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Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Current Students



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Student Name Acevedo, Miguel
Degree PhD (SNRE)
Email Address maacevedo@ufl.edu
Advisor Fletcher
Research Applications of graph theory to landscape connectivity and conservation
Interests Ecological informatics, ecological modeling 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
Research Foraging ecology and ecomorphology of Florida bats
Interests Sensory ecology, community dynamics, natural history


Student Name Atkinson, Ben
Degree PhD
Email Address bka@ufl.edu
Advisor Ross
Research Conservation ecology of Florida’s non-marine turtles
Interests Sustainability, environmental education


Student Name Bernatis, Jennifer
Degree PhD (SNRE)
Email Address bernatis@ufl.edu
Advisor Johnson
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Student Name Blake, Mitchell
Degree MS
Email Address mb5518@ufl.edu
Advisor Guiliano
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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 Brown, Megan
Degree PhD (SNRE)
Email Address meganbrown@ufl.edu
Advisor Miller
Research Exploring how feral hog disturbance affects plant communities in seepage slopes of the Florida Panhandle
Interests Hiking, kayaking, playing disc golf and making jewelry


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 Burtner, Brittany
Degree MS (SNRE)
Email Address bburtner@ufl.edu
Advisor Frederick
Research Social cues and interactions between nesting wading birds and alligators
Interests Conservation, population ecology, behavioral ecology


Student Name Camposano, Brian
Degree MS (SNRE)
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Advisor Johnson
Research Morphology and geographic distributions of native and exotic Anole lizards in Florida
Interests Ecology and conservation


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 PhD (SNRE)
Email Address stuart.carlton@ufl.edu
Advisor Jacobson
Research The role of communication and social networks in public understanding of controversial scientific issues
Interests The human dimensions of conservation and natural resource management


Student Name Carter,Cameron
Degree MS (SNRE)
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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 Cattau, Christopher
Degree PhD
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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 Condon, Erin
Degree MS
Email Address epcondon@ufl.edu
Advisor Tanner
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Student Name D'Amo, Phil
Degree PhD
Email Address phildamo@ufl.edu
Advisor Hostetler
Research Low impact development policy research using participatory analysis as the research approach
Interests Human-based sustainability


Student Name Delaney, Patrick
Degree MS (SNRE)
Email Address jpdelaney@ufl.edu
Advisor Percival
Research Assessing habitat selection by American alligators using GIS
Interests Crocodilians, GIS, population ecology, and airboats


Student Name Drizd, Lara
Degree MS
Email Address lara.drizd@ufl.edu
Advisor Kitchens
Research Effects of hydrilla management on apple snails in Lake Tohopekaliga
Interests Conservation of Florida wildlife, wetlands ecology, invasive species


Student Name Dupree, Jennifer
Degree MS (SNRE)
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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 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 Finch, Colton
Degree MS
Email Address coltonfinch@ufl.edu
Advisor Pine
Research Research is the Near-Shore Ecology of native fish in Grand Canyon, AZ, especially humpback chub, Gila cypha
Interests fishing, snowboarding, canoeing/kayaking, hiking, camping, sushi, swimming, gardening, and photography


Student Name Frechette, Jackson
Degree PhD (SNRE)
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Advisor Sieving
Research Community ecology, primate ecology, seed dispersal, predation risk
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Student Name Gallaher, Aubree
Degree PhD (SNRE)
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Advisor Carthy
Research Effects of beach nourishment on sea turtle nesting densities in Florida
Interests Running, cooking and hanging out with her dogs


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 Goswami, Varun
Degree PhD (SNRE)
Email Address vgoswami@ufl.edu
Advisor Oli
Research Influences of anthropogenic disturbances on the ecology and behavior of large mammals and their interactions with people
Interests Population and behavioral and spatial ecology


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 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
Research Population Viability Analysis for the Florida Panther
Interests Ecological modeling, population ecology, adaptive management, computational ecology, dynamic programming, survival analysis


