Nevada Staff Member
Dr. Brian Folt
Assistant Unit Leader
Phone: ( 775) 682 - 5957
Email: bfolt@usgs.gov
Faculty Email: bfolt@unr.edu
Faculty Website
Education
- Ph D Auburn University 2017
- BS Ohio University 2011
Biography
Dr. Brian Folt is a wildlife population biologist who is interested in supporting good decisions in natural resource management. He has a degrees from Ohio University (B.S.), Auburn University (Ph.D.), and post-doctoral experience at Auburn University and University of Florida. In 2024, he joined the Nevada Unit as the Assistant Unit Leader of Wildlife. His work interests include using field research, quantitative methods, and structured decision-making approaches to help understand how landscapes influence wildlife populations and support value-based wildlife management decisions in an inclusive and transparent framework. His work often estimates how habitat or landscapes influence demographic vital rates (survival, growth, reproduction) which allows for building predictive models for how populations function and might be influenced by management options being considered by agencies. Decision analysis is a core focus of his program and all of Brian's work seeks to support relevant decision problems faced by management agencies. To this end, he work closely with cooperating wildlife agencies to co-produce science that can support management decisions that they are facing. Relevant research projects include applied management problems related to wild horses (estimation of population dynamics, predictive population modeling, and decision-support tools), Mojave desert tortoises (demographic estimation, population viability analysis), and ungulates (migration corridors and land-use planning) in the Great Basin ecoregion.
Areas of Expertise
Adaptive Management, Anthropogenic Impacts, Decision Support/Analysis, Movement Ecology, Population Dynamics, Population and Community Ecology, Species Management, Species Status Assessments, Statistics and Modelling, T&E Species Management, Wildlife Management
Taxon Groups Studied
Amphibians, Nongame Fish/Wildlife, Reptiles, Ungulates
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| T Mitchell, B Folt, J Hall. 2021. Dumpsters and other anthropogenic structures as habitat for invasive African rock agama lizards in Florida. Biological Invasions 23: 2689–2693. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02537-0 | April 2021 |
| R Hopkins, B Folt. 2019. Screaming calls of Leptodactylus savagei (Smoky Jungle Frog) function as an alarm for conspecifics. Journal of Herpetology 53(2): 154–157. https://doi.org/10.1670/18-083 | May 2019 |
| R Etzel, M Cornish, MS Kifer, L Nuñez, G Valladao, BFolt. 2020. Subterranean advertisement and duet calling behavior in Ptychohyla legleri (Legler’s Stream Frog). Alytes 37(3–4): 57–61. | March 2020 |
| R Ennen, J Godwin, JE Lovich, BR Kreiser, B Folt, S Hazzard. 2016. Interdrainage morphological and genetic differences in the Escambia Map Turtle, Graptemys ernsti. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 11(1): 122–131. http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_11/Issue_1/Ennen_etal_2016.pdf | April 2016 |
| N Rivera, B Folt. 2018. Community assembly of glass frogs (Centrolenidae) in a Neotropical wet forest: a test of the river zonation hypothesis. Journal of Tropical Ecology 34:108–120. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0266467418000068 | March 2018 |
| JR Roberts, KM Halanych, CR Arias, B Folt, JM Goessling, SA Bullard. 2017. Emendation and new species of Hapalorhynchus Stunkard, 1922 (Digenea: Schistosomatoidea) from musk turtles (Kinosternidae: Sternotherus) in Alabama and Florida rivers. Parasitology International 66: 748–760. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1383576917302222 | December 2017 |
| JC Godwin, JE Lovich, JR Ennen, B Kreiser, B Folt, C Lechowicz. 2014. Hybridization of two megacephalic map turtles (Testudines: Emydidae: Graptemys) in the Choctawhatchee River drainage of Alabama and Florida. Copeia 2014(4): 725–742. http://dx.doi.org/10.1643/CH-13-132 | December 2014 |
| C Guyer, S Goetz, B Folt, K Joyce & M Hayes. 2019. Variation in head shape and color of slimy salamanders (Plethodon glutinosus complex) across the Gulf Coastal Plain,USA. Copeia 107(4): 694–700. https://doi.org/10.1643/CH-18-169 | November 2019 |
