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KYRAN EDWARD
KUNKEL
research interests: predation ecology;
research, management,
and conservation of mammals; endangered species management
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Forestry/Wildlife Biology, The University of
Montana–Missoula (May 1997)
Dissertation: Predation by wolves and other large carnivores in
northwestern Montana and southeastern British Columbia.
M.S.,
Wildlife Conservation, University of Minnesota–St. Paul (1992)
Thesis:
Factors affecting wolf and bear predation on white-tailed deer fawns in
northeastern Minnesota
B.S.
with Honors, Wildlife and Fisheries Science, South Dakota State University–Brookings
(1987)
RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT
EXPERIENCE
Affiliate Senior Conservation Scientist, Turner Endangered Species Fund, Bozeman,
Montana (5/99-present)
● Conduct research, management, conservation,
and restoration projects on and off the nearly 2 million acres owned by R. E.
Turner in several states focusing on imperiled species and their habitats and
concentrating on carnivores, grasslands, plant-pollinator complexes, and the
distribution of reliable scientific and policy information on biodiversity
conservation. Affiliate
Assistant Professor, Dept.
of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (10/98- present),
Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana (8/00-present), and Montana
State University (9/01-present)
Regional
Wildlife Biologist,
National Park Service, Anchorage, Alaska (8/97-4/99) ● Responsible for designing, and
conducting wildlife studies and surveys and analyzing and publishing results.
Facilitate interpretation and use of wildlife science by NPS resource
managers. Contract
Wildlife Research Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Helena,
Montana (5/97-8/97) Wildlife
Biologist, Patuxent
Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, St. Paul,
Minnesota (7/88–10/90)
● Conducted research on wolf and
white-tailed deer movements, mortality, population, distribution and
predation
GRADUATE STUDENTS
2002-07
- Co PI; PhD Dissertation, Utah State University - Impacts of wolf
restoration on mule deer and coyotes in southwestern Montana.. 2001-03 - Co PI; M.S. Thesis, University
of Montana - Desert bighorn sheep lamb mortality in the Fra Cristobal
Mountains, New Mexico
2001-03
- M.S. Thesis, University of Montana -- Control of livestock depredation by
wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains
1999-01
- M.S. Thesis, University of Arizona - Ecology of a reintroduced desert sheep
population in the Fra Cristobal Mountains, New Mexico
1999-03 - Co PI; PhD. Dissertation, University of Alaska, Fairbanks - Ecology
of black bears along the coast of Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
1998-01 - Co PI; M.S. Thesis, University
of Alaska Fairbanks - Assessing and managing the impact of humans along the
southern Alaska coastline: bears as indicators.
1998-00 - M.S. Thesis, University of
Montana - Use of glucocorticoid metabolite levels in brown bears in Katmai
National Park, Alaska to assess stress related to contact with humans. 1998-01
- M.S. Thesis, University of Minnesota - Moose calf mortality in the Western
Arctic Parklands.
SEMINARS/PRESENTATIONS/COURSES
January 2003 - Multiple predators and impacts on elk
in northwest Montana. Idaho Department of Fish and Game/Office of Idaho
Senator Crapo Workshop on wolves and elk,
Lewiston, Idaho. October 2002 - Multiple predators and
impacts on prey in northwest Montana. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Commission Workshop on wolves, Portland, Oregon. July 2002 - Multiple predators and impacts
on prey in northwest Montana. Idaho Department of Fish and Game Commission
Workshop on wolves, McCall, Idaho. December 2001 - Role of private lands in endangered
species conservation. National Huemul Conservation Plan Workshop, Bariloche,
Argentina.
June 2000 - Restoring biodiversity on private lands. Envirovet Summer
Institute, White Oak Plantation, Florida.
May 2000 - Private efforts to conserve carnivores. Western Forest Carnivore
Committee Annual Meeting, Whitefish, MT.
January 2000 - Private efforts to conserve biological diversity. Conservation
biology and veterinary medicine course, Univ. of California, Davis.
September 1999 - Private efforts to conserve biological diversity. The
Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Austin, TX.
December 1996 - Relationships among large carnivores and their prey in
Glacier National Park: implications for management of multi-predator, multi-prey systems, Utah State Univ. and Colorado State Univ., December 1996
PUBLICATIONS
Kunkel, K.E.2003.Ecology,
conservation, and restoration of large carnivores in western North America.
