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publications

Faust L.J., Earnhardt, J.E. and Thompson, S.D.  2006.  Is reversing the decline of Asian elephants in captivity possible? An individual-based modeling approach.  Zoo Biology, 25(3): 201-218.  

Earnhardt, J.M., Thompson, S.D. and Schad, K.  2004.  Strategic planning for captive population: projecting changes in genetic diversity.  Animal Conservation, 7: 9-16.  

Faust, L.J.  2004.  Animal Attractions: Nature on Display in American Zoos (Book Review).  Quarterly Review of Biology, 79(4): 431.  

Faust, L.J. and Earnhardt, J.M.  2004.   Zoo Risk: A Risk Assessment Tool. User’s Manual.   Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois.  

Faust, L.J., Jackson, R., Ford, A., Earnhardt, J. M. and Thompson, S.D.  2004.  Models for management of wildlife populations: Lessons from spectacled bears in zoos and grizzly bears in Yellowstone.  System Dynamics Review, 20(2): 163-178.  

Faust, L.J., Thompson, S.D., Earnhardt, J.M., Brown, E., Ryan, S., Sherman, M. and Yurenka, M.  2003.  Using stage-based system dynamics modeling for demographic management of captive populations.  Zoo Biology, 22: 45-64.  

Earnhardt, J.M., Thompson, S.D. and Marhevsky, E.  2001.  Interactions of Target Population Size, Population Parameters, and Program Management of Viability of Captive Populations.  Zoo Biology, 20: 169-183.  

Faust, L.J. and Thompson, S.D.  2000.  Birth sex ratio in captive mammals: Patterns, bias, and the implications for management and conservation.  Zoo Biology, 19: 11-25.  

Schmidt, K.A., Earnhardt, J.M., Brown, J.S. and Holt, R.D.  2000.  Habitat selection under temporal heterogeneity: exorcising the ghost of competition past.  Ecology, 81: 2622-2630.  

Earnhardt, J.M.  1999.  Reintroduction programmes: genetic tradeoffs for populations.  Animal Conservation, 2: 279-286.  

Earnhardt, J.M., Thompsom, S.D. and Turner-Erfort, G.  1998.  Standards for data entry and maintenance of North American zoo and aquarium animal records databases.  Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois.  

Faust, L.J. and Brown, J.M.  1998.  Sexual selection via female choice in the gall-making fly Eurosta solidaginis Fitch (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Biology of Gall-inducing Arthropods.  North Central Research Station, Forest Service—U.S. Department of Agriculture, 82-90.  

Earnhardt, J., Thompson, S.D. and Willis, K.  1995.  The ISIS database: An evaluation of records essential for captive management.  Zoo Biology, 14: 493-508.  

Earnhardt, J.M., Thompson, S.D. and Willis, K.  1995.  Reply to Flesness et al.  Zoo Biology, 14: 519-522.  

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aboutWith a generous gift from John and Emily Alexander, the Alexander Center for Applied Population Biology was created in 2005 to focus the zoo’s research in small population biology. By integrating existing and new population biology programs into a single center, the zoo will encourage the development of collaborative projects among the zoo’s scientists as well as with other population biology experts and international conservation organizations.

The zoo also hosts the Population Management Center, which conducts population biology-based analyses for captive populations at North American zoos. These analyses are important tools in creating sustainable, healthy captive populations.

Researchers affiliated with population biology at the zoo are Joanne Earnhardt, Lisa Faust, Yee Man Bergstrom, Eric Lonsdorf, Sarah Long, Louise Bier, Carrie Schloss and Steve Thompson.

Recent projects within population biology include the Tarangire Elephant Project, ZooRisk: A Risk Assessment Tool for Captive Populations, the Avian Reintroduction Database, Data Standards for Studbook and Institutional Records, and the Channel Island Fox Reintroduction Project.

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