| C Guyer, JM Goessling, B Folt. Annual and lifetime home ranges reveal movement patterns within and among local populations of gopher tortoises. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 23(1):81–91. https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-1603.1 | June 2024 |
| C Guyer, B Folt, M Hoffman, J Bauder, DStevenson, S Goetz, M Miller, J Godwin. 2019. Patterns of head shape andscutellation in Drymarchon couperi (Squamata: Colubridae)reveal a single morphological species. Zootaxa 4695(2):168–174. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4695.2.6 | November 2019 |
| AR Krohn, B Folt, JJ Apodaca, C Guyer, J Goessling. 2024. Using genomic data to estimate population structure and health for gopher tortoises. Conservation Genetics 25:755–770. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-024-01601-1 | February 2024 |
| AJ Lawson, B Folt, AM Tucker, F Erickson, CP McGowan. 2021. Decision context as a necessary component of population viability analysis appraisal. Conservation Biology 35(5):1683–1685. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4632 | October 2020 |
| Folt B, Marshall M, Emanuel JA, Dziadzio M, Cooke J, Mena L, Hinderliter M, Hoffmann S, Rankin N, Tupy J, McGowan C. 2024. Strengths and opportunities in gopher tortoise population modeling: Reply to Loope et al. Global Ecology and Conservation, e03093. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03093 | July 2024 |
| B Folt. 2020. Population demography of Rhinoclemmys funerea (Black River Turtle) at a protected forest reserve in Costa Rica. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 15(3):611–619. https://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_15/Issue_3/Folt_2020.pdf | December 2020 |
| B Folt, W Lapinski. 2017. New observations of frog and lizard predation by wandering and orb-weaver spiders in Costa Rica. Phyllomedusa 16: 269–277. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v16i2p269-277 | December 2017 |
| B Folt, N Garrison, C Guyer, J Rodriguez, JE Bond. 2016. Phylogeography and evolution of the Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 98: 97–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.01.016 | May 2016 |
| B Folt, MA Donnelly, C Guyer. 2018. Spatial patterns of Oophaga pumilio in a homogeneous plantation system are consistent with conspecific attraction. Ecology and Evolution 8: 2880–2889. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.3748/full | February 2018 |
| B Folt, M Marshall, JA Emmanuel, M Dziadzio, J Cooke, L Mena, M Hinderlichter, S Hoffman, N Rankin, J Tupy, CP McGowan. 2022. Using predictions from multiple anthropogenic threats to estimate future population persistence of an imperiled species. Global Ecology and Conservation 36: e02143. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4632 | May 2022 |
| B Folt, KE Reider. 2013. Leaf-litter herpetofaunal richness, abundance, and community assembly in mono-dominant plantations and primary forest of northeastern Costa Rica. Biodiversity and Conservation 22(9): 2057–2070. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-013-0526-0 | July 2013 |
| B Folt, KA Schoenecker, LS Ekernas, DR Edmunds, M Hannon. 2023. PopEquus: a predictive modeling tool to support management decisions for free-roaming horse populations. Ecosphere e4632. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4632 | September 2023 |
| B Folt, K Schoenecker, LS Ekernas. 2022. Multi-objective modeling as a decision-support tool for free-roaming horse management. Human-Wildlife Interactions 16(2):233–250. | September 2022 |
| B Folt, JC Godwin. 2013. Status of the Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) in south Alabama with comments on its distribution. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12(2): 211–217. https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-1036.1 | December 2013 |
| B Folt, JB Jensen, A Teare, D Rostal. 2016. Establishing reference demography for conservation: A case study of Macrochelys temminckii in Spring Creek, Georgia. Herpetological Monographs 30: 21–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1655/HerpMonographs-D-15-00004 | June 2016 |
