CURRICULUM VITAE

Mark Christian Andersen

Associate Dean, Honors College and Professor, Department of Fish Wildlife and Conservation Ecology New Mexico State University Las Cruces NM 88003 phone (575) 646-8034 FAX (575) 646-1281 email: manderse@nmsu.edu

June 28, 2012

1 PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Career: Academic administration, particularly in honors education. Faculty development, promotion of innovative teaching strategies. Research: Applications of ecological theory and regional risk assessment in conservation biology and invasive species control; impacts of climate change on ecosystems and ecosystem services.

2 EDUCATION
California State University, Fresno; B.A. summa cum laude in Environmental Biology (minor in mathematics), 1979. California State University, Fresno; M.A. in Biology, 1983 (advisor: B. A. Tribbey). Thesis topic: Habitat selection in a Sierra Nevada stream insect community. University of Washington, Seattle; M.Sc. in Biomathematics, 1987 (advisor: V.F. Gallucci; other advisory committee members: E. David Ford, P.M. Kareiva). Thesis topic: Mathematical models for plant dispersal. University of Washington, Seattle; Ph.D. in Zoology, 1987 (advisor: P.M. Kareiva; other advisory committee members: R.T. Paine, G.H. Orians, Thomas Daniel, V.F.

Gallucci). Dissertation topic: Population ecology of the aphid Aphthargelia symphoricarpi on Mount St. Helens.

3 POSITIONS
2011 - present: Associate Dean, Honors College, and Director, Oce of National Scholarships and International Education, New Mexico State University. 2007 - present: Professor, Department of Fish Wildlife and Conservation Ecology, New Mexico State University. 2000 2007: Associate Professor, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, New Mexico State University. 1994 - 2000: Assistant Professor, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, New Mexico State University. 1987 - 1993: Assistant Professor. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine.

4 PUBLICATIONS
4.1 Books
I am currently under contract with Columbia University Press to author a book, to be titled From Idea to Publication: Scientic Research in Ecology and Natural Resources. This book is a textbook of scientic method and scientic writing for beginning graduate students, especially but not exclusively in the elds of ecology and natural resource management. It covers philosophical and practical issues of scientic method, study design, data analysis, proposal writing, scientic writing, scientic ethics, and professional eectiveness and productivity for scientists.

4.2 Referreed publications (total: 30)

Calkins, M. T., Beever, E. A., Boykin, K. G., Frey, J. K. and Andersen, M.C. 2012. Notso-splendid isolation: modeling climate-mediated range collapse of a montane mammal Ochotona princeps across numerous ecoregions. Ecography. doi: 10.1111/j.16000587.2011.07227.x Andersen, M.C. 2010. Predicting impacts of climate change on biodiversity: Geographic range shifts. Forum on Public Policy, Vol 2010, No 3. (September 2010). http://forumonpublicpolicy.com/spring2010.vol2010/spring2010archive/Andersen.pdf (accessed September 9, 2010) Andersen, M.C. 2008. Global climate change and biodiversity conservation: The role of ecological risk assessment. Forum on Public Policy 3(4):267-276. [This paper has

been reprinted as a chapter in Climate Change and Sustainable Development, 2009, edited by Ruth Reck, published by Linton Atlantic Press.] Andersen, M.C. 2008. The roles of risk assessment in the control of invasive vertebrates. Wildlife Research 35: 242-248. Northcott, J., M.C. Andersen, G.W. Roemer, E.L. Fredrickson, M. DeMers, J. Truett, and P. Ford. 2008. Spatial analysis of eects of mowing and burning colony expansion in reintroduced black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus). Restoration Ecology 16(3):495-502. Lee, C.K., J.P. Taylor, and M.C. Andersen. 2007. Winter survival of Northern Pintails in the Middle Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico. Western North American Naturalist 67(1): 79-85. Andersen, M.C., M. Ewald, and J. Northcott. 2005. Risk analysis and management decisions for weed biological control agents: Ecological theory and modeling results. Biological Control 35:330-337. Andersen, M.C. 2005. Potential applications of population viability analysis to risk assessment for invasive species. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 11(6): 10831095. Kintigh, K.M. and M.C. Andersen. 2005. A den-centered analysis of swift fox (Vulpes velox) habitat characteristics in Northeastern New Mexico. American Midland Naturalist 154:229-239. Andersen, M.C., B.C. Thompson, and K.G. Boykin. 2004. Spatial risk assessment across large landscapes with varied land use: Lessons from a conservation assessment of military lands. Risk Analysis 24(5): 1231-1242. Andersen, M.C., B.J. Martin, and G.W. Roemer. 2004. Use of matrix population models to estimate the ecacy of euthanasia versus trap-neuter-return for management of free-roaming cats. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 225(12): 1871-1876. Andersen, M.C., H. Adams, B. Hope, M. Powell. 2004. Risk assessment for invasive species. Risk Analysis 24(4): 787-794. Andersen, M.C., H. Adams, B. Hope, M. Powell. 2004. Risk analysis for invasive species: general framework and research needs. Risk Analysis 24(4): 893-900. Kroll, A.J., K. Boykin, M.C. Andersen, B.C. Thompson, and D.L. Daniel. 2003. Habitat characteristics of Ashmunella (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Polygyridae) at White Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss, New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 48(1): 14-22. Sipos, M.P., M.C. Andersen, W.G. Whitford and W.R. Gould. 2002. Graminivory by Dipodomys ordii and D. merriami on four species of perennial grasses. Southwestern Naturalist 47(2): 276-281. Thompson, B.C., M.A. Hughes and M.C. Andersen. 2001. Eects of including nonbreeding bird species on predicted bird distributions for conservation planning in New Mexico. Biological Conservation 100(2):229-242.

