Alex Jensen

Courses

Techniques in Wildlife Management (BIO 4435)

Research Interests

Alex’s research interests are broad but currently focus on mammal community ecology and range dynamics. The mammal community ecology work is primarily based in the field and seeks to answer questions related to predator-prey interactions, resource pulses, and habitat selection. The range dynamic work is inherently larger in scale, leveraging existing datasets (iNaturalist, range maps) to understand where and why distributions change over time. Other interests without our research group include computer vision for ecology and shaping the environmental science workforce. Please see Alex’s website for more information.

Selected Publications

Jensen A, B Goldstein, K Fukasawa, F Iannirilli, R Kays. 2026. Large mammal recovery in the wake of human population decline. Journal of Applied Ecology

Jensen A, T Ackley, M Alyetama, M Cove, L Fritzsche, B Goldstein, D Herrera, L Jenkins, E Kierepka, S McMurry, L Moretto, B Scholten, D Sossover, S Starr, A Weeks, R Kays. 2026. A global tour of iNaturalist mammal data: status, trends, and outlook for macroecology and conservation. Journal of Mammalogy

Jensen A, M Muthersbaugh, K Brogdon, J Butfiloski, C Ruth, J Adams, L Waits, J Kilgo, D Jachowski. 2026. An omnivore’s options: overlapping resource pulses buffer apex carnivore predation of herbivore prey. Ecosphere

Jensen A, K Rivera, M Rodriguez-Curras. 2026. A global comparison of common approaches for tracing carnivore diet. Mammal Review

Jensen A. 2025. Dances like wolves? Evaluating ecological replacement of apex predators in eastern North America. Stacks Journal

Jensen A, B Goldstein, K Pacifici, M Cove, E Kierepka, B Rooney, W McShea, R Kays. 2025. Mammals on the margins: identifying the drivers and limitations of range expansions. Global Change Biology

Liu J, Y Kang, A Jensen, R Kays, A Jiang. 2025. Apex predator loss drives trophic downgrading in China’s protected areas. Current Biology

Herrera D, C Schalk, A Jensen, B Goldstein, B Rooney, R Kays, W McShea, M Cove. 2025. iNaturalist and structured mammal surveys reflect similar species richness but capture different species pools across the United States. Ecology and Evolution

Burton C, …, A Jensen, et al. 2024. Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape. Nature Ecology and Evolution

Jensen A, C Marneweck, J Kilgo, D Jachowski. 2022. Coyote diet in North America: geographic and ecological patterns during range expansion. Mammal Review

Marneweck C, B Allen, A Butler, E Do Linh San, S Harris, A Jensen, M Muthersbaugh, E Saldo, M Somers, K Titus, A Vanak, D Jachowski. 2022. Middle out ecology: small carnivores as sentinels of global change. Mammal Review

Complete list at: Google Scholar

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