McCullough

An introduction to wildlife ecology and its relationship to management programs. Includes population, community, and ecosystem levels of organization, followed by selected case studies. Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week.

ESPM 281 - Seminar in Wildlife Biology and Management (2 credits, Fall semester)

Reports and discussion of recent studies in wildlife biology and management. Reading, conference, and discussion. Prerequisites: ESPM 114 (Wildlife Ecology) and ESPM 187 (Advanced Wildlife Management). Open to qualified graduate students from other departments. May be repeated for credit. Two hours of lecture/seminar per week.

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Research

My research group studies the population dynamics, behavior and ecology of large mammals, primarily in the field, with special emphasis on ungulates and medium-sized carnivores. We are interested in the basic ecology of how these animals function in the natural environment as well as the kinds of information that will contribute to their long-term survival in a changing world. We use approaches from conservation biology as well as traditional wildlife management, and incorporate modern technology such as radio telemetry, automatic activity recording systems, geographic positioning systems, automatic cameras, and GIS and other computer software. I have used experimental manipulations to study density-dependent population processes of deer in the field at the George Reserve, Michigan and at Hopland Research and Extension Center and Fort Hunter Liggett, California. I have had a long and continuing interest in the ecology, management, and conservation of the rare tule elk, a California endemic subspecies. My international research includes studies on kangaroos in the outback of Australia, and deer and bears in Asia, particularly the Reeves muntjac in Taiwan. I am interested in conservation genetics and I have current projects on retained diversity of tule elk and identification of original stock of Taiwan sika deer. I recently edited a book, Metapopulations and wildlife conservation (Island Press) and am currently finishing a book on kangaroos.

Master of Science degrees completed under my direction: 38 -- University of Michigan, 22; University of California, Berkeley,16

Ph.D. degrees completed under my direction: 17 -- University of Michigan, 10; University of California, Berkeley, 7

Grants and Contracts:

National Science Foundation, 6

National Park Service, 2

Bureau of Land Management, 3

California Department of Fish and Game, 4

McIntire-Stennis Program, 12

National Rifle Association, 4

Wildlife Management Institute, 1

Welder Wildlife Refuge, 2

World Wildlife Fund, 2

California State Parks, 1

Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 3

San Francisco SPCA, 2

Australian CSIRO, 1

Taiwan National Research Council, 1

Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources 1

Boone and Crockett Club 1

Numerous other stipends and grants-in-aid

International Research Experience:

Costa Rica Taiwan (Republic of China) Mexico Australia

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Publications

Key: A = Refereed journal article

B = Reviews and chapters in books

C = Non-refereed papers

D = Abstracts and notes

E = Books

F = Miscellaneous

A 1. McCullough, D. R. 1964. Relationship of weather to migratory movements of blacktailed deer. Ecology 45(2):249-256.

A 2. McCullough, D. R. 1965. Sex characteristics of black-tailed deer hooves. Journal of Wildlife Management 29(1):210-212.

A 3. McCullough, D. R. 1965. Elk deposit on the San Francisco Peninsula. Journal of Mammalogy 46(2):347-348.

A 4. McCullough, D. R. 1966. A preliminary report on a model for range and big game management. Transactions of the California-Nevada Section of the Wildlife Society 13:55-60.

A 5. McCullough, D. R, and Edward R. Schneegas. 1966. Winter observations on the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep. California Fish and Game 52(2):68-84.

A 6. McCullough, D. R. 1967. The probable affinities of a wolf captured near Woodlake, California. California Fish and Game 53(2):146-153.

A 7. Croon, G. W., D. R. McCullough, C. E. Olson, Jr., and L. M. Queal. 1968. Infrared scanning techniques for big game censusing. Journal of Wildlife Management 32(4):751-759.

A 8. McCullough, D. R. 1969. The tule elk: its history, behavior, and ecology. University of California Publication in Zoology, Vol. 88, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. 209 pp.

B 9. McCullough, D. R., C. E. Olson, Jr., and L. M. Queal. 1969. Large animal censusing by thermal mapping -- a progress report. Pages 138-147 in P. L. Johnson, editor. Remote sensing in ecology. University of Georgia Press, Athens.

