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Joseph

Jacquot

jacquotj@gvsu.edu

Professor

3305 Kindschi Hall of Science

616-331-3523

Zoology, Mammalogy, Wildlife Disease, Behavior

The Wildlife Society
The American Society of Mammalogists

BIO 105 Environmental Biology
BIO 121 General Biology II
BIO 342 Ornithology
BIO 412 Mammalogy
BIO 417 Internation Field Biology
BIO 495 Evolutionary Biology

My research involves the behavior and ecology of mammals. To date, my work has focused on how individuals use space in relation to habitat quality and resource distribution.  More recently I have become interested in studying wildlife disease in mammalian hosts.

Ph.D., Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1999. Dissertation: Use of space and movement of two vole species in response to habitat quality.
M.S., Biology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1994. Master's thesis: Proximal factors influencing natal dispersal in Peromyscus leucopus.
B.S., Biology, Cum Laude, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1991.

Haskins, D.L., M. Feely, J.J. Jacquot, P.W. Keenlance, R.L. Sanders, J.A. Daly, and D.E. Unger.  2020.  Small Mammal Prey Base for American Marten (Martes americana) within the Manistee National Forest of Michigan.  American Midland Naturalist 183: 38-51.

Larsen, A., J. Jacquot, P. Keenlance, and H. Keough.  2018.  Mechanical thinning to restore oak savanna promoted predator assemblages of gypsy moth pupae in Michigan. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 20: 1-10.

Laarman, P., P. Keenlance, J. Altobelli, C. Schumacher, P. Huber, J. Jacquot, and J. Moore. 2018.  Spatial Ecology of Neonate Eastern Box Turtles with Implications for Prescribed Burning.  Journal of Wildlife Management 82:  1385-1395.

Hillman, T.L., P. Keenlance, J.A. Moore, B.J. Swanson, J.J. Jacquot, J.C. Witt, and A. Cornman.  2017.  Genetic diversity of reintroduced American martens in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Journal of Mammalogy 98: 1489-1496.

Sanders, R.L., A. Cornman, P. Keenlance, J.J. Jacquot, D.E. Unger, and M. Spriggs.  2017.  Resting site characteristics of American marten in the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan.  American Midland Naturalist 177: 211-225.

Koren, E., J. Meaney, G. Roloff, C. Dobson, and J. Jacquot.  2016.  Practicing Citizen Science: An Investigation of Schoolyard Resource Availability and Population Dynamics. Michigan Science Teacher’s Association Journal.

Larsen, A., J. Jacquot, P. Keenlance, & H. Keough.  2016.  Effects of an ongoing oak savanna restoration on small mammals in Lower Michigan.  Forest Ecology and Management 367: 120-127.

Jacquot, J., P. Keenlance, & R. Sanders. 2019. Marten Tracker – understanding American marten distribution in the Northern Lower Peninsula.  Michigan Fish and Wildlife Conference, Gaylord, MI.

West, S., J. Jacquot, P. Keenlance, & R. Sanders. 2019. Habitat Usage of the Climate-Sensitive Snowshoe Hare at Their Southern Range Boundary.  The American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society Joint Meeting, Reno, NV.

Jacquot, J., P. Keenlance, & D. Graham. 2017. Lessons learned in a wildlife disease study using a citizen science approach. 12th International Mammalogical Congress, Perth, Australia.

West; S., P. Keenlance; R. Sanders, & J. Jacquot. 2018. Habitat requirements and occurrence of snowshoe hares in Northern Lower Michigan.  The Wildlife Society 25th Annual Conference, Cleveland, OH.

Reibel, J., P. Keenlance, J. Moore, & J. Jacquot. 2018. The hare-y truth: an investigation of snowshoe hare dispersal, habitat, and predation across the Apostle Islands.  The Wildlife Society 25th Annual Conference, Cleveland, OH.

West; S., P. Keenlance; R. Sanders, & J. Jacquot. 2018. Snowshoe hare in Lower Michigan: the shifting range of a climate-sensitive species.  78th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Milwaukee, WI.

Kujawa; A., P. Keenlance; A. Locher; R. Sanders, & J. Jacquot. 2018. American Marten Habitat Use: A Resource Selection Function for Michigan’s Northern Lower Peninsula.  78th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Milwaukee, WI.

Kujawa; A., P. Keenlance; A. Locher; R. Sanders, & J. Jacquot. 2017. Characteristics of American Marten Habitat Use: A Resource Selection Function for Michigan’s Northern Lower Peninsula.  The Wildlife Society 24th Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM.

Jacquot, J., P. Keenlance, & D. Graham. 2017. Lessons learned in a wildlife disease study using a citizen science approach. 12th International Mammalogical Congress, Perth, Australia.

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