Education

Description

Professor of Wildlife Ecology

Dr. Gilbert's research interests center on large mammal population dynamics and assessment. His experience has included work with whales and seals on the coast of New England, in Alaska and Russia, and in the Antarctic. He also has worked with bears in Alaska and moose and predators in Maine. Presently he is working with harbor seals and gray seals in New England, including research on food habits, pup mortality, habitat selection, population dynamics, and interactions with commercial fisheries and aquaculture. He teaches courses in the wildlife population dynamics and conservation and marine mammal ecology and conservation.

Research interests

Professor of Wildlife Ecology

Dr. Gilbert's research interests center on large mammal population dynamics and assessment. His experience has included work with whales and seals on the coast of New England, in Alaska and Russia, and in the Antarctic. He also has worked with bears in Alaska and moose and predators in Maine. Presently he is working with harbor seals and gray seals in New England, including research on food habits, pup mortality, habitat selection, population dynamics, and interactions with commercial fisheries and aquaculture. He teaches courses in the wildlife population dynamics and conservation and marine mammal ecology and conservation.

Publications

• Waring, G.T., J.R. Gilbert, J. Loftin, and N. Cabana. 2006. Short-term movements of radio-tagged harbor seals in New England. Northeastern Naturalist 13:1-14.
• Gilbert, J.R., G.T. Waring, K.M. Wynne, and N. Guldager. 2005. Change in abundance of harbor seals in Maine, 1981 – 2001. Marine Mammal Science, 21(3):519-535.
• Udevitz, M.S., J.R. Gilbert, and G.A. Fedoseev. 2001. Comparison of methods used to estimate numbers of walruses on sea ice. Marine Mammal Science 17(3):601-616.
• Nelson, M.L., J.R. Gilbert, and K. J. Boyle. in press. The influence of sighting and deterrence methods on seal predation at Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) farms in Maine, 2001-2003. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

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