John Kilgo

Employee Information
Name:	John Kilgo
Title:	Research Wildlife Biologist
Unit:	Forest Watershed Science (4353)
Phone:	803-725-0561
Fax:	803-725-0311
E-Mail:	jkilgo@fs.fed.us
Location Information
Mailing Address:	USDA-Forest Service P.O. Box 700 BLDG 772-G New Ellenton, SC 29809
Shipping Address:	Same as above
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Research Information
Education:
B.S., Wofford College, Biology, 1989; M.S., University of Florida, Wildlife Ecology, 1992; Ph.D., University of Georgia, Wildlife Ecology, 1996
Current Research:
Current research focuses on the impacts of coyotes, non-native in the Southeast, on deer and other wildlife. Other studies include the following: an assessment of the effects of coarse woody debris in structuring avian communities in southern forests; survival and habitat use by red-headed woodpeckers; factors determining use of group selection harvest gaps in bottomland hardwoods by forest birds; the effects of restoration of Carolina bays (isolated depression wetlands) on forest birds and bats; the effects of season of burn on wild turkey hens and poults, and a comparison of wild turkey gobbler mortality in a hunted versus an unhunted population.
Collaborative Research:
Restoration of Carolina bays; canopy gap dynamics in a bottomland forest; importance of coarse woody debris; wild turkey ecology.
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