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CURRICULUM VITAE

Mark Christian AndersenAssociate Dean, Honors College

and

Professor, Department of Fish Wildlife and Conservation Ecology

New Mexico State University

Las Cruces NM 88003

phone (575) 646-8034

FAX (575) 646-1281

email: [email protected]

June 28, 2012

1 PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Career: Academic administration, particularly in honors education. Faculty develop-ment, promotion of innovative teaching strategies.

Research: Applications of ecological theory and regional risk assessment in conserva-tion biology and invasive species control; impacts of climate change on ecosys-tems and ecosystem services.

2 EDUCATION

California State University, Fresno; B.A. summa cum laude in EnvironmentalBiology (minor in mathematics), 1979.

California State University, Fresno; M.A. in Biology, 1983 (advisor: B. A. Tribbey).

Thesis topic: Habitat selection in a Sierra Nevada stream insect community. University of Washington, Seattle; M.Sc. in Biomathematics, 1987 (advisor: V.F.

Gallucci; other advisory committee members: E. David Ford, P.M. Kareiva). The-sis topic: Mathematical models for plant dispersal.

University of Washington, Seattle; Ph.D. in Zoology, 1987 (advisor: P.M. Kareiva;other advisory committee members: R.T. Paine, G.H. Orians, Thomas Daniel, V.F.

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Gallucci). Dissertation topic: Population ecology of the aphid Aphthargelia sym-phoricarpi on Mount St. Helens.

3 POSITIONS

2011 - present: Associate Dean, Honors College, and Director, Office of NationalScholarships and International Education, New Mexico State University.

2007 - present: Professor, Department of Fish Wildlife and Conservation Ecology,New Mexico State University.

2000 2007: Associate Professor, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences,New Mexico State University.

1994 - 2000: Assistant Professor, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences,New Mexico State University.

1987 - 1993: Assistant Professor. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biol-ogy, University of California, Irvine.

4 PUBLICATIONS

4.1 Books

I am currently under contract with Columbia University Press to author a book, to be ti-tled From Idea to Publication: Scientific Research in Ecology and Natural Resources.This book is a textbook of scientific method and scientific writing for beginning gradu-

ate students, especially but not exclusively in the fields of ecology and natural resourcemanagement. It covers philosophical and practical issues of scientific method, studydesign, data analysis, proposal writing, scientific writing, scientific ethics, and profes-sional effectiveness and productivity for scientists.

4.2 Referreed publications (total: 30)

Calkins, M. T., Beever, E. A., Boykin, K. G., Frey, J. K. and Andersen, M.C. 2012. Not-so-splendid isolation: modeling climate-mediated range collapse of a montane mam-mal Ochotona princeps across numerous ecoregions. Ecography. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07227.x

Andersen, M.C. 2010. Predicting impacts of climate change on biodiversity: Geo-graphic range shifts. Forum on Public Policy, Vol 2010, No 3. (September 2010).http://forumonpublicpolicy.com/spring2010.vol2010/spring2010archive/Andersen.pdf(accessed September 9, 2010)

Andersen, M.C. 2008. Global climate change and biodiversity conservation: The roleof ecological risk assessment. Forum on Public Policy 3(4):267-276. [This paper has

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been reprinted as a chapter in Climate Change and Sustainable Development, 2009,edited by Ruth Reck, published by Linton Atlantic Press.]

Andersen, M.C. 2008. The roles of risk assessment in the control of invasive verte-brates. Wildlife Research 35: 242-248.

Northcott, J., M.C. Andersen, G.W. Roemer, E.L. Fredrickson, M. DeMers, J. Truett, andP. Ford. 2008. Spatial analysis of effects of mowing and burning colony expansionin reintroduced black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus). Restoration Ecology16(3):495-502.

Lee, C.K., J.P. Taylor, and M.C. Andersen. 2007. Winter survival of Northern Pintailsin the Middle Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico. Western North American Naturalist67(1): 79-85.

Andersen, M.C., M. Ewald, and J. Northcott. 2005. Risk analysis and managementdecisions for weed biological control agents: Ecological theory and modeling results.Biological Control 35:330-337.

Andersen, M.C. 2005. Potential applications of population viability analysis to riskassessment for invasive species. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 11(6): 1083-1095.

Kintigh, K.M. and M.C. Andersen. 2005. A den-centered analysis of swift fox (Vulpesvelox) habitat characteristics in Northeastern New Mexico. American Midland Natu-ralist 154:229-239.

Andersen, M.C., B.C. Thompson, and K.G. Boykin. 2004. Spatial risk assessmentacross large landscapes with varied land use: Lessons from a conservation assess-ment of military lands. Risk Analysis 24(5): 1231-1242.

Andersen, M.C., B.J. Martin, and G.W. Roemer. 2004. Use of matrix population models

to estimate the effi

cacy of euthanasia versus trap-neuter-return for management offree-roaming cats. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 225(12):1871-1876.

Andersen, M.C., H. Adams, B. Hope, M. Powell. 2004. Risk assessment for invasivespecies. Risk Analysis 24(4): 787-794.

Andersen, M.C., H. Adams, B. Hope, M. Powell. 2004. Risk analysis for invasivespecies: general framework and research needs. Risk Analysis 24(4): 893-900.

Kroll, A.J., K. Boykin, M.C. Andersen, B.C. Thompson, and D.L. Daniel. 2003. Habitatcharacteristics ofAshmunella (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Polygyridae) at White SandsMissile Range and Fort Bliss, New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 48(1): 14-22.

Sipos, M.P.,M.C. Andersen

, W.G. Whitford and W.R. Gould. 2002. Graminivory byDipodomys ordii and D. merriami on four species of perennial grasses. SouthwesternNaturalist 47(2): 276-281.

Thompson, B.C., M.A. Hughes and M.C. Andersen. 2001. Effects of including non-breeding bird species on predicted bird distributions for conservation planning inNew Mexico. Biological Conservation 100(2):229-242.

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Andersen, M.C., J.M. Watts, J.E. Freilich, S.R. Yool, G.I Wakefield, J.F. McCauley andP.B. Fahnestock. 2000. Regression tree modeling of Desert Tortoise habitat in theCentral Mojave Desert. Ecological Applications 10(3):890-900.

Andersen, M.C. and F.R. Kay. 1999. Banner-tail kangaroo rat mounds and desert grass-

land habitats. Journal of Arid Environments 41: 147-160.Andersen, M.C. and D. Mahato. 1995. Demographic models and reserve designs for

the California Spotted Owl. Ecological Applications 5(3):639-647.

