David S. Mason

What I do

I also collect more seeds than a grain silo

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My research in the media

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"What's Left When Animals Die?"

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We do #habitatmanagement but #wildlife also contribute
#habitat components. I am exploring #seeddispersal by wildlife, starting with the Rio Grande #wildturkey. Stay tuned for more and let me know what species you’d like to see next!

#ecolog

Northern mockingbirds were common visitors at the seed traps in the open pine savannas at Tall Timbers. These birds are omnivores that like to forage on the ground or swoop down from a perch.

They particularly enjoy the view from the wooden signs a

Twitter

David S. Mason

RT @DrDisturbance: Awesome study by former graduate student Moriah Boggess and current student @EcoGraffito. Check out the video on de… https://t.co/GYQNVKiqEn
Nov 30, 2021, 2:02 PM
David S. Mason

RT @miguelacevedopr: We are recruiting a PhD student interested in modeling (occupancy etc ) how mammal communities in indigenous commun… https://t.co/HV4lkv3w0C
Nov 19, 2021, 5:20 PM
David S. Mason

RT @SEFireScience: 🔥 New SFE Fire Science Success Story on the endangered Florida bonneted bat: https://t.co/ZPrl0wKSlB 🦇… https://t.co/LKrdJYkMSZ
Nov 15, 2021, 6:55 PM

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Research Locations

Savannah River Ecological Laboratory

Ordway-Swisher Biological Station

Selected publications

Holdgrafer, J. P., Mason, D. S., Coleman, T. S., & Lashley, M. A. 2024. Food resource richness increases seed disperser visitations and seed rain richness. Ecology and Evolution 14(3): e11093.

Mason, D. S., Jones, A. K., Barton, B. T., Proctor, M., Webb, S.L., & Lashley, M. A. 2023. Coyotes eat flies at carrion. Food Webs: e00309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2023.e00309

Kays, R. et al. (92nd of 152 authors listed in alphabetical order by institution). 2022. SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ecology 103(10): e3775. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3775

Mason, D. S., Baruzzi, C., & Lashley, M. A. 2022. Passive directed dispersal of plants by animals. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12875

Mason, D. S. 2022. Heterocarpochory: hitching a ride on fruit. Ecology, e3628. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3628

Boggess, C. M., Mason, D. S., Alexander, H. D., Strickland, B. K., & Lashley, M. A. 2021. Facultative seed predators drive community-level indirect effects of mast seeding. Forest Ecology and Management 502: 119713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119713

Lázaro-Lobo, A. et al. (19th of 20 authors). 2021. Phenotypic differentiation among native, expansive and introduced populations influences invasion success. Journal of Biogeography 48(11): 2907-2918. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14252

Cove, M. V. et al. (95th of 154 authors listed in alphabetical order by institution). 2021. SNAPSHOT USA 2019: a coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology 102(6): e03353. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3353

Mason, D.S. & M.A. Lashley. 2021. Spatial scale in prescribed fire regimes: an understudied aspect in conservation with examples from the southeastern United States. Fire Ecology 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-020-00087-9

Westlake, S.M., D. Mason, A. Lazaro Lobo, P. Burr, J.R. McCollum, D. Chance, & MA. Lashley. 2019. The magnet effect of fire on herbivores affects plant community structure in a forested system. Forest Ecology and Management 458(15): 117794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117794

Mason, D & C. Baruzzi. 2019. Love in Strange Places. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17(3): 184. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2027

Baruzzi, C., D. Mason, B. Barton, & M. Lashley. 2018. Effects of increasing carrion biomass on food webs. Food Webs 17: e00096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2018.e00096