As a post-doctoral research associate, Dr. Andrew Campomizzi provides scientific support for the institutes’ research in ecology and conservation. He works with the institutes’ Research and Management System for Endangered Species team to improve ecological understanding of endangered species to develop management applications to aid species recovery in Texas and beyond.

Before joining the Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources in March 2011, Campomizzi was a doctoral student and Tom Slick Senior Graduate Fellow in Texas A&M University's Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, researching avian ecology. Campomizzi has also worked on various research projects on species of conservation concerns, from the endangered Delmarva fox squirrel in Virginia to migratory songbirds in California.

Education

Ph.D. Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences. Texas A&M University. 2011
M.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences. Texas A&M University. 2008
B.S. Biology, University of Dayton. 1999

Publications

Journal articles

Farrell, S. L., M. L. Morrison, A. J. Campomizzi, and R. N. Wilkins. Conspecific cues and breeding habitat selection in an endangered woodland warbler. Journal of Animal Ecology: in press

Campomizzi, A. J., M. L. Morrison, J. A. DeWoody, S. L Farrell, and R. N. Wilkins. 2012. Win-stay, lose-switch and public information strategies for patch fidelity in songbirds with rare extra-pair paternity. Scientific Reports 2 (294)

Collier, B. A., J. E. Groce, M. L. Morrison, J. C. Newnam, A. J. Campomizzi, S. L. Farrell, H. A. Mathewson, R. T. Snelgrove, R. J. Carroll, and R. N. Wilkins. 2012. Predicting patch occupancy in fragmented landscapes at the rangewide scale for an endangered species: an example of an American warbler. Diversity and Distributions 18:158–167

Farrell, S. L., M. L. Morrison, R. N. Wilkins, R. D. Slack, and A. J. Campomizzi. 2011. Brown-headed cowbird parasitism on endangered species: relationships with neighboring avian species. Western North American Naturalist 70:474–482

Farrell, S. L., and A. J. Campomizzi. 2011. A component system for broadcasting sound for research and management. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:463–466

Collier, B.A., M. L. Morrison, S. L. Farrell, A. J. Campomizzi, J. A. Butcher, K. B. Hays, D. I. MacKenzie, and R. N. Wilkins. 2010. Monitoring golden-cheeked warblers on private lands in Texas. Journal of Wildlife Management 74:140–147

Campomizzi, A. J., M. L. Morrison, S. L. Farrell, R. N. Wilkins, B. M. Drees, and J. M. Packard. 2009. Red imported fire ants can decrease songbird nest survival. Condor 111:534–537

Campomizzi, A. J., J. A. Butcher, S. L. Farrell, A. G. Snelgrove, B. A. Collier, K. J. Gutzwiller, M. L. Morrison, and R. N.Wilkins. 2008. Conspecific attraction is a missing component in wildlife habitat modeling. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:331–336

Campomizzi, A. J., S. L. Farrell, and J. A. Butcher. 2008. Nest site selection by a male black-capped vireo. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120:407–409

Butcher, J. A., J. E. Groce, C. M. Lituma, M. C. Cocimano, Y. Sanchez-Johnson, A. J. Campomizzi, T. L. Pope, K. S. Reyna, and A. C. S. Knipps. 2007. Persistent controversy in statistical approaches in wildlife sciences: a perspective of students. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:2142–2144

Presentations

Modeling brown-headed cowbird occupancy. 2012. Oral presentation. Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Fort Worth, Texas

Influences of personal and public information, and extra-pair paternity on songbird site fidelity. 2011. Poster presentation. Ecological Society of America, Austin, Texas

Influence of personal reproductive success and neighbors' success on site fidelity in songbirds. 2010. Poster presentation. The Wildlife Society, Snowbird, Utah

Quantification of vegetation characteristics statewide for black-capped vireos and golden-cheeked warblers. 2010. Oral presentation. Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Galveston, Texas

Red imported fire ants can decrease songbird nest survival. 2009. Invited speaker for symposium on biological invasions and avian species. Cooper Ornithological Society, Tucson, Arizona

Black-capped vireo breeding success compared with co-occurring species. 2009. Oral presentation. Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Lubbock, Texas

Effect of fire ants on black-capped vireo nest success. 2007. Oral presentation. The Wildlife Society, Tucson, Arizona