John Craighead Endowed Chair of Conservation
Division of Biological Sciences and Wildlife Biology Program
University of Montana
32 Campus Drive; Missoula, Montana 59812, USA
jedediah [dot] brodie [at] umontana [dot] edu
Co-founder & Co-director
Biodiversity Research and Policy Center
Missoula, Montana, USA
Research Fellow
Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
Elected Council member
Association for Tropical Biology & Conservation
Division of Biological Sciences and Wildlife Biology Program
University of Montana
32 Campus Drive; Missoula, Montana 59812, USA
jedediah [dot] brodie [at] umontana [dot] edu
Co-founder & Co-director
Biodiversity Research and Policy Center
Missoula, Montana, USA
Research Fellow
Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
Elected Council member
Association for Tropical Biology & Conservation
I study global biodiversity - the ecology & evolution of organisms and the resilience of ecosystems to anthropogenic change. Much of my work and that of my students takes place in tropical rainforests, where most of Earth's biodiversity resides. Our work straddles basic ecology and applied conservation, for example assessing how climate change, habitat alteration, and exploitation (e.g., "bushmeat" hunting) affect species, species interactions, and natural communities. We study landscape connectivity and conservation areas and use the lens of 'ecological resilience' to deploy them in large-scale strategic conservation planning that has the potential to ameliorate the impacts of climate change while providing win-win outcomes for biodiversity and human livelihood.
I am an elected councilor for the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC), and part of the association's Conservation and DEI committees. I serve on the IUCN species survival commission, world commission on protected areas, and multiple taxonomic and thematic specialist groups. I was a David H. Smith Conservation Fellow and a Fulbright Research Fellow to Malaysia.
I am an elected councilor for the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC), and part of the association's Conservation and DEI committees. I serve on the IUCN species survival commission, world commission on protected areas, and multiple taxonomic and thematic specialist groups. I was a David H. Smith Conservation Fellow and a Fulbright Research Fellow to Malaysia.
Media and outreach
Featured in "Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure" Part 1
Featured in "Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure" Part 2
Some quotes in Science on recent functional & phylogenetic diversity papers
A really nice write-up of our work on functional diversity in Tracking Extinction
Coverage of our fossil fuel divestment work in the Missoulian and the Billings Gazette [follow-up in Higher Ed Dive]
Yale Environment360 coverage of our Science article on assisted colonization
The New York Times picks the Judi Dench Wild Borneo Adventure (streaming on Discover+) as the top show to watch in 2021
Mongabay coverage of our recent PNAS article on global functional & phylogenetic diversity
Get involved in our Citizen Science project on alpine wildlife in Denali National Park, Alaska!
Slate magazine: Tropical trees and seed dispersal
Seed dispersal by megafauna
Camera trapping
New position as John Craighead Chair of Conservation at the University of Montana
Mongabay: Bushmeat hunting
Rare mammal (banteng) detections
Featured in "Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure" Part 1
Featured in "Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure" Part 2
Some quotes in Science on recent functional & phylogenetic diversity papers
A really nice write-up of our work on functional diversity in Tracking Extinction
Coverage of our fossil fuel divestment work in the Missoulian and the Billings Gazette [follow-up in Higher Ed Dive]
Yale Environment360 coverage of our Science article on assisted colonization
The New York Times picks the Judi Dench Wild Borneo Adventure (streaming on Discover+) as the top show to watch in 2021
Mongabay coverage of our recent PNAS article on global functional & phylogenetic diversity
Get involved in our Citizen Science project on alpine wildlife in Denali National Park, Alaska!
Slate magazine: Tropical trees and seed dispersal
Seed dispersal by megafauna
Camera trapping
New position as John Craighead Chair of Conservation at the University of Montana
Mongabay: Bushmeat hunting
Rare mammal (banteng) detections
Photo credits
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