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Francisco Vilella
Professor

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Phone:  662-325-0784
Email:  fvilella@cfr.msstate.edu

address:

Rm# 263, Thompson Hall
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Box 9690
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9690

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Education:

• Louisiana State University Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Science
• Hofstra University M.A., Biology
• University of Puerto Rico B.S., Major - Zoology, Minor - Chemistry

Research Interests:

• Conservation Biology
• Endangered Species Ecology
• Neotropical Wildlife Management

Graduate Students

• Matthew Palumbo
• Huisheng Chen
• Eddie Parham
• Rafael Gonzalez

Recent Publications  |   View All Publications

2007
Elmore, R., F. Vilella, P. Gerard. 2007. Landscape correlates along mourning dove call-count routes in Mississippi. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(2):422-427. Download

2007
Vilella, F.J. 2007. Ecography of the Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis jamaicensis) in Puerto Rico. Pages 122-133 in Bildstein, K. L., D. R. Barbier, et al. (eds.). Neotropical Raptors. Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Raptor Conservation Science Series No. 1. Orwisburg, Pennsylvania, USA.

2006
Vest, J., R.M. Kaminski, A. Afton, F.J. Vilella. 2006. Body mass of lesser scaup during fall and winter in the Mississippi Flyway. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(6):1789-1795. Download

2006
Vilella, F.J., D.W. Hengstenberg. 2006. Broad-winged Hawk movements and habitat use in a moist limestone forest of Puerto Rico. Ornitología Neotropical 17:563-579.

2005
Elmore, L.W., D.A. Miller, F.J. Vilella. 2005. Foraging area size and habitat use of red bats (Lasiurus borealis) in an intensively managed pine forest in Mississippi. American Midland Naturalist 153:405-417.Download