Andersen, M.C., J.M. Watts, J.E. Freilich, S.R. Yool, G.I Wakeeld, J.F. McCauley and P.B. Fahnestock. 2000. Regression tree modeling of Desert Tortoise habitat in the Central Mojave Desert. Ecological Applications 10(3):890-900. Andersen, M.C. and F.R. Kay. 1999. Banner-tail kangaroo rat mounds and desert grassland habitats. Journal of Arid Environments 41: 147-160. Andersen, M.C. and D. Mahato. 1995. Demographic models and reserve designs for the California Spotted Owl. Ecological Applications 5(3):639-647. Koopowitz, H., A.D. Thornhill and M.C. Andersen. 1994. A general stochastic model for the prediction of biodiversity losses based on habitat conversion. Conservation Biology 8(2): 425-438. Andersen, M.C. 1994. Stochastic models of age-structured populations. Comments on Theoretical Biology 3:365-395. Andersen, M.C. 1993. Diaspore morphology and seed dispersal in several wind-dispersed Asteraceae. American Journal of Botany, 80: 487-492. Koopowitz, H., A.D. Thornhill and M.C. Andersen. 1993. Species distribution proles of the neotropical orchids Masdevallia and Dracula (Pleurothallidinae, Orchidaceae): implications for conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation 2:681-690. Andersen, M.C. 1992. An analysis of variability in seed settling velocities of several wind-dispersed Asteraceae. American Journal of Botany 79:1087-1091. Weis, A.E., W.G. Abrahamson and M.C. Andersen. 1992. Variable selection on Eurostas gall size, I: The extent and nature of variation in phenotypic selection. Evolution 46(6): 1674-1697. Andersen, M.C. 1991. An ant-aphid interaction: Formica fusca and Aphthargelia symphoricarpi on Mount St. Helens. American Midland Naturalist 125:29-36. Andersen, M.C. 1991. Mechanistic models for the seed shadows of wind-dispersed plants. American Naturalist 137:476-497. Andersen, M.C. 1991. Properties of some density-dependent integrodierence-equation population models. Mathematical Biosciences 104:135-157. Andersen, M.C. 1991. Spatial analysis of two-species interactions. Oecologia 91:134140. Wood, D.M. and M.C. Andersen. 1990. The eect of predispersal seed predators on colonization of Aster ledophyllus on Mt. St. Helens. American Midland Naturalist, 123:193-201.

4.3 Book chapters (total: 6)

Andersen, M.C. 2011. Eects of climate change on dynamics and stability of multiregional populations. Chapter 5, pp. 99-114 in Sources, Sinks, and Sustainability , J. Liu, V. Hull, A. Morzillo, and J. Wiens, eds. Cambridge University Press. Andersen, M.C., H. Koopowitz and A. Thornhill. 1997. Tropical forest disruption and stochastic biodiversity losses. Chapter 18, pp. 281-291 in Tropical Forest Remnants:

Ecology, management, and conservation of fragmented communities. W.F. Laurance and R.O. Bierregaard, eds. University of Chicago Press. Laurance, W.F., R.O. Bierregaard Jr., C. Gascon, R.K. Didham, A.P. Smith, A.J. Lynam, V.M. Viana, T.E. Lovejoy, K.E. Seiving, J.W. Sites Jr., M. Andersen, M.D. Tocher, E.A. Kramer, C. Restrep and C. Moritz. 1996. Tropical forest fragmentation: Synthesis of a diverse and dynamic discipline. Chapter 32, pp. 502-514 in Tropical Forest Remnants: Ecology, management, and conservation of fragmented communities. W.F. Laurance and R.O. Bierregaard, eds. University of Chicago Press. Bierregaard, R.O., W.F. Laurance, J.W. Sites Jr., A.J. Lynam, R.K. Didham, M. Andersen, C. Gascon, M.D. Tocher, A.P. Smith, V.M. Viana, T.E. Lovejoy, K.E. Seiving, E.A. Kramer, C. Restrepo and C. Moritz. 1996. Key priorities for the study of fragmented tropical ecosystems. Chapter 33, pp. 515-525 in Tropical Forest Remnants: Ecology, management, and conservation of fragmented communities. W.F. Laurance and R.O. Bierregaard, eds. University of Chicago Press. Andersen, M.C. and P.M. Kareiva. 1993. Interactions between imported predators and their prey in patchy environments. K.C. Kim and R.F. Denno, eds. Evolution of Insect Pests: the pattern of variation. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. Kareiva, P.M. and M.C. Andersen. 1989. Spatial aspects of species interactions: the wedding of models and experiments. In Workshop on Community Ecology, edited by A. Hastings. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, 77:35-50. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

4.4 Conference presentations, electronic publications (total: 67)

Andersen, M.C. 2011. Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Ecosystem Services: Its Not the Planet that Needs Saving, Its Us. Invited presentation, Oxford Round Table Climate Change: The Great Matter, 27-31 March 2011, Oxford, UK. Andersen, M.C. 2010. Predicting impacts of climate change on biodiversity: Geographic range shifts. Invited presentation, Oxford Round Table The Copenhagen Protocol: Problems and Opportunities, 22-26 March 2010, Oxford, UK. Boykin, K.G., M.T. Calkins, J.S. Stevenson, and M.C. Andersen. 2010. Modeling the invasive potential of feral pigs in New Mexico. Contributed oral presentation at 43rd Joint Meeting of the New Mexico and Arizona Chapters of the Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society. Flagsta, Arizona, February 4-6 2010. Redman, J.M., M.T. Calkins, and M.C. Andersen. 2010. Comparison of two climate change modeling approaches: Using the Swift Fox as a case study. Contributed oral presentation at 43rd Joint Meeting of the New Mexico and Arizona Chapters of the Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society. Flagsta, Arizona, February 4-6 2010. Calkins, M.T., M.C. Andersen, and K.G. Boykin. 2009. Doomed to extinction? Climate change and the American Pika (Ochotona princeps). Poster presentation, 42nd Joint Arizona-New Mexico meeting of the Wildlife Society and the American Fisheries Society, Gallup, NM, 5-7 February 2009.

