Biology

Paul Keenlance

Paul Keenlance, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Wildlife habitat and resource selection
Carnivore ecology
International resource management

Natural Resource Management Program

Office: 325B Henry
Phone: (616) 331-8579
Email: keenlanp@gvsu.edu

Education:

Ph.D. Fisheries and Wildlife - Michigan State University, East Lansing MI, 2002.
M.S. Natural Resources - University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI, 1998
B.S. Biology - University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI, 1992

Courses taught at GVSU

NRM 150 Introduction to Natural Resource Management
NRM 250 Resource Measurement and Maps
BIO 408 Wildlife Management

Research interests:

My interests are varied, but I am especially interested in wildlife resource selection and partioning. I am also very interested in the growing field of urban/suburban wildlife management and see the local area as an excellent site to study the impacts of urban sprawl on wildlife and their habitat (as well as the occasional impact of the wildlife on their new human neighbors). Recently, I have become interested in international resource management and I am examining ways to involve students in international experiences.

Recent Publications

Unger D. and P. Keenlance. Home site selection of gray wolves in Wisconsin and East Central Minnesota – Invited Chapter in - Recovery of Gray wolves in the Great Lakes Region of the United States: an endangered species success story. A. P. Wydeven and T. VanDeelen eds. – accepted 1 Nov. 2007 (projected publication fall 08).

Impacts of a highway expansion project on wolves in northwestern Wisconsin.
Kohn B., Frair J., Unger D., Gehring T., Shelley D., Anderson E., and P. Keenlance. 1999
In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Wildlife Ecology and Transportation (Evink G. L. et al, eds): 53-65.

Recent Posters and Presentations

Keenlance, P. (Presenter & Author), Jacquot, J. (Author Only), Miara, S. (Author Only), Larsen, A. (Author Only), 70th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, IL DNR/The Wildlife Society, Springfield, IL, "Small Mammal Use of a Savannah Restoration Site in West Michigan", Academic, Regional, peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (December 9, 2009).

Miara, S. (Presenter & Author), Norris, R. (Author Only), Larsen, A. (Presenter & Author), Jacquot, J. (Author Only), Keenlance, P. (Author Only), 16th Annual Wildlife Society Conference, The Wildlife Society, Monterey, CA, "Impacts of Savannah Restoration on Small Mammal Density and Diversity in West Michigan (Poster)", Academic, National, peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (October 2009).

Keenlance, P. (Author Only), Ickes, K. (Presenter & Author), 16th Annual Wildlife Society Conference, The Widlife Society, Monterey, CA, "The effectiveness of individual identification of bobcats (Lynx rufus) using automatically triggered cameras in Michigan (Poster)", Academic, National, peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (October 2009).

Unger, D., and P. Keenlance. 2005. Home site selection of gray wolves in Wisconsin and East Central Minnesota. 12^th Annual Wildlife Society Conference, Madison, WI.

Keenlance P., Millenbah, K., and B. Kohn. 2002. Landscape-level and within-territory habitat selection of recolonizing gray wolves in northwest Wisconsin. Defenders of Wildlife - Carnivores 2002, Monterey, CA.

Keenlance P., Millenbah, K., and B. Kohn. 2002. Landscape-level and within-territory habitat selection of recolonizing gray wolves in northwest Wisconsin. Midwest Wolf Stewards Meeting,Two Harbors , MN.

Keenlance P., Millenbah, K., and B. Kohn. 2000. Resource selection of recolonizing gray wolves in northwest Wisconsin. 7^th Annual Wildlife Society Conference, Nashville, TN.

Keenlance P., and L. Nauman. 1998. Reproductive ecology of greater prairie chickens in central Wisconsin. 60^th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Cincinnati, OH

Keenlance P., Millenbah, K., and B. Kohn. 2000. Resource selection of re-colonizing gray wolves in northwest Wisconsin. Beyond 2000, Realities of Global Wolf Restoration,

Duluth, Minnesota.

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