Staff Member
Amanda Goldberg
PhD
Email: gold1163@vandals.uidaho.edu
Education
- MS Kansas State University 2012
- BS University of Massachusetts Amherst 2005
- Other Mount Holyoke College 2003
- Other Skidmore College 2002
Biography
I earned a B.S. in Biology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an M.S. from Kansas State University. In my free time, I enjoy playing soccer, hiking, canoeing, and photography.. My current research is focused on conservation of the Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel which is a federally listed threatened species. My previous research focused on demography of black-tailed prairie dogs and assessing the presence of plague in small mammal populations (prairie dogs, golden-mantled ground squirrels, chipmunks, mice and rats) throughout various areas of the western United States.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Helmstetter, N. A., C. J. Conway, B. S. Stevens, and A. R. Goldberg. 2021. Balancing transferability and complexity of species distribution models for rare species conservation. Diversity and Distributions 27:95-108. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13174 | December 2020 |
| Goldberg, A.R., C. J. Conway, D. E. Biggins, G. Burak, and D. Evans Mack. 2018. Yersinia pestis, fleas, sylvatic plague, and persistence of a federally threatened ground squirrel. The Vector 12(1): 2-7 | March 2018 |
| Goldberg, A., D. E. Biggins, S. Ramakrishnan, J. W. Bowser, C. J. Conway, D. A. Eads, and J. Wimsatt. 2022. Deltamethrin reduces survival of non-target small mammals. Wildlife Research 49:698-708. | May 2022 |
| Goldberg, A. R., and C. J. Conway. 2021. Hibernation behavior of a federally-threatened ground squirrel: climate change and habitat selection implications. Journal of Mammalogy 102:574-587. doi: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab021 | July 2021 |
| Goldberg, A. R., C. J. Conway, and D. E. Biggins. 2021. Effects of experimental flea removal and plague vaccine treatments on survival of northern Idaho ground squirrels and two coexisting sciurids. Global Ecology and Conservation 26:e01489. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01489. | February 2021 |
| Goldberg, A. R., C. J. Conway, and D. E. Biggins. 2020. Flea sharing among sympatric rodent hosts: implications for potential plague effects on a threatened sciurid. Ecosphere 11(2):e03033. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.3033 | February 2020 |
| Goldberg, A. R., C. J. Conway, D. Tank, K. Andrews, D. S. Gour, and L. Waits. 2020. Diet of a rare herbivore based on DNA metabarcoding of feces: selection, seasonality, and survival. Ecology and Evolution 10:7627-7643. doi: 10.1002/ece3.6488 | June 2020 |
| Goldberg, A. R., C. J. Conway, D. Evans Mack, and G. Burak. 2020. Winter versus summer habitat selection in a threatened ground squirrel. Journal of Wildlife Management 84:1548–1559. doi: 10.1002/jwmg.21936 | August 2020 |
| Burak, G.S., A.R. Goldberg, J.M. Galloway, D. Evans Mack, and C.J. Conway. 2018. Partner-based research collaboration guiding on-the-ground conservation efforts for a threatened Idaho endemic - the northern Idaho ground squirrel. The Wildlife Professional 12(5):39-42. | November 2018 |
| Barbosa, S., K. Andrews, A. Goldberg, D. Singh-Gour, P. A. Hohenlohe, C. J. Conway, and L. Waits. 2021. The role of neutral and adaptive genomic variation in population diversification and speciation in two ground squirrel species of conservation concern. Molecular Ecology 30:4673–4694. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1111/mec.16096 | September 2021 |
| Allison, A. Z. T., C. J. Conway, and A. R. Goldberg. 2024. Weather influences survival probability in two coexisting mammals directly and indirectly via competitive asymmetry. Ecology 104:e4229. | December 2023 |
| Allison, A. Z. T., C. J. Conway, A. Morris, A. R. Goldberg, K. N. Lohr, R. Richards, and J. A. Almack. 2024. Hit snooze: an imperiled hibernator assesses spring snow conditions to decide whether to terminate hibernation or re-enter torpor. Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology 97:53-63. doi: 10.1086/729775 | April 2024 |
| Project | Completion Date |
|---|---|
| Effectiveness of Forest Restoration Treatments on Demography of a Federally Listed Ground Squirrel | February 2025 |
| Effects of sylvatic plague on Northern Idaho Ground Squirrels | April 2019 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Smith, J., G. Vaziri, S. Cunningham, A.R. Goldberg, and C.J. Conway. 2015. Effects of cattle grazing on seed availability in northern Idaho ground squirrel colonies. Annual Meeting of the Idaho Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Pocatello, ID. 10 Mar 2015. | March 2015 |
