John Kilgo, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Michael S. Muthersbaugh, Wesley W. Boone, Elizabeth A. Saldo, Alex J. Jensen, Jay Cantrell, Charles Ruth, John Kilgo, David S. Jachowski. 2024. Maternal behaviors influence survival of ungulate neonates under heavy predation risk
• Alex J. Jensen, Michael Muthersbaugh, Charles R. Ruth, Joseph W. Butfiloski, Jay Cantrell, Jennifer Adams, Lisette Waits, John Kilgo, David S. Jachowski. 2024. Resource pulses shape seasonal and individual variation in the diet of an omnivorous carnivore
• Jordan L. Youngmann, Stacey L. Lance, John Kilgo, Charles Ruth, Jay Cantrell, Gino J. D'Angelo. 2024. High Genetic Diversity and Low Differentiation in Colonized Coyote Populations Across South Carolina
• Patrick H. Wightman, Erin E. Ulrey, Nicholas W. Bakner, Jay R. Cantrell, Charles R. Ruth, Emily Rushton, Cody A. Cedotal, John Kilgo, David J. Moscicki, Krishna Pacifici, Christopher E. Moorman, Bret A. Collier, Michael J. Chamberlain. 2024. Survival and cause‐specific mortality of male wild turkeys across the southeastern United States
• Holly Lott, Erin E. Ulrey, John Kilgo, Bret A. Collier, Michael J. Chamberlain, Michael E. Byrne. 2024. Male mating season range expansion results from an increase in scale of daily movements for a polygynous–promiscuous bird
• Elizabeth A. Saldo, Alex J. Jensen, Michael S. Muthersbaugh, Charles Ruth, Jay Cantrell, Joseph W. Butfiloski, Greg K. Yarrow, John Kilgo, David S. Jachowski. 2024. Unintended consequences of wildlife feeders on spatiotemporal activity of white‐tailed deer, coyotes, and wild pigs
• James Garabedian, John Kilgo. 2024. Rapid recovery of invasive wild pig (Sus scrofa) populations following density reduction
• Adam C. Edge, Jacalyn P. Rosenberger, Cheyenne J. Yates, Andrew R. Little, Charlie H. Killmaster, Kristina L. Johannsen, David A. Osborn, John Kilgo, Karl V Miller, Gino J. D’Angelo, Bogdan Cristescu. 2023. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn survival and the influence of landscape characteristics on fawn predation risk in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, USA
• Jordan L. Youngmann, Stacey L. Lance, John Kilgo, Charles Ruth, Jay Cantrell, Gino J. D’Angelo, Lalit Kumar. Sharma. 2023. Assessing springtime vertebrate prey of sympatric mesopredators in the southeastern United States using metabarcoding analysis
• Savannah Bartel, John Kilgo, John L. Orrock. 2023. White-tailed deer responses to acoustic predator cues are contingent upon past land use and contemporary fire regime
• Elizabeth A. Saldo, Alex J. Jensen, Michael S. Muthersbaugh, Joseph W. Butfiloski, Jay Cantrell, John Kilgo, Charles Ruth, Greg K. Yarrow, David S. Jachowski. 2023. Spatiotemporal overlap with invasive wild pigs ( Sus scrofa ) varies by species and season in a temperate ecosystem
• James Garabedian, Kyle Cox, Mark Vukovich, John Kilgo. 2023. Co‐occurrence of native white‐tailed deer and invasive wild pigs: Evidence for competition?
