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Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Current Students



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Student Name Aaltonen, Kristen
Degree MS
Email Address aaltonen@ufl.edu
Advisor Oli
Research Population modeling of the Vancouver Island marmot
Interests Wildlife ecology and conservation


Student Name Aguiar-neto, Antonio
Degree PhD
Email Address patriota@ufl.edu
Advisor Bruna
Research Mechanisms underlying inter-population demographic variation of trees in fragmented tropical landscapes Interests:
Interests Tropical plants


Student Name Armitage, David
Degree MS
Email Address dave.armitage@ufl.edu
Advisor Ober
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Student Name Belford, Alan
Degree PhD
Email Address alan.belford@ufl.edu
Advisor Jacobson
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Student Name Blunden, Travis
Degree MS
Email Address Tblunden@ufl.edu
Advisor Johnson
Research Examining the response of reptiles, amphibians and small mammals to scrub restoration
Interests Restoration ecology, habitat management


Student Name Borkhataria, Rena
Degree PhD
Email Address rrbork@ifas.ufl.edu
Advisor Frederick
Research Wood stork population dynamics and movements
Interests Community ecology, landscape ecology, endangered species
Website Personal Homepage


Student Name Bowling, Andrea
Degree MS
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Advisor Kitchens
Research Sexual segregation and home range of snail kites
Interests Wetland ecology


Student Name Brinn, Lori
Degree MS (SNRE)
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Advisor Carthy
Research Effects of beach nourishment on loggerhead sea turtles in the Florida panhandle
Interests soil science, coastal management, ecology, sea turtle conservation, interdisciplinary research


Student Name Browne-Nunez, Christine
Degree PhD
Email Address ndovu@ufl.edu
Advisor Jacobson
Research Evaluating the impact of human-elephant conflict interventions around Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Interests Human-wildlife conflict, environmental behavior


Student Name Bugbee, Christopher
Degree MS
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Advisor Mazzotti
Research Submergence dynamics of American alligators
Interests Herpetology, wetlands, apex predators


Student Name Butler, Jason
Degree MS
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Advisor Dodd
Research Evolutionary relationships among box turtles (Terrapene)
Interests Elucidating the sub-specific status and genetic boundaries of the Gulf Coast subspecies


Student Name Byram, Kelly
Degree MS
Email Address kbyram@ufl.edu
Advisor Nickerson
Research Effects of the field use of anesthesia on neotenic amphibians in polluted environments
Interests Ecotoxicology, science writer and editor


Student Name Canavelli, Sonia
Degree PhD
Email Address scana@ufl.edu
Advisor Tanner
Research Integrating avian landscape ecology and human dimensions for comprehensive management of parakeet damage to crops
Interests Wildlife management


Student Name Carlton, Stuart
Degree (SNRE)
Email Address stuart.carlton@ufl.edu
Advisor Jacobson
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Student Name Carter,Cameron
Degree MS
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Advisor Percival
Research The effects of habitat type and structure on alligator detect ability during night light surveys
Interests Wildlife ecology and conservation


Student Name Casler, Michelle
Degree MS
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Advisor Mazzotti
Research Effects of hydroperiod in BICY and in ENP on Anuran communities
Interests Alteration of community structure by human activity


Student Name Cattau, Christopher
Degree MS
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Advisor Kitchens
Research Foraging ecology and energetics of snail kites
Interests Landscape ecology and modeling


Student Name Chaves, Willandia
Degree MS
Email Address willandia@ufl.edu
Advisor Sieving
Research Reduced-impact logging and wildlife conservation in the southwestern Amazon - Brazil
Interests Conservation biology, ecology and conservation of neotropical mammals and birds, and wildlife management


Student Name Copeland, Stella
Degree MS
Email Address smcope3@ufl.edu
Advisor Bruna
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Student Name Deluca, John
Degree MS
Email Address delucajj@ufl.edu
Advisor Sieving
Research Effects of OHV disturbance on behavioral and physiological indicators of survival in the Florida Scrub Jay
Interests Birding


Student Name Desa, Melissa
Degree MS
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Advisor Kitchens
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Student Name Diaz, Ivan
Degree PhD
Email Address DiazI@ufl.edu
Advisor Sieving
Research Conservation of birds in fragmented forests, conservation in human-dominated areas
Interests Conservation biology, birds, lizards


