 and Dec. 31, 1988.

1989 Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Coastal Fauna and Flora” in Port Isabel-South Padre Island Press. 51 columns published between Jan. 1, 1989 and Dec. 31, 1989.

Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Rio Grande Valley Fauna and Flora” in Mercedes Enterprise. 48 columns published between Jan. 1, 1989 and Dec. 31, 1989.

1990 Judd, F. W. and F. L. Rose. Magazine article “Life on the Lomas”. Texas Parks and Wildlife 48: 44-46.

Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Coastal Fauna and Flora” in Port Isabel-South Padre Island Press. 52 columns published between Jan. 1, 1990 and Dec. 31, 1990.

Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Rio Grande Valley Fauna and Flora” in Mercedes Enterprise. 47 columns published between Jan. 1, 1990 and Dec. 31, 1990.

1991 Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Coastal Fauna and Flora” in Port Isabel-South Padre Island Press. 52 columns published between Jan. 1, 1991 and Dec. 31, 1991.

Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Rio Grande Valley Fauna and Flora” in Mercedes Enterprise. 47 columns published between Jan. 1, 1991 and Dec. 31, 1991.

1992 Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Coastal Fauna and Flora” in Port Isabel-South Padre Island Press. 50 columns published between Jan. 1, 1992 and Dec. 31, 1992.

Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Rio Grande Valley Fauna and Flora” in Mercedes Enterprise. 32 columns published between Jan. 1, 1992 and Dec. 31, 1992.

1993 Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Coastal Fauna and Flora” in Port Isabel-South Padre Island Press. 50 columns published between Jan. 1, 1993 and Dec. 31, 1993.

Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Rio Grande Valley Fauna and Flora” in Mercedes Enterprise. 38 columns published between Jan. 1, 1993 and Dec. 31, 1993.

1994 Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Coastal Fauna and Flora” in Port Isabel-South Padre Island Press. 16 columns published between Jan. 1, 1994 and April 30, 1994. Resigned from columnist position 30 April 1994.

Judd, F. W. Weekly column entitled “Rio Grande Valley Fauna and Flora” in Mercedes Enterprise. 16 columns published between Jan. l, 1994 and 30 April 1994. Resigned from columnist position 30 April 1994.

Memberships in Professional Organizations

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
American Society of Mammalogists
Coastal Education and Research Foundation
Ecological Society of America
Herpetologists' League
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Southwestern Association of Naturalists
The Society of the Sigma Xi
Texas Academy of Science
Texas Herpetological Society
Texas Society of Mammalogists

Presentations at Professional Meetings

1971 Home Range Ecology of the Keeled Earless Lizard, Holbrookia propinqua. Texas Academy of Science. Contributed Paper.

1974 Activity and Thermal Ecology of the Keeled Earless Lizard, Holbrookia propinqua. Texas Academy of Science. Contributed Paper.

1975 Activity and Home Range Size of the Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Contributed Paper.

1976 Thermal Biology of the Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Contributed Paper.

1977 Reproductive and Lipid Cycles of the Keeled Earless Lizard, Holbrookia propinqua. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Contributed Paper.

1978 Toxicity of MSMA Herbicide to Peromyscus leucopus. Texas Academy of Science. Contributed Paper.

1978 Population Ecology of the Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Contributed Paper.

1978 Vegetation of South Padre Island, Texas in Relation to Topography. Ecological Society of America. Contributed Paper.

1979 Demography of the Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri. Desert Tortoise Council. Contributed Paper.

1979 Variation in Reproduction of a Subtropical Population of Peromyscus leucopus. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Contributed Paper.

1980 Variation in the Lipid Cycle of a Subtropical Population of Peromyscus leucopus. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Contributed Paper.

1981 Variation in the Hematology of Peromyscus leucopus.. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Contributed Paper.

1982 Effects of Hurricane Allen on Vegetation of South Padre Island. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Contributed Paper.

1982 Herpetological Research at Pan American University. Texas Herpetological Association. Invited Paper.

1983 Reproductive Ecology of the South Texas Pocket Gopher, Geomys personatus. Texas Academy of Science. Contributed Paper.

1983 The Ecology of the Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri, A Long-lived Species. Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. Invited Seminar.

1984 Publication History and Effectiveness of The Southwestern Naturalist. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Presidential Address.

