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804 E Fremont St

Laramie, WY 82072

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Rhiannon Jakopak

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Outreach Coordinator and Research Scientist

The Monteith Shop
Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources

rjakopak@uwyo.edu | CV | Crane hall, Rm 106 | Website

 

Education

MS, Zoology and Environment and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming, 2021

BS, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology and Management, BA Religious Studies, University of Wyoming, 2016

 

Background and Expertise

Rhiannon Jakopak is the Outreach Coordinator and Research Scientist for the Monteith Shop in the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming. Rhiannon’s work focuses on mammal ecology and behavior, how humans understand and value wildlife and natural resources, and science communication. She hopes that her work can help to build evidence-based management strategies, policies, and laws surrounding wildlife. Rhiannon completed a master’s degree with Dr. Kevin Monteith in 2021, where she studied the daily behavior of migratory mule deer and how stakeholders across Wyoming conceptualize the factors affecting mule deer populations. If she’s not at work (and sometimes even for work), she’s usually outside, trying to identify any flower, bird, or animal track that she might come across.

 

Selected Publications

Jakopak, R. P., Sawyer, H., LaSharr, T. N., Randall, J., Dwinnell, S. P. H., Fralick, G. L., & Monteith, K. L. (2022). Diel timing of migration is not plastic in a migratory ungulate. Animal Behaviour192, 51–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.07.008 

Jakopak, R.P., Western, J. and Monteith, K.L. (2021), Embracing Complexity and Context to Improve Science Communication. Jour. Wild. Mgmt., 85: 1309-1320. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22106

LaSharr, T. N., Jakopak, R. P., Dwinnell, S. P., Rafferty, R. T., Thonhoff, M., Kaiser, R. C., ... & Monteith, K. L. (2023). Maternal effects and the legacy of extreme environmental events for wild mammals. Ecology, 104(3), e3953. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3953

Jakopak, R. P., Lasharr, T. N., Dwinnell, S. P. H., Fralick, G. L., & L.Monteith, K. (2019). Rapid acquisition of memory in a complex landscape by a mule deer. Ecology100(12), 1–4. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26853669 

 
Contact Us

Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources

Bim Kendall House

804 E Fremont St

Laramie, WY 82072

Phone: (307) 766-5080

Fax: (307) 766-5099

Email: haub.school@uwyo.edu

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