Mat Alldredge - Wildlife Researcher  Printer friendly version Printer friendly version
Education
Ph.D. Zoology and Biomathematics, North Carolina State University, 2004, Dissertation ‘Avian point count surveys: Estimating components of the detection process’;  M.S. Biomathematics, North Carolina State University, 2002, Paper ‘Golden-cheeked warbler Dendroica chrysoparia population viability analysis’; M.Sc. Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho, Thesis ‘Shrub communities and elk habitat relationships on an industrial forest of northern Idaho’; B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado.
Current and Recent Positions
Wildlife Researcher, 2006 to present, Colorado Parks and Wildlife; Post-Doctoral Researcher, USGS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, North Carolina State University; Carnivore Biologist Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Lander, Wyoming.
Current and Recent Research Projects
Large carnivore-human interactions along Colorado’s Front Range; evaluating statistical methods to estimate population density and presence.

Predator-prey dynamics of cougars in relation to prey availability and human density.

Non-invasive population estimation techniques.

Estimating age structure of populations using telomeres.

Determining diet composition and use of anthropogenic food sources based on stable isotopes.
Areas of Interest, Expertise
Large carnivore and ungulate ecology, population parameter estimation, habitat use, avian ecology and population sampling.
Awards and Professional Activities
Outstanding Graduate Student, College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho, 1999.

Instructor for mark-recapture program MARK.

Instructor for National Conservation Training Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Member of The Wildlife Society, American Ornithologists’ Union.

Animal Care and Use committee member 2009 to present (ACUC chair 2011 to present).

Affiliate Faculty, Colorado State University.
Recent Publications
Bevins, S.N., S. Carver, E.E. Boydston, L.M., M.W. Alldredge, K.A. Logan, S.P.D. Riley, R.N. Fisher, T. W. Vickers, W. Boyce, M. Salman, M.R. Lappin, K.R. Crooks, and S. Vandewoude.  2012.  Three pathogens in sympatric populations of pumas, bobcats, and domestic cats: implications for infectious disease transmission.  PLoS ONE 7(2):e31403.Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031403.

Horne, J.S., K.M. Strickler, and M.W. Alldredge.  2011.  Quantifying the importance of patch-specific changes in habitat to metapopulation viability of an endangered songbird.  Ecological Applications. 21:2478-2486.

Alldredge, M.W., 2011.  Cougars on the Edge. The Wildlife Professional. 5:72-77. 

Bevins, S.N., J.A. Tracey, S. P. Franklin, V. L. Schmit, M. L. MacMillan, K. A. Logan, L. L. Sweanor, M.W. Alldredge, W. M. Boyce, W. Vickers, S. P. D. Riley, L. M. Lyren, E. E. Boydston, C.  Krumm, M. Salman, M. E. Roelke, K. L. Gage, M. E. Schrieffer, K. R. Crooks, and S. VandeWoude.  2009.  Plague and wild felids: zoonotic disease in the western US.  Emerging Infectious Diseases 15: 2021-2024. 

Simons, T.R., K.H. Pollock, J.M. Wettroth, M.W. Alldredge, K. Pacifici, and J. Brewster.  2009.  Sources of measurement error, misclassification error, and bias in auditory avian point count data.  Pp. 237-254 in D.L. Thompson et al. (eds.), Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations, Environmental and Ecological Statistics 3, Springer Science and Business Media.

Alldredge, M.W., K. Pacifici, T.R. Simons, and K.H. Pollock.  2008.  A field evaluation of the effectiveness of distance sampling and double independent observers to estimate detection probability in aural avian point counts.  Journal of Applied Ecology 45:1349-1356.

Alldredge, M.W., T.R. Simons, K.H. Pollock, and K. Pacifici.  2007.  A field evaluation of the time-of-detection method to estimate population size for aural avian point counts.  Avian Ecology and Conservation 2(2): 13.

Simons, T.R., M.W. Alldredge, and K.H. Pollock.  2007.  Experimental analysis of the auditory detection process on avian point counts.  The Auk 124:986-999.

Alldredge, M.W., T.R. Simons, and K.H. Pollock.  2007.  An experimental evaluation of distance measurement error in avian point count surveys.  Journal of Wildlife Management.  71:2759-2766.

Alldredge, M.W., K.H. Pollock, and T.R. Simons.  2007. Multiple species analysis of point count data: A more parsimonious modeling framework.  Journal of Applied Ecology 44:281-290.

Alldredge, M.W., T.R. Simons, and K.H. Pollock.  2007.  Factors affecting aural detections of songbirds.  Ecological Applications 17:948-955.

Alldredge, M.W., K.H. Pollock, T.R. Simons, and J. Collazo.  2007. Time of detection method for estimating abundance from point count surveys.  Auk 124:653-664.

Rice, S.M., J.A. Collazo, M.W. Alldredge, B.A. Harrington and A.R. Lewis.  2007.  Local annual survival and seasonal residency rates of Semipalmated and Western Sandpipers in Puerto Rico.  Auk 124:1397-1406.

Alldredge, M.W., K.H. Pollock, and T.R. Simons.  2006. Estimating detection probabilities from multiple observer point counts.  Auk 123:1172-1182.

Pollock, K.H., H.D. Marsh, I.R. Lawler, and M.W. Alldredge.  2006.  Estimating animal abundance in heterogeneous environments: An application to aerial surveys for dugongs.  Journal of Wildlife Management 70:255-262.

Marsh, H., I. Lawler, D. Kwan, S. Delean, K. Pollock, and M. Alldredge.  2004.  Aerial surveys and the potential biological removal technique indicate that the dugong fishery in Torres Strait is unsustainable.  Animal Conservation 7: 435-443.

Pollock, K.H., H.D. Marsh. L.L. Bailey, G.L. Farnsworth, T.R. Simons, and M.W. Alldredge. 2004.  Methodology for separating components of detection probability in population abundance estimation, in Sampling Rare or Elusive Species (W.L. Thompson ed.).

Alldredge, M. W., J. S. Hatfield, D. D. Diamond, and C. D. True.  2004.  Golden-cheeked warbler Dendroica chrysoparia in Central Texas.  Chapter 33 in H.R. Akçakaya, M. Burgman, O. Kindvall, C. Wood, P. Sjögren-Gulve, J.S. Hatfield, and M.A. McCarthy (editors), Species Conservation and Management:  Case Studies.  Oxford University Press.  21 pp.

Alldredge, M.W., J.M. Peek, and W.A. Wall.  2002.  Nutritional quality of forages used by elk in Northern Idaho.  Journal of Range Management 55:253-259.

Alldredge, M.W., J.M. Peek, and W.A. Wall.  2001.  Shrub community development and annual productivity trends over a 100-year period on an industrial forest of Northern Idaho.  Forest Ecology and Management 152:259-273.

Alldredge, M.W., J.M. Peek, and W.A. Wall.  2001.  Alterations of shrub communities in relation to herbivory in Northern Idaho.  Northwest Science.  75:137-144.

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