M. Nils Peterson
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Michigan State University
13 Natural Resources Bldg
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517)-353-5468
E-mail: peter529@msu.edu

Background:

• Doctor of Philosophy, Fisheries and Wildlife Management
  Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan , In Progress.
• Master of Science, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
  Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas , August 2003.
  Thesis: Management Strategies for Endangered Florida Key Deer. 153 pp.
• Conflict Mediation Certification, (In compliance with the Texas Alternative Dispute Resolution Act & 40-hour basic mediator training as set forth by the Texas Mediation Trainer Roundtable—May 2002).
• Bachelor of Science, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Ecology Option
  Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas , December 2000.

Publications:

• Peterson, T. R., M. N. Peterson, M. J. Peterson, S. A. Allison, D. Gore. 2006. To Play the Fool: Can Environmental Conservation and Democracy Survive Social Capital? Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies 3: In Press.
• Peterson, M. N., M. J. Peterson, and T. R. Peterson. 2005. Conservation and the myth of consensus. Conservation Biology 19: In Press.
• Peterson, M. N., R. R. Lopez, E. J. Laurent, P. A. Frank. N. J. Silvy, and J. Liu. 2005. Wildlife loss through domestication: the case of endangered Key deer. Conservation Biology 19: In Press.
• Lopez, R. R., N. J. Silvy, R. N. Wilkins, P. A. Frank, M. J. Peterson, M. N. Peterson. Habitat use patterns of Florida Key deer: Implications of urban development. Journal of Wildlife Management 68: 900–908.
• Peterson, M.N., S.A. Allison, M.J. Peterson, T.R. Peterson, R.R. Lopez. 2004. A Tale of Two Species: Habitat Conservation Plans as Bounded Conflict. Journal of Wildlife Management. 68(4):743-761. (Cover Story)
• Peterson, M. N. 2004. An approach for demonstrating the social legitimacy of hunting. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32: 310–321.
• Peterson, M. N., R. R. Lopez, P. A. Frank. B. A. Porter, and N. J. Silvy. 2004. Key deer fawn response to urbanization: is sustainable development possible? Wildlife Society Bulletin 32: 493–499.
• Peterson, M. N., R. R. Lopez, N. J. Silvy. 2003. Evaluation of deer exclusion grates for urban areas. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31:1198-1204.
• Peterson, M. N., R. R. Lopez, P. A. Frank, M. J. Peterson, N. J. Silvy. 2003. Evaluating capture methods for urban white-tailed deer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31:1176-1187.
• Peterson, M. N., R. Aguirre, T. A. Lawyer, D. A. Jones, J. N. Schaap, M. J. Peterson, and N. J. Silvy. 2003 Animal Welfare-based Modification of the Rio Grande Wild Turkey Funnel Trap. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 57: in press.
• Peterson, M. J., M. N. Peterson, and T. R. Peterson. 2003. Embracing the paradoxical in environmental decision-making. COCE: in press.
• Peterson, M. J., R. Aguirre, P. J. Ferro, D. A. Jones, T. A. Lawyer, M. N. Peterson, and N. J. Silvy. 2002. Infectious disease of Rio Grande wild turkeys in the Edwards Plateau of Texas. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38:826–833.
• Peterson, M. J., P. J. Ferro, M. N. Peterson, R. M. Sullivan, B. E. Toole, and N. J. Silvy. 2002. Infectious disease survey of lesser prairie chickens in North Texas. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38:834–839.
• Peterson, M. N., T. R. Peterson, M. J. Peterson, R. R. Lopez, and N. J. Silvy. 2002. Cultural conflict and the endangered Florida Key deer. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:947-968.
• Peterson, M. N., W. E. Grant, R. R. Lopez, N. J. Silvy. Implications of Fetal sex ratio hypotheses in endangered populations: simulated dynamics of Florida Key deer, Florida USA. Ecological Modelling 165: 209–220.

Presentations:

• Moral Culture and the endangered Florida Key deer–presented at the Wildlife Society annual meeting 2003.
• Evaluating capture methods for urban white-tailed deer–Presented at the Wildlife Society annual meeting 2003.
• Animal Welfare-based Modification of the Rio Grande Wild Turkey Funnel Trap–Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies annual meeting 2003.
• Evaluating capture methods for urban white-tailed deer–Presented at the Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society annual meeting 2003.
• Managing Key deer conflict–Presented at Michigan State University Fisheries and Wildlife Department 2003.
• Management implications of adaptive fetal sex ratio allocation in white-tailed deer–presented at Southeastern Deer Study Group 2002 and Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society annual meeting 2002.
• “Moral Cultures” and the endangered Florida Key deer conflict–presented at the Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society annual meeting 2001.