Julie Blanchong

515-294-9699
julieb@iastate.edu

B.A. Biology, Bowling Green State University, 1995
M.S. Zoology, Michigan State University, 1999
Ph.D. Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 2003
Ph.D. Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, Michigan State University, 2003

Research

Dr. Blanchong is a wildlife ecologist primarily interested in the causes and consequences of disease in wildlife populations. Her research focuses on characterizing relationships between host ecology and the transmission and distribution of disease, identifying ecological and environmental factors associated with disease outbreaks, and evaluating impacts of disease to wildlife populations.

Publications

Blanchong, J.A., S.N. Kravchenko, K.T. Scribner, S.R. Winterstein. 2007. TB-infected deer are more closely related than non-infected deer. Biology Letters 3:103-105.

Joly, D.O., M.D. Samuel, J.A. Langenberg, J.A. Blanchong, C.A. Batha, R.E. Rolley, D.P. Keane, and C.A. Ribic. 2006. Spatial epidemiology of chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42:578-588.

Blanchong, J.A., D.O. Joly, M.D. Samuel, J.A. Langenberg, R.E. Rolley, J.A. Sausen. 2006. White-tailed deer harvest from the chronic wasting disease eradication zone in south-central Wisconsin. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:725-731.

Blanchong, J.A., M.D. Samuel, G.F. Mack. 2006. Multi-species patterns of avian cholera mortality in Nebraska's Rainwater Basin. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42:81-91.

Blanchong, J.A., M.D. Samuel, D.R. Goldberg, D.J. Shadduck, M.A. Lehr. 2006. Persistence of Pasteurella multocida in wetlands following avian cholera outbreaks. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42:33-39.

Blanchong, J.A., K.T. Scribner, B.K. Epperson. 2006. Changes in artificial feeding regulations impact white-tailed deer fine-scale spatial genetic structure. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:1037-1043.

Blanchong, J.A., M.D. Samuel, D.R. Goldberg, D.J. Shadduck, M.A. Lehr. 2006. Wetland environmental conditions associated with the risk of avian cholera outbreaks and the abundance of Pasteurella multocida. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:54-60.

Scribner, K.T., J.A. Blanchong, D.J. Bruggeman, B.K. Epperson, C.-Y. Lee, Y.-W. Pan, R.I. Shorey, B. Williams, H.H. Prince, S.R. Winterstein, D.R. Luukkonen. 2005. Geographical genetics: conceptual foundations and empirical applications of spatial genetic data in wildlife management. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:1434-1453.

Blanchong, J.A., K.T. Scribner, S.R. Winterstein. 2002. Assignment of individuals to populations: Bayesian methods and multilocus genotypes. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:321-329.

Blanchong, J., L. Smale. 2000. Temporal patterns of activity of the unstriped Nile rat, Arvicanthis niloticus, in its natural habitat. Journal of Mammalogy 81:595-599.

Jakob, E., J. Blanchong, M. Popson, K. Sedey, M. Summerfield. 2000. Ontogenetic shifts in the cost of living in large groups: focal observations of a pholcid spider (Holocnemus pluchei). American Midland Naturalist 143:405-413.

Blanchong, J., T. McElhinny, M. Mahoney, L. Smale. 1999. Nocturnal and diurnal rhythms in the unstriped Nile rat, Arvicanthis niloticus. Journal of Biological Rhythms14:364-377.

Blanchong, J., M. Summerfield, E. Jakob. 1996. Chivalry in pholcid spiders revisited. Journal of Arachnology 23:165-170.