Dr. David Augustine will give a seminar "Adaptive grazing management to optimize cattle performance and rangeland bird diversity and abundance" at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Hardin Hall 107. Augustine is a research ecologist with the Rangeland Resources Research Unit within the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, based in Fort Collins, Colorado.
His research interests focus on the influence of herbivores, particularly those with hooves, and on the structure, function and diversity of ecosystems. He received his master's degree in wildlife conservation from the University of Minnesota and his doctorate in biology from Syracuse University.
Augustine’s research addresses both basic and applied questions about the role of native and domestic herbivores on systems including savannas of East Africa, grasslands and shrublands throughout the Great Plains of North America and forest of eastern North America.
A current major focus of his research in the Great Plains is quantifying trade-offs and synergies among livestock production and biodiversity conservation.
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