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USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 1
USDA Forest Service R&D Wildlife Scientist Roster FY-2020 A large and diverse team of wildlife and terrestrial ecologists is housed in the Research and Development mission area of the USDA Forest Service, where they provide scientific knowledge and tools to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of terrestrial species and their habitats on the nation’s forests and grasslands.
Forest Service wildlife scientists conduct basic and applied research on wildlife species, communities, and habitats at multiple scales to inform land management and planning. Our research informs a variety of goals, such as: (1) restoration and conservation of wildlife habitats and connectivity across large land-scapes; (2) management of wildlife and their habitats for adaptation to climate change and other environ-mental stressors; (3) development of innovative protocols to inventory and monitor wildlife populations, habitats, and forest foods; (4) integrative disease management, and (5) strategies to balance demands for water, energy, and other forest‐ and grassland-based commodities while ensuring the sustainability and diversity of terrestrial wildlife species and ecosystems. Our research is used by a diverse group of part-ners, including Federal, State, and Tribal resource agencies, universities, nongovernmental organizations, and international cooperators, through both traditional and modern techniques. The following is a list of the US Forest Service Research and Development scientists, managers, and staff, their professional interests, and their current research projects. For more information, please contact our scientists directly, or Patrice Klein, National Research Program Lead, Fish and Wildlife Health: [email protected]
To find this Roster on-line, go to:
https://www.fs.fed.us/research/docs/wildlife-fish/directory_wildlife_terrestrial.pdf
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Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 2
Table of Contents
(Names in green are Assistant Directors and Program Managers that can also be your points of contact.)
Contents
USDA Forest Service ......................................................................................................... ................ 1
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................... .................. 2
Southern Research Station .................................................................................................. 6
Cory Adams................................................................................................................... .................... 6
Susie Adams.................................................................................................................. .................... 6
Zanethia Barnett............................................................................................................. .................. 6
James Garabedian ………................................................................................................................... 6
Cathryn (Katie) Greenberg ................................................................................................... ............. 7
Phillip Jordan .............................................................................................................. ...................... 7
John C. Kilgo ............................................................................................................... ...................... 7
Susan Loeb ............................................................................................................................. ......... 7
Roger Perry ................................................................................................................. ..................... 8
Josh Pierce ....................................................................................................................................... 8
Lazarus Pomara .............................................................................................................. .................. 8
Daniel Saenz ................................................................................................................ ..................... 8
Richard Schaefer ............................................................................................................ ................... 8
Monica Schwalbach ........................................................................................................... ............... 8
Michael Ulyshen ............................................................................................................................. .. 9
A. Dan Wilson ............................................................................................................... .................... 9
Northern Research Station .................................................................................................. 10
Sybill Amelon .................................................................................................................................... 10
Donald Brown …............................................................................................................................ ... 10
Christine Costello .......................................................................................................... .................... 10
Matthew Dickinson ........................................................................................................... ................ 10
Deahn Donner................................................................................................................. .................. 11
Joel A. Flory................................................................................................................ ....................... 11
Eric Gustafson .............................................................................................................. ...................... 11
Robert G. Haight ............................................................................................................ .................... 11
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Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 3
David I. King ............................................................................................................... ...................... 12
Susannah Lerman ............................................................................................................. ................ 12
Stephen Matthews ............................................................................................................ .............. 12
Miranda Mockrin…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12
Mark D. Nelson .............................................................................................................. ................. 13
Alex Royo ................................................................................................................... .................... 13
Scott Stoleson……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13
Susan Stout ................................................................................................................. .................... 13
Frank R. Thompson, III ...................................................................................................... ............... 14
Mariko Yamasaki.............................................................................................................. ................ 14
Rocky Mountain Research Station .................................................................................. 15
William Block ............................................................................................................... ................... 15
Jeanne Chambers ............................................................................................................. .............. 15
Ted Cross…... ........................................................................................................................ .......... 15
Samuel Cushman .............................................................................................................. ............. 15
Brian Dickerson ............................................................................................................. ................. 16
Jonathan Dudley ............................................................................................................................ 16
Kasten Dumroese ............................................................................................................. .............. 16
Deborah M. Finch ............................................................................................................ ............... 16
Curtis H. Flather ........................................................................................................... .................. 16
Paulette L. Ford ............................................................................................................ .................. 17
Megan M. Friggens ........................................................................................................... .............. 17
Joseph L. Ganey ............................................................................................................. ................. 17
Teryl Grubb …………………………......................................................................................................... 17
Brice Hanberry .............................................................................................................................. 18
Serra Hoagland ............................................................................................................. ................. 18
Stanley G Kitchen ........................................................................................................... ................ 18
Roy Lopez ................................................................................................................... .................... 18
Kevin S. McKelvey ........................................................................................................... ............... 19
Lucretia Olson .............................................................................................................. .................. 19
Yvette Ortega ............................................................................................................... .................. 19
Dean Pearson ................................................................................................................ ................. 19
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Richard Reynolds ............................................................................................................ ................. 20
Kristine L. Pilgrim ......................................................................................................... .................... 20
Justin B. Runyon ............................................................................................................ .................. 20
Vicki Saab .................................................................................................................. ...................... 20
Susan Salafsky .............................................................................................................. ................... 21
Jamie L. Sanderlin .......................................................................................................... .................. 21
Michael Schwartz ............................................................................................................ ................ 21
John Squires................................................................................................................. .................... 22
Brenda E. Strohmeyer ........................................................................................................ .............. 22
Chris Witt................................................................................................................... ...................... 22
Pacific Northwest Research Station ............................................................................... 21
Keith Aubry ................................................................................................................. ................... 23
Eric Forsman ................................................................................................................ .................... 23
Julianna Jenkins ............................................................................................................ ................... 23
Damon Lesmeister ........................................................................................................... ............... 23
Teresa Lorenz................................................................................................................ ................... 24
Bruce Marcot ................................................................................................................................... 24
Deanna (Dede) Olson …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 24
Cathy Raley ................................................................................................................. ..................... 25
Martin Raphael .............................................................................................................. .................. 25
Mary Rowland ................................................................................................................ ................. 25
Peter Singleton ............................................................................................................. ................... 25
James Swingle ............................................................................................................. ................... 26
Todd Wilson ................................................................................................................. .................... 26
Michael Wisdom .............................................................................................................. ................ 26
Pacific Southwest Research Station ......................................................................................... 27
Eric S. Abelson ............................................................................................................. ..................... 27
Rebecca Green ............................................................................................................... ................... 27
John J. Keane ............................................................................................................... ..................... 27
Pat Manley .................................................................................................................. ..................... 27
Connie Millar ............................................................................................................... ..................... 28
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Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 5
Karen Pope .................................................................................................................. .................... 28
Kathryn Purcell ............................................................................................................. ................... 28
Jenny Rechel .…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 28
Ted Weller .................................................................................................................. ..................... 29
Hart Welsh .................................................................................................................. ..................... 29
Angela White ................................................................................................................ ................... 29
William Zielinski ........................................................................................................... .................... 29
International Institute of Tropical Foresty ................................................................... 28
Wayne J. Arendt ............................................................................................................. .................. 29
Joseph M. Wunderle .......................................................................................................... .............. 29
Washington Office Research and Development ........................................................ 29
Patrice N. Klein ............................................................................................................ .................... 29
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 6
Cory Adams SRS (Nacogdoches, TX) 936-569-7981, x4011 [email protected] Interests:
Anuran ecology and behavior
Amphibian conservation
Invasive species and their impacts
Red-cockaded woodpecker ecology and management
The role palatability plays in shaping larval anuran commu-nities
Current Projects:
The impacts of the invasive Chinese tallow tree on anuran egg hatching
The impacts of Chinese tallow on larval anuran survival
Calling phenology of the introduced Rio Grande chirping frog (Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides)
Analyzing the relationship between herpetofauna and habi-tat features in northern Mississippi using GIS and remote sensing
Susan Adams SRS (Oxford, MS) 662-234-2744 ext. 267 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/sadams01 https://www.srs.fs.fed.us/crayfish/index.php http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/cbhr/ Interests:
Crayfish ecology, taxonomy, distribution, and conservation
Crayfish interactions with terrestrial and aquatic flora and fauna
Aquatic community responses to disturbance
Ecology of riverine fishes Current Projects:
Building a better understanding of crayfish ecology and how human activities affect crayfish populations (e.g., effects of prescribed burning on burrowing crayfishes)
Taxonomy and distribution of Mississippi crayfishes, with a goal of creating an identification guide; currently working on systematics of taxa in three genera.
Species distribution, abundance, and threats, in support of status assessments of 7 crayfishes petitioned for listing un-der the Endangered Species Act.
