l. scott mills - Wildlife Ecology and Conservation - University of Florida

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GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING:
Students Completing Ph.D. Degrees to Date:
Ellen Cheng: “Climate Change, gene flow, and the legendary synchrony of snowshoe hares” (Fall
2010)
Heather Johnson: “Escaping the extinction vortex: Identifying factors affecting population
performance and recovery in endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep” (Spring 2010).
Sue Cox Griffin: “Demography and ecology of a declining endemic: the Olympic marmot” (Fall
2007; co-advised with Mark Taper).
John Citta: “Metapopulation ecology using mountain bluebirds as a model system.” (Spring 2005;
co-advised with Mark Lindberg).
Paul Griffin: “Source-sink dynamics of snowshoe hares in a fragmented landscape.” (November
2003).
Michael Schwartz: “The influence of gene flow and landscape location on genetic variation in two
threatened carnivores: the Canada lynx and San Joaquin kit fox.” (Fall 2002)
David Tallmon: “Genetic, demographic, and ecological effects of habitat fragmentation.” (Spring
2001; co-advised with Fred Allendorf)
Students Completing M.S. Degrees to Date:
Jesse Newby, MS: “”Puma dispersal ecology in the central Rocky Mountains.” (Spring 2011).
Tempa Tshering, MS (non-thesis): “Teaching Wildlife Biology in Bhutan.” (Fall ’08).
Carly Walker: “Influences of landscape structure on snowshoe hare populations in fragmented
forests.” (Spring 2005)
Julia Witzcuk: “Predation by invasive coyotes on declining endemic Olympic marmots.”
(Spring’07).
Jenny Woolf: “Effects of thinning and prescribed burning on birds and small mammals.” (Spring
2003)
Tammy Mildenstein: “Habitat selection of large flying foxes using radiotelemetry: targeting
conservation efforts in Subic Bay Philippines.” (Spring 2002)
Reesa Yale: “Do highways influence connectivity in small mammals?” (Fall 2002)
Kevin Lair: "The effects of forest fragmentation and forest edge on Columbian Mouse and Southern
Red-Backed vole demography." (Spring 2001)
John Citta: “An evaluation of demographic sensitivity analysis models.” (Spring 1998)
Current Graduate Students:
Julie Betsch, PhD
Tammy Mildenstein, PhD
Tshewang Wangchuck, PhD
Marketa Zimova, MS
Post-Docs Supported:
Rebecca Taylor (2009-present)
Richard Fredrickson (2007-2010)
Cindy Hartway (2006-2010)
Matt Kaufmann (2004-2006)
Karen Hodges (2000-2003)