CURRICULUM VITAE

rev. 10/03

Personal Information

Name: Edward Joseph Heske
Rank: Associate Professional Scientist (Mammalian ecologist)
Address: Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
Born: Bridgeport, Connecticut USA, 27 May 1953

Education

Primary Position

Adjunct Positions

Professional Experience

Current Research Interests

Population ecology, community ecology, and natural history of mammals; conservation biology; consequences of habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, and anthropogenic land conversion for mammalian ecology; small mammal community structure and dynamics; predators of avian nests.

Honors and Awards

Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, UIUC (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002)
UIUC Beckman Research Award (1994)
Fulbright-Hays Fellowship (1985-86)
Norwegian Marshall Fund Scholarship (1985-86, second award Fall 1986)

Refereed Publications

58. Martin, J. M., E. J. Heske, and J. E. Hofmann. 2003. Franklin’s ground squirrel in Illinois: a declining prairie mammal? American Midland Naturalist 150:130-138.

57. French, S. S., K. C. Rowe, and E. J. Heske. 2003. Distribution of eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus) in the Shawnee National Forest, southern Illinois: why are they missing from the eastern Shawnee? American Midland Naturalist 150:194-198.

56. Hoffman, C. L., and E. J. Heske. 2003. Relative abundance of mammalian nest predators at Jim Edgar/Panther Creek Wildlife Area, Cass County, Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 96:55-65.

55. Keller, W. L., and E. J. Heske. 2003. Fox snake (Elaphe constrictor). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 34:67.

54. Keller, W. L., and E. J. Heske. 2003. Blue racer (Coluber constrictor). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 33:312-313.

53. Van Deelen, T. R. J. D. Parrish, and E. J. Heske. 2002. A nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) from central Illinois. Southwestern Naturalist 47:489-491.

52. Heske, E. J. 2002. [Book review] Stinging trees and wait-a-whiles. Confessions of a rainforest biologist. Environmental Conservation 28:380.

51. Brawn, J. D., S. K. Robinson, J. R. Herkert, and E. J. Heske. 2002. Restoration of small reserves may be valuable for certain types of birds. Ecological Restoration 20:63-64.

50. J. E. Hofmann, E. J. Heske, and D. G. Wenny. 2001. Small mammal survey of upland sand habitats at the Savanna Army Depot, Carroll and Jo Daviess counties, Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 94:231-242.

49. Keller, W. L., and E. J. Heske. 2001. An observation of parasitism of black rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta) eggs by a beetle (Nicophorous pustulatus) in Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 94:167-169.

48. Heske, E. J., S. K. Robinson, and J. D Brawn. 2001. Nest predation and neotropical migrant songbirds: piecing together the fragments. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29:52-61.

47. Rosenblatt, D. L., J. L. Newton, and E. J. Heske. 2001. Effects of mowed trails on predation on artificial nests in grassland. The Prairie Naturalist 32:29-41.

46. Newton, J. L., and E. J. Heske. 2001. Predation on artificial nests in small grassland patches in east-central Illinois. American Midland Naturalist 145:29-38.

45. Keller, W. L., and E. J. Heske. 2000. Habitat use and hibernacula of three species of snakes at the Middle Fork Fish and Wildlife Area, Vermilion County, Illinois. Journal of Herpetology 34:558-564.

44. Nelson, S. L., M. A. Miller, E. J. Heske, and G. C. Fahey, Jr. 2000. Nutritional quality of unripe fruits and green leaves consumed as famine foods by the Samoan flying fox. Pacific Science 54:301-311.

43. Nelson, S. L., M. A. Miller, E. J. Heske, and G. C. Fahey, Jr. 2000. Nutritional consequences of a change in diet from native to agricultural fruits for the Samoan fruit bat. Ecography 23:393-401.

42. Heske, E. J., S. K. Robinson, and J. D. Brawn. 1999. Predator activity and predation on songbird nests on forest-field edges in east-central Illinois. Landscape Ecology 14:345-354.

41. Heske, E. J. 1999. [Book review] Mammalogy: adaptation, diversity, and ecology. Journal of Mammalogy 80:699-701

40. Rosenblatt, D. L., E. J. Heske, S. Nelson, D. M. Barber, M. A. Miller, and B. McAllister. 1999. Forest fragments in east-central Illinois: islands or habitat patches for mammals? American Midland Naturalist 141:115-123

39. Heske, E. J., and W. Z. Lidicker, Jr. 1999. California vole, Microtus californicus. Pp. 626-628 in (D.E. Wilson and S. Ruff, eds.) The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. Smithsonian Institute Press.

38. Mosillo, M., E. J. Heske, and J. D. Thompson. 1999. Movements and survival of translocated raccoons in north-central Illinois. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:278-286

37. Burbrink, F. T., C. A. Phillips, and E. J. Heske. 1998. Factors determining richness of reptile and amphibian species in a riparian wildlife dispersal corridor. Biological Conservation 86:107-115

36. Heske, E.J. 1997. [Book review] Time will tell: Long-term studies of vertebrate population dynamics. Ecology 78:2640

35. Heske, E. J., D. L. Rosenblatt, and D. W. Sugg. 1997. Rodent population dynamics in an oak woodland-grassland-chaparral habitat mosaic. Southwestern Naturalist 42:1-12.

34. Hayward, B., E. J. Heske, and C. W. Painter. 1997. Effects of livestock grazing on the small mammal community at a desert cienaga. Journal of Wildlife Management 61:123-129

33. Rogovin, K. A., E. J. Heske, and G. I. Shenbrot. 1996. Patterns of spatial organization and behavior of Pygeretmus pumilio Kerr, 1792 (Dipodidae, Rodentia): radiotelemetry study in desert Dagestan, Russia. Journal of Arid Environments 33:355-366.

32. Kelt, D. A., J. H. Brown, E. J. Heske, P. A. Marquet, S. R. Morton, J. R. W. Reid, K. A. Rogovin, and G. I. Shenbrot. 1996. Community structure of desert small mammals: comparisons across four continents. Ecology 77:746-761.

