Lucas Schilder, M.S.

Biography

I am originally from Sacramento, California and received my B.S. in Natural Resources Management from Texas Tech University in 2018. During my undergraduate career, I examined landscape connectivity for Lesser Prairie-Chickens on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico with Dr. Blake Grisham and Dr. Nancy McIntyre. My current graduate work is focused on avian and plant community response to prescribing thinning of Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands in New Mexico, with a detailed evaluation of Juniper Titmouse territoriality and dispersal. My research interests revolve around landscape ecology and I hope to continue working on spatial issues of human-wildlife interactions.