Pages XX-XX in C. J. Zabel and R. G. Anthony editors. Mammal community dynamics in western coniferous
forests of North America: management and conservation issues. Cambridge University Press, UK. Kunkel, K.E., K. Honness, M.K. Phillips,
and L. N. Carbyn.2003.Plan for restoring swift foxes to west-central
South Dakota. Pages XX-XX in Ecology and Management of Swift Fox in a Changing World.
L.Carbyn and M Sovada, editors. Canadian Circumpolar Press, Edmonton Alberta, Canada. Kunkel, K.E., D.H. Pletscher, D.K Boyd, R.R.
Ream, and M.W. Fairchild.2003.Factors affecting foraging behavior of
wolves in and near Glacier National Park, Montana. Accepted by Journal of Wildlife
Management. Truett, J., K.E. Kunkel and M. Zablan.2003.Ecological Impact Assessment and Habitat Conservation Plans.Pages XX-XX in The Techniques
Manual, 6th Edition. C. Braun, editor. The Wildlife Society, USA.
Golden,
H. N., B. S. Shults, and K.E. Kunkel.2002.Immobilization of
wolverines with Telazol from a helicopter. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30:492-497. Krausman, P., K.E Kunkel, M.
Phillips.2001. Private restoration
of bighorn sheep.Page 231-242 in D. Maehr,
R. Noss, and J. Larkin, editors. Restoration of large mammals.Island Press, California, USA. Truett,
J., M. K. Phillips, K.E. Kunkel, and R. Miller.2001.Managing bison to restore biodiversity. Great Plains Research
11:23-44.
Kunkel, K.E. and D. H. Pletscher. 2001. Winter hunting patterns
and success of wolves in Glacier National Park, Montana. Journal of Wildlife Management
65:520-530.
Kunkel, K.E. and D.H. Pletscher. 2000. Habitat factors affecting
vulnerability of moose to predation by wolves in southeastern British
Columbia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78:150-157.
Kunkel, K.E., T.K. Ruth, D.H. Pletscher,
and M.G. Hornocker. 1999. Winter prey selection by wolves and cougars in and
near Glacier National Park, Montana. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:901-910. Kunkel, K.E. and D.H. Pletscher. 1999.
Species-specific population dynamics of cervids in a multipredator
ecosystem. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:1082-1093.
Pletscher,
D.H., R.R. Ream, D.K. Boyd, M.W. Fairchild, and K.E. Kunkel. 1997.
Population dynamics of a recolonizing wolf population in the Rocky Mountains. Journal of Wildlife Management 61:459-465
Kunkel, K.E. and D.H. Pletscher. 1995. Cervid-wolf relationships
along the North Fork of the Flathead River. (Abstract only) Intermountain Journal of Sciences 1:84.
Kunkel, K.E. and L.D. Mech. 1994. Wolf and bear predation on
white-tailed deer fawns in northeastern Minnesota. Canadian Journal of
Zoology 72:1557-1565.
DelGuidice, G.D., L.D. Mech, K.E. Kunkel, E.M. Gese, and
U.S. Seal. 1992. Seasonal patterns of weight, hematology, and serum
characteristics of free-ranging female white-tailed deer in
Minnesota. Canadian Journal of Zoology 70:974-983.
Kunkel, K.E., R.C. Chapman, L.D. Mech, and E.M. Gese. 1991.
Testing the "Wildlink" activity system on wolves and white-tailed
deer. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69:2466-2469.
DelGuidice, G.D., K.E. Kunkel, L.D. Mech, and U.S. Seal.
1990. Minimizing capture-related stress on white-tailed deer with a capture
collar. Journal
of Wildlife Management 54: 299-303.
Mech, L.D., K.E. Kunkel, R.C. Chapman, and T.J. Kreeger.
1990. Field testing of commercially manufactured capture collars on
white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Management
54:297-299.
Submitted and in prep
Kunkel, K.E., T.K. Ruth, and D.H.
Pletscher. Habitat factors affecting hunting success of wolves and cougars in
Glacier National Park. To be submitted to Conservation
Biology.
Kunkel, K.E., K. Honness, M.K. Phillips, and
L. N. Carbyn. Feasibility of restoring swift foxes to west-central South
Dakota. Submitted to Biological Conservation Kunkel, K.E., A. Wright, Z. Parsons, and H.
