Washington Staff Member
Professor Michael McInturff
Assistant Unit Leader
Phone: (205) 447 - 3741
Email: mmcinturff@usgs.gov
Faculty Email: amcintur@uw.edu
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Education
- Ph D University of California Berkeley 2019
- MS Stanford University 2010
- BS Stanford University 2008
Biography
Dr. McInturff received graduate degrees from Stanford University and the University of California Berkeley and was a post-doctoral fellow at the University California Santa Barbara before joining the Washington Unit in 2021. He conducts research linking social and ecological dimensions of wildlife conservation and management. Broadly, Dr. McInturff studies how values and attitudes inform human behavioral interactions with wildlife. His research gives particular attention to mapping social phenomena, such as tolerance for wildlife species, so that they might be better linked with ecological patterns. In addition, Dr. McInturff centers environmental justice in his research, and he draws from theory and practice in Environmental Justice scholarship to inform more just and sustainable wildlife management strategies. Much of Dr. McInturff's work focuses on large carnivores and ungulates, especially in the American West. Dr. McInturff teaches courses in Social-Ecological Systems and Decision Science.
Areas of Expertise
Adaptive Management, Anthropogenic Impacts, Decision Support/Analysis, GIS/Spatial Analysis, Habitat Management, Human Dimensions, Landscape Ecology, Movement Ecology, Predator-Prey Dynamics, Species Distribution Modeling, Species Management, Wildlife Management
Taxon Groups Studied
Carnivores, Furbearers, Ungulates
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Wood, C.L., McInturff, A., Young, H.S., Kim, D. and Lafferty, K.D., 2017. Human infectious disease burdens decrease with urbanization but not with biodiversity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 372(1722), p.20160122. | December 2017 |
| Wilkinson, Christine E., Alex McInturff, Maggi Kelly, and Justin S. Brashares. "Quantifying wildlife responses to conservation fencing in East Africa." Biological Conservation 256 (2021): 109071. | Abstract | April 2021 |
| Volski, L., McInturff, A., Gaynor, K. M., Yovovich, V., & Brashares, J. S. (2021). Social Effectiveness and Human-Wildlife Conflict: Linking the Ecological Effectiveness and Social Acceptability of Livestock Protection Tools. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 42. | Abstract | August 2021 |
| Viladomat, J., Mazumder, R., McInturff, A., McCauley, D.J. and Hastie, T., 2014. Assessing the significance of global and local correlations under spatial autocorrelation: a nonparametric approach. Biometrics, 70(2), pp.409-418. | December 2014 |
| Suraci, Justin P., et al. "Disturbance type and species life history predict mammal responses to humans." Global change biology 27.16 (2021): 3718-3731. | Abstract | August 2021 |
| Miao, Z., Gaynor, K.M., Wang, J., Liu, Z., Muellerklein, O., Norouzzadeh, M.S., McInturff, A., Bowie, R.C., Nathan, R., Yu, S.X. and Getz, W.M., 2019. Insights and approaches using deep learning to classify wildlife. Scientific reports, 9(1), p.8137 | December 2019 |
| McInturff, Alex, Clare EB Cannon, Peter S Alagona, David N Pellow. "Meeting at the crossroads: An environmental justice framework for large carnivore reintroductions and recoveries." Elementa. | Abstract | December 2021 |
| McInturff, A., Kaitlyn Gaynor, Briana Abrahms, Alison Smith, Justin Brashares. "Hunting mode and habitat selection mediate the success of human hunters." in review at Movement Ecology. | Abstract | December 2024 |
| McCauley, D.J., Young, H.S., Power, E.A., Bird, D.W., Durham, W.H., McInturff, A., Dunbar, R.B. and Micheli, F., 2014. Pushing back against paper-park pushers-Reply to Craigie et al. Biological Conservation. | December 2014 |
| McCauley, D.J., Power, E.A., Bird, D.W., McInturff, A., Dunbar, R.B., Durham, W.H., Micheli, F. and Young, H.S., 2013. Conservation at the edges of the world. Biological Conservation, 165, pp.139-145. | December 2013 |
| Massarella, K., Nygren, A., Fletcher, R., Büscher, B., Kiwango, W.A., Komi, S., Krauss, J.E., Mabele, M.B., McInturff, A., Sandroni, L.T. and Alagona, P.S., 2021. Transformation beyond conservation: How critical social science can contribute to a radical new agenda in biodiversity conservation. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 49, pp.79-87. | Abstract | April 2021 |
| Martinez, Deniss, Clare Cannon, Alex McInturff, Peter Alagona, David Pellow. "Back to the Future: Indigenous Relationality, Kincentricity and the North American Model of Wildlife Management." Environmental Science and Policy. 2023. | Abstract | December 2023 |
| Kurz, David J., Arthur D. Middleton, Melissa S. Chapman, Bruce R. Huber, Alex McInturff, Jeremy Sorgen, Kyle S. Van Houtan, Christine E. Wilkinson, Lauren Withey, and Justin S. Brashares. "Including Rural America in academic conservation science." Accepted, Frontiers in Conservation Science. | Abstract | August 2023 |
| Kreling, S. E., Gaynor, K. M., McInturff, A., Calhoun, K. L., & Brashares, J. S. (2021). Site fidelity and behavioral plasticity regulate an ungulate’s response to extreme disturbance. Ecology and evolution, 11(22), 15683-15694. | Abstract | November 2021 |
| Gaynor, K. M., McInturff, A., & Brashares, J. S. (2022). Contrasting patterns of risk from human and non‐human predators shape temporal activity of prey. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(1), 46-60. | Abstract | January 2022 |
| Cannon, C.E., McInturff, A., Alagona, P. and Pellow, D., 2023. Wild Urban Injustice: A Critical POET Model to Advance Environmental Justice. Environmental Justice. | Abstract | February 2023 |
