Curriculum Vitae- 2011

John R. Squires

Curriculum vitae- 2011

Education

1991, Ph. D., University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; Department of Zoology

1986, M. S., University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; Department of Zoology

1979, B.S., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; School of Forestry - Wildlife Biology

Professional experience

2000 - present. Research Wildlife Biologist - Rocky Mountain Research Station, USFS. Principle Investigator for meso-carnivore and raptor studies in Montana and Wyoming; . Supervisor: Bill Block, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, Arizona.

1997-2000. University of Montana. Co-Principle Investigator for Canada lynx ecology studies in Montana and Wyoming. Supervisor: Dan Pletscher, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana.

1992-1997. Post-Doctoral Research Wildlife Biologist, Rocky Mt. Forest and Range Exp. Stn., GS 11 (5-92 to 5-95), GS 12 (5-95 to 9-97): Principal investigator for northern goshawk studies in Wyoming. Supervisor: Len Ruggiero, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Laramie, Wyoming.

1987-1991. Graduate Student, Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Studied the foraging biology and habitat use of wintering and nesting trumpeter swans in the greater Yellowstone area. Supervisor and Graduate Advisor: Stan Anderson, Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Laramie, Wyoming.

1985-1987. Research Associate, Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Determined grizzly bear movements using satellite telemetry. Supervisor: Stan Anderson, Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Laramie, Wyoming.

1983-1985. Graduate Student, Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Studied the food habits, movements, and habitat use of prairie falcons nesting on oil-development lands as partial requirement for Masters of Science degree. Supervisor and Graduate Advisor: Stan Anderson, Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Laramie, Wyoming.

1982. Wildlife Technician, Wyoming Game and Fish Department: Initiated a study researching prairie falcon food habits, movements, and habitat use in Campbell County, Wyoming, on oil-developed lands. Conducted statewide survey for nesting merlins. Supervisor: Robert Oakleaf, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Lander, Wyoming.

1980-1981. Wildlife Technician, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Determined local and migratory movements of wintering bald eagles. Conducted aerial (fix-wing and helicopter) raptor surveys in Wyoming, Colorado, and North Dakota. Trapped black-footed ferrets and censused population numbers. Supervisor: Robert Phillips, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sheridan, Wyoming.

1980. Biological Technician, Bureau of Land Management (BLM): Team leader for conducting wildlife inventories crew that surveyed sage grouse, raptors, small mammals, and big game. Supervisor: Chris Yde, BLM, Rawlins District, Rawlins, Wyoming.

1979-1980. Field Biologist, Arizona State University: Inventoried passerines, raptors, small mammals, and waterfowl. Supervisor: Robert Omart, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

1979. Biological Technician, BLM, Rawlins, WY: Inventoried raptors, prairie dogs, sage grouse, passerines, small mammals, feral horses, and big game. Supervisor: Chris Yde, BLM, Rawlins District, Rawlins, Wyoming.

1978. Biologist’s Aide, Wyoming Game and Fish Department: Conducted a state-wide inventory of nesting bald eagles and ospreys. Supervisor: Robert Oakleaf, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Lander, Wyoming.

1977. Biological Aide, U.S. Forest Service: Sampled range transects in the Wapiti Wilderness Area, Shoshone National Forest. Supervisor: Larry Sabatka, Shoshone National Forest, Wapiti Ranger District.

1976. Biological Aide, U.S. Forest Service: Sampled range and wildlife browse transects in the Wapiti Wilderness Area, Shoshone National Forest. Supervisor: Larry Sabatka, Shoshone National Forest, Wapiti Ranger District.

Honors and awards

2009 Certificate of Merit for great leadership of a high-profile research team studying forest carnivores in the Northern Region of the Forest Service

2007 Certificate of Merit for serving as team leader of RWU 4201’s Ecology of Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Species

2007 Certificate of Merit for a productive year in publishing research results of lynx and wolverine studies

2005 Letter of Appreciation for evaluating the Forest’s northern goshawk management plan, Black Hills National Forest, Presented by Marisue Hilliard, Acting Forest Supervisor.

