Staff Member
Nicholas Pirius
Master's
Email: nicholas.pirius@ttu.edu
Biography
My thesis focuses on the overwinter ecology of lesser prairie chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus in the southern Texas high plains. My research will assess survival, movement patterns, home range, and habitat use, particularly man-made water sources, through the use of motion triggered trail cameras
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Pirius, N.E., C.W. Boal, D.A. Haukos, and M.C. Wallace. 2013. Winter habitat use and survival of lesser prairie-chickens in west Texas. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37:759-765. | December 2013 |
| Project | Completion Date |
|---|---|
| Winter ecology and habitat use of lesser prairie-chickens in west Texas. | August 2011 |
| Lesser Prairie-chcken ecology during pre- and post-construction of wind energy facilities in west Texas. | August 2012 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Gicklhorn, T., P.K. Borsdorf, N. Pirius, and C.W. Boal. 2013. Seasonal use of artificial water-sources by lesser prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus). 49th Annual Meeting of the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Houston, TX. Feb. 2013. | February 2013 |
| Gicklhorn, T., N. Pirius, and C. Boal. Analysis of motion-captured pictures located on man-made water sources in the Southern High Plains of West Texas. Annual meeting of the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Corpus Christi, TX. | February 2015 |