RESEARCH

Finding space for the island marble butterfly: Modeling the habitat of a highly endangered endemic butterfly in the Salish Sea ecoregion

Species distribution models; habitat fragmentation and connectivity; home range and territory dynamics; predator-prey dynamics and landscapes of fear; spatially explicit agent-based models.

Movement ecology; habitat selection and use; animal spatial cognition; inter-species cooperation; ecosystem engineers; sensory ecology and light pollution; machine learning and behavioral simulation.

Wildlife conservation; human-carnivore coexistence; predator reintroduction and trophic rewilding; ecology of "nuisance species"; urban wildlife ecology.

Multiple linear regression, generalized linear modeling, univariate and multivariate hypothesis testing, ordination, clustering, machine learning methods, interactive app development.

Spatial analysis. Point pattern analysis, interpolation, and spatial regression models. Species distribution models, habitat modeling.

Experience safely navigating and doing research in mountainous and forested environments. Quadrat sampling and forest inventory measurement.