Layne Adams, Ph.D.
Population biology and predator/prey relationships of Alaskan large mammals.
Professional Experience
2022 - Present Research Wildlife Biologist Emeritus USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1993 - 2022 Research Wildlife Biologist USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1985 - 1993 Regional Research Wildlife Biologist, US National Park Service, Anchorage, Alaska
1980 - 1985 Wildlife Management Biologist, Bureau of Land Management, Fairbanks, Alaska
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. 1996 University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN Wildlife Conservation
M.S. 1981 Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO Wildlife Biology
B.S. 1976 Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO Wildlife Biology
Affiliations and Memberships*
IUCN Species Survival Commission, Wolf Specialist Group (2001-2013)
The Wildlife Society
Arctic Institute of North America
American Society of Mammalogists
Science and Products
No evidence of trophic mismatch for caribou in Greenland
Population-level resource selection by sympatric brown and American black bears in Alaska
Are inland wolf-ungulate systems influenced by marine subsidies of Pacific salmon?
Movements of juvenile Gyrfalcons from western and interior Alaska following departure from their natal areas
Stochastic and compensatory effects limit persistence of variation in body mass of young caribou
Ranking Alaska moose nutrition: Signals to begin liberal antlerless harvests
Tracking the movements of Denali's wolves
Interrelationships of Denali's large mammal community
Evaluation of aerial survey methods for Dall's sheep
Simulating the influences of various fire regimes on caribou winter habitat
Interspecific resource partitioning in sympatric ursids
Evaluation of wolf density estimation from radiotelemetry data
Science and Products
No evidence of trophic mismatch for caribou in Greenland
Population-level resource selection by sympatric brown and American black bears in Alaska
Are inland wolf-ungulate systems influenced by marine subsidies of Pacific salmon?
Movements of juvenile Gyrfalcons from western and interior Alaska following departure from their natal areas
Stochastic and compensatory effects limit persistence of variation in body mass of young caribou
Ranking Alaska moose nutrition: Signals to begin liberal antlerless harvests
Tracking the movements of Denali's wolves
Interrelationships of Denali's large mammal community
Evaluation of aerial survey methods for Dall's sheep
Simulating the influences of various fire regimes on caribou winter habitat
Interspecific resource partitioning in sympatric ursids
Evaluation of wolf density estimation from radiotelemetry data
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