Andersen, M.C. 2009. Beyond quarantine and host-range screening: Risk assessment for weed biocontrol agents. Invited Symposium presentation, Western Society of Weed Science annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM 9-12 March 2009. Redman, J., M.T. Calkins, M.C. Andersen, and K.G. Boykin. 2009. Development of future habitat suitability models for the Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) in the American Southwest. Poster presentation, Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM August 3-7 2009. Calkins, M.T., M.C. Andersen, and K.G. Boykin. 2009. Development of conservation priority models for the American Pika (Ochotona princeps). Contributed presentation at Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers 2009 Conference and Annual Meeting , Seattle, WA 14-17 September 2009. Calkins, M.T., M.C. Andersen, and K.G. Boykin. 2009. Climate change and the American Pika (Ochotona princeps): Implications for conservation. Contributed presentation at 16th annual meeting of The Wildlife Society, Monterey, CA 20-24 September 2009. Andersen, M.C. 2008. Population dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes: Global change and regional sustainability. Invited presentation, H. Ronald Pulliam Symposium: Sources, Sinks, and Sustainability, 23rd Annual US-IALE Landscape Ecology Symposium, 6-10 April 2008, Madison, WI. Andersen, M.C. (Lead author); Sidney Draggan (Topic editor). 2007. Ecological risk assessment. In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington Dc: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [Published 31 August 2007; retrieved 7 September 2007]. http://www.eoearth.org/article/Ecological_risk_assessment Andersen, M.C. 2007. Global change and biodiversity conservation: The potential contribution of ecological risk assessment. Invited presentation, Oxford Round Table Global Warming and Sustainability: Managing a Crisis, 12-17 August 2007, Oxford, UK. Andersen, M.C. 2005. Potential applications of population viability analysis to plant health risk assessment and invasive species. Poster presentation, International Plant Health Risk Assessment Workshop, Niagara Falls, ON, 24-28 October 2005. Andersen, M.C. 2004. Population dynamics in spatially and temporally variable habitats. pp. 84-93 in L.A. Kapustka, H. Galbraith, M. Luxon, and G.R. Biddinger, editors. Landscape ecology and wildlife habitat evaluation: Critical information for ecological risk assessment, land-use management activities, and biodiversity enhancement practices, ASTM STP 1458. ASTM International, West Consohocken PA. Andersen, M.C. 2004. Risk analysis and management decisions for biological control agents. Invited paper, Science and Decision-Making in Biological Control of Weeds, USDA-ARS, Denver, CO, 26-29 January 2004. Lee, C.K., J.P Taylor, D.L. Daniel, and M.C. Andersen. 2004. Distribution Patterns, Survival, and Time-Activity Budgets of Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) Wintering in New Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico. Contributed paper, annual joint meetings of

the Arizona and New Mexico Chapters of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society, 5-8 February 2004, Saord, Arizona. Ford, P.L., M.C. Andersen, E.L. Fredrickson, J. Truett, and G.W. Roemer. 2004. Eects of re and mowing on expansion of reestablished black-tailed prairie dog colonies in Chihuahuan Desert grasslands. In: Narog, M. technical coordinator. Proceedings of the 2002 Joint Fire Conference on Managing re and fuels in the remaining wildlands and open spaces of the Southwestern United States. December 2-5, 2002, San Diego, CA. General Technical Report PSW-189. Albany, CA: Pacic Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Andersen, M.C. 2004. Risk of species invasions in dynamic landscapes. Poster presentation, AIBS Annual Meeting, Invasive Species: A Search for Solutions, Washington DC, 16-18 March 2004. Andersen, M.C. 2004. Wildlife risk assessment and population viability in dynamic landscapes. Invited symposium presentation, US-IALE Symposium: Landscape Ecological Modeling and Ecological Risk Assessment at the Crossroads, Las Vegas, NV, 30 March 2 April 2004. Andersen, M.C. and D.E. Cowley. 2004. Patch deletion and persistence of endangered sh metapopulations. Contributed paper, Ecological Society of America 89th annual meeting, Portland, OR, 1 6 August 2004. Northcott, J. and M.C. Andersen. 2004. Spatio-temporal trends of a black-tailed prairie dog colony re-introduction. Poster presentation, Society for Restoration Ecology, Victoria, BC, 25 28 August 2004. Andersen, M.C. 2004. Risk analysis for biological control agents. Invited Risk Forum presentation, United States Department of Agriculture Oce of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benet Analysis, Washington, DC. Andersen, M.C. 2003. Establishment of invading populations in spatially and temporally variable habitats. Contributed paper, Invasive Plants in Natural and Managed Systems, 7th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Andersen, M.C. and M. R. Powell. 2003. Risk assessment for invasive species. Contributed paper, Invasive Plants in Natural and Managed Systems, 7th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Andersen, M.C. 2003. Risk analysis and viability analysis for invasive species. Invited presentation, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, New Mexico State University. Andersen, M.C. 2003. The ecology of invasive species: Parallels with endangered species, unique features, and economic implications. Invited presentation, USDA Economics Research Service workshop on Economics of Invasive Species Management, Washington, DC. Andersen, M.C. 2003. Usos potentiales del analisis de viabilidad de poblaciones para el control de especies invasoras. Invited workshop (sole presenter), 28-29 April

2003, Departamento de Menaje de Recursos Naturales, Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Cuidad de Chihuahua, Chih., Mexico. Andersen, M.C. and D.E. Cowley. 2003. Metapopulation models for endangered sh populations. Poster presentation, Aquatic Resources in Arid Lands Conference, 20 April 2 May, 2003, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. Andersen, M.C. 2003. Potential applications of population viability analysis to the control of invasive species. Invited seminar presentation, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH. Andersen, M.C. 2003. Population dynamics in spatially and temporally variable environments. Invited presentation, ASTM Symposium on Landscape Ecology and Wildlife Habitat Evaluation, ASTM Committee E47, Kansas City, MO. Andersen, M.C. 2003. Population viability analysis: Overview and potential applications to the control of invasive species. Invited presentation, United States Department of Agriculture APHIS, Riverdale, MD. Fredrickson, E.L., M.C. Andersen, P.L. Ford, J.C. Truett, and G. Roemer. 2003. Mowing versus re and expansion of black-tailed prairie dogs reintroduced into Chihuahuan Desert grasslands. Poster presentation, Winter Meeting of the New Mexico Section, Society for Range Management, Albuquerque, NM. Ford, P.L., M.C. Andersen, E.L. Fredrickson, J. Truett, and G.W. Roemer. 2003. Eects of re and mowing on expansion of re-established black-tailed prairie dog colonies in Chihuahuan Desert grassland.. Poster presentation, Second Colorado Prairie Dog Technical Conference. Ford, P.L., M.C. Andersen, E.L. Fredrickson, J. Truett, and G.W. Roemer. 2002. Eects of re and mowing on expansion of reestablished black-tailed prairie dog colonies in Chihuahuan Desert grasslands. Poster presentation at 2002 Joint Fire Conference (Western Section, The Wildlife Society and The Association for Fire Ecology), San Diego, CA. Andersen, M.C. 2002. Models as decision-support tools. Presented at Promoting Awareness and Understanding, New Mexico Game Commission Short Course, New Mexico State University, 13-15 September 2002. Andersen, M., D. Cowley, and G. Roemer. 2002. Population viability. Presented at Promoting Awareness and Understanding, New Mexico Game Commission Short Course, New Mexico State University, 13-15 September 2002. Fredrickson, E.L., M.C. Andersen, P.L. Ford, J.C. Truett, and G. Roemer. 2002. Mowing versus re and expansion of black-tailed prairie dogs reintroduced into Chihuahuan Desert grasslands. Poster presentation, 2nd Annual URC Research and Creative Activities Fair, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. Andersen, M.C. 2002. Theoretical perspectives on biological invasions. Invited Risk Forum presentation, United States Department of Agriculture Oce of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benet Analysis, Washington, DC.

