CURRICULUM VITA

 

 

Name: Dennis M. Forsythe

 

Present Position: Professor of Biology

   and Address: Department of Biology

171 Moultrie St.

The Citadel

Charleston, SC 29409

 

Office Telephone: (843)-953-7877; FAX:(843)-953-7264

 

Home Telephone: (843)-795-3996

 

E-Mail Address:       Dennis.Forsythe@citadel.edu

Personal Data:

 

Birth Date: June 20, 1942 Height: 6' 3"

Birthplace: Toledo, OH Weight: 205 lbs.

Health: Excellent Marital Status:  Married

 

Educational Data:

 

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: Cherry School, Toledo, OH

 

HIGH SCHOOL: J. W. Scott High School, Toledo, OH

 

UNDERGRADUATE:

1960-64 Ohio University, Athens, OH

Major:  Zoology

Advisor:  Dr. H. C. Seibert, Prof. of Zoology

Honors Thesis: Birds of Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio

Received the B. S. degree in Zoology, cum  laude with honors in Zoology, June, 1964.

 

GRADUATE:

     l964-67 Utah State University, Logan, UT

Major:  Zoology

Advisor:  Dr. K. L. Dixon, Prof. of Zoology

Thesis:  Vocalizations of the Long-billed Curlew.

Received the M. S. degree in Zoology, June 1967.

 

1971-74 Clemson University, Clemson, SC


Major:  Zoology     Minor:  Botany

Advisor:  Dr. S. A. Gauthreaux, Jr., Prof. of Zoology

Thesis:  Song characteristics of sympatic and allopatric Indigo and Painted Bunting populations in the southeastern United States.

Received the Ph. D. degree in Zoology, August, 1974.

 

Employment Record:

 

1962-64 Undergraduate teaching aid and museum curator, Department of Zoology, Ohio University, Athens, OH.  Assisted in General Zoology laboratories, collected, prepared and catalogued vertebrates for Zoology Department's museum and research collections.

 

1964-67 NDEA Pre-doctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology, Utah State University, Logan, UT.  Taught laboratories in General Zoology, Comparative Anatomy, and Mammalogy.

 

1967-68 Graduate teaching assistant, Department of Zoology, Utah State University, Logan, UT.  Taught laboratories in General Zoology, Mammalogy, and Comparative Anatomy.

 

1968-69 Upland game research supervisor.  Minnesota Division of Game and Fish, Madelia, MN.  Supervised and conducted game management oriented research on upland game bird species.

 

1969-75 Assistant Professor of Biology, Biology Department, The Citadel, Charleston, SC.  Conducted applied research.  Participated in college committees.  Taught undergraduate and graduate courses including: General Biology, General Zoology, General Botany, Comparative Anatomy, Evolution, Ornithology, Ecology, Vertebrate Natural History and Senior Seminar.

 


1970-to date Ecological Consultant.  The Citadel Station, Charleston, SC.  Conducted research and provided recommendations on reducing pest bird species at airport and sanitary landfills.  Conduct environmental impact statements on endangered species, biotic communities and other ecological topics for private companies, federal, state, and local governments.

 

1972-to date Visiting Professor of Biology, Charleston Southern University, Charleston, SC.  Taught undergraduate General Zoology and General Botany. Taught Graduate Environmental Science Course.

 

1972-77 Research Associate in Ornithology, The Charleston Museum, Charleston, SC.  Helped curate the museum's avian collections.

 

1975-1980 Associate Professor of Biology, Biology Department, The Citadel, Charleston, SC.

Duties similar to those as Assistant Professor.

 

1974-79 Visiting Professor of Biology, The PACE program, Charleston Naval Base, Charleston, SC.  Taught General Zoology and General Botany to naval active duty personnel through the University of South Carolina and Florida State University.

 

1979 Visiting Senior Lecturer and Research Associate, Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland.  Conducted research on behavioral ecology of Eurasian Curlews.

