Statement of Interests

My background and training was originally in the area of wildlife nutrition and physiology as it related to ecological questions of wildlife populations and habitats. My initial work focused on white-tailed deer in south Texas. As my career has developed, I have moved into more habitat management work. This interest grew out of work on the effects of endophytic tall fescue on northern bobwhite quail and cottontail rabbits in Kentucky and the grassland environments they inhabit. Our initial work focused on converting tall fescue to native warm season grasses and has evolved into more grassland re-habilitation, restoration, and re-creation using herbicides. An offshoot of this has led to attempting to answer questions about how to control invasive plants with herbicides in natural areas.

Current Research Projects

Dormant Season Japanese Honeysuckle Control Using Herbicides
Bluegrass Savannah Herbaceous Restoration Using Herbicides
Conversion of Old World Bluestems to Native Grasses in the Texas Coastal Bend Conversion of Smooth Brome to Native Grasses in Northern Tall Grass Prairies Coastal Prairie Grass and Forb Tolerance to Imazapic
Tall Grass Prairie Forb Tolerance to Imazapic
Tolerance of Three Native Elymus to Imazapic

Collaborators and Funding Sources

Quail Unlimited, Commonwealth Chapter
BASF
Monsanto
Valent Chemical Corp.
South Dakota Game Fish & Parks
Welder Wildlife Foundation

Current Graduate Students

Marvin Ruffner, Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Matt Bahm, Ph.D., South Dakota State University
Joshua Adkins, MS, University of Kentucky
Zeb Weese, MS, University of Kentucky

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

T.G. Barnes 2004. Strategies to Convert Exotic Grass Pastures to Tall Grass Prairie Communities. Weed Tech. 18:1364 - 1370.

Ruffner, M.E. and T. G. Barnes 2004. The efficacy of herbicides for eradicating tall fescue. North American Prairie Conference 18:67-74.

Courtney, A. and T. G. Barnes. 2003. The Efficacy of Molexit for Reducing Damage From Eastern Moles (Scalopus aquaticus). Proc. Vert. Pest Conf. 20:299-302.

C. Rhoades, T. Barnes, and B. Washburn. 2002. Prescribed fire and herbicide effects on soil processes during barrens restoration. Restoration Ecology 10:656-664.

Washburn, B.E., T.G. Barnes, C.C. Rhoades, and R. Remington. 2002. Using imazapic and prescribed fire to enhance native warm season grasslands in Kentucky, USA. Natural Areas J. 22(1):20-27.

Steen-Ash, S, T.G. Barnes, J.T. Hutchinson, J. L. Larkin, B. E. Washburn, J. L. Weese, H.F Yacek, Jr. Characteristics of gray squirrel release sites selected by nuisance wildlife control operators. Proc. Eastern Wildl. Damage Conf. 8: (In Press)

Larkin, J.L. T.G. Barnes, M. DePoy-Smith, and D.S. Maehr. 2001. A Comparison of Avian Communities Occupying Native and Exotic Grasslands in Kentucky: A Preliminary Study. Proc. North American Prairie Conf. 17:201-205.

Madison, L.A., T.G. Barnes, J.D. Sole. 2001. Effectiveness of fire, disking, and herbicide application in removing tall fescue dominated fields. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 29:706-712.

Washburn B.E. and T.G. Barnes. 2000. Post-Emergence Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea) Control at Different Growth Stages With Glyphosate and AC 263,222. Weed Technology 14:223-240.

Washburn, B.E. T. G. Barnes, J.D. Sole. 2000. Improving northern bobwhite habitat by converting tall fescue fields to native warm season grasses. The Wildlife Society Bulletin 28:97-104.

Washburn, B.E. and T.G. Barnes. 1999. Converting Tall Fescue Grasslands to Native Warm-Season Grasses. Eastern Native Grass Symposium 2:331-341.

Washburn, B.E. and T.G. Barnes. 2000. Native Warm-season Grass and Forb Tolerance to Imazapic and 2,4-D. Native Plant Journal 1:61-68.

Washburn, B.E., T.G. Barnes, J.D. Sole, R. Hines. 1999. Eradicating Tall Fescue Using Glyphosate Followed by Cool-season Grass Seedings. Proc. Southeast. Assoc. Fish Wildl. Agencies 53:270-281.

