David M. Leslie, Jr.
Fish and Wildlife Co-op Unit Leader and Adjunct Professor

The Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit has been an integral part of research in natural resource ecology and management at Oklahoma State University since 1948. Research has been conducted on a wide variety of fisheries and wildlife topics in cooperation with the University, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and various private concerns.  Graduate research projects affiliated with the Unit typically are problem-oriented and designed to provide cooperators with useful information on contemporary resource issues. My personal research has focused on ecology and recovery of endangered Ozark big eared bats and interior least terns; resource conservation and management in Romania and Poland; effects of habitat alterations on nutrition of large mammals; and the impact of the digital age on scientific delivery and scholarly publishing.

Perry, R. W., R. E. Thill, and D. M. Leslie, Jr.  2007.  Selection of roosting habitat by forest bats in a diverse forested landscape.  Forest Ecology and Management 238:156–166. 

Fuhlendorf, S. D., W. C. Harrell, D. M. Engle, R. G. Hamilton, C. A. Davis, and D. M. Leslie, Jr.  2006.  Should heterogeneity be the basis for conservation? Grassland bird response to fire and grazing.   Ecological Applications 16:1706–1716. 

Webb, R. E., D. M. Leslie, Jr., R. E. Masters, and R. L. Lochmiller.  2005.  The impact of food supplementation and methionine at extraordinary densities of non-cyclic cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus): support of the amino-acid-quality hypothesis?  Journal of Mammalogy 86:46–55.