Education

PhD, University of Colorado - Boulder (In progress)
Advisor: Dr. Val McKenzie

MS, University of Wisconsin - Madison (2019)
Thesis: Patterns and mechanisms of California spotted owl population status in the Sierra Nevada
Advisor: Dr. M. Zachariah Peery

BS, University of Wisconsin - Madison (2015)
Conservation Biology; Environmental Studies


Publications

(Google Scholar Page)

Tempel, D.J., H.A. Kramer, G.M. Jones, R.J. Gutiérrez, S.C. Sawyer, A. Koltunov, M. Slaton, R. Tanner, B.K. Hobart, M.Z. Peery. Population decline in California spotted owls near their southern range boundary. In press. Journal of Wildlife Management. http://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22168 

Hobart, B.K., W.E. Moss, T. McDevitt-Galles, T. Stewart Merrill, P.T.J. Johnson. It’s a worm-eat-worm world: Consumption of parasite free-living stages protects hosts and benefits predators. In press. Journal of Animal Ecology 91. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13591​
Wood, C.M., N. Kryshak, M. Gustafson, D. Hofstadter, B.K. Hobart, S.A. Whitmore, B.P. Dotters, K.N. Roberts, J.J. Keane, S.C. Sawyer, R.J. Gutiérrez, M.Z. Peery. Density dependence influences competition and hybridization at an invasion front. 2021. Diversity and Distributions 27. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13240

Hobart, B.K., H.A. Kramer, G.M. Jones, B.P. Dotters, S.A. Whitmore, J.J. Keane, M.Z. Peery. Stable isotopes reveal unexpected relationships between fire history and the diet of spotted owls. 2020. Ibis 163. http://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12832

Jones, G.M., H.A. Kramer, S.A. Whitmore, W.J. Berigan, D.J. Tempel, C.M. Wood, B.K. Hobart, T. Erker, F.A. Atuo, N.F. Pietrunti, R. Kelsey, R.J. Gutiérrez, M.Z. Peery. Habitat selection by spotted owls after a megafire reflects their adaptation to historical frequent-fire regimes. 2020. Landscape Ecology 35. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-020-01010-y

Hobart, B.K., G.M. Jones, K.N. Roberts, B.P. Dotters, S.A. Whitmore, W.J. Berigan, M.G. Raphael, J.J. Keane, R. J. Gutiérrez, and M.Z. Peery. 2019. Trophic interactions mediate the response of predator populations to habitat change. Biological Conservation 238. http://doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108217

Hobart, B.K., K.N. Roberts, B.P. Dotters, W.J. Berigan, S.A. Whitmore, M.G. Raphael, J.J. Keane, R.J. Gutiérrez, and M.Z. Peery. 2019. Site occupancy and reproductive dynamics of California spotted owls in a mixed-ownership landscape. Forest Ecology and Management 437. http://doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.028


Contributed Presentations

[2] Hobart, B.K., K.N. Roberts, B.P. Dotters, W.J. Berigan, S.A. Whitmore, M.G. Raphael, J.J. Keane, R.J. Gutiérrez, M.Z. Peery. Diet as a mechanism of California spotted owl population status. The Wildlife Society-Western Section Annual Conference. Fish Camp, CA. 7 February 2019.

[1] Hobart, B.K., K.N. Roberts, B.P. Dotters, W.J. Berigan, S.A. Whitmore, M.G. Raphael, J.J. Keane, R.J. Gutiérrez, M.Z. Peery. Site occupancy and reproductive dynamics of California spotted owls in a mixed-ownership landscape. Society of American Foresters National Convention. Portland, OR. 5 October 2018.


Other Presentations

Hobart, B.K. Prey consumption mediates spotted owl response to land management. Univ. of Colorado EBIO, Lunch and Learn Seminar Series. Boulder, CO. 4 March 2020.

Peery, M.Z., B.K. Hobart, et al. Recent California Spotted Owl Research: Update to the U.S. Forest Service Region 5. Sacramento, CA. 3 February 2020.

Hobart, B.K. Trophic interactions as a missing link in spotted owl ecology and conservation. Wisconsin Ecology Flash Talk Session. Madison, WI. 1 May 2019.

Atuo, F., B.K. Hobart, G.M. Jones, K. Kelly, A. Kramer, M.Z. Peery, C.M. Wood. Spotted and barred owl research update. US Forest Service and US Fish & Wildlife Service. Madison, WI. 6 March 2019. All authors presented.

Peery, M.Z., Atuo, F., Dotters, B.P., Roberts, K.N., and Hobart, B.K. Spotted owl habitat use during the early fledgling period, 2017. Society of American Foresters National Convention. Portland, OR. 4 October 2018.

Peery, M.Z., Atuo, F., and Hobart, B.K. Resource selection and occupancy dynamics of California spotted owls in a mixed-ownership landscape. US Fish & Wildlife Service. Madison, WI. 5 July 2018. All authors presented.


Awards and Fellowships
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2020 - EBIO Department Research Grant, Dept. of Ecology & Evol. Bio., CU - Boulder ($2500)
2019 - Aldo Leopold Memorial Scholarship, TWS, WI Chapter ($1000)
2015 - Becker Conservation Scholarship, UW - Madison ($500)
2015 - Silverthorn Academic Scholarship, UW - Madison ($3000)


Teaching

Teaching assistant, EBIO 2040, General Ecology Laboratory, University of Colorado, 2020–2022
Syllabus coordinator, EBIO 2040, General Ecology Laboratory, University of Colorado, 2020
Guest lecturer, EBIO 2040, General Ecology Lecture, University of Colorado, 2020
Teaching assistant, EBIO 1230, General Biology Laboratory, University of Colorado, 2019
Guest lecturer, FWE 875, Demographic Methods in Wildlife Conservation, University of Wisconsin, 2019
Teaching assistant, ZOO 360, Extinction of Species, University of Wisconsin, 2018


Undergraduate Mentorship

Olivia Milloway, NSF REU: Bullfrogs and Bd, University of Colorado, 2021
Wyatt Brammer, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, University of Colorado, 2021
Anya Weiss, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, University of Colorado, 2020 
Paige Paulsen, NSF REU: Chytrid fungus infection patterns, University of Colorado, 2020
​Claire Viellieux, Independent Study, University of Wisconsin, 2017-2018
Abby Achtenhagen, Independent Study, University of Wisconsin, 2018
Kristina Kennedy, Independent Study, University of Wisconsin, 2018
Kendall Krombach, Independent Study, University of Wisconsin, 2018
Carter Czerwinski, Independent Study, University of Wisconsin, 2017
Daniel Erickson, Independent Study, University of Wisconsin, 2017


Service
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Reviewer for Journal of Mammalogy​, Landscape Ecology​, Diversity and Distributions​, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Ecological Applications
Colloquium Committee Chair, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, CU Boulder, 2019–present
Social Committee, Dept. of Forest & Wildlife Ecology, U. of Wisconsin, 2018