| B Folt, J Goessling, AM Tucker, C Guyer, S Hermann, E Shelton-Nix, CP McGowan. 2021. Contrasting patterns of demography and population viability among gopher tortoise populations in Alabama. Journal of Wildlife Management 85(4): 617–630. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21996 | February 2021 |
| B Folt, J Bauder, S Spear, D Stevenson, MHoffman, J Oaks, PL Wood Jr, C Jenkins, D Steen, C Guyer. 2019. Taxonomic and conservation implications of population genetic admixture,mito-nuclear discordance, and male-biased dispersal of a large endangered snake, Drymarchon couperi. PLoS ONE 14(3):e0214439. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0214439 | March 2019 |
| B Folt, CP McGowan, DA Steen, S Piccolomini, M Hoffman, J Godwin, C Guyer. 2020. Modeling strategies and evaluating success during repatriations of elusive and endangered species. Animal Conservation 23: 273–285. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12537 | June 2020 |
| B Folt, C Guyer. 2021. Habitat-dependent effects of predators on prey frogs in a Neotropical wet forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 37(5): 214-221. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467421000274 | June 2021 |
| B Folt, C Guyer. 2015. Evaluating recent taxonomic changes for alligator snapping turtles (Testudines: Chelydridae). Zootaxa 3947(3): 447–450. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.11 | April 2015 |
| Project | Completion Date |
|---|---|
| Mapping Ungulate Migrations in Nevada | August 2026 |
| Range-wide population viability analysis for the Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) | June 2021 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| T Mitchell, S Tiatrugal, R Brandt, J Hall, <b>B Folt. </b>2017. <i>Agama </i>the Grouch: Testing dumpster-site selection of non-native rock lizards in an urban landscape (<u>oral</u>)<b>. </b><i>Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Austin, TX, USA.</i><b><br></b> | July 2017 |
| Stoner, D.C, B. Folt, K.A. Schoenecker. 2024. Can mountain lion predation suppress population growth of feral horses in the American West? International Wild Equids Conference, Nanyuki, Kenya, 8–11 April 2025. | April 2025 |
| Standen<sup> </sup>M, SJ Hromada, LJ Allison, J Dougherty, KK Drake, TC Esque, B Folt, J Freilich, E Hunter, JE Lovich, AM McLuckie, CI Mitchell, KE Nussear, E Olimpi, A Parsons, K Shoemaker, MS Vamstad, AG Vandergast, MA Walden, BG Dickson. 2025. New methods to estimate Mojave desert tortoise population response to multiple stressors across its range. Desert Tortoise Council Annual Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada, 25–28 February 2025. | February 2025 |
| Schoenecker, KA and <b>B Folt. </b>2022. Equid ecology and the <i>PopEquus </i>model: supporting decision makers and the management of free-roaming equids (<u>oral</u>)KA Schoenecker and <b>B Folt</b> (co-presentation). <i>Free-Roaming Equids and Ecosystem Sustainability Network; 12-15 October 2022, St. George, Utah.</i> | October 2022 |
| S Hromada, LJ Allison, A Collins, J Dougherty, KK Drake, TC Esque, <b>B Folt</b>, <i>et al</i>. An integrated model improves inferences about historical patterns of survival in the Mojave desert tortoise (<u>oral</u>). <i>Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, NV, 21–23 February 2024.</i> | February 2024 |
| N Rivera, <b>B Folt</b>. 2016. Landscape-scale community assembly of glassfrogs (Centrolenidae) in a lowland Caribbean wet forest (<u>poster</u>). <i>Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, New Orleans, LA, USA. 12 July 2016.<br></i> | July 2016 |
| M Marshall, <b>B Folt</b>, M Hinderliter, L Mena, M Dziadzio, C McGowan. 2020. Species Status Assessment for the Gopher Tortoise (oral). <i>The Gopher Tortoise Council Meeting.</i><u><br></u> | October 2020 |
| Jensen BF,<b> <b>B Folt</b></b>, A Teare, D Rostal. 2015. Population demographics, growth rates, and longevity of the Alligator Snapping Turtle in Spring Creek, Georgia (<u>oral</u>). <i>The Wildlife Society – Georgia Chapter, Athens, Georgia, USA.</i> | October 2015 |
