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Dear folks at Snakemaster Reptile,
I'm glad to hear you are interested in the results of our study. I think we are certainly getting the right winter to really test the ability of pythons to survive in the southeastern U.S. Unfortunately, we are unable to release the results of the study before it is completed. Given the high-profile nature of the project and previous instances of being misrepresented or misquoted, we are refraining from releasing any preliminary "updates" until we feel we have a conclusive result to the study (i.e., when we know whether or not they can survive the whole winter). Below is the standard response we are providing to the media when requesting information.
Thanks very much for your understanding.
Best wishes
J.D.
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John (J.D.) Willson, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Research Associate
University of Georgia
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
PO Drawer E
Aiken, SC 29802
email: [email protected]
phone: 617-767-8531
JD Willson's Home Page
Assessing the Risk of Invasive Burmese Pythons in the Southeastern United
States
Michael E. Dorcas, John D. Willson, and J. Whitfield Gibbons
The goal of this study is to conduct a risk assessment to evaluate the
potential for Burmese pythons, which are already established in South
Florida, to inhabit other regions of the southeastern United States.
Specifically, we are monitoring the survivorship, body condition, and
thermal biology of invasive Burmese pythons in an outdoor enclosure for an
entire year (June 2009 - June 2010) in the upper Coastal Plain of South
Carolina. For more information about the project, visit
www.bio.davidson.edu/python.
Status: We are currently conducting this research and results of our study
will be released when they have undergone peer-review and have been accepted
for publication in a scientific journal. We expect to have completed the
goals of the project by June 2010 and plan to submit a paper describing our
results for publication immediately after study completion. We are unable
to provide information about the results of our study until the paper is
accepted for publication.
I'm glad to hear you are interested in the results of our study. I think we are certainly getting the right winter to really test the ability of pythons to survive in the southeastern U.S. Unfortunately, we are unable to release the results of the study before it is completed. Given the high-profile nature of the project and previous instances of being misrepresented or misquoted, we are refraining from releasing any preliminary "updates" until we feel we have a conclusive result to the study (i.e., when we know whether or not they can survive the whole winter). Below is the standard response we are providing to the media when requesting information.
Thanks very much for your understanding.
Best wishes
J.D.
************************************************
John (J.D.) Willson, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Research Associate
University of Georgia
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
PO Drawer E
Aiken, SC 29802
email: [email protected]
phone: 617-767-8531
JD Willson's Home Page
Assessing the Risk of Invasive Burmese Pythons in the Southeastern United
States
Michael E. Dorcas, John D. Willson, and J. Whitfield Gibbons
The goal of this study is to conduct a risk assessment to evaluate the
potential for Burmese pythons, which are already established in South
Florida, to inhabit other regions of the southeastern United States.
Specifically, we are monitoring the survivorship, body condition, and
thermal biology of invasive Burmese pythons in an outdoor enclosure for an
entire year (June 2009 - June 2010) in the upper Coastal Plain of South
Carolina. For more information about the project, visit
www.bio.davidson.edu/python.
Status: We are currently conducting this research and results of our study
will be released when they have undergone peer-review and have been accepted
for publication in a scientific journal. We expect to have completed the
goals of the project by June 2010 and plan to submit a paper describing our
results for publication immediately after study completion. We are unable
to provide information about the results of our study until the paper is
accepted for publication.
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