Bob Klaver, PhD
Unit Leader - Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Bob is a Wildlife Biologist who moved to Iowa in January 2012 from the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. While at EROS, he worked in collaboration with faculty and students at South Dakota State University.
Previously, he was the regional GIS coordinator for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Portland, OR. He also served as a wildlife biologist on the Flathead Indian Reservation working with multiple species and coordinated wildlife activities with other resources like forestry and range management
Research Interests
Bob's research spans a wide variety of collaborative projects on multiple wildlife taxa, from birds to bears. Much of this work has integrated remote sensing data with population biology and habitat use and selection.
Teaching Interests
Bob will be teaching an analysis of habitat selection class Spring 2013. He has taught classes in the analysis of mark-recapture data.
Professional Experience
Unit Leader, Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 2012-
Education and Certifications
Ph D South Dakota State University 2001
MS University of Montana 1977
BS University of Montana 1974
BS Iowa State University 1971
Science and Products
Inferential consequences of modeling rather than measuring snow accumulation in studies of animal ecology
Animal migration amid shifting patterns of phenology and predation: Lessons from a Yellowstone elk herd
Rejoinder: Challenge and opportunity in the study of ungulate migration amid environmental change
Greater sage-grouse winter habitat use on the eastern edge of their range
Confounded winter and spring phenoclimatology on large herbivore ranges
Effects of plant phenology and vertical height on accuracy of radio-telemetry locations
Habitat, wildlife and one health: Arcanobacterium pyogenes in Maryland and Upper Eastern Shore white-tailed deer populations
A vectorial capacity product to monitor changing malaria transmission potential in epidemic regions of Africa
Timing and synchrony of births in bighorn sheep: implications for reintroduction and conservation
Spatial ecology of white-tailed deer fawns in the northern Great Plains: implications of loss of conservation reserve program grasslands
Spatial analysis of Northern Goshawk territories in the Black Hills, South Dakota
Microhabitat selection by bobcats in the badlands and Black Hills of South Dakota, USA: a comparison of Prairie and forested habitats
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Inferential consequences of modeling rather than measuring snow accumulation in studies of animal ecology
Animal migration amid shifting patterns of phenology and predation: Lessons from a Yellowstone elk herd
Rejoinder: Challenge and opportunity in the study of ungulate migration amid environmental change
Greater sage-grouse winter habitat use on the eastern edge of their range
Confounded winter and spring phenoclimatology on large herbivore ranges
Effects of plant phenology and vertical height on accuracy of radio-telemetry locations
Habitat, wildlife and one health: Arcanobacterium pyogenes in Maryland and Upper Eastern Shore white-tailed deer populations
A vectorial capacity product to monitor changing malaria transmission potential in epidemic regions of Africa
Timing and synchrony of births in bighorn sheep: implications for reintroduction and conservation
Spatial ecology of white-tailed deer fawns in the northern Great Plains: implications of loss of conservation reserve program grasslands
Spatial analysis of Northern Goshawk territories in the Black Hills, South Dakota
Microhabitat selection by bobcats in the badlands and Black Hills of South Dakota, USA: a comparison of Prairie and forested habitats
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.