David Drake

Current research

• Wisconsin elk project
• UW urban canid project
• Whooping cranes
• Mitigating wildlife hazards to Wisconsin’s general aviation airports
• Environmental cues for migration in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in the Great Lakes region
• Microsite Management for White-tailed Deer: Social and Ecological Consideration for Using Small Scale Management to Reach Landscape-level Goals
• Wildlife conservation in China
• Deer migration in the Great Lakes Region
• Large Mammal Distributions Relative to Human Settlements Bordering an Important Protected Area in Borneo
• Habitat and population connectivity of Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) in Nepal’s Community Forests
• Age structure effects and population control in urban/suburban white-tailed deer
• Wildlife occupancy dynamics on the Apostle Islands

Completed projects

• Spatiotemporal activity patterns of the carnivore community of Lake Superior’s Apostle Islands
• Wolf survival and population dynamics in the Great Lakes region
• Adult deer survival patterns in contrasting Wisconsin landscapes
• Deer fawn survival in Wisconsin
• Cougar predation habits in Wyoming
• Apostle Island Deer Populations in Wisconsin
• Flying squirrel nesting ecology
• Wolf damage deterrents in Wisconsin
• Black bear population dynamics in Wisconsin
• Wolf feeding habits in the Great Lakes region
• Coyote and fox ecology in Illinois
• Deer ecology and management in Illinois
• Sandhill crane population dynamics in central Wisconsin
• Hunter recruitment in Wisconsin
• Deer fawn dispersal patterns in contrasting Wisconsin landscapes
• Furbearer population status in northern Wisconsin
• Wolf ecology and monitoring in Wisconsin