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University Programs

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Michigan State University - M.S. Student in Fisheries and Wildlife - Projected to Graduate in 2023 | Group Size, Bioaccumulation, and Baiting: Quantifying Factors Affecting Disease Transmission Among Deer
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Texas A&M University - Ph.D. Student in Rangeland, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management - Projected to Graduate in 2025 | Nitrogen Metabolism and Adaptive Capacity of Carnivorous Bears
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University of Montana - M.S. Student in Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2022 | Management Authority on Federal Lands and Effective Collaboration on Habitat Connectivity
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Texas A&M University - Ph.D. Student in Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences - Projected to Graduate in 2022 | Effects of Biting Insects on North American Ungulates
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University of Montana - Ph.D. Student in Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2024 | Modeling Migration and Habitat Use of Elk on the Blackfeet Nation Indian Reservation (Montana, USA) and the Surrounding Landscape
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University of Montana - PhD - Projected to Graduate 2021 | Integrated ecology of a reintroduction: Missouri elk restoration/ ecology and management of the restored elk population in Missouri
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Texas A&M University-Kingsville - Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute - Ph.D. - 2021 Resource Selection, Habitat Influences on Population Performance, and Body Size Trade-Offs of Cervids in a Nutritionally Variable Environment
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Texas A&M University - Ph.D. - Graduated 2020 Evaluating the physiological and behavioral responses of moose to fluctuating environmental temperatures
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Oregon State University - PhD Graduated in 2012 | Food web relationships involving fire, wolves, elk, and forest ecosystems
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University of Montana - Masters - 2010 | Summer diet of wolves in Northwestern Montana
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Michigan State University - PhD - Graduated 2017 | Conserving avian biodiversity on managed forest landscapes: the importance of pattern and scale
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Michigan State University - PhD - Graduated 2014 | Landscape-level effects of weather and land cover on wild turkey abundance, productivity, and regional harvest potential
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GLOBAL TEMPERATURE INCREASE RESULTING FROM CLIMATE CHANGE HAS A POTENTIAL TO AFFECT NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS IN PROFOUND WAYS. BIRD COMMUNITIES ARE A GOOD INDICATOR OF THE IMPACTS Global temperature increase resulting from climate change has a potential to affect natural ecosystems in profound ways. Bird...
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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Bryan Stevens Michigan State University, Ph.D. 2016 Dr. Bryan Stevens completed his doctoral degree under the mentorship of Dr. Bill Porter, where he developed population assessment and decision support tools to inform wild turkey harvest management in Michigan. While completing his doctoral degree...
David M. Williams Michigan State University David Williams' research interests focus on understanding how landscape heterogeneity influences animal movements and habitat use and applying that knowledge in the context of larger ecological processes and management decisions. His dissertation...
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The Department has a number of specialized research laboratories and centers that support its focal areas, which include spatial and quantitative ecology, carnivore ecology, human-wildlife conflicts, and conservation biology. Mississippi’s Wildlife Program The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and...
SOCIAL-SPATIAL BEHAVIOR AND MANAGEMENT OF WHITE-TAILED DEER IN URBAN AND SUBURBAN ENVIRONMENTS With increasing urban sprawl, human-wildlife conflicts have become a focal point for managing wildlife populations. White-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) are of interest because of the damage they...
ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR OF BLACK BEARS, MISSOULA, MONTANA AND PUBLIC ATTITUDES ABOUT MANAGEMENT As urban areas increase in size because of human population growth, habitat for wildlife is decreasing. Although black bears generally avoid areas of high human use, they have discovered how to exploit some...
ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATING AND MITIGATING WILDLIFE-VEHICLE COLLISIONS Roads are a widespread and increasing feature on most landscapes throughout the world, and their presence can have substantial negative consequences for many species of wildlife. Wildlife-vehicle collisions ( WVCs )...
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Aldo Leopold is considered conservation's most influential advocate and the founder of wildlife ecology. He was an avid sportsman, shown here in Chihuahua, Mexico, in 1938. the photograph was taken by his son, Starker, who later became a B&C member as well. Since the 1940s, the Club has...
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Research is conducted on a variety of species, ranging from game species such as deer, turkey, quail, and bear to predators, as well as non-game and/or threatened and endangered species. UGA’s Wildlife Program The undergraduate and graduate programs in Wildlife Ecology and Management at the...
The Boone and Crockett Club has donated its historic files, letters and photographs to the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library at the University of Montana. UM archivist Donna McCrea said the University library has sought the prestigious collection since the Boone and Crockett Club moved its...
The chair will enhance the opportunities for research in the Warner College of Natural Resources' Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and encourage the creation of collaborations to solve state, national and international issues facing wildlife populations. CSU will raise private...

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