. Robert B. Wielgus Large Carnivore Conservation Lab Washington State University Pullman WA 99164-6410 509-335-2796 Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology & Director of the Large Carnivore Conservation Laboratory

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Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Director of the Large Carnivore Conservation Laboratory. Population, behavioral, and habitat ecology of large carnivores (grizzly bears, black bears, cougars) and their prey (mountain caribou, mule deer).

Universities and Degrees:
Ph.D. Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia, May 1993. Thesis was titled "Causes and consequences of sexual habitat segregation in grizzly bears".

MS Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho, 1986. Thesis was titled "Habitat ecology of the grizzly bear in the the southern Rocky Mountains of Canada".

BS (Honors) Environmental Sciences, Brandon University, 1981. Honors thesis was titled "effects of fire on the shrub layers of aspen forest and implications for moose habitat management".

Research Interests: Effects of anthropogenic disturbance (forestry, hunting) on large carnivore population dynamics and predator - prey systems.

Current Research:
Large Carnivore Conservation Laboratory

1. Effects of forest fragmentation on cougar predation of endangered mountain caribou.
2. Cougar predation and population growth of sympatric mule deer and white-tailed deer.
3. Minimum population estimates for North Cascades grizzly bears.
4. Effects of forestry on grizzly bear habitat use.
5. Cougar functional response and diet in the SMGBE.
6. Effects of adult male cougar mortality on male immigration, female reproduction, and population persistence.
7. Minimum viable population sizes for grizzly bear reserves in British Columbia.

1. NRST 441/541 Population Ecology & Conservation.
2. NRST 435/535 Wildlife Ecology
3. NRST 595 Scientific Method in Ecology