Assistant Professor Brett Jesmer /
Current page: Assistant Professor Brett Jesmer
Brett Jesmer
brettjesmer@vt.edu
Ph.D., University of Wyoming, Laramie (2018)
B.S., State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry (2006)
A.A.S, State University of New York (2003)
Behavioral ecology, animal movement, nutritional ecology, demography, conservation and management of mammals
Movement Ecology
Cultural transmission and evolution of ungulate knowledge
COVID-19 Biologging Initiative: Using the Anthropause to understand human-wildlife interactions
Using animal tracking to move community ecology and global conservation planning
The scale-dependent niche: patterns and processes of environmental niches across spatial grains and levels of biological organization
Peer-Reviewed Publications (*mentee; manuscript number provided for those in review)
Stuber, E., *B. Carlson, and B. R. Jesmer. In Review. Spatial dimensions of animal personality: implications for population and community ecology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biology. RSPB-2020-1436
*Esmaeili, S., B. R. Jesmer et al. (38 authors). In Review. Body size and digestive system shape resource selection by ungulates: a global test of the Forage Maturation Hypothesis. Ecology Letters. ELE-00479-2020
Jesmer B. R., M. J. Kauffman, S. Kilpatrick, K. L. Monteith, T. Thomas, J. Yost, and J. R. Goheen. In Press. Life history theory provides a framework for detecting resource limitation: a test of the Nutritional Buffer Hypothesis. Ecological Applications. EAP20-0076
Jesmer B. R., M. J. Kauffman, M. A. Murphy, and J. R. Goheen. In Press. A test of the Niche Variation Hypothesis in a ruminant herbivore. Journal of Animal Ecology. JAE-2019-00872
DeCesare, N., K. Pilgrim, B. Weckworth, A. Walker, E. Bergman, K. Colson, R. Corrigan, R. Harris, M. Hebblewhite, B. R. Jesmer, J. Newby, J. Smith, R. Tether, T. Thomas, and M. K. Schwartz. 2019. Phylogeography of a range edge subspecies: is there such thing as Shiras moose? Journal of Mammalogy. 101(1): 10-23.
Billerman, S. M., B. R. Jesmer, A. G. Watts, P. Schlichting, M. J. Fortin, C. Funk, P. Hapeman, E. L. Muths, and M. A. Murphy. 2019. Testing theoretical metapopulation conditions with genotypic data from Boreal Chorus Frogs (Pseudacris maculata). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 97: 1042–1053
Alston, J. M., B. M. Maitland, B. T. Britto, S. Esmaeili, A. T. Ford, B. Hays, B. R. Jesmer, F. J. Molina, and J. R. Goheen. 2019. Reciprocity in restoration ecology: when might large carnivore reintroductions restore ecosystems? Biological Conservation. 234: 82-89
Jesmer, B. R., J. A. Merkle, J. R. Goheen, E. O. Aikens, D. E. McWhirter, A. B. Courtemanch, M. A. Hurley, H. M. Miyasaki, K. L. Monteith, J. L. Beck, and M. J. Kauffman. 2018. Is ungulate migration culturally transmitted? Evidence of social learning from translocated animals. Science. 361(6406): 1023-1025.
Jachowski, D. S., M. J. Kauffman, B. R. Jesmer, H. Sawyer, J. J. Millspaugh. 2018. Integrating physiological stress into the movement ecology of migratory ungulates: a spatial analysis with mule deer. Conservation Physiology. 6(1): 54-64.
Jesmer, B. R., J. R. Goheen, K. L. Monteith, and M. J. Kauffman. 2017. State-dependent behavior alters endocrine-energy relationship: implications for conservation and management. Ecological Applications. 27(8): 2303-2312.
Sikes, R. S., J. A. Bryan, D. Byman, B. J. Danielson, J. Eggleston, M. R. Gannon, W. L. Gannon, D. W. Hale, B. R. Jesmer, D. K. Odell, L. E. Olson, R. D. Stevens, T. A. Thompson, R. M. Timm, S. A. Trewhitt, J. R. Willoughby. 2016. Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research and education. Journal of Mammalogy 97(3): 663-688
Watts, A. G., P. Schlichting, S. Billerman, B. R. Jesmer, S. Micheletti, M.-J. Fortin, C. Funk, P. Hapeman, E. L. Muths, and M. A. Murphy. 2015. How spatio-temporal habitat connectivity affects amphibian genetic structure. Frontiers in Genetics 6:275.
Kelt, D. A., D. H. Van Vuren, M. L. Johnson, J. A. Wilson, R. J. Innes, B. R. Jesmer, K. P. Ingram, J. R. Smith, S. W. Bigelow, and R. D. Burnett. 2013. Small mammals exhibit limited spatiotemporal structure in Sierra Nevada forests. Journal of Mammalogy 94:1197-1213.
Jesmer, B. R., D. H. Van Vuren, J. A. Wilson, D. A. Kelt, and M. L. Johnson. 2011. Spatial organization in female golden-mantled ground squirrels. The American Midland Naturalist 165:162-168.