B.E. Washburn, T.G. Barnes, J.D. Sole.1999. No-till Establishment of Native Warm Season Grasses in Tall Fescue Fields. Ecological Restoration 17:40-45.

Craven, S., T.G. Barnes, G. Kania. 1998. Toward a professional position on the translocation of problem wildlife. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 26:171-177.

T.G. Barnes, J.L. Larkin, M.B. Arnett. 1998. Establishing Native Warm Season Grasses on Eastern Kentucky Strip-mines. Proc. Amer. Soc. Surface Mine and Reclamation. Proc. Amer. Soc. Surface Mine Reclam. 25:615-633.

Barnes, T.G.. 1998. State Agency Response to Maintaining Regulatory Oversight of NWCO. Proc. Vert. Pest Conf. 18:287-289.

Ragland-Gray, K. and T.G. Barnes 1997. Reaching Non-traditional Extension Audiences Using Distance Education: Introduction to Wildlife Conservation, A Case Study. Trans. N.Am. Natur. Resour. Conf. 62:74-83.

Barnes, T.G. 1997. State Wildlife Agency Oversight of the Nuisance Wildlife Control Industry. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 25:185-188.

Barnes, T.G. 1995. Survey of the nuisance wildlife control industry with notes on their attitudes and opinions. Proc. Great Plains Wildl. Damage Control Conf. 12:104-108.

Barnes, T.G. 1995. A survey comparison of the pest control and nuisance wildlife control industry in Kentucky. Eastern Wildl. Damage Control Conf. 6:39-48.

Madison, L.A., T.G. Barnes, J.D. Sole. 1995. Improving Northern bobwhite brood rearing habitat in tall fescue dominated fields. Proc. Southeast. Assoc. Fish Wildl. Agencies 49:525-536.

Barnes, T.G., L.A. Madison, J.D. Sole, M.J. Lacki. 1995. An assessment of tall fescue dominated fields habitat quality for northern bobwhite. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 23:231-237.

Adam, M.D., M.J. Lacki, and T.G. Barnes. 1994. Foraging areas and habitat use of the Virginia big-eared bat in Kentucky. J. Wildl. Manage. 58:462-469.

Barnes, T.G. 1993. The Nuisance Wildlife Control Industry in Kentucky. Proc. Annu. Great Plains Wildl. Damage Control Conf. 10:12-22.

Barnes, T.G., L.H. Blankenship, L.W. Varner, and J.F. Gallagher. 1991. Apparent mineral absorption by white-tailed deer. Proc. Annu. Conf. Southeast. Assoc. Fish Wildl. Agencies 45:73-80.

Barnes, T.G., L.H. Blankenship, L.W. Varner, and G.F. Gallagher. 1991. Digestibility of guajillo for white tailed deer. J. Range Manage. 44:44:606-610.

Barnes, T.G., L.H. Blankenship, L.W. Varner, and G.F. Gallagher. 1991. Indigestible particulate passage in white tailed deer. pp. 436-442 in (R.D. Brown, ed.) Proc. Second Internat. Symposium on the Biology of Deer. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Barnes, T.G., L.W. Varner, L.H. Blankenship, T.J. Fillinger, and S.C. Heineman. 1990. Macro and trace mineral content of selected south Texas deer forages. J. Range Manage. 43:220 223.

Barnes, T.G., E.J. Keyser, III, and R.L. Linder. 1989. Survey of animal damage and feeding selectivity of rabbits in eastern South Dakota shelterbelts. Proc. Great Plains Anim. Damage Control Conf. 9:154 159.

Barnes, T.G., L.W. Varner, L.H. Blankenship, and J.F. Gallagher. 1989. Predicting in vivo dry matter, energy, and protein digestibility of deer forages. Proc. Annu. Conf. Southeast. Assoc. Fish and Wildl. Agencies 43:297 305.

Gallagher, J.F., T.G. Barnes, and L.W. Varner. 1988. Separating leaves from browse for use in nutritional studies with herbivores. J. Range Manage. 41:522 523.

Barnes, T.G. and R.L. Linder. 1982. Small mammal occurrence in South Dakota shelterbelts and movements of Peromyscus maniculatus. S.D. Acad. Sci. 61:56 63.

Barnes, T.G. and T.A. Schaid. 1981. Laboratory feeding preferences of three small mammals for five tree species. Prairie Nat. 13:78 80.