Rachael Urbanek, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Wildlife Science
McEver 39
1701 North Boulder Avenue
Phone: 479-964-0825
Fax: 479-964-0837
Email: rurbanek@atu.edu
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Zoology/Wildlife Ecology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2012
- B.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Forestry Minor, Pennsylvania State University,
2005
COURSES TAUGHT
MEMBERSHIPS
- The Wildlife Society (TWS)
- TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group
- TWS Illinois Chapter
- TWS Arkansas Chapter
- TWS Wildlife Damage Working Group
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Urban wildlife ecology and management; human dimensions of wildlife; preventative
wildlife damage management; human-wildlife conflicts
CURRENT RESEARCH
- Population dynamics and daytime resting sites of female feral cats in an exurban area.
- Meso-predator control and determination of efficacy of increasing Blanding's turtle
recruitment
SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY
Publications
- Urbanek, R. E., C. K. Nielsen, and S. E. Wilson. 2009. Survival of unexploited raccoons
on a rural refuge in southern Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy
of Science 102:217-223.
- Urbanek, R. E., K. A., Allen, and C. K. Nielsen. 2011. Urban and suburban deer management
by state wildlife conservation agencies. Wildlife Society Bulletin 35:310-315.
- Urbanek, R. E., C. K. Nielsen, G. A., Glowacki, and T. S. Preuss. 2011. Cost comparison
of vegetation monitoring techniques used to assess white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) herbivory. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 104:163-172.
- Urbanek, R. E., C. K. Nielsen, G. A., Glowacki, and T. S. Preuss. 2012. Effects
of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimm.) herbivory in restored forest and savanna plant communities. American Midland
Naturalist 167:240-255.
- Urbanek, R. E., C. K. Nielsen, G. A., Glowacki, and T. S. Preuss. 2012. White-tailed
deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimm.) herbivory in herbaceous plant communities in Northeastern Illinois. Natural
Areas Journal 32:6-14.
- Urbanek, R. E., C. K. Nielsen, T. S. Preuss, and G. A. Glowacki. 2012. Comparison
of aerial surveys and pellet-based distance sampling methods for estimating deer density.
Wildlife Society Bulletin 36:100-106.
- Urbanek, R. E., C. K. Nielsen, M. A. Davenport, and B. D. Woodson. 2012. Acceptability
and conflict of deer management methods in a suburban county. Human Dimensions of
Wildlife 17: 389-403.
- Urbanek, R. E., C. K. Nielsen, M. A. Davenport, and B. D. Woodson. 2013. Determinants
of public perceptions of suburban deer density. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 18: 82-96.
- Urbanek, R. E., and C. K. Nielsen. 2013. Influence of landscape factors on density
of suburban white-tailed deer. Landscape and Urban Planning, 114: 28-36.
- Urbanek, R. E., and C. K. Nielsen. 2013. Deer, humans, and vegetation: A case study
of deer management in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Proceedings of the 25th Vertebrate Pest Conference In press.
