SophieLGilbert

I've been fascinated by animals, and especially how they respond to changes in their environments, since I was a kid watching a mule deer doe raise her fawns in my back yard. Why was she there- to escape predators? To find food? Or something else? Would she and her fawns survive the winter? If so, how?

Now, I get to answer these types of questions, and many more, with our research team at the University of Idaho. We use innovative methods, including camera traps, GPS collars, drones, and more, to ask how animals respond to their changing environment, including animal behavior, population, and community ecology, as well as linkages between wildlife and humans.

Our research spans countries, ecosystems, and species, focusing on the response of animals to the changing modern world. We work closely with stakeholders, government agencies, non-government organizations, other academic research groups, and the public to identify the most important questions for large mammal conservation and management. At the same time, we use our rich data sets to address fundamental ecological questions using wildlife as model systems.

December 2018