B 10. McCullough, D. R. 1970. Secondary production in birds and mammals. Pages 107-130 in D. L. Reichle, editor. Ecological studies: analysis and synthesis, Vol. 1. Springer-Verlag, New York.

F 11. McCullough, D. R. 1970. Review of the world of the American elk, by Joe Van Wormer. Journal of Wildlife Management 34(3):664-665.

E 12. McCullough, D. R. 1971. The tule elk: its history, behavior, and ecology. Library Reprint Series, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. 209 pp. (Reprint in hard cover of reference 8.)

F 13. McCullough, D. R. 1974. Status of larger mammals in Taiwan. Taiwan Tourism Board, Taipei, Taiwan. 36 pp.

F 14. Cowan, I. McT., D. G. Chapman, R. S. Hoffmann, D. R. McCullough, G. A. Swanson, and R. B. Weeden. 1974. Report of the committee on the Yellowstone grizzlies. National Academy of Sciences. 61 pp.

A 15. McCullough, D. R. 1975. Modification of the Clover deer trap. California Fish and Game 61(4):242-244.

A 16. Feist, J. D., and D. R. McCullough. 1975. Reproduction in feral horses. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, Supplement 23:13-18.

F 17. McCullough, D. R. 1976. Review of Whitetail deer: a year's cycle, by Curtis S. Stadtfeld. Michigan Academician 9(4):487-488.

A 18. Feist, J. D., and D. R. McCullough. 1976. Behavior patterns and communication in feral horses. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychology 41:337-371.

A 19. Allen, R. E., and D. R. McCullough. 1976. Deer-car accidents in southern Michigan. Journal of Wildlife Management 40(2):317-325.

A 20. Hirth, D. H., and D. R. McCullough. 1977. Alarm signals in ungulates, with special references to white-tailed deer. American Naturalist 111:31-42.

B 21. McCullough, D. R. 1978. Case history of the tule elk. Pages 302-317 in Threatened Deer, International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

B 22. McCullough, D. R. 1978. Essential data required on population structure and dynamics in field studies of threatened herbivores. Pages 173-184 in Threatened Deer, International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

E 23. McCullough, D. R. 1979. The George Reserve deer herd: population ecology of a K-selected species. University of Michigan Press. 271 pp.

F 24. McCullough, D. R. 1979. Review of the African Buffalo, by A. R. E. Sinclair. Journal of Mammalogy 60:438-439.

B 25. McCullough, D. R. 1981. Population dynamics of the Yellowstone grizzly bear. Pages 173-196 in C. W. Fowler and T. Smith, editors. Dynamics of large mammal populations. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y., N.Y.

A 26. McCullough, D. R. 1982. Behavior, bears, and humans. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 10(1):27-33.

A 27. McCullough, D. R. 1982. White-tailed deer pellet group weights. Journal of Wildlife Management 46(3):829-832.

A 28. McCullough, D. R. 1982. Antler characteristics of George Reserve white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Management 46(3):821-826.

A 29. McCullough, D. R. 1982. Evaluation of night spotlighting as a deer study technique. Journal of Wildlife Management 46(4):963-973.

A 30. McCullough, D. R. 1982. Population growth rate of the George Reserve deer herd. Journal of Wildlife Management 46(4):1079-1083.

F 31. McCullough, D. R. 1982. Review of Elk of North America: Ecology and Management. J. W. Thomas and D. E. Toweill, editors. Journal Forestry 80(12):794.

A 32. McCullough, D. R., and W. J. Carmen. 1982. Management goals for deer hunter satisfaction. Wildlife Society Bulletin 10(1):49-52.

A 33. McCullough, D. R. 1983a. Rate of increase of white-tailed deer on the George Reserve: a response. Journal of Wildlife Management 47(4):1248-1250.

F 34. McCullough, D. R. 1983b. Review of Red deer: behavior and ecology of two sexes, by T. H. Clutton-Brock, F. E. Guinness, and S. D. Albon. Ecology 64:966.

F 35. McCullough, D. R. 1983c. In memoriam: A. Starker Leopold. California Monthly, Oct. 1983:32.

A 36. McCullough, D. R., and D. E. Ullrey. 1983. Proximate mineral and gross energy composition of white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Management 47:(2):430-441.