Landscape-scale assessment of warmwater stream temper-atures in relation to fish and crayfish populations and to impoundments
Effects of stream warming on sculpin and dace in Montana streams
Southern Research Station
Zanethia Barnett SRS (Oxford, MS) 662-234-2744 x 268 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/zdchoice http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/cbhr Interests:
Aquatic community responses to disturbance
Crayfish ecology, taxonomy, distribution, and conservation
Aquatic food web responses to land use changes
Genetic effects of habitat fragmentation on aquatic biota populations
Current Projects:
Effects of flood-control impoundments on the community assemblage and gene flow of stream crayfishes
Influence of land use changes on crayfish community as-semblages
Effectiveness of various sampling methods for crayfishes
Distribution and ecology of burrowing and stream crayfish-es on the National Forests of South Carolina
Effects of predatory fishes on crayfish species distribution
Effects of hypoxia on respiratory behavior and survival of crayfishes
Population connectivity of burrowing crayfishes
James Garabedian SRS (New Ellenton, SC) 803-785-0531 [email protected] Interests:
Linking habitat quality to wildlife population dynamics
Relationships between wildlife behaviors and population dynamics, with an emphasis on density dependence
Red-cockaded Woodpecker ecology and management
Influence of forest disturbance on wildlife productivity
Remote sensing applications in wildlife conservation and management
Current Projects:
Identifying direct and indirect drivers of Red-cockaded woodpecker productivity
Identifying conditions that optimize red-cockaded wood-pecker vital rates at high cluster densities
Forest wildlife threshold responses to coarse woody debris removal
Spatial and temporal habitat partitioning in mesocarnivores
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 7
Cathryn (Katie) Greenberg SRS (Asheville, NC) 828 667-5261,x118 [email protected]
Interests:
Effects of forest management practices and natural dis-turbances on plant and animal communities
Amphibian population dynamics and use of ephemeral ponds in relation to climate, hydrology, and condition of surrounding uplands
Production of forest food resources, such as native fleshy fruit and hard mast, in relation to forest types and silvicul-tural disturbances
Prescribed fire and wildfire effects on wildlife Current Projects:
Breeding bird assemblages of small-scale canopy disturb-ance in the southern Appalachians: Gap and stand-scale perspective
Acorn production patterns in the southern Appalachians
Temporal changes in native fruit production in mature and young hardwood forest
Breeding bird response to wildfire across a fire-severity gradient in the southern Appalachians
Long-term amphibian population dynamics and use of isolated ephemeral ponds
Phillip Jordan (support staff to Roger Perry) SRS (Hot Springs, AR) Southern Pine Ecology 501-623-1180, x110 [email protected]
Interests:
Bat ecology and management
Forest management prescriptions and effects on bats
Amphibian conservation
Aquatic insect ecology Current Projects:
Effects of woodland restoration and burn frequency on snag abundance
Monitoring soft mast production on pine woodland resto-ration areas
Winter survival of mine-hibernating bats
White-nose syndrome in hibernating bats
Southern Research Station
John C. Kilgo SRS (New Ellenton, SC) Center for Forest Watershed Research 803-725-0561 [email protected]
Interests:
Enhancing restoration and conservation of the wildlife spe-cies characteristic of pre-settlement Coastal Plain ecosys-tems within the context of modern multiple use landscapes
Influence of nonnative animals on wildlife in Southeastern ecosystems
Wildlife population management
Coyote ecology in the Southeast
Effects of forest management on wildlife Current Projects:
Influence of coyote predation on deer populations in the Southeast
Use of fecal genotyping and spatial capture-recapture mod-elling to assess coyote abundance
Population ecology and management of wild pigs
Effect of wild pig density on space use by white-tailed deer
Identifying conditions that optimize red-cockaded wood-pecker vital rates at high cluster densities
Susan Loeb SRS (Clemson, SC) Clemson University 864-656-4865 [email protected]
Interests:
Bat ecology and conservation
Effects of forest management and other disturbances on bats
Susceptibility of peripheral bat populations to white-nose syndrome
Inventory and monitoring of bat populations at various spa-tial scales
Current Projects:
Long-term monitoring of bat populations and distributions of bats across South Carolina using NABat
Determining the effects of fire intensity and time since last burn on bat populations in the Cumberland Plateau
Habitat associations of rare and sensitive species in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina
Susceptibility of tricolored bats to white-nose syndrome in traditional (caves, mines, tunnels) and non-traditional (bridges, trees) hibernacula
Winter torpor patterns of southeastern Myotis
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 8
Roger Perry SRS (Hot Springs, AR) Southern Pine Ecology (501-623-1180, x108 [email protected] http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/staff/454
Interests:
Forest management effects on bats and bat hibernacula
Effects of restoring fire-maintained ecosystems on wild-life
Silviculture effects on nongame bird populations
Climate change effects and emerging threats to mam-mals of the Southeast
Early successional habitats Current Projects:
Effects of burn frequency on snag abundance
Winter roost selection by forest bats
Long term changes in bird communities under different silviculture systems
Josh Pierce SRS (Nacogdoches, TX) 936-569-7981 x4005 [email protected]
Interests:
Snake ecology and behavior
Effects of habitat fragmentation on reptiles
Avian ecology Current Projects:
Reintroduction of the Louisiana pine snake
Spatial ecology of the Louisiana pine snake
Alligator snapping turtle habitat use
Effects of burning on soft mast production
Lars Pomara SRS (Asheville, NC) Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center (828) 257-4357 [email protected] Interests:
Avian ecology and conservation
Landscape ecology and biogeography
Impacts of climate and land use change on terrestrial ecosystems and wildlife
Species habitat relationships
Ecological restoration
Southern Research Station
Lars Pomara (con’t) Current Projects:
Remote sensing of landscape vegetation phenology, dynamics, and resilience
Dynamic occupancy and distribution modeling for golden-winged warbler
Response of bird and butterfly communities to desert riparian restoration and invasive plant removal
Daniel Saenz SRS (Nacogdoches, TX) 936-569-7981, x4006 [email protected]
Interests:
Amphibian ecology and conservation
Impacts of invasive species
Red-cockaded woodpecker ecology Current Projects:
Impacts of invasive Chinese tallow tree on amphibian survival
Effects of management and artificial ponds on amphibian com-munities
Correlations between weather variables and amphibian breed-ing ecology
Synergistic effects of invasive species and climate change on amphibian survival
Richard Schaefer SRS (Nacogdoches, TX) 936-569-7981, x4007 [email protected]
Interests:
Red-cockaded woodpecker ecology
American kestrel ecology
General avian communities and ecology
Louisiana pine snake and timber rattlesnake ecology
Ecological impacts of fire Current Projects:
Provisioning and habitat use of nesting American Kestrels
Monica Schwalbach SRS (Asheville, NC) Assistant Director, Planning and Applications (828) 257-4305 [email protected]
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 9
Michael Ulyshen SRS (Athens, GA) Insects, Diseases and Invasive Plants 706-559-4296 [email protected]
Interests:
Species invasions
Novel ecosystems
Decomposition
Biodiversity
Pollination
Conservation Current Projects:
Role of insects in promoting wood decomposition and forest productivity
Diversity and conservation of pollinators in forests
Ecological impacts of invasive species
Biology and control of forest insect pests
A. Dan Wilson SRS (Stoneville, MS) Southern Hardwoods Laboratory, CBHR 662-336-4809 [email protected] Interests:
Developing electronic-nose (e-nose) technologies, proce-dures, and management guidelines for early detection and control of wildlife diseases, invasive insect tree pests; and microbes causing lumber defects, tree mortality, and associated terrestrial-habitat degradation
Developing more effective, novel strategies for control-ling wildlife diseases, tree diseases, and invasive insect pests, following e-nose early detections
Current Projects:
Early detection and biocontrol of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in cave-dwelling bat species based on e-nose tech-nologies and microbial antagonists
Electronic-nose early detection of major invasive, nonnative (exotic) insect pests in native forests, terrestri-al landscapes, and at U.S. ports of entry
Detection of microbial pathogens causing major diseases and decay, internal damage, and mortality to trees in native forests, commercial plantations, and urban areas (using e-nose devices)
Southern Research Station
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 10
Sybill Amelon NRS (Columbia, MO) 573-875-5341 x 231 [email protected]
Interests:
Ecology and conservation of bats and other vertebrates
Effects of climate change on wildlife and landscape change
Landscape analysis for large scale conservation planning
Use of genetic tools for assessing population structure across landscapes
Current Projects:
Modeling population viability of the endangered Indiana bat and estimating impacts from white-nose syndrome (WNS)
Assessing genetic population structure dynamics for the endangered gray bat
Effects of local and landscape factors on site occupancy of bats in the Eastern U.S. and survey effort needed to quantify population trends at multiple landscape scales
Bat response to woodland and savannah restoration with fire
Evaluation of small scale wind developments to evaluate impacts to bats and birds
Bat ecology - evaluating influences of forest manage-ment practices on habitat utilization of several eastern bat species
Donald Brown NRS (Parsons, WV)/West Virginia University Research Asst. Professor Wildlife Resources 304-293-0021 [email protected] http://brown.davis.wvu.edu/ Interests:
Amphibian, reptile, and songbird ecology and conserva-tion
Responses of wildlife to climate change and ecological disturbances
Responses of wildlife to forest management actions
Population monitoring strategies and sampling ap-proaches
Statistical and spatial modeling Current Projects:
Vital rate estimation and population monitoring design for wood turtles in the Upper Midwest
Northern Research Station
Donald Brown (con’t) Status and distribution of the spotted turtle in West Virginia
