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Neil Carter

Dr. Neil Carter
Associate Professor
Geospatial Data Sciences
Conservation + Restoration
nhcarter@umich.edu
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Dr. Neil Carter’s interdisciplinary research examines the complex dynamics that characterize interactions between wildlife and people (e.g., provision of ecosystem services, conflicts) in a global change context. His work addresses local to global wildlife conservation issues, utilizes a multitude of spatial techniques and tools, engages different stakeholders, and informs policymaking. General research interests include: spatial ecology, landscape ecology, wildlife management and policy, wildlife ecology and conservation, human dimensions of wildlife management, complexity of coupled human and natural systems, and sustainability science. Projects use field monitoring, social surveys, remote sensing, GIS, and spatial and simulation modeling to investigate human-wildlife coexistence in a number of contexts, such as the American West, Nepal, and Mozambique. Prior to SEAS, Dr. Carter was an Assistant Professor in the Human-Environment Systems research group at Boise State University. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center and Princeton University.

Publications

Carter, N.H., Killion, A., Easter, T., Brandt, J., and Ford, A. 2020. Road development in Asia: range-wide risks to tigers. Science Advances 6, eaaz9619

Carter, N.H., Baeza, A., and N. Magliocca. 2020. Emergent conservation outcomes of shared risk perception in human-wildlife systems. Conservation Biology 34: 903-914

Marescot, L., Lyet, A., Singh, R., Carter, N.H., and O. Gimenez. 2019. Inferring wildlife poaching in southeast Asia with multispecies dynamic occupancy models. Ecography 43: 239-250

Ceausu, S., Graves, R., Killion, A., Svenning, J., and N.H. Carter. 2018. Governing trade-offs in ecosystem services and disservices to achieve human-wildlife coexistence. Conservation Biology 33: 543-553

Gaynor, K.M., Hojnowski, C.E., Carter, N.H., and J.S. Brashares. 2018. The influence of human disturbance on wildlife nocturnality. Science 360: 1232-1235

O’Bryan, C., Beyer, H.L., Braczkowski, A.R., Carter, N.H., Watson, J.E.M., and E. McDonald-Madden. 2018. The contribution of predators and scavengers to human health and well-being. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 229–236

Carter, N.H. and J.D.C. Linnell. 2016. Co-adaptation is key to coexisting with large carnivores. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31: 575-578

Carter, N.H., B. Shrestha, J. Karki, N. Pradhan, and J. Liu. 2012. Coexistence between wildlife and humans at fine spatial scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109: 15360-15365.

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Research
  • Endangered Species Conservation in Shared Landscapes
  • Understanding Human-Wildlife Coexistence
  • Spatial Ecology for Conservation Decision Making
  • Interdisciplinary Approaches to Reducing illicit Wildlife Trade
Education

PhD, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University (Fisheries and Wildlife)
MS, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan (Terrestrial Ecology)
BS, University of California San Diego (Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior)

In the News
Policy framework for coexisting with wolves, bears and mountain lions could benefit both people and the environment
August 22, 2023

Policy framework for coexisting with wolves, bears and mountain lions could benefit both people and the environment

This article originally appeared in The Conversation and is reprinted with permission. A video showing a close encounter between a hiker in Utah and a mountain lion...

truck traffic nepal
February 6, 2023

Rapid behavioral response of Nepalese tigers to reduced road traffic during COVID-19 lockdown

Contact: ericksn@umich.edu University of Michigan researchers and their colleagues used a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in Nepal as a natural experiment to test the...

a tiger on the prowl in Bardia National Park in Nepal. Tiger populations have almost tripled across the Terai Arc Landscape in Nepal since 2009.
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October 28, 2022

Fostering Human-Tiger Coexistence in Nepal

SEAS PhD student and wildlife researcher Amy Zuckerwise has studied ocelots in Bolivia and bobcats in California. But even she was amazed at how thrilling it was to see...

U-M study forecasts the effects of roads and railways on endangered tigers
May 18, 2022

U-M study forecasts the effects of roads and railways on endangered tigers

A new University of Michigan study that forecasts the impacts of expanding roads and a planned railway on endangered tigers in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park has yielded...

Meet the future of Geospatial Data Sciences: Nathaniel Arringdale (MS ’22)
April 15, 2022

Meet the future of Geospatial Data Sciences: Nathaniel Arringdale (MS ’22)

Nathaniel Arringdale (MS ’22) has been studying conservation ecology since he was an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan. Between his junior and senior...

Juvenile (left) and adult spotted hyenas at night in Mekelle, Ethiopia. Image credit: Chinmay Sonawane
September 27, 2021

Hyena scavenging provides public health and economic benefits to African cities

Professor Neil Carter Awarded NASA Grant to Study How Water-Limited Environments Affect Mammals
September 14, 2021

Professor Neil Carter Awarded NASA Grant to Study How Water-Limited Environments Affect Mammals

Dr. Neil Carter, an assistant professor at the School for Environment and Sustainability, has received a three-year, $698,502 grant from the NASA Biodiversity and...

Endangered gray wolf
August 17, 2021

Researchers Explore Climate, Human and Wildlife Interactions on Rangeland in Idaho, Oregon

The combined effect of wolves and drought on human, plant and animal communities on rangeland in Idaho and eastern Oregon will be explored by a team led by researchers at...

In the Media
08/22/2023
Neil Carter
Policy framework for coexisting with wolves, bears and mountain lions could benefit both people and the environment (The Conversation)
08/18/2023
Neil Carter
PhD student Amy Zuckerwise awarded NASA fellowship
04/15/2023
Neil Carter
Yak milk consumption, tigers walking into traffic: 5 unique University of Michigan research studies (MLive)
02/28/2023
Neil Carter
Covid Lockdowns Brought Tigers Closer to Roads (The Wildlife Society)
02/27/2023
Neil Carter
For tigers in Nepal, highways are a giant roadblock best avoided (Mongabay)
05/20/2022
Neil Carter
Roads and Railways Would Threaten Tiger Survival in Nepal (Futurity)
12/09/2021
Neil Carter
Hydroelectric dams linked to tiger and jaguar losses (BBC News)
12/07/2021
Neil Carter
Hyenas’ unpicky feeding habits help clean up a town in Ethiopia (The Conversation)
10/11/2021
Neil Carter
Hyena Habits Help to Curb Disease (The Times of London)
09/30/2021
Neil Carter
Scavenging hyenas benefit public health in African cities (Futurity)
01/04/2021
Neil Carter
Losing Darkness and Natural Sound (National Parks Traveler)
12/21/2020
Neil Carter
Keeping you current Light Pollution Is Causing Birds to Nest Earlier, Mitigating Some Effects of Climate Change (Smithsonian Magazine)
12/18/2020
Neil Carter
Noise, light pollution impact bird reproduction (The Wildlife Society)
12/15/2020
Neil Carter
Light Pollution Is Causing Birds to Nest Earlier—Which Might Not Be a Bad Thing (Scientific American)
11/11/2020
Neil Carter
Study shows light pollution attracts deer to urban areas, and cougars follow (The Salt Lake Tribune)
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