Item talk:Q49163

USGS Staff Profile:

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   abstract: Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist with the Fort Collins Science
     Center
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   abstract: Kate Schoenecker is a Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist at the
     Fort Collins Science Center.
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   abstract: "Dr. Kate Schoenecker has been studying the ecology of ungulates for\
     \ 26 years as a Research Wildlife Biologist at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)\
     \ Fort Collins Science Center, Colorado. She received a Master\u2019s degree\
     \ from the University of Arizona, Tucson studying desert bighorn sheep and a\
     \ PhD from Colorado State University on bison and elk grazing ecology in the\
     \ Great Sand Dunes National Park & Baca National Wildlife Refuge ecosystem.\
     \ She currently leads the Ungulate Ecology Research team, focusing on science\
     \ to support bison conservation and wild horse and burro research across the\
     \ west. She\u2019s been studying the ecology of wild horses and burros since\
     \ 1999, when she was first hired as a USGS field technician recording group\
     \ composition of horse harems in the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range, Montana.\
     \ Her current work includes investigating free-roaming horse competition with\
     \ mule deer, and assessing mountain lion predation on free roaming horses in\
     \ Nevada, as well as assessing fine scale foraging behavior of bison on the\
     \ North rim of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, and the Great Sand Dunes\
     \ National Park ecosystem of southern Colorado."
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 email: schoeneckerk@usgs.gov
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   name: PhD, Colorado State University
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   name: MS, University of Arizona
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     name: Fort Collins Science Center
     url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/fort-collins-science-center
   roleName: Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist
   startDate: '2024-05-10T20:47:42.387961'
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   name: Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS, Fort Collins Science Center
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 jobTitle: Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Horse
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Burro
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Bison
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Elk
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Mule deer
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Bighorn sheep
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Ungulate
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Mountain lion
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   member:
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     name: U.S. Geological Survey
   name: staff member
   startDate: '2024-05-10T20:47:42.384351'
 name: Kate  Schoenecker, PhD
 url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/kate-schoenecker