Dr. Clinton Wakefield Epps
Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Clinton.Epps@oregonstate.edu
Mailing Address:
Oregon State University
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
104 Nash Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
Office Location:
140 Nash Hall
Research Interests:
Research in my lab includes the study of dispersal and connectivity, fragmented populations, metapopulation dynamics, effects of climate change, population genetics, wildlife disease, and wildlife management.
Courses currently taught
- Mammal Conservation and Management – FW458/558
- Mammalogy – FW317
- Graduate seminars in landscape, population, and conservation genetics
- Systematics of Mammals – FW318 (2008-2015)
Education
University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Dec. 2004
Dissertation Committee: Dale McCullough, Jim Patton, Per Palsbøll & George Roderick
Dissertation title: “Population processes in a changing climate: extinction, dispersal, and metapopulation dynamics of desert bighorn sheep in California”
Rice University
B.A. Biology, Summa cum Laude, May 1997
Honors thesis: “Evaluation of black bear habitat in the Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas”