2001 Best Scientific Publication Award, Ecology and Conservation of Lynx in the United States, Rocky Mountain Research Station

2000 U. S. Department of Agriculture, Certificate of Appreciation, Presented by Chief Dombeck of the U. S. Forest Service

1991 Best Student Research Paper, Wyoming Wildlife Society

1991 Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of Wyoming

1991 The Cooper Ornithological Society Membership Award

1985 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

1980 Letter of Commendation - BLM

Publications

(1) Squires, J. R., S. H. Anderson, and R. Oakleaf. 1989. Food habits of nesting prairie falcons in Campbell County. Journal of Raptor Research 23:157-161.

(2) Squires, J. R, S.H. Anderson, and R. Oakleaf. 1991. Prairie falcons quit nesting in response to spring snowstorm. Journal of Field Ornithology 62:191-194.

(3) Squires, J. R. 1991. Trumpeter swan food habits, forage processing, activities, and habitat use. Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

(4) Squires, J. R. and S. H. Anderson. 1992. Habitat selection of nesting and wintering trumpeter swans. Pages 665-675 In D. R. McCullough and R. H. Barrett(editors). Wildlife 2001: Populations. Elsevier Applied Science, London and New York. 1163pp.

(5) Squires, J. R., S.H. Anderson, and R. Oakleaf. 1993. Home range size and habitat-use pattern of nesting prairie falcons near oil developments in northeastern Wyoming. Journal of Field Ornithology 64(1):1-10.

(6) Ruggiero L. F., G. D. Hayward, and J. R. Squires. 1994. Viability analysis in biological evaluations: concepts of population viability analysis, biological population, and ecological scale. Conservation Biology 8:364-372.

(7) Squires, J. R. 1995. Carrion use by northern goshawks. Journal of Raptor Research 29:283.

(8) Squires, J. R. and L. F. Ruggiero. 1995. Winter movements of adult northern goshawks that nested in southcentral Wyoming. Journal of Raptor Research 29:5-9.

(9) Squires, J. R. and S. H. Anderson. 1995. Trumpeter swan food habitats in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem. American Midland Naturalist 133:274-282.

(10) Squires, J. R. and L. F. Ruggiero. 1996. Nest-site preference of northern goshawks in southcentral Wyoming. Journal of Wildlife Management 60:170-177.

(11) Squires, J. R. and R. T. Reynolds. 1997. Northern goshawk(Accipiter gentilis). In The Birds of North America, No. 298. A. Poole and F. Gill(editors). The Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia, PA, and The American Ornithologists’ Union. Washington, D. C.

(12) Squires, J. R. and S. H. Anderson. 1997. Changes in trumpeter swan(Cygnus buccinator) activities from winter to spring in the greater Yellowstone area. American Midland Naturalist 38 208-214.

(13) Anderson, S. H. and J. R. Squires. 1997. The Prairie falcon. Texas University Press, Austin. The Corrie Herring Books series, No. 33.

(14) Squires, J. R., G. D. Hayward, and J. Gore. 1997. The role of sensitive species in avian conservation. Pages 157-176 In J. Marzluff and R. Sallabanks,(eds.). Research needs for avian conservation biology. Island Press.

(15) Squires, J. R. 1998. Attempted kleptoparasitism of osprey by great blue herons. Wilson Bulletin 110:560.

(16) McDaniel, G. W., K. S. McKelvey, J. R. Squires, and L. F. Ruggiero. 2000. Efficacy of lures and hair snares to detect lynx. Wildlife Society Bulletin 28:119-123.

(17) Squires, J. R. 2000. Goshawk food habits in south central Wyoming. Wilson Bulletin 112:536-539.

(18) Squires, J. R. and T. Laurion. 2000. Lynx home range and movements in Montana and Wyoming: preliminary results. Pages 337 – 349 In Ruggiero et al.(editors), Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States. University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.

(19) Aubry, K. B., G. M. Koehler, J. R. Squires. 2000. Ecology of Canada lynx in southern boreal forests. Pages 373 – 396 In Ruggiero et al.(editors), Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States. University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.

(20) Buskirk, S. W., L. F. Ruggiero, K. B. Aubry, D. E. earson, J. R. Squires, and K. S. McKelvey. 2000. Comparative ecology of lynx in North America. Pages 397 – 417 In Ruggiero et al.(editors), Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States. University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.

