Scott Appleby

Education

Master of Science in Biology, December 2015
Thesis: Effects of Forest Fuels Reduction on Small Mammals in the Lake Tahoe Basin
University of Nevada, Reno, NV

Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Biology, September 2007
Boston University, Boston, MA

Academic Research and Teaching

Lecturer, Ecological Functions of Wildlife: implications for conservation and management, Department of Wildlife Science, University of Göttingen, Germany, 2020-2021

Field Research Manager, Pygmy Rabbit Population Demography, Ecology, & Landscape Genetics, University of Nevada, Reno, 2016-2017

Research Assistant, Small Mammal Ecology, University of Nevada, Reno, 2010 & 2014

Field Research Manager, Great Basin Small Mammal Survey, University of Nevada, Reno, 2011

Field Research Manager, Small Mammal Ecology & Forest Management, University of Nevada, Reno & U.S. Forest Service, 2008-2010

Instructor, Biology: Principles & Applications (BIOL 100), Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, 2012-2017

Teaching Assistant, Biology: Principles & Applications (BOL 100), Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology (BIOL 190), Introduction to Organismal Biology (BIOL 191), Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno 2010-2014

Research Assistant, Tropical Forest Ant Ecology, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Ecuador, 2007

Teaching Fellow, Boston University International Programs, Tropical Ecology Program, Ecuador, 2006

Research Interests

I am broadly interested in community ecology and wildlife conservation, especially in relation to landscape connectivity and the impact of land management decisions on wildlife communities.

PhD Research Project

My research within the RTG explores the impacts of forest management on small mammals, with a focus on changes in small mammal community structure and population dynamics, and resulting patterns of seed preference.
Effects of small mammal communities on seed predation and seed dispersal

Publications

Appleby SM, Bebre I, Riebl H, Balkenhol N, Seidel D (2024) Linking small mammal capture probability with understory structural complexity using a mobile laser scanning-derived metric: A case study. Ecological Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12447.

Appleby SM, Balkenhol N (2023) Douglas fir and Norway spruce have similar effects on small mammal density, but not survival, in Central European managed forests. Mamm Biol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-023-00384-1.

Glatthorn J, Appleby S, Balkenhol N, Kriegel P, Likulunga LE, Lu JZ, Matevski D, Polle A, Riebl H, Rivera Pérez CA, Scheu S, Seinsche A, Schall P, Schuldt A, Wingender S, Ammer C (2023) Species diversity of forest floor biota in non-native Douglas-fir stands is similar to that of native stands. Ecosphere 14(7): e4609.