Fredrickson, E.L., M.C. Andersen, P.L. Ford, J.C. Truett and G. W. Roemer. 2002. Mowing versus re and expansion of black-tailed prairie dogs reintroduced into Chihuahuan Desert grasslands. Poster presentation, 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, AZ. Powell, M.R., M.C. Andersen and B. Hope. 2002. Risk assessment for invasive species: Introduction. Symposium presentation, 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, AZ. Boykin, K.G., J. Bak, A.J. Kroll, M. Rivieccio, R. Deitner, B.C. Thompson and M.C. Andersen. 2002. Application and assessment of Species at Risk conservation approaches. Contributed oral presentation, 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, AZ. Andersen, M.C. 2001. The demography of establishment and invasion: Insights from stochastic models. Risk Analysis for Invasive Species: Perspectives from Theoretical Ecology. Invited workshop presentation, 22-23 October, Las Cruces, NM. Dorgeloh, W.G., M.S. Boyce and M.C. Andersen. 2001. Demography and simulated population trend of a Cape Mountain Zebra population. Poster presentation, 8th Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Reno, NV. Graves, J.A., M.C. Andersen and F.R. Kay. 2001. Eects of banner-tailed kangaroo rats on the invasion and establishment of honey mesquite in the Chihuahuan Desert. Poster presentation, 8th Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Reno, NV. Andersen, M.C. 2001. Complex dynamics in a simple competition model. Poster presentation, 86th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Madison, WI. Andersen, M.C. 2000. A critique of biogeographic approaches to estimating extinction rates. Invited symposium presentation, 85th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, UT. Nelson, E. and M.C. Andersen. 2000. Eects of habitat fragmentation on lizard communities. Oral presentation given at the 33rd Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona and New Mexico chapters of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society, February, Sierra Vista, AZ. Kroll, A.J., K. Boykin, D. Daniel, M. Andersen and B. Thompson. 2000. Comparative ecology and conservation of the genus Ashmunella (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Polygyridae) of White Sands Missile Range (NM) and Fort Bliss (NM and TX). Oral presentation given at the 33rd Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona and New Mexico chapters of the American Fisheries and The Wildlife Society, February, Sierra Vista, AZ. Howard, V.W., M. Lujan and M.C. Andersen. 2000. Recruitment in a transplanted pronghorn herd behind netwire fences. Pp. 56-59 in J. Fisher, ed. Proceedings of the 17th Biennial Pronghorn Antelope Workshop, Lake Tahoe, CA. State of California. The Resources Agency. Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA. Andersen, M.C. 1999. Banner-tailed kangaroo rats and shrub invasion in desert grasslands. Invited presentation given at the International Arid Lands Consortiums Land

Management Workshop: A Tenth Anniversary Celebration of USFS, CSREES, Israeli and IALC Partnerships, November, Reno, NV. Sipos, M.P., M.C. Andersen, W.G. Whitford and W.R. Gould. 1999. Graminivory by Dipodomys ordii and D. merriami on four species of perennial grasses. Oral presentation given at the 32nd Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona and New Mexico chapters of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society, February, Gallup, NM. Kintigh, K. and M.C. Andersen. 1998. A den-centered analysis of Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) habitat characteristics on the Kiowa National Grasslands, New Mexico. Poster presentation given at the First North American Swift Fox Symposium, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Puschock, J., B.C. Thompson, M.C. Andersen, D.M. Finch, J. Kelly and M. Means. 1998. Landbird migration through arid New Mexico: comparison of stopovers in three ecological settings. Oral presentation given at the 1998 North American Ornithological Conference, St. Louis, MO. Hughes, M.A., B.C. Thompson, M.C. Andersen and D.L. Garber. 1997. Comparative eects of dierentially including breeding and non-breeding bird distributions in projections of species richness for New Mexico. Contributed paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society. Koopowitz, H., T.M. Ngo, T.A. Marchant, M.C. Andersen and A.D. Thornhill. 1997. Endemism comparisons between zoophilous anthophyta and terrestrial cryptogams in the neotropics. Contributed paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology, Manila, Phillipines. Watts, J. and M.C. Andersen. 1997. Tortoise habitat modeling and plant community mapping in the Mojave Desert. Invited paper presented at the Desert Science Symposium, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA. Andersen, M.C. and F.R. Kay. 1997. Banner-tailed kangaroo rats and shrub invasion in desert grasslands. Invited symposium presentation at the VIIth International Theriological Congress, Acapulco, Mexico. Barlow, T.C., J.P. Hollenbeck, K.M. Kintigh, M.C. Andersen, and K.W. Duncan. 1997. Eects of tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) removal on abundance of selected vertebrates along the Pecos River, southeastern New Mexico. Poster presented at 4th Annual Meeting of the Wildlife Society, Snowmass, CO. Andersen, M.C., A. Thornhill and H. Koopowitz. 1995. Tropical forest disruption and stochastic biodiversity losses. Invited symposium presentation given at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, UT. Andersen, M.C. and M.J. OFarrell. 1994. Enhancing the suitability of habitats for the endangered Stephens Kangaroo Rat: a long-term experimental study. Poster presented at Symposium on Sustainable Ecological Systems, Flagsta, AZ. Andersen, M.C., H. Koopowitz and A. Thornhill. 1993. A probabilistic model of oral endemism. Contributed paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Tempe, AZ.

