Mark R. Herse
I am an ecologist and postdoctoral fellow at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand (based in Chiang Mai). My research interests lie at the intersection of wildlife ecology, environmental governance and management, and community-based biodiversity conservation. My research currently focuses on population ecology of endangered turtles in northern Thailand and involves working in partnership with local community members to assist in river management. I am also examining implications of the Convention on Biological Diversity's post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for community forestry within Thailand. Previously, my PhD research focused on population ecology and customary harvest of waterfowl in Aotearoa New Zealand. There, my PhD was part of a multidisciplinary cross-cultural project to assist Ngāi Tahu Māori in re-instituting customary management of wildlife and wetlands.
Email: markr.herse [at] gmail.com
Degrees
Doctor of Philosophy (Ecology), University of Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand (2017-2022) Adviser: Jason M. Tylianakis
Master of Science (Biology), Kansas State University, USA (2015-2017) Adviser: W. Alice Boyle
Bachelor of Science (Biology), Montana State University, USA (2005-2010)
Positions (post-PhD)
Postdoctoral Fellow, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand (2022-2024)
Research Associate, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Lincoln, Aotearoa New Zealand (2022-2024)
Publications and submitted manuscripts
Herse MR, Naruemon Tantipisanuh, Wanlop Chutipong, Gale GA (undergoing review) Expanding protected areas globally post-2020: a critical perspective from Thailand, with implications for community forestry. Critical Asian Studies
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)
Herse MR (2022) Biocultural approaches could aid convivial conservation. Conservation and Society 20(3): 278-279 (open access)
Tylianakis JM, Herse MR, Malinen SK, Lyver POB (2021) Pandemic prevention should not victimize Indigenous peoples and local communities. Conservation Letters 14: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 2351-2364
Herse MR (2016) Diet and behavior of extralimital Western Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia hypugea) in tallgrass prairie. Southwestern Naturalist 61: 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: 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)