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• Perry, Roger W; Rudolph, D. Craig; Thill, Ronald E. 2009. Reptile and amphibian responses to restoration of fire-maintained pine woodlands.
• Perry, Roger W.; Thill, Ronald E.; Leslie, David M., Jr. 2008. Scale-dependent effects of landscape structure and composition on diurnal roost selection by forest bats.
• Perry, Roger W.; Thill, Ronald E. 2008. Roost selection by big brown bats in forests of Arkansas: importance of pine snags and open forest habitats to males.
• Perry, Roger W.; Thill, Ronald E. 2008. Diurnal roosts of male evening bats (Nycticeius humeralis) in diversely managed pine-hardwood forests.
• Perry, Roger W.; Thill, Ronald E. 2007. Tree roosting by male and female eastern pipistrelles in a forested landscape.

Publications

• Perry, Roger W.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Thill, Ronald E. 2012. Effects of short-rotation controlled burning on amphibians and reptiles in pine woodlands.
• Perry, Roger W.; Thill, Ronald E. 2007. Roost characteristics of hoary bats in Arkansas.
• Perry, Roger W.; Thill, Ronald E. 2007. Roost selection by male and female northern long-eared bats in a pine-dominated landscape.
• Perry, Roger W.; Thill, Ronald E.; Leslie, David M., Jr. 2007. Selection of roosting habitat by forest bats in a diverse forested landscape.
• Perry, Roger W.; Thill, Ronald E.; Carter, S. Andrew. 2007. Sex-specific roost selection by adult red bats in a diverse forested landscape.
• Perry, Roger W.; Thill, Ronald E. 2007. Summer roosting by adult male seminole bats in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas.
• Lugo, Ariel D.; Swanson, Frederick J.; González, Olga Ramos; Adams, Mary Beth; Palik, Brian; Thill, Ronald E.; Brockway, Dale G.; Kern, Christel; Woodsmith, Richard; Musselman, Robert. 2006. Long-term research at the USDA Forest Service's experimental forests and ranges..
• Mitchell, Michael S.; Rutzmoser, Scott H.; Wigley, T. Bently; Loehle, Craig; Gerwin, John A.; Keyser, Patrick D.; Lancia, Richard A.; Perry, Roger W.; Reynolds, Christopher L.; Thill, Ronald E.; Weih, Robert; White, Don; Wood, Petra Bohall. 2006. Relationships between avian richness and landscape structure at multiple scales using multiple landscapes.
• Rudolph, D. Craig; Ely, Charles A.; Schaefer, Richard R.; Williamson, J. Howard; Thill, Ronald E. 2006. The Diana fritillary (Speyeria diana) and great spangled fritillary (S. cybele): dependence on fire in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas.
• Thill, Ronald E.; Koerth, Nancy E. 2005. Breeding birds of even- and uneven-aged pine forests of eastern Texas.
• Loehle, Craig; Wigley, T. Bently; Shipman, Paul A.; Fox, Stanley F.; Rutzmoser, Scott; Thill, Ronald E.; Melchiors, M. Anthony. 2005. Herptofaunal species richness responses to forest landscape structure in Arkansas.
• Loehle, Craig; Wigley, T. Bently; Rutzmoser, Scott; Gerwin, John A.; Keyser, Patrick D.; Lancia, Richard A.; Reynolds, Christopher J.; Thill, Ronald E.; Weih, Robert; White, Don, Jr..; Wood, Petra Bohall. 2005. Managed forest landscape structure and avian species richness in the southeastern US.
• Perry, Roger W.; Thill, Ronald E. 2005. Small-mammal responses to pine regeneration treatments in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma, USA.
• Alterman, Lynn E.; Bednarz, James C.; Thill, Ronald E. 2005. Use of group-selection and seed-tree cuts by three early-successional migratory species in Arkansas.
• Perry, Roger W.; Thill, Ronald E.; Tappe, Philip A.; Peitz, David G. 2004. Initial response of individual soft mast-producing plants to different forest regeneration methods in the Ouachita Mountains.
