Malcolm L. Hunter Jr., Ph.D.
 Office Address:Nutting Hall, Rm. 226 Mailing Address: Contact Information: Research Interests Research Projects Graduate Student Opportunities: Degrees: Oxford University, Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, D.Phil. (Zoology) University of Maine, B.S. (Wildlife Science) Courses Advanced Conservation Biology Conservation Biology Conservation Planning Tropical Ecology Introduction to Wildlife Conservation |
Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine
Libra Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Maine Fellow, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions Profile Dr. Hunter’s research experience covers a variety of ecosystems and organisms – birds, amphibians, insects, vascular plants, mammals, reptiles, lakes, peatlands, grasslands, and more – but his major focus is on forest ecosystems and the maintenance of their biological diversity. He is a member of two teams that study the interactions among vascular plants, amphibians, birds, and small mammals and their changes through time. He also works with forest ecosystems at a landscape scale studying the effects of forest management on amphibians, birds, and insects, and the implications of natural disturbance regimes, spatial distribution patterns, and other large-scale phenomena for forest management and reserve design. Dr. Hunter’s interests are geographically broad too: he has worked in 25 countries, mainly in Africa and the Himalayas. As a researcher and advisor he interacts with a broad spectrum of organizations such as the Society for Conservation Biology (serving as President from 2001-2003), the Nature Conservancy, and the U.S. Forest Service. Dr. Hunter’s work with SSI involved looking at how to maintain biodiversity and ecological integrity while using landscapes for human activities such as timber harvest and residential development. His research to date is creating a growing understanding of the habitat needs of certain sensitive species, that allows for creative thinking about how to accommodate those needs while still managing ecosystems for human welfare. Dr. Hunter expects this specific research to lead to the development of broader principles that have wide application to sustainable ecosystem management. Selected Publications K.A. Capps, R. Rancatti, N. Tomczyk, T. Parr, A. Calhoun, and M.L. Hunter, “Biogeochemical Hotspots in Forested Landscapes: The Role of Vernal Pools in Dentrification and Organic Matter Processing,” Ecosystems (in press). M.L Hunter, Jr., K.H. Redford, and D.B. Lindenmayer, “The Complementary Niches of Anthropocentric and Biocentric Conservationists,” Conservation Biology 28 (2014): 641-645. B.B. Cline and M.L. Hunter, “Juvenile Amphibians Discriminate Among Open-Canopy Habitats: An Experimental Investigation of Habitat Permeability,” Journal of Applied Ecology 51 (2014): 319-329. C. Colgan, M.L. Hunter, B. McGill, and A. Weiskittel, “Managing the Middle Ground: Forests in the Transition Zone Between Cities and Remote Areas,” Landscape Ecology 29 (2014): 1133-1143. A. Calhoun, J. Jansujwicz, M. Hunter, and K. Bell, “Improving Management of Small Natural Features on Private Lands by Negotiating the Science-Policy Boundary of Maine Vernal Pools,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (2014). A.J.K. Calhoun, J. Arrigoni, R.P. Brooks, M.L. Hunter, and S.C. Richter, “Creating Successful Vernal Pools: A Literature Review and Advice for Practitioners,” Wetlands (2014). N.Politi, L. Rivera, L. Lizárraga, M. Hunter, Jr., and G.E. DeFosse, “The Dichotomy Between Protection and Logging of an Endangered and Valuable Timber Species – Conservation of Amburana caerensis in Northwestern Argentina,” Oryx (2014). G. Wang, N.T. Hobbs, N.A. Slade, J.F. Merritt, L.L. Getz, M.L. Hunter, Jr., S.H. Vessey, J.W. Witham, and A. Guillaumet, “Comparative Population Dynamics of Large and Small Mammals in the Northern Hemisphere: Deterministic and Stochastic Forces,” Ecography 36 (2013): 439-446. N. Politi, M.L. Hunter, Jr., and L. Rivera, “Assessing the Effects of Selective Logging on Birds in Neotropical Piedmont and Cloud Montane Forest,” Biodiversity and Conservation 21 (2012): 3131-3155. S.P. Campbell, J.W. Witham, and M.L. Hunter, “Long-Term Changes in Spatial Distribution of Birds Responding to a Group-Selection Timber Harvest,” Wildlife Society Bulletin 36 (2012): 313-327. V.D. Popescu, B.S. Brodie, M.L. Hunter, and J. Zydlewski, “Use of Olfactory Cues by Newly Metamorphosed Wood Frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) During Emigration,” Copeia 3 (2012): 424-431. V.D. Popescu, D.A. Patrick, M.L. Hunter, and A.J.K Calhoun, “The Role of Forest Harvesting and Subsequent Vegetative Regrowth in Determining Patterns of Amphibian Habitat Use,” Forest Ecology and Management 270 (2012): 163-174. V.D. Popescu and M.L. Hunter, “Clearcutting Affects Habitat Connectivity for a Forest Amphibian by Decreasing Permeability to Juvenile Movements,” Ecological Applications 21 (2011): 1283-1295. D.B. Lindenmayer and M.L. Hunter, Jr., “Some Guiding Concepts for Conservation Biology,” Conservation Biology 24 (2010): 1459-1468. N. Politi, M.L. Hunter, Jr., and L. Rivera, “Availability of Cavities for Avian Cavity Nesters in Selectively Logged Subtropical Montane Forests of the Andes,” Forest Ecology and Management 260 (2010): 893-906. M.L. Hunter, Jr., E. Dinerstein, J. Hoekstra, and D. Lindenmayer, “Conserving Biodiversity in the Face of Climate Change: A Call to Action,” Conservation Biology 24 (2010): 1169-1171. S.P. Campbell, J.W. Witham, and M.L. Hunter Jr., “Stochasticity in Avian Habitat Use: A Test of Deterministic Explanations for Habitat Selection,” Ecological Monographs 80 (2010): 287-302. S.M. Blomquist and M.L. Hunter Jr., “A Multi-Scale Assessment of Amphibian Habitat Selection: Wood Frog Response to Timber Harvesting,” Ecoscience 17(2010): 251-26 Books and Monographs: M.L. Hunter, Jr. and F. Schmiegelow, Wildlife, Forests, and Forestry: Principles of Managing Forests for Biological Diversity, 2nd ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2011), 259. J. Gibbs, M.L. Hunter, Jr., and E. Sterling, Problem-Solving in Conservation Biology and Wildlife Management: Exercises for Class, Field, and Laboratory, 2nd ed. (Oxford, United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishing, 2008), 328. M.L. Hunter, D. Lindenmayer, and A. J.K. Calhoun, Saving the Earth as a Career: Advice on Becoming a Conservation Professional (Oxford, United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishing, 2007), 200. M.L. Hunter, Jr. and J.P. Gibbs, Fundamentals of Conservation Biology, 3rd ed. (Oxford, United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishing, 2007), 497. M.L. Hunter, Jr., Fundamentals of Conservation Biology, 2nd ed. (Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Science, 2002), 547. |