Quigley.Cougars and desert bighorn
sheep in the Fra Cristobal Range: adaptive management of predation. To be submitted to Wildlife Society Bulletin. Bangs, P. D., P. R. Krausman, K. E. Kunkel,
and Z. D. Parson.Habitat use by
female desert sheep during lambing. To be submitted to Journal of Wildlife Management. Bangs, P. D., P. R. Krausman,
K. E. Kunkel, and Z. D. Parson.Habitat use by female mountain sheep in the Fra Cristobal Mountains,
New Mexico. To be submitted to Journal of Wildlife Management. Kunkel,
K.E. and W.E. Clark. Effects of wolf presence on movements and habitat use of
white- tailed deer in Glacier National Park, Montana. To be
submitted to Journal of Mammalogy.
Kunkel,
K. Cervid vulnerability to predation: effects of home range location versus
animal condition. To be submitted to Canadian Journal of Zoology.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS Kunkel, K.E. and K. M. Honness. Swift fox restoration on the Bad River Ranch, South Dakota. K.E. Kunkel. Desert bighorn sheep restoration in the Fra Cristobal Mountains, New Mexico. Shults,
B.S. and Kunkel, K.E. Population ecology of wolverines in Noatak National
Preserve and Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Shults, B.S. and K.E. Kunkel. Survival and productivity of
moose in Noatak National Preserve, Alaska. Kunkel,
K.E., T. Smith, and R. Clark. Katmai National Park coastal brown bear/human
study Kunkel, K.E. and T. Smith. Ecology of black bears along the coast of Kenai
Fjords National Park, Alaska. GRANTS RECEIVED
2003: $147,000-Kunkel, K.E. Restoration of desert bighorn sheep to
the Fra Cristobal Mountains, New Mexico. New Mexico Department of Fish and Game State Wildlife Grant Program. 2002: $360,000-Shults, B.S. and K.E. Kunkel. Ecology of wolverines in northwestern Alaska. USGS-BRD/NPS Tundra
to Tropics Research Initiative. 2002:
$36,000-Kunkel, K.E. and E.M. Gese. Impacts of wolf restoration on mule deer
and coyotes in southwestern Montana. National Wildlife Research Center. 2002: $16,000-Kunkel, K.E. Swift fox
restoration to South Dakota. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. 2002: $27,000- Kunkel, K.E. Ecology of
black bears along the coast of Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. Challenge Cost
Share Funding.
2001: $5,000- Kunkel, K.E Desert bighorn sheep lamb
mortality in the Fra Cristobal Mountains, New Mexico Foundation for North
American Wild Sheep
2001:
$5,000- Kunkel, K.E Desert bighorn sheep lamb mortality in the Fra Cristobal
Mountains, New Mexico. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
2001:
$5,000- Kunkel, K.E. Control of livestock depredation by wolves. National
Wildlife Federation.
2000:
$90,000-Kunkel, K.E. and T. Smith. Ecology of black bears along the coast of
Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. USGS- Biological Resources Division Natural Resource
Preservation Project funding
2000:
$31,000-Kunkel, K.E. and T. Smith. Ecology of black bears along the coast of
Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.Challenge Cost Share Funding 2000:
$32,000-Kunkel, K.E. Mortality of desert bighorn lambs in the Fra Cristobal Mountains,
New Mexico. New Mexico Department of Fish and Game.
1999:
$60,000-Kunkel, K.E. Ecology of black bears along the coast of Kenai Fjords
National Park, Alaska. Biological Resources Division/Alaska Cooperative Wildlife Research National
Service Cooperative Graduate Research Funding. 1999: $20,000-Kunkel, K.E. and R.
Clark. Brown bear and human activity along the coast of Katmai National Park
and Preserve. Challenge Cost Share Funding
1999:
$62,500-Kunkel, K.E. Assessing and managing the impacts of humans on national
park coastlines in southcental Alaska: black bears in Kenai Fjords National Park as indicators. Canon USA/National Park
Foundation
1998: $200,000-Kunkel, K.E., R. Clark,and T. Smith. Assessing and managing
the impacts of humans along national park coastlines in southcentral Alaska: bears as indicators. National Park Service Alaska
Central Coast Group Funding
1998: $50,000-Kunkel, K.E., R. Clark, and T. Smith. Brown bear and human
activity along the coast of Katmai National Park and Preserve. Canon USA/National Park Foundation Grant
1998: $55,000-Kunkel, K.E., R.