31. Marini, M., S. K. Robinson, and E. J. Heske. 1995. Edge effects on nest predation in the Shawnee National Forest, southern Illinois. Biological Conservation. 74:203-213.

30. Heske, E. J., G. I. Shenbrot, and K. A. Rogovin. 1995. Spatial organization of Stylodipus telum (Dipodidae, Rodentia) in Dagestan, Russia. Journal of Mammalogy 76:800-808.

29. Heske, E. J. 1995. Mammal abundances on forest-farm edges versus forest interiors in southern Illinois: is there an edge effect? Journal of Mammalogy 76:562-568.

28. Shenbrot, G. I., K. A. Rogovin, and E. J. Heske. 1994. Comparison of niche-packing and community organization in desert rodents in Asia and North America. Australian Journal of Zoology 42:479-499.

27. Heske, E. J., J. H. Brown, and S. Mistry. 1994. Long-term experimental study of a desert rodent community: 13 years of competition. Ecology 75:438-445.

26. Valone, T. J., J. H. Brown, and E. J. Heske. 1994. Interactions between rodents and ants in the Chihuahuan Desert: an update. Ecology 75:252-255.

25. Heske, E. J., J. H Brown, and Q. Guo. 1993. Effects of kangaroo rat exclusion on vegetation structure and plant species diversity in the Chihuahuan Desert. Oecologia (Berlin) 95:520-524.

24. Ostfeld, R. S., and E. J. Heske. 1993. Sexual dimorphism and mating systems in voles. Journal of Mammalogy 74:230-233.

23. Heske, E. J., R. A. Ims, and H. Steen. 1993. Four experiments on a Norwegian microtine rodent assemblage during a summer decline. Pp. 411-424 in (NC Stenseth and RA Ims, eds.) The Biology of Lemmings. Linnean Society Symposium Series No. 15, Academic Press, London. 683 pp.

22. Heske, E. J., and H. Steen. 1993. Interspecific interactions and microhabitat use in a Norwegian low alpine rodent assemblage. Pp. 397-410 in (NC Stenseth and RA Ims, eds.) The Biology of Lemmings. Linnean Society Symposium Series No. 15, Academic Press, London. 683 pp.

21. Heske, E. J., and P. M. Jensen. 1993. Social structure in the Norwegian lemming, Lemmus lemmus, during the breeding season. Pp. 387-396 in (NC Stenseth and RA Ims, eds.) The Biology of Lemmings. Linnean Society Symposium Series No. 15, Academic Press, London. 683 pp.

20. Heske, E. J. 1992. [Book review] Deserts: uniquely like everywhere else. Ecology 73:382-383.

19. Frank, D., and E. J. Heske. 1992. Seasonal changes in space use patterns of the southern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys torridus. Journal of Mammalogy 73:292-298.

18. Heske, E. J., and M. Campbell. 1991. The effects of an 11-year livestock exclosure on rodent and ant numbers in the Chihuahuan Desert, southeastern Arizona. Southwestern Naturalist 36:89-93.

17. Brown, J. H., and E. J. Heske. 1990. Control of a desert-grassland transition by a keystone rodent guild. Science 250:1705-1707.

16. Heske, E. J. 1990. [Book review] Mammalian Reproductive Biology, by F.H. Bronson. Journal of Mammalogy 71:481.

15. Brown, J. H., and E. J. Heske. 1990. Temporal changes in a Chihuahuan Desert rodent community. Oikos 59:290-302.

14. Heske, E. J. 1990. Why do horse lubbers roost in the bushes? Southwestern Naturalist 35:455-458.

13. Heske, E. J., and S. Bondrup-Nielsen. 1990. Why spacing behavior does not stabilize cyclic populations of microtine rodents. Oecologia (Berlin) 83:91-98.

12. Heske, E. J., and R. S. Ostfeld. 1990. Sexual dimorphism in size, relative size of testes, and mating systems in North American microtine rodents. Journal of Mammalogy 71:510-519.

11. Heske, E. J., and H. Steen. 1990. Patterns of microhabitat use in a microtine rodent assemblage in the Rondane Mountains, Norway. Rapporter fra Hoyfjellsokologisk Forskningsstasjon, Finse, Norge. 1990(1):1-26.

10. Heske, E. J., R. S. Ostfeld, and W. Z. Lidicker, Jr. 1988. Does social behavior drive vole cycles? An evaluation of competing models as they pertain to California voles. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66:1153-1159.

9. Heske, E. J. 1987. Spatial structuring and dispersal in a high density population of the California vole, Microtus californicus. Holarctic Ecology 10:137-149.

8. Heske, E. J. 1987. Pregnancy interruption by male pheromones in the California vole. Journal of Mammalogy 68:406-410.

7. Heske, E. J. 1987. Responses of a population of California voles to odor-baited traps. Journal of Mammalogy 68:64-72.

6. Heske, E. J., and J. M. Repp. 1986. Laboratory and field evidence for the avoidance of Microtus californicus by Reithrodontomys megalotis. Canadian Journal of Zoology 64:1530-1534.

5. Ostfeld, R. S., W. Z. Lidicker, Jr., and E. J. Heske. 1985. The relationship between habitat heterogeneity, demography and space use in the California vole, Microtus californicus. Oikos 45:433-442.

4. Rogers, D. S., and E. J. Heske. 1984. Chromosomal evolution of the brown mice, genus Scotinomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Genetica 63:221-228.

3. Heske, E. J., and R. J. Nelson. 1984. Pregnancy interruption in Microtus ochrogaster: laboratory artifact or field phenomenon? Biology of Reproduction 31:97-103.

2. Heske, E. J., R. S. Ostfeld, and W. Z. Lidicker, Jr. 1984. Competitive interactions between Microtus californicus and Reithrodontomys megalotis during two peaks of Microtus abundance. Journal of Mammalogy 65:271-280.

1. Rogers, D. S., E. J. Heske, and D. A. Good. 1983. Karyotypes and a range extension of Reithrodontomys (Cricetidae: Subgenus Aporodon) from Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 28:372-374.

