Area(s) of Expertise

Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Population Ecology; Wildlife ecology, management

Education

B.S. – Central Michigan University (1990)
M.S. – Purdue University (1994)
Ph.D. – South Dakota State University (1998)

Research Interests

Population ecology and management of big game species and predators; habitat use and selection of big game species and predators; interactions of predators and prey, and sexual segregation and resource partitioning in ungulates; animal damage and wildlife education.

Publications

• Range expansion of Fascioloides magna in North Carolina (2018)
• Setting an evolutionary trap: Could the hider strategy be maladaptive for white-tailed deer? (vol. 35, pg. 251, 2017) (2018)
• Predictors of Bachman's Sparrow Occupancy at its Northern Range Limit (2018)
• Regenerating white pine (Pinus strobus) in the south: Seedling position is more important than herbivory protection (2017)
• Using landscape characteristics to predict distribution of temperate-breeding Canada geese (2017)
• Should we use the float test to quantify acorn viability? (2017)
• A Comparison of field methods to estimate Canada goose abundance (2017)
• Frequent fires eliminate fleshy fruit production (2017)
• Setting an evolutionary trap: Could the hider strategy be maladaptive for white-tailed deer? (2017)
• Nest-site selection and nest survival of Bachman's Sparrows in two longleaf pine communities (2017)

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