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Erin E. Boydston, Ph.D.
Research Ecologist

WESTERN ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER
U.S.G.S.-Biological Resources Division
320 Commerce Drive
Suite 150
Irvine, CA 92602
(714) 508-4704

eboydston@usgs.gov

Erin Boydston
EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. 2001 Zoology/Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, Michigan State University
  • B.S. 1991 Zoology, Duke University

    • 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
  • Distributions of carnivores in Nevada and the Great Basin
  • Wildlife-human conflicts

    • PUBLICATIONS

    Boydston, E. E., Kapheim, K. M., Van Horn, R. C., Smale, L. & Holekamp, K. E. In press. Sexually dimorphic patterns of space use throughout ontogeny in the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) Journal of Zoology.


    Boydston, E. E. and López González, C. A.. In press. Sexual differentiation in the distribution potential of northern jaguars (Panthera onca). In: Connecting Mountain Islands and Desert Seas, Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Research and Resource Management in the Southwestern Deserts, and Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago II. Lane Eskew (ed.). U. S. Forest Service. Tucson, AZ.


    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.


    Boydston, E. E., Kapheim, K. M., Szykman, M. & Holekamp, K. E. 2003. Individual variation in space use by female spotted hyenas. Journal of Mammalogy, 84: 1006-1018.


    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.


    Holekamp, K. E., Boydston, E. E. & Smale, L. 2000. Group travel in social carnivores. In: On the Move: How and Why Animals Travel in Groups. S. Boinski & P. Garber (eds.). Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, pp. 587-627.


    Boydston, E. E. & Holekamp, K. E. 2000. Applications of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to hyena conservation. I.U.C.N. Hyaena Specialist Group Newsletter, 7: 24-27.


    Holekamp, K. E., Boydston, E. E., Szykman, M., Graham, I., Nutt, K. J., Birch, S., Piskiel, A. & Singh, M. 1999. Vocal recognition in the spotted hyena and its possible implications regarding the evolution of intelligence. Animal Behaviour, 58: 383-395.


    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.

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