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Education

• Ph.D., Integrative Biology & Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEBB), Michigan State University, 2018
• B.A., Biology & History, Grinnell College

Work Experience

• Senior Wildlife Ecologist, Biodiversity Pathways (current)

Recent publications

Inferring wildlife population trends from hierarchical habitat selection: a case study with boreal caribou

Turner, J, S Haché, J Hodson, P McLoughlin, T Micheletti, M Peers, et al. (2026). "Inferring wildlife population trends from hierarchical habitat selection: a case study with boreal caribou." Authorea, 0908.

Resource availability and anthropogenic disturbance alter how wolves move and feed: comparing two populations

Prokopenko, CM, KA Kingdon, DLJ Dupont, BM Carswell, TM Naaykens, et al. (2026). "Resource availability and anthropogenic disturbance alter how wolves move and feed: comparing two populations." Movement Ecology, 14(1):51.

Effective Conservation Decisions Require Models Designed for Purpose: A Case Study of Boreal Caribou in Ontario’s Ring of Fire

Dyson, ME, S Endicott, C Simpkins, JW Turner, S Avery-Gomm, et al. (2026). "Effective Conservation Decisions Require Models Designed for Purpose: A Case Study of Boreal Caribou in Ontario's Ring of Fire." Ecology and Evolution, 16(5):e73199.

Changing grizzly bear space use and functional connectivity in response to human disturbance in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains

Palm, EC, CD Apps, T Avgar, M Dickie, BN McLellan, JM Northrup, et al. (2025). "Changing grizzly bear space use and functional connectivity in response to human disturbance in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains." Conservation Science and Practice, 7(8):e70088.

Movement-integrated habitat selection reveals wolves balance ease of travel with human avoidance

Kingdon, KA, CM Prokopenko, DLJ Dupont, J Turner, AL Robitaille, et al. (2025). "Movement-integrated habitat selection reveals wolves balance ease of travel with human avoidance." Journal of Applied Ecology, 62(5):1091-1103.

Intrinsic and environmental drivers of pairwise cohesion in wild Canis social groups

Benson, JF, DA Keiter, PJ Mahoney, et al. (2025). "Intrinsic and environmental drivers of pairwise cohesion in wild Canis social groups." Ecology, 106(1):e4492.

Effects of the social environment on movement-integrated habitat selection

Webber, Q, C Prokopenko, K Kingdon, J Turner, E Vander Wal. (2024). "Effects of the social environment on movement-integrated habitat selection." Movement Ecology, 12(1):61.

Evidence for optimal behavior of predators from parallel field investigations in two distinct wolf-prey systems

Prokopenko, CM, KA Kingdon, DLJ Dupont, et al. (2024). "Evidence for optimal behavior of predators from parallel field investigations in two distinct wolf-prey systems." bioRxiv, 2024.06.06.597612.

Death comes for us all: relating movement-integrated habitat selection and social behavior to human-associated and disease-related mortality among gray wolves

Turner, JW, CM Prokopenko, KA Kingdon, DLJ Dupont, S Zabihi-Seissan, et al. (2023). "Death comes for us all: relating movement-integrated habitat selection and social behavior to human-associated and disease-related mortality among gray wolves." Oecologia, 202(4):685-697.

Bibliometric investigation of the integration of animal personality in conservation contexts

Collins, SM, JG Hendrix, QMR Webber, SP Boyle, KA Kingdon, et al. (2023). "Bibliometric investigation of the integration of animal personality in conservation contexts." Conservation Biology, 37(2):e14021.