Staff Member
Cara Thompson
Master's
Email: cjthomps@nmsu.edu
Biography
I was born and raised outside of Denver, Colorado. In 2014 I received a B.S. from Colorado State University and have since worked for several state and federal management agencies, as well as non-governmental research organizations. I have spent most of my career working with Western wildlife and ecosystems but also have worked on projects internationally and in southern Missouri. My research at NMSU evaluates the influence Mexican wolf predation risk has on elk habitat selection while my broad research interests include wildlife-habitat interactions, trophic ecology, and conservation ecology/management.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Thompson, C.J. and J.W. Cain III. 2024. Biological feasibility of introducing bighorn sheep to the Jicarilla Apache Nation. U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Cooperator Science Series FWS/CSS–159–2024, Washington, D.C. | Download | November 2024 |
| 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 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Thompson, C.J., J.W. Cain III, N.M. Tatman, S.G. Liley, J.C deVos, and J. Avey. 2022. Influence of Mexican wolves on elk habitat selection. 101st. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Tucson, Arizona, USA. | June 2022 |
| Thompson, C.J., J.W. Cain III, N.M. Tatman, S.G. Liley, J.C deVos, and J. Avey. 2022. Evaluating predation risk from Mexican gray wolves on elk habitat selection. 29th Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Spokane, Washington. | November 2022 |
| Thompson, C.J., J.W. Cain III, N.M. Tatman, S.G. Liley, J.C deVos, and J. Avey. 2021. Influence of Mexican wolves on elk resource selection 14th Biennial Deer and Elk Workshop. Online Virtual. | August 2021 |
| Thompson, C.J., J.W. Cain III, N.M. Tatman, S.G. Liley, J.C deVos, and J. Avey. 2020. Influence of Mexican wolves on elk resource selection. 8th Natural History of the Gila Symposium, Silver City, New Mexico, USA. | February 2020 |
| Thompson, C.J., J.W. Cain III, N.M. Tatman, S.G. Liley, J.C deVos, and J. Avey. 2020. Influence of Mexican wolves on elk resource selection. 53rd Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society, Prescott, Arizona, USA. | February 2020 |
| Cain, J.W. III, C.J. Thompson, and Z. Farley. 2022. Predation risk from recovering Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) populations influences resource selection and behavior of elk (Cervus canadensis) in the southwestern United States. 10th International Deer Biology Congress. Osijek, Croatia. | September 2022 |
| Cain, J.W. III, C.J. Thompson, N.M. Tatman, and Z. Farley. 2023. Predation risk from recovering Mexican gray wolf populations influences resource selection and behavior of elk in the southwestern United States. 15th Biennial Deer and Elk Workshop, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. | May 2023 |