Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Kyle Pias

Kyle holding two recently banded snail kite nestlings at Loxahatchee NWR.
Master's
Email: kpias@ufl.edu

Education

  • MS University of Florida 2011

Biography

Kyle Pias received his BS in Environmental Science from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. His interests include conservation biology and avian ecology. He has worked on research projects involving a variety of avian species, including crested caracaras, island scrub jays, and red-tailed hawks. His current work at the University of Florida is focused on foraging ecology and habitat use of the endangered everglades snail kite on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes.. Snail kite monitoring, habitat use of breeding snail kites.

Research Publications Publication Date
Pias, K., Z. Welch, and W.M. Kitchens. Extraction Platforms:2012. An Artificial Perch to Help Snail Kites Handle an Exotic Apple Snail. Waterbirds 35(2):347-351. June 2012
Fletcher, R.J. Jr., M. Acevedo, B.Reichert, K. Pias, and W. Kitchens. 2011. Revisiting the foundations of spatial network analysis for ecology and conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(38): 19282-19287. May 2012
Project Completion Date
Linking Snail Kite Foraging Activity, Habitat Quality, and Critical Demographic Parameters to Guide Effective Conservation April 2012
Nesting Habitat and Nest Failures of the Everglad Snail Kite on Kissimmee Lakes and Nesting, Recruiting and Foraging Ecology of the Florida Snail Kite in Lake Tohopekaliga March 2013
Demographic, Movement, and Habitat of the Endangered Snail Kite in Response to Operational Plans in Water Conservation Area 3A April 2011
Surveys of Snail Kite Breeding and Habitat Use in the Upper St. Johns River Basin February 2011
Technical Publications Publication Date
Reichert, Brian, Christopher Cattau, Wiley Kitchens, Kyle Pias, and Jean Olbert. 2009. Snaill Kite Demography in blue cypress Marsh Complex. Annual Report 2009. October 2009
Reichert, Brian, Christopher Cattau, Wiley Kitchens, Kyle Pias, and Jean Olbert. 2010. Snail Kite Demography in Blue Cypress Marsh Complex. Annual Report 2011. May 2011
Reichert, Brian, Christopher Cattau, Wiley Kitchens, Christa Zweig, Jean Olbert, and Kyle Pias. Demographic, Movement, and Habitat studies of the Endagered Snail Kite in Response to Operational Plans in Water Conservation Area 3A. Annual Report. October 2009
Reichert, Brian, Christopher Cattau, Wiley Kitchens, Christa Zweig, Jean Olbert, and Kyle Pias. Demographic, Movement, and Habitat Studies of the Endangered Snail Kite in Response to Operational Plans in Water Conservation Area 3A. 2011. Annual Report May 2011