
Victoria L JacksonUniversity of Central Oklahoma | UCO · Department of Biology
Victoria L Jackson
PhD
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Introduction
Victoria L Jackson currently works at the Department of Biology, University of Central Oklahoma. Victoria does research in Ecology, Zoology and Biostatistics. Their current project is 'Mammal Survey Oka' Yanahli Nature Preserve, southeastern Oklahoma'.
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May 2015 - July 2016
August 2002 - present
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Publications (24)
Bobcats (Lynx rufus) occur throughout most of Oklahoma, yet the state is comprised of a great variety of diverse ecoregions, often representing contrasting environmental conditions. Previous studies of bobcat diet within Oklahoma show variable diet between ecoregions and land-use types, but apparent preferences for rabbits (particularly Sylvilagus...
Bobcats (Lynx rufus) are North America’s most widely distributed native felid and are found throughout the state of Oklahoma, yet there is a great paucity of contemporary data on bobcat ecology in the state. This project aims to provide a greater understanding of bobcat home ranges (HR), familial HR overlap, resource selection, intersexual competit...
Bobcats are one of the most heavily harvested furbearers in Oklahoma and are harvested throughout the state. Current monitoring methods for bobcats in the state include fur sales and roadside surveys, which have shown a recent decline in bobcat numbers over the past decade. However, these methods may not necessarily reflect true trends in the bobca...
Bobcats have shown surprising resilience to the ever-increasing pressures exerted upon them by human activity. However, overharvest, habitat fragmentation and reductions in their major sources of prey can negatively impact bobcat populations. Coyotes have dramatically increased their range over the past century, often impacting ecosystem structures...
Trypanosoma cruzi is a vector-borne protozoan parasite that infects seven million individuals in Central and South America and is the etiologic agent of Chagas disease. There are increasing reports of endemic transmission within the southern US. Trypanosoma cruzi occurs in wild raccoons and dogs in Oklahoma, but its endemicity in the state is poorl...
Due to the intensive management of the scimitar-horned oryx, Oryx dammah, involving both captivity and reintroductions, understanding the stress associated with environmental situations this endangered species might experience would be particularly helpful. Fecal cortisol levels were measured across seasons, between captive management programs, and...
The scimitar-horned oryx, Oryx dammah, an endangered species extinct in the wild, is managed in various captive management programs and is the focus of reintroduction efforts. Management variability can contribute to substantial parasite load differences, which can affect deworming programs and potentially transfer parasites to different regions wi...
With the extirpation of apex predators from many North American systems, coyotes Canis latrans have become the de facto top predator and are ubiquitous members of most ecosystems. Keystone predators aid in maintaining ecosystem function by regulating the mammal community through direct predation and instilling the landscape of fear, yet the value o...
Ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) and other wild cats are often surveyed using camera traps to
identify individuals for density estimation via capture-recapture analyses or estimate occupancy
via detection/non-detection analyses. Though attractants are sometimes used in such surveys, there
have not been any evaluations of the effectiveness of common vis...
Loss of large mammalian carnivores may allow smaller mesopredators to become abundant and threaten other community members. There is considerable debate about mesopredator release and the role that other potential factors such as land-scape variables and human alterations to land cover lead to increased mesopredator abundance. We used camera traps...
Loss of large mammalian carnivores may allow smaller mesopredators to become abundant and threaten other community members. There is considerable debate about mesopredator release and the role that other potential factors such as landscape variables and human alterations to land cover lead to increased mesopredator abundance. We used camera traps t...
Loss of large mammalian carnivores may allow smaller mesopredators to become abundant and threaten other community members. There is considerable debate about mesopredator release and the role that other potential factors such as landscape variables and human alterations to land cover lead to increased mesopredator abundance. We used camera traps t...
Camera traps are commonly used for mammal surveys and many recent studies have published variable trap success rates. All published reports have focused survey efforts in protected areas or large contiguous forests, but we used camera traps in a highly altered suburban landscape. We selected 22 camera trap sites in Warrensburg and Lee’s Summit, Mis...
Camera traps are commonly used for mammal surveys and many recent studies have published variable trap success rates. All published reports have focused survey efforts in protected areas or large contiguous forests, but we used camera traps in a highly altered suburban landscape. We selected 22 camera trap sites in Warrensburg and Lee’s Summit, Mis...
Noninvasive camera-traps are commonly used to survey mammal communities in the Neotropics. This study used camera-traps to survey medium and large mammal diversity in the San Juan – La Selva Biological Corridor, Costa Rica. The connectivity of the corridor is affected by the spread of large-scale agriculture, cattle ranching, and a growing human pr...
The mesopredator release hypothesis (MRH) has been suggested as a reason why many mammalian generalist mesopredators flourish and become abundant. However, the MRH has only been examined in a limited number of field studies. Some studies have argued that coyotes (Canis latrans) act as top predators in fragmented forest systems and coyote presence h...
We surveyed 14 communities of mesopredators in the Ozark Highlands of southern Missouri to examine the effect of landscape and surveying efforts on probability of detection of raccoons (Procyon lotor) and Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana). Virginia opossums had a higher probability of detection than raccoons. Mean size of forested patches ha...
Increasing urbanization in the United States presents new challenges and opportunities for wildlife species. One species that is thought to benefit from urbanization is Didelphis virginiana (Virginia Opossum). We used radio-telemetry to determine homerange size of opossums living in an urban area and compared body mass measurements of urban and rur...
Ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) are listed as endangered federally and by the state of Texas. Preference for closed canopy habitat has been shown in previous studies, but preference for patch size has not been reported. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and satellite imagery were used to compare areas in south Texas used by radio-collared ocelots t...
In agricultural areas of the Great Plains, the swift fox (Vulpes velox) inhabits native rangeland and both cultivated and fallow cropland. It is nor known if differences in these habitats affect denning of this burrow-dependent species. We compared dens and den sites of the swift fox in cropland and rangeland. Features of dens studied included size...
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