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Michigan State University

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Field Technician Steven Gurney placing a trail camera as part of a study looking at impacts of harvest regulations on deer population characteristics in areas where CWD has been detected. MSU’s Wildlife Program Michigan State University (MSU) is the nation’s pioneer land-grant university. With...
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Michigan State University - Masters - Graduated 2021 | Monitoring brown bear abundance at Katmai National Park in Southwest Alaska
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Michigan State University – Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Completed 2020 - An Agent-Based Approach for Surveillance and Management of Chronic Wasting Disease
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Michigan State University – Ph.D. Student in Fisheries and Wildlife - Projected to Graduate in 2022 - Factors Influencing the Movement and Space Use of White-Tailed Deer in Michigan and Implications for the Management of Emergent Chronic Wasting Disease
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Michigan State University – Ph.D. Student in Fisheries and Wildlife - Projected to Graduate in 2022 - Evaluating Management Strategies for Chronic Wasting Disease in Michigan White-tailed Deer
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Michigan State University – Ph.D. Student in Fisheries and Wildlife – Projected to Graduate in 2022 – Potential Wolf Expansion into the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan - Impacts on Cervid Ecology and Local Economies
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Michigan State University- BS in Fisheries and Wildlife - Projected to Graduate 2022 | Group Size, Bioaccumulation, and Baiting: Quantifying Factors Affecting Disease Transmission Among Deer
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Michigan State University - M.S. Student in Fisheries and Wildlife - Projected to Graduate in 2023 | Group Size, Bioaccumulation, and Baiting: Quantifying Factors Affecting Disease Transmission Among Deer
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Michigan State University - PhD - Graduated 2017 | Conserving avian biodiversity on managed forest landscapes: the importance of pattern and scale
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Michigan State University - PhD - Graduated 2014 | Landscape-level effects of weather and land cover on wild turkey abundance, productivity, and regional harvest potential
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GLOBAL TEMPERATURE INCREASE RESULTING FROM CLIMATE CHANGE HAS A POTENTIAL TO AFFECT NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS IN PROFOUND WAYS. BIRD COMMUNITIES ARE A GOOD INDICATOR OF THE IMPACTS Global temperature increase resulting from climate change has a potential to affect natural ecosystems in profound ways. Bird...
Bryan Stevens Michigan State University, Ph.D. 2016 Dr. Bryan Stevens completed his doctoral degree under the mentorship of Dr. Bill Porter, where he developed population assessment and decision support tools to inform wild turkey harvest management in Michigan. While completing his doctoral degree...
David M. Williams Michigan State University David Williams' research interests focus on understanding how landscape heterogeneity influences animal movements and habitat use and applying that knowledge in the context of larger ecological processes and management decisions. His dissertation...

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