Ellen K Bledsoe
- Assistant Professor of Practice, Natural Resources and the Environment
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
- Associate Director, Undergraduate Advancement
Contact
- (520) 621-7255
- Environment and Natural Res. 2, Rm. N257
- Tucson, AZ 85719
- ebledsoe@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Ecology
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
- B.A. Biological Sciences
- Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson (2021 - Ongoing)
- University of Regina (2020 - 2021)
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Careers in Conservation
RNR 195A (Spring 2025) -
Ecological Surveys & Sampling
RNR 321 (Spring 2025) -
Wildlife & Fisheries Seminar
WFSC 496B (Spring 2025) -
Wildlife & Fisheries Seminar
WFSC 596B (Spring 2025) -
Dealing with Data in the Wild
WFSC 223 (Fall 2024) -
Ecological Surveys & Sampling
RNR 321 (Fall 2024) -
Honors Thesis
RNR 498H (Fall 2024) -
Sustainable Earth
RNR 150C1 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Honors Thesis
RNR 498H (Summer I 2024) -
Dealing with Data in the Wild
WFSC 223 (Spring 2024) -
Ecological Surveys & Sampling
RNR 321 (Spring 2024) -
Honors Independent Study
HNRS 399H (Spring 2024) -
Internship
RNR 393 (Spring 2024) -
Wildlife & Fisheries Seminar
WFSC 496B (Spring 2024) -
Wildlife & Fisheries Seminar
WFSC 596B (Spring 2024) -
Dealing with Data in the Wild
WFSC 223 (Fall 2023) -
Ecological Surveys & Sampling
RNR 321 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Dealing with Data in the Wild
WFSC 223 (Spring 2023) -
Ecological Surveys & Sampling
RNR 321 (Spring 2023) -
Honors Thesis
RNR 498H (Spring 2023) -
Dealing with Data in the Wild
WFSC 223 (Fall 2022) -
Ecological Surveys & Sampling
RNR 321 (Fall 2022) -
Honors Thesis
RNR 498H (Fall 2022) -
Sustainable Earth
RNR 150C1 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Ecological Surveys & Sampling
RNR 321 (Spring 2022) -
Sustainable Earth
RNR 150C1 (Spring 2022) -
Working with R
RNR 620 (Spring 2022)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Higino, G., Barros, C., Bledsoe, E. K., Roche, D. G., Binning, S. A., & Poisot, T. (2023). Postdoctoral scientistis are mentors, and it is time to recognize their work. PLoS Biology, 21(11), e3002349. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002349
- Verdolin, J. L., & Bledsoe, E. K. (2023). Snake Herders: Novel anti-predator behavior by black-tailed prairie dogs in response to prairie rattlesnakes. . Journal of Ethology, 6.
- Bledsoe, E. K. (2022). Data rescue: saving environmental data from extinction. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
- Bledsoe, E. K. (2022). Seasonal and annual dynamics of western Canadian boreal forest plant communities: A legacy data set spanning four decades. Ecology.
- Bledsoe, E. K. (2022). portalcasting: Supporting automated forecasting of rodent populations. Journal of Open Source Software.
- Bledsoe, E. K. (2021). Cultivating inclusive instructional and research environments in ecology and evolutionary science. Ecology and Evolution.
- Bledsoe, E. K. (2019). portalr: an R package for summarizing and using the Portal Project Data. Journal of Open Source Software.
- Bledsoe, E. K., & Ernest, S. M. (2019). Temporal changes in species composition affect a ubiquitous species’ views of patch quality. Ecology. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2869
- Bledsoe, E. K. (2018). Developing a modern data workflow for evolving data. bioRxiv.
- Bledsoe, E. K. (2014). What is the sound of fear? Behavioral responses of white-crowned sparrows Zonotrichia leucophrys to synthesized nonlinear acoustic phenomena. Current Zoology.
Others
- Bledsoe, E. K. (2021, August). An Introduction to Ally Skills for Natural History Collections Professionals. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/e2yrv
- Bledsoe, E. K. (2018, February). Developing an automated iterative near-term forecasting system for an ecological study. https://doi.org/10.1101/268623
- Bledsoe, E. K. (2018, May). The Portal Project: a long-term study of a Chihuahuan desert ecosystem. https://doi.org/10.1101/332783
