John G. Kie, Ph.D.
Research
Professor
kiejohn@isu.edu
(208) 282-5186
Room 204 Gale Life Sciences Bldg
Curriculum Vitae
Ecology and management of mule deer, elk, moose, and other large mammals; landscape ecology; effects of landscape structure on the movements and distributions of animals.
Education
Ph.D., 1977, University of California, Berkeley; 1977.
M.S., 1973, University of California, Berkeley; 1973.
B.S., 1972, University of California, Berkeley; 1972.
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Kie is currently serving as a Research Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences as part of a long-term personnel assignment from The U. S. Forest Service. His research interests include landscape ecology and the ecology and management of large mammals such as elk, deer, and moose. He has a particular interest in modeling animal movements as a way to explore their effects on ecosystems. He has won a number of professional awards including: Olof C. Wallmo Award from the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies in recognition of outstanding contributions to knowledge and improved management of mule and black-tailed deer, the Arthur S. Einarsen Professional of the Year Award from the Northwest Section of The Wildlife Society, and the Raymond F. Dasmann Professional of the Year Award from the Western Section of The Wildlife Society. Dr. Kie is also an avid sailor and SCUBA diver, and enjoys spending time in the field each fall hunting upland game birds with his Labrador retrievers.
Teaching
Vertebrate Landscape Ecology (spring, even-numbered years)
Ecological Modeling (spring, odd-numbered years)
Readings in Vertebrate Ecology (spring)
Selected Publications
Bowyer, R. Terry., and John G. Kie. 2006. Effects of scale on interpreting life-history characteristics of ungulates and carnivores. Diversity and Distributions 12:244-257.
Nicholson, Matthew C., R. Terry Bowyer, and John .G. Kie. 2006. Forage selection by mule deer: does niche breadth increase with population density? Journal of Zoology 269:39-49.
Stewart, Kelley M., R. Terry Bowyer, Brian L. Dick, Bruce K. Johnson, and John G. Kie. 2005. Density-dependent effects on physical condition and reproduction in North American elk: an experimental test. Oecologia 143:85-93.
Kie, John G., Alan A. Ager, and R. Terry Bowyer. 2005. Landscape-level movements of North American elk (Cervus elaphus): effects of habitat patch structure and topography. Landscape Ecology 20:289-300.
Naylor, Leslie, and John G. Kie. 2004. Monitoring activity of Rocky Mountain elk using recording accelerometers. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32:1108-1113.
Preisler, Haiganoush K., Alan A. Ager, Bruce K. Johnson, and John G. Kie. 2004. Modeling wildlife movements using stochastic differential equations. Environmetrics 15:643-657.
Bowyer, R. Terry, and John G. Kie. 2004. Effects of foraging activity on sexual segregation in mule deer. Journal of Mammalogy 85:498-504.
Brillinger, David R., Haiganoush K. Preisler, Alan A. Ager, and John G. Kie. 2004. An exploratory data analysis (EDA) of the paths of moving animals. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 122:43-63.
Kie, John G., R. Terry Bowyer, and Kelley M. Stewart. 2003. Ungulates in western forests: habitat requirements, population dynamics, and ecosystem processes. Pages 296-340 In C. J. Zabel and R. G. Anthony, editors. Mammal community dynamics: management and conservation in the coniferous forests of western North America. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Ager, Alan A., Bruce K. Johnson, John W. Kern, and John G. Kie. 2003. Daily and seasonal movements and habitat use by female Rocky Mountain elk and mule deer. Journal of Mammalogy 84:1076-1088.
Stewart, Kelly M., R. Terry Bowyer, John G. Kie, Brian L. Dick, and Merav Ben-David. 2003. Niche partitioning among elk, mule deer, and cattle: do stable isotopes reflect dietary niche? Ecoscience 10:297-302.
Brillinger, David R., Haiganoush K. Preisler, Alan A. Ager, John G. Kie, and Brent S. Stewart. 2002. Employing stochastic differential equations to model wildlife motion. Bulletin of the Brazilian Mathematical Society 33:385-408.
Noyes, James H., Bruce K. Johnson, Brian L. Dick, and John G. Kie. 2002. Effects of male age and female nutritional condition on elk reproduction. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:1301-1307.
Bowyer, R. Terry, Kelley M. Stewart, Scott A. Wolfe, Gail M. Blundell, Karin L. Lehmkuhl, Phillip J. Joy, Thomas J. McDonough, and John G. Kie. 2002. Assessing sexual segregation in deer. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:536-544.
Stewart, Kelley M., R. Terry Bowyer, John G. Kie, Norman J. Cimon, and Bruce K. Johnson. 2002. Temporospatial distributions of elk, mule deer, and cattle: resource partitioning and competitive displacement. Journal of Mammalogy 83:229-244.