School of Environment & Natural Resources - School of Environment & Natural Resources

The Ohio State University
www.osu.edu

School of Environment & Natural Resources
Stanley D. Gehrt
 Associate Professor & Wildlife Extension Specialist
375B Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Rd.
Columbus, OH  43210
PHONE: 614.292.1930
FAX: 614.292.7432
EMAIL: gehrt.1@osu.edu

 

Curriculum Vita

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Urban ecology of mammals, and the implications for anthropogenic effects on population dynamics of wildlife
  • Behavioral ecology of carnivores, with a special emphasis on intraguild relationships between mesopredators
  • Emerging infectious diseases in wildlife, particularly the interaction between landscape characteristics, host population dynamics, and parasite prevalence


CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • Urban ecology of coyotes in the Chicago metropolitan area

Coyote research has been profiled in the following magazine articles:
in Chicago Wilderness Magazine "Stakeout: A Tale of Two Species" by Ryan Chew
in Chicago Tribune "Urban coyotes make life tough for geese" by Susan Berger

Urban Ecology of Coyotes in the Chicago Metropolitan Area
Send orders or requests for this publication to: pubs@ag.osu.edu or phone 614.292.1607.

Click here for The Cook County, Illinois, Coyote Project web site.
  • Natal dispersal and winter denning ecology of striped skunks
  • Development of a spatially-dynamic model of rabies in free-ranging raccoons

Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Laboratory