Student Name Dupree, Jennifer
Degree MS
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Advisor Miller
Research Coastal restoration techniques using native plants on barrier islands along the northern Gulf Coast of Florida
Interests Applied restoration and land management


Student Name Edgaonkar, Advait
Degree PhD
Email Address advaite@ufl.edu
Advisor Sunquist
Research Ecology of leopards in Central India
Interests Carnivore biology, population estimation


Student Name Espinosa, Santiago
Degree PhD
Email Address santiea@ufl.edu
Advisor Branch
Research Impacts of roads and hunting on jaguars in Yasuni NP, Ecuador
Interests Large carnivore ecology, landscape ecology


Student Name Figueroa, Omar
Degree PhD
Email Address omarf@ufl.edu
Advisor Mazzotti
Research Developing habitat suitability models for Keystone species in Belize
Interests Landscape ecology and conservation biology


Student Name Gallaher, Aubree
Degree PhD
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Advisor Carthy
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Student Name Garland, Kathryn
Degree PhD
Email Address garlandk@ufl.edu
Advisor Carthy
Research Community-based approaches to sea turtle conservation in Caribbean, Nicaragua, and the Baja Peninsula
Interests Human dimensions of community-based conservation


Student Name Hall, Jason
Degree MS
Email Address jchall@ufl.edu
Advisor Tanner
Research Control of an invasive exotic species, paragrass, using combinations of cattle grazing, herbicide and flooding
Interests Environmental law


Student Name Hayman, Blair
Degree MS
Email Address bhayman@ufl.edu
Advisor Mazzotti
Research Public Opinions, Attitudes, Risk Perceptions, and Knowledge of Alligators in Florida
Interests Crocodilians, birds, human-wildlife interactions


Student Name Hobby, Mary
Degree MS
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Advisor Giuliano
Research Effects of habitat restoration techniques on predator abundance in Florida
Interests Habitat restoration, game management


Student Name Hoffman, Robert
Degree MS
Email Address robwhoff@ufl.edu
Advisor Giuliano
Research Northern bobwhites and usable space on south Florida rangelands
Interests Game bird management


Student Name Hostetler, Jeffrey
Degree PhD
Email Address hostetle@ufl.edu
Advisor Oli
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Student Name Hotaling, Althea
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Advisor Kitchens
Research Wet Prairie Conversion in Water Conservation Area 3A, South Florida
Interests Applied Habitat Restoration, Wetland ecology, and Conservation


Student Name Hua, Fangyuan
Degree PhD
Email Address huamay@ufl.edu
Advisor Sieving
Research Impact of forest fragmentation on birds
Interests Avian ecology and conservation, habitat conservation


Student Name Iacona, Gwenllian
Degree MS
Email Address ponyline@ufl.edu
Advisor Bruna
Research Understory seedling recruitment in longleaf pine ecosystems
Interests Plant ecology


Student Name Jackson, Donald
Degree PhD
Email Address dlj1@ufl.edu
Advisor Libisky
Research Conserved land management
Interests Management of natural resources – wildlife


Student Name Jayasena, Nilmini
Degree PhD
Email Address nilmini@ufl.edu
Advisor Frederick
Research Effects of methyl mercury toxicity on White Ibis
Interests Endocrine disruption, physiological ecology, population


Student Name Johnson, Rosalyn
Degree PhD
Email Address rosjohnson@ufl.edu
Advisor Main
Research Impacts of human development and habitat conversion on wildlife species
Interests Kayaking and hiking


Student Name Kailas, Ravi
Degree PhD
Email Address rklas@ufl.edu
Advisor Dodd
Research Interface between landscape, community, and metapopulation ecology in human impacted tropical habitats
Interests Conservation biology


Student Name Ketterlin, Jennifer
Degree MS
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Advisor Mazzotti
Research Occurrence of wildlife on tree islands in WCA 3A
Interests Wetland ecology, environmental policy


Student Name Kornilev, Yurii
Degree MS (SNRE)
Email Address kornilev@ufl.edu
Advisor Dodd
Research Effects of human recreation on turtle ecology
Interests Herpitile and habitat conservation


Student Name Langin, Cynthia
Degree MS
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Advisor Jacobson
Research Human dimensions of Florida Panther Recovery
Interests Human-wildlife interactions, stakeholder involvement


Student Name Lindgren, Kristi
Degree MS (SNRE)
Email Address Kristi_g8r@yahoo.com
Advisor Kitchens
Research Plant species competition across salinity gradient in Savannah River Delta
Interests Ecology and conservation


