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Dr. Dennis Forsythe, Colonel

Department of Biology

The Citadel
171 Moultrie Street
Charleston, SC 29409

office: 322 Bond Hall
phone: (843) 953-7877
FAX: (843) 953-7264
email: dennis.forsythe@citadel.edu

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate

General Biology I (BIOL 101) F03

General Biology II (BIOL 102)

Evolution (BIOL 208) F03, F05

Animal Behavior (BIOL 307) S05

History of Biology (BIOL 322)

Ornithology (BIOL 408)

Vertebrate Natural History (BIOL 410)

Graduate

Vertebrate Natural History (BIOL 510)

Ornithology (BIOL 518)

Evolution of Animals (BIOL 601)

Degrees:

B.S., Zoology, Ohio University
M.S., Zoology, Utah State University
Ph.D., Zoology, Clemson University

Research Interests:

Publications:

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. SouthGardiner, 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.
Heath, S. and D. Forsythe, 2004. Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) Study. Soutnern Naval Facilities Engineering Command (SOUTHDIVNAVFACENGCOM), North Charleston, SC. 25p mimeo.
McCay, D. F., J. Rowe, M. Ward and D. Forsythe. 2004. M/V Ever Reach spill of 30 Spetember 2002 in Charleston Harbor, SC: Modeling of physical fate and Biological injury. Report prepared for Industrial Economics Inc., 2067 Massachust Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140 117p.
Forsythe, D. M. 2005. Winter bird communities at Sub Base Kings Bay, GA, November 2004-February 2005. SOUTHDIVNAVFACENGCOM, North Charleston, SC 56 p.

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 Breeding Bird Survey, 1972-1992. Joint meeting of Cooper Ornithological Society and CIPAMEX, Univ. Autonoma de Baja Califonia Sur. La Paz, BC Sur Mexico.
Forsythe, D. M. 1996. Bird population trends from three breeding bird survey routes in South Carolina and Georgia 1965-1994. Invited paper: Long-term bird population trends at the Savannah River Site, SC. Aiken, SC.
Forsythe, D. M. 1998. Chair of invited session on: Alternative Managment Practicites I: Silviculture. in: Management of migratory landbirds: state of knowledge and research needs. Southeastern Partners in flight meeting, Biloxi, MS 28-30 January 1999.
Forsythe, D. M. 2000. Invited participant in US Dept. of Interior Conference on Breeding Bird Survey State Co-ordinator, Laurel MD, 22-24 August 2000.
Dugger, B. D. and D. Forsythe. 2002. Sexual and geographic variation in body size of Long-billed Curlew. Third Annual North American Ornithological Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Burst, T. L., D. R. L. Flemming, O. J. Westbrook, and D. M. Forsythe. 2003. Migratory bird work at southeastern Navy and Marine Corps installations. IN: Avian conservation and research on Department of Defense lands Symposium. 121st. Stated Meeting, American Ornithologists' Union. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Il. 6-9 August 2003

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