Ralph Grundel, PhD
My research focuses on reducing extinction risk in animals and restoration of landscapes.
I lead a team that focuses on improving the scientific basis for conservation of pollinators and savanna landscapes, improving landscape connectivity, reducing extinction risk for threatened and endangered species, and documenting the effects of climate change on species and landscapes, especially in the Great Lakes region and in support of national parks. I work out of the USGS Great Lakes Science Center’s Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station within Indiana Dunes National Park.
Professional Experience
2019- present Chief, Restoration and Conservation Sciences Branch, USGS Great Lakes Science Center.
1993- present Research Animal Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey (Including National Biological Survey).
1992-93 Research Animal Ecologist, National Park Service.
Education and Certifications
Postdoctoral, 1992 Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. 1984, Zoology, University of Texas at Austin
B.A. 1976, Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
Abstracts and Presentations
Grundel, R., and Hess, A.N., 2022, Conservation Lessons from Studies of the Endangered Karner Blue Butterfly: Oral Presentation, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pollinator Community of Practice Webinar Series, November 15, 2022.
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The integrated monarch monitoring program: From design to implementation
A call to insect scientists: Challenges and opportunities of managing insect communities under climate change
Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus): Spreading by fire
Addressing potential local adaptation in species distribution models: implications for conservation under climate change
A guide to the use of distance sampling to estimate abundance of Karner blue butterflies
Opposing resonses to ecological gradients structure amphibian and reptile communities across a temperate grassland-savanna-forest landscape
Conservation Action Planning: Lessons learned from the St. Marys River watershed biodiversity conservation planning process
Pollinators in peril? A multipark approach to evaluating bee communities in habitats vulnerable to effects from climate change
Geographic coincidence of richness, mass, conservation value, and response to climate of U.S. land birds
Impacts of white-tailed deer on red trillium (Trillium recurvatum): defining a threshold for deer browsing pressure at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Susceptibility of eastern U.S. habitats to invasion of Celastrus orbiculatus (oriental bittersweet) following fire
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**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
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The integrated monarch monitoring program: From design to implementation
A call to insect scientists: Challenges and opportunities of managing insect communities under climate change
Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus): Spreading by fire
Addressing potential local adaptation in species distribution models: implications for conservation under climate change
A guide to the use of distance sampling to estimate abundance of Karner blue butterflies
Opposing resonses to ecological gradients structure amphibian and reptile communities across a temperate grassland-savanna-forest landscape
Conservation Action Planning: Lessons learned from the St. Marys River watershed biodiversity conservation planning process
Pollinators in peril? A multipark approach to evaluating bee communities in habitats vulnerable to effects from climate change
Geographic coincidence of richness, mass, conservation value, and response to climate of U.S. land birds
Impacts of white-tailed deer on red trillium (Trillium recurvatum): defining a threshold for deer browsing pressure at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Susceptibility of eastern U.S. habitats to invasion of Celastrus orbiculatus (oriental bittersweet) following fire
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**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
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