About The Lab
Welcome to the web page for the Wildlife Demographics Lab at the University of Maine. We are interested in the processes that determine how long animals live, how many offspring they produce, and how frequently they leave or join new populations. These four demographic processes - survival, recruitment, immigration, and emigration - dictate how the abundance of wildlife changes through time and across space; the dynamics of populations.
Teaching and research within the lab centers on measuring wildlife demographic rates and evaluating population dynamics, and importantly we attempt to learn how factors in the environment, both "natural" and human-caused, influence all of these processes and cause wildlife populations to either grow or decline. We focus on practical use of field and analytical methods to address applied questions that benefit wildlife conservation.
The lab is housed in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology here at the University of Maine. We are also supported through the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, and the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture.
Inquiries about the lab should be sent to Dr. Erik Blomberg. He can be reached via email at [email protected]
Teaching and research within the lab centers on measuring wildlife demographic rates and evaluating population dynamics, and importantly we attempt to learn how factors in the environment, both "natural" and human-caused, influence all of these processes and cause wildlife populations to either grow or decline. We focus on practical use of field and analytical methods to address applied questions that benefit wildlife conservation.
The lab is housed in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology here at the University of Maine. We are also supported through the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, and the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture.
Inquiries about the lab should be sent to Dr. Erik Blomberg. He can be reached via email at [email protected]