Lisanne Petracca
@lisannepetracca.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Carnivore Ecology CKWRI | 🎯 ocelot & mtn lion ecology | ☀️ heliophile | I dig carnivores 🐆🐾 & my rescue bulldog | she/her
We’ve got another one, folks! @thespeclab.bsky.social has another outstanding student who successfully defended her Masters degree. Alexandria was co-advised by disease ecologist Dr. Alynn Martin. Congratulations, Alexandria!! 🦠 🐆
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We’ve got another one, folks! @thespeclab.bsky.social has another outstanding student who successfully defended her Masters degree. Alexandria was co-advised by disease ecologist Dr. Alynn Martin. Congratulations, Alexandria!! 🦠 🐆
Congrats to Tori Locke of @thespeclab.bsky.social, who successfully defended her M.S. today! 🐆
November 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Congrats to Tori Locke of @thespeclab.bsky.social, who successfully defended her M.S. today! 🐆
Oh what a night! Our team @thespeclab.bsky.social successfully collared another bobcat kitten as part of Tori Locke’s ongoing research into bobcat and ocelot reproduction 🐆
August 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Oh what a night! Our team @thespeclab.bsky.social successfully collared another bobcat kitten as part of Tori Locke’s ongoing research into bobcat and ocelot reproduction 🐆
Oh my, @thespeclab.bsky.social just had its first graduate student fly the coop. 🥺 Congrats Tyler!
August 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Oh my, @thespeclab.bsky.social just had its first graduate student fly the coop. 🥺 Congrats Tyler!
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Student-lead joint lab paper published today!
Black bears are abundant in North America - this review investigates their trophic role as large omnivores with top-down effects onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🌎🧪
@johnnettles.bsky.social @pancakesnmegs.bsky.social @davidjachowski.bsky.social
Black bears are abundant in North America - this review investigates their trophic role as large omnivores with top-down effects onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🌎🧪
@johnnettles.bsky.social @pancakesnmegs.bsky.social @davidjachowski.bsky.social
The American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) as an Apex Predator: Investigating the Ecological Role of the World's Most Abundant Large Carnivore
Black bears as apex predators. American black bears can (1) produce top-down effects on ungulates equal to or exceeding those of typical apex predators and (2) modify the spatiotemporal behaviour of ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Student-lead joint lab paper published today!
Black bears are abundant in North America - this review investigates their trophic role as large omnivores with top-down effects onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🌎🧪
@johnnettles.bsky.social @pancakesnmegs.bsky.social @davidjachowski.bsky.social
Black bears are abundant in North America - this review investigates their trophic role as large omnivores with top-down effects onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🌎🧪
@johnnettles.bsky.social @pancakesnmegs.bsky.social @davidjachowski.bsky.social
Tyler Bostwick is the first graduate student from @thespeclab.bsky.social to defend her thesis!!! 🧬🐆 She did AWESOME!!! Yay!!! 🎉🍾🎊👯
July 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Tyler Bostwick is the first graduate student from @thespeclab.bsky.social to defend her thesis!!! 🧬🐆 She did AWESOME!!! Yay!!! 🎉🍾🎊👯
We at @thespeclab.bsky.social successfully made it to #ICCB2025 in Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺 & taught our Geospatial Analysis in R Workshop. Next up: four oral presentations and three posters! 🤓
June 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
We at @thespeclab.bsky.social successfully made it to #ICCB2025 in Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺 & taught our Geospatial Analysis in R Workshop. Next up: four oral presentations and three posters! 🤓
Congratulations to @thespeclab.bsky.social's Tori Locke, MS student, who successfully collared her first bobcat kitten as part of her research into reproduction of bobcats and ocelots. This work will help inform population modeling for both felid species in South Texas. 🐆🤠
June 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Congratulations to @thespeclab.bsky.social's Tori Locke, MS student, who successfully collared her first bobcat kitten as part of her research into reproduction of bobcats and ocelots. This work will help inform population modeling for both felid species in South Texas. 🐆🤠
🐺🐺🐺 NEW PAPER! 🐺🐺🐺
Recovering wolves in WA tolerate threats except high harvest, high lethal removals, and lack of immigration
With @labgardner.bsky.social, Sarah Converse, & Ben Maletzke
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Recovering wolves in WA tolerate threats except high harvest, high lethal removals, and lack of immigration
With @labgardner.bsky.social, Sarah Converse, & Ben Maletzke
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Forecasting Dynamics of a Recolonizing Wolf Population Under Different Management Strategies
We use a novel spatially explicit projection model to evaluate how different management strategies and system uncertainties affect the recolonization dynamics of wolves. We found that scenarios relat....
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🐺🐺🐺 NEW PAPER! 🐺🐺🐺
Recovering wolves in WA tolerate threats except high harvest, high lethal removals, and lack of immigration
With @labgardner.bsky.social, Sarah Converse, & Ben Maletzke
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Recovering wolves in WA tolerate threats except high harvest, high lethal removals, and lack of immigration
With @labgardner.bsky.social, Sarah Converse, & Ben Maletzke
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Life achievement unlocked: my name made it into Mason’s blog! 🤠 He always does such a great job with these posts!
Please reconsider including the number of sampling days as a covariate when estimating detection probabilities in occupancy models
When you flip a fair coin, the probability that you get heads at least once increases with the number of times you flip the coin. This makes intuitive sense. More chances means you are more likely to ...
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May 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Life achievement unlocked: my name made it into Mason’s blog! 🤠 He always does such a great job with these posts!
Reposted by Lisanne Petracca
🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Lisanne Petracca
New blog post sharing updates on the latest version of the Diel.Niche R package, which we just released about an hour ago. Interested in quantifying if a species is nocturnal with data? Well it is easier than ever now! 🧪 #rstats #cameratrapping
masonfidino.com/Diel.Niche_u...
masonfidino.com/Diel.Niche_u...