• Fox, Stanley F.; Shipman, Paul A.; Thill, Ronald E.; Phelps, Joseph P.; Leslie, David M., Jr. 2004. Amphibian Communities Under Diverse Forest Management In The Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas.
• Thill, Ronald E.; Tappe, Philip A.; Melchiors, M. Anthony; Wigley, T. Bently. 2004. Avian Communities of Streamside Zones in The Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas.
• Tappe, Philip A.; Thill, Ronald E.; Melchiors, M. Anthony; Wigley, T. Bently. 2004. Breeding Bird Communities On Four Watersheds Under Different Forest Management Scenarios in the Ouachita Mountains Of Arkansas.
• Tappe, Philip A.; Thill, Ronald E.; Peitz, David G.; Perry, Roger W. 2004. Early succession bird communities of group-selection openings and clearcuts in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
• Crosswhite, Doyle L.; Fox, Stanley F; Thill, Ronald E. 2004. Herpetological Habitat Relations in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas.
• Thill, Ronald E.; Perry, Roger W.; Koerth, Nancy E.; Tappe, Philip A.; Peitz, David G. 2004. Initial Wildlife Habitat Responses to Alternative Forest Regeneration Methods in the Ouachita Mountains.
• Thill, Ronald E.; Perry, Roger W.; Koerth, Nancy E.; Tappe, Philip A.; Peitz, David G. 2004. Initial bird responses to alternative pine regeneration methods in Arkansas and Oklahoma: preliminary findings.
• Thill, Ronald E.; Perry, Roger W.; Koerth, Nancy E.; Tappe, Philip A.; Peitz, David G. 2004. Initial small mammal responses to alternative pine regeneration methods in Arkansas and Oklahoma: preliminary findings.
• Tappe, Philip A.; Weih, Robert C., Jr..; Thill, Ronald E.; Melchiors, M. Anthony; Wigley, T. Bently. 2004. Landscape Characterization Of Four Watersheds Under Different Forest Management Scenarios In The Ouachita Mountains Of Arkansas.
• Shipman, Paul A.; Fox, Stanley F.; Thill, Ronald E.; Phelps, Joseph P.; Leslie, David M., Jr. 2004. Reptile Communities Under Diverse Forest Management in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas.
• Thill, Ronald E.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Koerth, Nancy E. 2004. Shortleaf pine-bluestem restoration for red-cockaded woodpeckers in the Ouachita Mountains: Implications for other taxa.
• Tappe, Philip A.; Thill, Ronald E.; Melchiors, M. Anthony; Wigley, T. Bently; Peitz, David G. 2004. Small Mammal Communities Of Streamside Zones in the Ouachita Mountains.
• Miller, Darren A.; Thill, Ronald E.; Melchiors, M. Anthony; Wigley, T. Bently; Tappe, Philip A. 2004. Small mammal communities of streamside management zones in intensively managed pine forests of Arkansas.
• Perry, Roger W.; Thill, Ronald E.; Tappe, Philip A.; Peitz, David G. 2004. The Relationship Between Basal Area and Hard Mast Production in the Ouachita Mountains.
• Perry, Roger W.; Thill, Ronald E. 2003. Initial Effects of Reproduction Cutting Treatments on Residual Hard Mast Production in the Ouachita Mountains.
• Thill, Ronald E. 2003. U.S. Forest Service research at Nacogdoches, Texas.
• Russell, Cary C.; Thill, Ronald E.; Kulhavy, David L. 2002. The Stephen F. Austin Experimental Forest.
• Peitz, David G.; Tappe, Philip A.; Thill, Ronald E.; Perry, Roger W.; Melchiors, M. Anthony; Wigley, T. Bently. 2001. Non-target captures during small mammal trapping with snap traps.
