Welcome! My name is Nathan ("Nate") Hooven and I'm an ecologist focused on the relationships between terrestrial wildlife (especially herbivorous mammals) and their habitats. I define "habitat" generally as the places where resources and environmental conditions allow for species to survive and reproduce, although sometimes it's useful to think of habitat as points in environmental space (the collection of local environmental variables) that define where an animal occurs.  

I'm currently a graduate research assistant and PhD student at Washington State University (Pullman, WA, USA) studying the effects of pre-commercial stand thinning on snowshoe hares. Read more about the hare project here (coming soon!). 

Broadly, my research interests include landscape and movement ecology as well as statistical methods for studying habitats and population demography. I aim for my work to have direct applications to land and forest management practices, balancing wildlife habitat needs with multiple human uses and shifting disturbance regimes. I particularly enjoy evaluating methods for wildlife study and thinking intently about space use; so if these topics also interest you please feel welcome to reach out. (contact information below)