Pennsylvania Education Activities
Admission Requirements and Procedures - Prospective students are encouraged to contact Unit personnel directly regarding graduate research opportunities. Unit staff are graduate faculty members in the School of Forest Resources and the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology. Consult the Graduate Degree Programs section of the School of Forest Resources website or the IGDP Ecology website (see links to the right) for complete details about each program and application procedures.
Financial Support - Graduate students associated with the Unit are typically supported by external funds in the form of grants or research contracts. Fully supported graduate students receive a monthly stipend, tuition waiver, and health insurance.
| Title | Instructor(s) | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Management | Diefenbach | 2012-08-22 | 2012-12-14 |
| Structured Decision Making and Adaptive Management of Natural Resources | Diefenbach, Wagner | 2012-08-22 | 2012-12-14 |
| Quantitative Methods in Ecology | Wagner | 2017-01-10 | 2017-05-05 |
| Quantitative Methods in Ecology | Wagner | 2014-01-10 | 2014-05-05 |
| Quantitative Methods in Ecology | Wagner | 2012-01-10 | 2012-05-05 |
| Quantitative Methods in Ecology | Wagner | 2011-01-10 | 2011-05-05 |
| Quantitative Methods in Ecology | Wagner | 2010-01-10 | 2010-05-05 |
| Quantitative Methods in Ecology | Wagner | 2009-01-10 | 2009-05-05 |
| Professional Communications | Carline | 2005-01-11 | 2005-05-06 |
| Population estimation and modeling | Diefenbach | 2016-01-12 | 2016-05-07 |
| Population estimation and modeling | Diefenbach | 2015-01-12 | 2015-05-06 |
| Population Estimation and Modeling | Diefenbach | 2020-01-12 | 2020-05-08 |
| Population Estimation and Modeling | Diefenbach | 2019-01-08 | 2019-05-05 |
| Population Estimation and Modeling | Diefenbach | 2018-01-15 | 2018-05-05 |
| Population Estimation and Modeling | Diefenbach | 2011-08-25 | 2011-12-05 |
| Hierarchical models in ecology | Wagner | 2015-01-14 | 2015-05-04 |
| Fishery Management | Carline | 2000-08-24 | 2000-12-12 |
| Fish Population Dynamics | Carline | 2006-01-10 | 2006-05-10 |
| Fish Population Dynamics | Carline | 2004-01-13 | 2004-05-07 |
| Fish Population Dynamics | Carline | 2002-01-07 | 2002-05-03 |
| Estimation of Fish and Wildlife Population Parameters | Diefenbach | 2007-08-27 | 2007-12-14 |
| Estimation of Fish and Wildlife Population Parameters | Diefenbach | 2007-08-27 | 2007-12-10 |
| Estimation of Fish and Wildlife Population Parameters | Diefenbach | 2005-09-02 | 2005-12-12 |
| Estimation of Fish and Wildlife Population Parameters | Diefenbach | 2005-08-31 | 2005-12-09 |
| Estimation of Fish and Wildlife Population Parameters | Diefenbach | 2002-09-01 | 2002-12-10 |
| Estimation of Fish and Wildlife Population Parameters | Diefenbach | 2001-08-21 | 2001-12-07 |
| Estimation of Fish and Wildlife Population Parameters | Diefenbach | 2000-08-21 | 2000-12-07 |
| Ecosystem Monitoring | Diefenbach | 2020-08-22 | 2020-12-15 |
| Communications in Natural Resources | Carline | 2003-01-07 | 2003-05-17 |
| Classic Ecology | Diefenbach | 2008-08-28 | 2008-12-12 |
| Applied Spatial Ecology | Walter | 2019-01-29 | 2019-04-26 |
| Applied Spatial Ecology | Walter | 2017-01-09 | 2017-04-28 |
| Applied Spatial Ecology | Walter | 2016-01-09 | 2016-04-28 |
| Applied Spatial Ecology | Walter | 2015-01-05 | 2015-05-01 |
| Applied Spatial Ecology | Walter | 2014-01-07 | 2014-04-26 |
| Applied Spatial Ecology | Walter | 2013-01-07 | 2013-04-26 |
| Analysis of Animal Location Data | Diefenbach | 2008-08-28 | 2008-12-12 |
| Analysis of Animal Location Data | Diefenbach | 2006-09-06 | 2006-12-15 |
| Analysis of Animal Location Data | Diefenbach | 2004-01-05 | 2004-05-07 |
| Advances in Ecology | Diefenbach | 2016-09-13 | 2016-09-22 |
| Advances in Ecology | Diefenbach | 2014-10-01 | 2014-10-15 |
| Advances in Ecology | Diefenbach | 2013-09-24 | 2013-10-04 |
| Advances in Ecology | Diefenbach | 2012-08-22 | 2012-12-14 |
| Training Provided | Instructor(s) | Completion Date |
|---|---|---|
