Douglas Thomas Bolger

Douglas Thomas Bolger is a Professor of Environmental Studies and Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences at Dartmouth College, serving as Director of the Environmental Studies Africa Foreign Studies Program.

His educational background includes:

• B.S. from Rutgers University
• Ph.D. from University of California at San Diego

An ecologist and conservation biologist, Bolger investigates human land-use impacts on plant and animal populations through research on residential development in southern California's coastal sage scrub ecosystem and agricultural intensification near African national parks. His work integrates field ecology with computational methods to address biodiversity conservation challenges in human-altered landscapes.

His publication record reveals a consistent focus on African wildlife conservation, particularly ungulate population dynamics using photographic mark-recapture techniques. The research demonstrates interdisciplinary integration of ecological fieldwork, spatial analysis, and computational innovation to address conservation bottlenecks and habitat connectivity issues in savanna ecosystems.

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Bolger leads field research teams in Tanzania's Tarangire-Manyara Ecosystem studying giraffe and wildebeest populations, and developed Wild-ID software for photographic mark-recapture analysis, establishing a research infrastructure for non-invasive wildlife monitoring.