Edited Proceedings

Morton, S. R., and E. J. Heske, eds. 1994. Comparative ecology of desert-dwelling small mammals. Australian Journal of Zoology, 42(4):405-555.

Manuscripts in review

Martin, J. M., and E. J. Heske. Habitat use and juvenile dispersal of Franklin’s ground squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii) in Champaign County, Illinois.

Rowe, K. C., E. J. Heske, P. W. Brown, and K. N. Paige. Surviving the ice: northern refugia and post-glacial recolonization.

Manuscripts in progress

Heske, E. J., and D. L. Rosenblatt. (in prep) Use of edges by raccoons and opossums.

Heske, E. J., and D. L. Rosenblatt (in prep) Habitat use by small mammals in a grassland preserve.

Heske, E. J., T. R. Van Deelen, B. Zercher, and D. Osterman. (in prep) How to photograph a raccoon: a comparison of three methods to survey mammalian predators.

Heske, E. J. (in prep) Nest predation and predator activity in southern Illinois.

Heske, E. J., K. C. Rowe, T. R. Van Deelen, C. Hoffman, J. Martin, B. Bluett, and G. Hubert. (in prep) Spatial and temporal variation in abundance of four species of mammalian predators in Illinois

(and a half dozen more I need to write up!)

Research Support

2002 E. J. Heske and J. M. Martin. Population ecology of Franklin’s ground squirrel in Illinois. Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund. (7/02-6/03) $550

2002 E. J. Heske and J. P. Haas. Effects of mammalian mast predators on acorn survival and germination. Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund. (7/02-12/03) $757

2001 E. J. Heske. Experimental study of the effects of mammalian hard mast predators on acorn survival and oak seedling establishment. UIUC Campus Research Board. (9/01-6/03) $10,225

2000 J. E. Hofmann and E. J. Heske. (Co-PI) Status assessment of Franklin’s ground squirrel in Illinois. Illinois State Endangered Species Board. (7/00-12/01) $4,510

1999 S. K. Robinson, T. R. Van Deelen, E. J. Heske, J. D. Brawn, and M. Joselyn. (Co-PI) Are effects of forest fragmentation on avian nest predation mediated by landscape composition? National Science Foundation. (1999-2003) $360,000 (approx. $90K/yr)

1999 D. G. Wenny, J. E. Hofmann, and E. J. Heske. (Co-PI) Small mammal survey at Savanna Army Depot. Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund. (7/99-12/00) $3,927

1999 J. D. Brawn, P. Brown, E. J. Heske, and S. K. Robinson. (Co-PI) Quail research at Site M. Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Grant. (1999-2002) $300,000 (approx. $100K/yr)

1998 E. J. Heske. (PI) Habitat use by small mammals in an intensively-managed grassland preserve, final year. Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund. (7/98-6/99) $1000

1998 E. J. Heske and W. L. Keller. (PI) Habitat use and hibernacula of snakes at the Middlefork Conservation Area. Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund. (7/98-6/99) $1000

1998 J. Levengood and E. J. Heske. (Co-PI) DePue Wildlife Management Area Biological Site Characterization: Segment II: Levels and effects of selected metals in small mammals. Waste Management and Research Center, Illinois Department of Natural Resources. (1998-2000) $72,000

1997 E. J. Heske. (PI) Habitat use by small mammals in an intensively-managed grassland preserve, year 3. Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund. (7/97-6/98) $700

1996 E. J. Heske. (PI) Habitat use by small mammals in an intensively-managed grassland preserve. Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund. (7/96-6/97) $1000

1996 E. J. Heske. (PI, research advisor) Effects of habitat fragmentation on the distribution of woodland mammals: a case study using fox and gray squirrels. UIUC Research Board. (PhD project of D. Rosenblatt) $7,400

1995 Robinson, S. K., E. J. Heske, and J. D. Brawn. (Co-PI) Factors affecting the nesting success of edge and shrubland birds. Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Grant. (1995-1998) $400,104 (approx. $100K/yr)

1994 Heske, E. J. (PI) Mammalian ecology and conservation in highly disturbed landscapes. UIUC Research Board. (1994-1995) $5,000.

1994 Burbrink, F. T., and E. J. Heske. (PI, research advisor) The effect of corridor width on species diversity and abundance of reptiles and amphibians. Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund. (7/94-6/95) $500

1994 Heske, E. J., and M. Miller. (PI) Habitat use by coyotes in agricultural regions of east-central Illinois. Illinois Department of Conservation Furbearer Fund. (7/94-6/95) $3,200

1994 Thompson, J. (with E.J. Heske as Co-PI). Movements and survivorship of raccoons translocated from the suburban environment (second year). IDOC Furbearer Fund. (7/94-6/95) $12,000 (with additional support of about $10,000 from Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation)

1993 Thompson, J. (with E.J. Heske as Co-PI). Movements and survivorship of raccoons translocated from the suburban environment. IDOC Furbearer Fund. (7/93-6/94) $16,000 (with additional support of about $10,000 from Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation)

1993 Warner, R. E., Brawn, J., and E. J. Heske. (Co-PI) Land condition trend analysis: evaluation of wildlife monitoring methods. US Army Corps of Engineers Research Laboratory. (1993-1995) $89,000

1993 Heske, E. J. (PI) Comparative desert rodent community organization in North America and Asia. National Geographic Society. (3/93-9/93) $2,500

1993 Heske, E. J. (PI) Comparative desert rodent community organization in North America and Asia. The Eppley Foundation. (3/93-9/93) $9,200

1993 Heske, E. J. (for K. A. Rogovin) Support for visiting Russian scientist: Desert rodent research. American Philosophical Society. (3/93-6/93) $1000

1992 Heske, E. J. (PI) Mammalian species diversity in east-central Illinois forest islands. UIUC Research Board. (1992-1993) $3,500

1992 Robinson, S. K., and E. J. Heske. (Co-PI) Effects of edges on avian nesting success and mammal communities. U. S. Forest Service. (7/92-6/93) $25,000

