Staff Member
Scott Boyle
PhD
Email: sboyle@nmsu.edu
Biography
Scott was born and raised in Colorado where he grew up camping, fishing, and hunting. These activities sparked his interest for a career and he went on to receive his B.S. degree in Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology with a wildlife concentration from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. His primary work experience has included working with several large mammals including moose, deer, and elk studying neonate and adult survival, habitat selection, and mortality. Along with his work on large mammals, he also worked with chukar partridge and assisted in several other carnivore and spatial use projects. Through this time he has developed a research interest in habitat selection, predator-prey interactions, cause-specific mortality, and population dynamics.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Farley, Z.J., C.J. Thompson, S.T. Boyle, N.M. Tatman, and J.W. Cain III. 2024. Behavioral trade-offs and multitasking by elk in relation to predation risk from Mexican gray wolves. Ecology and Evolution 14:e11383. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11383 | Download | May 2024 |
| Cain, J.W., III, P.R. Krausman, S.T. Boyle, and S.S. Rosenstock. 2022. Water and Other Welfare Factors, Pages 239-267 in P.R. Krausman and J.W. Cain III, Editors. Wildlife Management: Contemporary Principles and Practices, 2nd Edition. The Wildlife Society and Johns Hopkins University Press. | September 2022 |
| Project | Completion Date |
|---|---|
| Elk demography, movements and habitat selection in the Mexican Wolf Recovery Area in Arizona and New Mexico | June 2025 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Boyle, S.T., J.W. Cain III, N.M. Tatman, S.G. Liley, J.C deVos, and J. Avey. 2021.Elk mortality risk in the Mexican Wolf Recovery Area. 54th Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society, Virtual Online. | February 2021 |
| Boyle, S.T., J.W. Cain III, N.M. Tatman, S.G. Liley, J.C deVos, and J. Avey. 2020. Cause-specific Mortality and Survival of Elk in the Mexican Wolf Recovery Area in New Mexico and Arizona. 8th Natural History of the Gila Symposium, Silver City, New Mexico, USA. | February 2020 |
| Boyle, S.T., J.W. Cain III, N.M. Tatman, S.G. Liley, J.C deVos, and J. Avey. 2020. Cause-specific Mortality and Survival of Elk in the Mexican Wolf Recovery Area in New Mexico and Arizona. 53rd Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society, Prescott, Arizona, USA. | February 2020 |
| Boyle, S.T., J.W. Cain III, F. Abadi, N. Tatman, S. Liley, J. deVos, and J. Avey. 2023. Elk demographics within a multi-predator system including the recovery of the Mexican gray wolf. 13th International Mammalogical Congress, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. | July 2023 |
| Boyle, S.T., F. Abadi, N. Tatman, S. Liley, J. deVos, J. Avey, and J.W. Cain III. 2023. Demographic rates of elk following reintroduction of the Mexican gray wolf. 30th Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. | November 2023 |
| Boyle, S., J.W Cain III, F.A. Gebreselassie, N.M. Tatman, S.G. Liley, and J.C. deVos. 2023. Mortality Risk of elk in the Southwestern United States. Joint Annual Meeting of Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society, Farmington, New Mexico, USA. | February 2023 |
| Boyle, S., J.W Cain III, F.A. Gebreselassie, N.M. Tatman, S.G. Liley, and J.C. deVos. 2023. Mortality Risk of elk in the Southwestern United States. 15<sup>th</sup> Biennial Deer and Elk Workshop, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. | May 2023 |