Koopowitz, H., A.D. Thornhill and M.C. Andersen. 1994. A general stochastic modelfor the prediction of biodiversity losses based on habitat conversion. ConservationBiology 8(2): 425-438.

Andersen, M.C. 1994. Stochastic models of age-structured populations. Comments onTheoretical Biology 3:365-395.

Andersen, M.C. 1993. Diaspore morphology and seed dispersal in several wind-dispersedAsteraceae. American Journal of Botany, 80: 487-492.

Koopowitz, H., A.D. Thornhill and M.C. Andersen. 1993. Species distribution profilesof the neotropical orchids Masdevallia and Dracula (Pleurothallidinae, Orchidaceae):implications for conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation 2:681-690.

Andersen, M.C. 1992. An analysis of variability in seed settling velocities of severalwind-dispersed Asteraceae. American Journal of Botany 79:1087-1091.

Weis, A.E., W.G. Abrahamson and M.C. Andersen. 1992. Variable selection on Eurostasgall size, I: The extent and nature of variation in phenotypic selection. Evolution46(6): 1674-1697.

Andersen, M.C. 1991. An ant-aphid interaction: Formica fusca and Aphthargelia sym-phoricarpi on Mount St. Helens. American Midland Naturalist 125:29-36.

Andersen, M.C. 1991. Mechanistic models for the seed shadows of wind-dispersedplants. American Naturalist 137:476-497.

Andersen, M.C. 1991. Properties of some density-dependent integrodifference-equationpopulation models. Mathematical Biosciences 104:135-157.

Andersen, M.C. 1991. Spatial analysis of two-species interactions. Oecologia 91:134-140.

Wood, D.M. and M.C. Andersen. 1990. The effect of predispersal seed predators oncolonization of Aster ledophyllus on Mt. St. Helens. American Midland Naturalist,123:193-201.

4.3 Book chapters (total: 6)

Andersen, M.C. 2011. Effects of climate change on dynamics and stability of multire-gional populations. Chapter 5, pp. 99-114 in Sources, Sinks, and Sustainability , J.Liu, V. Hull, A. Morzillo, and J. Wiens, eds. Cambridge University Press.

Andersen, M.C., H. Koopowitz and A. Thornhill. 1997. Tropical forest disruption andstochastic biodiversity losses. Chapter 18, pp. 281-291 in Tropical Forest Remnants:

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Ecology, management, and conservation of fragmented communities. W.F. Lauranceand R.O. Bierregaard, eds. University of Chicago Press.

Laurance, W.F., R.O. Bierregaard Jr., C. Gascon, R.K. Didham, A.P. Smith, A.J. Lynam,V.M. Viana, T.E. Lovejoy, K.E. Seiving, J.W. Sites Jr., M. Andersen, M.D. Tocher, E.A.

Kramer, C. Restrep and C. Moritz. 1996. Tropical forest fragmentation: Synthesis ofa diverse and dynamic discipline. Chapter 32, pp. 502-514 in Tropical Forest Rem-nants: Ecology, management, and conservation of fragmented communities. W.F.Laurance and R.O. Bierregaard, eds. University of Chicago Press.

Bierregaard, R.O., W.F. Laurance, J.W. Sites Jr., A.J. Lynam, R.K. Didham, M. Ander-sen, C. Gascon, M.D. Tocher, A.P. Smith, V.M. Viana, T.E. Lovejoy, K.E. Seiving, E.A.Kramer, C. Restrepo and C. Moritz. 1996. Key priorities for the study of fragmentedtropical ecosystems. Chapter 33, pp. 515-525 in Tropical Forest Remnants: Ecology,management, and conservation of fragmented communities. W.F. Laurance and R.O.Bierregaard, eds. University of Chicago Press.

Andersen, M.C. and P.M. Kareiva. 1993. Interactions between imported predators andtheir prey in patchy environments. K.C. Kim and R.F. Denno, eds. Evolution of InsectPests: the pattern of variation. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.

Kareiva, P.M. and M.C. Andersen. 1989. Spatial aspects of species interactions: thewedding of models and experiments. In Workshop on Community Ecology, editedby A. Hastings. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, 77:35-50. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

4.4 Conference presentations, electronic publications (total: 67)

Andersen, M.C. 2011. Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Ecosystem Ser-vices: Its Not the Planet that Needs Saving, Its Us. Invited presentation, Oxford

Round Table Climate Change: The Great Matter, 27-31 March 2011, Oxford, UK.Andersen, M.C. 2010. Predicting impacts of climate change on biodiversity: Geo-

graphic range shifts. Invited presentation, Oxford Round Table The CopenhagenProtocol: Problems and Opportunities, 22-26 March 2010, Oxford, UK.

Boykin, K.G., M.T. Calkins, J.S. Stevenson, and M.C. Andersen. 2010. Modeling theinvasive potential of feral pigs in New Mexico. Contributed oral presentation at 43rdJoint Meeting of the New Mexico and Arizona Chapters of the Wildlife Society andAmerican Fisheries Society. Flagstaff, Arizona, February 4-6 2010.

Redman, J.M., M.T. Calkins, and M.C. Andersen. 2010. Comparison of two climatechange modeling approaches: Using the Swift Fox as a case study. Contributed oralpresentation at 43rd Joint Meeting of the New Mexico and Arizona Chapters of theWildlife Society and American Fisheries Society. Flagstaff, Arizona, February 4-62010.

Calkins, M.T., M.C. Andersen, and K.G. Boykin. 2009. Doomed to extinction? Climatechange and the American Pika (Ochotona princeps). Poster presentation, 42nd JointArizona-New Mexico meeting of the Wildlife Society and the American FisheriesSociety, Gallup, NM, 5-7 February 2009.

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Andersen, M.C. 2009. Beyond quarantine and host-range screening: Risk assessmentfor weed biocontrol agents. Invited Symposium presentation, Western Society ofWeed Science annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM 9-12 March 2009.

Redman, J., M.T. Calkins, M.C. Andersen, and K.G. Boykin. 2009. Development of

future habitat suitability models for the Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) in the AmericanSouthwest. Poster presentation, Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Al-buquerque, NM August 3-7 2009.

Calkins, M.T., M.C. Andersen, and K.G. Boykin. 2009. Development of conservationpriority models for the American Pika (Ochotona princeps). Contributed presentationat Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers 2009 Conference andAnnual Meeting , Seattle, WA 14-17 September 2009.

Calkins, M.T., M.C. Andersen, and K.G. Boykin. 2009. Climate change and the Amer-ican Pika (Ochotona princeps): Implications for conservation. Contributed presenta-tion at 16th annual meeting of The Wildlife Society, Monterey, CA 20-24 September2009.