1991 Heske, E. J. (Co-PI) Comparative community ecology of desert rodents in western North American and central Asia. US-USSR Interacademy Exchange Program, funded by the National Science Foundation through the National Research Council. (3/91-6/91) $1,700 for travel, 2,400 rubles for expenses within the USSR

1990 Hayward, B. and E. J. Heske. (Co-PI) Effects of livestock grazing on small mammals and plants in a desert wetland. New Mexico Game & Fish Dept. Share With Wildlife Program. (1990-1992) $2,500

1988 J. H. Brown (PI; E. J. Heske assisted as Postdoctoral Research Associate, managing project). Long-term monitoring and manipulation of the desert granivore system. National Science Foundation. (1988-1992) $450,000 (approx. $90K/yr)

1991 REU supplement to above NSF grant; $4,200. (Brown and Heske, Co-PI)

1990 REU supplement to above NSF grant; $3,750. (Brown and Heske, Co-PI)

1989 REU supplement to above NSF grant; $3,500. (Brown and Heske, Co-PI)

1988 REU supplement to above NSF grant; $3,250. (Brown and Heske, Co-PI)

1986 Heske, E. J. (PI) Social organization and dispersal in the Norwegian lemming (second grant). National Geographic Society. (3/86-12/86) $4,000

1986 Heske, (PI) E. J. Behavioral ecology and dispersal of Norwegian lemmings. Nansen Foundation. (3/86-12/86) 20,000 Norwegian kroner.

1985 Heske, E. J. (PI) Social organization and dispersal in the Norwegian lemming. National Geographic Society. (5/85-12/85) $6,250
(the following small grants funded my dissertation research)

1984 Heske, E. J. (PI) Responses of California voles to conspecific odors. Theodore Roosevelt Fund. $250

1984 Heske, E. J. (PI) Social organization in the California vole. American Society of Mammalogists Grant-in-Aid. $360.

1984 Heske, E. J. (PI) Collections of small mammals from tropical rainforest in Costa Rica. Martens Fund, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. $450.

1984 Heske, E. J. (PI) Pregnancy interruption induced by pheromones in the California vole. University of California Dept. of Zoology Graduate Research Support. 2 awards: $1,000 for maintenance of lab colony, $300 for research.

1983 Heske, E. J. (PI) Dissertation research support, UCB Dept. of Zoology. $300.

1982 Heske, E. J. (PI) Dissertation research support, UCB Dept. of Zoology. $300.

1982 Heske, E. J. (PI) Social behavior of California voles. American Society of Mammalogists Grant-in-Aid. $300.

1982 Heske, E. J. (PI) Collection of small mammals from tropical rainforest in lowland Mexico. Martens Fund, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. $400.

1981 Heske, E. J. (PI) Dissertation research support, UCB Dept. of Zoology. $300.

1979 Heske, E. J. (Co-PI together with 8 other studentsand faculty advisor G. Polis). Ecological survey of the Alvord Desert sand dune system. National Science Foundation Student-Originated Studies Program. (5/79-9/79) $16,000

 Invited Presentations

 Seminars

2000 Iowa State University, Ames: Habitat fragmentation and Illinois mammals: living under the buckle on the corn belt.

1999 Eastern Illinois University: Habitat fragmentation and the mammals of Illinois: can local management address regional problems?

1997 Southern Illinois University (2 seminars): Generalist mammalian predators and nest predation in east-central Illinois: can management at a local scale solve our conservation problems? and Community dynamics in desert rodent assemblages: insights from long-term experiments and varying spatial scales.

1995 Indiana State University, Terre Haute: Spatial and temporal covariation among species of small mammals: what can it tell us about community structure?

1993 Purdue University: Direct and indirect interactions in a Chihuahuan Desert rodent community: 13 years of competition.

1992 Wabash College: Direct and indirect interactions in a desert rodent community: insights from a long-term experimental study.

1992 Northern Illinois University: Interspecific competition and community dynamics in a Chihuahuan Desert rodent assemblage. 

1991 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Interspecific competition and community dynamics in a Chihuahuan Desert rodent community. 

1991 Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow: Long-term experimental study of a Chihuahuan Desert rodent community. 

1991 Illinois Natural History Survey: Long-term study of community dynamics, induced vegetation changes, and interspecific competition in a Chihuahuan Desert rodent community.

1990 University of Texas, El Paso: Temporal changes in a Chihuahuan Desert rodent community, and its implications for conservation.

1986 University of Oslo, Norway: Everything you ever wanted to know about lemmings.

1985 University of Oslo, Norway: Social organization and dispersal in the California vole.

Symposia and invited presentations at scientific meetings

1999 Heske, E. J., and D. L. Rosenblatt.  Habitat fragmentation and Illinois mammals: data versus dogma. 61^st Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference (Invited symposium presentation)

1997 Heske, E. J., S. K. Robinson, J. D. Brawn, and W. D. Dijak.  Activity of generalist mammalian predators and patterns of nest predation on different kinds of edges. The Wildlife Society (Invited symposium presentation)

1997 Heske, E. J. Generalist predators and nest predation in a highly-disturbed, fragmented landscape.  International Theriological Congress VII, Acupulco, Mexico. (Invited symposium presentation)

1995 Heske, E. J. Temporal and spatial covariation among species of small mammals: what can it tell us about community structure? American Society of Mammalogists. (Invited symposium presentation)

1994 Heske, E. J. Vole love: whither microtine socioecology? Midwest Animal Behavior Society. (Invited symposium presentation)

1993 Shenbrot, G. I., K. A. Rogovin, and E. J. Heske.  Comparison of niche-packing and community organization in desert rodents in Asia and North America. International Theriological Congress VI, Sydney, Australia. (Invited symposium presentation)

1989 Brown, J. H., and E. J. Heske.  Changing abundances and species composition in a desert community. International Theriological Congress V, Rome, Italy. (Invited symposium presentation)

Sessions organized or chaired

2003 (organizer and moderator) The restoration of Spunky Bottoms: where are we, and where are we going? Day-long workshop and series of presentations at Dickson Mounds, Illinois, sponsored by INHS and The Nature Conservancy

