Zoos

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Animal behavior

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Zoos

Primary subject(s) of interest: All species, especially canids and ungulates; reproduction, wildlife technologies

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Ex situ, North America, global

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Zoos

Primary subject(s) of interest:  One health, conservation medicine

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global with current emphasis areas in USA, Ecuador, Brazil, Kenya, Madagascar

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Grassland, Freshwater, Marine, Agricultural land, Urban areas, Zoos

LEC Seed Grant Projects

• Ecological Niche Modeling to Examine the Interactions Between Climate-related Environmental Change, Food Security, Landscape Diversity and an Emerging Infectious Disease
• Expanding the Toolset for Chelonian Conservation: Understanding the Diversity, Distribution and Dynamics of Box Turtle Microbiomes
• Quantifying Effects of Parasites on Ecosystem Nutrient Cycling
• Reducing Human-Wildlife Conflict in East Africa Using Participatory Action Research
• Using iDNA to Increase the Protected Status of the Djeke Triangle and Enhance Disease Surveillance in the Congo Basin
• Going Wild in Forest Park: Tracking the Movement of Wildlife and Disease in an Urban Food Web

Primary subject(s) of interest: Cognitive, behavioral, and urban ecology, mechanisms of decision making, pollination and foraging in bees and flies

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Shrubland, Grassland, Agricultural land, Urban areas, Zoos

Primary subject(s) of interest: Animal welfare, stress, behavior, endocrinology, physiology, biomarkers, animal wellbeing, visitor effects, primatology, allostatic load

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Zoos

Primary subject(s) of interest:   Herpetology, Conservation Biology, Cave Biology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Via the Saint Louis Zoo(Missouri, Armenia, Ecuador) and externally (Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ukraine, Puerto Rico)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Grassland, Freshwater, Caves and subterranean habitats, Deserts, Urban areas, Zoos

Primary subject(s) of interest: Reproductive biology and management, genetics, endocrinology, applied statistics, mammals (particularly felids and canids)

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global; wild and captive populations

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Zoos and Aquariums

Primary subject(s) of interest: Primate conservation, animal welfare, animal behavior and behavior management (enrichment and training)

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Malaysia (orangutan), Republic of Congo (chimpanzee and gorilla); I am the program coordinator for our partnerships with HUTAN in Malaysian Borneo and with the Goualougo Triangle Ape Project in Republic of Congo

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Zoos

LEC Seed Grant Projects

• Using iDNA to Increase the Protected Status of the Djeke Triangle and Enhance Disease Surveillance in the Congo Basin

Primary subject(s) of interest: Community engagement, conservation education, ornithology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Urban areas, Zoos

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Behavior, genetics, primatology, reproductive management, endocrinology and African Painted Dogs

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Zoos and ex-situ habitats their wild counterparts inhabit

LEC Seed Grant Projects

• Genetic Diversity of Peter's Angola Colobus  Monkey Populations in Northern Tanzania and in United States Zoos

Primary subject(s) of interest: African Painted Dog, American Red Wolf, Mexican Wolf

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States (southwest and southeast)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Zoos

Primary subject(s) of interest: Conservation Medicine, One Health, Wildlife Health, Herpetology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Freshwater, Deserts, Urban areas, Zoos

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Animal behavior, animal welfare, human behavior/ethics, reproductive biology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Zoos

Primary subject(s) of interest: Conservation medicine, emergence and transmission of diseases at the human-domestic animal and wildlife interface; Carnivore conservation (Felidae, Canidae, Ursidae)

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  United States, Madagascar

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Urban areas, Zoos

LEC Projects

• Data-driven conservation of the critically endangered diademed sifaka and the black and white ruffed lemur living in fragmented habitats

Primary subject of interest: Pollinators, native bee conservation, Native American reservations

Primary geographic interest: Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Grassland, Agricultural land, Zoos

LEC Seed Grant Projects

• Biodiversity of Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Sangamon River (Illinois): Community Science in Action
• Collaborating with Community Scientists to Improve Conservation: A Case Study with Bee Visitation Networks
• Floral Scent Differentiation as a Mechanism for Pollinator Partitioning in the Genus Anthurium (Araceae)

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Insect biodiversity and conservation, citizen science, insect husbandry

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Global, with a focus on animals of the tropics (Costa Rica) and USA (Missouri)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Shrubland, Grassland, Deserts, Agricultural land, Urban areas, Zoos