Clark, and T. Smith. Assessing and managing the impact of humans along the
southern Alaska coastline: bears as indicators. Biological Resources Division/Alaska Cooperative
Wildlife Research Unit/National Service Cooperative Graduate Research Funding
1998:
$28,000-Kunkel, K.E. and R. Clark. Brown bear and human activity along the
coast of Katmai National Park and Preserve. Challenge Cost Share Funding
1998: $6,400-Kunkel, K.E. and S.
Huse. Wildlife populations and resource selection spatial analysis
procedures; Alaska Region, National Park Service GIS Funding Proposal
1998:
$27,000-Kunkel, K.E. and R. Clark. Sustainable management of people and bears
in the Brooks River Area, Katmai National Park. Brooks Camp Special Congressional Appropriation Funding 1998:
$490,000-Adams, L.G., B. Shults, K.E. Kunkel, and M. Udevitz. Determine
population abundance and demography of Dall’s sheep in the Baird Mountains, Noatak National Preserve, Alaska. National Park
Service/USGS Biological Resources Division Natural Resource Preservation Project Funding
1998:
$85,000-Becker, E.F. and K.E. Kunkel. Brown bear population estimation
technique development. Alaska Department of Fish & Game and Lake Clark National Park Funding.
1997:
$3,000-Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute-Support for travel to
Finland to provide consultation and technical training to Finnish research biologists designing a
wolf study
1997:
$9,660-U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service-Contract to prepare 3 manuscripts
1996:
$2,000-Glacier National Park-Additional funding for PhD fieldwork and
analysis
1996:
$1,600-U.S. Fish &Wildlife Service -Additional funding for PhD. G.I.S.
analysis
1991-1996:
$60,000-University of Montana Graduate Research Assistantships
1988-1991:
$28,000-University of Minnesota Graduate Research Fellowships
1991:
$9,300-Special Project Funds; Minneapolis Big Game Club-M.S. Research funding
1989:
$4,000-Private donation to K.E. Kunkel & L.D. Mech (U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service) for fawn predation research
INTERNAL FUNDING AWARDS
1998-00:
$90,000-Shults, B.S., Kunkel, K.E., Peltola, G., and J. Belant. Population
ecology of wolverines in Noatak National Preserve and Selawik National Wildlife Refuge.
1998-99:
$38,000-Kunkel, K.E. Moose movements, survival and productivity in Lake Clark
National Park.
1999-00:
$10,000- van der Ohe, Servheen, C., and K.E. Kunkel. Use of glucocorticoid
metabolite levels in brown bears in Katmai National Park, Alaska to assess stress related to contact with humans. PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT &
ASSOCIATIONS
Reviewed
manuscripts/reports for:
Journal
of Wildlife Management-1997 - 2002
Biological Conservation Arctic National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Idaho Legislative Wolf Oversight
Committee-Idaho Wolf Conservation and Management Plan-2001
Ecology
and management of swift fox in a changing world (book from symposium proceedings)-1999
Wildlife
Society Bulletin-1996
U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service-Wolf reintroduction EIS, 1993, 1994
Patuxent
Wildlife Research Center, 1989-1991
Symposium organized:
Role
of top predators in ecological communities-2000 Society for Conservation
Biology Annual Meeting
Memberships:
Swift
Fox Conservation Team
Central
Desert Bighorn Advisory Board
Board
of Directors: Northern High Plains Conservation Network The
Wildlife Society; Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society
Science
Advisory Committee: Prairie Foundation The Wildlife Society; Montana Chapter of
the Wildlife Society Biological Diversity Working Group and Restoration Working
Group Society for Conservation Biology-Austral
and Neotropical America Section Fauna and Flora International AWARDS
Leslie Hewes Award
for best social science article published in journal “Great Plains Research”
- 2001 National
Park Service Special Achievement Award - 1998- $1,050
The Wildlife Society Best Student Presentation - 1997 - 4th Annual
Conference; Aspen Bertha
Morton Scholarship - 1992- $2,000-University of Montana
Wilbur
Allen Scholarship - 1985, 1986, 1987-full coverage of tuition and fees, South
Dakota State Univ.
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi - 1986
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