Jerod Merkle

Education:

B.S. 2006 - Rangeland, Watershed, and Wildlife Resources with emphasis in Wildlife Science, minor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
M.S. 2011 - Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, University of Montana
Ph.D. 2014 - Biology, Université Laval
Postdoctoral 2014-2018 - University of Wyoming

 

Research Interests:

My research group studies how the movement of animals relates to environmental heterogeneity and change, and how these interactions scale to landscape-level ecological processes and conservation action. Within the fields of movement and migration ecology, our primary research foci include the role of cognition and social dynamics and the impacts of human development and other habitat change. Our work informs the implementation of land conservation (public and private land) policy and action the provides the best return on investment for wildlife and people.