| This was an invited workshop on Bayesian hierarchical modeling. The course was attended by faculty, students, postdocs, and state biologists. The workshop was held at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. | Wagner | 2016-05-26 |
| This was an invited workshop on Bayesian hierarchical modeling. The course was attended by faculty, students, postdocs, and state biologists. The workshop was held at the University of Missouri. | Wagner | 2015-06-18 |
| This was an invited workshop on Bayesian hierarchical modeling. The course was attended by faculty, students, postdocs, and state biologists. The workshop was held at The Ohio State University. | Wagner | 2015-04-24 |
| Modeling survival using radio telemetry and nest monitoring data | Diefenbach | 2009-04-23 |
| Introduction to occupancy modeling | Diefenbach | 2014-03-13 |
| Introduction to R and hierarchical models was given to biologists at the PA Department of Environmental Protection. | Wagner | 2016-09-22 |
| I was one of several instructors who gave talks on various aspects of environmental sampling for the PA Department of Environmental Protection pollution biologists. | Carline | 2001-11-13 |
| Applied Spatial Ecology in R - Methods for managing and analyzing ecological datasets are constantly evolving. Advances in technology have resulted in large spatial datasets for aquatic and terrestrial populations that requires data compilation and analysis for making sound resource management and conservation decisions. From GIS dataset manipulation to traditional estimators of home range, this course will provide hands-on learning to handle a variety of datasets all within the software R (R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria). | Walter | 2020-03-11 |
| Applied Spatial Ecology in R - Methods for managing and analyzing ecological datasets are constantly evolving. Advances in technology have resulted in large spatial datasets for aquatic and terrestrial populations that requires data compilation and analysis for making sound resource management and conservation decisions. From GIS dataset manipulation to traditional estimators of home range, this course will provide hands-on learning to handle a variety of datasets all within the software R (R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria). | Walter | 2018-09-18 |
| Applied Spatial Ecology in R - Methods for managing and analyzing ecological datasets are constantly evolving. Advances in technology have resulted in large spatial datasets for aquatic and terrestrial populations that requires data compilation and analysis for making sound resource management and conservation decisions. From GIS dataset manipulation to traditional estimators of home range, this course will provide hands-on learning to handle a variety of datasets all within the software R (R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria). | Walter | 2017-09-20 |
| Applied Spatial Ecology in R - Methods for managing and analyzing ecological datasets are constantly evolving. Advances in technology have resulted in large spatial datasets for aquatic and terrestrial populations that requires data compilation and analysis for making sound resource management and conservation decisions. From GIS dataset manipulation to traditional estimators of home range, this course will provide hands-on learning to handle a variety of datasets all within the software R (R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria). | Walter | 2015-09-30 |
| Applied Spatial Ecology in R - Methods for managing and analyzing ecological datasets are constantly evolving. Advances in technology have resulted in large spatial datasets for aquatic and terrestrial populations that requires data compilation and analysis for making sound resource management and conservation decisions. From GIS dataset manipulation to traditional estimators of home range, this course will provide hands-on learning to handle a variety of datasets all within the software R (R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria). | Walter | 2013-09-25 |
| An overview of modeling left-censored contaminant data using hierarchical Bayesian models. | Wagner | 2015-09-29 |