2003 (moderator) Contributed paper session on Conservation Biology, American Society of Mammalogists, Lubbock, TX

2002 (moderator) Contributed paper session on Conservation Biology, American Society of Mammalogists, St. Charles, LA

2001 (moderator) Contributed paper session on Conservation Biology, American Society of Mammalogists, Missoula. MT

2001 (moderator) Special session on Urban Sprawl, Illinois Renewable Natural Resources Conference, Peoria, IL

2000 (moderator) Contributed paper session on Conservation Biology, American Society of Mammalogists, Durham, NH

1999 (Co-organizer, host, moderator) Illinois Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Allerton Park, Monticello, IL

1999 (moderator) Contributed paper session on Conservation Biology, American Society of Mammalogists, Seattle, WA

1998 (moderator) Contributed paper session on Conservation Biology, American Society of Mammalogists, Blacksburg, WV

1997 (Program chair, moderator) Illinois Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Edwardsville, IL

1997 (moderator) Contributed paper session on Conservation Biology, American Society of Mammalogists, Stillwater, OK

1996 (moderator) Contributed paper session on Natural History, American Society of Mammalogists, Burlington, VT

1994 (Co-organizer, moderator) Symposium on “Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Wildlife,” 56th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Indianapolis, IN

1993 (Co-organizer, moderator) Symposium on “Comparative ecology of desert-dwelling small mammals,” 6th International Theriological Congress, Sydney, Australia

1989 (Organizer, moderator) Southwest Association of Biologists, Abiqui, NM

Contributed Presentations at Professional Meetings

2003 Martin, J. M., and E. J. Heske. Habitat use and juvenile dispersal of Franklin’s ground squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii) in Champaign County, Illinois. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference

2003 Haas, J. P., and E. J. Heske. Mammalian acorn predators, acorn survival, germination, and oak seedling recruitment. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference

2003 Haas, J. P., and E. J. Heske. Effects of mammalian mast consumers on acorn survival and germination. American Society of Mammalogists

2003 Wise, J. M., N. E. Mateus-Pinilla, R. Novak, J. E. Hofmann, and E. J. Heske. Are life history characteristics associated with prevalence of West Nile Virus in bats? American Society of Mammalogists [poster]

2003 Heske, E. J., and J. P. Haas. Effects of mammalian mast consumers on acorn survival and germination. Illinois Chapter of The Wildlife Society

2002 Rowe, K. C., K. N. Paige, and E. J. Heske. Phylogenetic support for the importance of rivers as dispersal corridors in eastern chipmunks. American Society of Mammalogists

2002 Rowe, K. C., K. N. Paige, and E. J. Heske. Phylogenetic support for the importance of rivers as dispersal corridors in eastern chipmunks. Society for the Study of Evolution

2002 Heske, E. J., T. R. Van Deelen, C. L. Hoffman, K. C. Rowe, J. M. Martin, G. Hubert, and R. Bluett. Composition or configuration: landscape effects on the distribution of raccoons and opossums in Illinois. American Society of Mammalogists

2002 French, S. S., K. C. Rowe, and E. J. Heske. Why are chipmunks missing from the eastern Shawnee National Forest? American Society of Mammalogist [poster]

2002 Heske, E. J., T. R. Van Deelen, K. C. Rowe, C. L. Hoffman, J. M. Martin, R. Bluett, and G. Hubert. Modeling spatial variation in abundance of raccoons, opossums, and house cats from 20 years of spotlight surveys. Illinois Chapter of The Wildlife Society

2001 Heske, E. J., T. R. Van Deelen, J. Martin, C. Hoffman, K. Rowe, R. Bluett, and G. Hubert. twenty years of spotlight surveys in Illinois: variation in abundance of raccoons, opossums, and cats.  Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference

2001 Heske, E. J., T. R. Van Deelen, C. Hoffman, J. Martin, R. Bluett, and G. Hubert. Twenty years of spotlight surveys: variation in abundance of four species of mammalian predators in Illinois.  American Society of Mammalogists

2001 Biser, J. A., Vogel, L. A., Levengood, J. M., Heske, E. J., and Loew, S. S. The effects of environmental pollutants on immunocompetence and fluctuating asymmetry in the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus. Society for Conservation Biology

2001 Brawn, J. D., Robinson, S. K.., Herkert, J., and E. J. Heske. Are savanna and shrubland birds area sensitive? American Ornithological Union

2001 Heske, E. J., T. R. Van Deelen, C. Hoffman, J. Martin, K. Rowe, R. Bluett, and G. Hubert. Spatial and temporal variation in abundance of three species of mammalian predators in Illinois, USA. 8^th International Theriological Congress, South Africa (Poster)

2001 Hofmann, J. E., E. J. Heske, and D.G. Wenny. Small mammal survey of upland sand habitats at the Savanna Army Depot, Carroll and Jo Daviess counties, Illinois.  Annual Meeting of the Illinois State Academy of Sciences

2001 Heske, E. J. Small mammals at Prairie Ridge State Natural Area. Illinois Renewable Natural Resources Conference (Poster)

1999 Heske, E. J. How to photograph a raccoon: adventures with Trailmasters. American Society of Mammalogists.

1999 Heske, E.J. What’s the best way to index predator activity? Illinois Chapter of The Wildlife Society.

1998 Heske, E.J, D. L. Rosenblatt, and J.L. Newton. Use of forest-field edges by raccoons and opossums: does it matter to the birds? American Society of Mammalogists.

1998 Rosenblatt, D. L., and E. J. Heske. Use of habitat edges by raccoons and opossums.  Illinois Chapter of The Wildlife Society.

1998 Newton, J. L., E. J. Heske, and T. R. Van Deelen. Experimental studies of nest predation: edge and area effects. Illinois Chapter of The Wildlife Society.

1997 Heske, E. J., S. K. Robinson, and J. D. Brawn. Activity of generalist mammalian predators and songbird nest predation on edges. American Society of Mammalogists.

1996 Heske, E. J., P. C. Mankin, and R. E. Warner. Illinois mammals and habitat fragmentation. American Society of Mammalogists.