• John Kilgo, Mark Vukovich, Kyle Cox, Michael Larsen, Thomas T. Mims, James Garabedian. 2023. Assessing whole‐sounder removal versus traditional control for reducing invasive wild pig ( Sus scrofa ) populations
• Patrick H. Wightman, James A. Martin, John Kilgo, Emily Rushton, Bret A. Collier, Michael J. Chamberlain. 2022. Influence of weather on gobbling activity of male wild turkeys
• Alex J. Jensen, Courtney J. Marneweck, John Kilgo, David S. Jachowski. 2022. Coyote diet in North America: geographic and ecological patterns during range expansion
• Albert (Bud) E. Mayfield, Steven Seybold, Wendell R. Haag, Tracy Johnson, Becky K. Kerns, John Kilgo, Daniel Larkin, Rima Lucardi, Bruce Moltzan, Dean E. Pearson, John Rothlisberger, John Schardt, Michael K. Schwartz, Michael K. Young. 2021. Impacts of invasive species in terrestrial and aquatic systems in the United States.
• James Garabedian, C. E. Moorman, M. N. Peterson, John Kilgo. 2021. Group size mediates effects of intraspecific competition and forest structure on productivity in a recovering social woodpecker population
• John Kilgo, James Garabedian, Mark Vukovich, Peter E. Schlichting, Michael E. Byrne, James C. Beasley. 2021. Food resources affect territoriality of invasive wild pig sounders with implications for control
• Sarah M. Chinn, John Kilgo, Mark Vukovich, James C. Beasley. 2021. Influence of intrinsic and extrinsic attributes on neonate survival in an invasive large mammal
• John J. Mayer, Thomas B. Edwards, James Garabedian, John Kilgo. 2021. Sanitary Waste Landfill Effects on an Invasive Wild Pig Population
• Henry McNab, John Kilgo, John I Blake, Stanley J. Zarnoch. 2021. Effect of gap size on composition and structure of regeneration 19 years after harvest in a southeastern bottomland forest, USA
• Mark Vukovich, James Garabedian, Stanley J. Zarnoch, John Kilgo. 2021. Do Remote Camera Arrangements and Image Capture Settings Improve Individual Identification of Golden Eagles?
• Matt C. Reeves, Jack L. Butler, Michele Schoeneberger, John Kilgo. 2021. Regional summaries: Great Plains Region
• Therese M. M. Poland, Jennifer Juzwik, Allen Rowley, Cynthia Huebner, John Kilgo, Vanessa M. Lopez, Deanna H. Olson, Dean E. Pearson, Robert Progar, Robert Rabaglia, John Rothlisberger, Justin B. Runyon, Sharlene E. Sing. 2021. Management of Landscapes for Established Invasive Species
• Eric S. Michel, Bronson K. Strickland, Stephen Demarais, Jerrold L. Belant, Todd M. Kautz, Jared F. Duquette, Dean E. Beyer, Michael J. Chamberlain, Karl V Miller, Rebecca M. Shuman, John Kilgo, Duane R. Diefenbach, Bret D. Wallingford, Justin K. Vreeland, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, Christopher S. DePerno, Christopher E. Moorman, M. Colter Chitwood, Marcus A. Lashley. 2020. Relative reproductive phenology and synchrony affect neonate survival in a nonprecocial ungulate
• James C. Beasley, Michael J. Lavelle, David A. Keiter, Kim M. Pepin, Antoinette J. Piaggio, John Kilgo, Kurt C. VerCauteren. 2020. Research methods for wild pigs
• Guillaume Bastille‐Rousseau, Peter Schlichting, David Keiter, Joshua Smith, John Kilgo, George Wittemyer, Kurt Vercauteren, James Beasley, Kim M. Pepin. 2020. Multi‐level movement response of invasive wild pigs ( Sus scrofa ) to removal
• Jacquelyn E. McRae, Peter E. Schlichting, Nathan P. Snow, Amy J. Davis, Kurt C. VerCauteren, John Kilgo, David A. Keiter, James C. Beasley, Kim M. Pepin. 2020. Factors affecting bait site visitation: area of influence of baits
• Mark Q. Wilber, Sarah M. Chinn, James C. Beasley, Raoul K. Boughton, Ryan K. Brook, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, Justin W. Fischer, Steve B. Hartley, Lindsey K. Holmstrom, John Kilgo, Jesse S. Lewis, Ryan S. Miller, Nathan P. Snow, Kurt C. VerCauteren, Samantha M. Wisely, Colleen T. Webb, Kim M. Pepin. 2020. Predicting functional responses in agro‐ecosystems from animal movement data to improve management of invasive pests
