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Dr. Sarah Rebecah Fritts

  • Associate Professor - Biology
  • Moorman, C. E., Hazel, D. W., Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. Directing wildlife-friendly forest bioenergy development in North Carolina, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Science, $157559. (Funded: 2015). Grant.
  • Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Principal), Grabowski, T. B. (Principal), Grisham, B. A. (Principal), Mayes, K. (Principal), Bean, P. (Principal). Recruitment dynamics and reproductive ecology of blue sucker in Texas, with a focus on the Big Bend region of the Rio Grande, Texas Parks and Wildlife, $276850. (Funded: May 29, 2015). Grant.
  • Fritts, Sarah Rebecah, Moorman, C., Hazel, D., Homyack, J., Castleberry, S., Pollock, K., Farrell, C., Grodsky, S. Amphibian response to experimental biomass harvesting guidelines, Student Travel Grant, The Wildlife Society, $500. (Funded: 2013). Grant.
  • Moorman, C. E., Grodsky, S., Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. Undergraduate research grant funding student research on distribution of downed wood in urban environments, North Carolina State University Office of Undergraduate Research. Dr. Moorman, S. Grodsky and S. Fritts conceptualized the project and assisted the undergraduate in writing the grant, $1000. (Funded: 2013). Grant.
  • Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. Assessment of southern toad habitat selection at multiple spatial scales, North Carolina Society for Environmental Professionals Grant, $1000. (Funded: 2011). Grant.
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  • Lopez, S. G., Aspbury, A., Fritts, S. R., Tidwell, T. L. R., & Bonner, T. H. (2023). Long-term patterns in inland fish kills associated with cold-shock and winter stress: a regional case study from Texas. Journal of Fish Biology, 103(3), 472–480. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15435
  • Weaver, S., Hale, A., Nelson, D., Fritts, S. R., Katzner, T., Chipps, A., … Williams, D. (2025). Spatiotemporal patterns in sex ratios of bat fatalities at wind energy facilities in the United States. Biological Conservation, 61(e03672). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03672
  • Guest, E., Fritts, S. R., Hale, A., & Williams, D. (2025). Record of western red bats (Lasiurus blossevillii) in central Texas, USA. Southwestern Naturalist.
  • Rooney, B., Kays, R., Cove, M., Fritts, S. R., & McShea, W. (2025). SNAPSHOT USA 2019–2023: The first five years of data from a coordinated camera trap survey of the United States. Global Ecology and Biogeography, (34). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13941
  • Rylander, R. J., Aspbury, A., Simpson, T. R., Weckerly, F., Patten, M., & Fritts, S. R. (2024). Black-crested Titmice (Baeolophus atricristatus) initiate nesting earlier in urbanized landscapes but have variable nesting success depending on the level of urbanization. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1676/23-00007
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Seminar Award, Texas State University. August 2021 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award, College of Science and Engineering. July 2021 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Valero Award for Excellence. June 2021 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State University. May 2020 - Present
  1. Member

    Search Committee Wildlife Ecology Assistant Professor

  2. Other

    Wildlife Ecology Program

  3. Participant

    Honors Research Conference panel chair

  4. Officer

    Renewable Energy Working Group: The Wildlife Society

  5. Member

    Search Committee: Microbial Ecology position

  6. Chair

    Tracking Committee: Leila Siciliano-Martina

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