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Research/Focus Areas
  • Population Dynamics and Management of Avian and Mammalian Populations
  • Experimental Design and Analysis
  • Modeling and Simulation of Population and Community Processes
  • Ecology of Large Mammals
  • Avian Feeding Ecology
Academic Programs

Edward O. Garton

College of Natural Resources
Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources
Emerius Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Statistics

Campus Locations
Moscow

With UI Since
1977
Office: CNR 104E
Phone: (208) 885-7426
Email: ogarton@uidaho.edu
Mailing Address:
University of Idaho
P.O. Box 441136
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1136

Fish and Wildlife Population Ecology
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Full Curriculum Vitae
Shortened Curriculum Vitae
  • 1968, B.A. Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  • 1973, M.S. Ecology, University of California, Davis (Advisor: J. Sawyer)
  • 1976, Ph.D. Ecology, University of California, Davis (Advisor: T. C. Foin)

Selected Publications

  • Garton, Edward O., Jon S. Horne, Jocelyn L. Aycrigg, and  John T. Ratti.  2011.  (in press).  Research and Experimental Design.  Chapter 1 In Silvy, Nova (ed.).  Techniques For Wildlife Investigations and Management. Seventh edition, Vol. I Wildlife Research Methods. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, MD.
  • Garton, Edward O., John W. Connelly, Jon S. Horne, Christian Hagen, Anne Moser and Michael A. Schroeder.  2011 (in press).  Greater Sage-Grouse Population Dynamics and Probability of Persistence. Pp. 293–382 in S. T. Knick and J. W. Connelly (editors), Greater Sage-Grouse: Ecology and Conservation of a Landscape Species and its Habitats. Studies in Avian Biology Series (vol. 38), University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. [Note: pre-release version available at   http://sagemap.wr.usgs.gov/Docs/SAB/Chapter16.pdf]
  • Horne, Jon S., Edward O. Garton, and Janet L. Rachlow.  2008.  A synoptic model of animal space use: simultaneous analysis of home range, habitat selection, and inter/intra-specific relationships.  Ecological Modelling 214:338-348.
  • Moser, Brian W. and Edward O. Garton.  2007.  Effects of telemetry location error on space-use estimates using a fixed-kernel density estimator.  Journal of Wildlife Management 71: 2421-2426.
  • Lewis, Jesse S., Janet Rachlow, Edward O. Garton, and Lee A. Vierling.  2007.  Effects of habitat on gps collar performance: using data screening to reduce location errors.  Journal of Applied Ecology 44:663-671.

Research Projects

  • 2/2010-present Analysis and modeling of space use by ungulates in Alaska

  • 8/2008-present Greater sage grouse extinction risk

  • 9/2007-present Spatial dynamics of mountain goats in Cascade Mountains

  • 8/2006-2010 Risk assessment framework for threatened and endangered species on Department of Defense lands

  • 5/2004-2007 Population dynamics and management of Kodiak bears

  • 5/2002-present Greater sage-grouse population ecology

  • 1/2002-present Interactions between elk and deer metapopulations in Idaho

  • 9/2001-2005 Landscape models for terrestrial wildlife in Interior Columbia Basin

  • 1/2000-2005 Assessing risk of selenium contamination to bird populations in SE Idaho

  • 6/2000-present Modeling habitat and populations of elk and neotropical birds on landscapes

  • 5/2000-2009 Lewis woodpecker nesting ecology

  • 4/2000-9/2007 Beach buffer importance for wildlife populations in SE Alaska


Awards and Honors

  • Fulbright Fellowship to Kenya

  • Outstanding Researcher Award, College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Range Sciences

  • Outstanding Teacher Award, Associated Students of University of Idaho

  • Outstanding Wildlifer Award, Idaho Chapter of The Wildlife Society

  • Outstanding Professional Paper Award, Idaho Chapter of The Wildlife Society

  • University of Idaho Alumni Award for Excellence

  • Arthur S. Einarsen Award, Northwest Section of The Wildlife Society