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April 2016 - December 2019
Goals and Objectives:
- Comparing conventional population indices to statistical population reconstruction (SPR) to determine if the SPR model provides superior inferences that warrant its use as an otter and bobcat management tool.
- Performing SPR to provide estimates on otter and bobcat survival, age structure, recruitment, harvest, and population trends in Iowa.
- Using GIS to develop a river otter habitat suitability map for Iowa based on the number of otters trapped per HUC 12 watersheds as a function of land cover and landscape metrics comparable to the suitability map developed for the bobcats.
- Validating the habitat suitability map created in item 3.
- Evaluating the value of current data sources and simulating potential gains by including additional auxiliary data for use in managing Iowan furbearers.
- Publishing a final report and outlining recommendations to the Iowa DNR for future furbearer monitoring.
Federal Staff: 102
Masters Students: 240
Phd Students: 161
Post Docs: 57
University Staff: 246
Students graduated: 703
Scientific Publications: 1865
Presentations: 4319
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