| An introduction to the use of distance sampling to estimate the abundance of grassland songbirds. | Diefenbach | 2004-04-05 |
| An Introduction to R | Wagner | 2008-08-15 |
| An Introduction to Multilevel Models and their Applications in Forest, Fish, and Wildlife Management: Multilevel data structures are a common feature in forestry and fish and wildlife research. These data structures most often results in a lack of independence among observations (i.e., pseudoreplication). Ignoring multilevel data structures during analysis has implications for inference and decision making, leading to overly optimistic uncertainty estimates (e.g., underestimated standard errors of estimated parameters). Multilevel models not only account for nested data structures, but also provide a powerful approach for modeling the effects of predictors at multiple spatial scales and for partitioning variability into multiple spatial and temporal components. This course will provide an overview of multilevel models, including the concept and interpretation of random effects and variance components (day 1), and hands-on experience fitting models using the freely available programming environment R (day 2). | Wagner, Hill | 2012-09-28 |
| An Introduction to Bayesian Estimation and Inference Using JAGS This workshop provided an introduction to Bayesian estimation and inference using the program environment R and JAGS. | Wagner | 2013-06-18 |
| Title and Location | Speaker | Date |
|---|---|---|
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White-tailed deer dispersal: implications for population and disease management Presented to: University of Georgia |
Diefenbach | 2016-08-18 |
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We're 90% certain you will want to be a Bayesian after this seminar Presented to: Pennsylvania State University |
Diefenbach, Wagner, Walter | 2012-02-17 |
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Truths and Myths about Chronic Wasting Disease Presented to: USDA/APHIS/WS |
Walter | 2017-10-17 |
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Truths and Myths about Chronic Wasting Disease Presented to: Pennsylvania Forest Webinar Series |
Walter | 2018-06-12 |
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Truths and Myths about Chronic Wasting Disease Presented to: Indiana Chapter of the Wildlife Society |
Walter | 2017-10-04 |
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The Impossible Dream: Managing White-tailed Deer to Meet Forest Management Objectives Presented to: University of Maine |
Diefenbach | 2019-04-17 |
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Temporal, spatial, and demographic patterns of white-tailed deer mortality: implications for their ecology and management. Presented to: University of Delaware |
Diefenbach | 2010-02-24 |
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Spatial, Temporal, and Demographic variation in male turkey harvest rates in New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Presented to: Pennsylvania State University |
Diefenbach | 2010-02-12 |
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Putting together pieces of the puzzle: contaminants, pathogens, and smallmouth bass population dynamics in the Susquehanna River Basin Presented to: The Pennsylvania State University |
Wagner | 2019-10-15 |
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Predator-Prey Dynamics of Hunters and White-tailed Deer: Implications for Deer Population Management Presented to: Pennsylvania State University |
Diefenbach | 2004-10-05 |
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Online Database Infrastructures in Animal Ecology: A Novel way of Data Management and Sharing of Animal derived Sensor Data Presented to: National Wildlife Research Center |
Walter | 2013-06-12 |
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Linking lakes and landscapes: applying principles of landscape limnology to the management of inland lakes Presented to: Pennsylvania State University |
Wagner | 2009-12-14 |
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Hierarchical Models Presented to: Michigan State University |
