Dr. Miller’s Research
Plant and Wildlife Community Ecology
Current Research Issues
Barrier Island Restoration, Barrier Island Dynamics, Dune Restoration, Beachmouse Landscape Use, Fire and Restoration Ecology, Indicators of Ecological Change, Native Plant Restoration and Invasive Species Management.
Real World Solutions
Prescribed burning as habitat management for wildlife, developing techniques for native plant restoration in areas with invasive species, and using indicators to identify effects of natural and man-made disturbances.
Wildlife Partnerships
Impacts of silviculture on groundcover vegetation on Ft. Benning, Georgia; fire for restoration of longleaf pine and scrub communities at Naval Live Oaks; dune restoration on Eglin AFB and Gulf Islands National Seashore; and impacts of dune fragmentation on beach mouse at Eglin AFB, Florida.
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Natural Resource Conservation
Ongoing Research
- Barrier Island Restoration:
- Coast Bluestem Seasonal Planting
- Maritime Forest Regeneration
- Gall Berry
- Sand Live Oak
- Slash Pine
- Yaupon
- Measuring Dune Growth and Survival with Zoned Plantings
- Beach Elder
- Coastal Bluestem
- Sea Oats
- Target Plant Competition Study
- Beach Elder
- Coastal Bluestem
- Sea Oats
- Fire Ecology in a Sandhill Landscape:
- Month of Burn Impacts on Grass Flower Production