Faculty/Staff Directory

First Name
Eric

Last Name
McCluskey

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Email
mccluske@gvsu.edu

Title
  • Affiliate Professor

Website

Office Address
2200e KHS

Office Phone
616-331-2476

Areas of Expertise
Landscape Ecology, Conservation Biology, Herpetology

Courses Taught at GVSU

BIO 105 - Environmental Science
BIO 121 - General Biology II
BIO 215 - Ecology
BIO/NRM 308 - Wildlife Ecology
BIO 570 - Landscape Ecology
NRM 250 - Natural Resource Measurements and Mapping
NRM 395 - GIS Applications in Resource Management
NRM 450/580 – Applied Spatial Analysis of Natural Resources
NRM 495 - Natural Resources Management Capstone

Research Interests

Species distribution modeling, habitat connectivity, landscape genetics, conservation biology

Education

Ph.D. Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, 2016
M.S. Life Sciences, Indiana State University, 2008
B.S. Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2005

Select Publications

McCluskey, E.M., F.C. Kuzma, H.D. Enander, A. Cole-Wick, M. Coury, D.L. Cuthrell, C. Johnson, M. Kelso, Y.M. Lee, D. Methner, L. Rowe, A. Swinehart, and J.A. Moore. 2024. Assessing habitat connectivity of rare species to inform urban conservation planning. Ecology and Evolution. 14, e11105.

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

McCluskey, E.M., V. Lulla, W.E. Peterman, K.M. Stryszowska-Hill, R.D. Denton, A.C. Fries, T.A. Langen, G. Johnson, S.W. Mockford, and R.A. Gonser. 2022. Linking genetic structure, species distribution modeling, and landscape genetics for regional conservation of a threatened freshwater turtle. Landscape Ecology 37:1017–1034.

Kudla, N.*, E.M. McCluskey*, V. Lulla, R. Grundel, and J.A. Moore. 2021. Intact landscape promotes gene flow and low genetic structuring in the threatened Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake. Ecology and Evolution 00:1–13.

Leimbach-Maus, H.B, E.M. McCluskey, A. Locher, S.R. Parks, and C.C. Partridge. 2020. Genetic structure of invasive Baby’s Breath (Gypsophila paniculata L.) populations in a Michigan dune system. Plants 9:1123.

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