Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

I couple non-invasive sampling with genetic methods to study fish and wildlife populations.

Stream Ecology. Stream and riparian zone ecology, including impacts of land use practices and restoration; role of large wood in streams; salmonid ecology; stream community dynamics; environmental history using GIS & remote sensing; stable isotope tracer studies of nitrogen dynamics and...

• 2006-present – Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University
• 2001-2006 – Molecular Ecology research and teaching technician, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
• 1999-2001 – Molecular Genetics research and teaching...

Kim Nelson is a Research Wildlife Biologist in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University.  The current focus of her research is on the ecology and habitat associations of seabirds, specifically using modeling and habitat data to better understand and help resolve...

I study the influence of climate and landscape on species distributions, metapopulation dynamics, and functional connectivity in wildlife species in contemporary and future timescales. I seek to apply this information towards mitigation scenarios for focal species such as American pika and swift...

My research interests include population dynamics and behavioral ecology, with an emphasis on demography and dispersal, to better understand conservation and management issues of seabirds.

I am currently evaluating demography and inter-colony movements of Caspian terns and double-crested...

Aquatic restoration and aquatic invertebrates. Fish distribution of native and non-native species in the Pacific Northwest. Role of wood in aquatic ecosystems. Riparian ecology.