Andersen, M.C. 2008. Population dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes: Global changeand regional sustainability. Invited presentation, H. Ronald Pulliam Symposium:Sources, Sinks, and Sustainability, 23rd Annual US-IALE Landscape Ecology Sym-posium, 6-10 April 2008, Madison, WI.

Andersen, M.C. (Lead author); Sidney Draggan (Topic editor). 2007. Ecological riskassessment. In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington Dc:Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environ-ment). [Published 31 August 2007; retrieved 7 September 2007]. http://www.eoearth.-org/article/Ecological_risk_assessment

Andersen, M.C. 2007. Global change and biodiversity conservation: The potential

contribution of ecological risk assessment. Invited presentation, Oxford Round Ta-ble Global Warming and Sustainability: Managing a Crisis, 12-17 August 2007,Oxford, UK.

Andersen, M.C. 2005. Potential applications of population viability analysis to planthealth risk assessment and invasive species. Poster presentation, International PlantHealth Risk Assessment Workshop, Niagara Falls, ON, 24-28 October 2005.

Andersen, M.C. 2004. Population dynamics in spatially and temporally variable habi-tats. pp. 84-93 in L.A. Kapustka, H. Galbraith, M. Luxon, and G.R. Biddinger, edi-tors. Landscape ecology and wildlife habitat evaluation: Critical information for eco-logical risk assessment, land-use management activities, and biodiversity enhance-ment practices, ASTM STP 1458. ASTM International, West Consohocken PA.

Andersen, M.C. 2004. Risk analysis and management decisions for biological controlagents. Invited paper, Science and Decision-Making in Biological Control of Weeds,USDA-ARS, Denver, CO, 26-29 January 2004.

Lee, C.K., J.P Taylor, D.L. Daniel, and M.C. Andersen. 2004. Distribution Patterns,Survival, and Time-Activity Budgets of Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) Wintering inNew Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico. Contributed paper, annual joint meetings of

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the Arizona and New Mexico Chapters of the American Fisheries Society and TheWildlife Society, 5-8 February 2004, Safford, Arizona.

Ford, P.L., M.C. Andersen, E.L. Fredrickson, J. Truett, and G.W. Roemer. 2004. Effectsof fire and mowing on expansion of reestablished black-tailed prairie dog colonies in

Chihuahuan Desert grasslands. In: Narog, M. technical coordinator. Proceedings ofthe 2002 Joint Fire Conference on Managing fire and fuels in the remaining wildlandsand open spaces of the Southwestern United States. December 2-5, 2002, San Diego,CA. General Technical Report PSW-189. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest ResearchStation, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Andersen, M.C. 2004. Risk of species invasions in dynamic landscapes. Poster presen-tation, AIBS Annual Meeting, Invasive Species: A Search for Solutions, WashingtonDC, 16-18 March 2004.

Andersen, M.C. 2004. Wildlife risk assessment and population viability in dynamiclandscapes. Invited symposium presentation, US-IALE Symposium: Landscape Eco-logical Modeling and Ecological Risk Assessment at the Crossroads, Las Vegas, NV,30 March 2 April 2004.

Andersen, M.C. and D.E. Cowley. 2004. Patch deletion and persistence of endangeredfish metapopulations. Contributed paper, Ecological Society of America 89th annualmeeting, Portland, OR, 1 6 August 2004.

Northcott, J. and M.C. Andersen. 2004. Spatio-temporal trends of a black-tailed prairiedog colony re-introduction. Poster presentation, Society for Restoration Ecology, Vic-toria, BC, 25 28 August 2004.

Andersen, M.C. 2004. Risk analysis for biological control agents. Invited Risk Forumpresentation, United States Department of Agriculture Office of Risk Assessment andCost-Benefit Analysis, Washington, DC.

Andersen, M.C. 2003. Establishment of invading populations in spatially and tem-porally variable habitats. Contributed paper, Invasive Plants in Natural and Man-aged Systems, 7th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of AlienPlant Invasions, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Andersen, M.C. and M. R. Powell. 2003. Risk assessment for invasive species. Con-tributed paper, Invasive Plants in Natural and Managed Systems, 7th InternationalConference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions, Ft. Laud-erdale, FL.

Andersen, M.C. 2003. Risk analysis and viability analysis for invasive species. Invitedpresentation, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, New Mexico State Univer-sity.

Andersen, M.C. 2003. The ecology of invasive species: Parallels with endangeredspecies, unique features, and economic implications. Invited presentation, USDAEconomics Research Service workshop on Economics of Invasive Species Manage-ment, Washington, DC.

Andersen, M.C. 2003. Usos potentiales del analisis de viabilidad de poblaciones parael control de especies invasoras. Invited workshop (sole presenter), 28-29 April

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2003, Departamento de Menaje de Recursos Naturales, Universidad Autonoma deChihuahua, Cuidad de Chihuahua, Chih., Mexico.

Andersen, M.C. and D.E. Cowley. 2003. Metapopulation models for endangered fishpopulations. Poster presentation, Aquatic Resources in Arid Lands Conference, 20

April 2 May, 2003, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.Andersen, M.C. 2003. Potential applications of population viability analysis to the

control of invasive species. Invited seminar presentation, Cleveland State University,Cleveland, OH.

Andersen, M.C. 2003. Population dynamics in spatially and temporally variable en-vironments. Invited presentation, ASTM Symposium on Landscape Ecology andWildlife Habitat Evaluation, ASTM Committee E47, Kansas City, MO.

Andersen, M.C. 2003. Population viability analysis: Overview and potential applica-tions to the control of invasive species. Invited presentation, United States Depart-ment of Agriculture APHIS, Riverdale, MD.

Fredrickson, E.L., M.C. Andersen, P.L. Ford, J.C. Truett, and G. Roemer. 2003. Mowingversus fire and expansion of black-tailed prairie dogs reintroduced into ChihuahuanDesert grasslands. Poster presentation, Winter Meeting of the New Mexico Section,Society for Range Management, Albuquerque, NM.

Ford, P.L., M.C. Andersen, E.L. Fredrickson, J. Truett, and G.W. Roemer. 2003. Effectsof fire and mowing on expansion of re-established black-tailed prairie dog coloniesin Chihuahuan Desert grassland.. Poster presentation, Second Colorado Prairie DogTechnical Conference.

Ford, P.L., M.C. Andersen, E.L. Fredrickson, J. Truett, and G.W. Roemer. 2002. Effectsof fire and mowing on expansion of reestablished black-tailed prairie dog coloniesin Chihuahuan Desert grasslands. Poster presentation at 2002 Joint Fire Conference(Western Section, The Wildlife Society and The Association for Fire Ecology), SanDiego, CA.

