Associate Professor
School of Biological Sciences
Carson Taylor Hall - Room 201
Phone (318) 257-4573
Fax (318) 257-4574
E-Mail: Hhunt@latech.edu
Degrees and degree granting institutions:
Postdoctorate, 1989, Department of Zoology, University of Arkansas
Ph.D. 1988, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A & M University
M.S. 1979, Wildlife Management, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.
B.S. 1977, Natural Resource Management, Humbolt State University, CA.
B.S. 1976, Wildlife Management, Humbolt State University, CA.
Courses taught:
Ecology, Wildlife Techniques, Ornithology, Environmental Science, Mammalogy
Research Interest:
Arthropod response to oil spills
Avian habitat associations
Selected Publications:
Jones, C., and H.Hunt, 1996. Red-cockaded Woodpecker Habitat Use on the D’Arbonne National
Wildlife Refuge. Journal of Field Ornithology 67:511-518
Chavez-Ramiers, F., H.Hunt, R. Slack, and T. Stehn. 1995. Ecological correlates of whooping crane
use of fire-treated upland habitats. Conservation Biology 10:217-223.
Hunt, H. 1991. Winter Habitat use by northern bobwhite in western Arkansas. 1991. Proc. Louisiana
Acad. Sci. 54:37-45
Hunt, H., and R.D. Slack, 198. Winter diets of whooping and sandhill cranes in South Texas. Journal of
Wildlife Management. 53:1150-1154
Hunt, H., and R.D. Slack. 1986 Proceedings 1985 Crane Workshop:
-Activity patterns of whooping cranes of the Arkansas National Wildlife
Refuge.
-Winter foods of the whooping cranes based on stomach content analysis.
-Whooping crane chick mortality during the winter of 1982-83.
Selected Grants:
Oil Spills R & D Program-arthropod index to oil spill severity ($85,400. 5/00-5-02)
U.S. Army-timber harvest impacts on neotropical songbirds ($61,775. 4/93-3/97)
U.S. Fish &Wildlife Service-waterfowl use of agricultural habitats ($49,000.
9/91-6/94)
U.S. Forest Service-songbird use of bottomland forest ($38,000. 3/91-9/93)