 

1980-to date Professor of Biology, Biology Department, The Citadel, Charleston, SC.  Taught General Biology, Animal Behavior, Ornithology, Vertebrate Natural History and Advanced Field Ecology to undergraduate and master's level students.  Participated in departmental and college-wide committees.  Conducted research on various avian and ecological problems.

 


     1981-83 Director, Vector Biology Research Program, Biology Department, The Citadel, Charleston, SC.  Established and directed a vector-borne disease research program including: obtaining grants, conducting research, hiring and supervising technical and professional staff, providing technical advise and cooperative research support to various universities, federal, state, and local agencies.

 

1981-1990 Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.  Participated in various programs associated with The Citadel's Vector Biology Research Program and the School of Public Health's International Center for Public Health, The Wedge.

 

1982-to date Adjunct Professor, Marine Biology Master's Degree Program, Charleston Higher Education Consortium, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC.  Participated in policy-making committees including: student admission, the graduate council, etc and other duties associated with this MS degree.

 

1980-to date Graduate Faculty, The Citadel, Charleston, SC.  Participate in decision-making committees, teach masters level course in Ornithology, Vertebrate Natural History, Biological Sciences and Ecology.

 

1988-1996 Partner and Tour Leader, OBServ Birding Tours, Nashville, TN.  Organized and led birding tours to Western Alaska, Northwest Ohio, Northwest Territory, Arizona, Belize, the North Carolina's Outer Banks.

 

1999-to date Adjunct Professor, Environmental sciences   Master's Degree Program, Medical University of SC and University of Charleston, Charleston, SC.  Participated in policy-making committees including: student admission, the graduate council, etc and other duties associated with this MS degree.

 

2000-to date     Ornithologist/Naturalist, Jardon and Howard                   Technologies, Winter Park, FL.  Conduct surveys                  for birds and other vertebrates within the 26                   state area served by Southern Engineering Field                  Division (SOUTHDIV), Naval Facilities                          Engineering Command, Charleston, SC 

Honors & Awards:

 


1962-64 Chi Psi Omega, Biology Honorary, Ohio University.

 

1964-67 NDEA Pre-doctoral Fellow, Utah State University

 

1974-95 Full Member, The Society of Sigma Xi, National Research Association.

 

1976-1990   Fellow, The Explorers Club, New York, NY

 

1986-1991   Charter Faculty Member, Tau Nu Chapter, Beta Beta Beta, National Biology Honorary.

 

1987-to date Elected Member, American Ornithologists Union.

 

Listed In:

 

American Men and Women of Science

Distinguished Young Men of America

Who's Who in the South and Southwest

Who's Who in Birding in North America

 

Professional Organizations:

 

American Birding Association

American Ornithologists Union, elected member

American Institute of Biological Sciences Carolina Bird Club, currently Editor, SC Field Notes section, The Chat.

Charleston Natural History Society, past president and board member

Cooper Ornithological Society

Georgia Ornithological Society

Society for Carribean Ornithology

The Wilson Ornithological Club

 

Grants & Contracts:

 

1971-72 Gull ecology and the bird-aircraft strike hazard in Charleston, SC.  US Department of the Interior.

 

1972-73 Study of Passerina song.  F. M. Chapman Fund, American Museum of Natural History, New York.

 

Study of Passerina song.  The Society of Sigma Xi.


1974 Coordinate SC Endangered Species Symposium  (with W. B. Ezell).  SC Wildlife and Marine Resources Department.

 

Study of sexual dimorphism in Long-billed Curlews in northern Utah.  American Philosophical Society.

 

Study of sexual dimorphism in Long-billed Curlews in northern Utah.  Citadel Development Foundation.

 

1975 Avian biology.  Charleston Cultural, Scientific and Educational Foundation.

 

1976 Attractiveness of shredded garbage to avian species potentially hazardous to aircraft.  US Department of the Interior.

