Tabitha Graves

Wildlife Spatial Analyst, PhD Candidate

West Glacier Field Station

NAU School of Forestry
P.O. Box 15018
Flagstaff, AZ 86011

Phone 1 406-396-4162

Fax

Email tgraves@usgs.gov

Education

M.S. Wildlife Biology. 2002. University of Montana

Honors B.A. German Literature with distinction. 1995. University of Wisconsin-Madison

Additional coursework at Sheridan College and Austin Community College

Population connectivity across landscapes
Analysis of bear movement relative to highways, trails, and other developments
GPS collar fix success
Statistical analyses: geostatistics, spatial point processes, multivariate, regression
Field work: radio telemetry, animal handling, equipment management, backcountry survival skills

Assessing explanations for high and low bear densities within the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE) using a hierarchical Bayesian model
Examining gene flow and connectivity within the NCDE
Determining consequences of analyzing factors affecting abundance of animals at the wrong spatial scale
Statistical analyses: geostatistics, spatial point processes, multivariate, regression
Improving GIS layers in western Montana (avalanche chutes and structures)

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