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Smallwood CV <br />rol <br />Yolo County Habitat Conservation Plan. Conducted landscape ecology study of Yolo County to <br />spatially prioritize allocation of mitigation efforts to improve ecosystem functionality within the <br />County from the perspective of 29 special -status species of wildlife and plants. Used a <br />hierarchically structured indicators approach to apply principles of landscape and ecosystem <br />ecology, conservation biology, and local values in rating land units. Derived GIS maps to help <br />guide the conservation area design, and then developed implementation strategies. <br />Mountain lion track count. Developed and conducted a carnivore monitoring program throughout <br />California since 1985. Species counted include mountain lion, bobcat, black bear, coyote, red and <br />gray fox, raccoon, striped skunk, badger, and black -tailed deer. Vegetation and land use are also <br />monitored. Track survey transect was established on dusty, dirt roads within randomly selected <br />quadrats. <br />Sumatran tiger and other felids. Upon award of Fulbright Research Fellowship, I designed and <br />initiated track counts for seven species of wild cats in Sumatra, including Sumatran tiger, fishing <br />cat, and golden cat. Spent four months on Sumatra and Java in 1988, and learned Bahasa Indonesia, <br />the official Indonesian language. <br />Wildlife in agriculture. Beginning as post -graduate research, I studied pocket gophers and other <br />wildlife in 40 alfalfa fields throughout the Sacramento Valley, and I surveyed for wildlife along a <br />200 mile road transect since 1989 with a hiatus of 1996-2004. The data are analyzed using GIS and <br />methods from landscape ecology, and the results published and presented orally to farming groups <br />in California and elsewhere. I also conducted the first study of wildlife in cover crops used on <br />vineyards and orchards. <br />Agricultural energy use and Tulare County_ groundwater study. Developed and analyzed a data base <br />of energy use in California agriculture, and collaborated on a landscape (GIS) study of groundwater <br />contamination across Tulare County, California. <br />Pocket gopher damage in forest clear -cuts. Developed gopher sampling methods and tested various <br />poison baits and baiting regimes in the largest -ever field study of pocket gopher management in <br />forest plantations, involving 68 research plots in 55 clear -cuts among 6 National Forests in northern <br />California. <br />Risk assessment of exotic species in North America. Developed empirical models of mammal and <br />bird species invasions in North America, as well as a rating system for assigning priority research <br />and control to exotic species in California, based on economic, environmental, and human health <br />hazards. <br />