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6736
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5833
National Ranking
1985

Overview

Vernon C. Bleich is affiliated with the University of Nevada Reno in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Genetics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, and Forest Management and Policy.

Recent published papers authored or co-authored by Vernon C. Bleich include:

  • Balancing Current and Future Reproductive Investment: Variation in Resource Selection During Stages of Reproduction in a Long-Lived Herbivore (2020), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Restoration of bighorn sheep: History, successes, and remaining conservation issues (2023), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Changes in selection of resources with reproductive state in a montane ungulate (2023), Movement Ecology
  • Variation in diet of desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni): Tradeoffs associated with parturition (2023), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Previously Unrecognized Exposure of Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) to Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae in the California Mojave Desert (2021), Journal of Wildlife Diseases

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Bleich include:

  • Kelley M. Stewart
  • R. Terry Bowyer
  • Kevin T. Shoemaker
  • Clinton W. Epps
  • Marcus E. Blum

Publication venues where Vernon C. Bleich has contributed multiple articles are:

  • California Fish and Wildlife Journal
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Movement Ecology
  • Journal of Wildlife Management
  • Science

Best Publications

  • Sexual Segregation in Ungulates: New Directions for Research

    Martin B. Main;Floyd W. Weckerly;Vernon C. Bleich

  • Sexual Segregation in Mountain Sheep: Resources or Predation?

    V. C. Bleich;R. T. Bowyer;J. D. Wehausen

  • Optimizing dispersal and corridor models using landscape genetics

    Clinton W. Epps;John D. Wehausen;Vernon C. Bleich;Steven G. Torres

  • Life-History Characteristics of Mule Deer: Effects of Nutrition in a Variable Environment

    Kevin L. Monteith;Vernon C. Bleich;Thomas R. Stephenson;Becky M. Pierce

  • Risk-sensitive allocation in seasonal dynamics of fat and protein reserves in a long-lived mammal

    Kevin L. Monteith;Kevin L. Monteith;Kevin L. Monteith;Thomas R. Stephenson;Thomas R. Stephenson;Vernon C. Bleich;Vernon C. Bleich;Mary M. Conner

  • HABITAT SELECTION BY MULE DEER: FORAGE BENEFITS OR RISK OF PREDATION?

    Becky M. Pierce;R. Terry Bowyer;Vernon C. Bleich

  • Timing of seasonal migration in mule deer: effects of climate, plant phenology, and life‐history characteristics

    Kevin L. Monteith;Kevin L. Monteith;Vernon C. Bleich;Vernon C. Bleich;Thomas R. Stephenson;Thomas R. Stephenson;Becky M. Pierce;Becky M. Pierce

  • Genetic structure of mountain lion (Puma concolor) populations in California.

    Holly B. Ernest;Walter M. Boyce;Vernon C. Bleich;Bernie May

  • Effects of Climate Change on Population Persistence of Desert‐Dwelling Mountain Sheep in California

    Clinton W. Epps;Dale R. McCULLOUGH;John D. Wehausen;Vernon C. Bleich

  • Bartonella spp. isolated from wild and domestic ruminants in North America.

    Chao Chin Chang;Bruno B Chomel;Rickie W. Kasten;Remy Heller

  • Desert-dwelling Mountain Sheep: Conservation Implications of a Naturally Fragmented Distribution

    V. C. Bleich;V. C. Bleich;J. D. Wehausen;S. A. Holl

  • SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF MOUNTAIN LIONS: DOES A LAND-TENURE SYSTEM REGULATE POPULATION SIZE?

    Becky M. Pierce;Becky M. Pierce;Vernon C. Bleich;Vernon C. Bleich;R. Terry Bowyer

  • Mountain Sheep and Coyotes: Patterns of Predator Evasion in a Mountain Ungulate

    Vernon C. Bleich

  • Factors Affecting Habitat Use and Distribution of Desert Mule Deer in an Arid Environment

    Jason P. Marshal;Vernon C. Bleich;Paul R. Krausman;Mickey Lynn Reed

  • Validation of mule deer body composition using in vivo and post-mortem indices of nutritional condition

    Thomas R. Stephenson;Vernon C. Bleich;Becky M. Pierce;Gerald P. Mulcahy

  • Migratory patterns of mountain lions : Implications for social regulation and conservation

    Becky M. Pierce;Becky M. Pierce;Vernon C. Bleich;Vernon C. Bleich;John D. Wehausen;R. Terry Bowyer

  • SELECTION OF MULE DEER BY MOUNTAIN LIONS AND COYOTES: EFFECTS OF HUNTING STYLE, BODY SIZE, AND REPRODUCTIVE STATUS

    Becky M. Pierce;Vernon C. Bleich;R. Terry Bowyer

  • Landscape genetics of California mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus): the roles of ecological and historical factors in generating differentiation.

    Katherine M. Pease;Adam H. Freedman;John P. Pollinger;John E. Mccormack

  • Genetics and the conservation of mountain sheep ovis canadensis nelsoni

    Orlando A. Schwartz;Vernon C. Bleich;Stephen A. Holl

  • Livestock Grazing, Wildlife Habitat, and Rangeland Values

    Paul R. Krausman;David E. Naugle;Michael R. Frisina;Rick Northrup

Frequent Co-Authors

R. Terry Bowyer
R. Terry Bowyer University of Alaska Fairbanks
Kevin L. Monteith
Kevin L. Monteith University of Wyoming
Paul R. Krausman
Paul R. Krausman University of Arizona
Walter M. Boyce
Walter M. Boyce University of California, Davis
John G. Kie
John G. Kie Idaho State University
Jonathan A. Jenks
Jonathan A. Jenks South Dakota State University
David E. Naugle
David E. Naugle University of Montana
James S. Sedinger
James S. Sedinger University of Nevada Reno
Warren B. Ballard
Warren B. Ballard Texas Tech University
Michael M. Cox
Michael M. Cox University of Wisconsin–Madison

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