Perry Barboza

Dr. Perry Barboza came to Texas A&M University in 2015 from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. Dr. Barboza has a dual appointment with ECCB and the Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management. In addition to his professorial role, Dr. Barboza oversees research in the Wildlife Conservation and Policy Lab.

Wildlife nutrition, management, conservation and policy 

The principal focus of the Wildlife Conservation and Policy lab‘s research is the consequences of life history and environmental change on nutrition. Our current projects are focused on ungulates (e.g., reindeer, caribou, moose, muskoxen, white-tailed deer) but we also study waterfowl (e.g. ducks and geese) as well as non-game species (e.g. porcupines and bats) in both wild and captive populations. We attempt to provide information that will expand policy options for managing wildlife populations and their habitats.

Barboza, P.S., R.D. Shively, D.D. Gustine and J.A. Addison. 2020. Winter is coming: conserving body protein in female reindeer, caribou, and muskoxen. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: 150 10.3389/fevo.2020.00150

Thompson, D.P., J.A. Crouse, S. Jaques and P.S. Barboza. 2020. Redefining physiological response of moose (Alces alces) to warm environmental conditions. Journal of Thermal Biology. 90: 102581: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102581

Martin, J.M and P.S. Barboza. 2020. Thermal biology and growth of bison (Bison bison) along the Great Plains: testing four theories for body size of endotherms. Ecosphere 11(7): e03176. https://doi.org/10.1002/ECS2.3176

Hollingsworth, K.A, R.D. Shively, S. Glasscock, J. Light, D. Tolleson, and P.S. Barboza. 2020. Trace mineral supplies for populations of little and large herbivores PLOS One 16(3): e0248204

Barboza, P.S. and D. Tihanyi. 2018. State wildlife policy in a national environment. Chapter 30, pages 359-390 in B.D. Leopold, J.L. Cummins and W.B. Kessler (editors) North American Wildlife Policy and Law. Boone and Crockett Club, Missoula MT.