1996 Mankin, P. C., R. E. Warner, and E. J. Heske. A long-term perspective on mammals of the Prairie State. Illinois Chapter of the Wildlife Society.

1996 Heske, E. J. Fragmented forests and midwestern wildlife. Illinois Chapter of the Wildlife Society.

1995 Thompson, J. D., M. Mosillo, and E. J. Heske. Movements and survival of raccoons translocated from suburban environments. 57th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference.

1995 Rosenblatt, D. L., E. J. Heske, M. A. Miller, S. Nelson, D. M. Barber, and B. McAllister. Forest fragments in east-central Illinois: islands or habitat patches for mammals? American Society of Mammalogists.

1995 Mosillo, M., E. J. Heske, J. D. Thompson, and F. T. Burbrink. Survival and movements of translocated raccoons in Kane Co., Illinois. Illinois Renewable Natural Resources Conference

1995 Burbrink, F. T., C. A. Phillips, and E. J. Heske. Reptile and amphibian diversity along a potential riparian wildlife corridor in southern Illinois. Illinois Renewable Natural Resources Conference

1994 Heske, E. J., D. L. Rosenblatt, and D. W. Sugg. Rodent population dynamics in a habitat mosaic. American Society of Mammalogists.

1994 Kelt, D. A., J. H. Brown, E. J. Heske, P. Marquet, S. R. Morton, J. W. R. Reid, K. A. Rogovin, and G. I. Shenbrot. Community structure of desert small mammals: comparisons across four continents. (Poster) American Society of Mammalogists

1994 Heske, E. J., D. L. Rosenblatt, and D. W. Sugg. Rodent population dynamics in an open oak woodland-grassland-chaparral habitat mosaic in central California. First North American Savannas and Barrens Conference

1994 Heske, E. J. Fragmentation and edge effects on mammals in Illinois: landscape-level perspectives and research needs. 56th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference.

1993 Heske, E. J. Is there an edge effect for mammals in the Shawnee National Forest, southwestern Illinois?  American Society of Mammalogists.

1993 Heske, E. J. Using the Illinois landscape to study fragmentation effects on wildlife.  Workshop sponsored by Illinois Dept. of Conservation.

1993 Heske, E. J. Introduction: Comparative ecology of desert small mammals. International Theriological Congress VI, Sydney, Australia.

1992 Heske, E. J.,  J. H. Brown, and S. Mistry. Direct and indirect interactions in a Chihuahuan Desert rodent community. American Society of Mammalogists.

1991 Brown, J. H., M. Taper, and E. J. Heske. Constant competition in a variable environment: long-term experiments with desert rodents. American Society of Mammalogists.

1991 Brown, J. H., M. Taper, and E. J. Heske. Constant competition in a variable environment: experiments with desert rodents. Society for the Study of Evolution.

1991 Heske, E. J.,  J. H. Brown, and S. Mistry. Thirteen years of desert rodent competition. Southwest Association of Biologists.

1990 Heske, E. J., and D. H. Frank. Sexual and seasonal differences in the home range of the southern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys torridus. Southwestern Association of Naturalists.

1990 Frank, D. H., and E. J. Heske. Seasonal changes in the space use patterns of the southern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys torridus. American Society of Mammalogists.

1990 Heske, E. J., and D. H. Frank. sex, mice, and radiotransmitters. Southwest Association of Biologists.

1990 Brown, J. H., and E. J. Heske.  Rodents are a keystone guild: desert becomes grassland when kangaroo rats are removed. Southwest Association of Biologists

1989 Brown, J. H., and E. J. Heske. Time series analysis of desert rodent population dynamics.  American Society of Mammalogists.

1989 Heske, E. J., and S. Bondrup-Nielsen. Why spacing behavior does not stabilize density in cyclic populations of microtine rodents. International Theriological Congress V, Rome, Italy. (Poster)

1988 Heske, E. J., and R. S. Ostfeld. Sexual size dimorphism, relative testes size, and mating systems in North American microtine rodents.  Ecological Society of America.

1988 Heske, E. J., and R. S. Ostfeld. Morphological consequences of mating system variation in North American voles. Southwest Association of Biologists.

1987 Heske, E. J., R. A. Ims, and H. Steen. Chaos and pattern in a Norwegian microtine rodent assemblage: four experiments during a cyclic decline. American Society of Mammalogists.

1987 Heske, E. J. Experiments during a cyclic decline in a Norwegian microtine rodent assemblage. Southwest Association of Biologists.

1986 Heske, E. J., and P. M. Jensen. Social organization in wild populations of the Norwegian lemming during the breeding season. Symposium on the Biology of Lemmings, Konnevesi, Finland.

1986 Heske, E. J., and H. Steen. The influence of interspecific interactions on habitat use in a Norwegian rodent assemblage.  Symposium on the Biology of Lemmings, Konnevesi, Finland.

1985 Lidicker, W. Z., Jr., R. S. Ostfeld, and E. J. Heske. The social system of Microtus californicus.  International Theriological Congress IV, Edmonton, Canada.

1984 Lidicker, W. Z., Jr., R. S. Ostfeld, and E. J. Heske. Spatial dynamics of a population of California voles.  American Society of Mammalogists.

1984 Heske, E. J., and R. J. Nelson. Pregnancy interruption in Microtus ochrogaster: Laboratory artifact or field phenomenon? American Society of Mammalogists.

1983 Heske, E. J., R. S. Ostfeld, and W. Z. Lidicker, Jr. Competitive interactions between Microtus  californicus and Reithrodontomys megalotis during two peaks of Microtus abundance. American Society of Mammalogists.

1982 Heske, E. J., and R. M. Warner. Impact of a natural disaster on the populations of small mammals inhabiting a coastal California marsh, with observations on recolonization. American Society of Mammalogists.

1982 Heske, E. J. Effects of a winter flood on the small mammals of a coastal California marsh.  Western Society of Naturalists.

