kevin shoemaker

Kevin Shoemaker

Associate Professor, Applied Population Ecology

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

Recovery of a Blanding's Turtle Population through Nest Protection and Headstarting

2024

Northeastern Naturalist, 31(sp12):E25-E42 (2024)

McElroy, C.L., Windmiller, B., Berkholtz, J., Wilder, E.R., Welch, J.F., Shoemaker, K.T., and Kamm, M.D.

Our population estimates and trapping data support the conclusion that headstarting has greatly augmented the regionally significant population of the Emydoidea blandingii (Blanding's Turtle) at Great...

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.

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

Professional Papers

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.