| JR Roberts, C Arias, <b>B Folt</b>, JM Goessling, SA Bullard. 2017. Turtle blood flukes (Digenea: Schistosomatoidea: <i>Hapalorhynchus </i>spp.) infecting Southeastern musk turtles (Testudines: Kinosternidae) (<u>oral</u>). <i>Southeastern Society of Parasitologists, Georgetown, SC, USA.</i> | June 2017 |
| JB Jensen, <b><b>B Folt</b>.</b> 2014. Population demographics, growth rates, and longevity of the Alligator Snapping Turtle in Spring Creek, Georgia. <i>The Gopher Tortoise Council, Albany, GA, USA.</i> | October 2014 |
| J Hennig, KA Schoenecker, SRB King, <b>B Folt</b>, S Esmaeili. 2023. The current state of US feral equid management. <i>Pathways 2023: Human Dimensions of Wildlife Conference – 31 May-3 June 2023</i> | May 2023 |
| J Folt, <b>B Folt. </b>2015. Kayak surveys for Wood Turtles (<i>Glyptemys insculpta</i>) and other riverine turtles in Michigan (<u>oral</u>). <i>Michigan PARC Conservation Meeting, Potter Park Zoo, Lansing, MI, USA.</i> | August 2015 |
| IP Gross, <b><b>B Folt.</b></b> 2018. Using geometric morphometric analysis to test species hypotheses for southeastern kingsnakes (<i>Lampropeltis getula </i>complex) (<u>oral</u>). <i>Alabama Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Mobile, AL, USA.</i> | October 2018 |
| Folt, B., M.L. Crabb, K.A. Schoenecker. 2025. Management and population density influence wild horse population growth in the western United States. Nevada Chapter of The Wildlife Society – 2025 Science Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada, 8–9 January 2025. | January 2025 |
| Folt, B. 2014. Population and community ecology of herpetofauna at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. <i>Researcher’s Seminar Series, La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Costa Rica.</i> | August 2014 |
| Folt B. 2011. Herpetofaunal richness, density, and community composition in plantation monocultures and primary forest of La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica (<u>poster</u>). <i>Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists</i>, <i>Minneapolis, MN, USA.</i> | July 2011 |
| D Stoner, K Schoenecker, P Jackson, P Iacono, <b>B Folt.</b> 2024. Influence of predation by mountain lions on horse population growth rates (<u>oral).</u> <i>Free-roaming Equid and Ecosystem Sustainability Network Summit, Elko, NV, 16–18 April 2024.</i> | April 2024 |
| C McGowan, <b>B Folt</b>, DA Steen. 2021. Reintroduction of Eastern Indigo Snakes in the Western Portion of its Historic Range: Predictive Modeling of Reintroduction Strategies (<u>oral</u>). <i>The Wildlife Society (virtual).</i> | November 2021 |
| C McGowan, <b>B Folt. </b>2022. Using predictions from multiple anthropogenic threats to estimate future population persistence of the Gopher Tortoise (<u>oral</u>)<b>. </b><i>Florida State Agencies Meeting. </i><b><br></b> | April 2022 |
| C Guyer, J Goessling, <b>B Folt. </b>2020. Annual and lifetime home ranges of Gopher Tortoises at the northern range limit (<u>poster</u>)<b>. </b><i>The Gopher Tortoise Council.</i><b><br></b> | October 2020 |
| B Lowrey, M Kauffman, J Begay, S Bergen, K Blecha, S Bundick, JW Cain III, M Cowardin, O Duvuvei, A Ehrhart, <b>B Folt, </b>J Fort, J Gagnon, E Gelzer, E Greenspan, E Hagler, M Hanson, VD Hinojoza-Rood, A Jakes, J Kolek, C McKee, KL McKee, JA Merkle, J Merrell, BA Oates, C Reddell, R Ritson, BM Russo, H Sawyer, C Schroeder, S Sprague, N Tatman, D Whittaker, S Wiechman. 2024. Mapping big game migrations across the western states: science support for management and conservation. The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, 20-24 October, Baltimore, MD, USA. | October 2024 |
| A Robillard, A Collins, N Giebink, M Spangler, <b>B Folt</b>, B Dickson. 2023. Application of computer vision models for off-highway vehicle route detection across the range of the Mojave desert tortoise (<u>poster</u>). <i>SERDP Technical Symposium, Washington DC, 28 November–1 December 2023.</i> | December 2023 |
| <b>Folt, B</b>. 2024. <i>Population estimation and modeling to support ‘decision problems’ in wildlife management (oral)</i><i>. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; 25 February 2024.</i> | February 2024 |
| <b>Folt, B</b>. 2017. Glacial growth rates of a long-lived turtle, <i>Macrochelys temminckii</i> (<u>poster</u>)<i>. Annual Symposium on the Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles, Charleston, SC, USA.</i> | August 2017 |
