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Petra Wood

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Petra Bohall Wood , Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor
of Wildlife and Fisheries Resources

Assistant Unit Leader
WV Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, USGS

Contact Information

West Virginia University
Division of Forestry and Natural Resources
PO Box 6125
Morgantown, WV 26506-6125

Telephone: (304) 293-5090
Fax: (304) 293-2441
Email: pbwood@wvu.edu

Education

PhD, University of Florida 1992, Wildlife Ecology

Professional Employment

Courses Taught

Research Interests

Professional Affiliations

Raptor Research Foundation
– Board of Directors (January 2008 – December 2010)
– Newsletter Editor (January 2006 – Present)
– Member (January 1984 – Present)

American Ornithologists’ Union
– Member (January 1983 – Present)

Partners in Flight
– Member (July 1992 – Present)
– Member, West Virginia Working Group (March 1992 – Present)

The Wildlife Society
– Member (January 1994 – Present)
– Member, West Virginia Chapter (January 1993 – Present)

Society for Conservation Biology
– Member (January 1994 – Present)

Selected Publications

McDermott, M.E. and P.B. Wood. 2010. Influence of cover and food resource variation on post-breeding bird habitat use, molt, and body condition in even-aged stands. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 122:545-555.

Fajvan, M.A. and P. B. Wood. 2010. Maintenance of eastern hemlock forests: factors associated with hemlock vulnerability. Pp 31-38 in Rentch, J. S. and T.M. Schuler, eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report NRS-P-64. 250 p.

Zadnik, A.K., J.T. Anderson, P.B. Wood, and K. Bledsoe. 2009. Wildlife use of back channels associated with islands on the Ohio River, West Virginia. Wetlands 29:543-551.

Manjerovic, M.B., P.B. Wood., and J.W. Edwards. 2009. Mast and weather influences on population trends of a species of concern: the Allegheny woodrat. American Midland Naturalist 162:52-61.

Steketee, A.K., P.B. Wood, and I.D. Gregg. 2009. Woodcock population status and habitat characteristics in Canaan Valley and vicinity. In Canaan Valley: a Heritage Landscape Celebration and its Environs. http://www.canaanvi.org/canaanvi_web/uploadedFiles/Events/Past_Events/6_steketee_paper.pdf

Wood, P. B. 2009. Recovery distances of nestling bald eagles banded in Florida and implications for natal dispersal and philopatry. Journal of Raptor Research 43:127-133.

Morrison, J.L. and P.B. Wood. 2009. Broadening our approaches to studying dispersal in raptors. Journal of Raptor Research 43:81-89.

Zadnik, A., J. Anderson, P. Wood, K. Bledsoe. Importance of island back channels to wildlife on the Ohio River.

Wood, P. B. 2008. Woodrat population dynamics and movement patterns. Chapter 3, Pages 45-62 in The Allegheny Woodrat: Ecology, Conservation, and Management of a Declining Species, J. Peles and J. Wright, eds. Springer.

Wood, P. B, J. Perez, and J. M. Wood. 2008. Hemlock ecosystem monitoring in southern West Virginia. Pages 270-278 in Proceedings of the 4th Symposium on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. Hartford, CT. USDA Forest Service Publication FHTET-2008-1.

Ammer, F. K., P. B. Wood, and R. J. McPherson. 2008. Gender identification of Grasshopper Sparrows comparing behavioral, morphological, and molecular techniques. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120:221-225.

Mitchell, M. S., M. J. Reynolds-Hogland, M. L. Smith, P. B. Wood, and others. 2008. Projected long-term response of Southeastern birds to forest management. Forest Ecology and Management 256:1884-1896.

McDermott, M. E., and P. B. Wood. 2009. Short- and long-term implications of clearcut and two-age silviculture for conservation of breeding forest birds in the central Applachians, USA. Biological Conservation 142:212-220.