This research unit is charged with conducting research on Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive (TES) species of southern forests.  

The research program is conducted under two problem areas and a Mission Problem:

Research Problems Areas:

1.   Status, distribution, and habitat relationships of forest bats in the southeast.

2.   Biology of TES plants found in longleaf pine forests and methods to recover populations and restore habitats.

Mission Problem:

Completion of studies on red-cockaded woodpecker foraging relationships, interspecific interactions, response to catastrophic events, and translocation technologies.    

Other Research