 

Inventory of colonial nesting birds in South Carolina.  SC Wildlife and Marine Resources Department.  Heritage Trust Program.

 

1977 Shorebird biology in Barrow, AK.  Citadel Development Foundation.

 

1978 Site evaluation in SC for Natural Landmarks Program.  US National Parks Service.

 

Literature review of marine birds along the southeastern United States. Center for Natural Areas.

 

Production of a coastal cruising guide.  S. C. Sea Grants Consortium.

 

1979 Common Curlew behavior and vocalizations.  F. M. Chapman Memorial Fund, American Museum of Natural History, New York.

 

Common Curlew behavior and vocalizations.  Citadel Development Foundation.

 

1981 Study of breeding bird communities in swamp hardwood forest.  US Forest Service.

 

Mosquito production in crayfish ponds.  SC Sea Grants Consortium.


1981-84 Vector Biology Research Program.  Citadel Development Foundation.

 

1981-84 Mosquito biology in coastal South Carolina  (with R. E. Baldwin and M. A. Tidwell).  SC Department of Health and Environmental Control.

 

1981-84 Mosquito biology in coastal South Carolina.  University of South Carolina's School of Public Health.

 

1981-83 Production of a mosquito identification guide.  SC Sea Grants Consortium.

 

1982 Evaluation of bird/aircraft collision hazard at Jedburg sanitary landfill.  Browning Ferris Industries, Summerville, SC.

 

Evaluation of shear shredders at Charleston Solid Waste Reduction Center.  Waste Management Technology Co. Bedford, MA.

 

Abundance and occurrence of pelagic birds off the South Carolina coast.  Citadel Development Foundation.

 

1983 Abundance and occurrence of pelagic birds off the South Carolina coast.  Citadel Development Foundation.

 

Abundance and occurrence of pelagic birds off the South Carolina coast.  Slocum-Lunz Foundation, Charleston, SC.

 

Abundance and occurrence of pelagic birds off the South Carolina coast.  SC Sea Grants Consortium.

 

1984 Abundance and occurrence of pelagic birds off the South Carolina coast.  Citadel Development Foundation.

 

Effectiveness of a wire-barrier system to reduce bird numbers at the Jedburg sanitary landfill.  Browning Ferris Industries.  Summerville, SC.

 


1985 Abundance and occurrence of pelagic birds off the South Carolina coast.  Citadel Development Foundation.

 

1986 Abundance and occurrence of pelagic birds off the South Carolina coast.  Citadel Development Foundation.

 

1987 Williamsburg Co. Airport Study, Wilbur Smith and Assoc., Columbia, SC

 

1988 An annotated checklist of birds along the SC inter-coastal waterway.  SC Sea Grants Consortium.

 

Evaluation of selected sanitary landfills in coastal New Jersey.  B. Laing and Associates.

 

Production of a birder's guide to the South Carolina low country (with W. B. Chamberlain).  Charleston Natural History Society.

 

Production of a field card of South Carolina Birds (with W. D. Chamberlain).  Charleston Natural History Society.

 

1990 Evaluation of potential bird problem at a Mississippi sanitary landfill.  Browning Ferris Industries of Mississippi.

 

     Evaluation of potential bird problem at

a Minnesota sanitary landfill.  Browning Ferris                      Industries of Minnesota.

 

1991 Conduct Bachman's Warbler Survey in coastal South Carolina.  U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and S. C. Wildlife and Marine Resources Dept.

 

Conducted U. S. Dept. Interior, Breeding Bird Laboratory's experimental Breeding Bird Surveys, Holly Hill, SC.

 

 

1992-1993 Conduct Breeding Bird Surveys, Sumter National Forest.  US Forest Service to S. A. Gauthreaux, Jr., Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.


1995-96        Conduct Point Counts, ACE Basin NWR, SC.  US                  Fish & Wildlife Service.