Impacts of pesticide use in forests on stream salamanders, woodland salamanders, benthic macroinvertebrates, and terrestrial arthropods
Responses of woodland salamanders to climate change in central Appalachia
Responses of stream and woodland salamanders to pre-scribed fire in central Appalachia
Influence of red spruce restoration strategies on microhabi-tat quality for the threatened Cheat Mountain salamander
Christine Costello NRS (Bartlett, NH) 603-374-2506 [email protected]
Interests:
Influences of silvicultural practices on species-habitat rela-tionships
Northern goshawk ecology and management
Breeding ecology of early successional birds Current Projects:
Size of opening effects on breeding bird abundance and occurrence in northern hardwoods and associated conifers at the Bartlett and Massabesic EFs
Northern goshawk landscape and stand level nesting patterns
Massabesic EF prescribed fire effects on breeding birds
Matthew Dickinson NRS (Delaware, OH) 740-368-0096 matthew.b,[email protected] http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/people/mbdickinson Interests:
Effects of prescribed fires on wildlife behavior, injury, and mortality
Habitat effects of wildland fires Current Projects:
Prescribed fire effects on bat foraging habitat during pre- and post-hibernation periods
Response of reptile and amphibian communities to pre-scribed fire at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area
Kingsnake bioenergetics in post-fire landscapes
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 11
Deahn Donner Research Landscape Ecologist NRS (Rhinelander, WI) 715-362-1146 [email protected] http://nrs.fs.fed.us/people/Donner
Interests:
Landscape ecology and genetics
Restoration and conservation of threatened and endan-gered species
Bioenergy and wildlife issues
Amphibian and reptiles Current Projects:
Evaluating habitat use and movement patterns of bat and wood turtle populations using landscape genetic approaches
Impacts of woody biomass harvesting on biodiversity within the context of Billion Ton Report
Impacts of changing climate and forest management on Kirtland’s warblers
Occupancy modeling of lake sturgeon using eDNA ap-proaches
Joel A. Flory Wildlife Biologist NRS (Rhinelander, WI) 715-362-1116 [email protected] Interests:
Bat ecology and forest management
Conservation and management of rare species
Distribution and abundance of wood turtle populations in the Northern Great Lakes
Current Projects:
Evaluating regional and landscape-scale movement patterns of bat populations using genetic approaches
Bat habitat use around a hibernaculum during spring emergence and fall swarm
Landscape genetic assessment of Northern Great Lake wood turtle populations
Using eDNA to determine detectability and current dis-tribution of lake sturgeon in the central Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Northern Research Station
Eric Gustafson NRS (Rhinelander, WI) 715-362-1152 [email protected] http://nrs.fs.fed.us/people/Gustafson Interests:
Landscape ecology, especially related to spatial pattern of forest conditions
Using forest landscape models to predict wildlife habitat dynamics through time
Simulating animal movement through heterogeneous land-scapes
Long term effects of climate change on composition and pattern of forests
Current Projects:
Climate effects on bird habitat on the Chippewa National Forest
Projecting the long term effectiveness of climate adaptive silviculture on forested landscapes
Projecting biome shifts under climate change in boreal for-ests
Robert G. Haight NRS (St. Paul, MN) 651-646-0834 [email protected] http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/people/Haight
Interests:
Reserve design optimization
Economics of wildlife protection and monitoring
Economics of invasive species management Current Projects:
Prioritizing climate change adaptation strategies for biodi-versity conservation
Dynamic reserve selection: Optimal land retention with land price feedbacks
Monitoring wildlife as a partially observable Markov deci-sion problem
Optimal surveillance and eradication of invasive species in heterogeneous landscapes
Optimal control of emerald ash borer in an urban setting
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 12
David I. King NRS (Amherst, MA) (413) 5454-6795 [email protected]
Interests:
Effects of forest management on birds and other wildlife
Effects of climate change on montane birds and ecosys-tems
Conservation of Neotropical migrants in urban land-scapes
Conserving tropical biodiversity with agroforestry Current Projects:
Effects of forest management on population viability of a forest interior bird, the wood thrush
Developing early-successional habitat management plans for eastern National Forests
Effects of habitat restoration and fuels control on birds, snakes and native pollinators
Elevational shifts in abundance and demography of mon-tane forest birds with climate change
Influence of forest management and landscape structure on Neotropical migrants during the post- fledging stage
Nest success and post-fledging survival of wood thrushes in urban fragments and extensive forest
Habitat-specific abundance and survival of wintering Ne-otropical migrants in Costa Rica and Honduras
Developing and evaluating agroforestry systems for bio-diversity conservation in Latin America
Carryover effects on natal dispersal and breeding success of Neotropical migrants
Susannah Lerman NRS (Amherst, MA) 413-545-5447 [email protected] http://sites.google.com/site/susannahlerman/ Interests:
Urban wildlife ecology
Conservation of native birds and bees in residential land-scapes
Ecosystem services derived from wildlife Current Projects:
Effects of yard management on bird, bee and ground arthropod communities at a macrosystem scale
Population dynamics of backyard birds
Effects of social and economic factors on urban wildlife communities
Influence of anthropogenic food sources on urban bird communities
Northern Research Station
Susannah Lerman (con’t) Development of habitat suitability models for urban forest
assessment tools
Bee responses to pollinator habitat in log landings
Stephen Matthews NRS (Delaware, OH) 704-368-0090 [email protected] http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/people/snmatthews
Interests:
Understanding the responses of ecological systems to changing landscapes
Climate change, specifically on modeling the habitat dynam-ics of tree and bird species across the Eastern U.S.
Wildlife ecology, exploring influences of forest management practices and urbanization on the behavioral decisions and habitat utilization of vertebrates
Current Projects:
Climate change research focusing on modeling the response of 147 bird species' habitats and 134 tree species' habitats to climate change across the Eastern U.S.
Response of salamanders to forest management practices in Ohio’s southeastern oak-hickory forests
Forest focus area songbird monitoring program Vinton Fur-nace State Experimental Forest
Miranda Mockrin NRS (Baltimore Field Station) [email protected] Interests:
Human-wildlife interactions
Effects of changing human demography and residential de-velopment on wildlife conservation
Current Projects:
Summarizing recent and historical trends in hunting and wildlife watching participation, as part of Resources Plan-ning Act (RPA) 2010 assessment
Assessing changes in hunting and wildlife watching partici-pation, in relation to socioeconomic, demographic, and eco-logical and environmental change
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 13
Mark D. Nelson NRS (St. Paul, MN) 651-649-5104 [email protected]
Interests:
Wildlife habitat assessments for forest-associated verte-brates
Satellite remote sensing of forest composition, struc-ture, spatial pattern, and change
Current Projects:
Various analyses for Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA)
Modeling abundance of potential nesting cavities in snags and live trees
Integration of strategic inventory data with satellite remote sensing to assess breeding bird habitats
Modeling and mapping forest canopy disturbance and stand age using Landsat Time Series Stacks, and deriving habitat assessments for early successional habitats
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI): Modeling effects of land change on coldwater fish
Upper Mississippi River/Great Lakes [bird] Joint Ven-ture: Science and Technical Teams
National Report on Sustainable Forests: Coordinator, Criterion 1 – Conservation of Biological Diversity
Alex Royo NRS (Irvine, PA) 814-563-1040 [email protected] http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/people/aroyo
Interests:
Mechanisms that alter understory diversity
Role of interacting disturbances and herbivory in shap-ing understory diversity
Current Projects:
Long-term study of fire, gap formation, and herbivory by white-tailed deer impacts on oak regeneration in West Virginia
Long-term study of deer impacts on northern hardwood forests in Wisconsin
Long-term study of landscape-scale manipulations of deer-density and vegetation heterogeneity on managed forest sustainability
Northern Research Station
Scott Stoleson NRS (Irvine, PA) 814-563-1040 [email protected]
Interests:
Sustaining vertebrate populations in managed forests
Understanding links between habitat structure and avian demography
Impacts of energy development on forest wildlife Current Projects:
Post-fledging season habitat use by birds of high conserva-tion value
Effects of oil and gas development on forest songbird abun-dance and nest success
Development of well site reclamation methods to produce early successional habitat
Cerulean warbler abundance and demographics in man-aged forest habitats
Developing a habitat assessment for northern goshawks at multiple spatial scales
Understanding the trophic effects on the invasive spotted-winged drosophila in eastern forest ecosystems
Susan Stout NRS (Irvine, PA) Emeritus Research Forester 814-563-1083 [email protected] http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/people/sstout
Interests:
Guidelines for sustainable management of deer and forests
Measures of deer impact on forest vegetation
Vegetation recovery from long-term overbrowsing. Current Projects:
Long-term study of landscape-scale manipulations of deer-density and vegetation heterogeneity on managed forest sustainability
Shared stewardship of a hunting landscape: Researching recovery from deer overabundance on 74,000 acres with multiple landowners who have been managing habitat and hunting collaboratively since 2002
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 14
Frank R. Thompson, III NRS (Columbia, MO) 573-875-5341, x 224 [email protected]
Interests:
Ecology and conservation of land birds
Effects of climate change on wildlife and landscape change
Models for large scale conservation planning Current Projects:
Predicting landscape change in response to climate change and land management in the Central Hardwood Region
Effects of landscape and climate factors on abundance of birds in the Midwestern U.S.
