Dr. Tom Nupp
Associate Professor of 
Wildlife Biology

Education:

• PhD, Wildlife Science, Purdue University, 1997

• MS, Wildlife Science, Auburn University, 1992

• BS, Biology/Ecology, Penn State University, 1987

Research Topics:

• Small mammal population dynamics; management of game and non-game species; use of spatially explicit models to describe landscape-level population processes.

Courses Taught:

• FW 3154 Mammalogy
• FW 3174 Habitat Evaluation Procedures
• FW 4001 Senior Seminar
• FW 4003 Wildlife Management
• FW 4013 Wildlife Techniques
• FW 4034 Introductory GIS
• BIOL 1014 Introduction to Biological Science
• BIOL 1001 Biological Science Laboratory

Professional Memberships:

• American Society of Mammalogists
• Ecological Society of America
• The Wildlife Society
• Arkansas Academy of Sciences

Publications:

• Nupp, T.E. and R.K.Swihart. 1996 Effect of forest patch area on population attributes of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in fragmented landscapes. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 74:467-472.
• Nupp, T.E. and R.K. Swihart. 1998.. Effects of forest fragmentation on population attributes of white-footed mice and eastern chipmunks. Journal of Mammalogy, 79:1234-1243.
• Swihart, R.K., and T.E. Nupp.  1998.  Modeling population responses of North American tree squirrels to agriculturally induced fragmentation of forests. Pages 1-20 in, Ecology and evolutionary biology of tree squirrels (M. A. Steele, J. F. Merritt, and D. A. Zegers, eds). Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication Number 6.
• Nupp, T.E. and R.K. Swihart.  2000.  Landscape-level correlates of small mammal assemblages in forest fragments of farmland.  Journal of Mammalogy, 81:512-526.
• Nupp, T.E., and R.K. Swihart.  In Press.  Assessing competition between forest rodents in a fragmented landscape:  Incorporating habitat selection at multiple spatial scales.  Mammalian Biology.
• Nupp, T.E., and N.R. Holler.  In Press.  Initial gray squirrel population responses to nest boxes in two forest types in southern Alabama. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.