Andersen, M.C. 2002. Models as decision-support tools. Presented at PromotingAwareness and Understanding, New Mexico Game Commission Short Course, NewMexico State University, 13-15 September 2002.

Andersen, M., D. Cowley, and G. Roemer. 2002. Population viability. Presented atPromoting Awareness and Understanding, New Mexico Game Commission ShortCourse, New Mexico State University, 13-15 September 2002.

Fredrickson, E.L., M.C. Andersen, P.L. Ford, J.C. Truett, and G. Roemer. 2002. Mowingversus fire and expansion of black-tailed prairie dogs reintroduced into Chihuahuan

Desert grasslands. Poster presentation, 2nd Annual URC Research and Creative Ac-tivities Fair, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Andersen, M.C. 2002. Theoretical perspectives on biological invasions. Invited RiskForum presentation, United States Department of Agriculture Office of Risk Assess-ment and Cost-Benefit Analysis, Washington, DC.

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Fredrickson, E.L., M.C. Andersen, P.L. Ford, J.C. Truett and G. W. Roemer. 2002.Mowing versus fire and expansion of black-tailed prairie dogs reintroduced into Chi-huahuan Desert grasslands. Poster presentation, 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecolog-ical Society of America, Tucson, AZ.

Powell, M.R., M.C. Andersen and B. Hope. 2002. Risk assessment for invasive species:Introduction. Symposium presentation, 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Soci-ety of America, Tucson, AZ.

Boykin, K.G., J. Bak, A.J. Kroll, M. Rivieccio, R. Deitner, B.C. Thompson and M.C.Andersen. 2002. Application and assessment of Species at Risk conservation ap-proaches. Contributed oral presentation, 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological So-ciety of America, Tucson, AZ.

Andersen, M.C. 2001. The demography of establishment and invasion: Insights fromstochastic models. Risk Analysis for Invasive Species: Perspectives from TheoreticalEcology. Invited workshop presentation, 22-23 October, Las Cruces, NM.

Dorgeloh, W.G., M.S. Boyce and M.C. Andersen. 2001. Demography and simulatedpopulation trend of a Cape Mountain Zebra population. Poster presentation, 8thAnnual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Reno, NV.

Graves, J.A., M.C. Andersen and F.R. Kay. 2001. Effects of banner-tailed kangaroorats on the invasion and establishment of honey mesquite in the Chihuahuan Desert.Poster presentation, 8th Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Reno, NV.

Andersen, M.C. 2001. Complex dynamics in a simple competition model. Poster pre-sentation, 86th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Madison, WI.

Andersen, M.C. 2000. A critique of biogeographic approaches to estimating extinc-tion rates. Invited symposium presentation, 85th Annual Meeting of the EcologicalSociety of America, Snowbird, UT.

Nelson, E. and M.C. Andersen. 2000. Effects of habitat fragmentation on lizard com-munities. Oral presentation given at the 33rd Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizonaand New Mexico chapters of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society,February, Sierra Vista, AZ.

Kroll, A.J., K. Boykin, D. Daniel, M. Andersen and B. Thompson. 2000. Compar-ative ecology and conservation of the genus Ashmunella (Gastropoda: Pulmonata:Polygyridae) of White Sands Missile Range (NM) and Fort Bliss (NM and TX). Oralpresentation given at the 33rd Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona and New Mexicochapters of the American Fisheries and The Wildlife Society, February, Sierra Vista,AZ.

Howard, V.W., M. Lujan and M.C. Andersen. 2000. Recruitment in a transplantedpronghorn herd behind netwire fences. Pp. 56-59 in J. Fisher, ed. Proceedings of the17th Biennial Pronghorn Antelope Workshop, Lake Tahoe, CA. State of California.The Resources Agency. Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA.

Andersen, M.C. 1999. Banner-tailed kangaroo rats and shrub invasion in desert grass-lands. Invited presentation given at the International Arid Lands Consortiums Land

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Management Workshop: A Tenth Anniversary Celebration of USFS, CSREES, Israeliand IALC Partnerships, November, Reno, NV.

Sipos, M.P., M.C. Andersen, W.G. Whitford and W.R. Gould. 1999. Graminivory byDipodomys ordii and D. merriami on four species of perennial grasses. Oral presenta-

tion given at the 32nd Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona and New Mexico chaptersof the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society, February, Gallup, NM.

Kintigh, K. and M.C. Andersen. 1998. A den-centered analysis of Swift Fox (Vulpesvelox) habitat characteristics on the Kiowa National Grasslands, New Mexico. Posterpresentation given at the First North American Swift Fox Symposium, Saskatoon,Saskatchewan.

Puschock, J., B.C. Thompson, M.C. Andersen, D.M. Finch, J. Kelly and M. Means. 1998.Landbird migration through arid New Mexico: comparison of stopovers in three eco-logical settings. Oral presentation given at the 1998 North American OrnithologicalConference, St. Louis, MO.

Hughes, M.A., B.C. Thompson, M.C. Andersen and D.L. Garber. 1997. Comparativeeffects of differentially including breeding and non-breeding bird distributions inprojections of species richness for New Mexico. Contributed paper presented at the67th Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society.

Koopowitz, H., T.M. Ngo, T.A. Marchant, M.C. Andersen and A.D. Thornhill. 1997.Endemism comparisons between zoophilous anthophyta and terrestrial cryptogamsin the neotropics. Contributed paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Asso-ciation for Tropical Biology, Manila, Phillipines.

Watts, J. and M.C. Andersen. 1997. Tortoise habitat modeling and plant communitymapping in the Mojave Desert. Invited paper presented at the Desert Science Sym-posium, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA.

Andersen, M.C. and F.R. Kay. 1997. Banner-tailed kangaroo rats and shrub invasion indesert grasslands. Invited symposium presentation at the VIIth International Theri-ological Congress, Acapulco, Mexico.

Barlow, T.C., J.P. Hollenbeck, K.M. Kintigh, M.C. Andersen, and K.W. Duncan. 1997.Effects of tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) removal on abundance of selected vertebratesalong the Pecos River, southeastern New Mexico. Poster presented at 4th AnnualMeeting of the Wildlife Society, Snowmass, CO.

Andersen, M.C., A. Thornhill and H. Koopowitz. 1995. Tropical forest disruption andstochastic biodiversity losses. Invited symposium presentation given at the AnnualMeeting of the Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, UT.

Andersen, M.C. and M.J. OFarrell. 1994. Enhancing the suitability of habitats forthe endangered Stephens Kangaroo Rat: a long-term experimental study. Posterpresented at Symposium on Sustainable Ecological Systems, Flagstaff, AZ.

