Principal Investigator
Lisa A. Shipley
Professor, School of the Environment
425 Heald Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2812
509-335-9182; Shipley@wsu.edu
Education:
Ph.D. Texas A&M University, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
M.S. University of Maine, Wildlife Management
B.S. Colorado State University, Wildlife Biology
Research interests:
- Foraging ecology, nutrition and diet selection of vertebrates
- Morphological and physiological adaptations of plants and animals for herbivory
- Behavior and habitat requirements of free-ranging mammals
Teaching:
SoE 310 – Methods in Wildlife Ecology
SoE 435 – Wildlife Ecology
SoE 556 – Foraging Ecology of Herbivores
Postdoctoral Researcher
Meghan Camp
Measuring ungulate densities in northeastern Washington using camera traps and distance sampling
Ph.D. 2017 –The balancing act of foraging: mammalian herbivores trade off multiple risks when selecting food patches
Current and Recent Graduate Students
Iver Hull, M.S. student
Influences of fuel reduction logging on nutritional ecology of deer in northeastern Washington
Peter Olsoy, Ph.D. Candidate
Habitat mapping and multi-scale resource selection of pygmy rabbits with unmanned aerial systems
Jonathon Heale, M.S. Student
Habitat selection by Columbian white-tailed deer along the Lower Columbia River
Deborah Monzingo, M.S. Student
Modeling the nutritional landscape for elk in the Clearwater Basin, Idaho
Kyle Ebenoch, M.S. 2017
Comparing population vital rates of resident and translocated greater sage-grouse on the Yakima Training Center, Yakima, WA
Stephanie Berry, M.S. 2017
A comparison of nutritional and foraging ecology of sympatric mule and white-tailed deer in northeastern Washington
Amy Ulappa, Ph.D. 2015
Using foraging dynamics to answer landscape management questions: The nutritional ecology of black-tailed deer
Miranda Crowell, M.S. 2015
Food and fearscape: Responses of generalist and specialist rabbits to food and predation risks
Tiffany Baker, M.S. 2015
Habitat Selection and spatial responses of bighorn sheep to forest canopy in north-central Washington
Kourtney Stonehouse, M.S. 2013
Habitat selection by sympatric, translocated greater sage-grouse and Columbia sharp-tailed grouse in eastern Washington
Current and Recent Undergraduate Researchers
Caitlin Cheney – Comparing salivary glands of mule and white-tailed deer
Jenna Chapman – Social behavior and space use by American pikas at Craters of the Moon National Monument
Bethany Tegt – From mountain tops to lava beds: A comparison of haying and foraging by American pikas in typical and atypical habitats
Lacey Rose – Foraging in a complex world: Do mule and white-tailed deer use olfactory cues to locate and select their diets?
David Navarro – Assessing the accuracy of accelerometers for measuring behavior of deer
Katie Wat – Influence of forest succession and forage plantings on nutritional carrying capacity and habitat selection of Roosevelt elk
Adrian Rus – Survival and nest success of sympatric greater sage-grouse and Columbian sharp-tailed grouse in eastern Washington