 

1997           Conduct Point Counts, Santee NWR, SC. US Fish                  & Wildlife Service.

 

     1998-99        Conducted Point Counts, MCRD, Parris Is, SC. 

US Department of Defense.

 

1998-99        Designed and conducted Federal Breeding Bird                     Suvey, Kiawah Is, SC.  For Town of Kiawah                     Island, SC.

 

2000-present   Conduct Point Counts, WEPSTA Charleston, SC. 

US Department of Defense

 

2002-present Conduct Point Counts, Laurel Bay and MCAS, Beaufort Co., SC.  US Dept. of Defense

 

Selected Publications:

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1967.  Egg-teeth and hatching methods of the Long-billed Curlew.  Wilson Bull. 79:340-341.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1968.  An incomplete albino Brown-headed Cowbird.  The Loon 40:100-101.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1969.  Birds of Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, OH.  Jack-Pine Warbler 47:85-90.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1970.  Vocalizations of the Long-billed Curlew.  The Condor 72:213-224.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1971.  Clicking of the egg-young of the Long-billed Curlew.  Wilson Bull. 83:441-442.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1971.  Urban Park, winter bird-population study.  Amer. Birds 25:659-660.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1971.  Winter record of American Redstart for Charleston, SC.  The Chat 35:55.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1972.  A supernummary hallux in the Long-billed Curlew.  Auk 89:457.

 

Forsythe, D. M. 1972. Urban park, winter bird-population study.  Amer. Birds 26:683.

 


Forsythe, D. M.  1972.  Observations on the nesting biology of the Long-billed Curlew.  Great Basin Natur. 32:88-90.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1972.  Ring-billed and Herring Gull band recoveries from South Carolina.  Bird-banding 43:264-266.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1972.  Laughing Gull band recoveries from South Carolina.  Bird-banding 43:266-268.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1973.  Gull populations in Charleston, SC: June 1971-July 1972.  Chat 37:57-62.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1973.  Urban park, winter bird-population study.  Amer. Birds 27: 696

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1974.  Growth and development of Long-billed Curlew chicks.  Auk 90:435-438.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1978.  A sight record of the Iceland Gull for South Carolina.  Chat 42: 11.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1978.  Birds, p. 277-295. IN: R. G. Zingmark (ed.), Annotated checklist of the biota of the coastal zone of South Carolina.  B. W. Baruch Instit. Marine Biol. and coastal research, Univ. South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC

 

Cockfield, B. A., J. B. Tormey and D. M. Forsythe.  1980.  Barrier island maritime forest, 32nd winter bird-population study.  Amer. Birds 34:29

 

Tormey, J. B., B. A. Cockfield and D. M. Forsythe.  1980.  Barrier island golf course subdivision.  32nd winter bird-population study.  Amer. Birds 34:40

 

Forsythe, D. M. and P. Adamus.  1980.  Chap. 13, Marine Birds, p. 1-286.  IN: Center for Natural Areas (ed.), A summary and analysis of environmental factors on the continental shelf and Blake Plateau from Cape Hatteras to Cape Canaveral (1977): summary and synthesis.  Center for Natural Areas.  South Gardiner, ME.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1980.  First South Carolina sight record of the Lesser Black-backed Gull.  Chat 44:42.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1980.  Cory's Shearwater off the South Carolina coast.  Wilson Bull. 92:265-266.

 


Forsythe, D. M. and W. R. Tyler.  1982.  Breeding bird census of swamp hardwood forest in coastal South Carolina, 45th breeding bird census.  Amer. Birds 36:59-60.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1982.  Long-leaf pine forest, 45th breeding bird census.  Amer. Birds 36:73-74.

 

Tidwell, M. A., D. M. Forsythe, Marg. A. Tidwell, R. L. Parker and A. J. Main.  1984.  Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis virus activity in South Carolina.  J. Agric. Entomol. 1:43-52.

 

Haney, G. T. and D. M. Forsythe.  1984.  Revised annotated list of the birds of Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio. Toledo Natur. Assoc. yearbook. p. 18-27.