Andersen, M.C., H. Koopowitz and A. Thornhill. 1993. A probabilistic model of flo-ral endemism. Contributed paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Society forConservation Biology, Tempe, AZ.

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Andersen, M.C. and J. Kaufmann. 1993. Spatial analysis of a population of desert tor-toise (Gopherus agassizii) in the western Mojave Desert. Contributed paper presentedat the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Madison, WI.

Thornhill, A., H. Koopowitz and M.C. Andersen. 1993. Dracula and its relatives

levels of endemism with implications for conservation. Contributed paper presentedat Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Tempe, AZ.

Andersen, M.C. 1991. Evolution of dispersal ability in age-structured populations.Contributed paper presented at the annual California Population and EvolutionaryGenetics meeting, Idyllwild, CA.

Andersen, M.C. 1988. Models of dispersing plant populations. Contributed paper pre-sented at the Annual Meeting of Southern California Population Biologists, Irvine,CA.

Andersen, M.C. and P. Kareiva. 1986. Interactions between imported predators andtheir prey in patchy environments. Invited symposium presentation given at Annual

Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Reno, NV.Andersen, M.C. and D.M. Wood. 1986. The spread of plant populations into empty

habitats: models and assumptions. Contributed paper presented at the IV Interna-tional Congress of Ecology, Syracuse, NY.

4.5 Technical reports (total: 25)

Andersen, M.C. 2007. Critical review of Movement of commercially-packed citrusfruit from citrus canker quarantine area. Review of proposed risk management anal-ysis performed for USDA/APHIS under contract with RTI International.

Andersen, M.C., M. Ewald, and J. Northcott. 2004. Risk analysis and management

decisions for biological control agents: Perspectives from ecological theory. Preparedunder Cooperative Agreement with USDA/ORACBA.

Andersen, M.C., M. Ewald, and J. Northcott. 2003 Potential Applications of PopulationViability Analysis to Risk Assessment for Invasive Species: A Primer and Workbook.Prepared under Cooperative Agreement with USDA/AHPIS.

Andersen, M.C. 2001. A primer of theoretical population ecology. Prepared underCooperative Agreement with USDA/OCE/ORACBA for participants in the workshopRisk Analysis for Invasive Species: Perspectives from Theoretical Ecology, 22-23October, Las Cruces, NM.

Thompson, B.C., J.E. Puschock, D.L. Brubaker, K.L. Brubaker, W.R. Gould, M.L. Munson-

McGee, M.C. Andersen and B.R. North. 1999. Bird species of special concern: oc-currence, habitat associations, and potential adverse impacts at White Sands MissileRange. Research completion report, Research Work Order No. 21, New Mexico Co-operative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Submitted to U.S. Army, EnvironmentalServices Division, STEWS-NRES-E.

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Andersen, M.C. 1999. Interim report: Results of data analyses, Caltrans District 7Erosion Control Study. Prepared for Martha Blane and Associates, San Marcos, CAand for URS Greiner Woodward Clyde, San Diego, CA.

Andersen, M.C., J. Hollenbeck, K. Kintigh, T. Barlow, R. Konkle, M.Livingston and

S.D. Schemnitz. 1998. Effects on wildlife of salt cedar (Tamarix chinensis) controlby aerial application of herbicides along the Pecos River, southeastern New Mexico.Prepared for Pecos River Native Riparian Restoration Organization and New MexicoDepartment of Game and Fish.

Andersen, M.C. 1996. Spatial sampling design for a soil contaminant study. Preparedfor Labat-Anderson, Inc., MacLean, VA.

Andersen, M.C. 1996. A statistical model of habitat use by Desert Tortoises (Gopherusagassizii). Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Engineering Cen-ter, Spectral Research Division, Alexandria, VA.

Austin, S.C., M.C. Andersen and P.J. Zwank. 1996. Ordination analysis of herpeto-

fauna and vegetation relationships on White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), NewMexico. New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Research Com-pletion Report.

Andersen, M.C. 1996. Regression-tree analyses of data on habitat preferences of kitfoxes, bobcats, coyotes, and rabbits from the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve. Pre-pared for Enterprise Advisory Services, Tupman, CA.

Andersen, M.C. 1996. SKR habitat manipulation experiment Analyses of 1996 data.Prepared for OFarrell Biological Consulting, Las Vegas, NV.

Andersen, M.C. 1996. SKR habitat manipulation experiment Analysis of six yearsof vegetation and abundance data. Prepared for OFarrell Biological Consulting, LasVegas, NV.

Andersen, M.C. 1995. SKR habitat manipulation experiment - Analyses of 1995 data.Prepared for OFarrell Biological Consulting, Las Vegas, NV.

Andersen, M.C. 1995. Fort Irwin NTC tortoise study - Analyses of 1995 tortoise data.Prepared for Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, CA.

Andersen, M.C. 1994. California Spotted Owl: Alternative demographic models andreserve design. Prepared for California Forestry Association, Sacramento, CA. 28pp.


Andersen, M.C. 1993. North Alvord Slope Desert Tortoise Project: Geostatistical dataanalyses - 1993. Prepared for Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, CA.


Andersen, M.C. 1992. Analyses of habitat preference data in the endangered StephensKangaroo Rat (Dipodomys stephensii). Prepared for OFarrell Biological Consulting,Las Vegas, NV; under contract to Metropolitan Water District of Southern California,Los Angeles, CA. 46pp.

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Kaufmann, J., M.C. Andersen, and D. Doak. 1992. A survey methodology for theDesert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Prepared for Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, CA;under contract to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 22pp.

Andersen, M.C. 1992. Analyses of vegetation from habitats of the Stephens Kangaroo

Rat, 1991. Prepared for OFarrell Biological Consulting, Las Vegas, NV; under con-tract to Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. 49pp.

Andersen, M.C. 1992. Analyses of North Alvord Slope Desert Tortoise transect data:Population estimates and habitat selection. Prepared for Chambers Group, Inc.,Irvine, CA. 12pp.

Andersen, M.C. 1992. Stephens Kangaroo Rat: Analyses of habitat manipulation ex-periments. Prepared for Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, LosAngeles. 25pp.

Andersen, M.C. 1992. Stephens Kangaroo Rat: Analyses of 1992 vegetation data andsynthesis of 1991 and 1992 vegetation data. Prepared for OFarrell Biological Con-sulting, Las Vegas, NV.

4.6 Book reviews (total:4)

Andersen, M.C. 2002. Book review: A Plague of Rats and Rubbervines: The GrowingThreat of Species Invasions, by Yvonne Baskin. Journal of Ethnobiology 22(2): 312-313.