Student Name Lucas, Christine
Degree MS
Email Address chlucas@ufl.edu
Advisor Bruna
Research Impacts of disturbance and flood stress on seedling regeneration in Amazon River floodplain forests
Interests Seedling ecology


Student Name Lumbantobing, Sarah
Degree MS (SNRE)
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Advisor Miller
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Student Name Mahoney, Peter
Degree MS
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Advisor Meyer
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Student Name Marcy, Nathan
Degree MS
Email Address ngmarcy@ufl.edu
Advisor Fletcher
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Student Name Martin, Elizabeth
Degree PhD
Email Address emartin1@ufl.edu
Advisor Percival
Research Effects of raptors on foraging behavior and habitat use of wintering Dunlin
Interests Habitat use and mechanisms underlying use of resources


Student Name Martin, Jason
Degree PhD
Email Address martin13@ufl.edu
Advisor Branch
Research Barn owls as biological controllers in the Everglades Agricultural Area
Interests Community ecology, predator-prey interactions
Website Personal Homepage


Student Name Masaya, Lucrecia
Degree MS
Email Address lmasaya@ufl.edu
Advisor Main
Research Interdisciplinary Ecology
Interests Carnivore Ecology, Large Cats (jaguars); Other interests: photography, cooking


Student Name Miller, Gabriel
Degree MS
Email Address gmill711@ufl.edu
Advisor Johnson
Research Ecology of Florida pine snakes in managed longleaf wiregrass
Interests Conservation ecology of reptiles and amphibians


Student Name Morris, Gail
Degree MS
Email Address gailmorris@ufl.edu
Advisor Oli
Research Effects of prescribed fire, supplemental feeding, and predator exclusion on small mammal populations in a longleaf pine ecosystem
Interests Small mammal ecology


Student Name Morshed, Sheda
Degree MS (SNRE)
Email Address sheda2@ufl.edu
Advisor Hostetler
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Student Name Mota, Mario
Degree PhD
Email Address chelonia@ufl.edu
Advisor Carthy
Research Clutch gas exchange in sea turtle nests
Interests Wildlife ecology and conservation


Student Name Neils, Alteris
Degree MS (SNRE)
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Advisor Sunquist
Research Ecology of the Florida black bear at the urban-wildland interface of Ocala National Forest
Interests Carnivore ecology and conservation biology


Student Name Pietrek, Alejandro
Degree MS
Email Address apietrek@ufl.edu
Advisor Branch
Research Conservation of species related to Araucaria forests in Northeastern Argentina
Interests Quantitative conservation biology, spatial ecology


Student Name Pitt, Amber
Degree PhD (SNRE)
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Advisor Nickerson
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Student Name Pruner, Raya
Degree MS
Email Address rpruner@ufl.edu
Advisor Johnson
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Student Name Ramalho, Emiliano
Degree PhD
Email Address eeramalho@ufl.edu
Advisor Main
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Student Name Ramos, Luis
Degree PhD (SNRE)
Email Address laramos@ufl.edu
Advisor Jacobson
Research Biodiversity Programs
Interests Impact on public opinion and policies of natural areas and biodiversity


Student Name Reetz, Matt
Degree PhD
Email Address aves@ufl.edu
Advisor Sieving
Research Ecology and conservation of Brown-headed Cowbirds in North Central Florida
Interests Bird conservation, host parasite interaction, reproductive biology
Website Personal Homepage


Student Name Reichert, Brian
Degree MS
Email Address breich@ufl.edu
Advisor Kitchens
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Student Name Rodriguez Cabal, Mariano
Degree MS
Email Address rcabal@ufl.edu
Advisor Branch
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Student Name Rota, Christopher
Degree MS
Email Address christopher.rota@ufl.edu
Advisor Fletcher
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Student Name Sakurai, Ryo
Degree (SNRE)
Email Address rsakurai@ufl.edu
Advisor Jacobson
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Student Name Scarpino, Russ
Degree MS (SNRE)
Email Address auximenes1@yahoo.com
Advisor Carthy
Research Population genetics and migratory behavior of sea turtles
Interests Freshwater turtle biology, in-water capture techniques


