Recent Schulte Lab Presentations

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Videos

TedEd: The incredible, bendable, twistable, expandable elephant trunk (LaDue & Schulte) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mL2_zXCgbXI

Earthwatch Science Matters: https://earthwatch.org/science-matters-webinar-series/elephants-sustainable-agriculture

IEF Video 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpToRIgowuI&t=2s

IEF Video 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFdy-oH0mHo

IEF Video 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTeZ8JV5X1k

ABS-CC Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvl_WJuCUJE&list=PLTdm8ZbqWe5dPnVbe-MqacX4xccK6hVj4&index=3&t=0s

 

Presentations

International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB), Kigali, Rwanda (July 2023)

Von Hagen RL, Schulte BA, Gray S, Githiru M, Zohdy S, Dunning K, Lepczyk C. Drivers and consequences of human-elephant interactions in an agricultural landscape of rural Kenya.

Animal Behavior Society, Portland, OR (July 2023)

Boege-Tobin D, Shostak J, Tierra SA, Becher T, Schulte BA, Webber M. Harbor porpoise mating in Alaska & preliminary photo ID matching: Conservation implications for Kachemak Bay.

Boege-Tobin D, Webber M, Schulte B, Shostak J, Tierra S, Becher T, Hoag C, Stallard A. Harbor porpoise mating & resightings in SC Alaska: Results from photo-id, novel video techniques & drones.

Randolph K, Dredla A, Lia A, Martell M. Schulte BA, Jones R, Peterson EK. “Quite badgering the prairie dogs”: Determining a natural deterrent for North American badgers.

Schulte B. Agriculture and animal behavior: An elephantine dilemma. Symposium on Conservation behavior as a tool to reduce the effects of anthropogenic stressors.

Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence Conference. Oxford, England (March 2023)

Von Hagen, R. L., Kasaine, S., Githiru, M., Amakobe, B., Schulte, B. A. The path to co-existence: Lessons from human-elephant conflict research and community engagement in the Kasigau Wildlife Corridor, Kenya.

Ecological Society of America, Canada (August 2022)

Prakash V, Von Hagen RL, Gitzen R, Irwin E, Schulte BA, Lepczyk CA. Structured decision making to mitigate negative human wildlife interactions – A case study of elephants and tigers.

International Elephant Foundation, Virtual Meeting (August 2022)

Corde S, Von Hagen RL, Kasaine S, Githiru M, Amakobe B, Mutwiwa U, Schulte BA. Evaluating elephant presence around agricultural land in relation to lunar phase and crop season progression

Schulte BA, Corde S, Vaccaro D, Von Hagen RL, Kasaine S, Githiru M, Amakobe B, Wambugu G, Mutwiwa U. Elephants and Sustainable Agriculture in Kenya (ESAK): Deterrent fences, habitat quality, food security, and education.

Von Hagen RL, Gray S, Schulte BA, Lepczyk CA. Participatory modeling across Kenyan villages facilitates greater understanding of human-elephant interactions.

Animal Behavior Society, Costa Rica (July 2022)

Boege-Tobin D, Webber M, Schulte B, Ryan D, Hoag C. Harbor porpoise sex life: First observations of harbor porpoise mating behaviors in Alaska & preliminary results from photo ID matching.

Corde S, Von Hagen L, Kasaine S, Githiru M, Amakobe B, Mutwiwa U, Schulte BA. Using crop season and moon phase to predict elephant crop raiding in southern Kenya.

Schulte BA, Corde S, Von Hagen L, Kasaine S, Githiru M, Amakobe B, Mutwiwa U. Evaluating the effectiveness of multimodal fence types to reduce elephant crop raiding in southern Kenya

Von Hagen RL, Gray S, Schulte BA, Lepczyk CA. Participatory mental models reveal complex drivers and consequences of human-elephant interactions.

North American Congress for Conservation Biology, Nevada (July 2022)

Von Hagen RL, Schulte BA, Dunning K, Githiru M, Zohdy S, Lepczyk C. Socioeconomic factors shaped relationships of rural farmers to deterrent measures for mitigating crop raiding by African elephants.

International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB), Virtual Meeting (December 2021): Invited Symposium Speaker, Decision Analysis for Conserving Biodiversity: A Global Perspective

Prakash V, Von Hagen RL, Gitzen R, Irwin E, Schulte BA, Lepczyk CA. Elephants and tigers and models, oh my! Structured decision making to mitigate negative human wildlife interactions.

