Thomas A. Scott
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1987
Specialty: Conservation Biology
Email: thomas.scott@ucr.edu
Phone: (951) 827-5115
Research Interests:
Biogeography, conservation biology, wildlife management.
Recent Projects:
Wildlife conservation in fragmented and altered landscapes, including
studies of wildlife movement, habitat use, and population biology in
oak woodland, sage scrub, and riparian habitats; behavioral changes and
adjustments in habitat use of woodland bird species in response to
human activities; the conservation and management of island bird
species through captive propagation, predator control, and habitat
restoration.
Selected Publications:
Morrison, M.L., Scott, T.A., and Tennant, T., 1994. Wildlife-Habitat
restoration in an urban park in Southern California. Restoration
Ecology, 2:17-30.
Scott, T.A. , 1994. Irruptive Dispersal of Black-shouldered Kites to a near shore island. The Condor, 96:197-200.
Scott, T.A., 1995. Prefire management along California's wildland urban
interface: introduction and session overview. In J. Keeley and T. A.
Scott (eds.), Brushfires in California: Ecology and Resource
Management, 3-10. International Assoc. of Wildland Fire, Fairfield,
Washington.
Scott, T.A., R. Standiford and N. Pratini. 1995. Private landowners
critical to saving California biodiversity. California Agriculture
49(6):50-58.
Scott, T.A. and N. Pratini. 1995. Habitat fragmentation: the sum of the
pieces is less than the whole. California Agriculture 49(6):56.
Scott, T.A. and Morrison, M.L., 1996. Opportunistic foraging in
Loggerhead Shrikes. Pp. 186-193 in R. Yosef and F.E. Lohrer (eds.).
Proceedings of an International Symposium on the Lanidae and their
Allies.
Bolger, D. T., T. A. Scott and J. T. Rotenberry. 1997. Breeding bird
abundance in an urbanizing landscape in coastal southern California.
Conservation Biology 11:1-16.
Scott, T.A. and N. Pratini. 1997. The effects of native soils on
Engelmann oak seedling growth. Pp. 660-663 in Pilsbury, N. (ed.), USDA
Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-160.
Rotenberry, J. T. and T. Scott. 1998. Biology of the California
Gnatcatcher: filling in the gaps. Western Birds 29(4):237-241.