Spatial Ecology and Conservation Science Lab
From patterns to processes across time and space
People
Education
Ph.D. Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, 2018
M.S. Environmental Science, Brigham Young University, 2014
Cal Poly Humboldt Courses
WLDF 301 - Principles of Wildlife Management
WLDF 460 - Conservation Biology
WLDF 468 - Spatial Ecology
WLDF 510 - Landscape Genetics
WLDF 585 - Seminar in Wildlife Management
WLDF 690 - Thesis
WLDF 695 - Advanced Field Problems
Current Members
Graduate Students
Rebeca Becdach
M.S. Candidate
Thesis: Wildlife habitat in tropical mountain cloud forests in Panama​
Cameron Piper
M.S. Candidate
Thesis: Proximate drivers for the partial fall migration and seasonal home range of a woodpecker
Alex Lewis
M.S. Student
Thesis: Silver-Haired bats in a recently burned over landscape in the Lassen national forest.
Amida Verhey
M.S. Student
Thesis: Forest Health and Sustainable Forest Products​
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Deirdre Replinger
M.S. Student
Thesis: Postfire density of Pacific martens (Martes caurina sierrae) in Lassen National Forest
Quinlan House
M.S. Student
Thesis: Habitat and connectivity relationships between barred owls and spotted owls
Undergraduate Students
Nate Simpson
B.S. Student
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Daniel Meng
B.S. Student
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Former Members
Logan Hysen, M.S.
Thesis: Using multiscale ensemble habitat models to identify wildfire risk to habitat for an iconic forest species
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Danial Nayeri, M.S.
Thesis: Comparing Mexican spotted owl habitat suitability in two different habitat types using a multi-scale ensemble learning framework
Ashley Harper, M.S.
Thesis: Identifying habitat suitability and connectivity for Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) on the North Coast of California
Brittany Welch, M.S.
Thesis: Post-fire vegetation and pyrodiversity influence breeding abundances of Lewis's woodpeckers in the eastern Cascades, Oregon
Chris Collier, M.S.
Thesis: Fire severity mediates marten and fisher occurrence: Impacts of the Dixie Fire on a carnivore community​
Kellie Crouch, B.S.
Project: Gender Equity and Inclusion in Wildlife Sciences
Jose-Juan Rodriguez, B.S.
Project: Condors And Redwoods Ecological Research (CARER)
Katherine Larson, B.S.
Project: Correcting for Observer Bias in Habitat Suitability Modeling