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


Student Name Huang, Ping
Degree MS
Email Address ping@ufl.edu
Advisor Sieving
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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 Jalal, Sahar
Degree MS
Email Address sjalal@ufl.edu
Advisor Oli
Research
Interests Conservation biology, anthropogenic threats and wildlife management


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, Fred
Degree PhD
Email Address fjohn@ufl.edu
Advisor Nichols
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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 Karmacharya, Binab
Degree MS
Email Address binabk@ufl.edu
Advisor Oli
Research Wildlife ecology and population management
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Student Name Ketterlin, Jennifer
Degree MS (SNRE)
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Advisor Mazzotti
Research Occurrence of wildlife on tree islands in WCA 3A
Interests Wetland ecology, environmental policy


Student Name Kneip, Eva
Degree MS (SNRE)
Email Address ekneip@ufl.edu
Advisor Oli
Research Demography and population dynamics of the discrete golden-mantled ground squirrel in Colorado
Interests Mammalian population ecology and conservation of endangered mammals in a human dominated landscape


Student Name Lau, Anthony
Degree MS
Email Address alau0924@ufl.edu
Advisor Carthy, Dodd
Research Population and Landscape Ecology of Gopher tortoises in coastal sand dunes
Interests Chelonian conservation and ecology, Herpetology, Systematic


Student Name Lentijo-Jimenez, Gloria
Degree MS
Email Address gmlentijo@ufl.edu
Advisor Hostetler
Research Bird conservation and extension education with famers in coffee growing regions
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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 Lynch, Ryan
Degree MS (SNRE)
Email Address lynchrl@ufl.edu
Advisor Mazzotti
Research Habitat use and amphibian response to management practices
Interests Forest dynamics, herpetology, natural history & tropical conservation


Student Name Mahoney, Peter
Degree MS
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Advisor Meyer
Research Foraging activity and habitat use during the nesting season in Great White Herons of southern Florida
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Student Name Marcy, Nathan
Degree MS
Email Address ngmarcy@ufl.edu
Advisor Fletcher
Research Conservation of birds in fragmented cloud forest landscapes
Interests Landscape ecology, tropical ecology, birds


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 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 McCray, Jame
Degree PhD
Email Address jmmcray@ufl.edu
Advisor Carthy
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Student Name Morgan-Brown, Theron
Degree PhD (SNRE)
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Advisor Jacobson
Research Conservation effects of the Amani butterfly project in Tanzania
Interests Non-timber forest products, human dimensions of conservation


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 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 Nunez Regueiro, Mauricio
Degree MS
Email Address mregueiro@ufl.edu
Advisor Branch
Research Interactions between particular landscapes and medium to large mammals that occur in Salta province (NW of Argentina)
Interests Combining conservation biology with sustainable resource use and development


Student Name Olbert, Jean
Degree MS
Email Address olbertjean@ufl.edu
Advisor Kitchens
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Student Name Olson, Charley
Degree MS
Email Address bluefiled1@ufl.edu
Advisor Miller
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Student Name Olson, John
Degree MS
Email Address jolson@ufl.edu
Advisor Giuliano
Research Turkey nest habitat selection
Interests Game bird management


Student Name Pawlitz, Rachel
Degree PhD (SNRE)
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Advisor Jacobson
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Student Name Pias, Kyle
Degree MS
Email Address kpias@ufl.edu
Advisor Kitchens
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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 Ramirez, Elizabeth
Degree MS
Email Address ramireze@ufl.edu
Advisor Ober
Research Developing a model to help design restoration efforts in the Ocala National Forest
Interests Threaten and endangered species, habitat restoration and public education


Student Name Reichert, Brian
Degree MS
Email Address breich@ufl.edu
Advisor Kitchens
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Student Name Sakurai, Ryo
Degree PhD (SNRE)
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Advisor Jacobson
Research Human dimensions of Asiatic black bear management in Japan
Interests Human-wildlife conflicts, carnivore management, evaluation of environmental education/outreach campaign


