A5069638152- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Forest Management and Policy
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Environmental Sustainability and Technology
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
Venture Chemicals (United States)
2024-2025
Arkansas Department of Agriculture
2022
Colorado State University
2014-2021
Virginia Tech
2020
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2020
Utah State University
2019
Abstract Human activity affects plant and animal populations across local to global scales, the management of recreation areas often aims reduce such impacts. Specifically, by understanding patterns human its influence on populations, parks can be managed provide spatial temporal refuge wildlife most sensitive this type disturbance. However, additional research is necessary understand how influences habitat use, for a diversity species. We studied potential impacts (as measured nonmotorized...
Urban biodiversity provides critical ecosystem services and is a key component to environmentally socially sustainable cities. However, varies greatly within among cities, leading human communities with changing unequal experiences nature. The "luxury effect," hypothesis that predicts positive correlation between wealth, typically measured by per capita income, species richness may be one indication of these inequities. While the luxury effect well studied for some taxa, it has rarely been...
Abstract Free‐ranging domestic cats ( Felis catus ) incur and impose risks on ecosystems represent a complex issue of critical importance to biodiversity conservation cat human health globally. Prior social science research this topic is limited has emphasized feral even though owned often comprise large proportion the outdoor population, particularly in urban areas. To address gap, we examined public risk perceptions attitudes toward pet across varying levels urbanization, including along...
Abstract Increasingly, conservation professionals and scholars recognize the need for more holistic integration of social science in fish wildlife management. This call is often framed around complexity 21st century challenges changing societal values toward its Fish management agencies must engage with sciences to proactively address pressing challenges, such as climate change, habitat degradation, wildfire, biodiversity loss, identify, understand, be responsive needs, interests,...
Click to increase image sizeClick decrease size AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like acknowledge Dr. Jennifer Ballard and Christopher Middaugh, Arkansas Game Fish Commission, for reviewing an earlier version of this manuscript the Editor Associate their contributions.
Abstract Many conservation conflicts are scientifically complex yet rooted in value conflicts, which result an impasse. Additional biological information alone is insufficient to resolve this type of conflict. Conceptual models that articulate the material aspects a system increasingly used identify areas where parties disagree. Yet, modeling processes typically follow conveners’ rules for discussing and assessing topic, can exacerbate Researchers have identified need require participants...
While there is increasing recognition that social processes in cities like gentrification have ecological consequences, we lack nuanced understanding of the ways affects urban biodiversity. We analyzed a large camera trap dataset mammals (>500 g) to evaluate how impacts species richness and community composition across 23 US cities. After controlling for negative effect impervious cover, gentrified parts had highest mammal richness. Change was associated with few cities, which were mostly...
Abstract In the United States, policy conflicts have prevented successful population‐level management of outdoor cats for decades. Wildlife conservation professionals sought widespread use humane dispatch (i.e., lethal culling applied humanely), whereas cat welfare promoted trap–neuter–return (TNR) (cats are trapped, neutered, and returned to outdoors). These represent a panacea trap, which we argue drives many conflicts. these situations, focus on defending one‐size‐fits‐all fails account...
Abstract The temperate grasslands of North America remain one the most modified and threatened ecosystems on planet. In United States, conservation grassland‐dependent wildlife continues to be challenged by widespread conversion privately owned cropland. Recent analyses indicate that land exiting Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), country's largest private lands program, is a primary source grassland conversion. this mixed‐methods study, we employed focus groups mail surveys understand...
Carrying behavior is exhibited for myriad purposes by a variety of animals, including mammalian carnivores, but it has been poorly studied. We used wildlife camera data to document and describe carrying in suite native domestic carnivores Colorado, USA. Our objectives were estimate the rate each carnivore species, assess relationship between body mass, compare items carried known diets with proximity urbanization, explore seasonal variation rate. documented red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), coyotes...
Recreational use of public land is high and rising. Thus, it critical to understand the dynamics at wildland—urban interface so managers can simultaneously meet varying human needs while mitigating environmental impacts caused by recreationists their canine companions. Using motion-activated camera surveys along official trails near urban edge Boulder, Colorado, we quantified daily patterns relative frequency recreational activities, with particular focus on activities involving domestic...
Abstract Accurate information about the number of cats living outdoors and how they respond to different kinds management are necessary quell debates outdoor cat policy. The DC Cat Count will develop tools methodologies needed realize this possibility make them available for broader use. This three-year initiative represents a major collaboration between animal welfare organizations wildlife scientists. Its unique innovative approach is use best scientific methods quantify all subpopulations...
Recently, there has been growing interest in the study of biology free-ranging cats and their effects on wildlife, generating new estimates cat densities predation rates. Although such biological data are important to consider when formulating management strategies, they have done little stifle conflict between stakeholder groups or reduce number landscape ecological impacts. In many cases, this research actually rekindled debate, often pitting wildlife biologists against animal welfare...
The sharing and exchanging of knowledge through the peer-review process propels scientific progress. It is also a tool that many researchers must use to gain credibility advance their careers. For early-career (ECRs), can facilitate intellectual growth professional accomplishment. Because ECRs are encouraged publish for personal development, generating literature community. Yet be fraught with uncertainty apprehension as first-time publishers unsure process. Regardless prior experience...
Recreational use of public land is high and rising. Thus, it critical to understand the dynamics at wildland–urban interface so managers can simultaneously meet varying human needs while mitigating environmental impacts caused by recreationists their canine companions. Using motion-activated camera surveys along official trails near urban edge Boulder, Colorado, we quantified daily patterns relative frequency recreational activities, with particular focus on activities involving domestic...
Deer hunter surveys commonly employ hypothetical chronic wasting disease (CWD) prevalence scenarios to measure behavioral intentions. These may suffer from bias (i.e. respondents describe unrealistic behaviors in situations) and it is unclear how affects results. We used an online-based survey of Arkansas deer hunters (1) investigate intentions change as CWD hypothetically varies, (2) explore the presence intention by comparing responses across rates those whose primary hunting counties had...
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the largest private lands conservation program in United States, has contributed substantially to health of soil, water, and wildlife grasslands Great Plains North America. However, program’s limited-term contracts offer no guarantee that vegetation associated environmental benefits produced by will endure when landowners are longer enrolled. Through a survey southern with current or expired CRP contracts, this study explored role five pathways...