F 37. McCullough, D. R. 1984a. Review of Study and management of large mammals, by T. Riney. Journal of Wildlife Management 48(3):666-667.

B 38. McCullough, D. R. 1984b. Lessons from the George Reserve. Pages 307-339 in L. K. Halls, editor. White-tailed deer: ecology and management. Wildlife Management Institute, Washington, D. C., and Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, PA.

A 39. Hargis, C. D., and D. R. McCullough. 1984. Winter diet and habitat selection of marten in Yosemite National Park. Journal of Wildlife Management 48(1):140-146.

A 40. O'Bryan, M. K., and D. R. McCullough. 1985. Survival of black-tailed deer following relocation in California. Journal of Wildlife Management 49(1):115-119.

B 41. McCullough, D. R. 1985a. Long range movements of large mammals. Pages 444-465 in M. J. Rankin, editor. Migration: mechanisms and adaptive significance. Contributions in Marine Science, Univ. Texas.

A 42. McCullough, D. R. 1985b. Variables influencing food habits of George Reserve white-tailed deer. Journal of Mammalogy 66:682-692.

F 43. Dasmann, R. F., D. R. McCullough, W. W. Middlekauff, W. C. Russell, D. E. Teeguarden, and H. J. Vaux. 1985. In memoriam. A. Starker Leopold. University of California, Academic Senate.

A 44. McCullough, D. R., and D. E. Ullrey. 1985. Chemical composition and gross energy of deer forage plants on the George Reserve. Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station Research Report 465. 19 pp.

A 45. McCullough, D. R., and P. Beier. 1986. Upper vs. lower molars from cementum annuli age determination. Journal of Wildlife Management 50(4):705-706.

B 46. McCullough, D. R. 1987. North American deer ecology: fifty years later. Pages 115-122 in M. Schnepf, editor. Aldo Leopold: the man and his legacy. American Soil Conservation Society, Ankeny, Iowa.

A 47. McCullough, D. R., and D. J. Case. 1987. White-tailed deer forage on alewives. Journal of Mammalogy 68(1):195-197.

A 48. McCullough, D. R. 1987. Interpretations of the Craigheads' data on Yellowstone grizzly bear populations, and its relevance to current research and management. International Conference Bear Research and Management 6:21-32.

B 49. McCullough, D. R. 1987. The theory and management of Odocoileus populations. Pages 535-549 in C. Wemmer, editor. Biology and management of the cervidae. Research Symposia of the National Zoological Park. Smithsonian Institution Press.

A 50. Case, D. J., and D. R. McCullough. 1987. The white-tailed deer of North Manitou Island. Hilgardia 55(9):1-57.

F 51. McCullough, D. R. 1988. Resolution of respect: A. Starker Leopold, 1913-1983. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 69(1):21-23.

F 52. McCullough, D. R. 1988. Strategies of deer management. Pages 109-117 in I. Hatter and H. Langin, editors. Proceedings of the deer management workshop, Wildlife Branch, Ministry of Environment and Parks, Victoria, B.C., Canada.

F 53. McCullough, D. R. 1988. Kangaroos in the land of drought and plenty: review of Caughley, G., Shepherd, N., and Short, J., 1987, Kangaroos: their ecology and management in the sheep rangelands of Australia, Cambridge University Press. Ecology 69(4):1311-1312.

A 54. McCullough, D. R., and D. H. Hirth. 1988. Evaluation of the Petersen-Lincoln estimator for a white-tailed deer population. Journal of Wildlife Management 52(3):534-544.

A 55. Beier, P., and D. R. McCullough. 1988. Motion-sensitive radio collars for estimating white-tailed deer activity. Journal of Wildlife Management 51(1):11-13.

F 56. McCullough, D. R. 1989. Report on a review of management of bighorn sheep in Death Valley National Monument. Death Valley National Monument, California. 78 pp.

A 57. McCullough, D. R., D. H. Hirth, and S. J. Newhouse. 1989. Resource partitioning between sexes in white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Management 53(2):277-283.

A 58. Beier, P., and D. R. McCullough. 1990. Factors influencing white-tailed deer activity patterns and habitat use. Wildlife Monographs 109:1-51.

