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Cecilia
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Contact Info
James C. Beasley
4829 Division Rd
West Lafayette, IN 47906
315-263-6636
E-mail: beasley@purdue.edu
Office: (765) 494-3578
Lab: (765) 496-6868
Education
Ph.D. student, Wildlife Ecology, anticipated degree: June 2010
Purdue University
Current GPA 4.0
M.S. Wildlife Ecology, December 2005
Purdue University
Graduating GPA 3.9
B.S. in Environmental and Forest Biology, May 2002
Concentration in Wildlife Management
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY
Presidents high honor list, Graduating GPA 3.5
A.A.S. in Pre-Professional Forestry, May 2000
Paul Smith's College, Paul Smiths, NY
Research
Interests include: Animal behavior; human-wildlife conflict resolution; Cervid and Carnivore ecology. Jim is involved in several of our research projects, including:
Raccoon ecology
Disease ecology
Wildlife crop depredation
Teaching
Graduate Teaching Assistant 2004, 2006
Ecology and Systematics of Fishes and Mammals
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Purdue University
Graduate Teaching Assistant 2007, 2008.
Wildlife Investigational Techniques
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Purdue University.
Presentations
2004. The Wildlife Society's Eleventh Annual Conference. Spatial and temporal use of cop fields by raccoons as related to crop depredation occurrences. J. C. Beasley, O. E. Rhodes Jr., L. A. Humberg, M. I. Retamosa, and T. L. DeVault. Calgary , Canada . (Poster)
2004. Forestry and Natural Resources Symposium. Habitat use and movement behavior of raccoons ( Procyon lotor ) in an agriculturally fragmented landscape. J. C. Beasley, and O. E. Rhodes Jr. West Lafayette , IN. (Poster)
2004. The 65th annual Midwest Fish and Wildlife's conference. Predictive relationships between raccoon abundance and crop damage. J. C. Beasley, and O. E. Rhodes Jr. Indianapolis, IN. (Talk)
2005. Purdue University Forestry and Natural Resources Symposium. Spatial and temporal use of cop fields by raccoons as related to crop depredation occurrences. J. C. Beasley, O. E. Rhodes Jr., L. A. Humberg, M. I. Retamosa, and T. L. DeVault. West Lafayette, IN. (Poster)
2005. M.S. Thesis Presentation. Home range attributes and multi-scale habitat selection of raccoons in northern Indiana. J. C. Beasley, and O. E. Rhodes Jr. West Lafayette, IN. (Talk)
2005. The 66th annual Midwest Fish and Wildlife's conference. Multi-scale habitat selection of raccoons in northern Indiana. J. C. Beasley, and O. E. Rhodes Jr. Grand Rapids, MI. (Talk)
2006. Purdue University Forestry and Natural Resources Symposium. Home range attributes of raccoons in a fragmented agricultural region of northern Indiana. J. C. Beasley, T. L. DeVault, and O. E. Rhodes Jr. West Lafayette, IN. (Poster)
2006. Purdue University Center for the Environment Graduate Research Showcase. Home range attributes of raccoons in a fragmented agricultural region of northern Indiana. J. C. Beasley, T. L. DeVault, and O. E. Rhodes Jr. West Lafayette, IN. (Poster)
2008. Indiana Chapter of the Wildlife Society. Ecology of Raccoon Populations in Northern Indiana. J. C. Beasley and O. E. Rhodes Jr. Nashville, IN (Talk)
Invited Talks
2004. The Purdue University Chapter of the Wildlife Society. Wildlife crop depredation in the Upper Wabash. J. C. Beasley. West Lafayette, IN.
2006. The Purdue University Chapter of the Wildlife Society. Home range attributes of raccoons in northern Indiana. J. C. Beasley. West Lafayette, IN.
2007. The Purdue University Chapter of the Wildlife Society. Influence of habitat fragmentation on the ecology of raccoon and Virginia opossum populations. J. C. Beasley. West Lafayette, IN.
Publications
Beasley, J. C. 2005. Home range attributes and multi-scale habitat selection of raccoons (Procyon lotor) in northern Indiana. Thesis, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
Humberg, L. A., T. L. DeVault, B. J. MacGowan, J. C. Beasley, and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. 2007. Crop depredation by wildlife in northcentral Indiana. Pages, 199-205 in the Proceedings of the Ninth National Wild Turkey Symposium, A. Stewart, ed., Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Beasley, J. C., and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. 2007. Effect of tooth removal on recaptures of raccoons. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(1):266-270.
Beasley, J. C., T. L. DeVault, and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. 2007. Home range attributes of raccoons in a fragmented agricultural region of northern Indiana. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(3):844-850.
Fike, J. A., A. M. Drauch, J. C. Beasley, G. Dharmarajan, and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. 2007. Development of fourteen multiplexed microsatellite loci for raccoons (Procyon lotor). Molecular Ecology Notes 7(3):525-527.
Beasley, J. C., T. L. DeVault, M. I. Retamosa, and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. 2007. A hierarchical analysis of habitat selection by raccoons in northern Indiana. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(4):1125-1133.
Beasley, J. C., and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. 2008. Relationship between raccoon abundance and crop damage. Human-Wildlife Conflicts 2(2):36-47
DeVault, T. L., J. C. Beasley, L. A. Humberg, B. J. MacGowan, M. I. Retamosa, and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. 2007. Intrafield patterns of wildlife damage to corn and soybeans in northern Indiana. Human-Wildlife Conflicts 1(2):205-213.
Retamosa, M. I., L. A. Humberg, J. C. Beasley, and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. In Press. Modeling wildlife damage to crops in northern Indiana: Relative influence of landscape composition and configuration. Human-Wildlife Conflicts
Retamosa, M. I., L. A. Humberg, J. C. Beasley, and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. In Review. Spatio-temporal organization of white-tailed deer during the crop growing season in northern Indiana. Acta Theriologica
DeVault, T.L., B.J. MacGowan, J.C. Beasley, L.A. Humberg, M.I. Retamosa, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. In Press. Evaluation of corn and soybean damage by wildlife in northern Indiana. Proceedings of the 12th Wildlife Damage Management Conference, D. Nolte, ed. Corpus Christi, TX.
Dharmarajan, G., J.A. Fike, J.C. Beasley and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. In Press. Development and characterization of 12 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis). Molecular Ecology Resources
Dharmarajan, G., J.A. Fike, J.C. Beasley and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. In Press. Development and characterization of 14 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the raccoon tick (Ixodes texanus). Molecular Ecology Resources
Extension Publications
MacGowan, B. J., L. A. Humberg, J. C. Beasley, and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. 2006. Identification of Wildlife Crop Depredation, FNR-267. Purdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Lafayette, Indiana, 28 pp.
MacGowan, B. J., L. A. Humberg, J. C. Beasley, T. L. DeVault, and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. 2006. Corn and Soybean Crop Depredation by Wildlife, FNR-265-W. Purdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Lafayette, Indiana, 13 pp. http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/fnr/cropdamage/resources.htm
MacGowan, B. J., L. A. Humberg, J. C. Beasley, and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. 2006. Wildlife CSI: Unraveling the Mysteries of Wildlife Crop Damage, DVD-FNR-266. Purdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Lafayette, Indiana. DVD.
Beasley, J.C. 2007. Spatial Dynamics of Raccoons and Virginia Opossums in Agricultural Landscapes. Compass. Purdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Lafayette, Indiana.