A5069704515- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Conferences and Exhibitions Management
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education
- Geography Education and Pedagogy
- Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
- Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
Clemson University
2021-2025
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
2019
Abstract Species that respond to ecosystem change in a timely, measurable, and interpretable way can be used as sentinels of global change. Contrary pervasive view, we suggest that, among Carnivora, small carnivores are more appropriate than large carnivores. This reasoning is built around six key points: compared carnivores, 1) species‐rich diverse, providing potential many systems; 2) occupy wider range ecological niches, exhibiting greater variety sensitivities change; 3) hold an...
Abstract Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) are an effective tool used to suppress rodent populations in urban and agricultural settings reduce human disease risk economic loss, but widespread use has resulted adverse effects on predators globally. Attention largely been focused impacts of ARs raptors, although there is increasing evidence that mammalian carnivores also impacted. We conducted a literature review assess the extent which have documented wild globally identify potential overlap...
Abstract Predators impose top‐down forces on prey populations, with the strength of those effects often varying over space and time among demographic groups. In ungulates, predation risk is typically greatest for neonatal offspring, some suggesting that predators can key in adult activity to locate hidden neonates. However, few field studies date have been able directly assess influence maternal care ungulate neonate survival. Using a population white‐tailed deer under heavy coyote pressure,...
Abstract Access to field experiences can increase participation of diverse groups in the environmental and natural resources (ENR) workforce. Despite a growing interest among ENR community attract retain students, minimal data exist on what factors undergraduate students prioritize when applying for experiences. Using nationwide survey US we show that attracting most experiences—especially racial or ethnic minority students—will require pay above minimum wage. However, concurrent landscape...
Abstract Wild pigs ( Sus scrofa ), which are invasive in many regions globally, can alter ecosystems and compete with native species through interference competition resource exploitation. pig impacts on other may increase greater niche overlap, could vary over time based environmental conditions, availability, or biological traits like diet, especially as seasonal variation wild diet has been widely documented. A limited number of studies have assessed spatial temporal overlap between pigs,...
Abstract Prey species can perceive and respond to spatiotemporal variation in predation risk increase survival. In addition adjusting spatial temporal activity patterns avoid predation, prey employ other antipredator behaviors, such as vigilance fleeing, these behaviors be further modulated by intrinsic, environmental, anthropogenic factors. However, few studies simultaneously examine multiple potential behavioral responses of or scales risk. the southeastern United States, coyotes ( Canis...
Abstract Supplemental feeding of wild ungulates has long been and remains a common practice across Europe North America. Yet by drawing animals together, supplemental can have unintended, negative effects on individual species broader ecological processes. These include increased risk disease transmission, intraspecific interspecific competition, predation, which are management concern for white‐tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) in the southeastern United States given arrival nonnative...
River systems face negative impacts from development and removal of riparian vegetation that provide critical shading in the climate change. This study used supervised deep learning to accurately classify land cover, including shading, Chauga watershed, located Oconee County, South Carolina, for 2011 2019. The examined cover differences along its tributaries, inside outside Sumter National Forest. LiDAR data were incorporated solar radiation calculations classifications produced maps with...
Abstract Large carcasses often attract multiple carnivore species, so subordinate carnivores must weigh the reward of a profitable meal with risk being attacked by dominant carnivores. These risk–reward trade‐offs are likely influenced variety factors, including scale‐dependent from (e.g., short‐ vs. long‐term risk) and amount carcass remaining. In southeastern United States, human hunters provision large white‐tailed deer carrion, which appears to be an important food source for coyotes (a...
Con el rápido cambio global en Antropoceno, es importante entender y predecir cambios distribución de especies que podrían potencialmente tener un impacto ecosistemas completos. La del zopilote cabeza roja (Cathartes aura) se ha ido expandiendo y, como carroñero obligado, su presencia puede los habita. Aquí investigamos relativo la densidad población humana clima (temperatura precipitación) roja. Utilizamos datos ciencia ciudadana eBird 2010–2020 para crear modelos zopilotes rango completo...
ABSTRACT Throughout North America, all 5 species of prairie dogs ( Cynomys spp.) have experienced drastic population declines over the past century, which has subsequently affected a host affiliated species. Tools and techniques used to monitor important implications for management conservation grassland ecosystems. Behavioral responses by predators may offer an opportunity improve that rely on visually based survey increasing visibility individuals. We evaluated whether use visual stimulus...