A5037332240- Forest Management and Policy
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Virginia Tech
2021-2025
The rapid environmental changes associated with the Anthropocene mean that flexible behavioral responses may be a critical determinant of animals' resiliency to anthropogenic disturbance, particularly for species long generation times and low vagility. One type behavior exemplifies this potentially important flexibility is parental care. Eggs juvenile animals are sensitive stressors, ability parents adjust care behaviors buffer their offspring from rapidly changing conditions successful...
Abstract Private land comprises over half the mass of United States—dominating certain ecosystems and hosting large numbers threatened endangered species. Understanding privately owned properties is thus critically important to conservation, yet these lands remain understudied by conservation biologists. A key factor in this lack research difficulty gaining permission access private lands. However, there has been almost no empirical work offer guidance for natural scientists on issue. Using...
Landowners and scientists often interact during conservation research projects on private lands, creating the opportunity for impactful outreach efforts. However, this potential has received little attention in literature. This is particularly true situations where landowners with researchers, but do not actively participate data collection (a "traditional research" model that contrasts to participatory science projects). In paper, we explore compare effects engaging traditional versus...