Perry Barboza

About

Dr. Perry Barboza is a professor at Texas A&M University with a dual appointment in the Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology and the Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management. He joined Texas A&M University in 2015, coming from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. His academic background includes a B.S. in Biochemistry and Zoology from the University of New South Wales in Australia, and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Nutrition from the University of New England in Australia. Dr. Barboza's areas of expertise encompass wildlife nutrition, management, conservation, and policy. He oversees research in the Wildlife Conservation and Policy Lab and contributes to the university's efforts in ecology and conservation biology.

Research topics

• Biology
• Endocrinology
• Ecology
• Animal science
• Botany
• Atmospheric sciences
• Biochemistry
• Zoology
• Environmental science

Selected publications

• Redefining physiological responses of moose (Alces alces) to warm environmental conditions

  Journal of Thermal Biology · 2020 · 31 citations

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• Vulnerability assessment of the multi‐sector North American bison <i>Bison bison</i> management system to climate change

  People and Nature · 2021-04-25 · 28 citations

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  Abstract Bison Bison bison are a keystone of a conservation system, but that system is vulnerable to the effects of a changing climate projected to alter land use through the 21st century. The current bison population of North America is approximately 400,000 animals and is maintained by a self‐assembled bison management system (BMS) of various stakeholders focused on bison conservation and production. The BMS is comprised of public, for‐profit private, Tribal and not‐for‐profit non‐governmental…

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• Dynamic selection for forage quality and quantity in response to phenology and insects in an Arctic ungulate

  Ecology and Evolution · 2021-08-04 · 23 citations

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  ), which experience their most important foraging opportunities during the short Arctic summer. Recent declines in Arctic caribou populations have raised concerns about the influence of climate change on summer foraging opportunities, given shifting vegetation conditions and insect harassment, and their potential effects on caribou body condition and demography. We examined Arctic caribou selection of summer forage by pairing locations from females in the Central Arctic Herd of Alaska with spati…

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• Winter Is Coming: Conserving Body Protein in Female Reindeer, Caribou, and Muskoxen

  Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution · 2020 · 20 citations

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  Northern ungulates undergo pregnancy in winter when food supplies are low. Consequently, females employ a capital breeding strategy that relies upon maternal body stores of energy and protein for fetal growth. We studied captive female reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus; n = 6; 118 kg), caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti; n = 6; 97 kg), and muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus; n = 8; 205 kg) in late winter (February to April) to track body protein use in late pregnancy when feeding is often interrupted…

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• Adverse effects of Diptera flies on northern ungulates: <i>Rangifer</i>, <i>Alces</i>, and <i>Bison</i>

  Mammal Review · 2022-02-13 · 19 citations

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  Abstract Flies (Diptera) damage ungulates far beyond the injury of their bite wounds: they are vectors of diseases and cause ungulates to lose foraging opportunities due to avoidance behaviour. We can use the behavioural and physiological responses of bison Bison spp. (Artiodactyla: Bovidae), caribou/reindeer Rangifer tarandus (Artiodactyla: Cervidae), and moose/elk Alces alces (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) to assess the impacts of flies on these ungulates. Ungulates rely on morphological and physiol…

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Frequent coauthors

• David D. Gustine

  United States Fish and Wildlife Service

  26 shared

• Daniel P. Thompson

  15 shared

• Katherine L. Parker

  13 shared

• Layne G. Adams

  U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

  13 shared

• Danielle Mason

  Jacksonville College

  13 shared

• Rachel D. Shively

  12 shared

• Jeff M. Martin

  Whitworth University

  11 shared

• David H. Ward

  United States Geological Survey

  11 shared

Education

• B.S., Biochemistry and Zoology (Hons)

  University of New South Wales (Australia)

• Ph.D., Biochemistry, Microbiology and Nutrition

  University of New England (Australia)

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