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Julie A. Blanchong |
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Research
Interests:
My research focuses on the ecology
of wildlife diseases. I am particularly interested in using epidemiology and
genetics to understand the relationship between wildlife behavior and social
and spatial structure and the transmission and distribution of disease.
My research included:
1. Chronic wasting disease ecology in
free-ranging white-tailed deer
a. Spatial analysis of factors affecting the harvest of white-tailed deer to
control chronic wasting disease (link)
b. Evaluation of the probability of CWD transmission between deer during
breeding interactions (link)
c. Investigation of the relationship between complement gene variability and
vulnerability to CWD (link)
d. Landscape genetic characterization of deer population spatial structure to
understand how deer population structure and movement will influence the
spatial spread of CWD (link)
2. Avian cholera ecology
a. Wetland environmental conditions associated with outbreaks of avian cholera
and abundance of the causative bacteria, Pasteurella multocida
b. Multi-species patterns of avian cholera mortality among waterfowl
c. Persistence of P. multocida in wetlands following avian cholera
outbreaks
Education:
Ph.D., "Genealogical relationships influence the probability of infection
with bovine tuberculosis and microgeographic genetic stucture in free-ranging white-tailed deer",
Department of Fisheries & Wildlife and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology &
Behavior, Michigan State University, 2003.
M.S., "Nocturnal and diurnal rhythms in the unstriped
B.S., Department of Biology,
Publications:
Blanchong, J.A., K.T. Scribner, A.N. Kravchenko, and S.R. Winterstein. 2007. TB-infected deer are more closely related
than non-infected deer. Biology Letters 3:103-105.
Blanchong, J.A., M.D. Samuel, and G.F.
Mack. 2006. Multi-species
patterns of avian cholera mortality in
Blanchong, J.A., M.D. Samuel, D.R. Goldberg, D.J. Shadduck, and M.A. Lehr. 2006. Persistence of Pasteurella
multocida in wetlands following avian cholera outbreaks. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42:33-39.
Blanchong, J.A., D.O. Joly, M.D.
Samuel, J.A. Langenberg, R.E. Rolley,
and J.F. Sausen. 2006.
White-Tailed Deer Harvest from the Chronic Wasting Disease Eradication Zone in South-Central Wisconsin . Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:725-731.
Blanchong, J.A., M.D. Samuel, D.R.
Goldberg, D.J. Shadduck, and L.H. Creekmore. 2006. Wetland environmental conditions associated with
the risk of avian cholera and abundance of Pasteurella multocida. Journal of Wildlife Management
70:54-60.
Blanchong, J.A., B.K. Epperson, S.R. Winterstein,
and K.T. Scribner. 2006. Changes in artificial feeding regulations
impact white-tailed deer spatial genetic structure. Journal of Wildlife Management
70:1037-1043.
Joly, D.O., M.D. Samuel, J.A. Langenberg, J.A. Blanchong.
42:578-588.
Scribner, K.T., J.A. Blanchong, D.J. Bruggeman, B.K. Epperson, C.-Y. Lee, Y.-W. Pan, R.I. Shorey, B. Williams, H.H. Prince, S.R. Winterstein, and D.R. Lukkonen. 2005. Geographical genetics: conceptual foundations and empirical applications of spatial genetic data in wildlife management. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:1434-1453.
Blanchong, J.A., K.T. Scribner, and S.R. Winterstein. 2002. Assignment of individuals to
populations: Bayesian methods and multilocus
genotypes. Journal of Wildlife
Management 66:321-329.
Blanchong, J. and L. Smale. 2000. Temporal patterns
of activity of the unstriped
Jakob, E., J. Blanchong, M. Popson,
K. Sedey, and M. Summerfield. 2000. Ontogenetic shifts in the cost of living in
large groups: focal observations of a pholcid spider
(Holocnemus pluchei).
American
Blanchong,
J., T. McElhinny, M. Mahoney, and L. Smale. 1999. Noctural and
diurnal rhythms in the unstriped
Blanchong,
J., M. Summerfield, and E. Jakob. 1996.
Chivalry in pholcid spiders revisited. Journal of Arachnology
23:165-170.
Manuscripts in review or preparation:
Blanchong, J.A., Sorin, A.B., and
K.T. Scribner. Impacts of habitat fragmentation and population isolation on
white-tailed deer demography, behavior and genetics. In
preparation.
Sorin,
A.B., J.A. Blanchong, and K.T. Scribner.
Social behavior explains microgeographic genetic
structure in white-tailed deer. In preparation.
Presentations:
A landscape genetics approach to understanding the spatial
distribution of CWD in
Chronic wasting disease research in Wisconsin, Guest lecture in Ecological Principles Applied to Wildlife, November 2005.
Genetic variation in complement system genes and resistance to chronic wasting disease in free-ranging white-tailed deer, Inter-agency Science and Health Planning Team, August 2005.
Wildlife disease ecology, Presentation to the College of Agricultural & Life Sciences Undergraduate Honors & Research Society, University of Wisconsin-Madison, March 2005.
Multi-species patterns of avian cholera mortality in
Spatial changes in chronic wasting disease prevalence patterns between 2002-2003, Inter-agency CWD Science and Health Planning
Team, December 2004.
Spatial aspects of disease dynamics, Guest lecture in Metapopulations,
December 2004.
Chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer in
Spatial heterogeneity in deer removal from the chronic
wasting disease eradication zone of south-central
Environmental conditions associated with isolation of avian cholera bacteria
from North American Wetlands, Wildlife Society Conference, September
2004.
Spatial patterns of deer removal from the chronic-wasting disease management
zone in south-central