Petra Bohall Wood

Petra Bohall Wood

Dr. Wood is Assistant Unit Leader - Wildlife with the West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, BRD, USGS. She has been an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Division of Forestry at WVU since 1992. Dr. Wood=s research interests include wildlife/habitat relationships, effects of habitat manipulations, particularly timber harvests, on wildlife populations, and raptor ecology and management.

Education

$ B.S. B Purdue University, Wildlife Management / Forestry, 1981

$ M.S. B University of Florida, Wildlife Ecology, 1984

$ Ph.D. B University of Florida, Wildlife Ecology, 1992

Current Research Projects

Wood thrush nesting ecology related to fragmentation effects on the Monongahela National Forest

Raptor populations on the Westvaco Wildlife and Ecosystems Research Forest

Habitat use and population characteristics of the Allegheny woodrat in WV

Post-fledging ecology of bald eagles at rural and suburban nest sites

Bat populations on the Monongahela National Forest

Bird communities in hemlock ecosystems of New River Gorge

Allegheny woodrat populations of New River Gorge

Dispersal of Allegheny woodrats at Cooper’s Rock State Forest

Environmental impacts of mountain top mining and valley fills on terrestrial wildlife

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Recent Publications

Wood, P. B. and M. W. Collopy. 1993. Effects of egg removal on Bald Eagle productivity in northern Florida. J. Wildl. Manage. 57:1-9.

Wood, P. B., S. A. Nesbitt, and A. Steffer. 1993. Bald eagles prey on sandhill cranes in Florida. J. Raptor Res. 27(3):164-165

Fuller, M. R., C.J. Henny, and P.B. Wood. 1995. Raptors. Pp. 65-69 in E.T. LaRoe et. al (eds). Our Living Resources. USDI, Nat. Biol. Service, Washington DC. 530 pp.

Miller, G.W., P.B. Wood, and J.V. Nichols. 1995. Two-aged silviculture--an innovative tool for enhancing species diversity and vertical structure in Appalachian hardwoods. Pp. 175-182 in L.G. Eskew, ed., Proc. 1995 National Silviculture Workshop, Mescalero, NM. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rpt. RM-GTR-267.

Wood, P. B., J. White, A. Steffer, J . M. Wood, C. Facemire, and H. F. Percival. 1996. Mercury concentrations in tissues of Florida bald eagles. J. Wildl. Manage. 60:178-185.

Wood, P. B., C. Viverette, L. Goodrich, M. Pokras, and C. Tibbott. 1996. Environmental contaminant levels in sharp-shinned hawks from the Eastern United States. J. Raptor Res. 30(3):136-144.

Wood, P.B., M.W. Collopy, and C.M. Sekerak. 1998. Postfledging nest dependence period for bald eagles in Florida. J. Wildl. Manage. 62(1):333-339.

Wood, P.B. 1999. Bald eagle response to boating activity in northcentral Florida. J. Raptor Res. 33(2):97-101.

Franzreb, K.E., D.M. Finch, P.B. Wood, and D.E. Capen. 1999. Management strategies for the conservation of forest birds. in Bonney, R., D.N. Pashley, R. Cooper, and L. Niles, eds. Strategies for Bird Conservation: The Partners in Flight Planning Process. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. <http://birds.cornell.edu/pifcapemay>

Hochachka, W.M., T.E. Martin, V. Artman, C.R. Smith, S.J. Hejl, D.E. Andersen, D. Curson, L. Petit, N. Mathews, T. Donovan, E.E. Klaas, P.B. Wood, J.C. Manolis, K.P. McFarland, J.V. Nichols, J.C. Bednarz, D.M. Evans, J.P. Duguay, S. Garner, J. Tewksbury, K.L. Purcell, J. Faaborg, C.B. Goguen, C. Rimmer, R. Dettmers, M. Knutson, J.A. Collazo, L. Garner, D. Whitehead, and G. Geupel. 1999. Scale dependence in the effects of forest coverage on parasitization by brown-headed cowbirds. Studies in Avian Biology 18:80-88.

Steketee, A.K., P.B. Wood, J.G. Bruggink, D.E. Samuel, and J. Cromer. In press. Land-use changes along singing ground survey routes in West Virginia. Ninth Woodcock Symposium.

Gregg, I.D., D.E. Samuel, and P.B. Wood. In press. American woodcock use of reclaimed surface mines in West Virginia. Ninth Woodcock Symposium.

Duguay, J.P., P.B. Wood, and G.W. Miller. In press. Effects of timber harvests on invertebrate biomass and avian nest success. Wildl. Soc. Bull.

Duguay, J.P., P.B. Wood, and J.V. Nichols. Under review. Songbird abundance and avian nest survival rates in forests fragmented by different silvicultural treatments. Conserv. Biol.

Weakland, C.A., P.B. Wood, and W.M. Ford. In press. Responses of songbirds to diameter-limit cutting in the central Appalachians of West Virginia. For. Ecol. and Manage.

Menzel, M.A., S.F. Owen, W.M. Ford, B.R. Chapman, J.W. Edwards, P.B. Wood, and K.V. Miller. In press. Selection of roost trees by maternity colonies of northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) in an industrial forest of the central Appalachian Mountains. For. Ecol. and Manage.

Castleberry, S.B., T.L. King, P.B. Wood, and W.M. Ford. 2000. Microsatellite DNA markers for the study of Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister) populations and cross-species amplification in the genus Neotoma. Molecular Ecology 9:824-826.

Churchill, J.B., P.B. Wood, and D.F. Brinker. 2000. Diurnal roost site characteristics of northern saw-whet owls wintering at Assateague Island, Maryland. Wilson Bulletin 112(3):333-337.

Contact Information

Dr. Petra Bohall Wood
West Virginia Coop. Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, BRD, USGS
PO Box 6125, 320 Percival Hall
West Virginia University
Morgantown WV 26506-6125
304-293-3794 x 2433 (voice) 304-293-2441 (fax)
pbwood@wvu.edu