JANE M. PACKARD

Associate Professor
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Texas A&M University
TAMU 2258
College Station, TX 77843-2258
Office: 106-107 Nagle Hall (map)
Phone: 979.845.0145
E-mail: j-packard@tamu.edu
Biodiversity Stewardship Lab / Blog

Keywords: animal/habitat interactions; evolution of social systems; comparative reproductive biology; population dynamics; integrated terrestrial/aquatic ecology; connectivity of fragmented landscapes; biodiversity stewardship

Interests:
From a basic-science perspective, my research focus is on conditional strategies of parental care in mammals (primarily canids). My interdisciplinary interests are in (a) collaboration with secondary school teachers to develop and use animal behavior exercises to illustrate the scientific method, and (2) Biodiversity Stewardship.

Disciplines: Behavioral Ecology, Conservation Biology

Selected publications:
Wicksten, MK, JM Packard (2005) A zoogeographic analysis of decapod crustaceans of the continental slopes of the Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research.

Packard, JM (2003) Wolf behavior: reproductive, social and intelligent. Pp. 35-65 In: Wolves: Behavior, Ecology and Conservation. LD Mech and L Boitani (eds.). University of Chicago Press.

Self-Sullivan, C, GW Smith, JM Packard, KS LaCommare (2003) Seasonal occurrence of male Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) on the Belize Barrier Reef. Aquatic Mammals 29:342-354.

Mech, LD, PC Wolf, JM Packard (1999) Regurgitative food transfer among wild wolves. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77:1-4.

Weeks, P, JM Packard (1997) Acceptance of scientific management by natural resource dependent communities. Conservation Biology 11:236-245.