People

James L. David Smith

Professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Phone: 612-624-5369
Email: smith017@umn.edu
Ph. D. University of Minnesota

 

Research Associates

• Som Ale
• Bhim Gurung,
  Ph.D. Thesis (2008): Ecological and Sociological Aspects of Human-Tiger Conflicts in Chitwan National Park, Nepal
  M.S. Thesis (2003): Mapping the Meta-Population Structure of Tigers Throughout Nepal By Establishing a Tiger Monitoring Network of "Village Rangers."

Current Students

• Adam Barlow, Ph.D. candidate, Conservation Biology
  Tiger survey methods and conservation of tigers in Bangladesh
  M.S. Thesis (2004): Monitoring Wild Tiger (Panthera Tigris) Populations: Lessons From a Long-Term Camera Trapping Study in Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

• Passanan Cutter, M.S. candidate, Conservation Biology
  Ecology and Conservation of Fishing Cats in Thailand
  

• Peter G. Cutter, Ph.D. candidate, Conservation Biology
  Landscape-scale Wildlife Monitoring and Conservation Planning in Thailand and Cambodia

• Narayan Dhakal, Ph.D. candidate, Conservation Biology
  Community-based Conservation Approaches to Tiger Conservation in Nepal

• Sun Hean, Ph.D. candidate, Conservation Biology
  Evaluation of Ecosystem Services in Southwest Cambodia: Implications for Conservation and Development Planning
  M.S. Thesis (2000): Status of the Tiger and Its Conversation in Cambodia

• Purevjav Lkhagvajav, M.S. candidate, Conservation Biology
  Ecology and Conservation of Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) in Southern Mongolia

Former Graduates

• Bhim Gurung,
  Ph.D. Thesis (2008): Ecological and Sociological Aspects of Human-Tiger Conflicts in Chitwan National Park, Nepal
  M.S. Thesis (2003): Mapping the Meta-Population Structure of Tigers Throughout Nepal By Establishing a Tiger Monitoring Network of "Village Rangers."

• Anup Joshi
  PhD, 1996: The Home Range, Feeding Habits, and Social Organization of the Sloth Bears (Melursus ursinus) in Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal

• Kathleen Conforti
  MS, 1996: The Status and Distribution of Small Carnivores in Huai Kha Khaeng/Thung Yai Wildlife Sanctuaries, Central West Thailand

• Theerapat Prayurasidhi
  PhD, 1997: The Ecological Separation of Gaur (Bos gaurus) and Banteng (Bos javanicus) in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand

• John Kenny
  M.S., Conservation Biology

• James Drake
  MS, 1998: The Effect of Conservation Reverse Program Grasslands on Ring-Necked Pheasent and Meadowlark Abundance.

• Sharada Joshi
  MS, 1999: A Socio-Economic Analysis of Residents in the Buffer Zone of Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal

• Terilyn Allendorf
  PhD, 1999: Local Residents' Perceptions of Protected Areas in Nepal: Beyond Conflicts and Economics.

• Jai Ranganathan
  MS, 2002: Beyond Pugmarks and Tiger Conservation Units: Where Can Tigers Survive in the Indian Subcontinent? Consequences of the Distribution of Forest and Protected Areas Across the Landscape

• Paul Elkan
  PhD, 2003:  Ecology and Conservation of Bongo Antelope (Tragelaphus eurycerus) in Lowland Forest, Northern Republic of Congo

• Mahendra Shresta
  PhD, 2005: Relative ungulate abundance in a fragmented landscape: implications for tiger conservation

• Shujin Luo
  PhD, 2006: Comparative phylogeography of sympatric wild cats:
  implications for biogeography and conservation in Asian biodiversity hotspots