Student Name Schwarzer, Amy
Degree MS (SNRE)
Email Address schwarze@ufl.edu
Advisor Percival
Research Habitat Use and Body Condition in Wintering and Migratory Red Knots in FL
Interests Migration ecology, ornithology, coastal systems, wetlands


Student Name Senko, Jesse
Degree MS
Email Address jsenko@ufl.edu
Advisor Carthy
Research Fine scale movements and habitat use of East Pacific green turtles, Chelonia mydas, at a coastal foraging area in Baja California Sur, Mexico
Interests Conservation biology and policy, landscape and spatial ecology, behavioral ecology, population and community ecology, fisheries bycatch and human dimensions of wildlife conservation


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 Shoger, Bradley
Degree MS
Email Address bshoger@ufl.edu
Advisor Kitchens
Research Wildlife use of in-lake spoil islands
Interests Wetlands Ecology, Wildlife Ecology on private lands and habitat restoration


Student Name Silva, Eduardo
Degree PhD (SNRE)
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 Sizemore, Grant
Degree MS
Email Address gsizemore@ufl.edu
Advisor Main
Research Effects of Brazilian Pepper on the Nesting Behavior of Wading Birds
Interests Behavioral Ecology


Student Name Skinner, Irina
Degree MS
Email Address irinas@ufl.edu
Advisor Fletcher
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Student Name Smith, Catherine
Degree MS
Email Address hellcat@ufl.edu
Advisor Ross
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Student Name Soto Shoender, Jose
Degree PhD
Email Address joesoto@ufl.edu
Advisor Main
Research Effects of inter and intra-specific competition on neotropical carnivore ecology
Interests Ecology and conservation of neotropical carnivores and their prey, human-wildlife conflict mitigation


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 Teaque, Amy
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Advisor Nichols
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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 Throm, Rio
Degree MS (SNRE)
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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
Research Gopher Tortoises in Mississippi
Interests Disease ecology, epidemiology, conservation medicine, immunology, genetics of disease, ecotoxicology and herpetology (especially anurans)


Student Name Vasudev, Divya
Degree PhD
Email Address divya.vasudev@ufl.edu
Advisor Fletcher
Research Dispersal and mating systems
Interests Conservation of mammals in fragmented areas


Student Name Velilla Fernandez, Marianela
Degree MS
Email Address mvelilla@ufl.edu
Advisor Sunquist
Research
Interests Carnivore ecology and conservation in Paraguay


Student Name Venne, Louise
Degree PhD
Email Address lvenne@ufl.edu
Advisor Frederick
Research Response of wading birds to fire effects in the Everglades
Interests Effect of landscape changes on community composition


Student Name Vieira-Neto, Ernane
Degree PhD
Email Address vieiraneto@ufl.edu
Advisor Bruna
Research Underlying causes of spatio-temporal variation in population demography and dynamics and the expansion of tropical ants along roads in the Brazilian savanna
Interests Population ecology, ant ecology, road ecology, plant-herbivore interactions, tropical ecology and conservation


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 Invasive species and human dimensions of wildlife ecology
Interests Human dimensions of wildlife management, environmental policy


Student Name Walters, Theresa
Degree PhD
Email Address theresa.walters@ufl.edu
Advisor Mazzotti
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Student Name Welch, Zach
Degree PhD (SNRE)
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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 Williams, Natalie
Degree MS
Email Address natalie.williams@ufl.edu
Advisor Carthy
Research Marine Turtle Ecology
Interests Conservation biology, population ecology, and human dimensions


Student Name Zapata-Rios, Galo
Degree PhD
Email Address galo@ufl.edu
Advisor Branch
Research Responses of mammalian carnivores to human disturbance in the northern Ecuadorian Andes
Interests Ecology and conservation of neotropical mammals, wildlife management