Bird response to woodland and savannah restoration
Modeling population viability of the endangered golden-cheeked warbler
Importance of nest predator species to population biology of shrubland and forest birds
Ecology and management of early successional communities in the Central Hardwood Region
Mariko Yamasaki NRS (Durham, NH) 603-868-7659 [email protected] https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/people/myamasaki
Interests:
Terrestrial species-habitat relationships in northeastern for-ested ecosystems
Integration of quality wildlife habitat objectives and silvicul-tural practice in northern hardwoods and associated conifer types
Northern goshawk nesting habitat patterns in New Hamp-shire and southern Maine
New England cottontail restoration efforts Current Projects:
Long-term patterns in small mammal populations at the Bartlett and Massabesic Experimental Forests
Size of opening effects on breeding bird abundance and oc-currence in northern hardwoods and associated conifers at the Bartlett and Massabesic Experimental Forests
Breeding bird response to low-density white pine thinning at Massabesic Experimental Forest
Coarse woody material addition/removal effects on small mammals and herpetofauna at Bartlett Experimental Forest
Northern goshawk landscape- and stand-level nesting patterns
Massabesic Experimental Forest prescribed fire effects on small mammals, herpetofauna, and breeding birds
Northern Research Station
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 15
William Block RMRS (Flagstaff, AZ) Southwest Forest Science Complex
Emeritus Research Wildlife Biologist Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecosystems Program 928-556-2161 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/rmrs/people/wblock
Interests:
Habitat and population ecology
Conservation biology and planning
Fire effects on birds and small mammals
Effects of restoration on wildlife
Effects of fuels reduction on wildlife Current Projects:
Habitat ecology of Neotropical migratory birds in the Madrean Archipelago
Effects of prescribed fire on breeding and wintering birds in the American Southwest
Wildfire effects on bird and small mammal communities
Effects of fuel reduction treatments in the urban- wildland interface on small mammal populations.
Jeanne Chambers RMRS (Reno, NV) Forestry Sciences Laboratory 775-784-7020 [email protected]
Interests:
Sagebrush restoration in relation to greater and Gunnison’s sage-grouse
Sagebrush obligate species
Resilience and resistance concepts as they apply to wildlife habitat
Riparian and wetland ecosystems Current Projects:
Resilience and resistance modelling of sage-brush and sage-grouse
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Todd Cross RMRS (Bozeman, MT) Forestry Sciences Laboratory Post-doctoral Researcher National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation
406-209-8633 [email protected]
http://www.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/people/tbcross
Interests:
Ecological and genetic model development and ap-plication to conservation management via support tools
Ecological and genetic relationships underlying spe-cies distributions and habitat relationships
Population, conservation, and landscape genetics
Molecular and landscape ecology Current Projects:
Training, validating, and applying species distribu-tion/habitat suitability models
Using genetic tools to quantify gene flow, popula-tion substructure, and to evaluate sub-species dis-tinctness
Incorporating population genetics, population de-mography, and habitat selection to prioritize man-agement decisions
Samuel Cushman RMRS (Flagstaff, AZ) Forestry Sciences Laboratory 928-556-2177 [email protected]
Interests:
Wildlife habitat relationships
Population connectivity and corridor delineation
Landscape genetics
Climate change and biological communities
Landscape pattern analysis and simulation modeling Current Projects:
Effects of future climate change on population connectivity of wildlife populations
Effects of future climate changes on fire regimes, and vege-tation community composition and structure
Effects of future climate changes on distribution and adap-tation of plant and animal species
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 16
Brian Dickerson RMRS (Rapid City, SD) Forest and Grassland Research Laboratory 605-716-2197 [email protected]
Interests:
Habitat relationships of forest and grassland wildlife
Effects of land management on selected species
Wildlife habitat relationship models Current Projects:
American three-toed woodpecker abundance in spruce pine ecosystems of the Black Hills National Forest
Northern saw-whet owl nest box utilization in the Black Hills National Forest
Bat monitoring on the Buffalo Gap National Grassland using acoustic detection surveys
Vegetation response to different prescribed fire types on the Buffalo Gap National Grassland
Jonathan Dudley RMRS (Boise, ID) Aquatic Sciences Laboratory 208-373-4378 [email protected]
Interests:
Fire and avian ecology
Understanding long-term effects of management activi-ties on populations and habitats of birds, with an em-phasis on cavity-nesting species
Songbirds and cavity nesters modeling breeding habi-tats and nest survival, implications for land manage-ment activities, and predictions of population responses under changing climate scenarios
Current Projects:
Effects of wildfire and prescribed fire on populations and habitats of birds in ponderosa pine forests of the Interior West
Foraging habitat ecology of black-backed woodpeckers in burned forests of southwestern Idaho
Effects of bark beetle colonization and management treatments on populations and habitats of birds in pon-derosa pine forests of central Montana
Development of monitoring protocols for management indicator and sensitive species of woodpeckers
Validation of models used to predict cavity nest occur-rence of white-headed and black-backed woodpeckers
Rocky Mountain Research Station
R. Kasten Dumroese RMRS (Moscow, ID) Forestry Sciences Laboratory 208-883-2324 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/rmrs/people/kdumroese
Interests:
Native plant propagation and deployment for habitat resto-ration
Monarchs and milkweeds Current Projects:
Directing the Western Center for Native Plant Conservation and Restoration Science (WCNP)
Enhancing plant diversity within new and existing restora-tion efforts
Deborah M. Finch RMRS (Albuquerque, NM)
Program Manager
Grassland, Shrubland, and Desert Ecosystems 505-724-3671 deb-
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/albuq/dfinch.php
Interests:
Effects of climate change, invasive species, fire and other disturbances on wildlife
Demographics of threatened and endangered bird species
Vulnerability assessments of plant and wildlife species Current Projects:
Effects of wild fire on birds and native and invasive plants in riparian woodlands
Relationships between fire, fuel reduction, and invasive spe-cies in riparian woodlands
Development and application of climate change vulnerability assessments
Curtis H. Flather RMRS (Fort Collins, CO) Headquarters Building 970-498-2569 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/rmrs/people/flather-curtis-h https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Curtis_Flat her Interests:
Improve the analysis of wildlife population and community response to changes in climate, land use, and land cover within multiple-use landscapes
Extend conservation science's capability to design land-scapes in a spatially explicit and perhaps optimal way
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 17
Curtis H. Flather (con’t) Current Projects:
Testing for broad-scale thresholds in bird-landscape relations
Predicting concentrations of at-risk species nationally
Climate change effects on wildlife habitat across the coterminous U.S.