A 59. McCullough, D. R. 1990. Detecting density dependence: filtering the baby from the bathwater. Transactions of the North American Wildlife Conference 55:534-543.

A 60. McCullough, D. R., D. S. Pine, D. L. Whitmore, T. M. Mansfield, and R. H. Decker. 1990. Linked sex harvest strategy for big game management with a test case on black-tailed deer. Wildlife Monographs 112:1-41.

B 61. McCullough, D. R. 1990. Deer conservation and management in the U.S.A. Pages 150-154 in I. Ohtaishi, K. Kaji, and T. Mano, editors. Proceedings of the Deer and Bear Management Symposium, Hokkaido 1990, Wildlife Information Center, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. (translated into Japanese by H. Ono, pp. 55-59).

B 62. McCullough, D. R. 1990. Population dynamics and wildlife management. Pages 183-186 in I. Ohtaishi, K. Kaji, and T. Mano, editors. Proceedings of the Deer and Bear Management Symposium, Hokkaido 1990, Wildlife Information Center, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. (translated into Japanese by T. Yabe, pp. 107-111).

A 63. Beier, P., and D. R. McCullough. 1991. Influence of sex and weather on white-tailed deer activity patterns. (abstract) Applied Animal Behaviour Science 29:507-508.

B 64. McCullough, D. R. 1991. Management of wildlife population dynamics for exploitation and non-consumptive use. Pages 125-128 in Maruyama, et al., editors. Wildlife conservation: present trends and perspectives for the 21st century. Japan Wildlife Research Center, Tokyo, Japan.

B 65. McCullough, D. R. 1991. Refuges and zoning to control exploitation of hunted wildlife. Pages 9-21 in Y-S Lin, and K. H. Chang, editors. Proceedings of the first international symposium on wildlife conservation, Republic of China. Council on Agriculture, Taipei, Republic of China.

F 66. McCullough, D. R., F. W. Weckerly, P. I. Garcia, and R. Evett. 1991. Development of reliable herd composition counts and population estimates for deer in coastal California. Contract Report FG 9521, California Dept. of Fish and Game, Sacramento, California. 110 pp.

F 67. Wagner, F. H., J. Berger, D. R. McCullough, J. W. Menke, E. S. Murray, B. W. Pickett, U. S. Seal, and M. Sharpe. 1991. Wild horse populations: field studies in genetics and fertility. National Academy Press, Washington, D. C. 42 pp.

B 68. McCullough, D. R. 1992. Introduction. Pages 1-9 in D. R. McCullough and R. H. Barrett (eds.). Wildlife 2001: Populations. Elsevier Science Publishers, Ltd., London, England. 1163 pp.

B 69. McCullough, D. R. 1992. Concepts of large herbivore population dynamics. Pages 967-984 in D. R. McCullough and R. H. Barrett, editors. Wildlife 2001: Populations. Elsevier Science Publishers, Ltd., London, England. 1163 pp.

E 70. McCullough, D. R., and R. H. Barrett, editors. 1992. Wildlife 2001: Populations. Elsevier Science Publishers, Ltd., London, England. 1163 pp.

F 71. Gallagher, J. F., and D. R. McCullough. 1992. Deer response to the 1987 wild fires and subsequent timber harvest practices, Klamath National Forest. Report to California Dept. of Fish and Game, Contract No. FG-8610. 51 pp.

A 72. McCullough, D. R. 1993. Variation in black-tailed deer herd composition counts. Journal of Wildlife Management 57(4):890-897.

F 73. McCullough, D. R., R. A. Garrott, J. F. Kirkpatrick, E. D. Plotka, K. D. Ralls, and E. T. Thorne. 1993. Report of the scientific panel on control of tule elk on Point Reyes National Seashore. Point Reyes National Seashore, California. 42 pp.

F 74. Wagner, F. H., R. Foresta, R. B. Gill, D. R. McCullough, M. R. Pelton, W. F. Porter, and H. Salwasser. 1993. Wildlife policies in the U.S. National Parks. Report to the Wildlife Society Council, The Wildlife Society, Washington, D. C. 193 pp.