(21) Ruggiero, L. F., K. B. Aubry, S. W. Buskirk, G. M. Koehler, K. S. McKelvey, and J. R. Squires. 2000. The scientific basis for lynx conservation: qualified insights. Pages 397 – 417 In Ruggiero et al.(editors), Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States. University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.

(22) Aubry, K. B., L. F. Ruggiero, J. R. Squires, K. S. McKelvey, G. M. Koehler, S. W. Buskirk, and C. J. Krebs. 2000. Conservation of lynx in the United States: a systematic approach to closing critical knowledge gaps. Pages 455 – 470 In Ruggiero et al.(editors), Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States. University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.

(23) Ruggiero, L. F., K. B. Aubry, S. W. Buskirk, G. M. Koehler, C. J. Krebs, K. S. McKelvey, and J. R. Squires. 2000. Epilogue the scientific basis for lynx conservation: can we get there for here? Pages 471– 473 In Ruggiero et al.(editors), Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States. University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.

(24) Good, R. E., S. H. Anderson; J. R. Squires, and and G. McDaniel. 2001. Observations of northern goshawk prey delivery behavior in southcentral Wyoming. Intermountain Journal of Sciences 7(1):34-40.

(25) Biek, R., R. Znrnke, C. Gillin, M. Wild, J. R. Squires, and M. Poss. 2002. Serologic survey for viral and bacterial infections in western populations of Canada Lynx(Lynx canadensis). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(4):840-845.

(26) Squires, J. R. and L. F. Ruggiero. 2002. Lynx ecology in northwestern Montana: an ongoing field study at Seeley Lake. Intermountain Journal of Sciences 8:265.

(27) Kolbe, J. A., J.R. Squires, and T. W. Parker. 2003. An effective box trap for capturing lynx. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31:980-985.

(28) Squires, J. R., K. S. McKelvey, L. F. Ruggiero. 2004. A snow-tracking protocol used to delineate local lynx, Lynx canadensis, distributions. Canadian Field-Naturalist 118:583-589.

(29) Kolbe, J. A., and J.R. Squires. 2004. Long distance movement by a coyote within the Rocky Mountains. Northwest Science 78(4):344-345.

(30) DeCesare, N. J., J. R. Squires, and J. A. Kolbe. 2005. Effect of forest canopy on GPS-based movement data. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33:935-941.

(31) Squires, J. R. and R. Oakleaf. 2005. Movements of a male Canada lynx crossing the Greater Yellowstone Area, including highways. Northwest Science 79:196-201.

(32) McKelvey, K. S., J. Von Kienast, K. B. Aubry, G. M. Koehler, B. T. Maletzke, J. R. Squires, E. L. Lindquist, S. Loch, M. K. Schwartz. 2006. DNA analysis of hair and scat collected along snow tracks to document the presence of Canada lynx(Lynx canadensis). Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:451-455.

(33) Squires, J. R. 2005. Conservation Challenges of managing lynx. Yellowstone Science 13:10-11.

(34 ) Boyce, D. A., P. L. Kennedy, P. Beier, M. F. Ingraldi, S. R. MacVean, M. S. Siders, J. R. Squires, and B. Woodbridge. 2005. When are goshawks not there? Is a single visit enough to infer absence at occupied nest areas? Journal of Raptor Research 39:285-291.

(35) Squires, J. R. and P. Kennedy. 2006. Northern goshawk ecology: an assessment of current knowledge and information needs for conservation and management. Studies in Avian Biology 31:8-62.

(36) Squires, J. R. and L. F. Ruggiero. 2007. Lynx prey selection in northwestern Montana. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:310-315.

(37) Ulizio, T. J. Squires, D. Pletscher, M. Schwartz, J. Claar, and L. F. Ruggiero. 2006. The efficacy of obtaining genetic-based identifications from putative wolverine snow tracks. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:1326-1332.

(38) Kolbe, J. A., and J. R. Squires. 2006. A longevity record for Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis, in western Montana. Western North American Naturalist 66:535-536.

(39) Kolbe, J. A., J. R. Squires, D. H. Pletscher, and R. F. Ruggiero. 2007. The effect of snowmobile trails on coyote movements within lynx home ranges. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:1409-1418.

