Joseph Ganey
Research Wildlife Biologist
Phone: (928)556-2156
Fax: (928)556-2130
e-mail: jganey@fs.fed.us
Address:
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Southwest Forest Science Complex
2500 South Pine Knoll Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Curriculum Vitae
CAREER GOALS
- Contribute to informed resource management decisions and increased scientific understanding of natural resource issues.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Effects of fuels-reduction treatments on Mexican spotted owls in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico.
- Monitoring dynamics of snag and log populations in southwestern mixed-conifer and ponderosa pine forests.
REALIZED MAJOR RESEARCH OUTPUTS
- Ganey, J.L., and S.C. Vojta. 2005. Changes in snag populations in northern Arizona mixed-conifer and ponderosa pine forests, 1997-2002. Forest Science 51:396-405. PDF
- Ganey, J.L., and S.C. Vojta. 2004. Characteristics of snags containing excavated cavities in northern Arizona mixed-conifer and ponderosa pine forests. Forest Ecology and Management 199:323-332. PDF
- Ganey, J.L., G.C. White, D.C. Bowden, and A.B. Franklin. 2004. Evaluating methods for monitoring populations of Mexican spotted owls: a case study. Pp. 337-385 in W.L. Thompson (editor). Sampling rare and elusive species: concepts, designs, and techniques for estimating population parameters. Island Press. Washington, DC.
- Bowden, D.C., G.C. White, A.B. Franklin, and J.L. Ganey. 2003. Finite population sampling to estimate total size with correlated sampling unit estimates. Journal of Wildlife Management 67:1-10. PDF
- Ganey, J.L., and J.L. Dick, Jr. 1995. Habitat relationships of Mexican spotted owls: current knowledge. Volume II, Chapter 4 in USDI Fish and Wildlife Service. Recovery plan for the Mexican spotted owl. Albuquerque, NM. web site
KEY SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS
- Member, Mexican Spotted Owl Recovery Team (1993-Present)
- Lead Scientist, monitoring population trend of Mexican spotted owls in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico (2005-Present)
OUTCOMES OF PAST RESEARCH, SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
- Past research on spotted owls increased knowledge of the owl's ecology, guided subsequent research efforts (both intra- and extramural), and influenced management and recovery efforts.
- Past research on snag populations characterized snag populations in southwestern ponderosa pine and mixed-conifer forests, provided preliminary data on snag dynamics, and identified important characteristics of snags used by cavity excavators.
ANTICIPATED OUTCOME OF CURRENT EFFORTS
- Development of methodology allowing for monitoring owl population trend, with the ultimate goal of delisting the Mexican spotted owl from threatened status if trend data warrants such a change.
- Development of experimental and observational methods for monitoring and evaluating effects of fuels-reduction treatments on Mexican spotted owls, important prey species, and habitat components of both owls and their prey.
- Development of models of dynamics of snags and logs in southwestern forests for use in land management planning.
- Management recommendations relevant to management of spotted owl habitat and populations, habitat and populations of important owl prey, and snag and populations.