B 75. McCullough, D. R. 1993. History and management of elk in North America. Pages 331-341 in Deer of China, N. Ohtaishi and H. Helin, editors. Elsevier, London. (Translated into Japanese and reprinted with English abstract), Pages 3-8, 61 in Proceedings of the International symposium on deer, Hokkaido, Japan, 1992.

A 76. McCullough, D. R. 1994. What do herd composition counts tell us? Wildlife Society Bulletin 22:295-300.

A 77. McCullough, D. R., F. W. Weckerly, P. I. Garcia, and R. Evett. 1994. Sources of inaccuracy in black-tailed deer herd composition counts. Journal of Wildlife Management 58:(2):320-330.

A 78. Massey, B. N., F. W. Weckerly, C. E. Vaughn, and D. R. McCullough. 1994. Correlations between fecal nitrogen and diet composition in free-ranging black-tailed deer. Southwestern Naturalist 39(2):165-170.

D 79. McCullough, D.R., J. Fischer, and J. Ballou. 1994. A recovered metapopulation: the tule elk. (abstract) First Annual Conference of the Wildlife Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

D 80. Gogan, P. G. P. and D. R. McCullough. 1994. History of the tule elk at Point Reyes National Seashore. (abstract) First Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

A 81. McCullough, D. R. 1994. Importance of population data in forest management planning. The Forest Chronicle 70(5):633-537.

F 82. McCullough, D. R. 1994. Tongass National Forest land management plan: scientific review. Pages 109-122 in A. R. Kiester and C. Eckhardt, Review of wildlife management and conservation biology on the Tongass National Forest: A synthesis with recommendations. Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, Oregon.

B 83. Mayer, K. E., J. E. DiDonato, and D. R. McCullough. 1995. California urban deer management: two case studies. Pages 51-57 in Urban deer: a manageable resource? J. B. McAninch and L. P. Hanson, editors. Proceedings of the 1993 Symposium of the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society.

F 84. Wagner, F. H., R. Foresta, R. B. Gill, D. R. McCullough, M. R. Pelton, W. F. Porter, and H. Salwasser. 1995. Wildlife policies in the U.S. National Parks. Island Press, Covelo, CA. 242 pp.

D 85. King, G. M., D. R. McCullough, E. E. Hanson, and G. A. Sargeant. 1995. Habitat characteristics of northern spotted owls in the managed forests of the Yakima Indian Reservation, eastern Washington. (abstract) Second Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Portland, Oregon.

D 86. Neale, J. C. C., B. N. Sacks, M. M. Jaeger, and D. R. McCullough. 1995. Comparative use of space and habitat by sympatric predators in Mendocino County, California. (abstract) Second Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Portland, Oregon.

D 87. Sacks, B. N., J. C. C. Neale, M. Jaeger, and D. McCullough. 1995. Fine- and coarse-scale space use patterns by coyotes in Mendocino County, California, with an "i" towards "y." (abstract) Second Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Portland, Oregon.

A 88. McCullough, D. R. 1996. Spatially structured populations and harvest theory. Journal of Wildlife Management 60:1-9.

E 89. McCullough, D. R. (editor) 1996. Metapopulations and wildlife conservation. Island Press, Covelo, California. 432 pp.

B 90. McCullough, D. R. 1996. Introduction. Pages 1-10 in Metapopulations and wildlife conservation, D. R. McCullough, editor. Island Press, Covelo, California.

A 91. McCullough, D. R. 1996. Failure of the tooth cementum aging technique with reduced population density of deer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 24(4):722-724.

B 92. McCullough, D. R., J. K. Fischer, and J. D. Ballou. 1996. From bottleneck to metapopulation: recovery of the tule elk in California. Pages 375-403 in Metapopulations and wildlife conservation, D. R. McCullough, editor. Island Press, Covelo, California.

B 93. McCullough, D. R. 1996. Demography and management of wild populations by reproductive intervention. Pages 119-132 In Contraception in Wildlife, Book 1. Proceedings of a symposium held November 1987, Philadelphia, PA. P. N. Cohn, E. D. Plotka, and U.S. Seal, editors. Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY.