 

Spencer, D. B., J. W. Temple, D. M. Forsythe, and B. E. Bond.  1985.  Large-scale rotary shear shredder performance testing. J. Energy Resources Technol. 107:289-296.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1985.  Pelagic birds surveyed off the South Carolina coast.  Lesser Squawk 36(10):1

 

Chamberlain, W. B. and D. M. Forsythe.  1988.  Field card of South Carolina birds. 8p. Charleston Natural History Soc., Charleston, SC.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1989.  Hurricane Hugo's effects on coastal South Carolina birding.  CBC Newsletter 35(4):2.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1990.  OBserv Birding tour-Western Alaska and Northwest Territory, Canada, The Traveling Birdwatcher.  CBC Newsletter 36(4):3.

 

Tindell, S. D. Jr. and D. M. Forsythe.  1991.  Urban park, Resident Bird Counts. J. Field Ornith. 62(1)(suppl.):20-21.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1991.  Siberian Tit Identification.  Birding 23(3):119.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1992.  Urban Park, Resident Bird Counts.  J. Field

Ornith. 63(1)(suppl.):21-22.

 

Forsythe, D. M. 1993. Urban Park, Residential Bird Counts. J.      Field Ornith.  64(1)(suppl.): 21-22.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1995.  Urban Park, Residential Bird Counts. J.      Field Ornith. 66(1)(suppl.):28.

 


Oberle, M. W. and D. M. Forsythe. 1995.  Possible breeding by Red-     breasted Nuthatchs and Golden-crowned Kinglet in Georgia and South Carolina.  The Oriole 60(2&3):52-55.

 

Bremer, F., C. Bremer and D. M. Forsythe.  1996.  Varied Thrush      photographed at Edisto Beach, Colleton Co., SC-a first South      Carolina Record.  Chat 60(2):5960.

 

Post, W., R. R. Scott, D. M. Forsythe and P. Worthington.  1998.  Red-billed Tropicbird salvaged in South Carolina: First specimen for state.  Chat 62(3):155-157.

 

Forsythe, D. M. 1998.  Birds of Coastal South Carolina. Franklin Press, Columbia, SC.

 

Forsythe, D. M. 1999.  Field Card of Southeastern South Carolina Birds. 2nd ed. Franklin Press, Columbia, SC.

 

Books:

 

Forsythe, D. M. and W. B. Ezell, Jr. (eds.).  1979.  Proc. of the 1st South Carolina endangered species symposium.  SC Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, Columbia.

 

Chamberlain, W. D. and D. M. Forsythe.  1988.  A birder's guide to the South Carolina low country.  Charleston Natural History Soc., Charleston.  46 p.

 

Chapter in book:

 

Forsythe, D. M. and S. A. Gauthreaux, Jr.  1977.  South Carolina, p. 531-548.  IN: O. S. Pettingill, Jr., A guide to bird finding, East of the Mississippi.  2nd ed., Oxford Univ.

 

Book Review:

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1977.  Bird Sounds by G. A. Thielcke.  Auk 94:797-798.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1991.  A Field Guide to Advanced Birding by K. Kaufman.  Chat 55(3):67.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1991.  The Ecology of Bird Communities by J. A. Wiens.  Chat 55(3):67-68.

 

Technical reports:

 


Forsythe, D. M.  1974.  An ecological study of gull populations to reduce the bird-aircraft strike hazard at Charleston Air Force Base.  Air Force Weapons Laboratory TR-73-42.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1977.  Occurrence of avian species within dredge material disposal sites p. 239-240 and Appendix F.  IN: W. B. Ezell, Jr. (ed.).  An investigation of physical, chemical, and/or biological control of mosquitoes in dredge material disposal areas, TR D-78-48.  US Army Engineers, Waterways Experimental Station, Vicksburg, MS.  Contract report no. DACW 39-75-C-0122.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1978.  Birds, IN: B. J. Kelly (ed.).  Isle of Palms connector EIS. SC Highway Dept., Columbia, SC.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1979.  The attractiveness of shredded garbage to gulls and other avian species potentially hazardous to aircraft.  AFESC-TR-79-02.  US Air Force, Tyndall Air Force Base.

