Dr. Daniel Macnulty

Wildland Resources

Professor


Daniel MacNulty

Contact Information

Office Location: NR 330
Phone: (435) 797-7442
Email: dan.macnulty@usu.edu
Additional Information:

Educational Background

PhD, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, 2007
Development, senescence, and cooperation in the predatory behavior of a social carnivore, Canis lupus
MS, Wildlife Conservation, (Statistics), University of Minnesota, 2002
The predatory sequence and the influence of injury risk on hunting behavior in the wolf
BA, Environmental Studies, (Biology), University of Colorado, 1995

Teaching Interests

Wildlife ecology & management, population ecology, evolutionary ecology, behavioral ecology, animal behavior, predator-prey dynamics, mammalogy, biostatistics and statistical modeling

Research Interests

Ecology, evolution, and behavior of predator-prey interactions, eco-evolutionary dynamics, nonconsumptive predator effects, antipredator behavior, life history theory, cooperative behavior, territorial aggression, human-carnivore conflict, wolf-ungulate dynamics.

Awards

QCNR 2017 Undergraduate Mentor of the Year, 2016

Quinney College of Natural Resource

QCNR 2014 Teacher of the Year, 2013

Quinney College of Natural Resources


Publications | Books

    Publications | Book Chapters

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

  • Kohl, M., Stahler, D., Forrester, J., Kauffman, M., Smith, D., Macnulty, D., (2018). Diel predator activity drives a dynamic landscape of fear. Ecological Monographs, 88, 638-652.
  • Tallian, A., Smith, D., Stahler, D., Macnulty, D., (2017). Predator foraging response to a resurgent dangerous prey. Functional Ecology, 31, 1418–1429.
  • Tallian, A., Ordiz, A., Metz, M., Milleret, C., Wikenros, C., Smith, D., Stahler, D., Kindberg, J., Macnulty, D., Wabakken, P., Swenson, J., Sand, H., (2017). Competition between apex predators? Brown bears decrease wolf kill rate on two continents. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences, 284, 1-8. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2368
  • Cassidy, K., Mech, D., Macnulty, D., Stahler, D., Smith, D., (2017). Sexually dimorphic aggressive behavior indicates male gray wolves specialize in territory defense and pack defense against conspecifics. Behavioral Processes, 136, 64-72.
  • Ruprecht, J., Hersey, K., Hafen, K., Monteith, K., DeCesare, N., Kauffman, M., Macnulty, D., (2016). Reproduction in moose at their southern range limit. Journal of Mammalogy, 97, 1355-1365.
  • Smith, D.W, Wyman, C.T, Stahler, D.R, Macnulty, D., (2016). Pelican valley and Mollie’s pack. Yellowstone Science, 21:1, 85–89.
  • Cassidy, K.A, Smith, D.W, Mech, L.D, Macnulty, D., Stahler, D.R, Metz, M.C, (2016). Territoriality and inter-pack aggression in gray wolves: shaping a social carnivore’s life history. Yellowstone Science, 24:1, 37–42.
  • Smith, D.W, Peterson, R.O, Macnulty, D., Kohl, M., (2016). The big scientific debate: Trophic cascades. Yellowstone Science, 24:1, 70–71.
  • Quimby, K., Macnulty, D., Stahler, D., Smith, D., Mech, L.D, (2015). Group composition effects on aggressive interpack interactions of gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park. Behavioral Ecology, 26:5, 1352-1360. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arv081
  • Macnulty, D., Tallian, A., Stahler, D., Smith, D., (2014). Influence of group size on the success of wolves hunting bison. PLoS ONE, 9(11): e112884, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.011288
  • Cubaynes, S., Macnulty, D., Stahler, D., Quimby, K., Smith, D., Coulson, T., (2014). Density-dependent intraspecific aggression regulates survival in northern Yellowstone wolves (Canis lupus). Journal of Animal Ecology, 83:6, 1344–1356. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12238
  • Packer, C., Swanson, A., Canney, S., Loveridge, A., Garnett, S., Pfeifer, M., Burton, A.C, Bauer, H., Macnulty, D., (2013). The case for fencing remains intact.. Ecology Letters, 16:11, 1414, e4.
  • Packer, C., Loveridge, A., Canney, S., Caro, T., Garnett, S., Pfeifer, M., Zander, K., Swanson, A., Macnulty, D., (2013). Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence. Ecology Letters, 16, 635-641.
  • Stahler, D., Macnulty, D., Wayne, R., vonHoldt, B., Smith, D., (2013). The adaptive value of morphological, behavioural, and life-history traits in reproductive female wolves. Journal of Animal Ecology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02039.x
  • MacCormick, H., Macnulty, D., Bosacker, A., Lehman, C., Bailey, A., Collins, A., Packer, C., (2012). Male and female aggression: lessons from sex, rank, age, and injury in olive baboons. Behavioral Ecology, 23, 684-691. doi: 10.1093/beheco/ars021
  • Macnulty, D., Smith, D., Mech, L.D, Vucetich, J., Packer, C., (2012). Nonlinear effects of group size on the success of wolves hunting elk. Behavioral Ecology, 23:1, 75-82. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arr159
  • Coulson, T., Macnulty, D., Stahler, D., vonHoldt, B., Wayne, R., Smith, D., (2011). Modeling effects of environmental change on wolf population dynamics, trait evolution and life history. Science, 334, 1275-1278. doi: 0.1126/science.1209441
  • Troyer, J.L, Roelke, M.E, Jespersen, J.M, Baggett, N., Buckley-Beason, V., Macnulty, D., Craft, M., Packer, C., Pecon-Slattery, J., O’Brien, S.J, (2011). FIV diversity: FIVPle subtype composition may influence disease outcome in African lions. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 143, 338-346. doi: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2011.06.013
  • Anderson, M., Cluff, D., Mech, D., Macnulty, D., Wolf density and predation patterns in the Canadian High Arctic. Journal of Wildlife Management
  • Brice, E., Larsen, E., Stahler, D., Macnulty, D., The primacy of density-mediated indirect effects in a community of wolves, elk, and aspen. Ecological Monographs
  • Benson, J., Macnulty, D., Others, N., Intrinsic and environmental drivers of pairwise cohesion in wild canid social groups. Ecology

