Our research group based at Clemson University is broadly interested in conducting investigations into wildlife ecology and their responses to global change.  Our research, both in the US and abroad, has centered on conducting projects that not only advance ecological theory, but address current problems facing the conservation and restoration of terrestrial wildlife - particularly mammals.  To achieve this, we conduct field research that involves close collaboration with local communities and organizations tasked with the management of wildlife. Please click on the links at the top of the page for more information about us, where we work, and projects we have undertaken.

News

Cool video by Colorado Parks and Wildlife on our collaborative project to restore swift fox to Ft. Belknap

Nice profile of our work on the impact of fire on carnivore community dynamics published in The Applied Ecologist 

More great press about our weasel decline paper, this time from a news outlet in Rhode Island

Wildlife Society article profiling collaborative work our group led in providing the first estimates of Appalachian spotted skunk survival 

New video has been released profiling our big CUT (Carnivore Ungulate Team) project in South Carolina

Where are our weasels?  A new paper led by our lab group found an alarming trend

​New special issue on eastern spotted skunks just released, featuring multiple papers from our lab group

​Our lab paper on barriers to students from diverse backgrounds gaining critical field experiences in ​Natural Resource fields is out and having an impact

News article by The Wildlife Society on our work on the effects of fire on carnivore and herbivore community dynamics in Africa.

We are excited about our new collaboration with the Tribes of Ft. Belknap, World Wildlife Fund, Smithsonian Institution and others to restore swift fox to central Montana

Laura Gigliotti, Blaise Newman and Kyle Shute all graduated from our lab in spring 2020.  Blaise accepted a PhD position at University of Georgia, Kyle is working for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and Laura is now a post-doc in Arthur Middelton's lab at UC Berkeley

Recent Publications

​Gigliotti, L., R. Slotow, C. Sholto-Douglas, C. de Vos and D.S. Jachowski.  2022.  Community-level responses of African carnivores to prescribed burning.  Journal of Applied Ecology. 59:251-262.

Bombaci, S.P., M.J. St. Germain, W.M. Ford, S.C. Loeb, R.E. Russell, C.A. Dobony, and D.S. Jachowski.  2021.  Context dependency of disease-mediated competitive release in bat communities following white-nose syndrome.  Ecosphere e03825. 

Titus, K., and D.S. Jachowski.  2021.  Persistent negative stakeholder perspectives limit recovery of a critically endangered carnivore.  Conservation Science and Practice 3:e526.

Jachowski, D.S., R. Kays, A. Butler, A.M. Hoylman, and M.E. Gompper.  2021.  Tracking the decline of weasels in North America.  PLoS ONE 16:e0254387.

​Jensen, A.J., S.P. Bombaci, L.C. Gigliotti, S.N. Harris, C. Marneweck, M.S. Muthersbaugh, B.A. Newman, S.L. Rodriguez, E.A. Saldo, K.E. Shute, K.L. Titus, A.L. Williams, S.W. Yu, and D.S. Jachowski.  2021.  Attracting diverse students to field experiences requires adequate pay, flexibility, and inclusion.  BioScience 7:757-770.

Marneweck, C., T. Katzner, and D.S. Jachowski.  2021.  Predicted climate-induced reductions in scavenging in eastern North America.  Global Change Biology 27:3383-3394. 

Marneweck, C., A.R. Butler, L. Gigliotti, S. Harris, A. Jensen, M. Muthersbaugh, B. Newman, E. Saldo, K. Titus, S.W. Yu, and D.S. Jachowski.  2021.  Shining the spotlight on small mammalian carnivores: global status and threats.  Biological Conservation 255:109005.
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Short YouTube video overviewing our big CUT (Carnivore Ungulate Team) research project in South Carolina