(40) Squires, J. R., J. P. Copeland, T. J. Ulizio, M. K. Schwartz, and L. F. Ruggiero. 2007. Sources and patterns of wolverine mortality in western Montana. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:2213-2220.

(41) Kolbe, J. A. and J. R. Squires. 2007. Circadian activity patterns of Canada lynx in western Montana. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:1607-1611.

(42) Squires, J. R, N. J. DeCesare, J. A. Kolbe, and L. F. Ruggiero. 2008. Hierarchical den selection of Canada lynx in western Montana. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1497-1506.

(43) Schwartz, M. K., K. B. Aubry, K. S. McKelvey, K. L. Pilgrim, J. P. Copeland, J. R. Squires, R. M. Inman, S. M. Wisely, L. F. Ruggiero. 2007. Inferring geographic isolation of wolverines in California using historical DNA. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:2170-2179.

(44) Squires, J. R. 2008. The goshawk – review of a book by Robert Kenward. Condor 110(1):191-193.

(45) Squires, J. R. 2008. Predicting the effects of forest management on lynx populations. Wild Felid Monitor: Winter 2007-08:1(1):14.

(46) Schwartz, M. K., J. P. Copeland, N. J. Andreson, J. R. Squires, R. M. Inman, K. S. McKelvey, K. L. Pilgrim, L. P. Waits, and S. A. Cushman. 2009. Wolverine gene flow across a narrow climatic niche. Ecology 90:3222-3232.

(47) Copeland, J. P., K. S. McKelvey, K. B. Aubry, A. Landa, J. Persson, R. M. Inman, J. Krebs, E. Lofroth, H. Golden, J. R. Squires, A. Magoun, M. K. Schwartz, J. Wilmot, C. L. Copeland, R. E. Yates, I. Kojola, and R. May. In press. The bioclimatic envelope of the wolverine(Gulo gulo): do climate constraints limit its geographic distribution? Canadian Journal of Zoology.

(48) Squires, J. R., N. J. DeCesare, J. A. Kolbe, and L. F. Ruggiero. 2010. Seasonal Resource Selection of Canada Lynx in Managed Forests of the Northern Rocky Mountains. Journal of Wildlife Management 74:1648-1660.

(49) Copeland, J. P., K. S. McKelvey, K. B. Aubry, A. Landa, J. Persson, R. M. Inman, J. Krebs, E. Lofroth, H. Golden, J. R. Squires, A. Magoun, M. K. Schwartz, J. Wilmot, C. L. Copeland, R. E. Yates, I. Kojola, and R. May. 2010. The bioclimatic envelope of the wolverine(Gulo gulo): do climatic constraints limit its geographic distribution? Canadian Journal of Zoology 88:233-246.

(50) Kerry V. Fanson, Nadja C. Wielebnowski, Tanya M. Shenk, Jennifer H. Vashon, John R. Squires, Jeffrey R. Lucas. 2010. Patterns of ovarian and luteal activity in captive and wild Canada lynx(Lynx canadensis). General and Comparative Endocrinology 169:217–224.

(51) Kerry V. Fanson, Nadja C. Wielebnowski, Tanya M. Shenk, Walter J. Jakubas, John R. Squires, Jeffrey R. Lucas. 2010. Patterns of testicular activity in captive and wild Canada lynx(Lynx canadensis). General and Comparative Endocrinology 169:210–216

(52) Olson, L. E., J. R. Squires, N. J. DeCesare, J. A. Kolbe. In Press. Den use and activity patterns in female Canada lynx(Lynx canadensis) in the Northern Rocky Mountains. Northwest Science.

(53) McKelvey, K. S., J. P. Copeland, M. K. Schwartz, J. S. Littell, K. B. Aubry, J. R. Squires, S. A. Parks, M. McGuire Elsner, and G. S. Mauger. In press. Climate change predicted to shift wolverine distributions, connectivity, and proposed corridors. Ecological Applications.

(54) Squires, J. R., L. E. Olson, D. L. Turner, N. J. DeCesare, and J. A. Kolbe. In press. Estimating detection probability for Canada lynx using snow-track surveys in the Northern Rocky Mountains. Wildlife Biology.