Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology (Research)
Year Hired: 2005
Organizations and Affiliations:
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Ecological Society of America
Society of Conservation Biology
The Wildlife Society
Specialty: Applied population and landscape ecology
Research Interests:
I have focused my research activities in the field of applied ecology in an attempt to understand environmental factors affecting the distribution and abundance of animals in managed ecosystems. I attempt to incorporate theoretical and empirical approaches to better understand how animal populations respond to environmental stressors. My research is focused at several levels, ranging from understanding space-use of individuals, the effect of individual performance to population dynamics, and ultimately to the landscape scale.
Oregon State University
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
104 Nash Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-3803
Courses Taught:
Undergraduate Courses:
Wildlife Techniques
Survey Methods for Wildlife Populations
Monitoring, Inventory, and Assessment
Graduate Courses:
Metapopulation Ecology (Co-Instructed)
Population Analysis (Co-Instructed)
Model Selection and Inference Ecology of Animal Populations
Degrees:
Ph.D. - 1995 - Wildlife Ecology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
M.S. - 1990 - Wildlife Ecology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
B.S. - 1985 - Biology, Wildlife Sciences
Personal Interests: I enjoy most all outdoor activities, including sea kayaking, fishing, camping/hiking, bike riding; and enjoy photography, woodworking, small-scale livestock production.
