Grants Received

Competitive–

Schweitzer, S.H., and Russ Greenberg.  2009-2011.  Winter Ecology of the Rusty Blackbird Along the South Atlantic Coast.  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  ($24.983)

Schweitzer, S.H., and L. Bryan.  2008-2009.  Gopher tortoise burrow surveys on Kings Bay Navy Base.  Department of Defense (US Navy).  ($29,975)

Maerz, J., S.H. Schweitzer, and L. Smith.  2007-2009.  Patterns of riparian disturbance and their influence on aquatic turtles in the lower Flint River Basin, Georgia.  Georgia Department of Natural Resources ($18,558)

Schweitzer, S.H.  2006-2009.  A Study of the Ecological Value of Managed Tidal Wetlands compared to Adjacent Natural Marshes in the ACE Basin, S.C.  National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.  ($67,925)

Schweitzer, S.H.  2006-2007.  Experimental restoration of wiregrass communities.  BASF, Inc. ($14,000)

Wimberly, M.C., and S.H. Schweitzer.  2005-2006.  Landscape ecology and mapping of Ehrlichial pathogens.  National Institutes of Health ($52,596). 

Schweitzer, S.H.  2005.  Conservation genetics of an introduced mottled duck (Anas fulvigula) population.  Delta Waterfowl Foundation  ($15,000). 

Schweitzer, S.H.  2005-2006.  Experimental restoration of wiregrass communities.  Georgia Department of Natural Resources  ($25,091). 

Schweitzer, S.H.  2005.  Conservation genetics of mottled ducks in the South Atlantic Coastal Zone.  Wildlife Forever ($5,000). 

Schweitzer, S.H., and J.K. Reap.  2005.  International service learning: natural and cultural resources conservation and tourism in Bulgaria.  University of

Georgia, Office of the Vice President of Public Service and Outreach ($5,000). 

Schweitzer, S.H., and E.P. Wiggers.  2005-2006.  Responses of rails to traditionally managed and unmanaged coastal marsh impoundments with the         Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto Basin, S.C.  National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ($20,200). 

Schweitzer, S.H., and J.M. Meyers.  2002-2005.  Effects of disturbance and predation on nesting American Oystercatchers.  U.S. Geological Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ($40,000). 

Schweitzer, S.H.  2002-2004.  Avian response to the establishment of native warm season grasses within various landscapes in central Georgia, USA.  USDA, Forest Service ($62,675). 

Schweitzer, S.H.  2001-2004.  Avian response to the establishment of native warm-season grasses within various landscapes of the southeastern Piedmont.  USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service ($29,953). 

Schweitzer, S.H.  2001-2005.  Ecology of the mottled duck (Anas fulvigula) in South Carolina and Georgia:  a recently established population.  Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, Game Management Section, Social Circle ($50,000). 

Schweitzer, S.H.  2001-2002.  Ecology of the mottled duck (Anas fulvigula) in South Carolina and Georgia:  a recently established population.  Georgia Waterfowl Association ($12,500). 

Schweitzer, S.H.  2001.  Supplement to:  Nesting ecology and factors limiting the reproductive success of American oystercatchers along Georgia’s coast.  Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, Social Circle; and D. B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens ($6,600). 

Schweitzer, S.H.  2000.  Supplement to:  Nesting ecology and factors limiting the reproductive success of American oystercatchers along Georgia’s coast.  Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, Social Circle, Georgia.  ($750) 

Schweitzer, S.H.  1999-2001.  Nesting ecology and factors limiting the reproductive success of American oystercatchers along Georgia’s coast.  Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, Social Circle, Georgia.  ($27,600) 

Schweitzer, S.H.  1999.  Factors limiting the reproductive success of beach-nesting birds on Cumberland Island, Georgia.  Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, Social Circle, Georgia.  ($4,082) 

Schweitzer, S.H., G. Tanner, C.F. Zinkhan, D. Otis, D. Guynn, and J.D. Lanham.  1997-2001.  The pinelands stewards project:  a research, management, and education program directed at private pineland stewardship in the southeastern United States to improve wildlife habitat for the next century.  National Wild Turkey Federation, Edgefield, S.C.  ($1,450,000; $435,830 to UGA-RF) 