Wagner | 2011-06-27 |
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Genetics of cervids and susceptibility to chronic wasting disease Presented to: Newcastle University |
Walter | 2016-07-26 |
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Genetics of Cervids as it relates to susceptibility to Chronic Wasting Disease Presented to: Eastern Tennessee State University |
Walter | 2019-10-23 |
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Fish Habitat and Climate Change: Implications for the Desert Southwest, Midwestern Smallmouth Bass, and Eastern Brook Trout Presented to: NCCWSC Climate Change Science and Management Webinar Series |
Wagner, Deweber | 2013-04-11 |
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Effects of highway construction on sediment loading in Spring Creek Presented to: Penn State University |
Carline | 2001-11-19 |
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Chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer in the east: Coping With Disease (CWD) Presented to: State University of New York - Environmental Science and Forestry |
Walter | 2015-07-09 |
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CWD genetics in the wild and model results outline potential for spread within Pennsylvania Presented to: Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture |
Walter | 2017-06-20 |
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Buruli ulcer disease: insights into a 110 year mystery using landscape-based models Presented to: Pennsylvania State University |
Wagner | 2008-05-09 |
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Brook Trout ecology and management: land use, climate and transboundary population monitoring Presented to: University of Georgia |
Wagner | 2013-11-08 |
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Assessing response of trout to habitat manipulation Presented to: Lycoming College |
Carline | 2001-12-13 |
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A conceptual framework for understanding multiscaled interactions between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems Presented to: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science |
Wagner | 2013-04-04 |
| Title | Presenter | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Disease | Walter | 2013-10-24 |
| Wildlife Disease | Walter | 2012-10-30 |
| Understanding dependency in Ecological data | Walter | 2015-11-12 |
| Understanding dependency in Ecological data | Walter | 2014-09-18 |
| Trout Population Dynamics | Carline | 2003-03-04 |
| Stream habitat management | Carline | 2004-03-29 |
| Stream ecology | Carline | 2005-11-10 |
| Stream ecology | Carline | 2005-10-07 |
| Spatial epidemiology of unique diseases: prions, parasites, and bacteria | Walter | 2014-11-05 |
| Spatial Epidemiology of Unique Diseases: Prions, parasites,and bacteria | Walter | 2012-04-16 |
| Sampling fish and wildlife populations | Diefenbach | 2001-10-04 |
| Sampling aquatic environments | Carline | 2002-11-02 |
| Salmonid spawning habitat | Carline | 2000-11-14 |
| Risk Assessment and Disease Management | Walter | 2018-09-13 |
| Risk Assessment and Disease Management | Walter | 2017-09-09 |
| Risk Assessment and Disease Management | Walter | 2016-09-13 |
| Risk Assessment and Disease Management | Walter | 2015-12-01 |
| Risk Assessment and Disease Management | Walter | 2014-12-09 |
| Riparian restoration | Carline | 2005-04-17 |
| Riparian management in the Spruce Creek watershed | Carline | 2004-03-23 |
| Reintroductions of wildlife | Diefenbach | 2014-11-07 |
| Population restoration | Diefenbach | 2018-03-15 |
| Management of Game Birds | Diefenbach | 2010-04-22 |
| Management of Game Birds | Diefenbach | 2009-04-14 |
| Management of Game Birds | Diefenbach | 2008-04-11 |
| Mammalian dispersal | Diefenbach | 2018-04-22 |
| Mammalian dispersal | Diefenbach | 2015-03-06 |
| Lake ecology | Carline | 2006-04-19 |
| Impacts of climate change on eastern U.S. fisheries | Wagner | 2015-11-17 |
| History of deer management in Pennsylvania. | Diefenbach | 2005-03-16 |
| Fundamentals of Riparian Management | Carline | 2005-04-27 |
