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National Wildlife Research Center NWRC) |
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Dr. Stewart W. Breck, |
Dr. Stewart Breck is a researcher for the USDA-National Wildlife Research Center and his research is focused on carnivore ecology and behavior and minimizing conflict between carnivores and people. Studies include testing nonlethal methods for preventing conflict, measuring the impact of carnivores on livestock, influence of urban environments on carnivore ecology, and population biology and behavioral ecology of carnivores.
Expertise Keywords
Carnivores, predation, behavior, population biology
Taxonomic Groups of Interest
Beaver, black bears, black-footed ferrets, coyotes, wolves
Products/Techniques Developed or Tested
- Fladry and electrified fladry
- Remote alarm
- Radio-activated guard
- Education tools
Current Research
- Urban coyotes and conflict in the Denver metro area
- Managing intraguild predation of coyotes on black-footed ferrets
- Landscape genetics of coyotes in the southwestern United States
- Estimating population size and turnover rate of feral dogs
- Landscape pattens of Mexican wolf depredation
- Impacts of urban development on movement, behavior, resource selection, and poulation biology of black bears
- Estimating Mexican wolf population size non-invasively
Research Interests
Riparian ecosystems, plant-animal interactions, community ecology
Education
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Ph.D., Colorado State University, Ecology
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M.S., University of Nevada--Reno, Biology
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B.S., Colorado State University, Fishery and Wildlife Biology (Statistics minor)
Contact Information
- Address: USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services, NWRC, 4101 LaPorte Ave., Fort Collins, CO, 80521
- Telephone: 970-266-6092
- Fax: 970-266-6138
- E-mail: Stewart.W.Breck@aphis.usda.gov