1984 Interrelationships of Size, Reproduction, and Lipid Cycles in the Keeled Earless Lizard, Holbrookia propinqua.. University of Texas at San Antonio. Invited Seminar.

1985 Demography of the Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri. Greater San Antonio Herpetological Society. Trinity University. Invited Paper.

1985 Vegetation of the South Texas Coastal Zone. Texas Academy of Science. Invited Paper.

1985 Variation in the Hematology of a Subtropical Population of Peromyscus leucuopus. Texas Academy of Science. Contributed Paper.

1985 Effects of Perturbations on South Padre Island, Coastal Zone. Fourth International Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management. Am. Soc. Civil Engineers. "Coastal Zone '85". Baltimore, Maryland. Contributed Poster.

1985 Amphibians and Reptiles of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Texas Herpetological Society. Invited Paper.

1985 Natural Resource Conservation Needs Along the Texas-Mexico Border. First Regional Conference of the Rio Grande Border States on Parks and Wildlife. Laredo, Texas. Invited Paper.

1986 Environmental Threats to the South Texas Coastal Zone. Symposium, Texas Environmental Coalition. South Padre Island, Texas. Invited Paper.

1986 Convener, Session on "Hazards, Strandings, and Rehabilitation". First International Symposium on Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle. Texas A&M University, Galveston. Invited.

1987 Egg Production of the Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri, in Southern Texas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Contributed Paper.

1987 Life History of the Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri. Seminar, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas. Invited Paper.

1988 Egg Production of the Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri. Greater San Antonio Herpetological Society. Trinity University. Invited Paper.

1988 Reproductive Ecology of the Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Contributed Paper.

1989 Effects of Vehicular Traffic in the Secondary Dunes and Vegetated Flats of South Padre Island, Texas. Sixth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management. Am. Soc. Civil Engineers. "Coastal Zone '89". Charleston, South Carolina. Contributed Paper.

1989 Distribution and Abundance of Oyster Reefs in South Bay, Texas. Sixth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management. Am. Soc. Civil Engineers. "Coastal Zone '89". Charleston, South Carolina. Contributed Paper.

1989 Using Remote Sensing Techniques to Distinguish and Monitor Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans). Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Contributed Paper.

1989 Developing an Environmental Ethic. Third Regional Conference of the United States-Mexico Border States on Parks and Wildlife. McAllen, Texas. Invited Presentation and Panel Discussion.

1990 Resistance and Resilience of Barrier Island Nearshore Communities. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Contributed Paper.

1990 Demography of the Texas Tortoise; Paradigm of a Long-Lived Species. Texas Academy of Sciences. Invited Paper.

1990 Using Remote Sensing Techniques to Monitor the Distribution and Abundance of Oyster Reefs Along the Texas Coast. Gulf of Mexico Symposium. New Orleans. Contributed Paper.

1990 Research at the Univ. of Texas-Pan American Coastal Studies Laboratory. U.S. Dept. Interior, Mineral Management Service, Information Transfer Meeting. New Orleans. Invited Paper.

1991 Using Color-Infrared Aerial Photography to Monitor the Distribution and Abundance of Oyster Reefs. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Contributed Paper.

1991 Resilience of Seacoast Bluestem Barrier Island Communities. Seventh Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management. Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers. "Coastal Zone '91." Long Beach, California. Contributed Paper.

1992 Remote Sensing of Mangrove Populations. Fifth U.S./Mexico Border States Conference on Recreation, Parks and Wildlife. Las Cruces, New Mexico. Contributed Paper.

1992 Remote Sensing of Oyster Reefs. First Thematic Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments. New Orleans, Louisiana. Contributed Paper.

1993 Phytogeography of the Woody Flora of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Contributed Paper.

1993 Recovery of Vegetation of Barrier Island Washover Zones. Eighth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management. Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers. "Coastal Zone '93." New Orleans, Louisiana. Contrib. Paper.

1996 Using remote sensing and spatial information technologies to map sabal palm in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Contributed Paper.

1997 Using multispectral videography to distinguish the pattern of zonation and plant species composition in brackish water marshes of the Rio Grande Delta. Fourth International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments. Orlando, Florida, 17-19 March 1997.