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Andersen, M.C. and J. Kaufmann. 1993. Spatial analysis of a population of desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the western Mojave Desert. Contributed paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Madison, WI. Thornhill, A., H. Koopowitz and M.C. Andersen. 1993. Dracula and its relatives levels of endemism with implications for conservation. Contributed paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Tempe, AZ. Andersen, M.C. 1991. Evolution of dispersal ability in age-structured populations. Contributed paper presented at the annual California Population and Evolutionary Genetics meeting, Idyllwild, CA. Andersen, M.C. 1988. Models of dispersing plant populations. Contributed paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Southern California Population Biologists, Irvine, CA. Andersen, M.C. and P. Kareiva. 1986. Interactions between imported predators and their prey in patchy environments. Invited symposium presentation given at Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Reno, NV. Andersen, M.C. and D.M. Wood. 1986. The spread of plant populations into empty habitats: models and assumptions. Contributed paper presented at the IV International Congress of Ecology, Syracuse, NY.

4.5 Technical reports (total: 25)

Andersen, M.C. 2007. Critical review of Movement of commercially-packed citrus fruit from citrus canker quarantine area. Review of proposed risk management analysis performed for USDA/APHIS under contract with RTI International. Andersen, M.C., M. Ewald, and J. Northcott. 2004. Risk analysis and management decisions for biological control agents: Perspectives from ecological theory. Prepared under Cooperative Agreement with USDA/ORACBA. Andersen, M.C., M. Ewald, and J. Northcott. 2003 Potential Applications of Population Viability Analysis to Risk Assessment for Invasive Species: A Primer and Workbook. Prepared under Cooperative Agreement with USDA/AHPIS. Andersen, M.C. 2001. A primer of theoretical population ecology. Prepared under Cooperative Agreement with USDA/OCE/ORACBA for participants in the workshop Risk Analysis for Invasive Species: Perspectives from Theoretical Ecology, 22-23 October, Las Cruces, NM. Thompson, B.C., J.E. Puschock, D.L. Brubaker, K.L. Brubaker, W.R. Gould, M.L. MunsonMcGee, M.C. Andersen and B.R. North. 1999. Bird species of special concern: occurrence, habitat associations, and potential adverse impacts at White Sands Missile Range. Research completion report, Research Work Order No. 21, New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Submitted to U.S. Army, Environmental Services Division, STEWS-NRES-E.

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Andersen, M.C. 1999. Interim report: Results of data analyses, Caltrans District 7 Erosion Control Study. Prepared for Martha Blane and Associates, San Marcos, CA and for URS Greiner Woodward Clyde, San Diego, CA. Andersen, M.C., J. Hollenbeck, K. Kintigh, T. Barlow, R. Konkle, M.Livingston and S.D. Schemnitz. 1998. Eects on wildlife of salt cedar (Tamarix chinensis) control by aerial application of herbicides along the Pecos River, southeastern New Mexico. Prepared for Pecos River Native Riparian Restoration Organization and New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. Andersen, M.C. 1996. Spatial sampling design for a soil contaminant study. Prepared for Labat-Anderson, Inc., MacLean, VA. Andersen, M.C. 1996. A statistical model of habitat use by Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii). Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Engineering Center, Spectral Research Division, Alexandria, VA. Austin, S.C., M.C. Andersen and P.J. Zwank. 1996. Ordination analysis of herpetofauna and vegetation relationships on White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico. New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Research Completion Report. Andersen, M.C. 1996. Regression-tree analyses of data on habitat preferences of kit foxes, bobcats, coyotes, and rabbits from the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve. Prepared for Enterprise Advisory Services, Tupman, CA. Andersen, M.C. 1996. SKR habitat manipulation experiment Analyses of 1996 data. Prepared for OFarrell Biological Consulting, Las Vegas, NV. Andersen, M.C. 1996. SKR habitat manipulation experiment Analysis of six years of vegetation and abundance data. Prepared for OFarrell Biological Consulting, Las Vegas, NV. Andersen, M.C. 1995. SKR habitat manipulation experiment - Analyses of 1995 data. Prepared for OFarrell Biological Consulting, Las Vegas, NV. Andersen, M.C. 1995. Fort Irwin NTC tortoise study - Analyses of 1995 tortoise data. Prepared for Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, CA. Andersen, M.C. 1994. California Spotted Owl: Alternative demographic models and reserve design. Prepared for California Forestry Association, Sacramento, CA. 28pp. Andersen, M.C. 1994. SKR habitat manipulation experiment - Analyses of 1994 data. Prepared for OFarrell Biological Consulting, Las Vegas, NV. Andersen, M.C. 1993. North Alvord Slope Desert Tortoise Project: Geostatistical data analyses - 1993. Prepared for Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, CA. Andersen, M.C. 1993. SKR habitat manipulation experiment - Analyses of 1993 data. Prepared for OFarrell Biological Consulting, Las Vegas, NV. Andersen, M.C. 1992. Analyses of habitat preference data in the endangered Stephens Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys stephensii). Prepared for OFarrell Biological Consulting, Las Vegas, NV; under contract to Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. 46pp.

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Kaufmann, J., M.C. Andersen, and D. Doak. 1992. A survey methodology for the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Prepared for Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, CA; under contract to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 22pp. Andersen, M.C. 1992. Analyses of vegetation from habitats of the Stephens Kangaroo Rat, 1991. Prepared for OFarrell Biological Consulting, Las Vegas, NV; under contract to Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. 49pp. Andersen, M.C. 1992. Analyses of North Alvord Slope Desert Tortoise transect data: Population estimates and habitat selection. Prepared for Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, CA. 12pp. Andersen, M.C. 1992. Stephens Kangaroo Rat: Analyses of habitat manipulation experiments. Prepared for Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles. 25pp. Andersen, M.C. 1992. Stephens Kangaroo Rat: Analyses of 1992 vegetation data and synthesis of 1991 and 1992 vegetation data. Prepared for OFarrell Biological Consulting, Las Vegas, NV.

