Research interests

Humans are part of most wildlife habitat. Today´s expansion of human activity increases not only the frequency of contacts between wildlife and humans year-around, but also leaves long-lasting ecological footprints in wildlife habitat. The overarching goal of my research is to improve our understanding of the ecological effects of the structure and the dynamics of human activity on wildlife. My main interests concern the behaviour and movement ecology of wildlife within the context of landscape ecological aspects, specifically with respect to human-wildlife interactions. Within my area of research I combine empirical and GIS-based approaches using statistical and spatial analysis.

My current studies focus on wildlife behaviour in relation to infrastructure using moose in Sweden a model species. To evaluate the impact of infrastructure and landscape features on moose space use and movement behaviour as well as to access the spatiotemporal risk for moose-vehicle interactions, I analyze moose GPS locations from different environmental settings in Sweden. Within this project I work together with Göran Ericsson (SLU, Sweden; www.moose-research.se) and Volker Radeloff (UW-Madison Wisconsin, USA; http://silvis.forest.wisc.edu/), and collaborate with Nils Bunnefeld (Imperial College London, UK), Luca Börger (University of Guelph, Canada), and Bram Van Moorter (University of Trondheim, Norway).

Publications

Støen O-G, Neumann W, Ericsson G, Swenson JE, Dettki H, Kindberg J, Nellemann C. (2010). Behavioural response of moose Alces alces and brown bears Ursus arctos to direct helicopter approach by researchers. Wildlife Biology 16, 1-9.

Neumann W, Ericsson G, Dettki H. (2010). Does off-trail backcountry skiing disturb moose? European Journal of Wildlife Research 56, 513-518.

Neumann W, Ericsson G, Dettki H. (2009) The non-impact of hunting on moose Alces alces movement, diurnal activity, and activity range. European Journal of Wildlife Research 55, 255-265.