Paulette L. Ford RMRS (Albuquerque, NM) Forestry Sciences Laboratory (505-724-3660 [email protected]
Interests:
Disturbance Current Projects:
Long-term experimental fire research on wildlife re-sponse to season and frequency of fire
TWS Technical Review: Effects of Prescribed Fire on Wildlife
Long-term interacting effects of livestock grazing prac-tices, invasive weeds and climate variability on temper-ate-grassland/desert ecosystems
Megan M. Friggens RMRS (Albuquerque, NM) Forestry Sciences Laboratory 505-724-3679 [email protected]
Interests:
Climate Change and disturbance
Emerging and re-emerging infectious disease of wildlife Current Projects:
Vulnerability of terrestrial vertebrates to climate change
Small mammal zoonotic disease (plague, Bartonella)
Fire risk in riparian zones
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Joseph L. Ganey RMRS (Flagstaff, AZ) Southwest Forest Science Complex 928-556-2156 [email protected] http://www.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/people/jganey
Interests:
Ecology and demography of the Mexican spotted owl
Dynamics of snag populations in southwestern mixed-conifer and ponderosa pine forests
Integrating wildlife habitat requirements with forest restora-tion efforts
Current Projects:
Developing multi-scale habitat models for Mexican spotted owls in different landscapes
Occupancy and reproduction of Mexican spotted owls 15 years after a large wildfire
Abundance and community composition of small mammals 18 years post wildfire
Dynamics of snag and log populations in southwestern mixed-conifer and ponderosa pine forests
Teryl Grubb Emeritus Scientist RMRS (Flagstaff, AZ) Southwest Forest Science Complex 928-556-2155 [email protected]
Interests:
Understanding the inevitable effects of human activities and global climate change on wildlife for management and pro-tection of our national and global resources
Threatened and endangered species (raptor) research and management
Current Projects:
Anthropogenic effects on raptors and other wildlife, espe-cially noise
Contributing to bald eagle projects in MI, MN, VA, and OK addressing environmental contamination, wind energy, and bird aircraft strike issues
Influence of post-fire salvage logging on nest survival of black-backed woodpeckers in south-central Oregon
Applying 50 years of bald eagle research experience to the
growing national concern for golden eagles
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 18
Brice Hanberry RMRS (Rapid City, SD) Research Ecologist Grassland, Shrubland, and Desert Ecosystems Program 605-716-2205 [email protected] https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=bhanberry Interests:
Effects of forest management practices and natural dis-turbances on wildlife
Herbivores as a natural disturbance
Non-native species
Sustaining pollinators and prairie dogs
Balance between sagebrush species and pinyon-juniper (pinyon jay)
Historical wildlife distributions Current Projects:
Open forest management for early successional birds
North American Butterfly Survey
Bat surveys
Owl nest boxes
Historical deer populations
Serra Jeanette Hoagland RMRS (Missoula, MT) Fire, Fuels & Smoke Program
406-275-4067 [email protected]
Interests:
Mexican spotted owl conservation efforts
Native American recruitment and retention in natural resource management
Wildlife corridors, habitat connectivity and landscape ecology
Indigenous knowledge and federal–tribal partnerships
Oak woodland ecology and management Current projects:
Landscape-scale assessment of Mexican spotted owl habitat on tribal and Federal lands
Wildfire risk within treated and untreated Mexican spotted owl nesting sites
Addressing tribal natural resource research needs
Rocky Mountain Research
Stanley G Kitchen RMRS (Provo, UT) 801-356-5108 [email protected]
Interests:
Historic and modern fire regimes and their impacts on veg-etation structure
Sagebrush ecosystem succession and resilience
North American cold desert stability
Western aspen ecology Current Projects:
Post-fire succession in mountain sagebrush communities
Great Basin bristlecone pine climate and wildfire vulnerabil-ity assessment
Historic fire regime and vegetation structure variability in Utah and Nevada mountains
Sagebrush and sage-grouse vulnerability assessment
Roy Lopez RMRS (Flagstaff, AZ) Southwest Forest Science Complex 928-556-2162 [email protected]
Interests:
Wildlife ecology
Human – wildlife interactions Current Projects:
Food habits of wintering bald eagles in northern Arizona
Consumption rates of vehicle-killed ungulates along north-ern Arizona interstate highways
Genetic variation of Coues white-tailed deer in two land-scapes of the southwestern U.S.
Hybridization between mule deer and Coues White-tailed Deer in the southwestern United States
The use of weathered antlers as a source of DNA for molec-ular genetic studies
Multiple peer reviewed publications based on thesis
Facilitate the use of microsatellite allele frequencies by wildlife managers to determine differences among Coues white-tailed, eastern white-tailed, mule deer, and hybrid Coues white-tailed/mule deer
Provide insight into landscape determinants of molecular genetic variability of Coues white-tailed deer in the south-western United States
Peer reviewed publications on wintering bald eagle utiliza-tion of local food sources
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 19
Kevin S. McKelvey RMRS (Missoula, MT) Forestry Sciences Laboratory 406-542-4163 [email protected]
Interests:
Providing better methods to assess resources across large spatial and temporal domains
Developing methods for projecting habitat change and connectivity and testing these projections
Current Projects:
Developing methods to evaluate status and trends of organisms across broad spatial and temporal domains
Prototyping broad-scale genetic monitoring using envi-ronmental DNA nationwide
Prototyping a national database and sample archive for environmental DNA samples
Integrating wildlife research into National Forest Plan-ning processes in the Northern and Intermountain Re-gions
Developing robust detection protocols using environ-mental DNA across multiple taxa
Developing and implementing a multi-species carnivore monitoring protocol for the western U. S.
Describing springsnail presence and genetic patterns in southern Nevada
Evaluating the sub-species status of a blue butterfly (Euphilotes ancilla cryptica) in the Spring Mountains, Nevada
Lucretia Olson RMRS (Missoula, MT) Forestry Sciences Laboratory 406-542-4151 [email protected]
Interests:
Using spatial and population ecology to better under-stand the distribution, stability, and habitat use of wild-life species
Mid-sized carnivore response to outdoor recreation
Resource-use patterns and movements of Canada lynx and fisher at multiple spatial scales
Species response to changes in landscape pattern rela-tive to natural disturbance patterns and anthropogenic change
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Lucretia Olson (con’t) Current Projects:
Modeling distribution, habitat selection, and fine-scale movement choices of forest carnivores (Canada lynx and fisher) with a focus on response to disturbances such as wildfire, insects, and forest fragmentation
Using remote sensing to create novel vegetation layers for use in species habitat modeling at a large spatial scale
Understanding habitat use and long-term population dy-namics of two prairie raptors, ferruginous hawks and gold-en eagles, especially as they relate to energy development and habitat disturbance
Modeling habitat selection of winter recreationists to better inform recreation management as well as the impact of recreation on forest carnivores
Yvette Ortega RMRS (Missoula, MT) Forestry Sciences Laboratory 406-542-3246 [email protected]
Interests:
Building understandings of ecological patterns and process-es in order to improve the management of natural systems
Current Projects:
Measure interactive effects of climate change and invasive plants on native plants and animals
Evaluate efficacy of invasive plant management for restora-tion of native habitat
Assess a new technique for assessing songbird habitat qual-ity based on local song structure
Dean Pearson RMRS (Missoula, MT) Forestry Sciences Laboratory 406-542-4159 [email protected]
Interests:
To advance community ecology through studies of biologi-cal invasions and to use this information to improve inva-sive species management
Current Projects:
Basic research in community ecology to understand how communities are structured
Research on biological invasions to try to understand the causes and consequences of invasions in order to better manage this problem
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 20
Richard Reynolds RMRS (Fort Collins, CO) Emeritus Scientist Natural Resources Research Center 970-498-2575 [email protected]
Interests:
The relationship between species' demographics -- their reproduction, survival, mate, and territory fidelity -and their habitat in order to identify habitat elements that distinguish among high quality and low quality habitats
Current Projects:
Determine the distribution and density of breeding ter-ritories, reproduction, survival, mate and territory fideli-ty, recruitment, and emigration/immigration of north-ern goshawks on the Kaibab Plateau, Arizona.
