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Ryan Long is an Associate Professor of Wildlife Sciences at the University of Idaho, affiliated with the Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences within the College of Natural Resources. He holds a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Idaho State University (2013), an M.S. in Wildlife Resources from the University of Idaho (2007), and a B.S. in Wildlife Biology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (2004). His research focuses on large mammal ecology, physiological ecology of endotherms, and resource selection modeling, with an emphasis on linking nutritional landscapes to wildlife behavior and population dynamics.
Key research initiatives include studies on African savanna antelopes, bighorn sheep in Idaho, grizzly bears in Washington, and elk population dynamics. He has received accolades such as the Alumni Award for Excellence (UI, 2017) and the Wildlife Society Publication Award for Outstanding Monograph (2016). Long leads the Long Lab, which emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to conservation challenges, including human-wildlife conflict mitigation in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.
His work integrates field observations, experimental studies, and computational modeling to address critical questions in ecology and conservation. Notable projects include investigating thermal constraints on grizzly bears, nutritional impacts on bighorn sheep survival, and the allometric scaling of behavior in African antelopes. Outreach efforts include workshops on resource selection analysis and spatial distribution modeling for wildlife professionals.