| Field ecology of Big Spring Creek | Carline | 2002-01-23 |
| Elements of Electrofishing | Carline | 2003-09-11 |
| Effects of acidic deposition on stream biota | Carline | 2002-12-04 |
| Dispersal in White-tailed Deer | Diefenbach | 2017-02-22 |
| Dietary uptake of PCBs by rainbow trout | Carline | 2003-03-26 |
| Deer Management in Pennsylvania | Diefenbach | 2006-03-13 |
| Advances in Ecology, Statistical Modelling | Wagner | 2012-10-04 |
| Advances in Ecology, Statistical Modelling | Wagner | 2011-10-04 |
| Advances in Ecology, Statistical Modelling | Wagner | 2010-10-13 |
| Advances in Ecology, Statistical Modelling | Wagner | 2009-10-13 |
| Activity patterns of female black bears | Diefenbach | 2005-11-29 |
| Student (Degree) | Advisor | Start Year | End Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson, Andy (PhD) | Diefenbach | 2005 | 2009 |
| Williamson, Neihl (MS) | Wagner | 2008 | 2010 |
| White, Shannon (PhD) | Diefenbach | 2017 | 2019 |
| Wentworth, Kevin (PhD) | Diefenbach | 2002 | 2005 |
| Weiderholt, Ruscena (PhD) | Diefenbach | 2007 | 2011 |
| Weber, Andrew (MS) | Diefenbach | 2010 | 2014 |
| Weather, Thomas (PhD) | Walter | 2016 | 2019 |
| Voorhees, Christine (MS) | Diefenbach | 2000 | 2002 |
| Tolley, Keeley (MS) | Diefenbach | 2000 | 2002 |
| Stokke, Grant (MS) | Diefenbach | 2005 | 2014 |
| Stainbrook, David (MS) | Wagner | 2008 | 2011 |
| Smith, Lori (MS) | Walter | 2012 | 2014 |
| Slawson, Deborah (PhD) | Carline | 2000 | 2004 |
| Sklebo, Jared (MS) | Diefenbach | 2014 | 2017 |
| Sidelick, Jennifer (MS) | Carline | 2003 | 2005 |
| Schall, Megan (PhD) | Walter | 2013 | 2017 |
| Rummel, Shawn (PhD) | Diefenbach | 2007 | 2011 |
| Rodemaker, Vitor (PhD) | Diefenbach | 2007 | 2007 |
| Rocco, Gian (PhD) | Carline | 2000 | Present |
| Regmi, Arun (PhD) | Diefenbach | 2020 | Present |
| Reed, Brendan (MS) | Wagner | 2012 | 2014 |
| Price, Keith (PhD) | Wagner | 2008 | 2011 |
| Petprakob, Krittika (PhD) | Wagner | 2009 | Present |
| Pedersen, Christian (PhD) | Diefenbach | 2004 | 2008 |
| O'Driscoll, Michael (PhD) | Carline | 2001 | 2004 |
| Norton, Andrew (MS) | Wagner | 2008 | 2011 |
| Munoz, David (MS) | Diefenbach | 2014 | 2015 |
| Mollenhauer, Robert (MS) | Diefenbach | 2009 | 2012 |
| Miller, Tricia (MS) | Diefenbach | 2005 | 2007 |
| Means, Jennifer (MS) | Carline | 2003 | Present |
| McNeil, Leonard (MS) | Carline | 2003 | 2005 |
| May, Melissa (MS) | Wagner | 2009 | 2011 |
| Mason, Doris (MS) | Wagner | 2008 | 2009 |
| Long, Eric (PhD) | Carline | 2001 | 2005 |
| Lees, Bryan (MS) | Carline | 2003 | 2005 |
| Kerby, Jeff (PhD) | Wagner | 2010 | 2014 |
| Julian, James (PhD) | Diefenbach | 2005 | 2009 |
| Jones, David (MS) | Carline | 2005 | Present |
| Ikis, Didem (PhD) | Wagner | 2010 | 2017 |
| Hill, Jason (PhD) | Wagner | 2009 | 2012 |
| Grassie, Cairsty (PhD) | Wagner | 2009 | 2013 |
| Govenar, Breea (PhD) | Diefenbach | 2003 | 2005 |
| Goodrich, Laurie (PhD) | Diefenbach | 2003 | 2010 |
| Gingery, Tess (MS) | Walter | 2015 | 2018 |
| Garneau, Danielle (PhD) | Diefenbach | 2002 | 2005 |
| Ganoe, Laken (MS) | Diefenbach | 2018 | 2019 |
| Fronk, Nate (MS) | Walter | 2012 | 2013 |
| Forman, Nicholas (MS) | Diefenbach | 2012 | 2015 |
| Fisher, Douglas (MS) | Carline | 2002 | Present |
| Fergus, Emi (PhD) | Wagner | 2012 | 2016 |
| Espindola, Walter (MS) | Walter | 2020 | Present |
| Deweber, Jefferson (PhD) | Walter | 2012 | 2014 |
| Davis, Courtney (PhD) | Wagner | 2015 | Present |
| Davis, Courtney (MS) | Wagner | 2013 | 2015 |
| Crawford, Charles (MS) | Diefenbach | 2012 | 2015 |
| Compton, Justin (PhD) | Diefenbach | 2005 | 2007 |
| Chen, Xin (PhD) | Diefenbach | 2017 | Present |
| Byrne, Loren (PhD) | Diefenbach | 2002 | 2006 |
| Buda, Anthony (PhD) | Carline | 2002 | Present |
| Brandell, Ellen (PhD) | Walter | 2016 | Present |
| Becker, Douglas (MS) | Diefenbach | 2003 | 2005 |
| Barton, Ethan (MS) | Diefenbach | 2011 | 2014 |
| Barry, Patrick (MS) | Diefenbach | 2003 | 2004 |
| Anders, Angela (PhD) | Diefenbach | 2003 | 2007 |
| Amburgey , Staci (PhD) | Wagner | 2015 | Present |
| Alexander, Richard (PhD) | Wagner | 2010 | 2014 |