Oklahoma State University	Department of Zoology

Tracy S. Carter Adjunct Professor Ph.D., 1975, Michigan State University Email: cartets@okstate.edu Phone: 405-744-9675

(Ethology; Vertebrate Biology; Conservation; Ecology)

Specific Interests

The research and area of interest I have are centered around wildlife conservation and behavior. My main area of expertise involves applied behavior. Graduate students working with me study both free ranging and captive animals: endangered species and subspecies, vertebrates, Xenarthra, primates, ungulates, bats, birds, and fish. A number of my graduate students have worked at both the Oklahoma City and Tulsa Zoos. I am also interested in international wildlife conservation and encourage the efforts of international students, as well as research outside of the United States.

Selected Publications

• B.R. Coppedge, T.S. Carter, T.H. Shaw, R.G Hamilton. 1997. Agonistic behavious associated with orphan bison (Bison bison L.) calves released into a mixed resident population. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 55:1-10.
• David M. Leslie Jr., G. Keith Wood, Tracy S. Carter. Attributes of Least Tern Colonies along the Arkansas River, Oklahoma in Technical Nongame and Endangered Species Session. Proc. Annu. Conf. Southeast. Assoc. Fish and Wildl. Agencies 51:467-475.
• Bettinger, T., J. Wallis, and T. Carter. 1994. Spatial selection in captive adult female chimpanzees. Zoo Biol. 13:167-176.
• Clark, B. S., D. M. Leslie, Jr., and T. Carter. 1993. Foraging activity of adult female Ozark big-eared bats. (Plecotus townsendii ingens) in summer. J. Mammal. 74(2):422-427.
• Carter, T.S. and J.H. Shaw. 1988. Long term associations between bison cows and their offspring: implications for the management of closed gene pools. pp. 50-55 in Proceedings of the North American Bison Workshop, Missoula, MT (J. Malcomb, ed.), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D. C.
• Carter, T.S. and J.H. Shaw. 1987. Behavior of free ranging giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla). Biotropica 19:255-259.
• Carter, T.S. 1983. The burrows of giant armadillos (Priodontes maximus). Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 31:47-53.