• Barnett, Jim; Busby, Rod; Bridgwater, Floyd; English, Don; Hanula, Jim; Herbert, Nancy; Johnsen, Kurt; Kard, Brad; Klepzig, Kier; McMahon, Charlie; Prestemon, Jeff; Rials, Tim; Rummer, Bob; Shelton, Mike; Thill, Ron; Waldrop, Tom; Walker, Joan; Walters, Nancy. 2000. Sustainability and productivity of southern pine ecosystems.
• Perry, Roger W.; Thill, Ronald E.; Peitz, David G.; Tappe, Philip A. 1999. Effects of different silvicultural systems on initial soft mast production.
• Rudis, Victor A.; Thill, Ronald E.; Gramann, James H.; Picone, Joseph; Kalidindi, Nirmala; Tappe, Philip A. 1999. Understory structure by season following uneven-aged reproduction cutting: a comparison of selected measures 2 and 6 years after treatment.
• Taulman, James F.; Smith, Kimberly G.; Thill, Ronald E. 1998. Demographic and behavioral responses of southern flying squirrels to experimental logging in Arkansas.
• Brockway, Dale G.; Wolters, Gale L.; Pearson, H.A.; Thill, Ronald E.; Baldwin, V. Clark, Jr..; Martin, A. 1998. Understory plant response to site preparation and fertilization of loblolly and shortleaf pine forests.
• Perry, Roger W.; Thill, Ronald E.; Tappe, Philip A.; Melchiors, M. Anthony. 1997. Presence of hantavirus in small mammals of the Ouachita Mountains.
• Perry, Roger W.; Tappe, Philip A.; Peitz, David G.; Thill, Ronald E.; Melchoirs, M. Anthony; Wigley, T. Bently. 1996. A Comparison of Snap Traps for Evaluating Small Mammal Populations.
• Poteet, Micah L.; Thill, Ronald E.; Whiting, R. Montague, Jr..; Rayburn, R. Lee. 1996. Deer use of riparian zones and adjacent pine plantations in Texas.
• Thill, Ronald E.; Martin, Alton, Jr..; Morris, Hershel F., Jr..; Harrel, Austin T. 1995. Effects of Prescribed Burning and Cattle Grazing on Deer Diets in Louisiana.
• Haywood, James D.; Thill, Ronald E. 1995. Long-Term Responses of Understory Vegetation on a Highly Erosive Louisiana Soil to Fertilization.
• Pearson, Henry A.; Wolters, Gale L.; Thill, Ronald E.; Martin, Alton, Jr..; Baldwin, V. Clark, Jr. 1995. Plant Response to Soils, Site Preparation, and Initial Pine Planting Density.
• Wolters, Gale L.; Pearson, Henry A.; Thill, Ronald E.; Baldwin, V. Clark; Martin, Alton, Jr. 1995. Response of Competing Vegetation to Site Preparation on West Gulf Coastal Plain Commercial Forest Land.
• Tappe, Phillip A.; Thill, Ronald E.; Krystofik, Joseph J.; Heidt, Gary A. 1994. Small Mammal Communities of Mature Pine Hardwood Stands in the Ouachita Mountains.
• Thill, Ronald E.; Tappe, Philip A.; Koerth, Nancy E. 1994. Wildlife Habitat Conditions in Mature Pine Hardwood Stands in the Ouachita/Ozark National Forests.
• Thill, Ronald E. 1990. Managing Southern Pine Plantations for Wildlife.
• Thill, Ronald E.; Martin, Alton, Jr. 1989. Deer and Cattle Diets on Heavily Grazed Pine-Bluestem Range.
• Thill, Ronald E.; Bellemore, John C. 1988. Understory Responses to Fertilization to Eroded Kisatchie Soil in Louisiana.
• Pearson, Henry A.; Smeins, Fred E.; Thill, Ronald E. 1987. Ecological, Physical, and Socioeconomic Relationships Within Southern National Forests- Proceedings of the Southern Evaluation Project Workshop.
• Thill, Ronald E.; Martin, Alton, Jr..; Morris, Hershel F., Jr..; McCune, E. Donice. 1987. Grazing and Burning Impacts on Deer Diets on Lousiana Pine-Bluestem Range.