May 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
New blog post sharing updates on the latest version of the Diel.Niche R package, which we just released about an hour ago. Interested in quantifying if a species is nocturnal with data? Well it is easier than ever now! 🧪 #rstats #cameratrapping
masonfidino.com/Diel.Niche_u...
masonfidino.com/Diel.Niche_u...
Not a bad way to start the day
May 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Not a bad way to start the day
🐆🐆 Aaaaand we have another M.S. position available!! This position represents an opportunity to study ocelot genomics in the context of an active reintroduction effort. Deadline is June 1 for an August start 🐆🐆
Position posting is here: shorturl.at/o4dTA
Position posting is here: shorturl.at/o4dTA
May 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🐆🐆 Aaaaand we have another M.S. position available!! This position represents an opportunity to study ocelot genomics in the context of an active reintroduction effort. Deadline is June 1 for an August start 🐆🐆
Position posting is here: shorturl.at/o4dTA
Position posting is here: shorturl.at/o4dTA
🐆🐆 TWO M.S. POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN MY LAB!! Focus will be bobcat and coyote dynamics in an ocelot pre-reintroduction landscape. Come join the fun. Deadline is June 1 for an August start 🐆🐆
Position posting is here: tinyurl.com/5y3uhbf3
Position posting is here: tinyurl.com/5y3uhbf3
April 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🐆🐆 TWO M.S. POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN MY LAB!! Focus will be bobcat and coyote dynamics in an ocelot pre-reintroduction landscape. Come join the fun. Deadline is June 1 for an August start 🐆🐆
Position posting is here: tinyurl.com/5y3uhbf3
Position posting is here: tinyurl.com/5y3uhbf3
We are hiring an Assistant/Associate Prof of Quantitative Ecology! I'm on the Search Committee for this one. If you have any interest in the position & want to learn more about living in this v. cool part of the country, pls reach out!
tinyurl.com/2h6bdece
tinyurl.com/2h6bdece
Assistant/Associate Professor in Quantitative Ecology
Job TitleAssistant/Associate Professor in Quantitative Ecology Agency Texas A&M University - Kingsville Department Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Proposed Minimum SalaryCommensurate Job Locat...
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April 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We are hiring an Assistant/Associate Prof of Quantitative Ecology! I'm on the Search Committee for this one. If you have any interest in the position & want to learn more about living in this v. cool part of the country, pls reach out!
tinyurl.com/2h6bdece
tinyurl.com/2h6bdece
Are you going to #ICCB2025 in Brisbane? Come take the Geospatial Analysis in R all-day workshop on Saturday, June 14. This workshop was developed by me and @amandacheeseman.bsky.social in the COVID era, and now has some brand-new updates from @thespeclab.bsky.social! Join us! 🗺️🤓🦘
April 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Are you going to #ICCB2025 in Brisbane? Come take the Geospatial Analysis in R all-day workshop on Saturday, June 14. This workshop was developed by me and @amandacheeseman.bsky.social in the COVID era, and now has some brand-new updates from @thespeclab.bsky.social! Join us! 🗺️🤓🦘
We had SO MUCH FUN hosting the best of the best @labgardner.bsky.social
Had an amazing trip to visit @lisannepetracca.bsky.social, the SPEC lab, and CKWRI @ TAMUK. Saw an ocelot, gained some life list birds, and learned about a lot of exciting research in southern Texas. Thank you all for this fantastic trip (and the sweet CKWRI hat)!!
March 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We had SO MUCH FUN hosting the best of the best @labgardner.bsky.social
@thespeclab.bsky.social is out in full force at #TCTWS 🐆 🐾
February 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
@thespeclab.bsky.social is out in full force at #TCTWS 🐆 🐾
Had an awesome night last night at Catawba College’s Center for the Environment! 🐆 🗺️ 🐾 @catawbacollege.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Had an awesome night last night at Catawba College’s Center for the Environment! 🐆 🗺️ 🐾 @catawbacollege.bsky.social
See ya tonight Catawba! @catawbacollege.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
See ya tonight Catawba! @catawbacollege.bsky.social
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🐾Meet Barley & Scottie, our incredible scat detection dogs from K9 Conservationists, & their skilled handler, Heather Nootbaar!🐶🔍Together, they’re helping us track carnivore populations—all through the power of scent. We’re lucky to have them on the team!🐕🌿#WildlifeResearch
February 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🐾Meet Barley & Scottie, our incredible scat detection dogs from K9 Conservationists, & their skilled handler, Heather Nootbaar!🐶🔍Together, they’re helping us track carnivore populations—all through the power of scent. We’re lucky to have them on the team!🐕🌿#WildlifeResearch
Reposted by Lisanne Petracca
First paper from my postdoc is out in #EcologicalMonographs w/ @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social! We looked at patterns of summer co-occurrence among 5 predators at 3 time scales to assess how competition, prey, & habitat affected predator distributions in north Idaho, USA. dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
Mammalian predator co‐occurrence affected by prey and habitat more than competitor presence at multiple time scales
The behavior and abundance of sympatric predators can be affected by a complex dominance hierarchy. The strength of antagonistic interactions in predator communities is difficult to study and remains...
dx.doi.org
January 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
First paper from my postdoc is out in #EcologicalMonographs w/ @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social! We looked at patterns of summer co-occurrence among 5 predators at 3 time scales to assess how competition, prey, & habitat affected predator distributions in north Idaho, USA. dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
Reposted by Lisanne Petracca
Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh
EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders
Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review
scim.ag
January 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh