Kevin Shoemaker

Associate Professor, Applied Population Ecology

Department: Natural Resources & Environmental Science
Office: 775-682-7449
Fax: 775-784-4227
Email: kevinshoemaker@unr.edu
Building: FA
Room: 220e
Mailstop: 186
Website: Shoemaker Lab
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Summary

Broadly, I'm interested in coupling ecological data (e.g., census records, mark-recapture data, remote sensing) with simulation models, statistics and machine learning to support evidence-based conservation and wildlife management.

Teaching

Education

B.S., Haverford College, 2000
M.S., State University of New York, 2007
Ph.D., State University of New York, 2011

Publications

Book Chapter(s)

Habitat manipulation as a viable conservation strategy.

2009

Pp. 221–243 in (S.J. Mullin and R.J. Seigel, eds.) Snakes: Applied Ecology and Conservation. Cornell Univ. Press.

Shoemaker, K.T., G. Johnson and K.A. Prior.

Journals

A big data–model integration approach for predicting epizootics and population recovery in a keystone species

2023

Ecological Applications, 33(4), e2827

Barrile, G. M., Augustine, D. J., Porensky, L. M., Duchardt, C. J., Shoemaker, K. T., Hartway, C. R., Derner, J. D., Hunter, E. A., & Davidson, A. D.

Changes in selection of resources with reproductive state in a montane ungulate.

2023

Movement Ecology 11, 20

Blum, M.E., Stewart, K.M., Shoemaker, K.T. et al.

Detection of Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 in the Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) in Nevada, USA.

2023

Journal of wildlife diseases, 59(2), 342–346

Crowell, M., LaHue, N., Heath, E., Shoemaker, K., & Matocq, M.

Determining sources of reactive mercury compounds in Reno, Nevada, United States.

2023

Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry, 4, 1202957

Gustin, M. S., M., S., Choma, N., Shoemaker, K. T., & Allen, N.

Improved topographic ruggedness indices more accurately model fine-scale ecological patterns.

2023

Landscape Ecology, 38, 1395–1410

Dilts, T.E., Blum, M.E., Shoemaker, K.T. et al.

Integrating multiple sign types to improve occupancy estimation for inconspicuous species.

2023

Ecology and Evolution, 13(5), e10019

Goldman, M. R., Shinderman, M., Jeffress, M. R., Rodhouse, T. J., & Shoemaker, K. T.

Pygmy rabbit habitat network reveals threats and opportunities for management and conservation.

2023

Landscape Ecology, Volume 38, pages 1971–1989

Dilts, Thomas E.; Zeller, Katherine A.; Cushman, Samuel A.; Larrucea, Eveline S.; Crowell, Miranda M.; Byer, Nathan W.; Shoemaker, Kevin T.; Matocq, Marjorie D.

Simulated effects of roadkill and harvest on the viability of a recovering bobcat population

2023

The Journal of Wildlife Management, 87(7), e22460

Dyck, M. A., Shoemaker, K. T., Dennison, C. C., & Popescu, V. D.

Testosterone identifies hatchling sex for Mojave desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii)

2023

Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1-13

Walden, M. A., Loope, K. J., Hunter, E. A., Divers, S. J., Comolli, J. R., Esque, T. C., & Shoemaker, K. T.

Variation in diet of desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni): Tradeoffs associated with parturition

2023

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 1071771

Blum, M. E., Stewart, K. M., Cox, M., Shoemaker, K. T., Bennett, J. R., Sullivan, B. W., Wakeling, B. F., & Bleich, V. C.

A comparison of non-surgical methods for sexing young gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus), PeerJ. 10 (2022) e13599.

2022

PeerJ . 2022 Jun 14;10:e13599

K.J. Loope, D.C. Rostal, M.A. Walden, K.T. Shoemaker, E.A. Hunter

Variation in diet of desert bighorn sheep: tradeoffs associated with parturition

2022

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10 (2023) 14

M.E. Blum, K.M. Stewart, M. Cox, K.T. Shoemaker, J.R. Bennett, B.W. Sullivan, B.F. Wakeling, V.C. Bleich

Distinct White Facial-Fur Patterns Of Deer Mouse (Peromyscus Maniculatus) Populations In Northern Nevada.

2021

Northwestern Naturalist, 102(3), 254–257

Miles, D. C., Burrus, K. R., & Shoemaker, K. T.

Effects of human-altered landscapes on a reintroduced ungulate: Patterns of habitat selection at the rangeland-wildland interface.

2021

Biological Conservation Volume 257, 109086

Hughey, L. F., Shoemaker, K. T., Stewart, K. M., McCauley, D. J., & Cushman, J. H.

Inferring Movements and Staging Locations for Canvasbacks Using Light-Level Geolocators.

2021

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (2021) 12 (2): 308–321

Cook, N. A., Nicolai, C. A., & Shoemaker, K. T.

Integrating Multiple Survey Techniques to Document a Shifting Bat Community in the Wake of White-Nose Syndrome.

2021

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (2021) 12 (2): 395–411

Reynolds, D. S., Shoemaker, K., von, O., Susi, Najjar, S., Veilleux, J. P., & Moosman, P. R.

Integrating telemetry data at several scales with spatial capture-recapture to improve density estimates.

2021

ECOSPHERE, 12(8)

Mitchell, C. I., Shoemaker, K. T., Esque, T. C., Vandergast, A. G., Hromada, S. J., Dutcher, K. E., … Nussear, K. E.

First Records of California Kangaroo Rats, Dipodomys californicus, in Nevada.

2020

Northwestern Naturalist 101(1):61-63

Miles, D. C., Burrus, K., Shoemaker, K. T.

Ideal conditions for increased trapping success of pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis) across the Great Basin

2020

Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 101, Issue 6, December 2020, Pages 1736–1749

MM Crowell, KT Shoemaker, MD Matocq

Resource selection by female mule deer: tradeoffs associated with reproduction

2020

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Invited)

Heffelfinger, L.J., Stewart, K.M., Shoemaker, K.T., Darby, N.W., Bleich, V.C.

Seeking compromise across competing goals in conservation translocations: The case of the “extinct” Floreana Island Galapagos giant tortoise.

2019

Journal of Applied Ecology

Hunter, E. A., Gibbs, J. P., Cayot, L. J., Tapia, W., Quinzin, M. C., Caccone, A., Shoemaker, K. T.

Western red-tailed skink (Plestiodon gilberti rubricaudatus) distribution and habitat use in southern Nevada, USA.

2019

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Hall, D. B., Shoemaker, K. T., Gregor, P. D.

A machine-learning approach for extending classical wildlife resource selection analyses

2018

Ecol Evol. 2018;00:1–14.

Shoemaker KT, Heffelfinger LJ, Jackson NJ, Blum ME, Wasley T, Stewart KM

The sensitivity of snow ephemerality to warming climate across an arid to montane vegetation gradient

2018

Ecohydrology

Petersky R,, Shoemaker K.T., Weisberg P.J., Harpold A.

Geography of current and future global mammal extinction risk.

2017

PLOS-ONE

Davidson, A. D., Shoemaker, K. T., Weinstein, B., Costa, G., Brooks, T., Ceballos, G., Rondinini, C., Graham, C.

High Rates of Winter Activity and Arousals in Two New England Bat Species: Implications for a Reduced White-nose Syndrome Impact?

2017

Northeastern Naturalist 24(sp7):B188-B208.

Reynolds, D. S., Shoemaker, K. T., Von Oettingen, S., Najjar, S.

Demography of a Small and Isolated Population of Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus) Threatened by Vegetative Succession.

2016

Journal of Herpetology, 50, 534-540

Johnson, B. D., Gibbs, J. P., Shoemaker, K. T., Cohen, J. B.

Developing population models with data from marked individuals.

2016

Biological Conservation(197), 190-199

Ryu, H.-Y., Shoemaker, K. T., Kneip, E., Pidgeon, A. M., Heglund, P. J., Bateman, B. L., Akcakaya, H. R.

Manipulation of basking sites for endangered eastern massasauga rattlesnakes.

2016

The Journal of Wildlife Management(80), 803-811.

Johnson, B. D., Gibbs, J. P., Bell, T. A., Shoemaker, K. T.

Inferring the nature of anthropogenic threats from long-term abundance records.

2015

Conservation Biology 29:238–249.

Shoemaker, K.T. & Akçakaya, H.R.

Warning Times For Species Extinctions Due To Climate Change.

2015

Global Change Biology [doi: 10.1111/gcb.12721]

Stanton, J.C., Shoemaker, K.T., Pearson, R.G., & Akçakaya, H.R.

Disambiguating the Minimum Viable Population Concept: Response to Reed and McCoy.

2014

Conservation Biology 28:871-873.

Shoemaker, K.T., Breisch, A.R., Jaycox, J.W., & Gibbs, J.P.

Effects of prey metapopulation structure on the viability of black-footed ferrets in plague-impacted landscapes: a metamodelling approach.

2014

Journal of Applied Ecology 51: 735-745.

Shoemaker, K.T., Lacy, R.C., Verant, M.L., Brook, B.W., Livieri, T.M., Miller, P.S., Fordham, D.A., & Akçakaya, H.R.

Giant Tortoise Reintroduction to Española Island, Galapagos: Demographic Outcomes and Ecosystem Implications.

2014

PLoS ONE. [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110742]

Gibbs, J.P, Shoemaker, K.T., Hunter, E.A., Cayot, L., & Tapia, W.

Genetic Connectivity Among Populations of the Threatened Bog Turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) and the Need for a Regional Approach to Turtle Conservation.

2013

Copeia 2013:324-331.

Shoemaker, K.T., and J.P. Gibbs.

Evaluating basking-habitat deficiency in the threatened eastern massasauga rattlesnake.

2010

Journal of Wildlife Management 74:504-513.

Shoemaker, K.T., and J.P. Gibbs.

Presentations

Landscape Genetics of the Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) across the Sagebrush Sea of the Great Basin.

2019

American Fisheries Society & The Wildlife Society

M Matocq, TE Dilts, E Larrucea, P Weisberg, M Crowell, KT Shoemaker

Technical Publication

The Nature of Diversity: diversity builds resiliency – in the wild and in the workplace – but it isn’t easy.

2019

The Wildlife Professional.

Wakeling, B. F., VanDellen, A., Shoemaker, K. T., Gritts, M., Tull, J. C., Stewart, K.