| <b>Folt, B</b>. 2017. Effects of invertebrate predators on vertebrate prey are strong but inconsistent with the mainland-island model of anole population regulation (<u>oral</u>)<i>. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Austin, TX, USA.</i> | July 2017 |
| <b>Folt, B</b>. 2012. Amphibian and reptile richness, density, and community assembly in plantation monocultures and primary forest of La Selva, Costa Rica (<u>oral</u>). <i>7<sup>th</sup> World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada .</i> | August 2012 |
| <b>Folt, B</b> and KA Schoenecker. 2022. Multi-objective modeling as a decision-support tool for free-roaming horse management. <i>The Wildlife Society; 6–10 November 2022.</i> | November 2022 |
| <b>Folt, B</b> and C McGowan. 2021. <i>Using Predictive Models to Evaluate Future Population Conditions of the Gopher Tortoise</i> <i>Reclassification Team Meeting, US Fish and Wildlife Service (virtual); 25 August 2021.</i> | August 2021 |
| <b>Folt, B.</b>, M.L. Crabb, and K.A. Schoenecker. 2024. Population growth of wild horse populations across the western United States. Oral presentation at The Wildlife Society Conference, Baltimore, MD, Oct 2024. | October 2024 |
| <b>Folt, B.</b>, M.L. Crabb, K.A. Schoenecker. 2024. Management and population density influence wild horse population growth in the western United States. International Wild Equid Conference, Nanyuki, Kenya, 8–11 April 2025. | April 2025 |
| <b>Folt, B.</b> How old are alligator snapping turtles? Glacial growth rates of an exceptionally long-lived species (<u>oral</u>)<i>. Alabama PARC Meeting, Andalusia, AL, USA.</i> | October 2013 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>and KA Schoenecker. 2022. Multi-objective modeling as a decision-support tool for free-roaming horse management (<u>oral</u>)<i>. International Conference on Wildlife Fertility Control; 23-25 May 2022.</i> | May 2022 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>Distribution and status of the alligator snapping turtle (<i>Macrochelys temminckii</i>)<i> </i>in Alabama (<u>oral</u>)<i>. Southeast PARC Meeting, Hickory Knob State Park, SC, USA .</i> | March 2013 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2024. <i>Population estimation and modeling to support ‘decision problems’ in wildlife management (oral). </i><i>University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada; 15 February 2024.</i> | February 2024 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2023. <i>IUCN Red List Assessment for </i>Rhinoclemmys funerea (<u>oral</u>). <i>International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List Assessment for Central American Turtles, Mexico City, Mexico; 13–14 July 2023.</i> | July 2023 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2021. Using mark-recapture studies to understand turtle ecology and conservation<i>Georgia Sea Turtle Center (virtual); 19 March 2021.</i> | March 2021 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2021. Integrating and optimizing captive and wild population models to identify effective management strategies for indigo snake reintroductions <i>Eastern Indigo Snake Reintroduction Committee (virtual); 26 January 2021.</i> | January 2021 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2021. Estimating demography and population viability of six gopher tortoise populations in Alabama<i>. Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation meeting, virtual.</i> | February 2021 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2020. Modeling strategies and evaluating success during repatriations of elusive and endangered species (<u>oral</u>). <i>The World Congress of Herpetology, Dunedin, New Zealand.</i> | January 2020 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2020. Estimating population demography and viability of gopher tortoises in Conecuh National Forest. <i>The Alabama Tortoise Alliance meeting, Ozark, AL, USA; 20 February 2020.</i> | February 2020 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2020. Estimating population demography and viability of gopher tortoises in Conecuh National Forest. <i>Gopher Tortoise Candidate Conservation Meeting (virtual); 15 December 2020.