Dissertation, Technical Reports (major only), Popular Articles

2000 Heske, E. J., and W. L. Keller. Snakes in the grass, snakes in the trees.  INHS Reports No. 361

1999 Heske, E. J., and J. E. Hofmann. Mammal collection. INHS Reports No. 356

1999 Robinson, S. K., E. J. Heske, and J. D. Brawn. Factors affecting the nesting success of edge and shrubland birds. Final Report, Federal Aid project No. W-125-R. 255 pp.

1998 Heske, E.J., D. L. Rosenblatt, and J.L. Newton. Don’t blame it all on the raccoons. INHS Reports No. 351

1997 Rosenblatt, D. L., and E. J. Heske. What color are your squirrels? INHS Reports No. 345

1995 Heske, E. J., and M. A. Miller. Coyotes in cornfields. INHS Reports No. 334.

1995 Warner, R. E., J. D. Brawn, and E. J. Heske. Land Condition Trend Analysis (LCTA): Evaluation of wildlife monitoring methods. Final Report, USACERL Contract DACA 88-91-D-0005-14. 150 pp.

1994 Heske, E. J. Radiotracking relocated raccoons. INHS Reports No. 328

1993 Heske, E. J. Living on the edge. INHS Reports No. 320

1991 Knapp, C. M., E. J. Heske, V. Marble, H. Weeks, and W. Eichler. Design of terrecosm enclosures for use in ecorisk assessment evaluations. Prepared for U.S. EPA, Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR. 28 pp.

1989 White, C. S., Y. D. Marinakis, E. J. Heske, and S. A. Sommer. Estimation of wet and dry sulfate and hydrogen ion deposition in the Chiricahua Wilderness and assessment of likely impacts on wilderness resources. Environmental Impact Statement prepared for US Forest Service. 85 pp.

1986 Heske, E. J. Effects of a winter flood on the small mammals of a coastal California marsh. in Macdonald, K.B. (ed.) Pacific Coast Wetlands Functions and Values: Some Regional Comparisons. Symposium Proceedings, Western Society of Naturalists, 63rd Annual Meeting, Long Beach, 1982. K.B. Macdonald & Assoc., Inc., San Diego, CA. 96 pp.

1985 Heske, E.J. Social organization in the California vole, Microtus californicus. PhD Dissertation, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 187 pp.

(note: this list does not contain numerous shorter (ca. 25 pp.) final reports on grants and contracts, short reports on mammal surveys in Illinois, or area assessment reports for the Illinois Critical Trends Assessment Project (about 25 so far at ca. 10-15 pp. each), which would add additional pages)

Miscellaneous Informal Seminars

2002 UIUC Restoration Roundtable: Habitat fragmentation and Illinois mammals: is restoration a reality?

2001 Graduate Students in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (GEEB) Workshop: How to prepare a job application for an academic position.

1997  Ecolunch (U of I): Generalist mammalian predators and nest predation: can management at a local scale solve our conservation problems?

1996  INHS “Brown bag seminar”: Adios to the desert: a desert rat looks back on changing perceptions of small mammal communities

1995, 1997, 1999 Guest lectures, Fish and Wildlife Ecology (U of I): Conservation issues and mammals.

1995  Ecolunch (U of I): So, just what is a small mammal community anyway?

1994  Ecolunch (U of I): Wild mice! The ups and downs of rodents in a California chaparral-oak woodland-grassland mosaic.

1993  Ecolunch (U of I): Desert rodent community ecology in North America and Asia.

1991  Ecolunch (University of Illinois): Spacing patterns in small mammals: sex, mice, and radiotransmitters.

1-3 per year, 1979-91, before arrival at INHS

Professional Organizations

American Society of Mammalogists (Life member)

Ecological Society of America

Society for Conservation Biology

The Wildlife Society

Southwestern Association of Naturalists

Sigma Xi

Professional Service

 Advisory panels, boards, and other service to the scientific community

2001-       Emiquon Science Advisory Council, The Nature Conservancy

1997-00   National Science Foundation Ecology Panel (5 panel meetings)

1997-       Technical Advisory Committee, Illinois State Threatened and Endangered Species Advisory Board

Editorships, service on editorial boards, or other society service

1998-01, 2003- Board of Directors, American Society of Mammalogists

2000- Chair, Grants-in-Aid Committee, American Society of Mammalogists

1999-02 Editorial Board (associate editor, Ecology), Ecological Society of America

1998-03 Committee on Committees, American Society of Mammalogists

1995-98, 2003- Editorial Board (95-98 associate editor, 2003- Editor for Special Features, Journal of Mammalogy), American Society of Mammalogists

1993-96, Chair 1998 – 00, 2001-03 Resolutions Committee, American Society of Mammalogists

1990-98 Honoraria Committee, American Society of Mammalogists

 Other Committee Service

 INHS:

2003- Chair, Research Advisory Committee, INHS

2003- Promotion Advisory Committee, INHS

2003 INHS Re-organization Committee

2002- Senior Management Team, INHS 

2000-    Biodiversity Blitz planning committee, INHS

1997-     Acting Curator of Mammals, Museum of Natural History (with Joyce Hofmann)

1995-     New Building Committee, INHS

1994-     Collections Resources Committee, INHS

1991-     Seminar Committee, INHS

 University of Illinois:

2002- Graduate Programs Committee, Animal Biology Dept.  

2000-02    Natural Resource Ecology and Conservation Biology  (NRECB) Executive Committee (NRES Dept.)

1997-     UIUC Natural Areas Committee

1995-96 Seminar series organizer (EEE Dept.)