Andersen, M.C. 2001. Protecting common property resources: Lessons from multiplescales. Review of Protecting the commons: A framework for resource management inthe Americas. J. Burger, E. Ostrom, R.B. Norgaard, D. Policansky and B.D. Goldstein,eds. Ecology 82(11):3266-3267.

Andersen, M.C. 2000. The Future of the environmental movement. Review of Envi-ronmentalism for a New Millenium: The Challenge of Coevolution by Leslie PaulThiele. Ecology 81(7):2057-2058.

Edwards, J.S. and M.C. Andersen. 1984. Review of The ecology of aquatic insects, V.H.Resh and D.M. Rosenberg, eds. Limnology and Oceanography 29(6):1350-1351.

4.7 Symposia and workshops organized

Andersen, M.C. 2002. Risk analysis for invasive species: contributions from theoret-ical ecology. (Organizer) Symposium, 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for RiskAnalysis, New Orleans, LA.

Andersen, M.C., M. Powell and B. Hope (Organizers) Risk assessment for invasivespecies: Perspectives from theoretical ecology. Ecological Society of America/Societyfor Risk Analysis joint workshop, supported by USDA Office of Risk Assessment andCost-Benefit Analysis, 21-23 October 2001, Las Cruces, NM.

Andersen, M.C. and M. Powell (Organizers). 2002. Methods for assessing risks due toinvasive species: Theoretical ecology as a starting point. Symposium, 87th AnnualMeeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, AZ.

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Andersen, M.C. 2000. The role of theoretical ecology in biodiversity conservationand management. (Organizer) Theoretical Ecology section symposium, 85th AnnualMeeting of the Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, UT.

5 GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

2011-2012 US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service. Assessmentand Monitoring of Biodiversity Metrics at Multiple Scales in the Southwest to SupportCEAP. (Co-investigator with Kenneth Boykin. $130,000.00

2008-2010 USGS National Gap Analysis Program. Modeling wildlife habitat throughoutthe Western United States: A prototype for use in Gap Analysis. (Co-investigator withKenneth Boykin and Colleen Caldwell). $274,334.

2004-2005 T&E, Inc. Den site characteristics, home range size, and diet of Kit Foxes in aChihuahuan Desert grassland (co-investigator with M. Ewald) $2000

2004-2005 T&E, Inc. Spatio-temporal patterns of black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys lu-dovicianus) colony expansion (co-investigator with J. Northcott) $1913

2004-2005 International Arid Lands Consortium Sustainable management of coastaldunes for biodiversity conservation (co-investigator with A. Bouskila, P. Kutiel, M. Ir-win) $75000

2002-2005 U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service Development of a man-agement plan for control of exotic vertebrate species in Big Bend National Park ( co-investigator with Gary Roemer)

2002-2003 United States Department of Agriculture, APHIS Applications of populationviability analysis and related methodologies to risk analysis for invasive species . (Cooper-

ative agreement) $88,0002002-2003 United States Department of Agriculture, Office of Risk Assessment and

Cost-Benefit Analysis Applications of theoretical ecology to risk analysis for biologicalcontrol agents. (Cooperative agreement) $50,000

2001 - 2002 United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Chief Economist,Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis. Risk analysis for invasive species:

perspectives from theoretical ecology. (Principal Investigator) Cooperative Agreement58-0111-10001. $100,000

1999-2000 International Arid Lands Consortium Effects of habitat fragmentation andpatch alteration on desert lizards. (Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Amos Bouskila)$75,000

1998-2000 Fort Bliss, White Sands Missile Range, and U.S. Army AEC Application andassessment of Species at Risk conservation approaches at Fort Bliss and White Sands

Missile Range, New Mexico and Texas. (Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. BruceThompson, New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit) $185,000

1998-1999 International Arid Lands Consortium Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rats andshrub invasion in desert grasslands. (Principal Investigator with Dr. Fenton Kay,

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Jornada Experimental Range and Dr. Burt Kotler, Ben-Gurion University, Israel)$75,000

1997-1998 International Arid Lands Consortium Effects of habitat fragmentation andpatch alteration on desert lizards. (Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Amos Bouskila,

Ben-Gurion University, Israel) $75,0001996-1997 New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Effects on birds of salt cedar

control by aerial application of Arsenal. (Took over project upon Dr. Schemnitz retire-ment) $40,000

1996-1997 Pecos River Native Riparian Restoration Organization Effects on wildlife ofsalt cedar control by aerial application of Arsenal. (Took over project upon Dr. Schem-nitz retirement) $40,000

1995-1996 White Sands Missile Range Bird Species of Special Concern: Occurrence,habitat associations, and potential adverse impacts at White Sands Missile Range. (Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Bruce Thompson) $235,000

1994-1995 White Sands Missile Range Land Condition Trend Analysis. (Co-PrincipalInvestigator with Dr. Philip Zwank) $40,000

1992 California Forestry Association Theoretical review of current demographic modelsfor Northern Spotted Owl. $7,662

1991-1992 Academic Senate Committee on Research - Faculty Research Fellowship,University of California-Irvine Theoretical Studies of the Evolution of Dispersal. $10,000

1989-1990 School of Biological Sciences - Faculty Research and Travel Funds, Univer-sity of California-Irvine - Theoretical studies of seed dispersal. $1,000

1988-1989 School of Biological Sciences - Faculty Research and Travel Funds, Univer-sity of California-Irvine Seed dispersal and plant population dynamics. $1,000

1988-1989 Committee for Instructional Development - Curricular Improvement Grant,University of California-Irvine Computer-Assisted Instruction in Quantitative Ecol-ogy. $2,000

1985-1987 National Science Foundation-Division of Biotic Systems and Resources, Dis-sertation Improvement Grant Host plant patch size and herbivore population dynam-ics. $5,000

6 CONSULTING

URS-Greiner Woodward-Clyde, San Diego, CA. Data analyses for final report on Cal-

trans District 7 erosion control studies. January 2000- October 2000.Martha Blane and Associates, San Marcos, CA. Study design and data analyses for Cal-

trans highway right-of-way erosion-control studies. September 1998 December1999.

Enterprise Advisory Group, Ojai, CA. Analysis of kit fox, coyote, and bobcat habitatdata from the California Naval Petroleum Reserve. March 1996 - June 1996.

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Labat-Anderson Inc., MacLean, VA. Spatial sampling design for a soil contaminantstudy. February 1996.

EG&G Energy Measurements, Ojai, CA. Statistical analysis of leopard lizard habitatdata and giant kangaroo rat trapping data. January 1995 - December 1995.

Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, CA. GIS-based Desert Tortoise habitat modeling in theMojave Desert. January 1995 - June 1996.