4.6 Book reviews (total:4)

Andersen, M.C. 2002. Book review: A Plague of Rats and Rubbervines: The Growing Threat of Species Invasions, by Yvonne Baskin. Journal of Ethnobiology 22(2): 312313. Andersen, M.C. 2001. Protecting common property resources: Lessons from multiple scales. Review of Protecting the commons: A framework for resource management in the Americas. J. Burger, E. Ostrom, R.B. Norgaard, D. Policansky and B.D. Goldstein, eds. Ecology 82(11):3266-3267. Andersen, M.C. 2000. The Future of the environmental movement. Review of Environmentalism for a New Millenium: The Challenge of Coevolution by Leslie Paul Thiele. Ecology 81(7):2057-2058. Edwards, J.S. and M.C. Andersen. 1984. Review of The ecology of aquatic insects, V.H. Resh and D.M. Rosenberg, eds. Limnology and Oceanography 29(6):1350-1351.

4.7 Symposia and workshops organized

Andersen, M.C. 2002. Risk analysis for invasive species: contributions from theoretical ecology. (Organizer) Symposium, 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis, New Orleans, LA. Andersen, M.C., M. Powell and B. Hope (Organizers) Risk assessment for invasive species: Perspectives from theoretical ecology. Ecological Society of America/Society for Risk Analysis joint workshop, supported by USDA Oce of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benet Analysis, 21-23 October 2001, Las Cruces, NM. Andersen, M.C. and M. Powell (Organizers). 2002. Methods for assessing risks due to invasive species: Theoretical ecology as a starting point. Symposium, 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, AZ.

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Andersen, M.C. 2000. The role of theoretical ecology in biodiversity conservation and management. (Organizer) Theoretical Ecology section symposium, 85th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, UT.

5 GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

2011-2012 US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service. Assessment and Monitoring of Biodiversity Metrics at Multiple Scales in the Southwest to Support CEAP. (Co-investigator with Kenneth Boykin. $130,000.00 2008-2010 USGS National Gap Analysis Program. Modeling wildlife habitat throughout the Western United States: A prototype for use in Gap Analysis. (Co-investigator with Kenneth Boykin and Colleen Caldwell). $274,334. 2004-2005 T&E, Inc. Den site characteristics, home range size, and diet of Kit Foxes in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland (co-investigator with M. Ewald) $2000 2004-2005 T&E, Inc. Spatio-temporal patterns of black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colony expansion (co-investigator with J. Northcott) $1913 2004-2005 International Arid Lands Consortium Sustainable management of coastal dunes for biodiversity conservation (co-investigator with A. Bouskila, P. Kutiel, M. Irwin) $75000 2002-2005 U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service Development of a management plan for control of exotic vertebrate species in Big Bend National Park ( coinvestigator with Gary Roemer) 2002-2003 United States Department of Agriculture, APHIS Applications of population viability analysis and related methodologies to risk analysis for invasive species. (Cooperative agreement) $88,000 2002-2003 United States Department of Agriculture, Oce of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benet Analysis Applications of theoretical ecology to risk analysis for biological control agents. (Cooperative agreement) $50,000 2001 - 2002 United States Department of Agriculture Oce of the Chief Economist, Oce of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benet Analysis. Risk analysis for invasive species: perspectives from theoretical ecology. (Principal Investigator) Cooperative Agreement 58-0111-10001. $100,000 1999-2000 International Arid Lands Consortium Eects of habitat fragmentation and patch alteration on desert lizards. (Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Amos Bouskila) $75,000 1998-2000 Fort Bliss, White Sands Missile Range, and U.S. Army AEC Application and assessment of Species at Risk conservation approaches at Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico and Texas. (Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Bruce Thompson, New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit) $185,000 1998-1999 International Arid Lands Consortium Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rats and shrub invasion in desert grasslands. (Principal Investigator with Dr. Fenton Kay,

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Jornada Experimental Range and Dr. Burt Kotler, Ben-Gurion University, Israel) $75,000 1997-1998 International Arid Lands Consortium Eects of habitat fragmentation and patch alteration on desert lizards. (Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Amos Bouskila, Ben-Gurion University, Israel) $75,000 1996-1997 New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Eects on birds of salt cedar control by aerial application of Arsenal. (Took over project upon Dr. Schemnitz retirement) $40,000 1996-1997 Pecos River Native Riparian Restoration Organization Eects on wildlife of salt cedar control by aerial application of Arsenal. (Took over project upon Dr. Schemnitz retirement) $40,000 1995-1996 White Sands Missile Range Bird Species of Special Concern: Occurrence, habitat associations, and potential adverse impacts at White Sands Missile Range. (CoPrincipal Investigator with Dr. Bruce Thompson) $235,000 1994-1995 White Sands Missile Range Land Condition Trend Analysis. (Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Philip Zwank) $40,000 1992 California Forestry Association Theoretical review of current demographic models for Northern Spotted Owl. $7,662 1991-1992 Academic Senate Committee on Research - Faculty Research Fellowship, University of California-Irvine Theoretical Studies of the Evolution of Dispersal. $10,000 1989-1990 School of Biological Sciences - Faculty Research and Travel Funds, University of California-Irvine - Theoretical studies of seed dispersal. $1,000 1988-1989 School of Biological Sciences - Faculty Research and Travel Funds, University of California-Irvine Seed dispersal and plant population dynamics. $1,000 1988-1989 Committee for Instructional Development - Curricular Improvement Grant, University of California-Irvine Computer-Assisted Instruction in Quantitative Ecology. $2,000 1985-1987 National Science Foundation-Division of Biotic Systems and Resources, Dissertation Improvement Grant Host plant patch size and herbivore population dynamics. $5,000

6 CONSULTING
URS-Greiner Woodward-Clyde, San Diego, CA. Data analyses for nal report on Caltrans District 7 erosion control studies. January 2000- October 2000. Martha Blane and Associates, San Marcos, CA. Study design and data analyses for Caltrans highway right-of-way erosion-control studies. September 1998 December 1999. Enterprise Advisory Group, Ojai, CA. Analysis of kit fox, coyote, and bobcat habitat data from the California Naval Petroleum Reserve. March 1996 - June 1996.