Schulte BA, Irwin E. Incorporating a conservation behavior approach into the adaptive management framework.

International Elephant Foundation, Virtual Meeting (November 2021): co-organizer HEC & Education

Schulte BA, LaDue CA. Human–elephant conflict (HEC) from a research perspective.

Corde S, Von Hagen RL, Kasaine S, Githiru M, Amakobe B, Mutwiwa U, Schulte BA. The use of deterrent fences and environmental correlates to alleviate human elephant conflict in southern Kenya.

Von Hagen RL, Schulte BA, Githiru M, Mutwiwa U, Kasaine S, Corde SC, Amakobe B, Lepczyk C.  Evaluating socioeconomic drivers of human-elephant conflicts in Kenyan communities.

Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 15, Virtual Meeting (October 2021)

Schulte BA, Von Hagen RL, Githiru M, Mutwiwa U, Kasaine S, Amakobe B, Corde SC. Chemical communication and elephant conservation: Chili pepper fences and other chemo-approaches.

Animal Behavior Society, Virtual Meeting (August 2021)

Schulte BA, Corde SC, Von Hagen L, Githiru M, Kasaine S, Mutwiwa U, Amakobe B. Facilitating cohabitation of humans and elephants through a conservation behavior approach.

American Society of Mammalogists, Virtual Meeting (June 2021)

Von Hagen RL, Schulte BA, Githiru M, Mutwiwa U, Kasaine S, Corde SC, Amakobe B, Lepczyk C. Evaluating socioeconomic drivers of human-elephant conflicts in Kenyan communities.

Corde SC, Von Hagen L, Schulte BA, Kasaine S, Githiru M, Amakobe B, Mutwiwa U. Alleviating human elephant conflict through the use of deterrent fences and environmental monitoring in southern Kenya.

Colorado Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Virtual Meeting (Summer 2020)

Chock et al. (14 authors total including Schulte BA). Using behavioral ecology perspectives to understand the impacts of solar power facilities on wildlife.

Elephant Managers Association Virtual Meeting (October 2020)

Githiru M, Von Hagen RL, Mutwiwa U, Kasaine S, Amakobe B, Schulte BA (presenter). How carbon sequestration (or forest preservation or carbon credits) benefits the people and elephants of the Kasigau Wildlife Corridor of Kenya.

Von Hagen RL, Norris P, Githiru M, Mutwiwa U, Amakobe B, Kasaine S, Schulte BA. Opportunities for collaborative approaches on crop raiding prevention can advance elephant conservation.

Animal Behavior Society, Virtual Meeting (July 2020)

Chock et al. (14 authors total including Schulte BA). Utilizing animal behavior to assess potential impacts of solar power facilities on wildlife.

American Academy of Veterinary Nutrition (AAVN) Clinical Nutrition & Research Symposium (June 2020)

Palkovic AG, Cook EL, Norman-Wilson GE, Walters TN, Pratt-Philips SE, Schulte BA, Gill JC. Comparison of GreenGuard® and Best Friend® muzzles on horse comfort, fit and behavior at pasture.

International Elephant Foundation, South Africa (October 2019)

Von Hagen RL, Kasaine S, Githiru M, Amakobe BA, Schulte BA. New methods utilized to deter African elephants (Loxodonta africana) from crop raiding in the Kasigau Wildlife Corridor, Kenya.

Animal Behavior Society, Chicago Illinois (July 2019)

Schulte BA, Von Hagen RL, Kasaine S, Githiru M, Amakobe B. A comparison of mitigation methods to prevent African elephant (Loxodonta africana) crop raiding.

American Society of Mammalogists, Washington, D.C. (June 2019)

McCaslin LE, Schulte BA. Whale watching tours, conservation attitudes, and cetacean behavior in Kenai Fjords Alaska.

Animal Behavior Conference, Indiana University (April 2019)

Rooney B, Schulte BA. Assessing the relationship between tourism and African elephant (Loxodonta africana) habitat use in Zambezi National Park, Zimbabwe.

WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green Kentucky (March 2019)

McCaslin LE, Schulte BA. Documenting marine mammal behavior and evaluating the benefits and consequences of viewing marine mammals in Southcentral Alaska.

