The 2nd International Wildlife Reintroduction Conference will be held this November at the Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago. Sarah is a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for the meeting, and will deliver a plenary talk. She’ll also be co-leading a training course before the meeting. You can learn about all of this at reintro.org.
Interested in reintroduction biology? Listen here to a podcast Sarah and colleagues recorded while visiting the Zoological Society of London in November 2017.
https://soundcloud.com/zsl-1826/reintroductions-for-saving-species-meet-the-wildlife-movers
Sarah will be a featured speaker at a public event at the Zoological Society of London on November 28, Reintroductions for saving species – meet the wildlife movers. Four different speakers from around the world will discuss the future of reintroduction for conserving threatened species and meeting ecological management objectives. The event is free and open to the public. Read more here.
Our new paper is out in Animal Behaviour. The paper was led by Claire Teitelbaum, now of University of Georgia, and with Thomas Mueller from Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre and the Goethe University, Germany. We discovered that Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) form breeding pairs up to years before they begin breeding, which suggests that there are significant benefits to being a member of a pair beyond breeding outcomes themselves. Its completely fascinating getting to understand the social lives of these endangered birds. Read more here.
Recruiting a PhD student to begin autumn 2018, with a focus on quantitative population ecology of seabirds. Great opportunity! Read More Here!
The 50th Anniversary Symposium for WACFWRU will be October 24, 2017 at University of Washington Center for Urban Horticulture. Find out more here.
In our new paper, led by Matt Clement, we develop a new model that can substantially improve abundance estimates produced by double observer distance sampling surveys, by accounting for imperfect detection of individuals within groups. The model is applicable to a wide range of species, including lekking birds, ungulates, and others. Check it out here.
A new paper is out, led by Brian Gerber, which considers how to manage species threatened by emerging infectious disease. We were able to identify management strategies that reduced extinction risk by more than half for an amphibian threatened by chytridiomycosis. How did we do it? We used population models that combined empirical information and expert judgment, constructed within a decision-analytic process. Read all about it here. Congratulations Brian on the great work!
Lab Member Jonathan Cummings first-authored a report on population viability of lesser prairie chickens released this week by USGS. Congratulations Jonathan!
Nathan Hostetter presented at ESA this week on polar bear work. Congrats Nathan for the invited talk in the Integrated Modeling session!