• Rebecca M. Peters, Michael J. Cherry, John Kilgo, Michael J. Chamberlain, Karl V Miller. 2020. White‐Tailed deer population dynamics following Louisiana black bear recovery
• John Kilgo, John I Blake, Tracy  E. Grazia, Andy Horcher, Michael Larsen, Thomas Mims, Stanley J. Zarnoch. 2020. Use of roadside deer removal to reduce deer-vehicle collisions
• John Kilgo, Michael J. Cherry, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, William D. Gulsby, Karl V Miller. 2019. Coyotes and white‐tailed deer populations in the east: A comment on Bragina et al. (2019)
• James Garabedian, Christopher E. Moorman, M. Nils Peterson, John Kilgo. 2019. Neighboring group density is more important than forest stand age to a threatened social woodpecker population
• James E. Garabedian, Christopher E. Moorman, M. Nils Peterson, John Kilgo. 2019. Effects of group size and group density on trade‐offs in resource selection by a group‐territorial central‐place foraging woodpecker
• Mark Vukovich, John Kilgo. 2019. Diet of Nestling Red-Headed Woodpeckers in South Carolina
• Patrick H. Wightman, John Kilgo, Mark Vukovich, Jay R. Cantrell, Charles R. Ruth, Bradley S. Cohen, Michael J. Chamberlain, Bret A. Collier. 2019. Gobbling chronology of eastern wild turkeys in South Carolina
• James E. Garabedian, M. Nils Peterson, Christopher E. Moorman, John Kilgo. 2019. Using qualitative methods to support recovery of endangered species: The case of red-cockaded woodpecker foraging habitat
• Leah K. Berkman, Jacqueline L. Frair, Paula E. Marquardt, Deahn Donner, John Kilgo, Christopher M. Whipps. 2019. Spatial genetic analysis of coyotes in New York State
• James E. Garabedian, Christopher E. Moorman, M. Nils Peterson, John Kilgo. 2018. Evaluating interactions between space-use sharing and defence under increasing density conditions for the group-territorial Red-cockaded Woodpecker Leuconotopicus borealis
• James E. Garabedian, Christopher E. Moorman, M. Nils Peterson, John Kilgo. 2018. Relative importance of social factors, conspecific density, and forest structure on space use by the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker: A new consideration for habitat restoration
• Shannon L. Kay, Justin W. Fischer, Andrew J. Monaghan, James C. Beasley, Raoul Boughton, Tyler A. Campbell, Susan M. Cooper, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, Steve B. Hartley, John Kilgo, Samantha M. Wisely, A. Christy Wyckoff, Kurt C. VerCauteren, Kim M. Pepin. 2017. Quantifying drivers of wild pig movement across multiple spatial and temporal scales
• David A. Keiter, Amy J. Davis, Olin E. Rhodes, Fred L. Cunningham, John Kilgo, Kim M. Pepin, James C. Beasley. 2017. Effects of scale of movement, detection probability, and true population density on common methods of estimating population density
• Sarah C. Webster, Fred L. Cunningham, John Kilgo, Mark Vukovich, Olin E. Rhodes, James C. Beasley. 2017. Effective dose and persistence of Rhodamine-B in wild pig vibrissae
• James E. Garabedian, Christopher E. Moorman, M. Nils Peterson, John Kilgo. 2017. Use of LiDAR to define habitat thresholds for forest bird conservation
• John Kilgo, Christopher Shaw, Mark Vukovich, Michael J. Conroy, Charles Ruth. 2017. Reproductive characteristics of a coyote population before and during exploitation
• Elizabeth M. Kierepka, John Kilgo, Olin E. Rhodes. 2017. Effect of compensatory immigration on the genetic structure of coyotes
• Rebecca M. Shuman, Michael J. Cherry, Taylor N. Simoneaux, Elizabeth A. Dutoit, John Kilgo, Michael J. Chamberlain, Karl V. Miller. 2017. Survival of white-tailed deer neonates in Louisiana
• David A. Keiter, John Kilgo, Mark Vukovich, Fred L. Cunningham, James C. Beasley. 2017. Development of known-fate survival monitoring techniques for juvenile wild pigs (Sus scrofa)
• M. Colter Chitwood, Marcus A. Lashley, John Kilgo, Michael J. Cherry, L. Mike Conner, Mark Vukovich, H. Scott Ray, Charles Ruth, Robert J. Warren, Christopher S. DePerno, Christopher E. Moorman. 2017. Are camera surveys useful for assessing recruitment in white-tailed deer?
