• Professor, Wildlife Ecology
• Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Wildlife Ecology

Research

Current Research Interests

• Moose ecology and impacts of winter ticks on moose population dynamics
• Agricultural depredation issues associated with winter congregations of wild turkeys
• Risk management issues associated with wild turkeys at Pease International Airport
• Population density estimates of black bears using genetic tagging techniques

Graduate Students

M.S. Students
	Stephanie Coster
	Angelic DeButts
Alumni :: 2000-present
	Patrick Tate	September 2007	M.S.
	Anthony Musante	December 2006	M.S.
	David Scarpitti	May 2006	M.S.
	Matthew Eckert	December 2004	M.S.
	Amy Todd	December 2003	M.S.
	Andrew Timmins	May 2003	M.S.
	Matthew Ross	May 2003	M.S.
	Jason Hamel	December 2002	M.S.
	Judith Silverberg (co-chair)	December 2000	Ph.D.
Undergraduate / Students Advised Undergraduate Researchers SURF Orrin Jones 2007, Genetic Tagging of Black Bears UROP Jake Borgeson 2006, Genetic Tagging of Black Bears SURF Brianna Heath 2005, GIS Analysis of Moose Seasonal Home Ranges IROP Chris Habeck 2004, Wolf and Moose Ecology in Norway SURF Mark Cutting 2004, Neonatal Habitat of Cow & Calf Moose SURF Rachel Ducan 2003, Metabolid and Fat Cycles in Deer SURF Chris Habeck 2003, Summer Home Ranges of Maternal Moose

Primary Teaching Responsibilities

• NR 433: Wildlife Ecology
• NR 444: Endangered Species: A Bio-political Crossroad
• NR 444: Why Hunt?
• NR 738/838: Wildlife Policy and Management

View Natural Resources undergraduate course descriptions
View Natural Resources graduate course descriptions

Selected Publications

Pulications Since 2000

Musante, A.R., P.J. Pekins, and D.L. Scarpitti. 2006. Metabolic impacts of winter tick infestations on calf moose. Alces 43: in press.

Scarpitti, D.L., P.J. Pekins, and A.R. Musante.  2006. Characteristics of neonatal moose habitat in northern New Hampshire. Alces 43: in press.

Scarpitti, D.L., C. Habeck, A.R. Musante, and P.J. Pekins. 2005.  Integrating habitat use and population dynamics of moose in northern New Hampshire. Alces 41: 25-35

Pekins, P.J. 2005. Winter bioenergetics of eastern wild turkeys: understanding energy balance and survival in northern populations.  Proc. of 6th National Wild Turkey Symposium.

Silverberg, J.K., P.J. Pekins, and R.A. Robertson. 2003. Moose responses to wildlife viewing and traffic caused stimuli. Alces 39:153-160.

Silverberg, J.K., P.J. Pekins, and R.A. Robertson. 2002. Impacts of wildlife viewing on moose use of a roadside salt lick.  Alces 38:205-211.

Walter, W.D., P.J. Pekins, A.T. Rutberg, and H.J. Kilpatrick. 2002. Evaluation of immunocontraceptive adjuvants, titers, and fecal pregnancy indicators in free-ranging white-tailed deer.  Wildl. Soc. Bull. 30:908-914.

Education

Selected Service Activities

• Committee of the Faculty DNR; Chair P&T
• University Woodlands Committee
• IROP Student-grants Committee
• Campus Recreation Advisory Committee
• UNH General Education Discovery Program: COLSA Liaison
• Editor-in-Chief – ALCES, International Journal of Moose Research and Management
• North American Grouse Group
• North American Moose Group