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Erin Boydston

   Research Ecologist

Erin Boydston
Santa Monica Mountains Field Station
401 West Hillcrest Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Phone: (805) 370-2362
Fax: (805) 370-1851
Email: eboydston@usgs.gov 		Erin Boydston
Bio
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Behavior of carnivores and social mammals
  • Effects of land-use and human activities on carnivores
  • GIS and remote sensing applications to conservation of mammals
  • Wildlife-human conflicts

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D., Zoology / Ecology, Michigan State University 2001
  • B.S., Zoology, Duke University 1991

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Research Ecologist, USGS BRD Western Ecological Research Center, Present
All Products
Journal_Article
2013 Tracey, JA, J Zhu, E Boydston, L Lyren, RN Fisher, KR Crooks. 2013. Mapping behavioral landscapes for animal movement: A finite mixture modeling approach. Ecological Applications 23(3): 654-669. doi: 10.1890/12-0687.1 [Journal_Article]
2012 Ruell, E. W., Riley, S. P. D., Douglas, M. R., Antolin, M. F., Pollinger, J. P., Tracey, J. A., Lyren, L. M., Boydston, E. E., Fisher, R. N., & Crooks, K. R. (2012). Urban habitat fragmentation and genetic population structure of bobcats in coastal southern California. American Midland Naturalist, 168, 265-280. [Journal_Article]
2012 Lee, JS, EW Ruell, EE Boydston, LM Lyren, RS Alonso, JL Troyer, KR Crooks, S VandeWoude. 2012. Gene flow and pathogen transmission among bobcats (Lynx rufus) in a fragmented urban landscape. Molecular Ecology, 21, 1617-1631 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05493.x [Journal_Article]
2012 Bevins, SN, S Carver, EE Boydston, LM Lyren, M Alldredge, KA Logan, SPD Riley, RN Fisher, TW Vickers, W Boyce, M Salman, MR Lappin, KR Crooks, S VandeWoude. 2012. Three pathogens in sympatric populations of pumas, bobcats, and domestic cats: implications for infections disease transmission. PLoS ONE 7(2): e31403. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031403 [Journal_Article]
2010 Ordeñana, M.A., K.R. Crooks, E.E. Boydston, R.N. Fisher, L.M. Lyren, S. Siudyla, C.D. Haas, S. Harris, S.A. Hathaway, G.M. Turschak, A.K. Miles, and D.H. Van Vuren. 2010. Effects of urbanization on carnivore species distribution and richness. Journal of Mammalogy.  91:1322-1331 [Journal_Article]
2010 Burdett, Christopher L., Kevin R. Crooks, David M. Theobald, Kenneth R. Wilson, Erin E. Boydston, Lisa M. Lyren, Robert N. Fisher, T. Winston Vickers, Scott A. Morrison, and Walter M. Boyce. 2010. Interfacing models of wildlife habitat and human development to predict the future distribution of puma habitat. Ecosphere 1:art4. [doi:10.1890/ES10-00005.1] [Journal_Article]
2009 Bevins, S. N., J. A. Tracey, S. P. Franklin, V. L. Schmit, M. L. MacMillan, K.L. Gage, M E. Schriefer, K. A. Logan, L. L. Sweanor, M. W. Alldredge, C. Krumm, W. M. Boyce, W. Vickers, S. P. D. Riley, L. M. Lyren, E. E. Boydston, R. N. Fisher, M. E. Roelke, M. Salman, K. R. Crooks, and S. VandeWoude. 2009. Wild felids as hosts for human plague, Western United States. Emerging Infectious Diseases 15(12):2021-2024. [Journal_Article]
2007 Szykman M., Van Horn, R. C., Engh, A. L., Boydston, E. E., & Holekamp, K. E. 2007. Courtship and mating in free-living spotted hyenas. Behaviour 144: 815-846. [Journal_Article]
2006 Sacks, B. N., Ernest, H. B., & Boydston, E. E. 2006. San Francisco’s Golden Gate: a bridge between historically distinct coyote (Canis latrans) populations? Western North American Naturalist 66: 263-264. [Journal_Article]
2006 Boydston, E. E., Kapheim, K. M. & Holekamp, K. E. 2006. Patterns of den occupation by the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). African Journal of Ecology 44: 77-86. [Journal_Article]
2005 Boydston, E. E., Kapheim, K. M., Van Horn, R. C., Smale, L. & Holekamp, K. E. 2005. Sexually dimorphic patterns of space use throughout ontogeny in the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). Journal of Zoology 267: 271-281. [Journal_Article]
2003 Boydston, E. E., K. M. Kapheim, M. Szykman, and K. E. Holekamp. 2003. Individual variation in space use by female spotted hyenas. Journal of Mammalogy 84: 1006-1018. [Journal_Article]
2003 Szykman, M., A. L. Engh, R. C. Van Horn, E. E. Boydston, K. T. Scribner, and K. E. Holekamp. 2003. Rare male aggression directed toward females in a female-dominated society: baiting behavior in the spotted hyena. Aggressive Behavior 29: 457-474. [Journal_Article]
2003 Boydston, E. E., Kapheim, K. M., Watts, H. E., Szykman, M. & Holekamp, K. E. 2003. Altered behavior in spotted hyenas associated with increased human activity. Animal Conservation 6:207-219. [Journal_Article]
2001 Boydston, E. E., Morelli, T. L. & Holekamp, K. E. 2001. Sex differences in territorial behavior exhibited by the spotted hyena (Hyaenidae, Crocuta crocuta). Ethology, 107: 369-385 [Journal_Article]
2000 Boydston, E. E. and K. E. Holekamp. 2000. Applications of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to hyena conservation. I.U.C.N. Hyaena Specialist Group Newsletter 7:24-27. [Journal_Article]
1999 Holekamp, K. E., Boydston, E. E., Szykman, S., Graham, I., Nutt, K., Birch, S., Piskiel, A., and M. Singh. 1999. Vocal recognition in the spotted hyaena and its possible implications regarding the evolution of intelligence. Animal Behaviour 58:383-395. [Journal_Article]
1999 Holekamp, K. E., Szykman, M., Boydston, E. E. & Smale, L. 1999. Association of seasonal reproductive patterns with changing food availability in an equatorial carnivore, the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 116: 87-93. [Journal_Article]
Popular_PublicationTechnical_Report
2009 Haas, C. D., L. M. Lyren, and E. E. Boydston. 2009. Evaluation of Functional Connectivity for Medium to Large-bodied Carnivores and Mule Deer across CA-241 and Santiago Canyon Road in the North Irvine Ranch, Orange County, California. Evaluation Summary, 90 pp. [Technical_Report]
2006 Lyren, L. M., G. M. Turschak, E. S. Ambat, C. D. Haas, J. A. Tracey, E. E. Boydston, S. A. Hathaway, R. N. Fisher, and K. R. Crooks. 2006. Carnivore activity and movement in a Southern California protected area, the North/Central Irvine Ranch. U.S. Geological Survey Technical Report, 115 p. [Technical_Report]
2005 Boydston, E. E. 2005. Behavior, ecology, and detection surveys of mammalian carnivores in the Presidio. Final Report. U. S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA. 80 pp. [Technical_Report]
2003 Takekawa, J. Y., M. A. Bias, I. Woo, S. A. Demers, and E. E. Boydston. 2003. Small mammal survey at Big Lagoon, Muir Beach, Marin County, CA. Unpubl. Progr. Rep., U. S. Geological Survey, Vallejo, CA. 25pp. [Technical_Report]
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