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Mark R. Herse, PhD

I am an ecologist and Lecturer at Kasetsart University International College in Bangkok, Thailand. My research interests lie at the intersection of wildlife ecology, community-based conservation, and environmental politics. My current research focuses on population ecology and conservation of critically endangered freshwater turtles in northern Thailand. I established this project as a part of my postdoc at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, while living in Chiang Mai. My postdoc research also examined implications of the Convention on Biological Diversity's post-2020 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (COP15) for local livelihoods and community forestry in Thailand. Previously, my PhD at University of Canterbury, New Zealand, was a part of a multi-disciplinary cross-cultural project to assist Indigenous Ngāi Tahu in re-instituting customary management of culturally important waterfowl and wetlands.

Email: markr.herse [at] gmail.com

Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy, Ecology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (2022)
Thesis title: "Population ecology and harvest responses of kakī anau (black swan, Cygnus atratus) in Aotearoa New Zealand: a study to support customary management by Ngāi Tahu"
Master of Science, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States (2017)
Thesis title: "Landscape ecology of two species of declining grassland sparrows"
Bachelor of Science, Fish and Wildlife Ecology and Management, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States (2010)

Positions

Lecturer, Kasetsart University International College, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand (2025-)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Conservation Ecology Group, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand (2022-2024)
Research Associate, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand (2022-2023)

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Herse MR, Tantipisanuh N, Chutipong W, Gale GA (2024) Expanding protected areas globally post-2020: a critical perspective from Thailand, with implications for community forestry. Critical Asian Studies 56 (3): 371-402
Herse MR, Lyver POB, Gormley AM, Scott NJ, McIntosh AR, Fletcher D, Tylianakis JM (2022) A demographic model to support customary management of a culturally important waterfowl species. Ecology and Society 27 (3): 14 (open access)
Tylianakis JM, Herse MR, Malinen SK, Lyver POB (2021) Pandemic prevention should not victimize Indigenous peoples and local communities. Conservation Letters 14 (5): e12813 (open access)
Herse MR, Tylianakis JM, Scott NJ, Brown D, Cranwell I, Henry J, Pauling C, McIntosh AR, Gormley AM, Lyver POB (2021) Effects of customary egg harvest regimes on hatching success of a culturally important waterfowl species. People and Nature 3 (2): 499-512 (open access)
Herse MR, With KA, Boyle WA (2020) Grassland fragmentation affects declining tallgrass prairie birds most where large amounts of grassland remain. Landscape Ecology 35 (Special Issue 12): 2791-2804
Herse MR, Lyver PO'B, Scott NJ, McIntosh AR, Coats SC, Gormley AM, Tylianakis JM (2020) Engaging Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Environmental Management Could Alleviate Scale Mismatches in Social-Ecological Systems. BioScience 70 (8): 699-707
Lyver PO'B, Ruru J, Scott NJ, Tylianakis JM, Arnold J, Malinen SK, Bataille CY, Herse MR, Jones CJ, Gormley AM, Peltzer DA, Taura Y, Timoti P, Stone C, Wilcox M, Moller HM (2019) Building biocultural approaches into Aotearoa-New Zealand's conservation future. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 49 (3): 394-411 (open access)
Herse MR, With KA, Boyle WA (2018) The importance of core habitat for a threatened species in changing landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology 55 (5): 2241-2252
Herse MR, Estey ME, Moore PJ, Sandercock BK, Boyle WA (2017) Landscape context drives breeding habitat selection by an enigmatic grassland songbird. Landscape Ecology 32 (12): 2351-2364
Herse MR (2016) Diet and behavior of extralimital Western Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia hypugea) in tallgrass prairie. Southwestern Naturalist 61 (4): 341-348
Winder VL, Herse MR, Hunt LM, Gregory AJ, McNew LB, Sandercock BK (2016) Patterns of nest attendance by female Greater Prairie-Chickens in northcentral Kansas. Journal of Ornithology 157 (3): 733-745
Herse MR, Ray JM (2014) A review and correction of data on a poorly known leaf litter snake, Trimetopon slevini (Dunn 1940), from Panama, including additional data on defensive behaviours. Herpetology Notes 7: 359-361 (open access)

Published correspondence

Haenssgen MJ, Angeloff T, Herse MR, Auclair E, Sunanlikanon N, Xayavong T, Dubost J-M, Radavanh S, Vongnalath C, Deharo E (2015) Workshop report: Everyday environmental heritage is key to unlocking the social dimensions of One Health. iScience 28(5): 112358 (open access)
Herse MR (2022) Biocultural approaches could aid convivial conservation. Conservation and Society 20 (3): 278-279 (open access)

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