Research at La Copita

As a working ranch at the confluence of South Texas ecosystems, La Copita supports a diversity of research opportunities spanning ecosystem health, wildlife management, native plant restoration, invasive species control and so much more.

Current research projects include:

• Investigating conservation grazing as a tool in native grassland restoration.
• Ecologic and economic responses to management application at the ranch scale.
• Abundance estimates for white-tailed deer and northern bobwhite quail using autonomous recording units.
• Development and implementation of long-term wildlife monitoring programs for mammals, birds, herpetofauna and pollinators.
• Development of a collard peccary species distribution model.