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Labat-Anderson Inc., MacLean, VA. Spatial sampling design for a soil contaminant study. February 1996. EG&G Energy Measurements, Ojai, CA. Statistical analysis of leopard lizard habitat data and giant kangaroo rat trapping data. January 1995 - December 1995. Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, CA. GIS-based Desert Tortoise habitat modeling in the Mojave Desert. January 1995 - June 1996. EG&G Energy Measurements, Ojai, CA. Statistical analysis of kit fox habitat on the National Petroleum Reserve. December 1993 - December 1994. OFarrell Biological Consulting, Las Vegas, Nevada. Analysis of vegetation and habitat manipulation data from studies of the Stephens Kangaroo Rat. July 1992 - December 1996. Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, CA. Statistical analysis and modelling of transect data from desert tortoise plots on Fort Irwin National Training Center. May 1992 - December 1993. EG&G Energy Measurements, Ojai, CA. Statistical analysis of eld data on eects of military activities at Camp Roberts, CA, on endangered San Joaquin kit foxes. January 1992 - January 1994. SJM Biological Consulting, San Diego, CA. Statistical analysis of observational and experimental eld data on endangered Yuma clapper rails. December 1991. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Viability analysis, reserve design, and habitat preference modelling for the endangered Stephens Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys stephensii). June 1991 - June 1992. OFarrell Biological Consulting, Las Vegas, Nevada. Reserve design for Stephens Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys stephensii). May 1991. Consep Membranes, Inc., Bend, Oregon. Insect behavioral ecology. June 1990 - June 1991.

7 TEACHING AND ADVISING

7.1 Courses taught (recent highlights)
HON 214, Successful Scholarship Writing - Provides scholars with hands-on skills to complete proposals for scholarships and fellowships such as the Truman, Rhodes, Marshall, Goldwater, Udall, and others. Other skills include how to write rsums, develop general research skills, and nd grant and foundation sources. HON 305V, Global Environment - The global environment is a highly complex interconnected system; even now, when human impacts are becoming more pervasive, we do not fully understand how the global environment functions in the absence of such impacts. In this course, we will explore the major biogeochemical cycles, patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation, and broad-scale patterns of biological diversity. We will also examine some of the most important human

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impacts on the global environment, including climate change, loss of biodiversity, invasive species, etc. FWCE 455, Environmental Risks and Decisions - This course introduces students to the basics of risk assessment and decision analysis in the context of environmental and conservation issues. Students learn basic concepts of risk perception and uncertainty, the roles of experts and stakeholders, and the use of conceptual and probabilistic models in risk assessment. Students gain experience with the ecological risk assessment paradigm, as well as regional risk assessment and pest risk assessments. The course also introduces students to the fundamentals of decision analysis and environmental risk management. FWCE 409, Population Ecology - This course introduces students to the basic concepts of population ecology relevant to contemporary natural resource science. Prerequisites include a course in general ecology; courses in calculus and statistics are helpful but not essential. After completing this course, students will be able to: 1) Understand and apply basic concepts of population ecology. 2) Demonstrate sucient skills with Microsoft Excel to be able to develop and run simple population models. 3) Understand the conceptual foundation of contemporary tools for estimating population size and structure. 4) Understand and apply simple models for unstructured populations. 5) Understand and apply concepts and models of animal demography. 6) Understand and apply basic concepts of simple models for spatially-structured populations. FWCE 522, Research Methods in Natural Resource Science - This course has four objectives. First, the course will acquaint the student with contemporary philosophical debate over the nature of knowledge and the scientic method, and will require the student to examine in detail the application of the scientic method in the natural resource sciences. The student will develop critical thinking skills applied to the students own research plans as well as those of others, will become familiar with practical and conceptual tools for the formulation and analysis of well-posed research questions, and will develop and recognize a personal philosophy of scientic research. Second, the course will familiarize the student with the process and product of scientic writing, especially as applied in the natural resource sciences. The student will develop writing skills applicable to the production of scientic literature (with an emphasis on theses and journal articles), and will develop an individual approach to the processes of formulation, composition, and correction of scientic literature. Third, the course will familiarize the student with the process of proposal preparation, including both proposal writing and "grantsmanship". The student will understand the relationship between research questions (developed through application of the skills gained in the portion of the course dealing with scientic method), research proposals, and research product (developed through application of the skills gained in the portion of the course dealing with scientic writing), and will demonstrate this understanding through the development of a research proposal. Finally, the

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course will require the student to examine ethical issues and values-based social issues related to contemporary research in the natural resource sciences.

7.2 Sample comments from recent student evaluations

Extremely excited and friendly when teaching. Wonderful teacher. (HON 305, Global Environment, Sp 2012) Made information palatable for majors outside of science elds. (HON 305, Global Environment, Sp 2012) Approachability and willingness to help students. (FWCE 409, Population Ecology, Sp 2012) The activities/exercises were very helpful. (FWCE 409, Population Ecology, Sp 2012)

7.3 Advising
During my time at NMSU I have provided undergraduate academic advising for an average of 20 students per semester in the Department of Fish Wildlife and Conservation Ecology. In my role as Associate Dean of the Honors College, I provide academic advising to students in the honors program. In addition, I provide fellowship advising and mentoring to students applying for national competitive scholarships and fellowships.

7.4 Former graduate students

Michael Calkins (M.S.) 2010. Thesis title: Modeling climate change impacts on the American Pika over the western United States. Current position: doctoral student. Ewald, Megan (M.S.) 2009. Thesis title: Den site characteristics and home range sizes of kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis) in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland. Current position: Technical editor, Wyoming Geological Survey. Finkbeiner, Kenton (non-thesis) 2008 Fitch, Justin. (M.S.) 2008. Thesis title: Assessing wildre risks at multiple spatial scales. Current position: doctoral student. Hould, Kim. (M.S.) 2006 Thesis title: Nestedness in the fauna of the Southwest: Predicted patterns from predicted distributions. Current position: Not in wildlife eld. Northcott, Jason. (M.S.) 2004 Thesis title: Spatiotemporal patterns of black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colony expansion: Integrating model analysis methods and GIS modeling to predict how landscape features inuence colony expansion. Current position: GIS/Conservation specialist with NatureTrust British Columbia, Canada.

