Associate Director, Arkansas Forest Resources Center
Associate Dean, School of Forest Resources
Professor, Wildlife Ecology & Management
Office: (870) 460-1352
Fax: (870) 460-1092
Tappe@UAMont.edu
EDUCATION:
Doctor of Philosophy, 1991
Clemson University
Master of Science, 1987
Stephen F. Austin State University
Bachelor of Science, 1981
Stephen F. Austin State University
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION:
Wildlife ecology and management.
Wildlife habitat and population responses to forest management.
COURSES TAUGHT:
WLF 2112 Introduction to Wildlife Conservation
WLF 4712 Wildlife Management
WLF 5133 Wildlife-Habitat Relationships
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Whitsitt, T.A. and P.A. Tappe. 2009. Temporal variation of a small mammal community at a wetland restoration site in Arkansas. Southeastern Naturalist 8(3):381-386.
Butler, M.J. and P.A. Tappe. 2008. Relationships of red-cockaded woodpecker reproduction and foraging habitat characteristics in Arkansas and Louisiana. European Journal of Wildlife Research 54:601-608.
Farrell, M.C. and P.A. Tappe. 2007. County-level factors contributing to deer-vehicle collisions in Arkansas. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:2727-2731.
Tappe, P.A. and D.I.M. Enderle. 2007. Using site-level factors to model areas at high risk of deer-vehicle collisions on Arkansas highways. Pages 489-499 in Proceedings of the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation. Center for Transportation and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Tappe, P.A. and R.E. Kissell, Jr. 2006. White-tailed deer density estimation using thermal infrared imaging. Pages 146-151 in Proceedings of the 6th International Deer Biology Congress, Prague, Czech Republic.
SELECTED POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS:
Tappe, P.A., M.H. Pelkki, R.L. Ficklin, and H.O. Liechty. 2008. Environmental dimensions of whole-tree chipping and slash removal for cellulosic biomass supply in the U.S. South. Conference on the Ecological Dimensions of Biofuels, Ecological Society of America, Washington DC. March 10.
Liechty, H.O., M.A. Blazier, P.A. Tappe, and M.H. Pelkki. 2008. Agroforest systems - opportunities for environmentally sustainable biofuel feedstock production in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Conference on the Ecological Dimensions of Biofuels, Ecological Society of America, Washington DC. March 10.
Whitsitt, T.A. and P.A. Tappe. 2008. Temporal variation in small mammal community characteristics on a wetland restoration site in Chicot County, Arkansas. Arkansas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Arkadelphia, AR. April 11-12.
Whitsitt, T.A. and P.A. Tappe. 2008. Small mammal community associations with topographic complexities on a wetland restoration site in Southeast Arkansas. Conference on Integrating Science into the Restoration and Management of Floodplain Ecosystems of the Southeast, Little Rock, AR. March 4-6.
Tappe, P.A., M.C. Farrell, and D.I.M. Enderle. 2007. An overview of recent deer-vehicle collision research in Arkansas. International Conference on Ecology and Transportation, Little Rock, AR. May 20-25.
Tappe, P.A. and T.A. Whitsitt. 2007. The Bob White Memorial Wetlands Research and Teaching Station: a living laboratory for natural resource education. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ. September 22-26.
Tappe. P.A. and S.D. Bunch. 2006. Program agent's perceptions of landowners enrolled in Arkansas Acres for Wildlife. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Anchorage, AK. September 23-27.