| Helmstetter, N., C.J. Conway, and A. Goldberg. 2017. Using Morphometrics to Estimate Age of Northern Idaho Ground Squirrels (Urocitellus brunneus). Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research. Boise, ID. 26 Jul 2017. | July 2017 |
| Helmstetter, N., C.J. Conway, A.R. Goldberg, and B.S. Stevens. 2019. Predicting habitat suitability for a threatened ground squirrel: balancing model complexity and spatial transferability. Joint Meeting of The Wildlife Society and the American Fisheries Society, Reno, NV. 30 Sep 2019. | September 2019 |
| Goldberg, A.R., C.J. Conway, D. Evans-Mack, and G. Burak. 2017. Effects of microclimate change on Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel hibernation. Annual Meeting of the Idaho Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Boise, ID. 2 Mar 2017. | March 2017 |
| Goldberg, A.R., C.J. Conway, D. Evans Mack, and G. Burak. 2021. Habitat selection and behavior of a threatened ground squirrel. Colorado State University Postdoctoral Association Spring Symposium, Fort Collins, CO, 30 March 2021. | March 2021 |
| Goldberg, A.R., C.J. Conway, D. Evans Mack, G. Burak, and D.E. Biggins. 2018. Effects of sylvatic plague on northern Idaho ground squirrels. Third Annual USFWS Science of the Service Symposium. Portland, OR. 17 Apr 2018. | April 2018 |
| Goldberg, A.R., C. J. Conway, D. Evans Mack, G. Burak, and D.E. Biggins. 2017. Effects of sylvatic plague on northern Idaho ground squirrels. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists. Moscow, ID. 22 Jun 2017. | June 2017 |
| Goldberg, A.R., C. J. Conway, D. Evans Mack, G. Burak, and D.E. Biggins. 2017. Effects of sylvatic plague on northern Idaho ground squirrels. Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society. Albuquerque, NM. 26 Sep 2017. | September 2017 |
| Goldberg, A. R., C. J. Conway, and D. Evans Mack. 2014. Why are Northern Idaho Ground Squirrels so Rare? Joint Annual Meeting of the Idaho Chapter of The Wildlife Society and the Northwest Section of The Wildlife Society, Boise, ID. 4 March 2014. | March 2014 |
| Goldberg, A. R., C. J. Conway, D. Evans Mack, and E. Yensen. 2015. Why have populations of Northern Idaho Ground Squirrels declined? Annual Meeting of the Idaho Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Pocatello, ID. 10 Mar 2015. | March 2015 |
| Goldberg, A. R., C. J. Conway, D. Evans Mack, G. Burak, and D. E. Biggins. 2016. Effects of sylvatic plague on Northern Idaho Ground Squirrels. Annual Meeting of the Idaho Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Coeur d' Alene, ID. 23 Feb 2016. | February 2016 |
| Garrett, M.J., S. Barbosa, K.R. Andrews, A.R. Goldberg, D.S. Gour, P.A. Hohenlohe, C.J. Conway, and L.P. Waits. 2020. Evaluating genetic diversity and distinctiveness of northern and southern Idaho ground squirrel populations using adaptive and neutral loci. The Wildlife Society, virtual conference. 28 Sep 2020. | September 2020 |
| Garrett, M., S. Barbosa, K. R. Andrews, A. Goldberg, P. A. Hohenlohe, C. J. Conway, and L. Waits. 2020. Evaluating genetic diversity and distinctiveness of Northern and Southern Idaho ground squirrel populations using adaptive and neutral loci. Idaho Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Moscow, ID. 11 March 2020. | March 2020 |
| Conway, C.J., and A.R. Goldberg. 2017. Effects of forest restoration treatments on the northern Idaho ground squirrel. Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel Technical Team Meeting. Boise, ID. 13 Nov 2017. | November 2017 |
| Conway, C.J., and A. Goldberg. 2019. Effects of experimental forest restoration treatments, diet, and plague of the threatened Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel. Payette National Forest Supervisors Office. McCall, ID. 26 Apr 2019. | April 2019 |
| Conway, C.J., and A. Goldberg. 2018. Effects of forest restoration on abundance and diet of Northern Idaho Ground Squirrels. Annual NIDGS Technical Team Meeting. McCall, ID. 6 Dec 2018. | December 2018 |
| Barbosa, S., K. Andrews, A. Goldberg, D. Singh-Gour, B. Bosworth, P. Hohenlohe, C.J. Conway, and L. Waits. 2019. Landscape genomics of adaptive differentiation in two sister species of Idaho ground squirrels. Idaho Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Boise, ID. 21 Mar 2019. | March 2019 |
| Barbosa, S., K. Andrews, A. Goldberg, D. Singh-Gour, B. Bosworth, P. Hohenlohe, C. J. Conway, and L. Waits. 2019. Landscape genomics of adaptive differentiation in two sister species of Idaho Ground Squirrels. Joint Meeting of The Wildlife Society and the American Fisheries Society, Reno, NV. 1 Oct 2019. | October 2019 |