The Summer of 2017!
Lots of news to report this summer!
- John was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure & chosen as a McKnight Presidential fellow!
- Althea ArchMiller moved into a tenure track position at Concordia College in Moorhead MN!
- Juliana Vélez joined the Fieberg lab as a new PhD student in Conservation Sciences. Juliana is a Fulbright scholar and an Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change Scholar. Welcome Juliana!
- Jake Ferguson joined the Fieberg lab as a postdoc. He will be working to develop recommendations for monitoring zebra mussels in newly infected lakes. Welcome Jake!
- John helped co-teach workshops related to animal tracking/movement in North Carolina and Faido, Switzerland.
- John gave a talk at the Euring meeting in Barcelona, Spain titled, "How, Why, and How Much: Understanding space-use patterns by linking animal movement, habitat selection, and home range"
- John and Althea co-taught a workshop titled, Developing a Workflow to Maximize Reproducibility and Research Impact: Managing Data, Computer Code, and Projects for Success. They will also be providing this workshop at this year's Wildlife Society meeting in Aluquerque.
- Lots of new papers accepted - see the publications tab!
Estimating utilization distributions from fitted step-selection functions
New paper in Ecopshere: Ever wonder how to estimate a utilization distribution (UD) from a fitted step-selection function? Simulation!
From Gopher to Cobber: Althea lands a dream job!
I'm honored and excited to begin this new chapter in my life. I am impressed with everyone that I have met at Concordia, and I look forward to meeting my new students in the fall. I will also miss the Fieberg Lab! I have learned a lot by working with such great people, and I feel well-prepared for the tasks ahead. Thanks! - Althea ArchMiller
New Publications Coming Out of the Lab!
Iannarilli F., Melcore I., Sozio G., Roviani D., & Mortelliti A. 2017. Long-term colonization and extinction patterns of a forest-dependent rodent (Muscardinus avellanarius) in highly fragmented landscapes. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, online-first. http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/article/view/11886/pdf
Berg, S., J. Erb, J. Fieberg, J. Forester. In Press. Comparing the Utility of Varying Amounts of Radio-Telemetry Data for Improving Statistical Population Reconstruction of American Marten in Northern Minnesota. Journal of Wildlife Management.