</i> | December 2020 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2020. Contrasting patterns of demography and population viability among gopher tortoise populations at the species’ northern range edge (<u>oral</u>)<i>. The Wildlife Society (virtual).</i> | November 2020 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2019. Using species delimitation and population projection processes to inform the repatriation of an endangered, top-predator snake. <i>Louisiana State University Museum of Natural History, Baton Rouge, LA, USA; 8 March 2019.</i> | March 2019 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2019. Using species delimitation and population projection analyses to inform repatriations of an endangered, top-predator snake<i>. La Sierra University, Riverside, CA, USA; 25 April 2019.</i> | April 2019 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2019. Using population models to experimentally test how forest management practices influence population viability of gopher tortoises<i>. The Alabama Tortoise Alliance Meeting, Ozark, AL, USA; 18 September 2019.</i> | September 2019 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2019. Using population demographic and genetic models to inform repatriations of the endangered Eastern Indigo Snake<i>. School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University; 9 October 2019.</i> | October 2019 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2019. Modeling strategies and evaluating successes during repatriations of elusive and endangered species<i>Eastern Indigo Snake Reintroduction Committee, Jones Ecological Research Center, Baker, GA, USA.</i> | January 2019 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2019. Modeling strategies and evaluating successes during repatriations of an elusive and endangered snake (<u>oral</u>)<i>. Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation meeting, Asheville, NC, USA.</i> | February 2019 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2019. Modeling strategies and evaluating success during repatriations of elusive and endangered species (<u>oral</u>). <i>The Wildlife Society, Reno, NV, USA.</i> | November 2019 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2019. Measuring demography and modeling population viability for large, long-lived turtles<i>. Alabama Tortoise Alliance meeting, Andalusia, AL, USA; 28 February 2019.</i> | February 2019 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2019. Estimating population demography and viability of gopher tortoises in Conecuh National Forest (<u>oral</u>)<i>The Gopher Tortoise Council, Gulf Shores, AL, USA</i> | November 2019 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2019. Developing a demographic model to assess range-wide population viability for Gopher Tortoises. <i>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Gopher Tortoise Expert Meeting, Gulf Shores, AL; 14 November 2019.</i> | November 2019 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2018. Mito-nuclear discordance, gene flow, and male-biased dispersal of a large snake, <i>Drymarchon couperi</i> (<u>poster</u>). <i>Society of Systematic Biologists, Columbus, OH, USA.</i> | June 2018 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2017. Knives for a pro? Prepollical spines of the glassfrog <i>Teratohyla spinosa </i>as a sexually dimorphic weapon (<u>poster</u>) <i>Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Austin, TX, USA.</i> | July 2017 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2016. Trees as templates for the abundance of tropical herpetofauna: A test of the Guyer hypothesis (<u>oral</u>)<i>. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, New Orleans, LA, USA.</i> | July 2016 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2016. Establishing reference demography for conservation: A case study for Alligator Snapping Turtles<i> </i>in Spring Creek, Georgia (<u>poster</u>). <i>Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (SEPARC) Meeting, Nauvoo, AL, USA.</i> | February 2016 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2016. Establishing reference demography for conservation: A case study for Alligator Snapping Turtles<i> </i>in Spring Creek, Georgia (<u>oral</u>)<i>. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, New Orleans, LA, USA.</i> | July 2016 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2016. Establishing reference demography for conservation: A case study for Alligator Snapping Turtles<i> </i>in Spring Creek, Georgia (<u>oral</u>)<i>. Auburn University Graduate Research Competition, Auburn, AL, USA.</i> | April 2016 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2015.<b> </b>Conspecific attraction of the strawberry poison frog (<u>oral</u>)<i>. Research Experiences for Undergraduates – Mentor Symposium, La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Costa Rica.</i> | June 2015 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2015. Population structure and sexual dimorphism of the Black River Turtle (<i>Rhinoclemmys funerea</i>) at La Selva, Costa Rica (<u>poster</u>). <i>Annual Symposium on the Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles, Tuscon, AZ, USA.</i> | August 2015 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2015. Evaluating taxonomic changes for alligator snapping turtles (<u>oral</u>)<i>. Southeast PARC Meeting, Covington, LA, USA.</i> | February 2015 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2015. Establishing reference demography for conservation: A case study for Alligator Snapping Turtles<i> </i>in Spring Creek, Georgia (<u>oral</u>). <i>Annual Symposium on the Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles, Tuscon, AZ, USA.</i> | August 2015 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2014. Phylogeography of the red salamander (<i>Pseudotriton ruber</i>) (<u>poster</u>)<i>Joint. Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists</i>, <i>Chattanooga, TN, USA.</i> | July 2014 |
| <b>Folt, B. </b>2014. Local-scale ecology of terrestrial amphibians and reptiles in a Neotropical wet forest<i>John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH, USA </i> | December 2014 |
| <b>Folt, B, </b>KA Schoenecker, LS Ekernas, DR Edmunds, M Hannon. 2021. <i>PopEquus</i>: A predictive model to evaluate effects of management actions on feral horse populations (<u>oral</u>)<i>. The Wildlife Society (virtual).</i> | November 2021 |
| <b>Folt, B, </b>KA Schoenecker, LS Ekernas, DR Edmunds, M Hannon. 2021. <i>PopEquus</i>: A Tool to Estimate Management Outcomes for Wild Horse Populations <i>Wild Horse and Bureau Research Webinar, Bureau of Land Management (virtual); 22 March 2021.</i> | March 2021 |
| <b>Folt, B </b>and KA Schoenecker. <i>PopEquus</i>: A Predictive Modeling Tool to Support Management Decisions for Free-roaming Horse Populations (<u>oral</u>)<i>. FREES Network Public Webinar (virtual); 5 April 2023.</i> | April 2023 |
| <b>Folt B, </b>KA Schoenecker. 2023. <i>Stakeholder engagement for a horse population management tool</i> (<u>oral</u>)<i>. Pathways 2023: Human Dimensions of Wildlife Conference; 31 May-3 June 2023.</i> | June 2023 |
| <b>B Folt</b>, CP McGowan. 2022. Using predictions from multiple anthropogenic threats to estimate future population conditions of an imperiled species<i> </i>(<u>oral</u>). <i>The Wildlife Society – 6-10 November 2022</i> | November 2022 |
| Type | Citation | Publication Date |
|---|---|---|
| Software Release | Folt, B., and McGowan, C. Using Predictions from Multiple Anthropogenic Threats to Estimate Future Population Persistence of an Imperiled Species. Version 1.1.0: U.S. Geological Survey software release. Reston, VA. https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A1NVN5 | April 2022 |
| Software Release | Folt, B., Schoenecker, K.A., Ekernas, L.S., Edmunds, D.R., and Hannon, M., 2023, Scenario Analysis of Management Alternatives for Free-roaming Horse Populations (Version 1.0.0): U.S. Geological Survey software release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HVUA6D. | January 2023 |
| Software Release | Folt, B., Ekernas, L.S., Edmunds, D., Hannon, M., and Schoenecker, K.A., 2023, <i>PopEquus</i>: A Predictive Modeling Tool to Support Management Decisions for Free-roaming Horse Populations (Version 1.0.1): U.S. Geological Survey software release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9NMRQDG. | April 2022 |