1997 Using multispectral videography to compare the pattern of zonation between brackish water marshes and salt water marshes of the Rio Grande Delta. 16th Biennial Workshop on Color Photography and Videography in Resource Assessment, April 29 - May 1, 1997, Weslaco, Texas.

1998 Wind-tidal flats and dune vegetation of South Padre Island, Texas. Fifth International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, San Diego, California, 5-7 October 1998.

2000 Species diversity, richness, and zonation of brackish and saltwater marshes in the Rio Grande Delta. 47th annual meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, April 20-22, 2000, Univ. North Texas, Denton, Texas.

2001 Evaluation of facilitated succession the the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. 48th annual meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, April 19-21, 2001, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas.

2002 Riparian vegetation of the Lower Rio Grande. In Rio Grande Symposium at 104th annnual meeting of Texas Academy of Science. February 28-March 2, 2002, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas.

2005. Native plant communities of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Distinguished Speaker Series. Kika de la Garza, Subtropical Agricultural Research Center. January 26, 2005. Invited Presentation.

2005. Investigations in native plant communities of the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Distinguished Scientist Presentation. 108th annual meeting of the Texas Academy of Science. March 4, 2005.Univ. Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, Texas.

2006. Relationship between vegetative cover and dune stability on South Padre Island, Texas. 109th annual meeting of the Texas Academy of Science. Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas. Contributed Paper.

2007. Ecology of South Padre Island, Texas. Texas Nature Conservancy annual
meeting. South Padre Island, Texas. Invited Presentation.

2007. Seasonal variation in dune vegetation at South Padre Island, Texas.
110th annual meeting of the Texas Academy of Science. Baylor University,
March 2, 2007. Contributed Paper.

Courses Taught at UTPA

Introductory Biology
Anatomy and Physiology Vertebrate Zoology
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Biology Seminar
Evolution
Ecology
Advanced Ecology
Marine Ecology
Ecological Physiology
Field Zoology
Mammalian Physiology
Mammalogy
Herpetology

Master of Science Students and Thesis Titles

Eduardo Atkinston - Comparative hematology of the Rio Grande cichlid, Cichlasoma cyanogutatum, and redeared sunfish, Lepomis microlophus. Completed Aug. 1976. Thesis published in Copeia 1978:230-237.

Ramah K. Ross - Body composition and lipid cycle of the keeled earless lizard, Holbrookia propinqua. Completed May 1977. Thesis published in Journal of Herpetology. 16: 53-60. 1982.

David Guetzow - Postnatal growth and development of the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus texanus. Completed Aug. 1977. Thesis published in Southwestern Naturalist. 26:183-191. 1981.

Juan Herrera - The effects of monosodium methanearsonate herbicide and sodium arsenate on mitotic activity of bone marrow tissues of the albino mouse, Mus musculus. Completed Aug. 1979.

Gary D. Carpenter - Variation in the hematology of a subtropical population of Peromyscus leucopus. Completed Aug. 1979.

Stan M. Doerr - Reproductive ecology of the South Texas pocket gopher, Geomys personatus. Completed Aug. 1981. Thesis published in Texas J. Science. 35: 129-138. 1984.

Kyle W. Selcer - Demography of a Mediterranean gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus, in Southern Texas. Completed Aug. 1983. Thesis published in Copeia. 1986: 956-962.

W. Ken King - Comparative reproductive ecology of Cnemidophorus gularis and C. sexlineatus. Completed May 1987.

Wayne A. Bennett - Factors affecting the critical thermal minimum of pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides. Completed Aug. 1990. Thesis resulted in two papers. One published in Copeia 1992: 1059-1065 and one in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 121: 659-666. 1992.

Hank Nieuwendaal - A comparison of lipid deposition and utilization during reproduction of island and mainland populations of Holbrookia propinqua. Completed December 1992.

Melissa Eddy - Comparative phenology of Acacia berlandieri, A. minuata, A. rigidula, A. schaffneri, and Chloroleucon ebano in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Completed December 2000. Thesis accepted for publication in Southwestern Naturalist.

Mitchell Sternberg - Comparison of rodent communities of native brushland, replanted, and secondary succession sites in the Lower Rio Grande valley of Texas. Completed May 2001.

Kevin Shinn - Ocelot distribution in the Lower Rio Grande National Wildlife Refuge. Completed May 2002.