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Paul

Keenlance

keenlanp@gvsu.edu

• Assistant Professor

2200O Kindschi Hall of Science

616-331-8579

Wildlife Ecology and Management

NRM 150 Introduction to Natural Resource Management
BIO/NRM 308 Wildlife Ecology
BIO/NRM 408 Wildlife Management

My interests are varied, but I am especially interested in wildlife resource selection and partitioning, especially related to habitat. I have always been fascinated by questions of what animals are doing and why they are doing it. I also focus my research efforts on answering applied questions to inform management efforts. Most recently, I have started to explore the applications of UAV technology in wildlife research and management.

Ph.D.  Fisheries and Wildlife - Michigan State University, East Lansing MI, 2002.
M.S.  Natural Resources - University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI, 1998.
B.S. Biology - University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI, 1992.

Newel, E., Garza Motta, R., Arafat, J., Elenbaas, G., Phung, L., Brakora, K., Dunne, B. E., Keenlance, P. Design and implementation of a volume estimator using TOF Sensors for wildlife dwellings. 2024.IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology (eIT), Eau Claire, WI, USA, pp. 209-214, doi:10.1109/eIT60633.2024.10609956.

Velander, T. B., Joyce, M. J., Kujawa, A. M., Sanders, R. L., Keenlance, P., and R. A. Moen.  A dynamic thermal model for predicting internal temperature of tree cavities and nest boxes. 2023. Ecological Modelling, 478, 110302.

Thacker, A. J., Hileman, E. T., Keenlance, P., McCluskey, E. M., Swinehart, A., Kovach, J., and J. A.  Moore. Modeling occupancy and detection probabilities to update the status of threatened eastern massasauga rattlesnake populations. 2023. Global Ecology and Conservation, 43, e02422.

Holwerda, J., Dunne, B. E., and Keenlance, P. Low-rate GPS Coordinate Communication Protocol Embedded into VHF Beacon for Animal Tracking. 2023. In: IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology (eIT) (pp. 047-050). IEEE.

Haskins, D., Feely, M., Jacquot, J., Keenlance, P., Sanders, R., Daly, J., Unger, D. 2020. Small Mammal Prey Base for American Marten (Martes Americana) within the Manistee National Forest of Michigan. 183(1), 38-51, doi: https://doi.org/10.1637/19-011.

Karki, A., Dunne, B. E., Ward, J. D., & Keenlance, P. 2020. SDR-based Psuedo-Doppler AoA Estimation for Low Duty Cycle Transmitters. Montreal, Quebec -> Online: IEEE AP-S/URSI Annual Conference. https://2020apsursi.org/

Swinehart, A., P. Keenlance, M. Joyce, J. Moore. 2024. A DNA metabarcoding based comparison of American marten diet between the LP and Northern MN. MI Wildlife Society Annual Meeting. Roscommon, MI.

Fischer, A., Keenlance, P., Jacquot, J., Locher, A. Avian community response to oak savanna management in West Michigan. 2022. 29^th annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society. Spokane, WA.

Kuzma, F., Keenlance, P., Flanagan, B., Moore, J. 2022. Head-started eastern box turtle growth, survival, and spatial ecology in Southwest Michigan. 29^th annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society. Spokane, WA.

Methner, D., Moore, J. A., McCluskey, E., Keenlance, P. Wood turtle special ecology and use of recently restored oak-savanna habitat. 2022. 29^th annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society. Spokane, WA.

Brouwers, C., Locher, A., Keenlance, P., Moore, J. A., 2020. 80th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Springfield, IL, "Demographic and spatial patterns of two threatened turtle species across a suburban-urban gradient".

Thacker, A. J., Moore, J. A., Hileman, E. T., Keenlance, P. 2020. 80th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Springfield, IL, "Estimating occupancy and detection probabilities of the eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus) in Michigan".

Jacquot, J., Keenlance, P., Sanders, R. Marten Tracker – understanding American marten distribution in the Northern Lower Peninsula. 2019. Joint meeting of MI chapters of American Fisheries Society and the Wildlife Society. Gaylord, MI.

West, S., Jacquot., J., Keenlance, P., Sanders, R.  Habitat Usage of the Climate-Sensitive Snowshoe Hare at Their Southern Range Boundary. 2019. Joint Meeting of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society. Reno, NV.

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