 

Forsythe, D. M. and R. D. Porcher, Jr.  1980.  Proposed East Cooper Airport EIS. p. 17.  Talbert, Cox and Assoc., Inc., West Columbia, SC.

 

Tidwell, M. A., Marg. A. Tidwell and D. M. Forsythe.  1982.  The evaluation of mosquito production in crayfish ponds.  Final grant completion report.  SC Sea Grants Consortium.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1982.  The potential for a bird/aircraft collision problem at the Browning Ferris Industries Sanitary Landfill, Jedburg, South Carolina.  Final Report, Browning Ferris Industries, Charleston, SC. 

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1982.  A study of the vertebrate fauna, especially the breeding birds of Longleaf Pine Forest at The Wedge Plantation, Charleston and Georgetown counties, SC with an annotated checklist of the vertebrates found at The Wedge Plantation.  Final report, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1982.  Preliminary analysis of arbovirus activity at The Wedge Plantation,  Charleston and Georgetown counties, SC.  Final report, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia.

 


Waste Management Technology Co. and D. M. Forsythe.  1983.  Comparison study of the shredded solid waste from shear shredder and vertical shredder for non-daily landfill cover requirement.  Final report to Charleston County Council, Charleston, SC.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1984.  Evaluation of a overhead wire barrier system in reducing gull use at BFI Jedburg sanitary landfill, Berkeley and Dorchester counties, SC.  Browning Ferris Industries, Summerville, SC.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1984.  The status and abundance of pelagic birds off the South Carolina coast.  Final grant completion report, SC Sea Grants Consortium.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1984.  The status and abundance of pelagic birds off the South Carolina coast.  Final grant completion report, Slocum-Lunz Foundation, Charleston, SC.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1987.  Williamsburg County Airport EIS.  Final report to W. Smith and Associates, Columbia, SC.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1988.  An annotated checklist of the birds of the South Carolina Atlantic Inter-coastal waterway.  Final grant completion report, SC Sea Grants Consortium.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1990.  Evaluation of bird numbers at the Gulf Pines Landfill, Biloxi, MS.  Report to Browning Ferris Industries, Jackson, MS.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1991.  Bachman's Warbler Survey's in coastal South Carolina.  Final Grant Competition Report.  USDI, Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Section, Ashville, NC.

 

Burst, T. L., D. Forsythe and R. Flemming, 2003.  Neotropical Migrant Bird Survey, Naval Weapons Station, Charleston, SC.  Southern Naval Facilities Engineering Command, North Charleston, SC 20p.

 

Selected  Papers Presented:

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1967.  Vocalizations of the Long-billed Curlew.  Cooper Ornith. Soc., Santa Barbara, CA.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1973.  Movement patterns of Ring-billed and Herring Gulls at solid waste disposal sites near Charleston, SC.  SC Acad. Sci. Bull. 35:100

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1973.  The relative roles of visual models and songs in species recognition in Painted and Indigo Buntings.  Meeting Amer. Soc. Zool. Tucson, AZ.  Amer. Zool. 14:350.