EG&G Energy Measurements, Ojai, CA. Statistical analysis of kit fox habitat on theNational Petroleum Reserve. December 1993 - December 1994.

OFarrell Biological Consulting, Las Vegas, Nevada. Analysis of vegetation and habitatmanipulation data from studies of the Stephens Kangaroo Rat. July 1992 - December1996.

Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, CA. Statistical analysis and modelling of transect datafrom desert tortoise plots on Fort Irwin National Training Center. May 1992 - De-cember 1993.

EG&G Energy Measurements, Ojai, CA. Statistical analysis of field data on effects ofmilitary activities at Camp Roberts, CA, on endangered San Joaquin kit foxes. Jan-uary 1992 - January 1994.

SJM Biological Consulting, San Diego, CA. Statistical analysis of observational and ex-perimental field data on endangered Yuma clapper rails. December 1991.

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Viability analy-sis, reserve design, and habitat preference modelling for the endangered StephensKangaroo Rat (Dipodomys stephensii). June 1991 - June 1992.

OFarrell Biological Consulting, Las Vegas, Nevada. Reserve design for Stephens Kan-garoo Rat (Dipodomys stephensii). May 1991.

Consep Membranes, Inc., Bend, Oregon. Insect behavioral ecology. June 1990 - June1991.

7 TEACHING AND ADVISING

7.1 Courses taught (recent highlights)

HON 214, Successful Scholarship Writing - Provides scholars with hands-onskills to complete proposals for scholarships and fellowships such as the Truman,Rhodes, Marshall, Goldwater, Udall, and others. Other skills include how to writersums, develop general research skills, and find grant and foundation sources.

HON 305V, Global Environment - The global environment is a highly complexinterconnected system; even now, when human impacts are becoming more per-vasive, we do not fully understand how the global environment functions in theabsence of such impacts. In this course, we will explore the major biogeochemicalcycles, patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation, and broad-scale patternsof biological diversity. We will also examine some of the most important human

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impacts on the global environment, including climate change, loss of biodiversity,invasive species, etc.

FWCE 455, Environmental Risks and Decisions - This course introduces stu-dents to the basics of risk assessment and decision analysis in the context of envi-ronmental and conservation issues. Students learn basic concepts of risk percep-tion and uncertainty, the roles of experts and stakeholders, and the use of concep-tual and probabilistic models in risk assessment. Students gain experience withthe ecological risk assessment paradigm, as well as regional risk assessment andpest risk assessments. The course also introduces students to the fundamentalsof decision analysis and environmental risk management.

FWCE 409, Population Ecology - This course introduces students to the basicconcepts of population ecology relevant to contemporary natural resource sci-ence. Prerequisites include a course in general ecology; courses in calculus andstatistics are helpful but not essential. After completing this course, students

will be able to: 1) Understand and apply basic concepts of population ecology.2) Demonstrate sufficient skills with Microsoft Excel to be able to develop andrun simple population models. 3) Understand the conceptual foundation of con-temporary tools for estimating population size and structure. 4) Understand andapply simple models for unstructured populations. 5) Understand and apply con-cepts and models of animal demography. 6) Understand and apply basic conceptsof simple models for spatially-structured populations.

FWCE 522, Research Methods in Natural Resource Science - This course hasfour objectives. First, the course will acquaint the student with contemporaryphilosophical debate over the nature of knowledge and the scientific method,

and will require the student to examine in detail the application of the scien-tific method in the natural resource sciences. The student will develop criticalthinking skills applied to the students own research plans as well as those of oth-ers, will become familiar with practical and conceptual tools for the formulationand analysis of well-posed research questions, and will develop and recognize apersonal philosophy of scientific research. Second, the course will familiarize thestudent with the process and product of scientific writing, especially as applied inthe natural resource sciences. The student will develop writing skills applicableto the production of scientific literature (with an emphasis on theses and journalarticles), and will develop an individual approach to the processes of formula-tion, composition, and correction of scientific literature. Third, the course will

familiarize the student with the process of proposal preparation, including bothproposal writing and "grantsmanship". The student will understand the rela-tionship between research questions (developed through application of the skillsgained in the portion of the course dealing with scientific method), research pro-posals, and research product (developed through application of the skills gainedin the portion of the course dealing with scientific writing), and will demonstratethis understanding through the development of a research proposal. Finally, the

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course will require the student to examine ethical issues and values-based socialissues related to contemporary research in the natural resource sciences.

7.2 Sample comments from recent student evaluations

Extremely excited and friendly when teaching. Wonderful teacher. (HON 305,Global Environment, Sp 2012)

Made information palatable for majors outside of science fields. (HON 305,Global Environment, Sp 2012)

Approachability and willingness to help students. (FWCE 409, Population Ecol-ogy, Sp 2012)

The activities/exercises were very helpful. (FWCE 409, Population Ecology, Sp2012)

7.3 Advising

During my time at NMSU I have provided undergraduate academic advising for an av-erage of 20 students per semester in the Department of Fish Wildlife and ConservationEcology. In my role as Associate Dean of the Honors College, I provide academic advis-ing to students in the honors program. In addition, I provide fellowship advising andmentoring to students applying for national competitive scholarships and fellowships.

7.4 Former graduate students

Michael Calkins (M.S.) 2010. Thesis title: Modeling climate change impacts on the

American Pika over the western United States. Current position: doctoral student.Ewald, Megan (M.S.) 2009. Thesis title: Den site characteristics and home range sizes

of kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis) in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland. Current position:Technical editor, Wyoming Geological Survey.

Finkbeiner, Kenton (non-thesis) 2008

Fitch, Justin. (M.S.) 2008. Thesis title: Assessing wildfire risks at multiple spatialscales. Current position: doctoral student.

Hould, Kim. (M.S.) 2006 Thesis title: Nestedness in the fauna of the Southwest: Pre-dicted patterns from predicted distributions. Current position: Not in wildlife field.

Northcott, Jason. (M.S.) 2004 Thesis title: Spatiotemporal patterns of black-tailedprairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colony expansion: Integrating model analysismethods and GIS modeling to predict how landscape features influence colony ex-pansion. Current position: GIS/Conservation specialist with NatureTrust BritishColumbia, Canada.

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Adams, Heather (M.S.) 2003. Thesis title: Activity budgets of black-tailed prairiedogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) on the Armendaris Ranch (NM). Current position: Notin wildlife field.

