Jane Packard
| Title | Associate Professor |
|---|---|
| Expertise | Biodiversity Stewardship: integrating biological and cultural perspectives in Conservation Biology and Animal Behavior |
| Education | Ph.D, University of Minnesota |
| Office Phone | (979) 845-1465 |
| Office Fax | |
| j-packard@tamu.edu | |
| Office | 106/107 Nagle Hall |
| Web Site | http://wfsc.tamu.edu/jpackard/ |
Current Research
Our research team is collaborating with partners at the Houston Advanced Research Center and University of Maryland. In a study funded by USDA, we are studying cultural models of land conservation. In a complimentary study funded by NSF, we are looking in more depth at how cultural models influence practice of Land Trusts at local, regional and national scales of biocomplexity.
Recent Publications
- Determining observer reliability in counts of river otter tracks. Evans, J. W., C. A. Evans, J. M. Packard, G. Calkins, and M. Elbroch, (in press) Journal of Wildlife Management. 6/2008
- Territory quality of male sea otters in Prince William Sound, Alaska: relation to body and territory maintenance activities. Pearson, H., J. M. Packard and R.D. Davis. 2006. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 84:939-946.
- A zoogeographic analysis of decapod crustaceans of the continental slopes and abyssal plain of the Gulf of Mexico. Wicksten, M.K. and J.M. Packard. 2005. Deep Sea Research I. 52:1745-1765.
- Seasonal occurrence of male Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) on the Belize Barrier Reef. Self-Sullivan, C., G.W. Smith, J.M. Packard, and K.S. LaCommare. 2003. Aquatic Mammals. 29:342-354.
- Variation in stereotypic behavior related to restraint in circus elephants. Gruber, T.M., T.H. Friend, J.M. Gardner, J.M. Packard, B. Beaver, and D. Bushong. 2000. Zoo Biology 19:209-221.