Rooney B, Schulte BA. Assessing the relationship between tourism and African elephant (Loxodonta africana) habitat use in Zambezi National Park, Zimbabwe.

Kentucky Academy of Science, Bowling Green, Kentucky (November 2018)

Von Hagen R.L, Kasaine S, Githiru M, Schulte BA. New methods utilized to deter elephant (Loxodonta africana) from crop raiding in the Kasigau Wildlife Corridor, Kenya.

Animal Behavior Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (August 2018)

Schulte BA. Conducting conservation behavior: Human-elephant conflict.

LaDue C , Goodwin TE, Schulte BA (presented). Concentration and receiver attributes influence responses to chemical signals in Asian elephants.

WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green Kentucky (March 2018)

Von Hagen RL, Kasaine S, Mutwiwa U, Githiru M. Amakobe B, Schulte BA. New methods utilized to deter elephant from crop raiding in the Kasigau wildlife corridor, Kenya.

Elephant Managers Association (Nashville October 2017)

 LaDue C, Schulte BA. Olfactory enrichment for captive elephants: managing animals with pheromones.

Savanna Science Network Meeting (Skukuza South Africa March 2017)

 Edge AC, Henley MD, Daday J, Schulte BA. Examining human perception of elephants and large trees for insights into conservation of an African savanna Ecosystem.

 WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green KY (March 2017)

 Von Hagen RL, Kasaine S, Mutwiwa U, Githiru M. Amakobe B, Schulte BA. An exploration of chili pepper (Capsicum spp.) fences as a crop raiding deterrent method to alleviate human elephant conflict (HEC) in the Kasigau Wildlife Corridor, Kenya.

International Elephant Foundation (Singapore, November 2016)

Schulte BA, LaDue C, Von Hagen L, Kasaine S, Mutwiwa U, Githiru M. Human-elephant conflict reduction via deterrents, understanding ecological correlates, and climate smart agriculture practices.

Martin A, Schulte BA, Freeman EW. Understanding the behavior of African elephants as they move in landscapes with different protection status and habitat types in the Mahale – Katavi –Lwafi ecosystem of Tanzania.

WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY (March 2016)

LaDue CA, Schulte BA.  Chemosignaling in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): Concentration effects with applications for management and conservation.

Elephant Wellness Workshop (Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens March 2016, Keynote Speaker)

Schulte BA. How much wild belongs in a zoo? Examining behavioral wellness in a captive setting.

Elephant Managers Association (Nashville October 2015, Keynote Speaker)

Schulte BA. The benefits of understanding elephant behavior.

Animal Behavior Society, Anchorage, Alaska (June 2015)

Schulte BA, Goodyear S. Battling habituation, warding off extinction, & harnessing social learning to mitigate human elephant conflict.

WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY (March 2015)

Goodyear S, Schulte BA. Habituation to auditory stimuli by captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana).

Hacker C, Schulte BA. Examination of enrichment using space and food for African elephants (Loxodonta africana) at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

Ryckeley M, Schulte BA. Evaluating the social behavior and activity patterns of clouded leopards (Neofelis nebulosa) at the Nashville Zoo.

Kentucky Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2014 Conference, Louisville, KY (September 2014)

Duvall, A., Moss, K., Ford, A., Salihovic, A., Budlove, D, Stewart, P., Rizzo, R., Wilson, S., Todd, P., Schulte, B., DeGraves, F. Automated estrus detection in cattle.

Animal Behavior Society, Princeton, New Jersey (August 2014)

Hook, M., Freeman, E.W. & Schulte, B.A. Demographic differences in responses of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) to lion calls.

Schulte, B.A., Felton, S.K., Merte, C.E. & Collyer, M. Examining personality via behavioral plasticity in female African elephants (Loxodonta africana).

Wisniewska, M., Freeman, E.W. & Schulte, B.A. Risk-sensitive behaviors as influenced by age and reproduction in female African elephants.

Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, Urbana-Champaign, IL (August 2014)

Schulte, B.A. Learning and applications of chemical signals in vertebrates for conservation and management.

WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY (March 2014)

Derham, K., Henley, M.D. & Schulte, B.A. African elephant (Loxodonta africana) impact to marula (Sclerocarya birrea), knobthorn (Acacia nigrescens), and false marula (Lannea schweinfurti) in the Associated Private Nature Reserves, South Africa.