Assess the relationship between goshawk demographic performance and habitat conditions on territories
Identify the compositional and structural habitat ele-ments that confer "quality" to goshawk breeding habi-tats
Identify factors affecting goshawk prey populations and the extent to which prey affects goshawk demographics
Investigate the utility for identifying individual goshawks of genetic fingerprinting in capture- recapture studies and color, pattern, and shape of molted feathers in mark-recapture studies
Determine the effects of high vs low intensity fire on the habitat of goshawk prey populations and on goshawk habitat use
Kristine L. Pilgrim RMRS (Missoula, MT) Forestry Sciences Laboratory 406-329-2134 [email protected] https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=kpilgrim Interests:
The use of genetics for wildlife monitoring and conser-vation
Developing new genetic methods to identify rare spe-cies
Wildlife forensics
Genomic tools for wildlife populations
Rocky Mountain Research Station Kristine L. Pilgrim (con’t) Current Projects:
Using DNA based methods to determine fisher distribution in Region 1
Using our cougar DNA database to help wildlife managers in the Midwest and East identify individuals and monitor dispers-ing cougars
Landscape genetic projects on lynx, wolverine, fisher, cougar and marten among other species
Using long-term DNA datasets for population monitoring
Justin B. Runyon RMRS (Bozeman, MT) Forestry Sciences Laboratory 406-994-4872 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/rmrs/people/jrunyon
Interests:
Plant-pollinator interactions
Biodiversity and taxonomy of flies (Diptera) Current Projects:
Effects of climate change on pollinator attraction to plants
Effects of bark beetle management semiochemicals on pollina-tors
Conducting taxonomic revisions and inventories on several groups of longlegged flies (Dolichopodidae)
Vicki Saab RMRS, (Bozeman, MT) Forestry Sciences Laboratory 406-994-5032 [email protected]
Interests:
Understanding wildlife habitat relationships to provide guid-ance on management activities that promote wildlife popula-tion and habitat persistence
Current Projects:
Evaluating the effects of forest restoration activities on habitat and populations of woodpeckers in the Interior Pacific North-west
Experimental design of post-fire salvage logging: Optimization for multiple wildlife species and socioeconomic values
Snag persistence in relation to bark beetle outbreaks
Validation and refinement of habitat suitability models for woodpeckers
Developing training workshops to instruct managers and biolo-gists on creating habitat suitability maps used to guide forest restoration activities
Relationships among bark beetles, climate, fire, and bird popu-lations
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 21
Susan Salafsky RMRS (Corvallis, OR) Forestry Sciences Laboratory 541-750-7286 [email protected] http://www.rmrs.nau.edu/people/ssalafsky/
Interests:
Wildlife ecology
Biodiversity conservation
Habitat management
Combining molecular ecology and field ecology Current Projects:
Effects of prey, habitat, and climate on goshawk repro-duction (PhD dissertation)
The northern goshawk in California: a technical assess-ment of its ecology and status
Jamie L. Sanderlin RMRS (Flagstaff, AZ) 928-556-2182 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/rmrs/people/jlsanderlin
Interests:
Population and community dynamics
Wildlife genomics and bioinformatics
Bayesian statistics and hierarchical models
Data integration and integrated population models
Mark-recapture and occupancy models with ecological applications
Cost-effective sampling designs
Modeling genotyping error with genetic mark-recapture studies
Utilizing citizen science within monitoring programs
Combining molecular ecology and field ecology Current Projects:
Evaluating fire effects on bird and small mammal com-munities
Developing sampling designs and optimizing resources for monitoring programs
Developing Bayesian hierarchical models to evaluate wildlife population and community dynamics
Using citizen science to monitor wildlife populations and communities
Developing methods and sampling designs for combin-ing multiple data sources (data integration)
Assessing large-scale effects of wildfire and climate change on bird and vegetation communities in the Sky Islands, Arizona
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Michael K. Schwartz RMRS (Missoula, MT) Program Manager for Wildlife Director, National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conser-vation 406-542-4161 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/research/genomicscenter/about/
http://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php ?alias=mkschwartz Interests:
Exploring ecological and genetic factors influencing species distributions
Population, conservation, and landscape genetics and ge-nomics
Combining molecular ecology and field ecology Current Projects:
Adapting population genetics theory and human medicine-based DNA technology into tools readily available for con-servation
Development of DNA-based tools for genetic monitoring, testing their efficacy, applying them in collaboration with management
Developing multi-species connectivity tools that consider social and economic factors to help prioritize land manage-ment decisions.
Ecology of threatened and endangered species exploring population demography, behavioral ecology, and habitat use
Using genetic and genomic tools to understand gene flow, population substructure, and evaluating species (and sub-species). Currently using this approach on sage-grouse, fish-er, lynx, wolverine, multiple salmonids, moose and a suite of other species
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 22
John Squires RMRS (Missoula, MT) Forestry Sciences Laboratory 406-542-4164 [email protected]
Interests:
The management and conservation of Canada lynx, wol-verines, and other sensitive species.
Raptors management in sagebrush and forested ecosys-tems
Species response to human disturbance and to changes in landscape pattern
Response of mid-sized carnivores to outdoor recreation
Species movements and resource-use patterns relative to forest silviculture and natural disturbance processes (e. g. fire and forest insect impacts)
Conservation biology and biodiversity conservation. Current Projects:
Discovering and synthesizing information that is needed to conserve threatened, endangered, and sensitive for-est carnivores throughout the Rocky Mountains
Seasonal changes in resource use of Canada lynx and wolverines
Canada lynx movements, connectivity, and population viability in the Rockies
Determining the response of lynx and wolverines to winter recreation
Determining how oil and gas development affects ferru-ginous hawks in Wyoming based on GPS telemetry and conservation genetics
Brenda E. Strohmeyer RMRS (Flagstaff, AZ) 928-556-2185 [email protected]
Interests:
Wildlife biology
Education
Outdoor activities
Wildlife conservation Current Projects:
Public outreach and education
Tech transfer activities
Wildlife and habitat conservation studies
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Chris Witt RMRS (Boise, ID) Aquatic Sciences Laboratory 208-373-4370 [email protected]
Interests:
Creating economically friendly modeling tools that resource managers can access at any time to assess the state of a species' habitat at large scales (landscape, state, ecore-gions)
Tracking changes in forest structure over time as it relates to vertebrate species habitat
Current Projects:
Developing tools that quantify habitat for forest vertebrates listed as threatened, endangered or of special concern by state and /or federal management agencies
Trend models that can show resource managers which structural characteristics of a species' habitat are limiting or are changing in abundance over time
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 23
Keith Aubry PNW (Olympia, WA) Emeritus Research Wildlife Biologist Ecological Process and Function Program Wildlife Ecology Team 360-753-7685 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=kaubry Interests:
Distribution, ecological relations, evolutionary history, and conservation genetics of rare and elusive forest carnivores in the western mountains of the contiguous U.S.
Current Projects:
Ecology and conservation of rare and elusive forest car-nivores in the Pacific Northwest
Long-term monitoring strategy for wolverines in the North Cascades
Potential effects of continued global warming on the distribution and connectivity of wolverine habitat in the western contiguous U.S.
Eric Forsman PNW (Corvallis, OR) Emeritus Research Wildlife Biologist Ecological Process and Function Program Wildlife Ecology Team 541-750-7266 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=eforsman Interests:
Ecology and demography of the northern spotted owl and barred owl
Ecology of tree voles and their predators Current Projects:
Demography of northern spotted owls in Oregon and Washington
Dispersal and pedigree analysis of northern spotted owls
Distribution and abundance of tree voles in Oregon
Population age structure, vocal communication, and regional and local variation in pelage color in tree voles
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Julianna Jenkins PNW (Corvallis, OR) Postdoctoral Research Wildlife Biologist Ecological Process and Function Program Wildlife Ecology Team 541-750-7498 [email protected] https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=juliannajenkins Interests:
Quantitative ecology, conservation biology, population ecology, and community ecology
Relationships between wildlife and forest habitat
Ecology of post-fledging Neotropical migrant songbirds
Ecology of northern spotted owls Current Projects:
Population demography and dispersal of northern spotted owls
Passive bioacoustics monitoring of Pacific Northwest forests
Damon Lesmeister PNW (Corvallis, OR) Research Wildlife Biologist and Team Leader; Ecological Process and Function Program Wildlife Ecology Team 541-750-7342 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=Damon Interests:
Processes that structure wildlife communities in forested ecosystems
Wildlife resource selection, distribution, space use, and population dynamics
Developing and conducting multi-species monitoring
Predator-prey dynamics, with focus on the ecology of small mammals and forest predators, including small mammalian carnivores and northern spotted owls
Current Projects:
Demography of northern spotted owls in Oregon and Wash-ington
Wildfire effects on northern spotted owl habitat relation-ships and nest site fidelity
Fine-scale partitioning of space by forest raptors
Dispersal of adult northern spotted owls
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 24
Damon Lesmeister (con’t) Limiting factors for red tree voles in young forest
Annual variation in abundance of small mammals on the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest
Carnivore community structure in central and eastern hardwood forests
