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Lisa A. Shipley
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Room 105
Johnson Hall
Washington State University
Pullman WA 99164-6410
509-335-9182
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Wildlife Ecologist
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Dr. Lisa A. Shipley is a wildlife ecologist in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University. Her research interests include foraging ecology and nutrition of mammals, interactions between plants and herbivores at different spatial scales, and ecology and management of wild ungulates. Both free-ranging and captive herbivores, such as mule deer, pronghorn, elk, and pygmy rabbits are used in these studies. Lisa directs the Wild Ungulate Facility and the Pygmy Rabbit Captive Breeding Facility at WSU. She is the faculty advisor of the WSU Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society.
Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, 1993. Dissertation “The mechanics and scaling of intake in mammalian herbivores”
M.S., Wildlife Management, University of Maine, 1989. Thesis “The mechanics of foraging behavior of boreal herbivores”
B.S., Wildlife Biology (minor in Fisheries Biology), Colorado State University, 1986
Research Interests:
Forage ecology and nutrition of herbivores, especially effects of body size and digestive anatomy of animals and plant chemistry on harvesting and digesting plants, effects of nutrition on reproduction, habitat selection and ecology over different spatial scales.
Current Research:
Captive breeding and restoration of endangered pygmy rabbits (ongoing research)
Adaptations of pygmy rabbits to sagebrush diets (Sabbatical research)
Effects of resource availability on life history traits of herbivores. (Ph.D., Tamara Johnstone-Yellin)
Links between forage quality and heterogeneity of forage use at multiple scales by elk (Ph.D., Rachel Cook)
Effects of summer-autumn forage quality on reproduction in mule deer. (Ph.D., Troy Tollefson)
Effects of enhanced solar UV-B radiation on secondary metabolites in forage plants and consequences for mammalian herbivores. (Ph.D., Nicole Thines)
Effects of forage enhancement on Roosevelt elk in the Wynoochee River Valley of Western Washington (Ph.D., Elvia Lopez-Perez)
An evaluation of commercial diets for wild browsing herbivores. (M.S., Sarah McCusker)
Movements of pronghorn in southeastern Oregon. (M.S., Kelsey Dalton)
Spatial and habitat ecology of North American badgers in a native shrubsteppe ecosystem of eastern Washington. (M.S., Nicholas Paulson)
Nutritional ecology of blue duikers. (M. S., Erin Kuhn)
Body condition and survival of mule deer fawns in Eastern Washington. (M.S., Tamara Johnstone-Yellin)
Courses Taught:
- NATRS 280 Introductory Wildlife Management
In this course students 1) observe, discuss, and think critically about issues and activities related to wildlife management in a variety of ecosystems, 2.) acquire practical skills for obtaining, evaluating, applying, and communicating information about wildlife and their resources, and 3) improve cooperation, writing, and presentation skills.
- NATRS 436 Advanced Wildlife Management
In this course students 1) develop knowledge and skills for solving current and future wildlife management problems, 2) apply knowledge about the ecology of wildlife populations to planning, research, and conducting management activities to manipulate wildlife populations and habitats, and 3) acquire practical skills for obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information about wildlife and their resources.
- NATRS 556 Foraging Ecology of Herbivores
This course is cross-listed with University of Idaho and co-taught with Dr. Karen Launchbaugh at UI.
Representative Publications
A listing of representative publications is provided under the Research tab on the Natural Resource Sciences webpage.
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