Brett Jesmer (former PhD student, UW)
Biography
Co-advised by Matt Kauffman and Jake, Brett "AKA Beej" Jesmer defended his dissertation in Fall 2018. Recently, he commenced postdoctoral studies at the Max Planck-Yale Center for Biodiversity, Movement, and Global Change, then started a job at Virginia Tech in 2021. Brett's dissertation focused on resource limitation, population dynamics, migration, and darned near everything else about moose throughout the Intermountain West.
From dust-ups with the authories on Lake Naivasha to emergency sprints into the Hoback Basin bush, Brett will forever occupy a unique space not only in our heads, but in our hearts as well.
Current position: Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech University
Recent Publications
Jesmer, B.R., J.R. Goheen, K.L. Monteith, and M.J. Kauffman. 2017. State-dependent behavior alters endocrine-energy relationship: implications for conservation and management. Ecological Applications 27:2303-2312. PDF
Jesmer, B.R., J.A. Merkle, J.R. Goheen, E.O. Aikens, J.L. Beck, A.B. Courtemanch, M.A. Hurley, D.E. McWhirter, H.M. Miyasaki, K.L. Monteith, and M.J. Kauffman. 2018. Is ungulate migration culturally transmitted? Evidence of social learning from translocated animals. Science 361:1023-1025. PDF
Jesmer, B.R., M.J. Kauffman, M.A. Murphy, and J.R. Goheen. 2020. A test of the Niche Variation Hypothesis in a ruminant herbivore. Journal of Animal Ecology 89:2825-2839. PDF
Jesmer, B.R., M.J. Kauffman, A.B. Courtemanch, S. Kilpatrick, T. Thomas, J. Yost, K.L. Monteith, and J.R. Goheen. 2021. Life-history theory provides a framework for detecting resource limitation: a test of the Nutritional Buffer Hypothesis. Ecological Applications 31:e02299. PDF
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