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Dr. Tyler Campbell, |
Dr. Tyler Campbell has been a Project Leader with the USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center since 2004. He completed his BS degree from Texas Tech University, his MS degree from Texas A&M University-Kingsville, and his PhD from the University of Georgia, where he also completed a post-doc assignment. Dr. Campbell was a field station leader at the Texas Field Station located on Texas A&M University-Kingsville from 2004–2011 and he is currently stationed at the Florida Field Station in Gainesville. Dr. Campbell uses laboratory, captive, and field experiments to develop new tools and control strategies to reduce feral swine damage to agriculture, people, and other wildlife.
Expertise Keywords
Feral swine, ungulates, wild pigs, wildlife damage management
Taxonomic Groups of Interest
Deer, collared peccaries, feral swine, opossums, raccoons, small mammals, and non-native ungulates
Current Research
- Methemoglobin coefficients from wildlife samples
- Visitation and removal of HOGGONE® baits by wildlife
- Impact of bait stations of feral swine behavior and culling effectiveness
- Understanding the carpal gland of feral swine
- Buccal cells from feral swine for pathogen detection
- Pathogen diversity and risk factors along latitudinal gradients
- Analysis of feral swine movement data for Missouri Wildlife Services
Products/Techniques Developed or Tested
- Aerial gunning
- Attractants
- Baiting systems
- Biomarkers
- Camera collars
- Exclusion devices
- Localized management
- Monitoring techniques
- Oral delivery systems
- Reproductive inhibitors
- Spatial analyses
- Targeted parasite and pathogen surveys
- Trapping methodologies
- Toxicants
Education
PhD, University of Georgia. Forest Resources. Dissertation Title: Movement ecology of white-tailed deer in the central Appalachians of West Virginia.
MS, Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Range and Wildlife Management. Thesis Title: Antler development and nutritional influences of plant secondary compounds in mature white-tailed deer.
BS, Texas Tech University. Wildlife and Fisheries Management.
Certifications
Certified Wildlife Biologist, The Wildlife Society
Current Academic Affiliations
University of Florida, Courtesy Associate Professor
Texas A&M University-Kingsville, External Graduate Faculty
Sul Ross State University, Adjunct Professor
Contact Information
- Address: USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, NWRC Florida Field Station, 2820 East University Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32641
- Telephone: (352) 375-2229
- Fax: (352) 377-5559
- E-mail: Tyler.A.Campbell@aphis.usda.gov
Project Title: Feral Swine Damage Control Strategies