Dr. Ferguson’s lab uses statistical models and stakeholder input to study fish and wildlife populations and support natural resource decision making.
Some specific projects are described below.
- Modeling infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus transmission pathways in Columbia River Basin salmon
- Using Bayesian hierarchical models to quantify effects of land use and land cover at multiple spatial scales on bird occupancy in a southern Appalachian region
- Evaluating private forest management with a Bayesian decision network to identify management options that fulfill landowners’ competing objectives
- Evaluating methods to sample and estimate sea turtle bycatch by the pelagic longline fishery with a simulation model