• William D. Gulsby, John Kilgo, Mark Vukovich, James A. Martin. 2017. Landscape heterogeneity reduces coyote predation on white-tailed deer fawns
• John Kilgo, Mark Vukovich, Michael J. Conroy, H. Scott Ray, Charles Ruth. 2016. Factors affecting survival of adult female white-tailed deer after coyote establishment in South Carolina
• Kim M. Pepin, Amy J. Davis, James Beasley, Raoul  Boughton, Tyler  Campbell, Susan M. Cooper, Wes Gaston, Steve Hartley, John Kilgo, Samantha M. Wisely, Christy Wyckoff, Kurt C VerCauteren. 2016. Contact heterogeneities in feral swine: implications for disease management and future research
• R.A. Sargent, John Kilgo, B.R. Chapman, K.V. Miller. 2015. Effect of landscape matrix type on nesting ecology of the Northern Cardinal
• Mark Vukovich, K.L. Turner, T.E. Grazia, T. Mims, J.C. Beasley, John Kilgo. 2015. Wintering Golden Eagles on the coastal plain of South Carolina
• Paul J. Champlin, John Kilgo, Danielle E. Lanham, Frank J. Spilker. 2015. Area sensitivity of grassland sparrows overwintering in a South Carolina forested landscape
• Michael C. Chitwood, Marcus A. Lashley, John Kilgo, Christopher E. Moorman, Christopher S. Deperno. 2015. White-tailed deer population dynamics and adult female survival in the presence of a novel predator
• M. Colter Chitwood, Marcus A. Lashley, John Kilgo, Kenneth H. Pollock, Christopher E. Moorman, Christopher S. DePerno. 2015. Do biological and bedsite characteristics influence survival of neonatal white-tailed deer?
• Vanessa R. Lane, Robert P. Simmons, Kristina J. Brunjes, John Kilgo, Timothy B. Harrington, Richard F. Daniels, W. Mark Ford, Karl V. Miller. 2015. Effects of precommercial thinning and midstory control on avian and small mammal communities during longleaf pine Savanna restoration
• John Kilgo, Mark Vukovich, H. Scott Ray, Christopher Shaw, Charles Ruth. 2014. Coyote removal, understory cover, and survival of white-tailed deer neonates
• James E. Garabedian, Christopher E. Moorman, M. Nils Peterson, John Kilgo. 2014. Systematic review of the influence of foraging habitat on red-cockaded woodpecker reproductive success
• John Kilgo, Mark Vukovich. 2014. Can snag creation benefit a primary cavity nester: response to an experimental pulse in snag abundance
• James E. Garabedian, Robert McGaughey, Stephen E. Reutebuch, Bernard Parresol, John Kilgo, Christopher E. Moorman, M. Nils Peterson. 2014. Quantitative analysis of woodpecker habitat using high-resolution airborne LiDAR estimates of forest structure and composition
• Mark Vukovich, John Kilgo. 2013. Fall movements of Red-headed woodpeckers in South Carolina
• Stan Zarnoch, Mark Vukovich, John Kilgo, John I. Blake. 2013. Snag characteristics and dynamics following natural and artificially induced mortality in a managed loblolly pine forest
• Matthew Moskwik, Theresa Thom, Laurel M. Barnhill, Craig Watson, Jennifer Koches, John Kilgo, Bill Hulslander, Colette Degarady, Gary Peters. 2013. Search efforts for ivory-billed woodpecker in South Carolina
• John Kilgo, H. Scott Ray, Mark Vukovich, Matthew J. Goode, Charles Ruth. 2012. Predation by coyotes on white-tailed deer neonates in South Carolina
• Katie H. Greenberg, Douglas J. Levey, Charles Kwit, John P. McCarty, Scott F. Pearson, Sarah Sargent, John Kilgo. 2012. Long-term patterns of fruit production in five forest types of the South Carolina upper coastal plain
