Kenneth R. Wilson
Education.
Research Interests.
My students and I have an interest in wildlife management, conservation biology
and ecology specifically related to 1) impacts of human activities on wildlife,
2) population ecology especially of small mammals, and 3) understanding patterns
of species richness and our ability to predict species distributions across the
landscape. To that end we have an interest in using state-of-the-art computer
software in our work, including GIS and spatial modeling, with the ultimate goal
of improving the management and conservation of wild species.
Teaching.
I currently teach FW696 (Graduate Student Orientation). Past courses include: FW100 Wildlife Fundamentals, FWCC192 Wildlife Inquiries, FW370
Design of Wildlife Projects, FW471
Wildlife Data Collection, FW551
Design of Fish & Wildlife Studies, and NR120 Environmental Conservation.
Completed Graduate Student Research.
- Shaunda Kennedy Wenger. M.S. Thesis: Evaluation of an impacted riparian
wetland's soil seed bank for use in restoration, Rocky Mountain National Park,
Colorado. Summer 1996.
- Miles Falck. M.S. Thesis: Comparison
of small mammal population dynamics in riparian communities of unregulated
and regulated rivers. Fall 1996.
- Richard Harness. M.S. Thesis: Raptor
electrocutions caused by rural electric distribution powerlines. Fall 1997.
- Timothy Keldsen. M.S. Thesis: Potential impacts of climate change on California
clapper rail habitat of south San Francisco bay. Fall 1997.
- Michael Miller. M.S. Thesis: Ecology of deer mice (peromyscus maniculatus)
and Ord's kangaroo rat (dipodomys ordii) in riparian zones of regulated
versus unregulated rivers in northwestern Colorado. Summer 1998.
- Cynthia McDonald. M.S. Thesis, Using an object-oriented fuzzy knowledge-based
system to determine minimum viable population. Summer 1999.
- Stewart Breck. Ph.D. Dissertation. The effects of flow regulation on the
population biology and ecology of beavers in northwestern Colorado. Spring
2001.
- Gillian Hadley. M.S. Thesis. Effects of ski-run development on small mammal
populations at Vail Ski Area, Colorado. Spring 2002.
- Anthony Holland. M.S. Thesis. Evaluating boreal toad (Bufo boreas)
breeding habitat suitability. Fall 2002.
- Gordon Reese. M.S. Thesis. Factors affecting the accuracy of predicted
species distributions: a simulation experiment. Spring 2003.
- Jeff Root. Ph.D. Dissertation. Ecological relationships of the transmission
and maintenance of Sin Nombre Virus (hantavirus) in the deer mouse. Summer
2003.
- Anne Trainor. M.S. Thesis. (co-advised with Dr. Tanya Shenk) Influence of
resource supplementation on movements of Preble's meadow jumping mouse (Zapus
hudsonius preblei) and habitat use characteristics. Summer 2004.
- Barbara Karl. M.S. Population genetic analysis of deer mouse (Peromyscus
maniculatus) populations on the anaconda smelter site. Spring 2005.
- Dan Neubam. M.S. Selection of urban maternity roosts and mountain hibernacula
by big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) along a plains-mountain interface.
Spring 2005.
- Keith van Etten. M.S. Habitat selection by red fox in Yellowstone National
Park and mechanisms of coexistence with coyotes. Summer 2006.
- Sharon
Baruch-Mordo . M.S.
Spatial patterns of black bear-human conflicts in Colorado. (Co-advised
with Dr. Stewart
Breck). Summer 2007.
- Brooke Roeper (Co-advised with Dr. Charlie Calisher). M.S. History and ecology
of Sin Nombre virus: A new world hantavirus in the United States. Fall 2007.
- Elise (Apple) Snider. M.S. Post-Fire Insect Communities And Roost Selection
By Western Long-Eared Myotis (Myotis evotis) In Mesa Verde National
Park, Colorado. Summer 2009
Current Graduate Student Research.
