Franny Buderman
Assistant Professor of Quantitative Wildlife Ecology
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401 Forest Resources Building
University Park, PA - feb5019@psu.edu
- 814-867-3378
Research Summary
Quantitative ecology, with a focus on the demography, space-use, and movement of wildlife.
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Most Recent Publications
Changes in waterfowl movement behavior in response to hunting pressure
Karen Beatty, Nate Huck, Frances Buderman, Movement Ecology on p. 1-13
Changes in waterfowl movement behavior in response to hunting pressure
Karen E. Beatty, Nathaniel R. Huck, Frances E. Buderman, 2025, Movement Ecology
Explaining the divergence of population trajectories for two interacting waterfowl species
Daniel Gibson, Todd W. Arnold, Frances E. Buderman, David N. Koons, 2025, Ecological Monographs
A general framework for integrated modeling of individual and species distribution data
Frances Buderman, E Hanks, Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez, Robert Murphy, D Miller, Michael Shull, 2025, Methods in Ecology and Evolution on p. 345–361
Decadal stability in stream fish communities and contemporary ecological drivers of species occupancy in two Appalachian U.S. National Parks
Morgan B. Stum, Caleb J. Tzilkowski, Matt Richard Marshall, Frances E. Buderman, Tyler Wagner, 2025, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society on p. 17-34
Integrated movement models for individual tracking and species distribution data
Frances E. Buderman, Ephraim M. Hanks, Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez, Michael Shull, Robert K. Murphy, David A.W. Miller, 2025, Methods in Ecology and Evolution on p. 345-361
SNAPSHOT USA 2019–2023: The First Five Years of Data From a Coordinated Camera Trap Survey of the United States
Brigit Rooney, Roland Kays, Michael Cove, A Jensen, B Goldstein, C Pate, Paula Castiblanco, Frances Buderman, 2025, Global Ecology and Biogeography on p. 1-33
Anthropogenic predation risk alters waterfowl habitat selection
Karen E. Beatty, Nathaniel R. Huck, Frances E. Buderman, 2024, Landscape Ecology
Can waterfowl buffer the mortality risk induced by GPS tags? A cautionary tale for applied inference across species
Casey M. Setash, Adam C. Behney, James H. Gammonley, Cory T. Overton, Michael L. Casazza, Frédéric Letourneux, Frances E. Buderman, Michael L. Schummer, Benjamin Z. Luukkonen, Nathaniel R. Huck, Karen E. Beatty, Pierre Legagneux, David N. Koons, 2024, Animal Biotelemetry
Multistage time-to-event models improve survival inference by partitioning mortality processes of tracked organisms
Suresh A. Sethi, Alex L. Koeberle, Anna J. Poulton, Daniel W. Linden, Duane Diefenbach, Frances E. Buderman, Mary Jo Casalena, Kenneth Duren, 2024, Scientific Reports
Most-Cited Papers
The basis function approach for modeling autocorrelation in ecological data
Trevor J. Hefley, Kristin M. Broms, Brian M. Brost, Frances E. Buderman, Shannon L. Kay, Henry R. Scharf, John R. Tipton, Perry J. Williams, Mevin B. Hooten, 2017, Ecology on p. 632-646
Hierarchical animal movement models for population-level inference
Mevin B. Hooten, Frances E. Buderman, Brian M. Brost, Ephraim M. Hanks, Jacob S. Ivan, 2016, Environmetrics on p. 322-333
A functional model for characterizing long-distance movement behaviour
Frances E. Buderman, Mevin B. Hooten, Jacob S. Ivan, Tanya M. Shenk, 2016, Methods in Ecology and Evolution on p. 264-273
Changes in climate and land use interact to create an ecological trap in a migratory species
Frances E. Buderman, Jim H. Devries, David N. Koons, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology on p. 1961-1977
Time-varying predatory behavior is primary predictor of fine-scale movement of wildland-urban cougars
Frances E. Buderman, Mevin B. Hooten, Mathew W. Alldredge, Ephraim M. Hanks, Jacob S. Ivan, 2018, Movement Ecology
Human–Cougar interactions in the wildland–urban interface of Colorado's front range
Mathew W. Alldredge, Frances E. Buderman, Kevin A. Blecha, 2019, Ecology and Evolution on p. 10415-10431
Large-scale movement behavior in a reintroduced predator population
Frances E. Buderman, Mevin B. Hooten, Jacob S. Ivan, Tanya M. Shenk, 2018, Ecography on p. 126-139
Animal movement models for multiple individuals
Henry R. Scharf, Frances E. Buderman, 2020, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Statistics
Caution is warranted when using animal space-use and movement to infer behavioral states
Frances E. Buderman, Tess Gingery, Duane Diefenbach, Laura Gigliotti, Danielle Begley-Miller, Marc Mc Dill, Marc McDill, Bret Wallingford, Christopher Rosenberry, Patrick Drohan, 2021, Movement Ecology
Effect of Pre-Harvest Mortality on Harvest Rates and Derived Population Estimates
Evan G. Cooch, Ray T. Alisauskas, Frances E. Buderman, 2021, Journal of Wildlife Management on p. 228-239
News Articles Featuring Franny Buderman
Aug 22, 2025
GPS-outfitted birds and citizen sightings to inform a better migration model
Funded by an NSF grant, researchers aim to develop a powerful new tool that melds data from GPS device-carrying birds with sightings by citizen science groups.
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Jan 24, 2025
Nerves Of Steel: Canada Geese Don’t Flee Far From Gun-Toting Hunters
A new study by a team of researchers at Pennsylvania State University reports that Canada geese, Branta canadensis, seem to understand when and where hunters will arrive, and yet they still refuse to leave their favorite haunts, despite the risks.
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Jan 21, 2025
Despite knowing where and when people hunt, Canada geese don’t flee far
Geese appear to understand when and where hunting takes place but are willing to risk the danger to stay close to resources and their primary habitats, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State.
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Jun 01, 2023
Predictive models show wildlife managers where to find destructive feral swine
Feral swine are considered one of the top invasive species of concern in North America because of the damage they do to agricultural and natural systems.
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