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Adams, Heather (M.S.) 2003. Thesis title: Activity budgets of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) on the Armendaris Ranch (NM). Current position: Not in wildlife eld. Lee, Colin (M.S.) 2003. Thesis title: Distribution patterns and time-activity budgets of Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) wintering in central New Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico Current position: Refuge biologist, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Graves, Jennifer. (M.S.) 2002. Thesis title: Banner-Tailed Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys spectabilis): Eects on Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) Invasion and Establishment. Current position: Regulatory specialist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Kintigh, Keith. (M.S.) 2001. Thesis title: A den-centered analysis of Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) habitat characteristics on the Kiowa National Grassland, New Mexico. Current position: GIS/Conservation specialist, Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Kroll, Andrew J. (M.S.) 2000. Thesis title: Comparative ecology, distribution, and conservation of the land snails (genera Ashmunella, Sonorella, and Oreohelix) of White Sands Missile Range (NM) and Fort Bliss (NM and TX). Current position: Forest biologist, Weyerhauser. Nelson, Esther. (M.S.) 2000. Thesis title: Eects of habitat fragmentation on desert lizard communities. Current position: Wildlife biologist, Santa Fe National Forest, U.S. Forest Service. Hernandez, Carrie. (M.S.) 2000. Thesis title: Foraging ecology of Banner-tailed kangaroo rats in desert grassland ecosystems. Current position: Wildlife biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Sipos, Michael P. (M.S.) 1998. Thesis title: Interactions between Ords kangaroo rat, and four species of perennial grasses. Current position: Wildlife biologist, Wendy Lopez and Associates (private consulting rm). Puschock, John P. (M.S.) 1998. Thesis title: An evaluation of the suitability of several habitats in central New Mexico as stopover sites for neotropical migratory passerines. Current position: unknown. Hollenbeck, Je C. (M.S.) 1998. Thesis title: The eects of habitat patch characteristics on migrant passerine use along the Pecos River, eastern New Mexico. Current position: Lecturer, Oregon State University. Houde-Nethers, Deborah. 1997. Non-thesis project: An interpretive display on the life history and ecology of the White Sands Pupsh (Cyprinodon tularosa). Current position: Biologist, The Nature Conservancy. Shrestha, Pratima. (M.S.) 1996. Thesis title: Population status of Sarus Crane in Nepal. Current position: Faculty, Xavier Institution, Nepal. Austin, Sean C. (M.S.) 1996. Thesis title: Ordination analysis of herpetofauna and vegetation relationships on White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Current position: USAID Biodiversity project director, Cambodia.

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7.5 Professional development activities (highlights)

I am NMSUs campus advisor for the Mendeley reference management software (www.mendeley.com). I give an average of two presentations per year to undergraduate and graduate students on how to use Mendeley to organize bibliographic information, view and annotate pdf reprints of journal articles, and generate bibliographies for manuscripts. During the 2009-2010 academic year, I was chosen to participate in NMSUs Advancing Leaders Program. This is a leadership training program for tenured academic faculty; it includes a fall retreat, monthly meetings/training sessions, regular one-on-one mentoring of participants by mentors drawn from senior faculty and administration, and a group project addressing a campus-wide issue. During the summer of 2003, I participated in the NMSU Institute for TechnologyAssisted Learning. This was an intensive traning program in distance-learning and blended educational technologies, which trained participants in the use of emerging instructional technologies.

8 INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
8.1 Departmental service (highlights)
I am currently the chair of my departments curriculum committee. We are conducting a thorough review of the departments undergraduate curriculum, and are in the process of constructing a skills matrix to assess the extent to which our curriculum emphasizes the skills and concepts that our students need. The goal of this process is to use the skills matrix to guide a revision and updating of our curriculum. I have been chair of my departments promotion and tenure committee since 2000. During that time, four of our faculty have been promoted to associate professor, and one to full professor. In addition, I led the committee in a complete revision of our departmental promotion and tenure guidelines to conform to new university and college policies. I have served as acting department head on numerous occasions over many years.

8.2 College service (highlights)

During the 2007-2008 academic year, I served on the College Promotion and Tenure policy task force. We completely rewrote the Colleges promotion and tenure policy to conform to a new university-wide promotion and tenure policy which had been passed by the Faculty Senate the previous year.

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 During the 2003-2004 academic year, I served on the Web Standards Subcommittee of the Uniting NMSU Online Task Force. In this role, I oversaw the preparation of a report and a set of recommendations for implementation of web content and format standards, and for implementation of a campus-wide content management system. I have served on my Colleges curriculum committee since 2002, and have served terms on the College Budget Committee and the College Promotion and Tenure Committee.

8.3 University service (highlights)

I served on the NMSU Faculty Senate from 2004 through the spring of 2011, including serving as Vice-Chair for the 2009-2010 academic year, and as Chair for the 2010-2011 academic year. As Vice-Chair I was an ex-ocio member of the Associate Deans Academic Council. In addition, I worked with the Faculty Senate to completely revise the universitys faculty grievance policy. As Chair I served as an ex-ocio member of the Academic Deans Council, the Presidents University Administrative Council, the University Budget Committee, and the Campus Naming Committee. As Chair, I oversaw revisions to both the constitution and bylaws of the Faculty Senate, promoted a controversial proposal to include plus and minus grades in the computation of student grade point averages, and worked on the implementation and clarication of new procedures for addressing faculty grievances. My most important accomplishment as chair of Faculty Senate was to get a paraphrased version of the AAUP statement on shared governance incorporated into the NMSU policy manual. I served on the NMSU Graduate Council from 2004 through 2008, including serving as Vice-Chair during the 2006-2007 academic year, and as Chair during the 2007-2008 academic year. My accomplishments on the Graduate Coucil included the drafting of a revised policy on graduate faculty membership allowing faculty members from one department to formally join the graduate faculty of another department; this is a policy change that my department had sought for several years.

9 PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE

9.1 Professional societies
Member, National Association of Fellowship Advisors Institutional Member, National Collegiate Honors Council Member, Society for Risk Analysis

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 1999-2000, Vice-Chair, Theoretical Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America 2000-2001, Chair, Theoretical Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America

9.2 Peer review

Each year I serve as peer reviewer for several manuscripts for a variety of journals, including Risk Analysis, Ecological Modeling, Theoretical Ecology, Journal of Wildlife Management, Wildlife Research, and the Journal of Arid Environments. I have served as an external proposal reviewer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Defense, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and National Park Service. I have served as content consultant for RedLine Editorial Inc. of Burnsville MN on a series of books on biodiversity conservation aimed at elementary and middleschool students.

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