Other Research Projects.
Graduate School Information.
As Department Head, I take on fewer graduate students and don't anticipate
accepting additional graduate students in the coming academic year.
CSU Graduate School
- Baruch-Mordo, S., S. W. Breck, K. R. Wilson, and J. Broderick. 2009. A
tool box half full: how social science can help solve human-wildlife conflict.
Human Dimensions of Wildlife 14:219–223.
- Flather, C.H., K. R. Wilson, and S. A. Shriner. 2009. Geographic approaches
to biodiversity conservation: implications of scale and error to landscape
planning. Pages 85-121 In Models for planning wildlife conservation in large
landscapes. J. J. Millspaugh and F. R. Thompson, III, editors. Elsevier.
- Baruch-Mordo, S., S. W. Breck, K. R. Wilson, and D. M. Theobald. 2008. Spatiotemporal
distribution of black bear-human conflicts in Colorado. Journal of Wildlife
Management 72:1853-1862.
- Van Etten, K. W., K. R. Wilson, and R.
L. Crabtree. 2007. Habitat use of red foxes in Yellowstone National Park
based on snow tracking and telemetry. Journal of Mammalogy 88:1498–1507.
- Trainor, A. M.,
K. R. Wilson, and T. S. Shenk. 2007. Spatial distribution of Preble’s
meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) in response to resource supplementation.
American Midland Naturalist 158:338-353.
- Neubaum, D. J., K. R. Wilson, and T.
J. O’Shea. 2007. Urban maternity roost selection by big brown bats in
North-central Colorado. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:728-736.
- Trainor, A. M.,
T. S. Shenk, and K. R. Wilson. 2007. Characteristics of Preble’s meadow
jumping mouse micro-habitat use in Colorado. Journal of Wildlife Management
71:469-477.
- Shriner, S. A., K. R. Wilson, and C.
H. Flather. 2006. Reserve networks based on richness hotspots and representation
vary with scale. Ecological Applications 16:1660-1673.
- Holland, A. A., K. R. Wilson, and M. S. Jones. 2006. Characteristics of
preble’s meadow jumping mouse micro-habitat use in Colorado. Herpetological
Review 37:157-159 .
- Neubaum, D. J., T.
J. O’Shea, and K. R. Wilson. 2006. Autumn migration and selection of rock
crevices as hibernacula by big brown bats in Colorado. Journal of Mammalogy
87:470–479.
- Bender, D. J.,
C. H. Flather, K. R. Wilson, and G. C. Reese. 2005. Regional data to support
biodiversity assessments: terrestrial vertebrate and butterfly data from the
Southwest. General
Technical Report RMRS-GTR-152. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 43 p. + DVD.
- Root, J. J., K. R. Wilson, C. H. Calisher, K. D. Wagoner, K. D. Abbott,
T. L. Yates, A. J. Kuenzi, M. L. Morrison, J. N. Mills, and B. J. Beaty. 2005.
Spatial clustering of murid rodents infected with hantaviruses: implications
from meta-analyses. Ecological Applications 15: 565–574.
- Reese, G. C., K. R. Wilson, J. A. Hoeting, and C.
H. Flather. 2005. Factors affecting species distribution predictions:
a simulation modeling experiment. Ecological Applications 15: 554–564.
- Root, J. J., W. C. Black, IV, C. H. Calisher, K. R. Wilson, and B. J. Beaty.
2004. Genetic relatedness of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) infected
with sin nombre virus. Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases 4:149-157.
- Hadley, G. L., and K. R. Wilson. 2004. Patterns of density and survival
in small mammals in ski runs and adjacent forest patches. Journal of Wildlife
Management 68:289-299.
- Hadley, G. L., and K. R. Wilson. 2004. Patterns of small mammal density
and survival following ski-run development. Journal of Mammalogy 85:97-104.
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Last Modified: August 2009