stalks

In general, my students and I work to understand the relationships between wildlife and their habitat, as well as how human activities influence these relationships. I'm also interested in monitoring ecological change.

Our research questions generally fall into a few interrelated areas: 

1) understanding habitat characteristics and how animals
select habitat,

2) quantifying the consequences of habitat‐related changes (e.g., species invasions, changes in land-use patterns and natural disturbance regimes, climate change) on movement, reproduction, survival, and other factors,

3) examining potential strategies for restoring degraded habitat.

We study a variety of animal taxa - arthropods, amphibians, mammals, birds - selecting the taxonomic group that will best help to answer the question of interest.

We strive to collect information that can be used to develop practical solutions to ecological problems.