Our research group based at Clemson University is broadly interested in conducting investigations into wildlife ecology and their responses to global change.  Our research, both in the US and abroad, has centered on conducting projects that not only advance ecological theory, but address current problems facing the conservation and restoration of terrestrial wildlife - particularly mammals.  To achieve this, we conduct field research that involves close collaboration with agencies and organizations tasked with the management of wildlife. Please click on the links at the top of the page for more information about us, where we work, and projects we have undertaken.

News

We are looking for a PhD student to help us with a new project on coastal bobcat ecology, with a focus on potential impacts of rodenticides on the Kiawah Island population.  

Congratulations to Vassili Hartofilax who was awarded a Clemson Undergraduate Research Initiative Award to conduct a study on woodrats with agency partners in North Carolina ​

News article by The Wildlife Society on our work on the effects of fire on carnivore and herbivore community dynamics in Africa.

We are excited about our new collaboration with the Tribes of Ft. Belknap, World Wildlife Fund, Smithsonian Institution and others to restore swift fox to central Montana

Laura Gigliotti, Blaise Newman and Kyle Shute all graduated from our lab in spring 2020.  Blaise accepted a PhD position at University of Georgia and Laura is now a post-doc in Arthur Middelton's lab at UC Berkeley

Our work on swift fox in the Northern Great Plains was a featured news story by The Wildlife Society and in an article in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Post-doctoral fellow Sara Bombaci accepted a tenure track faculty position at Colorado State University.  Congratulations Sara!

Recent Publications

​​Marneweck, C., A.R. Butler, L. Gigliotti, S. Harris, A. Jensen, M. Muthersbaugh, B. Newman, E. Saldo, K. Titus, S.W. Yu, and D.S. Jachowski.  2021.  Shining the spotlight on small mammalian carnivores: global status and threats.  Biological Conservation 255:109005.

Gigliotti, L.C., R. Slotow, L.T.B. Hunter, J. Fattebert, C. Sholto-Douglas, and D.S. Jachowski.  2020.   Habitat complexity and duration of predation risk influence mesopredator survival in a multi-predator system.  Scientific Reports 10:17841

Jachowski, D.S., A. Butler, R.Y.Y. Eng, L. Gigliotti, S. Harris and A. Williams.  2020.  Identifying mesopredator release in multi-predator systems: a review of evidence from North America. Mammal Review 50:367-381. (*Editor's choice)

​Gigliotti, L.C., R. Slotow, L.T.B. Hunter, J. Fattebert, C. Sholto-Douglas, and D.S. Jachowski.  2020.  Context-dependency of top-down and bottom-up influence on cheetah demography.  Journal of Animal Ecology 89:449-459.

​​Butler, A., K. Bly, H. Harris, B. Inman, A. Moehrenschlager, D. Schwalm, and D.S. Jachowski.  2020.  Home range size and resource utilization by swift fox in northeastern Montana.  Journal of Mammalogy 101:684-696.

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