Student Name Schad, Brandon
Degree
Email Address bschad@ufl.edu
Advisor Giuliano
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Student Name Schwarzer, Amy
Degree MS
Email Address schwarze@ufl.edu
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Student Name Senko, Jesse
Degree MS
Email Address jsenko@ufl.edu
Advisor Carthy, Nickerson
Research Fine scale movements and habitat utilization of immature black sea turtles, Chelonia mydas, at a coastal foraging area in Baja California Sur, Mexico
Interests Herpetology, especially freshwater and marine turtles, ecology and conservation biology, endangered species, human dimensions of community based conservation in Latin America


Student Name Shirley, Matt
Degree PhD
Email Address mshirley@ufl.edu
Advisor Thorbjarnarson
Research Conservation and systematics of West African Crocodiles
Interests Herps, birds, rare animal ecology, systematics


Student Name Silva, Eduardo
Degree PhD
Email Address eduardosilva@ufl.edu
Advisor
Research Lethal and non-lethal effects of domestic carnivores on wildlife
Interests Conservation Biology, Landscape Ecology, Community Ecology, ecology of human-dominated landscapes


Student Name Silva, Jose
Degree PhD
Email Address joselugo@ufl.edu
Advisor Tanner
Research Effects of prescribed burning on small mammal community in Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve
Interests Fire ecology, small mammal landscape ecology


Student Name Singh, Aditya
Degree PhD (SNRE)
Email Address aditya01@ufl.edu
Advisor Oli
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Student Name Sizemore, Grant
Degree MS
Email Address gsizemore@ufl.edu
Advisor Main
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Student Name Solomon, Jennifer
Degree PhD
Email Address jensolom@ufl.edu
Advisor Jacobson
Research Evaluation of collaborative management projects in Kibale National Park
Interests Illegal wildlife trade, marine enforcement regimes


Student Name Soto Shoender, Jose
Degree MS
Email Address joesoto@ufl.edu
Advisor Giuliano
Research Human-jaguar conflicts in Guatemala
Interests Ecology & conservation of jaguars & subsistence hunting species, & human-wildlife conflicts


Student Name Stoddard, Margo
Degree PhD
Email Address mstodd@ufl.edu
Advisor Branch
Research Multi-scale responses of small mammals to logging in Bolivia
Interests Influences of forest management on wildlife, tropical conservation


Student Name Thornton, Daniel
Degree PhD
Email Address coyote@ufl.edu
Advisor Sunquist
Research Multiple-scale response of tropical forest mammals to habitat fragmentation
Interests Behavioral ecology of carnivores and primates


Student Name Townsend, Josiah
Degree PhD (SNRE)
Email Address jtwnsnd@ufl.edu
Advisor Austin
Research Evolution, systematics, and conservation of Mesoamerican amphibians and reptiles
Interests Cloud forest conservation in Honduras


Student Name Underwood, Vicki
Degree MS
Email Address anurians@ufl.edu
Advisor Ober, Miller
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Student Name Venne, Louise
Degree PhD
Email Address lvenne@ufl.edu
Advisor Frederick
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Student Name Vongkhamheng, C.
Degree PhD (SNRE)
Email Address cthavy@ufl.edu
Advisor Sunquist
Research Ecology & conservation of tigers and prey, & prey selection by large carnivores
Interests Carnivores & prey interactions


Student Name Wald, Dara
Degree MS
Email Address dwald@ufl.edu
Advisor Hostetler
Research Sustainable Development
Interests Human dimensions of wildlife management, environmental policy


Student Name Welch, Zach
Degree PhD
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Advisor Kitchens
Research Impact of disturbance/restoration on wetland ecosystems
Interests Orchids, house restoration, airboats, running


Student Name Willcox, Adam
Degree PhD
Email Address awillcox@ufl.edu
Advisor Giuliano
Research Wildlife stakeholder acceptance capacities and conservation behavior of cattle producers
Interests Social sciences, wildlife and agricultural systems, Africa


Student Name Willcox, Emma
Degree PhD
Email Address ewillcox@ufl.edu
Advisor Giuliano
Research Wildlife and habitat response to prescribed burning, roller chopping, and grazing in Florida Rangelands
Interests Wildlife-habitat relationships, habitat improvement


Student Name Zapata-Rios, Galo
Degree PhD
Email Address galo@ufl.edu
Advisor Branch
Research Ecology and conservation of Andean foxes
Interests Ecology and conservation of neotropical mammals, wildlife management


Student Name Zweig, Christa
Degree PhD
Email Address czweig@ufl.edu
Advisor Kitchens
Research Impact of disturbance/restoration on wetland ecosystems
Interests Orchids, house restoration, airboats, running