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James C. Beasley

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

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Education

Ph.D. student, Wildlife Ecology, anticipated degree: December 2009
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
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Purdue University
Ecology and Systematics of Fishes and Mammals

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)

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.

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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. Proceedings of the Ninth National Wild Turkey Symposium In. Press.

Beasley, J. C., and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. 2007. Effect of tooth removal on recaptures of raccoons. Journal of Wildlife Management In Press.

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 In Press.

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 In. Press.

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 In Press.

Beasley, J. C., and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. In Review. Predictive relationships between raccoon abundance and crop damage. Agriculture, Ecosystems, & Environment

DeVault, T. L., J. C. Beasley, L. A. Humberg, B. J. MacGowan, M. I. Retamosa, and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. In Review. Intrafield patterns of wildlife damage to corn and soybeans in northern Indiana. Human-Wildlife Conflicts

Retamosa, M. I., L. A. Humberg, J. C. Beasley, and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. In Review. 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. Journal of Mammalogy

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.