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Calhoun, Kendall, Thomas Connor , Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Amy Van Scoyoc, Alex McInturff, Samantha E.S. Kreling, Justin S. Brashares. "Movement behavior in a dominant ungulate underlies successful adjustment to a rapidly changing landscape following megafire." Movement Ecology. | Abstract |
December 2024 |
| Calhoun, Kendall, Benjamin R. Goldstein, Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Alex McInturff, Leonel Solorio, Justin S. Brashares. "Mammalian resilience to megafire in western U.S. woodland savannas." In press. Ecological Applications | Abstract | December 2022 |
| Calhoun, Kendall L., et al. "Spatial overlap of wildfire and biodiversity in California highlights gap in non‐conifer fire research and management." Diversity and Distributions 28.3 (2022): 529-541. | Abstract | March 2022 |
| Bidder, O.R., di Virgilio, A., Hunter, J.S., McInturff, A., Gaynor, K.M., Smith, A.M., Dorcy, J. and Rosell, F., 2020. Monitoring canid scent marking in space and time using a biologging and machine learning approach. Scientific reports, 10(1), pp.1-13. | December 2020 |
| Bach, Bryan H., et al. "Identifying individual ungulates from fecal DNA: a comparison of field collection methods to maximize efficiency, ease, and success." Mammalian Biology (2022): 1-12. | Abstract | February 2022 |
| Anderson, Robert M., Susan Charnley, Kathleen Epstein, Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Jeff Vance Martin, Alex McInturff. "The socioecology of fear: a critical geographical consideration of human-wolf-livestock conflict." The Canadian Geographer (intended). | Abstract | December 2023 |
| Abrahms, Briana, Neil H. Carter, T.J. Clark-Wolf, Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Erik Johansson, Alex McInturff, Anna Nisi, Kasim Rafiq, Leigh West. "Climate change as a global amplifier of human-wildlife conflict." Nature Climate Change. In review | Abstract | December 2023 |
| McInturff, A., Xu, W., Wilkinson, C.E., Dejid, N. and Brashares, J.S., 2020. Fence ecology: Frameworks for understanding the ecological effects of fences. BioScience, 70(11), pp.971-985. | December 2020 |
| McInturff, A., Miller, J.R., Gaynor, K.M. and Brashares, J.S., 2021. Patterns of coyote predation on sheep in California: A socio‐ecological approach to mapping risk of livestock–predator conflict. Conservation Science and Practice, 3(3), p.e175. | December 2021 |
| McInturff, A. “Autocorrelation.” Frey, B.B. ed., 2018. The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation. Sage Publications. | December 2018 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Volski, Lara, Anne Beaudreau, and Alex McInturff. "People and wolves in the Columbia River Gorge: Putting local perspectives into dialogue with conservation efforts." North American Congress in Conservation Biology. Vancouver, Canada, 2024. | June 2024 |
| Santo, Anna R., S. M. Hagerman, K.M.A. Chan, A. McInturff. "The logic landscape: A typology of logics about human intervention in ecosystems to inform grizzly bear recovery in the North Cascades." NACCB 2024. | June 2024 |
| Pero, Ellen, Alex McInturff, and Peter Alagona. "California Grizzly reintroduction: a comprehensive feasibility study." North American Congress in Conservation Biology. Vancouver, Canada, 2024. | June 2024 |
| McInturff, Alex. "Triangulating habitat suitability for the locally extinct California grizzly bear." The Wildlife Society Annual Conference. Baltimore, 2024. | October 2024 |
| McInturff, Alex. "Triangulating habitat suitability for the locally extinct California grizzly bear." North American Congress in Conservation Biology. Vancouver, BC, 2024. | June 2024 |
| McInturff, Alex. "Human Dimensions of Predator-Prey Research: Opportunities and Challenges in Science and Management." Presentation, <i>The Wildlife Society Annual Conference</i>, 2022 | November 2022 |
| McInturff, Alex, Meghan Callahan, Gretchen Sneegas, and Lara Volski. “Urban human-wildlife interactions and environmental justice.” Pathways: Human Dimensions of Wildlife Conference. 2023 | June 2023 |
| McInturff, A. "Meeting at the Crossroads: Environmental Justice and Large Carnivore Conservation." Panel presentation at <i>Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference</i> | April 2022 |
| Cannon, Clare, Alex McInturff, Peter Alagona, David Pellow. "A Critical POET Model: Linking Critical Environmental Justice and Human Ecology to Understand Shared Logics of Oppression.” Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting. 2023 | August 2023 |
| Callahan, Megan, Melia DeVivo, Brian Kertson, Donny Martorello, Hunter Westacott, and Alex McInturff. "An emerging threat: understanding human dimensions of chronic wasting disease to facilitate education and management actions." North American Congress in Conservation Biology. Vancouver, Canada, 2024. | June 2024 |
| Callahan MM, and A McInturff. 2023. Chronic Wasting Disease: The Calm Before the Storm. Pathways Conference, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; 31 May-3 June 2023 | May 2023 |
| Callahan MM, M Devivo, and A McInturff. 2023. Human Dimensions of Chronic Wasting Disease: The Calm Before the Storm. 4th International CWD Symposium, Denver, Colorado, USA; 31 May-2 June 2023 | May 2023 |
| Role and Organization | Individual | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wildlife Society - Member, Human dimensions working group | McInturff | September 2021 | September 2022 |
| The Wildlife Society - Faculty supervisor for UW chapter of TWS | McInturff | May 2024 | Present |
| Society for Conservation Biology - Member | McInturff | September 2021 | September 2022 |
| International Union for Conservancy of Nature - CEESP working group member | McInturff | February 2020 | February 2022 |