Professional Journal

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

Other

  • Pfeifer, M., Packer, C., Burton, A., Garnett, S., Loveridge, A., Macnulty, D., Platts, P., (2014). In defense of fences. Science

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Teaching

WILD 6400 - Ecology of Animal Populations, Fall 2024
BIOL, WILD 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2024
WILD, BIOL 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2024
WILD, BIOL 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2024
WILD 6400 - Ecology of Animal Populations, Fall 2023
BIOL, WILD 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2023
BIOL, WILD 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2023
BIOL, WILD 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2023
WILD 6400 - Ecology of Animal Populations, Fall 2022
BIOL, WILD 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2022
BIOL, WILD 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2022
BIOL, WILD 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2022
WILD 6400 - Ecology of Animal Populations, Fall 2021
BIOL, WILD 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2021
BIOL, WILD 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2021
BIOL, WILD 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2021
WILD 6400 - Ecology of Animal Populations, Fall 2020
WILD, BIOL 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2020
WILD 6400 - Ecology of Animal Populations, Fall 2019
BIOL, WILD 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2019
WILD, BIOL 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2019
WILD, BIOL 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2019
WILD 6400 - Ecology of Animal Populations, Fall 2018
BIOL, WILD 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2018
BIOL, WILD 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2018
BIOL, WILD 5580 - Mammalogy, Fall 2018
HONR 4900 - Honors Thesis/Capstone, Spring 2018
WILD 6400 - Ecology of Animal Populations, Fall 2016
WILD 2400 - Wildland Resource Techniques, Fall 2016
HONR 4900 - Senior Thesis/Project, Spring 2016
WILD 6400 - Ecology of Animal Populations, Fall 2015
WILD 2400 - Wildland Resource Techniques, Fall 2015
WILD 6400 - Ecology of Animal Populations, Fall 2014
WILD 2400 - Wildland Resource Techniques, Fall 2014
WILD 6900 - Graduate Special Topics, Fall 2013
WILD 3610 - Wildland Animal Ecology and Identification, Fall 2013
WILD 6900 - Graduate Special Topics: Ecology of Animal Populations, Fall 2012
WILD 3610 - Wildland Animal Ecology and Identification, Fall 2012
WILD 3610 - Wildland Animal Ecology and Idenification, Fall 2011

Graduate Students Mentored

Brian Smith, Wildland Resources, September 2019
Lainie Brice, Wildland Resources, September 2017
Sam Robertson, Wildland Resources, September 2016
Kylie Sinclair, Wildland Resources, September 2018 - December 2020
Lacy Smith, Wildland Resources, January 2016 - December 2020
Michel Kohl, Wildland Resources, September 2012 - May 2019
Aimee Tallian, Wildland Resources, January 2012 - December 2016
Joel Ruprecht, Wildland Resources, August 2013 - December 2015
Ryan Kindermann, Wildland Resources, September 2012 - December 2015

Students

Nicholas Bergeron - MS
Bonnie McDonald - MS
Michael Procko - PhD
Rosemarie Pugh - MS
Sam Robertson - MS

Courses

WILD/BIOL 5580 - Mammalogy
WILD 6400 - Ecology of Animal Populations

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