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Shasta Corvus has joined our lab to contribute to our bird monitoring initiative across Illinois - welcome, Shasta!

Our lab is recruiting for a M.S. student to apply cutting edge quantitative techniques to study swamp rabbit distrubiton across Missouri. To see more details on the position and how to apply, click here.

Drs. Clay Nielsen, Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau, and Brent Pease at Southern Illinois University seek 3 Ph.D.-level Graduate Research Assistants (GRA) to study carnivore ecology in Illinois. Please see the complete posting here and reach out with any questions!

Our lab is recruiting an MS student to assess the movement patterns of mesopredators in association with supplemental human foods and invasive predators in an island ecosystem. Field work based in Key Largo, Florida and academic home at Southern Illinois University.

New research published in Citizen Science: Theory and Practice on the spatial biases and sample size of a statewide citizen science project. This is work related to our camera trapping project in North Carolina, USA - North Carolina Candid Critters.

Our lab is recruiting an MS or PhD student to estimate distribution and abundance of avian species of conservation concern in southern Illinois. Using point counts and acoustic recorders, the student will work to understand drivers of decline in aerial insectivores across the region.

New research published in Biological Conservation on the consideration of accounting for dietary traits in multispecies hierarchical models. Check it out here

New research published in Human Dimensions of Wildlife on the economic impact of gamelands (i.e., public hunting lands) on nearby housing prices is out now! Available here

Please consider joining the SIU Forestry Program in the first annual Saluki BioBlitz!

I am pleased to announce that Elaine Metz will be joining the lab starting Fall 2021 to work on nightjar recovery in southern Illinois. Welcome, Elaine!