Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Matthew Rubino

Biologist, GIS and Database Specialist
Phone: (919) 513 - 7280
Email: matt_rubino@ncsu.edu
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Education

  • MS North Carolina State University 2001
  • BS University of Montana 1989

Biography

MS Natural Resources - Spatial Information Systems, North Carolina State University BS Zoology, University of Montana. Conservation biology, species-habitat relationships, spatial modeling, modeling climate change effects on species distributions, species surrogacy in conservation biology, Geographic Information systems, database development

Research Publications Publication Date
Tarr, N.M., M. J. Rubino, J. K. Costanza, A. J. McKerrow, J. A. Collazo4, R. C. Abt. 2016. Potential Gains and Losses in Avian and Amphibian Habitat from Bioenergy Production. Global Change Biology GCB Bioenergy (2016): 1-5. doi: 10.1111/gcbb.12383. July 2016
Stefanski, L.A., M.J. Rubino, and G.R. Hess. 2003. Estimating patch occupancy when patches are incompletely surveyed. Institute of Statistics Mimeo Series #2543 November 2003
Hess, G.R., R.A. Bartel, A.K. Leidner, K.M. Rosenfeld, M.J. Rubino, S.A. Snider, T.R. Ricketts. 2006. Effectiveness of biodiversity indicators varies with extent, grain, and region. Biological Conservation 132(4) 448-457. October 2006
Hess, G.R., F.H. Koch, M.J. Rubino, K.A. Eschelbach, C.A. Drew, J.M. Favreau. 2006. Comparing the potential effectiveness of conservation approaches in central North Carolina, USA. Biological Conservation 128(3) 358-368. March 2006
Favreau, J.M., C.A. Drew, G.R. Hess, M.J. Rubino, F.H. Koch, K.A. Eschelbach. 2006. Recommendations for assessing the effectiveness of surrogate species approaches. Biodiversity and Conservation 15(12) 3949-3969. November 2006
Costanza, J., S. Beck, M. Pyne, A. Terando, M. Rubino, R. White, and J. Collazo. 2016. Assessing climate-sensitive ecosystems in southeastern U.S. Open-file Report 1073, Southeast Climate Science Center, Raleigh, NC. June 2016
Presentations Presentation Date
Tarr, N. M., M, J. Rubino, J. K. Costanza, A. J. McKerrow, J. A. Collazo, and R. C. Abt. Gains and Losses in Wildlife Habitat from Bioenergy Production in North Carolina. Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. November 2015
Technical Publications Publication Date
M. J. Rubino. 2011. Sea Level Rise Modeling for the SAMBI. June 2011
M. J. Rubino. 2009. Manual for Reviewing SE-GAP Vertebrate Models. July 2009
M. J. Rubino. 2006. Ancillary Data Development for SE-GAP Species Predicted Distribution Modeling. October 2006
M. J. Rubino, and S. G. Williams. 2011. Avian Habitat Modeling for the SAMBI DSL Project. August 2011
Lott, C.A. and M.J. Rubino. 2011. A python script for preparing TernCOLONY habitat inputs: TernCOLONY model documentation. March 2011