Conservation Projects
Active/In Progress Projects
Current status, habitat use, and variables that influence human-bear conflict in Andean bears in Colombia
![Andean Bear](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/VelaVargas_Andean-Bear-1_0.gif?itok=USJvju1q)
Linking field ecology with zoo-based conservation: Gartersnakes (Thamnophis spp.) as models for conservation in the Southwest
![Narrowheaded garter snake](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/Blais_Thamnophis-rufipunctatus_0.gif?itok=MwPhtBRa)
Investigation of Factors Influencing the Decline in an Emblematic Bushveld Savanna Tree Species
![Close-up of elephant facing camera](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/Banotai_elephantcloseup.jpg?itok=USe84bN0)
Completed Projects
Conserving Imperiled Species in Highly Altered Environments: Habitat Modeling Tools and Techniques for Adaptive Management
![](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/BigCypressFoxSquirrelAlligatorFlagPreserveCollierCty.jpeg?itok=LfTkwfMv)
If you build it will they come? Artificial midden creation and settlement by Mt. Graham red squirrels
![](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/Morandini1_0.jpg?itok=APIMr-bX)
Conservation of the freshwater rivers of Nepal: Endangered dolphins as indicators of river system health
Population and spatial ecology of the Pinaleño white-bellied vole, Microtus longicaudus leucophaeus
![](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/long%20tailed%20vole%20w%20collar.jpg?itok=R6QI5lU4)
Terrestrial ecology of the endangered Sonoran tiger salamander, Ambystoma mavortium stebbinsi
![Sonoran tiger salamander Sonoran tiger salamander](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/Brocka_CroppedSTS_resized.jpg?itok=0GOKGnXw)
Habitat selection of the San Bernardino flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus californicus) in a post-fire landscape
![](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/Mazzella_sbfs_2_resize_0.jpg?itok=rxnCr-qr&c=996d67d9e1d9fe3417d0ba9b817c4d89)
Effects of Mammalian Herbivory on Plant Community Assemblage in Semi-Arid Grasslands
![](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/images/people/Abercrombie_resized.jpg?itok=Gcrj6xtd&c=b7d7f0665778f61855a4118dc787743d)
Effects of Re-establishing Black-tailed Prairie Dog Colonies on Southeastern Arizona Grasslands
![Black-tailed prairie dog Black-tailed prairie dog](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/Prairie%20Dog%202.jpg?itok=1VPBglrG&c=760b090a894952d9446b9934bfdf2bc7)
Proximate cues and ultimate consequences for natal dispersal and settlement in an altered forest landscape: influence of experience, behavior, and habitat
Differential Response of a Native Arizona Gray Squirrel and an Introduced Abert’s Squirrel to a Mosaic of Burn Severities
![](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/Ketcham_web3_0.jpg?itok=S1oGdyrf)
Effect of personality on the exploration and settlement stages of natal dispersal
Assessing Dipodomys spp. foraging response in proximity to a colony of reintroduced black-tailed prairie dogs
![](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/Fulgham_KangarooRat_withEarTag_resize_0.jpg?itok=X-RXDZii)
Competition for conifer cones as a potential mechanism of endangerment for the Mt. Graham red squirrel
![](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/Minor_MGRS_gets_cone_web_0.jpg?itok=JHbKZmyE)
Response of the Mount Graham Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis) to Postfire Conditions
![Mt. Graham red squirrel post fire Mt. Graham red squirrel post fire](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/MtGrahamRedSquirrel_PostFire-13.jpg?itok=gkXRGvVj)
What can endemics tell us? Space use and ecology of the endemic Arizona gray squirrel
![](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/Cudworth_AZGray_web_0.jpg?itok=VAf91oTy)
The Socioecology, Mating System and Behavior of Round-Tailed Ground Squirrels (Xerospermophilus tereticaudus)
![Round-tailed ground squirrel pup Round-tailed ground squirrel pup](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/RTGS_pups_pt2_-1.jpg?itok=48cnJY8h)
Ecology of the endemic Mearns’s squirrel (Tamiasciurus mearnsi) in Baja California, Mexico
Assessment of an introduced population of Mexican red-bellied squirrels (Sciurus aureogaster) in Biscayne National Park, Florida, USA
![](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/Palmer_Sciurus-aureogaster-Nest_web.jpg?itok=tjr2ZGo1)
Differential response to fire by an exotic and an endemic species complicate endangered species conservation
![Abert's squirrel in summer pelage Abert's squirrel in summer pelage](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/Gwinn_Aberts_AshCreek_web_0.jpg?itok=kdlqeZs0)
Variation among red squirrel populations: Ecological differences at the edge of their range and response to fire
![](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/Leonard_MG_FireDamage2_web_0.jpg?itok=8n0EvC6f)
Bat diversity, resource use and activity patterns along a Sonoran Desert riparian corridor
![](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/Buecher_bat_web_0.jpg?itok=3Da0d9vU)
Forest disturbance and the long term population persistence of the Mt. Graham red squirrel: a spatially explicit modeling approach
![](https://conservation.arizona.edu/sites/conservation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/images/people/Wood_profile_web.jpg?itok=Fk99waR9&c=238fd1386006e82f519e1fb789bfdcbb)