Edge, A.C., Henley, M.D., Daday, J. & Schulte, B.A. Examining human perception of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) and large trees for insights into conservation of an African savanna ecosystem.

Hall, L., Sartin, A. & Schulte, B.A. Elephant behavior and grouping at the Nashville Zoo. (poster)

Midwest Ecology & Evolution Conference (March 2014)

Derham, K., Henley, M.D. & Schulte, B.A. African elephant (Loxodonta africana) impact to marula (Sclerocarya birrea), knobthorn (Acacia nigrescens), and false marula (Lannea schweinfurti) in the Associated Private Nature Reserves, South Africa.

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, Texas (January 2014)

Felton, S.K., Merte, C.E. & Schulte, B.A. Exploration of the behaviors defining personality in African elephants.

Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Morehouse University, Kentucky (November 2013)

Derham, K., Henley, M.D. & Schulte, B.A. African elephant (Loxodonta africana) impact to marula (Sclerocarya birrea), knobthorn (Acacia nigrescens), and false marula (Lannea schweinfurti) in the Associated Private Nature Reserves, South Africa.

The Wildlife Society (October 2013)

Felton, S.K., Merte, C.E. & Schulte, B.A. Exploration of the behaviors defining personality in African elephants.

Animal Behavior Society, Boulder, Colorado (July 2013)

Co-organizer (with Dr. E. McPhee) of Workshop on Conservation Behavior and co-organizer (with Dr. E. Fernandez-Juricic) on Trends in Conservation Behavior.

Schulte, B.A. & Blogg, R.W. Conservation behavior implications for understanding behavioral patterns of African elephants.

26th International Congress for Conservation Biology, Baltimore, Maryland (July 2013)

Freeman, E., Meyer, J., Addendorf, J., Schulte, B. & Santymire, R. Scraping behavior of black rhinos (Diceros bicornis bicornis) is related to age and fecal progestagen metabolite concentrations

American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA (April 2013)

Davenport, S.A., Yin, Q., Mark, D.B., Harelimana, I.H., Schulte, B.A. & Goodwin, T.E. Urinary chemical signals of musth in immature male African elephants.

Umuhire-Juru, A., Yin, Q., Broederdorf, L.J., Kopper, R.A., Sutherland, M.V., Schulte, B.A., Engman, J. & Goodwin, T.E. Bacterial metabolism produces exogenous urinary chemical signals of elephant musth.

Yin, Q., Harelimana, I.H., Goodwin, T.E., Shoemaker, J.D. & Schulte, B.A. Identification and quantitation of fatty acids in male elephant urine that may be metabolized to produce chemical signals of musth.

Living with Animals, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY (March 2013)

Schulte, B.A. & Stokes, M. Conservation behavior: approaches to reduce human-wildlife conflict and human-elephant conflict.

International Wildlife Management Congress, Durban, South Africa (July 2012)

Duvall, M., Stokes, M., Cambron, M. & Schulte, B.A. Testing the effect of a wildlife deterring scarecrow device on the feeding behavior of African ungulates.

Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development, Arlington, VA (July 2012)

Schulte, B.A., Stokes, M., Cambron, M., Duvall, M., Kasaine, S. & Kimwele, C. BREAD: Development of automated systems to increase crop yield by reducing group foraging intensity by crop pests. (Oral presentation)

Stokes, M., Schulte, B., Cambron, M., Duvall, M., Hook, M., Kasaine, S. & Kimwele, C. BREAD: Development of automated systems to increase crop yield by reducing group foraging intensity by crop pests. (Poster presentation)

Animal Behavior Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico (June 2012)

Hazelkorn, R., Cox, T. & Schulte, B.A. The effect of human interactions on the behavior of Tursiops truncates.

Wisniewska, M., Freeman, E.W. & Schulte, B.A. Age & reproductive condition impacts onfemale African elephant activity.

American Chemical Society, San Diego, California (March 2012)

Hirwa, I.H., Broederdorf, L.J., Mark, D.B., Waldrip, Z.J., Burkert, B.A., Kopper, R.A., Goodwin, T.E., Sutherland, M.V. & Schulte, B.A. Characterizationof male elephant urine metabolites via automated solid phase dynamic extraction (SPDE)/GC-MS and 1H NMR spectroscopy.

