Harmon P Weeks

Professor

Department: Forestry and Natural Resources
Phone: 765.494.3567
Fax: 765.496-2422
Office: FORS 101
E-mail: weeks@purdue.edu

Area of Expertise: Wildlife Science
Curriculum Vitae

Research Group	Facilities	Areas of Excellence	Related Centers
Wildlife Science	Animal Care Facility John S. Wright Center Wildlife Conservation Lab Wildlife Nutrition and Physiology Lab	Sustaining Hardwood Ecosystems	Center for the Environment Purdue Interdisciplinary Center for Ecological Sustainability

Harmon P. Weeks, Jr. is Professor of Wildlife Ecology in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources and has been on the faculty at Purdue University for over 30 years. He received a BSF in 1967 in Forestry/Wildlife Management at the University of Georgia and then achieved a MS in Ecology in 1969 at the same institution. He received a PhD in Wildlife Science in 1974 from Purdue University. He was on the faculty of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies for a year before being invited to return to a faculty position at Purdue.

Harmon’s research at Purdue has been eclectic, but the primary focus has been in two rather disparate directions – avian breeding biology and mammalian mineral nutrition. He is especially interested in how anthropogenically modified landscapes impact avian communities and their reproductive success. This features emphasis on birds of seral woodlands and the structure-nesting eastern phoebe, which has been the focus of a 35-year research program.

Intrigued early in his career by sodium-seeking behavior in wild herbivores, he has investigated many aspects of this and how supplementary sodium impacts behavior, physiology, and productivity.

He has taught several courses at Purdue, but his major focus is on two required laboratory courses in the wildlife curriculum, Wildlife Habitat Management and Wildlife Investigational Techniques. He is recognized by students as an excellent teacher who is genuinely interested in their professional development.

- Recent Publications

Weeks, H. P. (2006). An Indiana Historical Perspective of Wildlife Issues and a Look to the Future. Annual Meeting of the Indiana Division of Forestry.

Weeks, H. P. (2005). Integrated vegetation management and invasive plant control. International Conference on Forest Vegetation Control.

Weeks, H. P. (2005). Trends in shrubland and forestland songbirds in the Central Hardwoods Region. Managing Wildlife for Sustainable Forests/Managing Forests for Sustainable Wildlife Conference.

Weeks, H. P. (2005). Native Trees of the Midwest. W. Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.

Weeks, H. P. (2005). Control of woody invasive plants using mechanical and chemical treatments. Proceedings of International Symposiumon Environmental Concerns of ROW Mgmt., 8, 104-107.

,Lowe, Z. E., & H. P. Weeks (2005). Control techniques for woody invasives. Road School.

,Lowe, Z. E., & H. P. Weeks (2005). Establishment of native grasses in restored shrublands. Townsend Chemical Native Grassland Restoration Meeting.

Beheler, A. S., H. P. Weeks, & O. E. Rhodes (2005). Seasonal, brood, and age variation in eastern phoebe clutch size in Indiana. Wilson Bulletin.

Lowe, Z. E., H. P. Weeks, H. A. Holt,, & G. R. P. (2004). Control of woody invasive plants using mechanical and chemical treatments. 8th International Symposium for Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-way Management.

Atwood, T. C., H. P. Weeks, & T. M. Gehring (2004). Spatial ecology of coyotes along a suburban-to-rural gradient. Journal of Wildlife Management, 68(4), 1000-1009.