• Professor, Natural Resources

Graduate Students

Primary Teaching Responsibilities

• NR435/435H: Contemporary Conservation Issues and Environmental Awareness

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Selected Publications

Mautz, W.W., and G. A. Petrides. 1967. The usefulness of chromium-51 in digestive studies of the white-tailed deer. Trans. N.A. Wildl. And NR Conf. 32:420-429.

Mautz, W. W. 1971. Confinement effects of dry matter digestibility coefficients displayed by deer. J. Wildl. Manage. 34:366-368.

Mautz, W.W., H. Silver, J.B. Holter, H.H. Hayes, and W.E. Urban. 1976. Digestibility and related nutritional data for seven northern deer browse species. J. Wildl. Manage. 40(4):630-638.

Mautz, W.W. 1978. Nutrition and carrying capacity, pages 321-348. In Big Game of North America. Ed. By Schmidt and Gilbert. Stackpole, PA. 494pp.

Mautz, W.W., and J. Fair. 1980. Energy expenditure and heart rate for activities of white-tailed deer. J. Wildl. Manage. 44(2):333-342.

Weber, S.J., W.W. Mautz, J.W. Lanier, and J.E. Wiley III. 1983. Predictive equations for deer yards in northern New Hampshire. Wildl. Manage. Bull. 11(2):333-338.

Pekins, P.J., and W.W. Mautz. 1985. A new fawn feeding schedule. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 13(2):174-176.

Pekins, P.J., and W.W. Mautz. 1988. Digestibility and nutritional value of autumn diets of deer. J. Wildl. Manage. 52(2):328-332.

Mautz, W.W., and P.J. Pekins. 1989. Metabolic rate of bobcats as influenced by seasonal temperatures. J. Wildl. Manage. 53(1):202-205.

Mautz, W.W. J.J. Kanter, and P.J. Pekins. 1992. Seasonal metabolic rhythms of female white-tailed deer: a reexamination. J. Wildl. Manage. 56(4):656-661.

Mautz, W.W. 1994. So what's wrong with hugging a tree? Wildl. Soc. Bull. 23(1):

Mautz, W.W. 1996. We're missing the boat in natural resource education. 1st. Biennial Conf. on Univ. Education in Nat. Res. Pa State Univ.

Pekins, P. J., K. S. Smith, and W. W. Mautz. 1998. Energy cost of gestation in white-tailed deer. Can. J. Zoo. 76:1091-1077

Education

Selected Service Activities

• Academic Senate and Faculty Caucus
• University Planning Council
• University Undergraduate Advising Committee
• University Minority Recruitment Committee
• University Graduate Council
• Animal Care and Use Committee
• College Promotion and Tenure Committee
• Several positions with The Wildlife Society, including Professional, Education Committee, Accreditation Committee, Associate Editor, JWM, etc.
• Northeast Region Chair, National Association of Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges (NAPFSC)
• Executive Committee of National Association of University Fisheries and Wildlife Programs (NAUFWP)
• Northeast Region Chair, NAUFWP
• University delegate and voting member to several Boards, Councils and Sections of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grand Colleges