International Elephant & Rhino Conservation & Research Symposium, Rotterdam, Netherlands (October 2011)

Freeman, E.W., Meyer, J.M, Putman, S., Schulte, B.A. & Brown, J.L. Elephant-sized hot flashes? The relationship between social status and ovarian cycle activity provides evidence for menopause in female African elephants.

Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, Berlin, Germany (August 2011)

Goodwin, T.E. & Schulte, B.A. Urinary chemical signals of elephant musth: Temporal aspects of microorganism-mediated modifications.

Schulte, B.A., Bagley, K., Blogg, R., Loizi, H. Vyas, D.K. & Goodwin, T.E.From exploration to selective information gathering: the development of chemosensory investigation in male African elephants (Loxodonta africana).

Animal Behavior Society & International Ethological Conference, Bloomington, IN (July 2011)

Sinderbrand, C.A. & Schulte, B.A. Examining dominance and stress relationship in a non-cooperative breeder (Equus caballus).

Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation & Africa Section of the Society for Conservation Biology, Arusha, Tanzania (June 2011)

†Hoffmeier-Karimi, R. & Schulte, B.A. An assessment of perceived crop damage in a Tanzanian village impacted by human-elephant conflict. †Received the Alwyn-Gentry award for best student presentation: http://www.atbc-scbafrica2011.org/grants-awards/awards/

Nasseri, N.A., McBrayer, L. & Schulte, B.A. The impact of tree modification by African elephant (Loxodonta africana) on herpetofaunal species richness in northern Tanzania.

American Chemical Society 241st meeting, Anaheim, CA (March 2011)

Harerimana, I.H., Mark, D.B., Broederdorf, L.J., Burkert, B.A., Waldrip, Z.J., Kopper, R.A., Goodwin, T.E., Sutherland, M.V., Freeman, E.W., Hollister-Smith, J.A. & Schulte, B.A. Temporal aspects of bacteria-mediated production of urinary chemical signals of elephant musth.

Mark, D.B., Harerimana, I.H., Goodwin, T.E. & Schulte, B.A. Appearance of urinary chemical signals of musth in immature African elephants.

WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY (March 2011)

Hook, M. & Schulte, B.A. Effect of simulated predation risk on African elephant behavior.

Sinderbrand, C.A. & Schulte, B.A. Examining the dominance-stress hypothesis in the domestic horse (Equus caballus).

Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Bowling Green, KY (November 2010)

Schulte, B.A., Hazelkorn, R. & Hecht, M. Aggression, hair whorls and handedness in horses (Equus caballus).

Sinderbrand, C.A. & Schulte, B.A. Rate of aggressive behaviors in lactating and non-lactating domestic horses (Equus caballus).

Animal Behavior Society, Williamsburg, VA (July 2010)

Freeman, E.W., Meyer, J.M., Shelby, L., Schulte, B.A. & Brown, J.L. Role of elephant matriarchs in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa.

Society for Conservation Biology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (July 2010)

Schulte, B.A., Esposito, R.M.M., & Karimi, R.R. Elephant Behavior, Human perception and human-elephant conflict.

Center for Integrative Study of Animal Behavior Meeting, Indiana University (March 2010)

Schulte, B.A., Hazelkorn, R. & Hecht, M. The relationship of facial whorl (trichoglyph) direction to handedness and aggression in horses (Equus caballus).

National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco (March 2010)

Waldrip, Zach J., Broederdorf, L.J., Burkert, B.A., Hirwa, I.H., Kopper, R.A., Goodwin, T.E., Sutherland, M.V., Freeman, E.W., Hollister-Smith, J.A. & Schulte, B.A. Chemical signals of elephant musth: Biosynthesis and microbially-mediated modifications.

International Elephant Conservation & Research Symposium, South Africa (January 2010)

Schulte, B.A., Esposito, R.M.M. & Karimi, R.R. Furthering our understanding of elephant behaviour and human perception to facilitate conservation and reduce human-elephant conflict.

Association of Southeastern Biologists, Birmingham, Alabama (April 2009)

Nasseri, N.A., McBrayer, L.D., Goodwin, T.E. & Schulte, B.A. The impact of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) on herpetofauna species diversity and richness in savanna woodlands of northern Tanzania.

National American Chemical Society Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah (April 2009)

Burkert, B.A., Broederdorf, L.J., Christie, J.A., Waldrip, Z.J., Goodwin, T.E. & Schulte, B.A. Effects of aging on the volatile organic chemicals in male elephant urine.