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39
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4661
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6471
National Ranking
2186

Overview

Stewart W. Breck is affiliated with the United States Department of Agriculture in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on wildlife ecology and conservation.

The main fields of study in which Breck publishes include Environmental Science, particularly in subfields such as Ecology, Genetics, Small Animals, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Geography, Planning and Development. Their work covers a range of topics, notably wildlife ecology and conservation, human-animal interaction studies, animal behavior and welfare studies, ecology and biodiversity studies, zoonotic diseases and public health, geographies of human-animal interactions, and species distribution and climate change.

Frequent publication venues for Breck's work include Ecosphere, Journal of Applied Ecology, PeerJ, Global Ecology and Conservation, and Animal Conservation.

Their recent papers illustrate the scope of their research interests:

  • "The evolutionary consequences of human-wildlife conflict in cities" (2020) published in Evolutionary Applications
  • "Individual and population fitness consequences associated with large carnivore use of residential development" (2020) published in Ecosphere
  • "A systematic map of human-carnivore coexistence" (2022) published in Biological Conservation
  • "Public perspectives and media reporting of wolf reintroduction in Colorado" (2020) published in PeerJ
  • "Movement, space-use and resource preferences of European golden jackals in human-dominated landscapes: insights from a telemetry study" (2021) published in Mammalian Biology

Stewart W. Breck collaborates frequently with several researchers, among the most common are:

  • Kevin R. Crooks
  • Julie K. Young
  • Dana L. Hoag
  • Rebecca M. Niemiec
  • Tara L. Teel

Best Publications

  • Wolf Depredation Trends and the Use of Fladry Barriers to Protect Livestock in Western North America

    Marco Musiani;Charles Mamo;Luigi Boitani;Carolyn Callaghan

  • The Carrot or the Stick? Evaluation of Education and Enforcement as Management Tools for Human-Wildlife Conflicts

    Sharon Baruch-Mordo;Stewart W. Breck;Kenneth R. Wilson;John Broderick

  • The intrepid urban coyote: a comparison of bold and exploratory behavior in coyotes from urban and rural environments.

    Stewart W. Breck;Sharon A. Poessel;Peter Mahoney;Peter Mahoney;Julie K. Young;Julie K. Young

  • Stochasticity in natural forage production affects use of urban areas by black bears: implications to management of human-bear conflicts.

    Sharon Baruch-Mordo;Kenneth R. Wilson;David L. Lewis;John Broderick

  • A conceptual model for the integration of social and ecological information to understand human-wildlife interactions

    Stacy A. Lischka;Stacy A. Lischka;Tara L. Teel;Heather E. Johnson;Sarah E. Reed;Sarah E. Reed

  • The evolutionary consequences of human–wildlife conflict in cities

    Christopher J Schell;Lauren A Stanton;Julie K Young;Lisa M Angeloni

  • Spatiotemporal Distribution of Black Bear‐Human Conflicts in Colorado, USA

    Sharon Baruch‐Mordo;Stewart W. Breck;Kenneth R. Wilson;David M. Theobald

  • Adaptive use of nonlethal strategies for minimizing wolf–sheep conflict in Idaho

    Suzanne A. Stone;Stewart W. Breck;Jesse Timberlake;Peter M. Haswell

  • A Tool Box Half Full: How Social Science can Help Solve Human-Wildlife Conflict

    Sharon Baruch-Mordo;Stewart W. Breck;Kenneth R. Wilson;John Broderick

  • Patterns of human–coyote conflicts in the Denver Metropolitan Area†

    Sharon A. Poessel;Stewart W. Breck;Tara L. Teel;Stephanie A. Shwiff

  • Evaluation of Fecal DNA Preservation Techniques and Effects of Sample Age and Diet on Genotyping Success

    Michael Panasci;Warren B. Ballard;Stewart Breck;David Rodriguez

  • Shifting perceptions of risk and reward: Dynamic selection for human development by black bears in the western United States

    H.E. Johnson;S.W. Breck;S. Baruch-Mordo;D.L. Lewis

  • Foraging ecology of black bears in urban environments: guidance for human‐bear conflict mitigation

    D. L. Lewis;S. Baruch-Mordo;K. R. Wilson;S. W. Breck

  • No single solution: application of behavioural principles in mitigating human–wildlife conflict

    Bradley F. Blackwell;Travis L. DeVault;Esteban Fernández-Juricic;Eric M. Gese

  • Differences in food hoarding among six species of heteromyid rodents

    Stephen H. Jenkins;Stewart W. Breck

  • Using Genetic Relatedness to Investigate the Development of Conflict Behavior in Black Bears

    S. W. Breck;C. L. Williams;J. P. Beckmann;S. M. Matthews

  • Compounding effects of human development and a natural food shortage on a black bear population along a human development-wildland interface

    Jared S. Laufenberg;Heather E. Johnson;Paul F. Doherty;Stewart W. Breck

  • Biological, technical, and social aspects of applying electrified fladry for livestock protection from wolves (Canis lupus).

    N. J. Lance;N. J. Lance;S. W. Breck;C. Sime;P. Callahan

  • Human development and climate affect hibernation in a large carnivore with implications for human–carnivore conflicts

    Heather E. Johnson;David L. Lewis;Tana L. Verzuh;Cody F. Wallace

  • Modeling connectivity of black bears in a desert sky island archipelago

    Todd C. Atwood;Todd C. Atwood;Julie K. Young;Julie K. Young;Jon P. Beckmann;Stewart W. Breck

  • Vigilance in Cattle: The Influence of Predation, Social Interactions, and Environmental Factors

    Bryan M. Kluever;Stewart W. Breck;Larry D. Howery;Paul R. Krausman

Frequent Co-Authors

Warren B. Ballard
Warren B. Ballard Texas Tech University
Kevin R. Crooks
Kevin R. Crooks Colorado State University
Tara L. Teel
Tara L. Teel Colorado State University
Dean E. Biggins
Dean E. Biggins United States Geological Survey
Eric M. Gese
Eric M. Gese United States Department of Agriculture
Robert J. Baker
Robert J. Baker Texas Tech University
Francesca Cagnacci
Francesca Cagnacci Fondazione Edmund Mach
Gina M. Ylitalo
Gina M. Ylitalo National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Richard Cronn
Richard Cronn US Forest Service
Elisabetta Visalberghi
Elisabetta Visalberghi National Research Council (CNR)

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