Eric Bergman - Wildlife Researcher  Printer friendly version Printer friendly version
Education

MSc Fish and Wildlife Management, Montana State University, 2003, Thesis, ‘Assessment of prey vulnerability through analysis of wolf movement and kill sites’; B.A. Biology, St. Olaf College, 1999; Currently pursuing Ph.D. in Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, 2012 (expected completion date).
Current and Recent Positions


Wildlife Researcher, 2003 to present, Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Current or Recent Research Projects


Evaluation of winter range habitat treatments on over-winter survival and body condition of mule deer, Uncompahgre Plateau, 2004 to present.
Areas of Interest, Expertise


Population ecology of ungulates (mule deer, elk, moose and bighorn sheep); ungulate/habitat relationships; harvest management; population and behavioral dynamics of predator-prey system and models, animal movement
Awards and Professional Activities


The Wildlife Society, 2000 to present.

The Colorado Chapter of The Wildlife Society, 2003 to present.

Central Mountains and Plains Section of The Wildlife Society, 2004 to present.

Selected Publications


Bishop, C.J., C.R. Anderson, D.P. Walsh, E.J. Bergman, P. Kuechle, and J. Roth.  2011.  Effectiveness of a redesigned vaginal implant transmitter in mule deer.  Journal of Wildlife Management 75:1797-1806.

Bergman, E.J., B.E. Watkins, C.J. Bishop, P.M. Lukacs, and M. Lloyd.  2011.  Biological and socio-economic effects of statewide limitation of deer licenses in Colorado.  Journal of Wildlife Management 75:1443-1452.

Becker, M.S., R.A. Garrott, P.J. White, R. Jaffe, J.J. Borkowski, C.N. Gower, and E.J. Bergman.  2009.  Wolf kill rates: predictably variable? in The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone: sixteen years of integrated field studies, Garrott, R.A., P.J. White and F.G.R. Watson (eds.), Academic Press, New York.

Becker, M.S., R.A. Garrott, P.J. White, C.N. Gower, E.J. Bergman, and R. Jaffe.  2009.  Wolf prey selection in an elk-bison system: choice or circumstance? in The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone: sixteen years of integrated field studies, Garrott, R.A., P.J. White and F.G.R. Watson (eds.), Academic Press, New York.

Watkins, B.E., C.J. Bishop, E.J. Bergman, A. Bronson, B. Hale, B.F. Wakeling, L.H. Carpenter, and D.W. Lutz.  2007.  Habitat guidelines for mule deer: Colorado Plateau shrubland and forest ecoregion.  Mule Deer Working Group, Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

Bergman, E.J., R.A. Garrott, S. Creel, R. Jaffe, and F.G.R. Watson.  2005.  Assessment of prey vulnerability through analysis of wolf movements and kill sites.  Ecological Applications 16:273-284.

Garrott, R.A., J.A. Gude, E.J. Bergman, C. Gower, P.J. White, and K.L. Hamlin.  2005.  Generalizing wolf effects across the Greater Yellowstone Area: a cautionary note.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 33:1245-1255.


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