A5010575872- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
2021-2025
Northern Illinois University
2018-2024
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
2021-2024
Purchase College
2024
State University of New York
2023
North Carolina Natural Heritage Program
2023
York University
2023
Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve
2020
Hofstra University
2015-2019
Children's National
2014
Abstract With the accelerating pace of global change, it is imperative that we obtain rapid inventories status and distribution wildlife for ecological inferences conservation planning. To address this challenge, launched SNAPSHOT USA project, a collaborative survey terrestrial populations using camera traps across United States. For our first annual survey, compiled data all 50 states during 14‐week period (17 August–24 November 2019). We sampled at 1,509 trap sites from 110 arrays covering...
The US Department of State estimates that there are between 4 and 27 million individuals worldwide in some form modern slavery. Recent studies have demonstrated 28% to 50% trafficking victims the United States encountered health care professionals while captivity, but were not identified recognized. This study aimed determine whether an educational presentation increased emergency department (ED) providers' recognition human (HT) knowledge resources manage cases HT.The 20 largest San...
Significance “If you build it, they will come” is a commonly accepted principle of restoration ecology (the Field Dreams hypothesis). This hypothesis, which frequently guides practice, predicts that restoring plant biodiversity lead to the recovery animal biodiversity. However, this prediction rarely tested because studies measure or biodiversity, but both. Four years and data collected from tallgrass prairies showed had strong effects on vertebrate invertebrate Animal was explained more by...
Managing wildlife populations in the face of global change requires regular data on abundance and distribution wild animals, but acquiring these over appropriate spatial scales a sustainable way has proven challenging. Here we present from Snapshot USA 2020, second annual national mammal survey USA. This project involved 152 scientists setting camera traps standardized protocol at 1485 locations across 103 arrays 43 states for total 52,710 trap-nights effort. Most (58) were also sampled...
Phenotypic differences between urban and rural populations are well-documented, but the evolutionary processes driving trait variation along urbanization gradients often unclear. We combined spatial data on abundance, variation, measurements of fitness to understand cline structure test for natural selection heritable coat color morphs (melanic, gray) eastern gray squirrels (
Turtles are particularly susceptible to the negative impacts of urbanization due low mobility and a life history strategy emphasizing long generation times high adult survival. In addition declines directly through habitat loss, has been hypothesized limit populations aquatic turtles changes in population structure, as females disproportionally killed on near roads, leading male-biased populations, which can lead or local extirpations. The purpose this study was better understand how sex...
Abstract Aim The assembly of species into communities and ecoregions is the result interacting factors that affect plant animal distribution abundance at biogeographic scales. Here, we empirically derive for mammals to test whether human disturbance has become more important than climate habitat resources in structuring communities. Location Conterminous United States. Time Period 2010–2021. Major Taxa Studied Twenty‐five mammals. Methods We analysed data from 25 mammal recorded by camera...
Abstract Urbanization, as the fastest growing land use type, shapes biodiversity through a suite of abiotic and biotic changes driven by profound alteration environmental conditions in built environments. Understanding mechanisms behind patterns urban areas requires disentangling direct indirect pathways which urbanization impacts ecological evolutionary dynamics. We show how structural causal modeling framework can be used to provide insight into processes generating contexts building...
Conserving amphibian populations living in urban areas is challenging due to a lack of information about natural history, ecology, and responses habitat management. To address these knowledge gaps, we used 10 years monitoring data investigate patterns occupancy, detectability, population turnover for sympatric Ambystoma laterale (Blue-spotted Salamanders) A. tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamanders; hereafter inhabiting 26 suburban preserves the third largest metropolitan area United States,...
Abstract Urbanization is a persistent and widespread driver of global environmental change, potentially shaping evolutionary processes due to genetic drift reduced gene flow in cities induced by habitat fragmentation small population sizes. We tested this prediction for the eastern grey squirrel ( Sciurus carolinensis ), common conspicuous forest‐dwelling rodent, obtaining 44K SNPs using representation sequencing (ddRAD) 403 individuals sampled across species' native range North America....
The island rule postulates that the special ecological conditions on islands, such as limited resource availability, can cause populations of large-bodied animals to evolve smaller sizes and small-bodied larger sizes. Although support for is well documented (with notable exceptions debate) in mammals birds, similar trends are poorly explored ectothermic vertebrates. As part a study investigating ecology Eastern Hog-nosed Snakes (Heterodon platirhinos Latreille, 1801), we compared mean...
Understanding faunal responses to habitat restoration is important in assessing success. We investigated occupancy and abundance of snakes at Nachusa Grasslands, a large‐scale grassland the midwestern United States. Using artificial cover objects, we sampled within chronosequence 12 units converted from row‐crop agriculture 2–25 years before start our study. Recaptures marked revealed that movement distances differed among species accordance with differences body size, being least Dekay's...
Spartina marshes (S. patens [Salt Meadow Cordgrass] and S. alterniflora [Saltmarsh Cordgrass]) are critical foraging, nursery, overwintering habitats for Malaclemys terrapin (Diamondback Terrapin). However, the relationships between marsh quality, quantity, distribution resulting Diamondback Terrapin distribution, abundance, movements poorly understood. To develop a model predicting these relationships, we needed way to prioritize locations where data collected building. As an initial...
ABSTRACT Live traps are commonly used to inventory, monitor, and sample populations of small mammals. Due the variety available trap types, understanding differences between is important minimize bias plan future studies. Sherman (H. B. Trap, Inc., Tallahassee, FL, USA; hereafter traps) a popular live that come in sizes. However, studies comparing relative efficacy different‐sized often focus on single species or limited by lack temporal spatial replication, leading contradictory ambiguous...
We present records of 3 clam shrimp species from New York: 2 spinicaudatan species— Eulimnadia agassizii (Agassiz Clam Shrimp; the first record for state) and Cyzicus sp. (the second genus state)—and Lynceus brachyurus (Laevicaudata; Holarctic reported York in 1883, is herein documented Hudson Valley). Some temporary waters that these inhabit are protected by wetland regulations, but rain-puddle habitat on or along unimproved roads has no such protection.
American Badgers, Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1777) are poorly studied relative to other North carnivores. We report on observations of Badgers within a restored tallgrass prairie ecosystem owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy in Illinois. We documented badgers at six camera locations, including two restorations restored from row crop agriculture 2002 2015. In addition, we confirmed breeding activity Ogle County, filling a gap the known distribution...
Abstract Phenotypic differences between urban and rural populations are well-documented, but the evolutionary processes driving trait variation along urbanization gradients often unclear. We combined spatial data on abundance, variation, measurements of fitness to understand cline structure test for natural selection heritable coat color morphs (melanic, gray) eastern gray squirrels ( Sciurus carolinensis ) an gradient. Population surveys using remote cameras visual counts at 76 sites...
Context Elevated mesopredator populations can pose a threat to species of conservation concern. Aims We sought evaluate the effectiveness raccoon removal on their abundance and Blanding’s turtle nest success. Methods used an index generated from camera-trap data information success nests compare adjacent control raccoon-removal sites. Key results Raccoon detections were more frequent values higher at sites than site. However, did not differ between sites, likely because differences in...
Abstract Domestic cats ( Felis catus ) are one of the world’s most damaging invasive species. Free-ranging kill billions wild animals every year, spread parasites and diseases to both wildlife humans, responsible for extinction or extirpation at least 63 While ecology conservation implications free-ranging have well studied in some locations, relatively little is known about inhabiting urban nature preserves United States. To address this knowledge gap, we used camera traps study occupancy...