Researcher surveying for wolves in Idaho. Gray wolves play a significant role in local economies by attracting tourists and maintaining health ecosystems, which benefits hunting, fishing, and outdoor enthusiasts.
David Ausband, PhD
Assistant Unit Leader - Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Dave joined ther Idaho Unit in 2018. He began his research career studying snowshoe hares and carnivore reintroductions such as those for swift foxes and gray wolves in the western U.S. Currently, his research program focuses largely on carnivore ecology, management, and conservation. Additionally, when sought out by collaborators, he conducts research on various topics of pressing management needs. He collaborates widely with state, federal, and tribal wildlife agencies on research that provides both applied and basic inferences. Additionally, he provides research leadership by maintaining a long-term research program on gray wolves whose questions encompass the behavioral ecology of cooperative breeders, harvest management, population monitoring, and population ecology. David teaches graduate courses in Advanced Fish and Wildlife Management and Science Communication.
David received his Msc and PhD from the University of Montana and was a Senior Wildlife Research Biologist for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
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Researcher surveying for wolves in Idaho
Researcher surveying for wolves in Idaho. Gray wolves play a significant role in local economies by attracting tourists and maintaining health ecosystems, which benefits hunting, fishing, and outdoor enthusiasts.
Researcher surveying for wolves in Idaho
Researcher surveying for gray wolves in Idaho. Gray wolves play a significant role in local economies by attracting tourists and maintaining health ecosystems, which benefits hunting, fishing, and outdoor enthusiasts.
Researcher surveying for gray wolves in Idaho. Gray wolves play a significant role in local economies by attracting tourists and maintaining health ecosystems, which benefits hunting, fishing, and outdoor enthusiasts.
Gray wolf pups
Much of the scientific results showing how hunting affects gray wolf (Canis lupus) populations is from the core of the species range in Canada and Alaska, where populations are connected and robust, and wolves are numerous. Less is known about how hunting and trapping might affect wolves in smaller populations such as those found in the Rockies.
Much of the scientific results showing how hunting affects gray wolf (Canis lupus) populations is from the core of the species range in Canada and Alaska, where populations are connected and robust, and wolves are numerous. Less is known about how hunting and trapping might affect wolves in smaller populations such as those found in the Rockies.
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Researcher surveying for wolves in Idaho
Researcher surveying for wolves in Idaho. Gray wolves play a significant role in local economies by attracting tourists and maintaining health ecosystems, which benefits hunting, fishing, and outdoor enthusiasts.
Researcher surveying for wolves in Idaho. Gray wolves play a significant role in local economies by attracting tourists and maintaining health ecosystems, which benefits hunting, fishing, and outdoor enthusiasts.
Researcher surveying for wolves in Idaho
Researcher surveying for gray wolves in Idaho. Gray wolves play a significant role in local economies by attracting tourists and maintaining health ecosystems, which benefits hunting, fishing, and outdoor enthusiasts.
Researcher surveying for gray wolves in Idaho. Gray wolves play a significant role in local economies by attracting tourists and maintaining health ecosystems, which benefits hunting, fishing, and outdoor enthusiasts.
Gray wolf pups
Much of the scientific results showing how hunting affects gray wolf (Canis lupus) populations is from the core of the species range in Canada and Alaska, where populations are connected and robust, and wolves are numerous. Less is known about how hunting and trapping might affect wolves in smaller populations such as those found in the Rockies.
Much of the scientific results showing how hunting affects gray wolf (Canis lupus) populations is from the core of the species range in Canada and Alaska, where populations are connected and robust, and wolves are numerous. Less is known about how hunting and trapping might affect wolves in smaller populations such as those found in the Rockies.