Jacob Ashe Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Colorado

Bear’s Ears elk herdResearch project evaluating elk recruitment and cause-specific mortality throughout northwest Colorado.

Zambia

Ansell’s mole-rat (Fukomys anselli)Capture-mark-recapture study focused on group composition changes and dispersal frequencies of mole-rats near Lusaka, Zambia.

Missouri

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)A study of survival, recruitment, and movement patterns of white-tailed deer in south-central Missouri.

New Mexico

New Mexico jumping mouse (Zapus luteus luteus)Determine population status, habitat requirements, and home ranges for the federally threatened New Mexico meadow jumping mouse in Arizona and New Mexico National Forests.

South Carolina

Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) & Eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo)Wild pig study of sow behavior pre/post-parturition, neonate survival, timing of farrowing, litter size, and sex ratio of piglets as a function of sow movement, individual attributes, and season. Eastern wild turkey study of male wild turkey demographics as they relate to contaminants, as well as hunting pressure effects on survival.PCR, fecal DNA purification, feather DNA extraction, and DNA sequencing

Idaho

Northern Idaho ground squirrel (Urocitellus brunneus)Small mammal mark-recapture study for the federally threatened northern Idaho ground squirrel, monitoring demographics and observing the effects of nutrient limitation, resource competition, and sylvatic plague presence.

Georgia

Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)A study of human-interaction behaviors (begging), stock structure, abundance estimates, and dorsal fin cataloging of individuals along coastal Georgia.