F 94. Liu, L., and D. R. McCullough. 1996. A comprehensive review of the sika deer restoration program in Taiwan. Report to Yangmingshan National Park, Taipei, Taiwan, R. O. C. (Chinese and English) 128 pp.

D 95. Neale, J. C. C., B. N. Sacks, M. M. Jaeger, and D. R. McCullough. 1996. Resource use by sympatric bobcats and coyotes in northern California. (abstract) Third Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Cincinnati, Ohio.

D 96. Sacks, B. N., J. C. C. Neale, M. M. Jaeger, and D. R. McCullough. 1996. Ecology of coyotes in a sheep ranching environment. (abstract) Third Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Cincinnati, Ohio.

D 97. McCullough, D. R. 1997. Density dependence, productivity, and the window of opportunity for linked-sex harvest strategy. (abstract) Western States and Provinces Deer and Elk Workshop, Rio Rico, Arizona.

D 98 McCullough, D. R. 1997. Drive counts of tule elk at Point Reyes National Seashore, California. (abstract) Western States and Provinces Deer and Elk Workshop, Rio Rico, Arizona.

B 99. McCullough, D. R. 1997. Irruptive behavior in ungulates. Pages 69-98 in Ecology of deer populations. W. J. McShea, H. B. Underwood, and J. H. Rappole, editors. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C

A 100. McCullough, D. R., K. W. Jennings, N. B. Gates, B. G. Elliott, and J. E. DiDonato. 1997. Overabundant deer populations in California. Wildlife Society Bulletin 25: in press.

D 101. Blejwas, K., M. M. Jaeger, and D. R. McCullough. 1997. Turnover, territories and sheep depredations in an exploited coyote population. (abstract) Annual Meeting of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society , San Diego, California.

D 102. Neale, J. C. C., B. N. Sacks, M. M. Jaeger, and D. R. McCullough. 1997. Overlap and partitioning of space and resources by bobcats and coyotes in Northern California. (abstract) Annual Meeting of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society, San Diego, California.

D 103. Sacks, B. N., J. C. C. Neale, M. M. Jaeger, and D. R. McCullough. 1997. Ecology of coyotes in relation to depredation and control on a California sheep ranch. (abstract) Annual Meeting of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society, San Diego, California.

B 104. McCullough, D. R. In press. Mule Deer. In The complete book of North American mammals, D. E. Wilson, editor. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C.

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Awards

1971 - Choice Magazine (American Library Association) "Outstanding academic book" for The Tule Elk.

1981 - Wildlife Society, "Outstanding Book of the Year" for The George Reserve Deer Herd.

1981 - Named "Distinguished Alumnus", South Dakota State University.

1981 - Appointed Research Conservationist, Museum Vertebrate Zoology, U.C. Berkeley.

1984 - Invited to give the Charles Hanson Memorial Lecture, Arizona State University.

1984 - Invited to give the Frederick Barkalow Memorial Lecture, North Carolina State University.

1985 - Appointed The A. Starker Leopold Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Biology, U.C. Berkeley.

1986 - Invited to give the Paul L. Errington Memorial Lecture, Aldo Leopold Centennial Celebration, Iowa State University.

1991 - Reappointed to A. Starker Leopold endowed chair.

1993 - Invited to give plenary lecture, International Union of Game Biologists Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

1994 - Wildlife Society, "Outstanding Book Award, Editorship" (with R. H. Barrett) for Wildlife 2001: Populations.

1994 - Named distinguished alumnus, Oregon State University.

1996 - Reappointed to A. Starker Leopold endowed chair.

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Services

Consulting:

City of Los Angeles, Dept. Water and Power

Bureau of Land Management

National Park Service

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Bureau of Reclamation

Smithsonian Institution

Department of the Army, Fort Hunter Liggett, Fort Ord

Department of the Interior, Interagency Grizzly Bear Research Team

Dye Creek Ranch

Laguna Ranch

Jasper Ridge Reserve, Stanford University

California Dept. Parks and Recreation

California Dept. Fish and Game

San Francisco SPCA

Conway Ranch

Hokkaido, Japan Government

Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R. O. C.