Forsythe, D. M.  1974.  Individual and geographic variation in the advertising song of Indigo Buntings.  Wilson Ornith. Soc. meeting, Univ. Michigan Biol. Stat., Douglas Lake, MI.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1874.  Invited paper.  Gulls, solid waste disposal and the bird-aircraft strike hazard, p. 17-35.  IN: S. A. Gauthreaux, Jr. (ed.), Conf. on biological aspects Bird/aircraft collision problem, Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1974.  Species recognition in Painted Buntings and Indigo Buntings.  Amer. Ornith. Union meeting, Norman, OK.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1974.  Small mammal populations in a South Carolina oak-beech-magnolia forest.  SC Acad. Sci. Bull. 36:55

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1975.  Sexual and geographic size variation in Long-billed Curlews.  Amer. Ornith. Union meeting, Winnipeg, MB.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1976.  Species recognition in Painted and Indigo Buntings in the Southeastern United States.  Wilson Ornith. Soc. meeting, Ithaca, NY.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1976.  Invited paper.  Avian biology related to solid waste disposal techniques and the bird-aircraft strike hazard.  p. 72-92.  IN: S. A. Gauthreaux, Jr. (ed.).  Proc. FAA Bird Hazard to Aircraft Training Seminar and Workshop.  East Point, GA.

 

Forsythe, D. M. and S. D. Terry.  1977.  Food habits of avian species associated with shredded solid waste.  SC Acad. Sci. Bull. 39:54.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1977.  Food habits of avian species associated with shredded solid waste.  Amer. Ornith. Union meeting, Berkeley, CA.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  and K. L. Touchton.  1977.  A survey of insect numbers and species composition at the Charleston County Solid Waste Reduction Center, Charleston, SC.  SC Acad. Sci. Bull.  39:55.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  and S. M. Thompson.  1979.  A comparison of Least Tern reproductive success in natural and artificial nesting sites.  SC Acad. Sci. Bull. 41:55.

 


Forsythe, D. M.  1979.  The attractiveness of shredded garbage to gulls and other avian species potentially hazardous to aircraft.  p. 43-58.  IN: W. B. Jackson (ed.), Proc. 8th Bird Control Seminar.  Bowling Green, OH.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1980.  Invited paper.  Control of pest birds.  Louisiana Mosquito Control Assoc., Lafayette, LA.

 

Forsythe, D. M. 1980.  Invited paper.  Control of pest birds.  SC Mosquito Control Assoc., Moncks Corner, SC.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  and M. A. Tidwell.  1981.  Invited paper on The Citadel's Vector Biology Research Program.  Mid-Atlantic Mosquito Control Assoc., Jekyll Is., GA.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1981.  Gull population and movement patterns in Charleston, South Carolina during the 1970's.  Southeastern Estuarine and Coastal Bird Conf., Georgetown, SC.

 

Forsythe, D. M. and T. W. Austin.  1984.  Effectiveness of an overhead wire barrier system in reducing gull use at BFI's Jedburg sanitary landfill, Berkeley and Dorchester counties, SC. p. 253-263, IN: Harrison, J. H., S. A. Gauthreaux, Jr., and L. A. Abron-Robinson (eds.).  Proc. Conf. and training workshop on wildlife hazards to aircraft, Charleston, SC.

 

Spencer, D. B., J. W. Temple and D. M. Forsythe.  1984.  Large scale rotary shear shredder performance testing.  Proc. 11th biennial nat. waste proc. Conf., Amer. Soc. Mechanical Engineers, Orlando, FL.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1986.  Distribution and abundance of pelagic birds off the South Carolina coast.  SC Acad. Sci. Bull. 58:122-123.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1986.  Invited participant, roundtable discussion on control of pest birds.  19th Intern. Ornith. Congr., Ottawa, Ontario.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1987.  Sea bird distribution off the SC coast.  Amer. Ornith. Union meeting, San Francisco, CA.

 

Forsythe, D. M.  1992.  Bachman's Warbler survey in coastal South

Carolina.  Cooper Ornithological Society Meeting, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA.

 

Forsythe, D. M. 1994.  Bird population trends from a North American      Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) in coastal South Carolina, 1970-1992.  XXI Intern. Ornith. Congr., Vienna, Austria.  J. Ornith. 135 (Sonderheft):217 (Abstract).

 


Forsythe, D. M.  1995.  Bird population trends from the Holly Hill,       SC