• ANIMAL BEHAVIOR/BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY
• BIOLOGY, BIRDS
• CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT, FISH AND WILDLIFE PROTECTION
• MAMMALOGY
• PARASITOLOGY

Richard Buchholz is a Professor in the Department of Biology, and Director of the Center for Biodiversity & Conservation Research. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 1994, and joined the Ole Miss faculty in 1999. He has studied avian reproductive behavior for several decades, while also working with his students to investigate biodiversity and the conservation of a variety of wildlife species, including frogs, salamanders, turtles, bats, tapirs, birds and ants. He co-edited the first book on behavioral approaches to conservation, chaired the Conservation Committee of the Animal Behavior Society, was an Associate Editor for The Condor: Ornithological Applications, and serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Endangered Species Council. His research has been funded by the American Museum of Natural History, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Entergy, the Department of Agriculture, the National Science Foundation, and the National Geographic Society, among others. He has directed to completion 11 Masters and Doctoral graduate students, and 13 undergraduate honors thesis students as of May, 2019.