Lee, Colin (M.S.) 2003. Thesis title: Distribution patterns and time-activity budgets

of Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) wintering in central New Mexico and Chihuahua,Mexico Current position: Refuge biologist, Bosque del Apache National WildlifeRefuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Graves, Jennifer. (M.S.) 2002. Thesis title: Banner-Tailed Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomysspectabilis): Effects on Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) Invasion and Establishment.Current position: Regulatory specialist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Kintigh, Keith. (M.S.) 2001. Thesis title: A den-centered analysis of Swift Fox (Vulpesvelox) habitat characteristics on the Kiowa National Grassland, New Mexico. Cur-rent position: GIS/Conservation specialist, Michigan Department of Natural Re-sources.

Kroll, Andrew J. (M.S.) 2000. Thesis title: Comparative ecology, distribution, andconservation of the land snails (generaAshmunella, Sonorella, and Oreohelix) of WhiteSands Missile Range (NM) and Fort Bliss (NM and TX). Current position: Forestbiologist, Weyerhauser.

Nelson, Esther. (M.S.) 2000. Thesis title: Effects of habitat fragmentation on desertlizard communities. Current position: Wildlife biologist, Santa Fe National Forest,U.S. Forest Service.

Hernandez, Carrie. (M.S.) 2000. Thesis title: Foraging ecology of Banner-tailed kan-garoo rats in desert grassland ecosystems. Current position: Wildlife biologist, U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service.

Sipos, Michael P. (M.S.) 1998. Thesis title: Interactions between Ords kangaroo rat,and four species of perennial grasses. Current position: Wildlife biologist, WendyLopez and Associates (private consulting firm).

Puschock, John P. (M.S.) 1998. Thesis title: An evaluation of the suitability of severalhabitats in central New Mexico as stopover sites for neotropical migratory passer-ines. Current position: unknown.

Hollenbeck, JeffC. (M.S.) 1998. Thesis title: The effects of habitat patch characteris-tics on migrant passerine use along the Pecos River, eastern New Mexico. Currentposition: Lecturer, Oregon State University.

Houde-Nethers, Deborah. 1997. Non-thesis project: An interpretive display on thelife history and ecology of the White Sands Pupfish (Cyprinodon tularosa). Current

position: Biologist, The Nature Conservancy.Shrestha, Pratima. (M.S.) 1996. Thesis title: Population status of Sarus Crane in

Nepal. Current position: Faculty, Xavier Institution, Nepal.

Austin, Sean C. (M.S.) 1996. Thesis title: Ordination analysis of herpetofauna andvegetation relationships on White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Current posi-tion: USAID Biodiversity project director, Cambodia.

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7.5 Professional development activities (highlights)

I am NMSUs campus advisor for the Mendeley reference management software(www.mendeley.com). I give an average of two presentations per year to un-dergraduate and graduate students on how to use Mendeley to organize biblio-graphic information, view and annotate pdf reprints of journal articles, and gen-erate bibliographies for manuscripts.

During the 2009-2010 academic year, I was chosen to participate in NMSUs Ad-vancing Leaders Program. This is a leadership training program for tenured aca-demic faculty; it includes a fall retreat, monthly meetings/training sessions, reg-ular one-on-one mentoring of participants by mentors drawn from senior facultyand administration, and a group project addressing a campus-wide issue.

During the summer of 2003, I participated in the NMSU Institute for Technology-Assisted Learning. This was an intensive traning program in distance-learning

and blended educational technologies, which trained participants in the use ofemerging instructional technologies.

8 INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE

8.1 Departmental service (highlights)

I am currently the chair of my departments curriculum committee. We are con-ducting a thorough review of the departments undergraduate curriculum, andare in the process of constructing a skills matrix to assess the extent to which ourcurriculum emphasizes the skills and concepts that our students need. The goal

of this process is to use the skills matrix to guide a revision and updating of ourcurriculum.

I have been chair of my departments promotion and tenure committee since2000. During that time, four of our faculty have been promoted to associate pro-fessor, and one to full professor. In addition, I led the committee in a completerevision of our departmental promotion and tenure guidelines to conform to newuniversity and college policies.

I have served as acting department head on numerous occasions over many years.

8.2 College service (highlights)

During the 2007-2008 academic year, I served on the College Promotion andTenure policy task force. We completely rewrote the Colleges promotion andtenure policy to conform to a new university-wide promotion and tenure policywhich had been passed by the Faculty Senate the previous year.

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During the 2003-2004 academic year, I served on the Web Standards Subcommit-tee of the Uniting NMSU Online Task Force. In this role, I oversaw the prepara-tion of a report and a set of recommendations for implementation of web contentand format standards, and for implementation of a campus-wide content man-

agement system.

I have served on my Colleges curriculum committee since 2002, and have servedterms on the College Budget Committee and the College Promotion and TenureCommittee.

8.3 University service (highlights)

I served on the NMSU Faculty Senate from 2004 through the spring of 2011, in-cluding serving as Vice-Chair for the 2009-2010 academic year, and as Chair forthe 2010-2011 academic year. As Vice-Chair I was an ex-officio member of the As-sociate Deans Academic Council. In addition, I worked with the Faculty Senate

to completely revise the universitys faculty grievance policy. As Chair I servedas an ex-officio member of the Academic Deans Council, the Presidents Uni-versity Administrative Council, the University Budget Committee, and the Cam-pus Naming Committee. As Chair, I oversaw revisions to both the constitutionand bylaws of the Faculty Senate, promoted a controversial proposal to includeplus and minus grades in the computation of student grade point averages, andworked on the implementation and clarification of new procedures for address-ing faculty grievances. My most important accomplishment as chair of FacultySenate was to get a paraphrased version of the AAUP statement on shared gover-nance incorporated into the NMSU policy manual.

I served on the NMSU Graduate Council from 2004 through 2008, including serv-ing as Vice-Chair during the 2006-2007 academic year, and as Chair during the2007-2008 academic year. My accomplishments on the Graduate Coucil includedthe drafting of a revised policy on graduate faculty membership allowing facultymembers from one department to formally join the graduate faculty of anotherdepartment; this is a policy change that my department had sought for severalyears.

9 PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE

9.1 Professional societies

Member, National Association of Fellowship Advisors

Institutional Member, National Collegiate Honors Council

Member, Society for Risk Analysis

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1999-2000, Vice-Chair, Theoretical Ecology Section, Ecological Society of Amer-ica

2000-2001, Chair, Theoretical Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America

9.2 Peer review

Each year I serve as peer reviewer for several manuscripts for a variety of journals,including Risk Analysis, Ecological Modeling, Theoretical Ecology, Journal of Wildlife

Management, Wildlife Research, and the Journal of Arid Environments.

I have served as an external proposal reviewer for the U.S. Department of Agri-culture, U.S. Department of Defense, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-istration, and National Park Service.

I have served as content consultant for RedLine Editorial Inc. of Burnsville MN ona series of books on biodiversity conservation aimed at elementary and middle-school students.

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