Office:  210 Leasure Hall
Phone:  785-532-6070
Fax:  785-532-7159
EMail: gipson@ksu.edu

Research Focus

• Carnivore ecology emphasizing predator and prey relationships, and intraguild competition. 
• Enhancing upland game populations.
• Plant and animal community responses to military training

Selected Research Publications

Gipson, P.S., and J.F. Kamler.  2006.  Density and minimum number of mesopredators on Fort Riley Military Reservation.  Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 109: 36-40.

Holdstock, D.P., M.C. Wallace, W.B. Ballard, J.H. Brunjes, R.S. Phillips, B.L. Spears, S.J. DeMaso, J.D. Jernigan, R.D. Applegate, and P.S. Gipson.  2006.  Male Rio Grande turkey survival and movements in the Texas Panhandle and southwestern Kansas.  Journal of Wildlife Management 70: 904-913.

Reed, J.E., W.B. Ballard, P.S. Gipson, B.T. Kelly, P.R. Krausman, M.C. Wallace, and D.B. Wester.  2006.  Diets of free-ranging Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 34: 1127-1133.

Althoff, D.P., P.S. Althoff, N.D. Lambrecht, P.S. Gipson, J.S. Pontius, and P.B. Woodford.  2007.  Soil properties and perceived disturbance of grasslands subjected to mechanized military training: evaluation of an index.  Land Degradation & Development 18: 269-288.

Conard, J.M., J.A. Baumgardt, P.S. Gipson, and D.P. Althoff.  2007.  The influence of trap density and duration of sampling on the detection of small mammal species richness.  Acta Theriologica.  In Press.

Our research team includes:

Research Faculty
Donald P. Althoff, Wildife Ecology, dalthoff@ksu.edu
Carolyn E. Blocksome, Range Management, blocksom@ksu.edu
Joanna B. Whittier, Population Ecology, whittier@ksu.edu

Biologist
Kevin Blecha, Plant and Animal Ecology, kevinb@ksu.edu

Graduate students
Jonathan Conard, Conard@ksu.edu, Ph.D. student, Dissertation research: Ecology and demography of a reintroduced elk herd in northeastern Kansas.
Derek Moon, M.S. student, derekm@ksu.edu, M.S. student, Thesis research: Responses of small mammal and plant communities to military training   
Mackenzie Shardlow, M.S. student, shardlow@ksu.edu, M.S. student, Thesis Research:  Distribution and population status of river otters in eastern Kansas

Agency Collaborators
Lloyd  Fox, lloydf@wp.state.ks.us, Big Game Research and Survey, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks     
Matt Peek, mattp@wp.state.ks.us, Furbearer Research and Survey, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
James Seller, jim_sellers@fws.gov, Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Philip Woodford, woodforp@riley.army.mil, Integrate Training Area Management Coordinator, U.S. Army, Fort Riley, Kansas