Jamie Sanderlin

Research Wildlife Biologist (Post-doctoral Fellow)

Jamie

Phone: (928) 556-2182
Fax: (928) 556-2130
e-mail: jlsanderlin@fs.fed.us

Address:
Rocky Mountain Station
Southwest Forest Science Complex
2500 South Pine Knoll Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Georgia (Wildlife Ecology and Management), 2009
    (Dissertation: Integrated demographic modeling and estimation of the central Georgia, USA, black bear population)
  • M. S., University of Georgia (Statistics), 2009
    (Thesis: Misidentification error in non-invasive genetic mark-recapture sampling: case study with the central Georgia black bear population)
  • B. S., Purdue University (Ecology, Evolutionary, and Population Biology), 2002
    (Honors Thesis: Modeling patterns of dispersal in banner-tailed kangaroo rats, Dipodomys spectabilis, using capture-recapture data with the multi-strata, robust design)

Research Interests

  • Population and community dynamics
  • Bayesian statistics and hierarchical models
  • Mark-recapture models with ecological applications
  • Cost-effective sampling designs
  • Modeling genotyping error with genetic mark-recapture studies
  • Wildlife genomics and bioinformatics

Current projects

  • Fire effects on bird and small mammal communities
  • Wildlife genomics of greater sage-grouse
  • Lifetime reproductive success of northern goshawks
  • Sampling design for Mexican spotted owl
  • Developing Bayesian statistical models for demographic parameter estimation with genetic studies
  • Species richness and community dynamics of Neotropical migratory birds in the Arizona Sky Islands

Publications

  • Sanderlin, J.S., M.J. Conroy, N. Lazar, J. Nairn, J.P. Carroll, and L. Seymour. In preparation. Hierarchical model incorporating multiple data structures for estimating black bear abundance in central Georgia, USA.
  • Sanderlin, J.S., N. Lazar, M.J. Conroy, and J. Reeves. In preparation. Bayesian estimation of genotyping error with calibration samples.
  • Sanderlin, J.S., and W.M. Block. In preparation. Long-term post-wildfire effects on avian species richness in ponderosa pine forests.
  • Stan, A.B., P.Z. Fulé, K.B. Ireland, and J.S. Sanderlin. In review. Modern fire regime approximates historical fire regime in a forest on tribal lands.
  • Sanderlin, J.S., W.M. Block, and, J.L. Ganey. In review. Optimizing study design for multi-species avian monitoring programs.
  • Sanderlin, J.S., W.M. Block, J.L. Ganey, and J.M. Iniguez. In press. Preliminary assessment of species richness and avian community dynamics in the Madrean Sky Islands, Arizona. Merging science and management in a rapidly changing world: Biodiversity & Management of the Madrean Archipelago III. 2012 May 1-5; Tucson, AZ. Proceedings.
  • Sanderlin, J.S., N. Lazar, M.J. Conroy, and J. Reeves. 2012. Cost-efficient selection of a marker panel in genetic studies. Journal of Wildlife Management 76:88-94. (Optimal-Marker-Panel program)
  • Sanderlin, J.S., P.M. Waser, J.E. Hines, and J.D. Nichols. 2012. On valuing patches: estimating contributions to metapopulation growth with reverse-time capture-recapture modeling. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279:480-488.
  • Sanderlin, J. Skvarla, B. Faircloth, B. Shamblin, and M. Conroy. 2009. Tetranucleotide microsatellite loci from the black bear (Ursus americanus). Molecular Ecology Resources 9:288-291.
  • Jangid, K., M. Williams, A. Franzleubbers, J. Sanderlin, J. Reeves, M. Jenkins, D. Endale, D. Coleman, W. Whitman. 2008. Relative impacts of land-use, management intensity and fertilization upon soil microbial communities in agricultural systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40:2843-2853.
  • Skvarla, J., J. Nichols, J. Hines, and P. Waser. 2004. Modeling interpopulation dispersal by banner-tailed kangaroo rats. Ecology 85(10):2737-2746.