Join Our Lab

The Applied Wildlife Ecology & Spatial Movement Lab is an inter-disciplinary research and extension team that aims to provide innovative solutions to the growing wildlife conservation and management needs in multi-functional landscapes where there are competing interests for agricultural production, wildlife conservation, and ecosystem services. In the coming decades, agricultural intensification is expected to increase with the increasing human population and nutritional demands. Simultaneously, we are facing increasing climate variability, shifts in pest occurrences and plant diseases, and low commodity prices. These challenges for increased food production, environmental protection, climate variability, and economic uncertainties require innovative solutions to achieve resilient agricultural systems. Thus, our lab fosters critical thinking, creativity, and hard work to identify ways to optimize land use and natural resource conservation.

If you’re interested in our current projects or future opportunities (see below), please contact Dr. Andrew Little (alittle6@unl.edu).

Download our lab's Mentor-Mentee Agreement here:
Mentor-Mentee Agreement
(Updated 10/24/2022)

Opportunities for Graduate Students

The Applied Wildlife Ecology & Spatial Movement Lab and Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) are recruiting graduate students (MS and PhD) to study wild turkey ecology in western Nebraska. This project will examine various facets of wild turkey ecology including reproduction, disease, harvest, gobbling chronology, predation risk, genetics, and spatial ecology.
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(Posted 9/5/2023)

Opportunities for Staff

The Applied Wildlife Ecology & Spatial Movement Lab and Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) are recruiting field technicians to assist with studying wild turkey ecology in western Nebraska. Field season will run from January to August. This study will examine various facets of wild turkey ecology including reproduction, disease, harvest, gobbling chronology, predation risk, genetics, and spatial ecology.
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