Kerry
R. Foresman
Professor of Biology and Wildlife Biology
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Montana
Missoula, MT. Fax:
406-243-4184
Phone:
406-243-4492
E-mail: foresman@mso.umt.edu
ACADEMIC TRAINING
1977-1978: University of
Tennessee, Knoxville; Postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Dr.
Joseph C. Daniel, Jr. and the Biology Division, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Oak Ridge.
1973-1977:
University of Idaho, Moscow; Ph.D. in Zoology. Dissertation:
Ovarian control of implantation in the ferret (Mustela furo).
1971-1973: University of Idaho, Moscow, M.S. in Zoology. Thesis:
Nidation in the western spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius latifrons):
The role of luteinizing hormone from the anterior pituitary.
1968-1971: University of
Montana, Missoula; B.A. in Zoology (Honors).
1967-1968: Washington University,
St. Louis; Requirements toward B.A.1966-
1967: University of Missouri,
St. Louis; Requirements toward B.A.
July, 1992 to Present:
Professor of Biology and Wildlife Biology, Division of Biological
Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana.
September, 1998 - Present:
Adjunct Professor of Biology, Montana State University.
September, 1998 to August,
2000: Program Director - Organismal Biology and Ecology Program -
Division of Biological Sciences. [27 Faculty, 43 Graduate Students];
July, 1986 to June, 1992:
Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of
Montana, Missoula, Montana.
January, 1984 to June, 1986: Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology,
University of Montana, Missoula, Montana.
July, 1979 to December,
1983: Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Rhode
Island, Kingston, Rhode Island.
September, 1978 to June,
1979: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University
of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.
September, 1977 to August,
1978: Hilton Smith Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Tennessee.
September, 1974 to May,
1977: Teaching Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, University
of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
September, 1971 to August,
1974: NDEA Pre-doctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
June, 1971 to August, 1971:
Teaching Assistant, University of Montana Biological Station, Yellow
Bay, Flathead Lake, Bigfork, Montana.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Membership in Professional
Societies:
American
Society of Mammalogists
The Wildlife Society
Have served on many professional committees at the regional and national
level. Local Committee
Chair for the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists.
Associate
Editor - Ursus
Selected Presentations
of Scientific Papers:
Foresman, K. R., and Moran, J. - Small mammal use of modified culverts on the Lolo South Project of Western Montana – An up-date. International Conference on Ecology & Transportation. August, 2003; Lake Placid, New York.
Foresman, K. R.
- Small mammal use of modified culverts on the Lolo South project
of western Montana. International Conference on Ecology and Transportation.
September, 2001; Keystone, Colorado.
Badyaev, A., and K.
R. Foresman - Developmental stability and the environment:
Why are some species better indicators of stress than others? Society
for the Study of Evolution June, 2001.
Dullum, J. L. D., K.
R. Foresman, and R. Matchett. Evaluating effective group release
size, population growth, and survival rate of translocated black-tailed
prairie dogs on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge,
Montana. 81st National meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists,
Missoula, MT, June 2001.
Dullum, J. L. D., and K.
R. Foresman. Efficacy of translocations for restoring populations
of black-tailed prairie dogs in north-central Montana. Montana
Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Bozeman, Montana March 2001.
Ivan, J., and K. R.
Foresman. Effectiveness of carbon-sooted aluminum track plates
for detecting American marten. Montana Chapter of the Wildlife
Society, Bozeman, Montana March 2000.
Foresman, K. R.
Evaluating methods for detecting carnivores. Bitterroot Ecosystem
Management Research Symposium - Fauna Research. March 2000.
Foresman, K. R.,
and C. B. Henderson. Effect of habitat disturbance and forest fragmentation
on soricid communities. Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society,
Bozeman, Montana, March, 1999.
Ivan, J., and K. R.
Foresman. Effectiveness of carbon-sooted aluminum track plates
for detecting American marten. Montana Chapter of the Wildlife
Society, Bozeman, Montana, March, 1999.
Dullum, J. L. D., and K.
R. Foresman. Recolonization of black-tailed prairie dogs in
southern Phillips County, Montana. Montana Chapter of the Wildlife
Society, Bozeman, Montana, March, 1999.Badyaev,
A. V., C. T.
Fiumara, and K. R.
Foresman. Effects of environmental stress on interaction between
morphological integration and developmental stability. Joint Meeting
of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists,
and the American Society of Naturalists. Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada. June, 1998.
Henderson, C. B., and K.
R. Foresman. - Spatial and temporal dynamics of vertebrate
communities in managed forest stands in Montana. Invited talk:
The Wildlife Society 2nd Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon. Sept.
1995:
Participation on Panels
or Symposia:
Invited Speaker
– International Symposium on the Biogeography and Systematics of
Mammals of East Asia.
Title: Soricid
shrews: a species model to study evolutionary significance of
stress-induced variation in morphology.
Tunghai University,
Taichung, Taiwan. November 29-30, 2004. (with A. V. Badyaev.)
Invited Speaker
– International Symposium on Biodiversity and Its Development on
Agricultural
Technology. Title:
Maintenance of Healthy Faunal Diversity/biodiversity in Grassland and
Forested Habitats of
Montana.
National Pingtung University and
Technology Institute, Pingtung, Taiwan, December 3-5, 2004.
Invited Speaker - International
Colloquium on the Biology of the Soricidae, II. Powdermill Biological
Station, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pennsylvania. October,
2002. Title: Developmental instability and the environment:
why are some species better indicators of stress than others? (With
A. V. Badyaev).
Invited Speaker and Panelist:
"A Perspectives on the West" - Teller Wildlife Refuge,
Corvallis, MT., June 2001 (with Stephen E. Ambrose and Marshall E.
Bloom).
Invited Presenter at Symposium
on The Bitterroot Ecosystem Management Research Project, USDA
Forest Service, Missoula, MT., March 2000.
Invited Speaker - Biodiversity
and Landscape Management Symposium - Organized by Montana Department
of Natural Resource Conservation, June, 1997.
Invited Speaker - Washington
Forest Service Carnivore Conference - Yakima, Washington. April,
1997.
Invited Speaker - Idaho
Forest Service Carnivore Conference - Priest Lake, Idaho. 1996.
Invited Speaker - Montana
Forest Service Carnivore Conference - Kalispell, Montana. 1996.
Invited Speaker - International
Colloquium on the Biology of the Soricidae, Powdermill Biological
Station, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pennsylvania. October,
1990. Title: Comparative fetal development in the Soricidae.
Invited Speaker - International
Symposium on Delayed Implantation and Embryonic Diapause held
February 3 7, 1980, in Thredbo, in Kosciusko National Park, NSW, Australia.
Title: Reproductive biology of the American Black Bear (Ursus
americanus) with special emphasis on the hormonal pattern during delayed
implantation and the appearance of pregnancy specific plasma proteins
during embryonic development.
RESEARCH/PROJECT GRANTS
AND CONTRACTS
I currently have funding
from
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Montana Department
of Transportation, Federal Department of Transportation, and Glacier National Park. Recent funding has
also been received from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, The Nature Conservancy, American Zoo
and Aquarium Association, and the World Wildlife Fund.
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