OUR RESEARCH
Anthropogenic stressors (e.g., climate change, habitat fragmentation, and pollution) are causing the first human-caused mass extinction event and widespread destruction of ecosystems across the globe. But we can reverse the damage caused by anthropogenic stressors by taking action through research and conservation management. Therefore, our research focuses on understanding the effects of anthropogenic stressors on adaptive life history and behavioral strategies that impact individual and population level fitness. In addition, we study and develop conservation management strategies to mitigate the impacts of these anthropogenic stressors on wildlife and the environment.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Our philosophy is to conduct collaborative, interdisciplinary research in both the field and the laboratory that will have direct implications for improving environmental quality and the conservation of species of concern and their natural habitat.
Lab news
2022
For more news on our team, see the Lab News site!
- Congratulations to team member Maxwell Martell who graduates this semester!
- Congratulations to PI Liz Peterson who presented at the Prairie Dog Coexistence Clinic and the Women at Work Symposium at the annual Wildlife Society Conference.
- Great job to the entire team for presenting their research at the annual College of STEM Student Research Symposium!
- Congratulations to team members Sara Colby, Maxwell Martell and Izabella Sheppard who received scholarships from CSU Pueblo!
- Great job to team member Adam Liao, who presented his thesis research to Colorado Department of Transportation and Colorado Parks and Wildlife!
- Congratulations to team member Klow Si, who graduated this summer with a BS in Wildlife & Natural Resources!
- First trap week of the season is a big success! 45 prairie dogs saved and moved to a protected conservation area! Great job team!
- Congratulations to team members Sara Colby, Adam Liao, Izabella Sheppard, and Klow Si for successfully attending and presenting their research at this years NACCB 2022 Conference in Reno! Great job everyone!
- Congratulations to team member Klow Si, who won the Allen E. Anderson Award for Outstanding Wildlife Undergraduate Student from the Colorado Chapter of the Wildlife Society!
- Congratulations to team member Noah Robison (B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2021) who is now working for the Student Conservation Society and USFWS!
- Congratulations to team member Gabby Hall, who graduates this May and moves onto a position with CPW!
- Welcome to our new team member Maxwell Martell!
- Congratulations to team member Samantha Ulrich (B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2021) who is now working in a GS5 position in Oregon!
- A warm welcome to new team members Gaby Johnson, Cirilo Mejia, and Therese Yates!
- Welcome back CSU-Pueblo students and the entire research team!
For more news on our team, see the Lab News site!
Contact
For more information about our research, contact Dr. Elizabeth Peterson (Principal Investigator) at elizabeth.peterson@csupueblo.edu or elizabethkpeterson@gmail.com