Senior Scientist
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523
Academic Training
B.A. 1974 Grinnell College General
Biology with Honors
M.S. 1977 Colorado State University Wildlife
Biology
Ph.D. 1979 Colorado State University Wildlife
Biology
Professional Experience
1999-2000 Senior
Scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University
1987-1999 Research
Scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University
1995- Senior Life Scientist, Colorado
Division of Wildlife
1980-1995 Wildlife
Researcher, Colorado Division of Wildlife
1979-1980 Post-doctoral
Fellow, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University
Current Membership on
Federal Advisory Committees
National Science
Foundation POWRE Advisory Panel, 2000
Selected Awards and
Honors
Society for Conservation
Biology Distinguished Service Award for an Individual in Government, 1998
Governor's Citation for
Outstanding Contributions to Smart Growth and Development, 1996
The Wildlife Society
Publication Award for the Outstanding Article in Wildlife Ecology and
Management, 1992 -The -The Wildlife Society Publication Award for the
Outstanding Article in Wildlife Ecology and Management, 1985
Colorado Wildlife Federation Researcher of
the Year, 1984
Most Relevant Publications
Dale, V. H., S. Brown, R. A. Haeuber, N. T.
Hobbs, N. Huntly, R. J. Naiman, W. E. Riebsame, M. G. Turner, and T. J.
Valone. 2000. Ecological principles and guidelines for managing the use of
land: a report from the Ecological
Society of America. Ecological
Applications: In press.
Hobbs, N. T. 1999. Responses of large
herbivores to spatial heterogeneity in ecosystems. Pages 97-129 in H. G.
Jung and G. C. Fahey eds. Nutritional
Ecology of Herbivores: Proceedings of the Vth International Symposium on the
Nutrition of Herbivores. American
Society of Animal Science. Savory IL.
Theobald, D.M. and Hobbs, N.T. 1998.
Forecasting rural land use change: A comparison of regression- and
spatial transition-based models. Geographical & Environmental Modelling
2:57-74.
Hobbs, N. T. and M. W. Miller. 1992.
Interactions of pathogens and hosts:
simulations of population regulation in bighorn sheep. Pages 997-1007 in D. R. McCullough ed., Wildlife 2001: Populations. Elsivier Scientific, New York.
Hobbs, N. T.
1989. Linking energy balance to
survival in mule deer: Development and
test of a simulation model. Wildlife
Monographs 101. 39 pp.
Other Publications:
Hobbs, N. T., D. C. Bowden, and D. L. Baker.
2000. Effects of fertility control on ungulate populations: general, state-structured models. Journal of
Wildlife Management: In press.
Hobbs, N. T., D. L. Baker, G. D. Bear, and D.
C. Bowden. 1996. Ungulate grazing in sagebrush
grassland: mechanisms of resource
competition. Ecological Applications
6:200-217.
Hobbs, N. T. 1996. Modification of ecosystems by ungulates. Journal of Wildlife Management 60:695-713.
Gross, J. E., L. A. Shipley, N. T. Hobbs, D.
E. Spalinger, and B. A. Wunder.
1993. Mechanisms of
foraging: functional response of
herbivores in food-concentrated patches.
Ecology 74:778-791.
Spalinger, D. E., and N. T. Hobbs. 1992.
Mechanisms of foraging in vertebrate herbivores: new models of functional response. American Naturalist 140:325-348.
Collaborators: Dan Baker (Colorado Division of Wildlife),
Dave Bowden (Colorado State University), Michael Coughenour (Colorado State
University), Alan Covich (Colorado State University), Virginia Dale (Oak Ridge
National Lab), Kjel Danell (Swedish University of Agricultural Science), John
Gross (Colorado State University), Rick Hauber (Ecological Society of America),
Nancy Huntly (University of Idaho), Andrew Illius (University of Edinburgh),
Robert Naiman (University of Washington), Dennis Ojima (Colorado State
University), Don Spalinger (University of Alaska), Tom Stolghren (Colorado
State University), David Theobald (Colorado State University), Monica Turner
(University of Wisconsin), Thomas Valone (University of Florida), John Wiens
(Colorado State University).
Students: James Miller, Nancy McIntyre, Bruce Lubow
Thesis Advisor: Mel Dyer (University of Georgia), James
Ellis (Colorado State University)