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Education:
- Ph.D. Wildlilfe Biology - The University of Montana, Missoula. 2011.
Dissertation title: Interactive effects of Wildfire and disturbance history on amphibians and their parasites.
- M.S., Wildlife Biology - University of Idaho, Moscow. 1998.
- B.S., Wildlife Biology - University of Montana, Missoula. 1996.
Professional Background:
Blake joined the Leopold Institute in September 2000, where he coordinates field activities and data management for the Rocky Mountain region of the USGS Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (with Steve Corn). His current projects includelong-term monitoring of amphibian populations in national parks of the Rocky Mountains; measuring and comparing the effects of wildfires on amphibian populations their habitats in protected and managed forests; determining the distribution, dynamics, and implications of disease for amphibian populations; and measuring the capacity for local adaptation to buffer stream amphibians against climate change. Blake is nearing completion of a Ph.D. in Wildlife Biology at the University of Montana and was awarded the Jerry O'Neal Fellowship in 2009 for research in Glacier National Park.
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