Morgan Farmer
PhD Student
Biography
I am a PhD student working with Dr. Tim Van Deelen and Dr. David Drake on the UW Urban Canid Project. I first started working with coyotes during my undergraduate at the University of California – Berkeley, where I completed an independent senior thesis looking at how habitat use of urban coyotes was affected by habitat characteristics and recreation. As a child, I grew up in California and spent a vast majority of time either outside or reading, both of which stimulated a love of nature and especially wildlife. After completing my undergraduate education, I moved to Wisconsin to complete a MS degree at UW – Madison with Dr. Tim Van Deelen. My research focused on competition and island biogeography as drivers of spatiotemporal activity and the effects of anthropogenic activity and structures on the carnivore community of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. My current research focuses on urban canids and their interactions with each other, their environment, and with humans.
Contact Information
Email: mjmorales@wisc.edu
ResearchGate: Morgan Farmer
Twitter: @Morgan_Farmer19
Education
MS in Environment and Resources, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2019
Thesis: Spatiotemporal activity patterns of the carnivore community of Lake Superior’s Apostle Islands
BS in Environmental Science minor in Geospatial Information Systems, University of California – Berkeley 2017
Thesis: Coyote (Canis latrans) use of a novel ecosystem
Publications
Farmer*, M.J., J.C. Razafimahaimodison, and M.L. Allen. In Prep. Spatiotemporal niche differentiation between fossas and the wildlife community in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.
Reibel, J.M., P.W. Keenlance, J.J. Jacquot, J.A. Moore, and M.J. Farmer*. In Prep. Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) abundance in relation to habitat and predator assemblage across the Apostle Islands.
Farmer*, M.J., M.L. Allen, E.R. Olson, J. Van Stappen, and T.R. Van Deelen. In Review. Effects of human presence and footprint on the spatiotemporal activity patterns of the carnivore community on a temperate, protected archipelago. Submitted to Biological Conservation on 24 December 2020.
Pichler, T.R., E.C. Mallinger, M.J. Farmer*, M.J. Morrison, B. Khadka, P.J. Matzinger, A. Kirschbaum, K.R. Goodwin, W. Route, J. Van Stappen, T.R. Van Deelen, and E.R. Olson. In Press. Comparative biogeography of volant and non-volant mammals in a temperate island archipelago. Accepted by EcoSphere on 22 July 2021.
Allen, M.L., A.C. Avrin, M.J. Farmer*, L.S. Whipple, E.P. Alexander, A.M. Cervantes and J.M. Bauder. 2021. Limitations of current knowledge about the ecology of Grey Foxes hamper conservation efforts. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(8):19079-19092.
Farmer*, M.J., M.L. Allen, E.R. Olson, J. Van Stappen, and T.R. Van Deelen. 2021. Competition and island biogeography as drivers of carnivore spatiotemporal activity at two different scales in a temperate archipelago. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 99: 209-317.
Mallinger, E.C., B. Khadka, M.J. Farmer*, M. Morrison, J. Van Stappen, T.R. Van Deelen, and E.R. Olson. 2021. Longitudinal trends of the small mammal community of the Apostle Islands archipelago. Community Ecology, 22:55-67.
Bauder, J.M., A.M. Cervantes, A.C. Avrin, L.S. Whipple, M.J. Farmer*, C. Miller, T.J. Benson, K. Stodola, and M.L. Allen. 2021. Mismatched spatial scales limit the utility of citizen science data for estimating wildlife-habitat relationships. Ecological Research, 36:87-96.
Farmer*, M.J. 2020. Spatiotemporal activity patterns of the carnivore community of Lake Superior’s Apostle Islands. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Allen, M. L., N. M. Roberts, M.J. Farmer*, T. R. Van Deelen. 2019. Decreasing available bobcat tags appears to have increased success, interest, and participation among hunters. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 24: 349-362.
Farmer*, M.J. and M. L. Allen. 2019. Persistence in the face of novelty: effects of human recreation on coyote (Canis latrans) habitat use in a novel ecosystem. Urban Naturalist, 29:1-14.
Allen, M. L., M.J. Farmer*, J. D. J. Clare, E. Olson, J. Van Stappen, and T. R. Van Deelen. 2018. Is there anybody out there? Occupancy of the carnivore guild in a temperate archipelago. Community Ecology 19: 272-280.
Invited Presentations
Farmer*, M.J., O. Thompson, E. Plumier, E. Schmidt, E. Gurarie, T.R. Van Deelen, and D. Drake. 2021. Urban coyote and red fox selection of road crossing sites. 2021 International Urban Wildlife Conference.
Farmer*, M.J. and T.R. Van Deelen. 2021. New insights into the dynamics of the Apostle Islands carnivore community. Apostle Islands National Lakeshore 50th Anniversary Symposium.
Farmer*, M.J., M.L. Allen, T.R. Van Deelen, and D. Drake. 2020. Characteristics of urban canid road crossing sites and implications for urban design. The Wildlife Society 2020 Annual Conference.
Grants and Awards
International Urban Wildlife Conference registration grant. $35, Spring 2021
Advanced Opportunity Fellowship. Fall 2017, Spring 2018
Melis medal for Outstanding Research Presentation. May 2017
Sponsored Program for Undergraduate Research. $1600, Summer 2016
Honors. Fall 2015, Spring 2016
Dean’s Honors. Spring and Fall 2015, Spring 2016
Sponsored Program for Undergraduate Research. Summer 2016
Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program. $3000, Summer 2015
Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program. Summer 2015