Local, National, and International Committees and Activities:

Member, Wildlife Society, National Meetings Committee; Role of the Society Committee

Member, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Review

Committee Member, International Biological Program, Terrestrial Production Program,

Several Eastern Deciduous Biome Planning Committees

Sabbatical Leave, data analysis of George Reserve deer herd, done at the University of California with NSF funding (1972-73)

Member, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, Taskforce on Wildlife and Fisheries Issues (1981)

Member, two NSF Grant Review Panels, Physiological and Population Ecology and Psychobiology

Reviewer, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Committee Report on Wild Horses and Burros

Reviewer, Ecology, American Naturalist, Journal of Wildlife Management, Wildlife Monographs, Wildlife Society Bulletin, Journal of Mammalogy, Nature, many others

Member, Editorial Board, Addison/Wesley Biological Conservation Series

Member, Workshop on the Status of the porpoise populations impacted by tuna fishing, National Marine Fisheries Service (1980)

Member, Workshop on the Status of fur seal population, National Marine Fisheries Service (1983)

Member, Modeling Committee for the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear, U.S. Department of the Interior (1980-82)

Member, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Survival Service Commission, Threatened Deer Committee (1975-present)

Appointed Research Conservationist, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UCB (1981-present)

Instructor, two Wildlife Society Short Courses for upgrading professionals

Instructor, Deer Management Short Courses or special presentations, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, California Department of Fish and Game, Nevada Fish and Game, Colorado Division of Wildlife, British Columbia Division of Wildlife, Western States Deer Group Workshop, Great Lakes Deer Group Workshop

Sabbatical Leave, 16 months in Australia to conduct a field study of three species of kangaroos of the outback in New South Wales with sponsorship of CSIRO (1985-86)

Member, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Committee on Wild Horses and Burros (1988-90)

Member, Wildlife Society Committee on Management of Wildlife in National Parks

Member, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory workshop on dynamics of deer populations

Editorial board member, Deer of China

Member, study group, Hokkaido, Japan, management of deer and conservation of brown bears in Hokkaido (1990)

Member, deer specialist group, Hokkaido, Japan, deer management for damage control

Consultant, Japanese Transportation Department, Hokkaido, Japan, sika deer accident prevention on Japanese highways (1992)

Consultant, Death Valley National Monument, bighorn sheep management

Sabbatical leave, 12 months in Taiwan to study the Reeve's muntjac (1992-93)

Chair, Scientific Panel to review control of tule elk at Point Reyes National Seashore

Participant, Workshop on contraception to control deer populations, sponsored by Philadelphia Zoo

Member, Review Team, Wildlife Habitat Management, Tongass National Forest, 1993-94

Editorial Board, Zoological Studies, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Consultant, Yangmingshan National Park, Taipei, Taiwan, sika deer recovery plan

Principal Investigator, National Academy of Sciences, Bison, elk, and brucellosis in Yellowstone National Park

Chair, Workshop on management of tule elk at Point Reyes National Seashore

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Major Projects

My current research includes long-term studies at Hopland Research and Extension Center in Mendocino County, California, of population estimation, dynamics, and ecology of black-tailed deer, acorn production, and with Dr. Michael Jaeger (National Wildlife Research Center) and graduate students, studies on the ecology of predation by coyotes and bobcats on domestic sheep. A radiotelemetry study of Reeve's muntjac in dense forests of Taiwan is being completed. Studies of the ecology of black-tailed deer living in high-density housing areas in the urban environment in the East Bay, ecology of giant pandas in Foping Reserve in the Quinling Mountains of mainland China, retained genetic diversity in the tule elk, and identification of the original stock of the Taiwan subspecies of sika deer for a recovery program are projects underway.

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Research Team

Staff:

Margaret Jaeger -- Administrative Assistant

Mike Jaeger -- USDA Cooperative Researcher

Tom Kucera -- Research Associate

Marjorie Matocq -- DNA Technician

Graduate students:

Paola Bernazzani -- PhD: To be decided

Karen Blejwas -- PhD: Coyotes at Hopland REC

Matt Durnin -- PhD: Giant panda in China

Letitia Grenier -- PhD: To be decided

Kathleen Jennings -- PhD: Urban deer

Annie Pava -- MS: Fire and black-tailed and fallow deer at Point Reyes

Jules Reinhart -- PhD: Starting Fall, 1997

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