Christine Ribic, Ph.D.

Biography

Only Christine's five most recent publications are shown here. For more information about Christine, including a full publications list, visit her profile page on the Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit web site.

Christine also can be reached at her University of Wisconsin email address: caribic@facstaff.wisc.edu

Education

Ph D University of Minnesota 1984
MS University of Minnesota 1983
MS University of Minnesota 1980
BS Colorado State University 1976

Research Interests

Conservation of grassland vertebrates in working agricultural landscapes
Alternative energy production
Global climate change
Large-scale monitoring programs

Teaching Interests

Spatial ecology
Metapopulations
Landscape ecology

Science and Products

Publications

Pre-USGS Publications

The Moquah Barrens Research Natural Area: loss of a pine barrens ecosystem

Ribic, C.A., D.J. Rugg, D.M. Donner, A.J. Beck, and BJ Byers. 2016. The Moquah Barrens Research Natural Area: loss of a pine barrens ecosystem. USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station General Technical Report NRS-161.

Avoidance of unconventional oil wells and roads exacerbates habitat loss for grassland birds in the North American Great Plains

Thompson, S.J., D.H. Johnson, N.D. Niemuth, and C.A. Ribic. 2015. Avoidance of unconventional oil wells and roads exacerbates habitat loss for grassland birds in the North American Great Plains. Biological Conservation 192: 82-90.

Strategic Grassland Bird Conservation throughout the annual cycle: Linking policy alternatives, landowner decisions, and...

Drum, R. G., C.A. Ribic, K. Koch, E. Lonsdorf, E. Grant, M. Alhering, L. Barnhill, T. Daily, S. Lor, C. Mueller, D. Pavlecky, C. Rideout, and D. Sample. 2015. Strategic Grassland Bird Conservation throughout the annual cycle: Linking policy alternatives, landowner decisions, and biological population outcomes. PLoS ONE DOI: 10.1371/ journal.pone.0142525.

Woodland pond salamander abundance in relation to forest management and environmental conditions in northern Wisconsin

Donner, D.M., C.A. Ribic, A.J. Beck, D. Higgins, D. Eklund, and S. Reinecke. 2015. Woodland pond salamander abundance in relation to forest management and environmental conditions in northern Wisconsin. Journal of North American Herpetology 2015(1): 34-42.

Determining candidates for climate change management action: a case study from Wisconsin

LeDee, O.E. and C.A. Ribic. 2015. Determining candidates for climate change management action: a case study from Wisconsin. Journal of Conservation Planning 11:1-12.