Karina Li, a Master’s student in Dr. Tomback’s lab, presented a poster at the 16th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). The conference was held in early September in Big Sky, Montana and brought together scientists, land managers, NGOs, and many other stakeholders to share research and increase partnership across the GYE. Karina’s poster complemented an oral presentation given by Dr. Tomback on Clark’s nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) monitoring in Yellowstone National Park. The poster detailed the statistical methods used to address location error in home range estimation of Argos satellite-tagged birds. In addition to Karina, first author, co-authors included Dr. Tomback and Dr. Nels Grevstad of Metropolitan State University of Denver. This research aims to inform the mutualistic relationship between Clark's nutcracker and whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis), a conifer species of ecological importance that is currently in decline across its range.
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