African elephant carrying capacity and multi-species monitoring in Malawi, Africa
Teresa Lorenz PNW (Olympia, WA) Postdoctoral Research Wildlife Biologist Ecological Process and Function Program Wildlife Ecology Team 360-753-7696 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=tlorenz Interests:
Animal behavior and the evolution of behavior
Community ecology and species interactions
Applying behavioral and evolutionary ecology to conser-vation and management
Current Projects:
Marbled murrelet habitat selection, space use, and productivity
Behavioral ecology of rodent nest predators and impli-cations for nest survival in small land birds
Survival and dispersal of juvenile white-headed wood-peckers
Interannual variation in space use and productivity in white-headed woodpeckers – a longitudinal study
Bruce Marcot PNW (Portland, OR) Research Wildlife Biologist Ecological Process and Function Program Wildlife Ecology Team 503-808-2010 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=bmarcot Interests:
Applied science research and technology development and application projects dealing with old-forest ecology
Modeling of rare and little-known species
Biodiversity assessment
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Bruce Marcot (con’t) Ecologically sustainable forest management Current Projects:
Modeling potential effects of climate change on wildlife habitats in central boreal Alaska (with DoD)
Modeling potential effects of sea level rise on coastal wet-lands (with USGS)
Bioacoustics and soundscapes of Oregon Cascades and bo-real Alaska
Developing and refining methods of expert paneling, and analysis and use of uncertainty in structured decision-making methods
Modeling risks of biocontrol agents, invasive species, and biosecurity (with Scion, New Zealand)
Innovative uses of probability modeling for species viability analysis (with Univ. Melbourne, Australia)
Deanna (Dede) Olson PNW (Corvalis, OR) Research Ecologist Land and Watershed Management Program Aquatic Ecology and Management Team 541-750-7373 [email protected] https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/lwm/aem/people/olson.html Interests:
Ecology of forest-associated amphibians, reptiles, and fishes in managed forests, including effects of forest management practices and policies, and site-to-landscape designs for species conservation
Understanding and managing threats to amphibians and reptiles including effects of habitat changes, invasive spe-cies, diseases, and climate change
Advancing efficacy of species conservation approaches Current projects:
Aquatic Vertebrates and Habitats Study Component of the Density Management and Riparian Buffer Study of Western Oregon: examining the ecology of headwater-associated species and development of effective stream-riparian forest management approaches for their persistence
Amphibian and reptile disease ecology, including develop-ment of global web portals and communication mecha-nisms for rapid dissemination of information on emerging infectious diseases and development of strategic science and management frameworks, especially for two chytrid fungi (Bd and Bsal chytridiomycosis), ranavirus, and snake fungal disease
Development of climate-change vulnerability assessments and adaptation-management approaches for amphibians and reptiles
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 25
Cathy Raley PNW (Olympia, WA) Wildlife Biologist Ecological Process and Function Program Wildlife Ecology Team 360-753-7686 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=craley Interests:
Ecology of woodpeckers and wood-inhabiting arthro-pods
Role of decay processes in creating wildlife habitat
Ecology of forest carnivores in the Pacific Northwest Current Projects:
Wolverine distribution and ecology in the North Cas-cades Ecosystem
Modeling fisher distribution in the Pacific states
Habitat relations of fishers in the Oregon Cascade Range
Foraging habitat of pileated woodpeckers on the east slope of the Cascade Range in Oregon
Martin Raphael PNW (Olympia, WA) Emeritus Research Wildlife Biologist Ecological Process and Function Program Wildlife Ecology Team 360-753-7662 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=mraphael Interests:
Wildlife ecology and habitat relationships
Population dynamics
Ecology and management of threatened, endangered, or sensitive wildlife
Current Projects:
Population ecology of the marbled murrelet
Habitat relationships of the northern spotted owl and American marten
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Mary Rowland PNW (La Grande, OR) Research Wildlife Biologist Ecological Process and Function Program Starkey Ungulate Ecology Team 541-962-6582 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=mrowland Interests:
Effects of human disturbance, including recreation, on wild-life
Models to predict ungulate distributions and habitat use-performance relationships
Habitat monitoring Current Projects:
Effects of domestic and wild ungulate herbivory on riparian restoration and native bees
Landscape characteristics influencing hunter success
How riparian restoration affects stream temperature and abundance and diversity of native bees and small mammals
Modeling elk distribution and security areas on tribal lands of northeastern Oregon
Peter Singleton PNW (Wenatchee, WA) Research Wildlife Biologist Threat Characterization and Management Program Disturbance and Restoration Ecology Team 509-664-1732 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=psingleton Interests:
Raptor and carnivore ecology
Wildlife - habitat relationships
Climate change impacts on animal populations and distribu-tion
Using individual-based modeling to link landscape dynamics to animal population function
Assessing landscape permeability, habitat connectivity, and identifying corridors for animal movement
Current Projects:
Interactions between barred owls and northern spotted owls in fire-prone forests
Using individual-based modeling to evaluate effects of barred owl encroachment on northern spotted owl popula-tion function in a dynamic landscape
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 26
Peter Singleton (con’t) Assessing regional-scale patterns of landscape permea-
bility and habitat connectivity in the Pacific Northwest
Identifying climate-gradient connectivity patterns for climate change adaptation
James Swingle PNW (Corvallis, OR) Wildlife Biologist Ecological Process and Function Program Wildlife Ecology Team 541-750-7286 [email protected] https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=jswingle Interests:
Demography and ecology of northern spotted owls and barred owls
Ecology of red tree voles Current Projects:
Demography of northern spotted owls on the Olympic Peninsula, WA
Artificial platform use by red tree voles in young forest
Distribution and habitat modeling of red tree voles
Todd Wilson PNW (Corvallis, OR) Wildlife Biologist Ecological Process and Function Program Wildlife Ecology Team 541-750-7288 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=twilson Interests:
Ecology of arboreal rodents
Evaluating the usefulness of wildlife as indicators of the health and functioning of managed forests
Understanding the effects of forest management prac-tices on terrestrial vertebrates
Strengthening the network of Research Natural Areas for research
Animal care and use Current Projects:
Evaluation of the long-term effects of variable-density thinning on squirrels, forest-floor small mammals, and terrestrial amphibians
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Todd Wilson (con’t) Examination of the effects of fire fuel reduction treatments
on spotted owl prey
Development of a regional model for predicting high-quality flying squirrel habitat
Development of a regional climate-change monitoring pro-tocol for Research Natural Areas
Michael Wisdom PNW (La Grande, OR) Research Wildlife Biologist and Team Leader Ecological Process and Function Program Starkey Ungulate Ecology Team 541-962-6532 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=mwisdom Interests:
Effects of human disturbances on wildlife and their habitats
Effects of ungulates on the processes, structure, and com-position of plant communities and ecosystems
Ungulate landscape habitat relations and modeling predic-tions of landscape use
Nutritional ecology of ungulates Current Projects:
Influence of cattle and elk herbivory on ecosystem patterns and processes
Elk and mule deer responses to varying levels of motorized access during hunting seasons
Effects of off-road recreation on elk and mule deer
Elk nutrition and resource selection models of landscape use in the western U.S.
Guanaco landscape responses to oil and gas development, illegal hunting, motorized access, and livestock grazing in Argentina
Taruca (Andean deer) behavior and ecology in Argentina
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 27
Eric S. Abelson PSW (Davis, California) Post-doctoral Research Wildlife Biologist Conservation of Biodiversity 530-759-1726 [email protected] Interests:
Large-landscape level habitat and genetic connectivity
Conservation biology
Decision support for ecosystem management
Modeling wildlife movement and dispersal in a gradient of human-dominated landscapes
Wildlife population persistence and range shifts over long time-scales and in variable climate conditions
Wildlife behavior and ecology
Minimally invasive wildlife monitoring Current Projects:
Multi-species wildlife movement modeling
Developing tools to identify where to locate mitigation structures for wildlife movement along roads
Ecosystem management decision support for evaluating management options and strategies
Identifying the role of the human-built landscape in altering wildlife movement behavior
Rebecca Green PSW (Fresno, CA) Research Wildlife Biologist, Post-doc Sierra Nevada Research Center [email protected] Interests:
Wildlife habitat relationships in forested ecosystems
Ecology, conservation and management of forest dwelling carnivores (particularly fishers and martens)
Reproductive ecology of wildlife (especially mammals) and implications for conservation and management
The role of tree size, age, and decay in providing unique habitat features for wildlife
Changes to forest systems (special focus on tree mortality) and response of wildlife
Current Projects:
Long-term study of fisher ecology in the southern Sierra Nevada (Kings River fisher project)
Characterizing changes to fisher habitat and fisher re-sponse within a landscape altered by climate-related tree mortality
Describing fisher diet pre– and post-tree mortality in the southern Sierra Nevada using metabarcoding techniques
Analyzing fine-scale fisher movements GPS collar data
Pacific Southwest Research Station
John J. Keane PSW, (Davis, CA) Research Wildlife Ecologist Conservation of Biodiversity Program 530-759-1704 [email protected] Interests:
Wildlife ecology, conservation and natural history.
Monitoring of wildlife species and bioregional-scale moni-toring and assessment
Effects of forest management, restoration and wildfire on wildlife and ecosystems.
