Louis Best

B.S., Weber State University, 1968
M.S., Montana State University, 1970
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1974

Dr. Best retired from the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management in 2004. He now resides in Utah.

Publications

Best, L. B., and T. R. Stafford. 2002. Influence of daily grit consumption rate and diet on gizzard grit counts. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:381-391.

Best, L.B., T. M. Bergin, and K. E. Freemark. 2001. Influence of landscape composition on bird use of rowcrop fields. Journal of Wildlife Management 65:442-449.

Bergin, T. M., L. B. Best, K. E. Freemark, and K. J. Koehler. 2000. Effects of landscape structure on nest predation in roadsides of a midwestern agroecosystem: A multiscale analysis. Landscape Ecology 15:141-143.

Stafford, T. R., and L. B. Best. 1999. Bird response to grit and pesticide granule characteristics: Implications for risk assessment and risk reduction. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18:722-733.