Research Publications
In prep Pynne, J.T., K.M. Morris. Occupancy estimates for a rare species before catastrophic disease introduction. Southeastern Naturalist.
In prep Pynne, J.T., S.B. Castleberry, L.M. Conner, R.B. Chandler, S.I. Duncan, E.I. Parsons, J.D. Austin, R.A. Gitzen, R.A. McCleery. Spatial variation in southeastern pocket gophers (Geomys pinetis) density. The Journal of Mammalogy.
In press Pynne, J.T., N.L. Castleberry, S.B. Castleberry, L.M. Conner. Does it glow: Mammalian fluorescence of museum specimens. Scientific Reports.
2024 J.D. Austin,S.I. Duncan, J.T. Pynne,S.B. Castleberry, L.M. Conner, E.I. Parsons, C.M. Carneiro, R.A. Gitzen, R.A. McCleery. Genetic support for discrete conservation units of the fossorial rodent Geomys pinetis. Conservation Genetics.
2023 Pynne, J.T., S.B. Castleberry, L.M. Conner, S.I. Duncan, E.I. Parsons, J.D. Austin, R.A. Gitzen, R.A. McCleery. Experimental translocation for restoration of an ecosystem engineer. Restoration Ecology.
2022 Parsons, E.I., R.A. Gitzen, J.T. Pynne, L.M. Conner, S.B. Castleberry, S.I. Duncan, J.D. Austin, and R.A. McCleery. Determining habitat requirements for the southeastern pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis) at multiple scales. Journal of Mammalogy.
2021 Pynne, J.T., S.B. Castleberry, L.M. Conner, S.I. Duncan, E.I. Parsons, J.D. Austin, R.A. Gitzen, R.A. McCleery. Ultraviolet fluorescence in pocket gophers. The American Midland Naturalist.
2021 Pynne, J.T., A. Whelan, S.B. Castleberry, L.M. Conner, S.I. Duncan, E.I. Parsons, J.D. Austin, R.A. Gitzen, R.A. McCleery. Southeastern pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis) tunnels provide stable thermal refugia. The American Midland Naturalist.
2021 Pynne, J.T. Using an ecosystem engineer to restore functionality of natural pinelands in the southeastern United States. Dissertation, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
2020 Potash, A.D., C.M. Murphy, J.T. Pynne, R.A. McCleery, L.M. Conner, S.B. Castleberry, and L.L. Smith. Eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) observed using a gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrow. Southeastern Naturalist.
2020 Pynne, J.T., J.M. Stober, A.J. Edelman. Eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) occupancy patterns in fragmented montane longleaf pine forests. Southeastern Naturalist.
2020 Duncan, S.I., J.T. Pynne, E.I. Parsons, R.J. Fletcher, Jr., J.D. Austin, S.B. Castleberry, L.M. Conner, R.A. Gitzen, M. Barbour, R.A. McCleery. Land use and cover effects on an ecosystem engineer. Forest Ecology and Management 456.
2019 Pynne, J.T., S.B. Castleberry, L.M. Conner, E.I. Parsons, R.A. Gitzen, J.D. Austin, S.I. Duncan, and R.A. McCleery. Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) predation on a southeastern pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis). Southeastern Naturalist.
2019 Pynne, J.T., J.M. Owens, S.B. Castleberry, N.L. Castleberry, and R. Brinkman. Movement and fate of translocated and in situ southeastern pocket gophers. Southeastern Naturalist.
2019 N.B. Moore, S.I. Duncan, E.I. Parsons, J.T. Pynne, J.D. Austin, L.M. Conner, S.B. Castleberry, R.A. Gitzen, R.A. McCleery. A new live trap for pocket gophers. Wildlife Society Bulletin.
2015 Pynne, J.T. Fox squirrels (Scirius niger) and longleaf pine forest fragmentation in Talladega National Forest, AL. Thesis, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA.
2012 Pynne, J.T. A historical comparison of reptile and amphibian assemblages in the Homewood Preserve, Alabama. Paper submitted to the city of Homewood, AL.
2011 Fincher, R.M., A.C. Gilman, C. Moore, and J.T. Pynne. In Preparation for Tree Physiology. Forest restoration in abandoned cattle pastures in Costa Rica: Leaf traits determine light-dependent tradeoffs between survival and growth in native and rare rainforest species.