In what is probably our last publication for 2018 in Biological Conservation we review the use of isoscapes to address questions in wildlife management and conservation and provide a how-to guide (with examples) for use of isoscapes in a conservation …

We haven’t updated our blog for a couple of months, which means we have a backlog of new publications to announce.

The first is a paper in The Journal of Wildlife Management in which we used genetic data to identify …

Caitlin successfully defended her M.S. thesis (entitled “Refining assessment of the geographic origins of animals inferred from stable isotope data”) today!  We look forward to seeing her results submitted for publication and future success as a Ph.D. student in the …

Joel was notified that his proposal (entitled “Downpour dynamics: amounts, sources and drivers of nitrate export during precipitation events”) was selected to receive a Graduate Research Support Grant from Maryland Sea Grant. Nice job, Joel!…

The Appalachian Lab is hiring an animal ecologist. Come join us!  Applications will be reviewed starting in early September.…

Our local newspaper did a nice write-up about Abby’s work in the lab last summer.…

Congratulations to Abby, a high school student who did research in the lab last summer. Abby’s recent presentation (entitled “Implications for using singed feathers in determining geographic origin with wildlife forensics approaches”) at the meeting of the Association of Field …

Congratulations to Joel for passing his comprehensive exam yesterday!…

Last Friday Dave spent the morning with a couple of environmental science classes at Northern High School in Garrett county, MD.  The student shared their results from our Student, Teacher and Researcher (STAR) Nitrate Investigation. Visitors from Montgomery county …

We had a great visit last week from Jamin Wieringa, a PhD student from Ohio State University, to discuss approaches for sourcing bats killed at wind-energy facilities.…