 Job Search Committees:

2003 Project Coordinator, Illinois Wildlife Conservation Plan, INHS and IDNR (chair)

2003 Landscape Ecologist, Center for Wildlife Ecology, INHS (chair)

2003 Waterfowl Ecologist/Field Station Director, Center for Wildlife Ecology

2002 Avian Field Team Leader (WNV Research Team), Center for Econ. Ent., INHS

2001 Wildlife Ecologist, Center for Wildlife Ecology, INHS (chair)

1999 Wildlife Conflicts Ecologist, Center for Wildlife Ecology, INHS

1999 Avian Ecologist, Center for Wildlife Ecologist, INHS (chair)

1998 Wildlife Ecologist, Center for Wildlife Ecology, INHS (chair)

1995 Forest Ecologist, Center for Wildlife Ecology, INHS

1993 Herpetologist, Center for Biodiversity, INHS

 Reviewer of manuscripts or grant proposals for:

Journal of Mammalogy: 29 + 147; 1986, 1987, 1988-2, 1989-2, 1990, 1992-2, 1993-4, 1994-4, 1995, 1997, 1998 (plus 147 as assoc. editor 1996-98), 1999-2, 2000-4, 2001-2, 2002-1

Oikos and Ecography: 9; 1985, 1986, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002-2

Acta Zoologica Fennica: 1; 1989

Book chapters (various publishers): 8; 1986-2, 1992, 1995-3, 2000, 2001

Ecology: 15 + 53; 1992, 1993-2, 1994-3, 1995-2, 1996-4, 1997-2, 1998 (plus 53 as assoc. editor, 1999-02 )

J. Wildlife Management: 12; 1992, 1993-2, 1995, 1996, 1998-2, 2000-1, 2001-2, 2002-2

Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol.: 4; 1992-2, 1998-2

J. Theoretical Biol.: 1; 1992

American Naturalist: 1; 1992

Occ. Publ. Mus. Southwest. Biol.: 1; 1993

Polish Ecological Studies: 1; 1993

American Midland Naturalist: 12; 1994, 1998-2, 1999-3, 2000-2, 2001-2, 2002, 2003

J. Range Management: 2; 1994, 1995

Conservation Biology: 5; 1995, 1997-2, 1999, 2002

Wildlife Review: 3; 1996-2, 1998

Southwestern Naturalist: 6; 1997, 1998-2, 1999, 2001, 2003

Great Basin Naturalist: 1; 1998

Oecologia: 2; 1998, 1999

J. Field Ornithology: 1; 1999

Biological Conservation: 2; 1999, 2001

Condor: 1; 2000

Natural Areas Journal: 1; 2000

Prairie Naturalist: 1; 2000

Canadian Journal of Zoology: 1; 2001

The Auk: 1; 2002

Behavioral Ecology: 1; 2003

Evolutionary Ecology: 1; 2002

Acta Theriologica: 1; 2002

National Geographic Society: 8; 1988, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001

National Science Foundation: 28 + 113 (as panelist); 1989, 1990-2, 1991-2, 1992, 1993-2, 1994, 1995, 1996-3, 1997-2, 1998 (plus 95 as Ecology panel member, 1997-2000), 2000-2, 2001-5, 2002-5 (plus 18 as Dissertation Improvement Grant panelist), 2003

Tennessee Council of Science and Engineering: 1; 1991

US Dept. Agriculture: 5; 1994-2, 1995-2, 1996

Univ. of Illinois Research Board: 13; 1994, 1995, 1996-2, 1997, 1998-2, 1999, 2000, 2001-2, 2002-2

Wildlife Conservation Society: 1; 1995

Teaching

Mammalogy (EEE 336), University of Illinois ­ 1992*, 1994*, 1996*, 1998, 2000*, 2002*

(*voted to List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students)

3 lectures and 2 labs per week, plus 2-3 field trips.  5 credits.  Evolutionary history, functional morphology, reproduction, ecology, behavior, systematics, and conservation of mammals.  Course outline may be seen at www.life.uiuc.edu/eee/336 or by link through my INHS web page

Note: my current position at INHS allows me to teach only the above class, but I regularly participate in graduate seminars and discussion groups, other student-related activities, and conduct weekly lab meetings

Graduate seminars taught before current position:

1989-91 Mammal research review, University of New Mexico (repeating seminar)

1988  Vertebrate socioecology, University of New Mexico

1986  Community ecology, University of Oslo

1985  Small mammal population ecology, University of Oslo

Graduate Students (with year of completion and general description of research)

PhD Students for whom I served as major advisor:

2003- Suzanne Beyeler (Avian communities of floodplain forests)

1999- Kevin Rowe (Phylogeography of eastern chipmunks in Illinois)

1992-2000 Diana Barber (Maternal investment in sons versus daughters in the Big Brown Bat, Eptesicus fuscus)

1993-99 Dan Rosenblatt (Effects of habitat fragmentation on the distribution of gray and fox squirrels)

MS Students for whom I served as major advisor:

2002- Jennifer Wise (West Nile Virus in bats)

2002- Jared Haas (Acorn predation and oak forest succession)

2001-03 Jason Martin (Status assessment of Franklin’s ground squirrel in Illinois)

2000-02 Catherine Hoffman (Landscape and habitat effects on distributions of mammalian predators)

1998-00 W. Lawrence Keller (Habitat use by three species of snakes)

1997-98 Julianne Newton (Nest predation in grasslands and shrublands: area and edge effects)

1996-97 Suzanne Nelson (Nutritional consequences of anthropogenic disturbances on the diet of Samoan flying foxes)

1995-96 Maia Mosillo (Movements and survival of translocated raccoons in north-central Illinois)

1994-95 Frank Burbrink (Factors affecting species richness of reptiles and amphibians in a riparian wildlife dispersal corridor)

Marty Miller  (Movements and habitat use of coyotes in agricultural regions of east-central Illinois; deceased before completion of project)

I also have served as a thesis committee member for:

PhD:Steve Harper, Kirk Lin, Pat Zollne, Leonardo Chapa, Moshe Wolf, Todd Gosselink

MS: Todd Gosselink, Rachel Neumeir, Chad Stewart, Jennifer Smith

and am currently a committee member for:

PhD: Carrie DeJaco, Eli Saetnan, Gerardo Carfagno

MS: Sandra Vistine, Gabe Hamer, Nathaniel Beccue

Other graduate student-related activities

Evaluator of student presentations at annual meetings of the American Society of Mammalogists (several years)

ASM Breakfast with a Scientist Program (1997, 2000)

Judge, Awards Committee for annual symposium presented by graduate students in the UIUC Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology