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Phone:  662-325-8782
Email:  wburger@cfr.msstate.edu

address:

Rm# 259, Thompson Hall
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Box 9690
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9690

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Education:

• University of Missouri Ph.D., Wildlife Biology
• University of Missouri M.S., Wildlife Biology
• Murray State University B.S., Biology and Mathematics

Research Interests:

• National project coordinator for the USDA Northern Bobwhite Restoration Project
• Avian population dynamics and habitat relations in grassland, agricultural, and forest ecosystems
• Effects of land use practices and federal farm programs on farmland wildlife species
• Effects of habitat quality on body condition and survival of bobwhite
• Metabolic costs of thermoregulation in bobwhite
• Mating systems and reproductive strategies of bobwhite
• Further development of survival estimators
• Spatial information technologies
• Landscape modeling

Honors / Professional Activities:

• 2007 FWRC Dale H. Arner Professorship
• 2005 Annual Southeast Quail Study Group Award
• 2004 Mississippi Wildlife Federation Wildlife Conservationist Award
• 2004 CFR Faculty Research Award

Research / Extension Websites:

• Agro-wildlife ecology and management
• Bobwhite Restoration Project
• Forest and Wildlife Management
• Small- and Big-Game Management

Graduate Students

• Kristine Evans
• Jolie Goldenetz
• Mark McConnell
• Ryan Miller
• Heidi Puckett

2009
Conover, R.R., L.W. Burger Jr., E.T. Linder. 2009. Breeding bird response to field border presence and width. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121:548-555. Download

2009
Evans, K.O., L.W. Burger Jr., B.C. Faircloth, W. Palmer, J.P. Carroll. 2009. Effects of tissue sampling methods on morphometrics and survival of captive neonatal northern bobwhite. Journal of Wildlife Management 73(7):1241-1244. Download

2009
Evans, K.O., L.W. Burger Jr., B.C. Faircloth, W.E. Palmer, J.P. Carroll. 2009. Effects of tissue collection methods on morphometrics and survival of captive neonatal northern bobwhite. Journal of Wildlife Management 73(7):1241-1244. Download

2009
Evans, K.O., L.W. Burger Jr., M.D. Smith, S. Riffell. 2009. Conservation Reserve Program CP33 - Habitat Buffers for Upland Bird: Bird monitoring and evaluation plan, 2007 Annual Report. 65 pp. Download

2009
Evans, K.O., L.W. Burger Jr., M.D. Smith, S. Riffell. 2009. Mississippi’s Conservation Reserve Program, CP33-Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds: Mississippi bird monitoring and evaluation plan, 2007 Annual Report. 24 pp. Download