C. Brad Dabbert, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Natural Resources Management
Center Associate, CASNR Water Center

TTU, Dept. of Natural Resources Management, Goddard 103B, P.O. Box 42125, Lubbock, Texas 79409
806.742.2842 |   1.806.742.2280
brad.dabbert@ttu.edu

Education

• Ph.D., Oklahoma State University-Stillwater (1995)
• M.S., University of Arkansas-Fayetteville (1992)
• B.S., Oklahoma State University-Stillwater (1989)

Dr. Brad Dabbert's research focuses on the influence of environmental factors on the population dynamics of wildlife and includes both applied and theoretical approaches. Of particular interest is the effect of the environment on the immunocompetence of wild animals and their resistance to pathogens. He continues to investigate how environmental factors and habitat management practices influence avian survival and reproduction: his current research explores environmental variables that might modulate game bird population size, such as thermal stress, nutrient deficiency, and exposure to toxicants and invasive organisms.

Dr. Dabbert uses a variety of teaching methods and strives to provide his students with thorough, up-to-date information. He believes that the laboratory sessions should be designed to reinforce lectures by providing students with the opportunity to observation and have hands-on experience, which just help to cement the concepts discussed during course lectures. Dr. Dabbert is a member of the The Wildlife Society and the Texas Quail Council (an advisory board to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department). He has served on the College of Agriculture's Marketing Task Force, College Recruitment and Retention Committee, College Agricultural Awareness Committee, and departmental Graduate Student Admissions Committee.

Courses Taught
Advanced Upland Game Ecology and Management, Comparative Anatomy of Game Animals, Introductory Wildlife, Population Estimation and Dynamics, Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management Seminar, Upland Game Ecology, Wildlife Conservation and Management, Wildlife Investigational Techniques, Wildlife Population Dynamics and Analysis

Selected Publications

• Dabbert, C. B., D. R. Lucia, and R. B. Mitchell.  2006.  Quails on the High Plains.  in L. A. Brennan, Ed., Ecology and Management of Texas Quails, Texas A&M University Press:  in press.
• Pleasant, G. D., C. B. Dabbert, and R. B. Mitchell.  2006.  Nesting ecology and survival of scaled quail in the Southern High Plains of Texas.  Journal of Wildlife Management 70:632-639.
• Mitchell, R. J. C. Cathey, C. B. Dabbert, D. F. Prochaska, S. DuPree, and R. Sosebee.  2006.  Managing Yaupon with Fire and Herbicides in the Texas Post Oak Savannah.  Rangelands 28:1-4.
• Abbott, C. W., C. B. Dabbert, D. R. Lucia, and R. B. Mitchell.  2005.  Does muscular damage during capture and handling handicap radiomarked northern bobwhites?  Journal of Wildlife Management 69:664-670. 
• Pleasant, G. D., C. B. Dabbert, and R. B. Mitchell.  2003.  Evaluation of the moisture-facilitated nest depredation hypothesis in a semiarid environment.  Wilson Bulletin 115:344-347. 
• Forbes, A. R., C. B. Dabbert, R. B. Mitchell, and J. M. Mueller.  2002.  Does habitat management for northern bobwhite benefit the red imported fire ant?  Pages 135-140 in DeMaso et al., eds.  Quail V: Proceedings of the Fifth National Quail Symposium, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, TX.
• Oberheu, D.G. and C.B. Dabbert. 2001. Aflatoxin contamination in supplemental and wild foods of northern bobwhite.  Ecotoxicology 10:125-129.