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Paul D Curtis

Extension Wildlife Specialist

Primary Research Areas

  • adult and extension education
  • biological control
  • ecology
  • education
  • environmental sciences
  • forest management
  • fruit and vegetable production
  • integrated pest management
  • natural resources
  • pest management
  • resource policy and management
  • wildlife management
  • zoology

Graduate Fields

Research Focus

Primary research activities include evaluation of wildlife behavior and population ecology. Various applied management techniques for reducing human-wildlife conflicts and potential disease transmission have been investigated. Novel methods for reducing transmission of Lyme disease are currently being studied.

Research Grants

  • 4-POSTER SLN APPLICATION FOR FIRE AND SHELTER ISLAND, NEW YORK
  • WILDLIFE DAMAGE MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK: WORK PLAN AND BUDGET
  • 4-POSTER SLN APPLICATION FOR SHELTER AND FIRE ISLAND, NY (AG. & MKTS. PRIME)
  • 4-POSTER SLN APPLICATION FOR SHELTER AND FIRE ISLAND, NY (SUFFOLK COUNTY PRIME)
  • ECOLOGY OF COYOTES/CCOYOTE MANAGEMENT IN NEW YORK
  • EXTENSION WORK PLAN AND BUDGET
  • REVISION, EXPANSION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE INTERNET CENTER FOR WILDLIFE DAMAGE MANAGEMENT

Selected Publications

PubMed Listings
  • Merrill, J. A., E. G. Cooch, and P. D. Curtis. 2002. Time to reduction: factors influencing management efficacy in sterilizing overabundant white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Management: (In press).
  • Curtis, P. D., E. D. Rowland, M. M. Harribal, G. B. Curtis, J. A. Renwick, and M. D. Martin-Rehermann, and G. L. Good. 2002. Plant compounds in Pachysandra terminalis that act as feeding deterrents to prairie voles (Microtus ochragaster). Hort Science: (In press).
  • Curtis P. D., R. L. Pooler, M. E. Richmond, L. A. Miller, G. F. Mattfeld, and F. W. Quimby. 2002. Comparative efficacy of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and porcine zona pellucida immunocontraceptive vaccines for controlling reproduction in white-tailed deer. Reproduction-Supplement 60:131-141.
  • Curtis, P. D., E. D. Rowland, and G. L. Good. 2002. Developing a plant-based vole repellent: screening of ten candidate plants. Crop Protection 21:299-306.
  • Jensen, P. G., P. D. Curtis, M. E. Lehnert, and D. L. Hamelin. 2001. Habitat and structural factors influencing beaver interference with highway culverts. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29:654-664.
  • DeNicola, A. J., K. C. VerCauteren, P. D. Curtis, and S. E. Hygnstrom. 2000. Managing white-tailed deer in suburban environments: a technical guide. Cornell Cooperative Extension Information Bulletin, N.Y. State College of Agriculture and Life Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 52pp.