James D. Berkelman

Title

Faculty Associate

Contact information

217 Russell Labs

1630 Linden Dr.

Madison, WI 53706

(608) 265-9757

jberkelman@wisc.edu

Background

Ph.D. 1997 Virginia Tech, Wildlife Science. Dissertation: Habitat requirements and foraging ecology of the Madagascar fish-eagle.

M.S. 1993 Boise State University, Raptor Biology. Thesis: Ecology of the Madagascar buzzard in the rain forest of the Masoala Peninsula.

B.S. 1986 Cornell University, Biological Sciences.

Responsibility

My appointment is primarily undergraduate instruction and advising. I teach Principles of Wildlife Ecology, Ecological Principles Applied to Wildlife, Wildlife Research Capstone, Terrestrial Vertebrates, Extinction of Species, Wildlife Ecology Summer Field Practicum, and Natural Resource Management and Conservation in West Mexico. I also am the department contact person for undergraduates inquiring about the wildlife ecology major, and I advise around 40 undergraduate wildlife ecology students. I do not take on graduate students.

Professional Affiliations

Member: The Wildlife Society, Society for Conservation Biology, Ecological Society of America, American Ornithologists Union, Wisconsin Society for Ornithology