Beth Gardner
- Associate Professor
Hierarchical models, spatial capture-recapture models, occupancy models, camera trapping, hair snares, sampling techniques, spatial statistics, Bayesian inference
B.S., Mathematics and Environmental Science, Allegheny College
M.S., Natural Resources, Cornell University
Ph.D., Natural Resources; Minors: Biometry, GIS, Cornell University
Autumn 2025: Beth Gardner is not currently accepting graduate students for the 2025-26 school year.
Courses
- ESRM 451 | Analytical Methods in Wildlife Science (3) - Winter
- QSCI 381 | Introduction to Probability and Statistics (5) - Spring
- SEFS 557 | Demographic Estimation and Modeling (co-taught) (4) - Winter (even years)
Current sponsored projects
Tinian monarch and forest restoration research
Tetiaroa Seabird research
Human recreation and wildlife in Washington State parks
Marbled Murrelet abundance and trend modeling
Selected publications
Petracca L.S., Converse, S.J., Maletzke, B.T. and Gardner, B. 2025. Forecasting dynamics of a recolonizing wolf population under different management strategies. Animal Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.70019
Bassing, S.B., Satterfield, L.C., Ganz, T.R., DeVivo, M.T., Kertson, B.N., Prugh, L.R., Roussin, T., Wirsing, A.J., and Gardner, B. Predator-prey interactions and landscape features influence movement behaviors in a large-mammal community. Ecology. 105(11): e4448. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4448
Swift, K.S. Moore, F., and Gardner, B. 2024. White-eyed, red-handed: novel observations of nest material kleptoparasitism by Bridled White-eye (Zosterops conspicillatus) on Tinian Island, Northern Marianas Islands. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 136(3): 356–359 https://doi.org/10.1676/23-00051
Brusa, J., Pearson, S., Raphael, M., and Gardner, B. 2024.Biotic and abiotic drivers of harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) relative abundance in the Salish Sea. Marine Mammal Science. e13155.https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.13155
Sanderfoot, O.V. Tingley, M.W, Bassing, S.B., Vaughan, N. A. and Gardner, B. 2024. Hazardous wildfire smoke events can alter dawn soundscapes in dry forests of central and eastern Washington, United States. Global Ecology and Conservation. 54: e03044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03044
Bassing, S.B., Ho, C., and Gardner, B. 2024. Anthropogenic activities influence spatiotemporal patterns of predator-prey interactions. Global Ecology and Conservation. 53: e0301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03017
Ganz, T.R., Bassing, B., DeVivo, M.T., Gardner, B., Kertson, B.N., Satterfield, L.C., Shipley, L.A., Turnock, B.Y., Walker, S.L., 2024. Abrahamson, D., Wirsing, A.J., and Prugh, L.R. White-tailed deer population dynamics in a multi-predator landscape shaped by humans. Ecological Applications e3003. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.3003
Petracca L.S., Gardner, B., Maletzke, B.T. and Converse, S.J. 2024. Merging integrated population models and individual-based models to project population dynamics of recolonizing species. Biological Conservation. 289, 110340 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110340
Zwicker, S. and Gardner, B. 2024. Adaption of realized niche by ocelots in response to human impact in Madre de Dios, Peru. Biotropica. 00, e13346 https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13346
Ayars, J. Emmet, R.L., Bassing, B., Sanderfoot, O.V., Raby, S., Karambelas, A., James, E.P., Ahmadov, R. and Gardner, B. 2023. Camera traps link population-level activity patterns with wildfire smoke events for mammals in Eastern Washington State. Fire Ecology. 19, 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-023-00207-1
Bassing, S., DeVivo, M., Ganz, T., Kertson, B., Prugh, L.R., Roussin, T., Satterfield, L., Windell, B. Wirsing, A.J., and Gardner, B. 2023. Are we telling the same story? Comparing inferences made from camera trap and telemetry data for wildlife monitoring. Ecological Applications 33(1): e2745. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2745
Gardner, B., McClintock, B.T., Converse, S.J. and Hostetter, N.J. 2022. Integrated animal movement and spatial capture-recapture models: simulation, implementation, and inference. Ecology. 103(10): e3771 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3771