Morris, L.A., R.L. Hendrick, and S.H. Schweitzer.  1997-1999.  Fertilizer effects on the productivity of established Pinus taeda stands on reclaimed kaolin mines.  China Clay Producers Association, Georgia.  ($80,000) 

Schweitzer, S.H.  1997-1998.  Waterbird use of blasted potholes in freshwater tidal marsh.  National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Washington, D.C.  ($6,600) 

Schweitzer, S.H.  1997.  Nesting ecology of Least Terns along Georgia’s coast.  Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program, Forsyth, Georgia.  ($2,500) 

Schweitzer, S.H.  1997.  The nesting ecology of least terns along Georgia’s coast.  Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, Dundee, Illinois.  ($1,000) 

Steinbeck, K., and S.H. Schweitzer.  1996-1997.  Evaluation of vegetation management alternatives.  Georgia Power Company, Atlanta, Georgia.  ($16,448) 

Krementz, D.G., and S.H. Schweitzer.  1996-1997.  The effects of forest management on wintering American woodcock habitat use and survival rates.  The Ruffed Grouse Society, Rice Lake, Wisconsin.  ($6,100) 

Krementz, D.G., J.B. Dunning, Jr., J.S. Christie, and S.H. Schweitzer.  1996-1997.  Effects of site preparation and clearcut size on recolonization by, and population dynamics of, shrub-scrub birds, phase II.  USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Asheville, North Carolina.  ($35,000) 

Schweitzer, S.H.  1995-1996.  Use of radio-transmitters to estimate hatching to fledging survival of tern chicks.  The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Athens.  ($3,100) 

Schweitzer, S.H.  1995-1996.  Abundance and distribution of beach-nesting shorebirds with emphasis on Least Tern breeding ecology at natural and artificial habitats.  Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, Nongame-Endangered Wildlife Program, Social Circle, Georgia.  ($2,000) 

Steinbeck, K., and S.H. Schweitzer.  1995-1996.  Evaluation of vegetation management alternatives.  Georgia Power Company, Atlanta.  ($27,725)

Krementz, D.G., J.B. Dunning, Jr., J.S. Christie, and S.H. Schweitzer.  1995-1996.  Effects of site preparation and clearcut size on recolonization by, and population dynamics of, shrub-scrub birds.  USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Asheville, North Carolina.  ($30,266) 

Schweitzer, S.H., D.M. Leslie, Jr., and D.M. Finch.  1994-1996.  Impacts of cowbird parasitism on the willow flycatcher and other sensitive avian species in riparian habitats of New Mexico based on a review of the literature.  U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Albuquerque, New Mexico.  ($29,000) 

Schweitzer, S.H., L.M. Smith, and H.A. Wright.  1986.  Response of Mormon-tea to winter burning.  Summer Research Assistantship Grant, The Graduate School, Texas Tech University, Lubbock.  ($800) 

Formula Funding and/or Internal Review-- 

Schweitzer, S.H.  2002-2007.  Experimental restoration of early successional habitat for declining bird species within a forested landscape.  U.S. Department of Agriculture, McIntire-Stennis ($200,163). 

Schweitzer, S.H.  1997-2002.  Response of wildlife communities to openings within pine plantations.  U.S. Department of Agriculture, McIntire-Stennis ($135,200). 

Grant Proposals Submitted and In Review– 

Jennings, C., and S.H. Schweitzer.  2006-2009.  A Study of the Ecological Value of Managed Tidal Wetlands compared to Adjacent Natural Marshes in the ACE Basin, S.C.  National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.  $229,198 

Schweitzer, S.H.  2006.  Experimental restoration of wiregrass communities.  BASF, Inc.  $5,000.       

Schweitzer, S.H.  2006.  Experimental restoration of wiregrass communities.  Georgia Botanical Society.  $1,360.