• John Kilgo, Mark Vukovich. 2012. Factors affecting breeding season survival of red-headed woodpeckers in South Carolina
• Christopher E. Moorman, Liessa T. Woen, John Kilgo, James Hanula, Scott Horn, Michael Ulyshen. 2012. Arthropod abundance and seasonal bird use of bottomland forest harvest gaps
• Stephen Czapka, John Kilgo. 2011. Importance of Carolina Bays to the Avifauna of Pinelands in the Southeastern United States
• Justin C. Davis, Steven B. Castleberry, John Kilgo. 2010. Influence of coarse woody debris on herpetofaunal communities in upland pine stands of the southeastern Coastal Plain
• Mark Vukovich, John Kilgo. 2009. Notes on breeding sharp-shinned hawks and cooper’s hawks in Barnwell County, South Carolina
• John Kilgo, H. Scott Ray, Charles Ruth, Karl V. Miller. 2009. Can coyotes affect deer populations in southeastern North America?
• Mark Vukovich, John Kilgo. 2009. Effects of radio transmitters on the behavior of Red-headed Woodpeckers
• Debra Lee Miller, Joshua Schrecengost, Anita Merrill, John Kilgo, H. Scott Ray, Karl V. Miller, Charles A. Baldwin. 2009. Hematology, Parasitology, and Serology of Free Ranging Coyotes (Canis latreans) from South Carolina. Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
• Kurtis R. Moseley, Audrey K. Owens, Steven B. Castleberry, Mark Ford, John Kilgo, Timothy S. McCay. 2009. Soricid response to coarse woody debris manipulations in Coastal Plain loblolly pine forests.
• Audrey K. Owens, Kurtis R. Moseley, Timothy S. McCay, Steven B. Castleberry, John Kilgo, Mark Ford. 2008. Amphibian and reptile community response to coarse woody debris manipulations in upland loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) forests
• John Kilgo, Ronald F. Labisky. 1997. Influence of forage quality on home range size of white tailed deer
•  J Matthew Buffington, John Kilgo,  Robert A.  Sargent,  Karl V  Miller,  Brian R.  Chapman. 1997. Comparison of breeding bird communities in bottomland hardwood forests of different successional stages
• Robert Sargent, John Kilgo, Brian R. Miller Chapman. 1997. Nesting success of Kentucky and Hooded Warblers in bottomland forests of South Carolina
• John Kilgo, Robert A. Sargent, Karl V Miller, Chapaman Brian R. 1996. Nest sites of Kentucky warblers in bottomland hardwoods of South Carolina
• John Kilgo, Robert A. Sargent, Brian R. Chapman, Karl V Miller. 1996. Nest-site selection by hooded warblers in bottomland and hardwoods of South Carolina
• John Kilgo, Ronald F. Labisky, Duane E. Fritzen. 1996. Directional long-distance movements by white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus in Florida

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  Center for Forested Wetlands Research

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/centers/wetlands
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  Southern Research Station
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  Center for Forest Watershed Research

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/centers/cfwr
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  Southern Research Station

• University of Georgia, Ph.D., Wildlife Ecology, 1996
• University of Florida, M.S., Wildlife Ecology, 1992
• Wofford College, B.S., Biology, 1989