selected publications academicarticle Werdel, T. J. (2024). Wildlife Management and Landscapes: Principles and Applications. 88(2), Werdel, T. J., Piper, C. W., Ricketts, A. M., Peek, M. S., & Ahlers, A. A. (2023). Direct and indirect landscape-scale pathways structure carnivore communities in an agro-prairie ecosystem. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY. 104(6), 1279-1289. Palomo-Munoz, G., Werdel, T. J., Piper, C. W., Peek, M. S., Ricketts, A. M., & Ahlers, A. A. (2023). Spatiotemporal distributions of mammals occurring in an agro-prairie ecosystem. 104(3), e3945. Werdel, T. J., Jenks, J. A., Kanta, J. T., Lehman, C. P., & Frink, T. J. (2023). Resource Selection and Herbaceous Biomass at Foraging Sites of Translocated Bighorn Sheep. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 87(1), 141-149. Werdel, T. J., Piper, C. W., Ricketts, A. M., Peek, M. S., Sullins, D. S., & Ahlers, A. A. (2023). Strategic grassland conservation for swift foxes in multi-use landscapes. Biological Conservation. 277, 109864-109864. Werdel, T. J., Piper, C. W., Ricketts, A. M., Peek, M. S., & Ahlers, A. A. (2022). Scale-specific landscape effects impose range-limiting constraints on the distribution of a prairie-obligate carnivore. Landscape Ecology. 37(8), 2065-2079. Werdel, T. J., Jenks, J. A., Kanta, J. T., Lehman, C. P., & Frink, T. J. (2021). Space use and movement patterns of translocated bighorn sheep. Mammalian Biology. 101(3), 329-344. Werdel, T. J., Jenks, J. A., Besser, T. E., Kanta, J. T., Lehman, C. P., & Frink, T. J. (2020). Restoration of a bighorn sheep population impeded by Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae exposure. 28(2), 387-395. Werdel, T. J., Jenks, J. A., Besser, T. E., Kanta, J. T., Lehman, C. P., & Frink, T. J. (2018). Survival of Translocated Bighorn Sheep In the Deadwood Region of the Black Hills, South Dakota. Northwestern Naturalist: a journal of vertebrate biology. 99(3), 222-231. PalomoMunoz, G., Fidino, M., Werdel, T. J., Piper, C. W., Gallo, T., Peek, M. S., Ricketts, A. M., & Ahlers, A. A. Mesopredators have differing influences on prey habitat use and diel activity in a multipredator landscape. Ecosphere. 15(9), Whitman, D. A., & Werdel, T. J. Occurrence of Fox Squirrels Influenced by Fine-Scale Landscape Characteristics on a College Campus. Ecology and Evolution. 14(10), e70488. Werdel, T. J., MatarritaCascante, D., & Lucero, J. E. State of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the wildlife management profession. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. chapter Hessami, M. A., Werdel, T. J., Hoagland, S. J., & Kohl, M. T. (2022). Melding Past, Present, and Future: The importance of tribal management in wildlife conservation and management. Introduction to Wildlife Management and Conservation in North America. (pp. 1-7). Great River Learning.
principal investigator on River otter (Lontra canadensis) population dynamics in Texas awarded by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2023 - 2025
co-principal investigator on Long‑term wildlife monitoring for unmanaged rangelands transitioning to planned grazing management awarded by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2023 - 2024
teaching activities RWFM402 Wildlife Tracks & Signs Instructor RWFM408 Technqs Of Wldlfe Mgmt Co-instructor RWFM485 Directed Studies Instructor RWFM491 Research Instructor RWFM602 Wildlife Tracks & Signs Instructor RWFM608 Technqs Of Wildlife Mgmt Instructor RWFM685 Directed Studies Instructor RWFM691 Research Instructor WFSC638 Technqs Of Wildlife Mgmt Co-instructor WFSC681 Seminar Instructor WFSC685 Directed Studies Instructor WFSC691 Research Instructor
education and training Ph.D. in Horticulture and Natural Resources, Kansas State University - (Manhattan, Kansas, United States) 2022 M.S. in Wildlife Sciences, South Dakota State University - (Brookings, South Dakota, United States) 2017 B.S. in Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Chadron State College - (Chadron, Nebraska, United States) 2013