Raptor ecology and conservation Current Projects:
Monitor population trends and demographics of California spotted owls in the Sierra Nevada, California
Assess effects of forest management, restoration and wild-fire on California spotted owls and other wildlife species
Ecology and conservation of great gray owls in the Sierra Nevada, CA
Habitat modeling of California spotted owls, great gray owls and northern goshawks in the Sierra Nevada,
California
Raptor distribution and monitoring in California
Pat Manley PSW (Placerville, CA) Program Manager Conservation of Biodiversity Program
808-933-8121 [email protected] https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=pmanley Interests:
Vertebrate community ecology
Fire, forest management and biodiversity
Ecosystem services and biodiversity
Biodiversity conservation
Adaptive management, monitoring, and decision support tools
Current Projects:
Bird and small mammal responses to forest management
Post-fire bird community response and function
Indicator development for monitoring and adaptive man-agement across landscapes
Occupancy modeling for wildlife habitat evaluation across landscapes
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 28
Connie Millar PSW (Albany, CA) Research Ecologist, Senior Scientist Ecosystem Function and Health Program 510-883-8823 [email protected] https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=cmillar Interests:
Biogeography and response of mountain mammals to cli-mate change
Current Projects:
Status, condition, and climate interactions of American pika in the Great Basin
Expansion of Douglas’s tree squirrel into Great Basin Mtns
Recovery of Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep
Karen Pope PSW (Arcata, CA) Wildlife Biologist Conservation of Biodiversity Program 707-825-2900 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/programs/cb/staff/kpop e/ Interests:
Conservation and ecology of N. California amphibians Current Projects:
Interactions between amphibians and non-native trout and the amphibian disease chytridiomycosis
Effectiveness of meadow restoration projects in improving conditions for biodiversity and ecosystem adaptation to climate change
Kathryn Purcell PSW (Fresno and San Joaquin Experimental Range, CA) Emeritus Research Wildlife Biologist Conservation of Biodiversity Program 559-868-6233 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/programs/cb/staff/purcell
Interests:
Avian life history and habitat requirements
Wildlife response to natural and anthropogenic change
Monitoring techniques and design criteria for examining population trends and treatment effects
Cavity nesting birds and the response of native species to European starlings
Ecology and habitat relationships of fishers
Pacific Southwest Research Station
Kathryn Purcell (con’t) Current Projects:
Predicting effects of climate change on avian abundance
Methods for reducing the impacts of European starlings on native cavity nesting birds in oak woodlands
Links between landscape condition and survival and repro-duction of fishers in the Kings River Experimental Range and the Landbird Monitoring Network of the Americas
Jenny Rechel PSW (Riverside, CA) Geographer Conservation of Biodiversity 951-680-1541 [email protected] Interests:
Advances in biological and spatial scale analysis of bird communities
Effects of disturbance (fire and drought) on birds n Mediter-ranean ecosystems
Effects of global warming and El Nino events on riparian vegetation and bird communities
Effects of fuel treatments on bird communities
Developing geospatial tools to analyze and model environ-mental processes at multiple spatial scales
Investigating spatial variation and spatial dependence among environmental variables and geographic location to predict patterns of species diversity
Modeling the geography of movement and incorporating barriers to movements to identify movement areas in het-erogeneous landscapes
Current Projects:
Effects of fire, tree mortality, and drought on spatial distri-bution patterns and probability of occurrence of birds
Shifts in forest structure to more dense, smaller trees, in-creased oaks, and effects on bird communities and func-tional traits associated with climate change
Turnover rates of bird communities in chaparral, oak wood-lands, and conifer forests: a longitudinal study (25 years)
African elephant movement patterns and habitat condition in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Re-introduction of grey-crowned cranes, Akegera National Park, Rwanda
Examining variation in geographic distributions of vegeta-tion structure and live fuel moisture content
Analyzing and mapping spatial patterns of seasonal changes in live fuel moisture content in mixed forest and shrub eco-systems: implications for fire hazard in the Southwestern U.S.
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 29
Ted Weller PSW (Arcata, CA) 707-825-2955 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/programs/cb/staff/twell er/
Interests:
Impacts of renewable energy on wildlife populations
Developing quantitative tools for wildlife population assessment
Migratory and winter ecology of bats Current Projects:
Seasonal distribution of bats https://visualize.batamp.databasin.org/
Understanding regional patterns of vulnerability to white-nose syndrome using bats to sample environ-mental conditions of hibernacula
Implementing North American Bat Monitoring Pro-gram on Forest Service lands
Hart Welsh PSW (Arcata, CA) Emeritus Research Wildlife Biologist Conservation of Biodiversity Program 707-825-2956 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/topics/wildlife/herp/ Interests:
Understanding the relationships between disturbance and the structuring of aquatic, riparian, and terrestrial metacommunities of herpetofauna
Herpetofaunal assemblages as metrics of natural and anthropogenic processes across landscapes and their embedded stream networks
The ecological roles of amphibians and reptiles Current Projects:
Determining multi-scale spatial relationships of the herpetofaunal metacommunities of whole catchments
Evaluating the use of woodland salamander assem-blages as metrics of seral advancement in redwood forest
The ecology and conservation of western pond turtle populations
Unifying the perspectives of fluvial networks, land/water interfaces, disturbance processes, and the nonequilibrium nature of ecosystems, with the distri-butions of amphibians and reptiles
Pacific Southwest Research Station Angela White PSW (Davis, CA) Research Wildlife Biologist Conservation of Biodiversity program
530-759-1722 [email protected] http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/programs/cb/staff/angel awhite Interests:
The effect of landscape heterogeneity on species’ distribu-tion, abundance and behavior
Effects of wildfire severity and scale on wildlife habitat
Conservation and management of biodiversity
Retention of women in the sciences Current Projects:
Using dynamic forest models to predict the impacts of cli-mate change on wildlife
Assessing species vulnerability to climate change
Post-fire restoration
The impact of wildfire on forest food webs, including plant-pollinator interactions
Restoration of meadows and associated riparian systems
William J. Zielinski PSW (Arcata, CA) Emeritus Research Wildlife Biologist Conservation of Biodiversity Program 707-825-2959 [email protected] https://www.fs.fed.us/psw/programs/cb/staff/wzielinski/index.shtml
Interests:
Management and conservation of biodiversity
Ecology and conservation of forest carnivores
Creating multiscale habitat models
Developing models to assist managers in understanding effects of forest management activities on wildlife
Development of noninvasive wildlife survey methods
The development of inventory and monitoring approaches, for single and multiple species
Current Projects:
Developing an approach that will allow managers to assess future effects of land management against a template cre-ated by characterizing the home range of wildlife species
Developing and applying noninvasive methods to assess and monitor population size, survival and genetic structure within fossorial mammals, especially the mountain beaver
Understanding the seasonal dynamics of detection of forest carnivores and the impacts on resulting habitat models
Learning from a long-term fisher monitoring program in the southern Sierra Nevada
USDA Forest Service Research and Development
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology Roster 30
Wayne J. Arendt IITF (Rio Pierdras, Puerto Rico) Jardin Botanico Sur 787-504-5416 [email protected] https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=warendt
Interests:
Disturbance ecology and conservation of Neotropical resident and migratory bird communities; emphasis on population dynamics, avian ectoparasites and life– his-tory strategies
Proximate and long–term responses of assorted bioindi-cator taxa to natural and anthropic disturbances in a changing global climate
Biodiversity’s role in enhancing human livelihoods from revenues generated through ecosystem services and provisioning of comestibles to secure sustainable devel-opment in rural communities
Current Projects:
Population dynamics of avian communities inhabiting rain forest (Luquillo Experimental Forest) and dry forest (Guánica Biosphere Reserve in southwestern Puerto Rico) in response to disturbance and climate change
An evaluation and comparison of vertebrate and inver-tebrate biodiversity in selected watersheds of Nicaragua to promote the conservation and sustainable use of its natural and human resources
Joseph M. Wunderle IITF (Luquillo, Puerto Rico)
Sabana Field Research Station
Emeritus Wildlife Biologist
787-764-7938
https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/
profile.php?alias=jwunderlejr
Interests:
Ecology of threatened, endangered, or sensitive Neo-tropical birds in relation to both natural and anthropo-genic disturbance
Effects of hurricanes, agriculture, fire, droughts, selec-tive logging, and urbanization are areas of research in-terest
Special interest in winter ecology and conservation of Neotropical-Nearctic migrant birds in the Neotropics, especially in the Caribbean
International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Joseph M. Wunderle (con’t) Current Projects:
Winter ecology and conservation of Kirtland’s warbler, a threatened Neotropical-Nearctic migrant that overwinters exclusively in the Bahamas archipelago
Puerto Rican breeding bird atlas
Patrice N. Klein
MS VMD DACPV DACVPM Senior Veterinary Medical Officer (Wildlife) Washington Office, Research and Development (Washington, DC) 202-365-9359 [email protected] Interests:
Animal welfare
Wildlife disease
One health (environmental-domestic and wild animal-public)
Current Projects/Program:
USFS R&D Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
White-nose syndrome intra-agency and interagency com-munication and coordination
Other wildlife disease issues pertinent to USFS – communi-cation and coordination
Washington Office Research & Development