{"id":74412,"date":"2017-03-15T08:11:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T13:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=74412"},"modified":"2017-03-15T08:11:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T13:11:12","slug":"environmental-science-presents-mississippi-academy-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2017\/03\/environmental-science-presents-mississippi-academy-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental science presents at Mississippi Academy of Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four Delta State environmental science students and two professors presented at the 81st annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS) in Hattiesburg on Feb. 23-24.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two presentations were given during the oral session as a part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Division of MAS. <\/span><\/p>\n

Heather Brewer, a senior at Delta State, received the first place graduate and undergraduate award for her presentation entitled, “Impact of urbanization on bird nest materials in the Mississippi Delta,” co-authored by herself, Alexis Patterson and Dr. AHM Reza, assistant professor of biology at Delta State.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In absence of undergraduate student Christian Frew, Reza presented, “What can affect the movement patterns of white-tailed deer in central Mississippi,” co-authored by the duo. Both of these presentations were a product\u00a0of Reza\u2019s vertebrate biology courses, ornithology and mammalogy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Four poster presentations were also given at the division\u2019s poster session. <\/span><\/p>\n

Patterson and Brewer received a second place award for their poster entitled, “Prey remains found in 24 owl pellets from Carolina Biological Science,” co-authored by Patterson, Brewer, Karoline Lambert, Madison Zoeller, Roxy Kimes, Dr. Eric Blackwell and Dr. Baghai-Riding. <\/span><\/p>\n

Student\u00a0Brittany Husley gave her presentation, “Comparison of dental changes in Varans exanthematicus to ontogenetics shifts in diet,” co-authored by herself, Christine Beck, Baghai-Riding and Blackwell. <\/span><\/p>\n

Baghai-Riding presented two poster presentations, “Effects of wild hogs at Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge, Mississippi,” co-authored by Matthew Galloway, Peyton Hamblin, Mitchel Coleman, Brady Chambley, Matt McGregor; and “Bird surveys conducted at Bear Pen Park, Cleveland, Mississippi,” c0-authored by Sheketra Bell, Jarrica Carey, DeAndra Felton, Monique Price and Kimberely Davis. The posters\u00a0were a product of Baghai-Riding\u2019s \u00a0conservation biology course.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s MAS annual meeting had its\u00a0largest attendance with over 1,000 attendees. Reza plans to establish a stronger Delta State presence for the 2018 event and seeks all appropriate disciplines to consider joining.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, Reza chaired the EEB Division of MAS in 2016-17. Baghai-Riding and Reza served as judges for the zoology and entomology poster presentations. Also, Reza will serve as the chair of the EEB Division and Baghai-Riding will serve as the vice chair for 2017-18.<\/span><\/p>\n

To learn more about the Delta State’s environmental science program, contact Baghai-Riding (nbaghai@deltastate.edu<\/span><\/a>) or Reza (areza@deltastate.edu<\/span><\/a>), or call the Department of Biological Sciences at\u00a0662-846-4240.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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