Jan Schipper

Jan Schipper

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Center for Biodiversity Outcomes
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School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes
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Dr. Jan Schipper is a wildlife ecologist and conservation scientist with over 30 years of research experience, primarily in Central and South America, Hawaii, Philippines and along the US/Mexico borderlands. He has conducted applied research and developed conservation and management projects across a wide variety of threatened species, especially focusing on population recovery goals, non-invasive monitoring techniques and connectivity science. Long term projects include 1) evaluating the importance of conservation corridors for mammal dispersal and movement, 2) developing deterrents for illegal poaching, 3) creating technology to monitor species visually and acoustically, 4) monitoring the effectiveness of protected areas at conserving target species and 5) developing innovative conservation tools for jaguar (Panthera onca) and other area sensitive species. In Costa Rica he is working with the park service to develop acoustic monitoring tools to detect and report illegal hunting within protected areas, as part of a larger project to protect, restore and reconnect La Amistad International Park and Corcovado National Park. This interdisciplinary project brings together researchers, managers and local communities to help wildlife populations navigate a human-dominated landscape to reconnect isolated jaguar populations. In Arizona, we are evaluating how surface water (perennial waterways) and the dwindling riparian habitat it supports can reconnect habitats across a desert landscape. Additional interests include investigating carnivore impacts on trophic cascades, acoustic ecology, canopy highways for arboreal mammals and developing and improving upon non-invasive survey techniques. Jan is also a research associate with the Arizona Center for Nature Conservation/Phoenix Zoo and a senior researcher with the Sierra to Sea Institute/ProCAT International.

Education

University of Idaho/Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE, Costa Rica, PhD, 2010.

Western Colorado University, BA, 1995

 

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Publications

de Vergara, R.S., Cedeño-Fonseca, M.V., Mora, M.L., Mora, N.L., Carrasco, E.A., González-Maya, J.F., Schipper, J. and Gómez-Hoyos, D.A., 2022. Viveros comunitarios de investigación en corredores biológicos del Área de Conservación La Amistad-Pacífico, Costa Rica. UNED Research Journal, 14(S1).

de Vergara, R.S., Hoyos, D.A.G., Alvarado, G., Abarca, J.G., Estrella, J., Schipper, J. and Maya, J.F.G., 2022. Prevalencia del hongo quitridio en la “especie abanderada” Atelopus varius (Anura, Bufonidae), Zona Protectora las Tablas, Costa Rica. UNED Research Journal, 14(S1).

Hoyos, D.A.G., Méndez, J., González, E., Corrales, K.J., Fallas, R., Méndez, A., Méndez, R., Durán, M.J.C., Jiménez, R., de Vergara, R.S. and Amador, H.S., 2022. Investigación participativa y conservación de especies amenazadas en dos áreas silvestres protegidas de la cuenca del río Cotón, Costa Rica. UNED Research Journal, 14(S1).

Vynne, C., Gosling, J., Maney, C., Dinerstein, E., Lee, A.T., Burgess, N.D., Fernández, N., Fernando, S., Jhala, H., Jhala, Y., Noss, R.F., incl. Jan Schipper et al. 2022. An ecoregion‐based approach to restoring the world's intact large mammal assemblages. Ecography. e06098, doi: 10.1111/ecog.06098.

Ragan, K., Marín, A.G., Tellez, C., Sierra-Corona, R. and Schipper, J., 2022. Co-occurrence of four endangered mammals in the Mexico-United States borderlands: jaguar (Panthera onca), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), beaver (Castor canadensis) and black bear (Ursus americanus). Southwest Naturalist (vol 66:77-83).

Cove, M.V., Kays, R., Bontrager, H., Bresnan, C., Lasky, M., Frerichs, T., Klann, R., Lee Jr, T.E., Crockett, S.C., Crupi, A.P., Weiss, K.C., 2021, et.al incl. Schipper J. SNAPSHOT USA 2019: a coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3353.

Gómez–Hoyos, D.A., Seisdedos–de–Vergara, R., Schipper, J., Allard, R. and González–Maya, J.F. 2020. Potential effect of habitat disturbance on reproduction of the critically endangered harlequin frog Atelopus varius in Las Tablas, Costa Rica. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 43.1

Thornton, D., Reyna, R., Perera-Romero, L., Radachowsky, J., Hidalgo-Mihart, M.G., Garcia, R., McNab, R., Mcloughlin, L., Foster, R., Harmsen, B., Moreira-Ramírez, J.F. et al. incl Schipper, J. 2020. Precipitous decline of white-lipped peccary populations in Mesoamerica. Biological Conservation, 242, p.108410.

Rorabaugh, J.C., Schipper, J., Avila-Villegas, S., Lamberton-Moreno, J.A. and Flood, T., 2020. Ecology of an ocelot population at the northern edge of the species’ distribution in northern Sonora, Mexico. PeerJ, 8, p.e8414. https://peerj.com/articles/8414/

González-Maya, J.F., Gómez-Hoyos, D.A., Seisdedos-de-Vergara, R., Cruz-Lizano, I. and Schipper, J., 2019. Water-bug (Abedus sp.; Belostomatidae) predation on the Critically Endangered Atelopus varius (Bufonidae) at the Las Tablas Protected Zone, Costa Rica. Acta Biológica Colombiana, 24(2).

Schipper, J. and Rovero, F. 2018. Effective Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring. Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene, Volume 3: 297-304

González-Maya, J.F., Gómez-Hoyos, D.A., Cruz-Lizano, I. and Schipper, J., 2018. From hope to alert: demography of a remnant population of the Critically Endangered Atelopus varius from Costa Rica. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, pp.1-7.

Gómez-Hoyos, D.A., Escobar-Lasso, S., Brenes-Mora, E., Schipper, J. and González-Maya, J.F., 2018. Interaction behavior and vocalization of the baird’s tapir Tapirus bairdii from Talamanca, Costa Rica. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 13(1), pp.17-23.

González-Maya, J.F., Arias-Alzate, A., Granados-Peña, R., Gómez-Hoyos, D.A., Schipper, J., Majarrés-Morrón, M. and Majarrés-Pinzón, G., 2018. Margay also hide their spots: first records of melanistic Leopardus wiedii from Colombia and Costa Rica. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 89(2).

González-Maya JF, Gómez-Hoyos DA, Schipper J. 2017. First confirmed records of the bush dog (Carnivora: Canidae) for Costa Rica. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 12(3): 238-241.

González-Maya JF, Gómez-Hoyos DA, Gómez-Junco G, Schipper J & Zárrate-Charry DA. 2016. Connecting felid populations between La Amistad and Osa priority conservation areas in Costa Rica. Wild Felid Monitor 9 (2): 21.

Goettsch, B., Hilton-Taylor, C., Cruz-Piñón, G., Duffy, J.P., Frances, A., Hernández, H.M., Inger, R., Pollock, C., Schipper, J., Superina, M. and Taylor, N.P., 2015. High proportion of cactus species threatened with extinction. Nature Plants, 1, p.15142.

González-Maya JF & Schipper J. 2015. Small Carnivore Conservation in the Open Access, online era. Small Carnivore Conservation 52-53: 93-100.

Hess, S.C., Muise, J., and Schipper, J. 2015. Anatomy of an Eradication Effort: removing Hawaii’s illegally introduced Axis deer. Wildlife Professional 9(1): 40-43.

Schipper, J. & Greenleaf, S. 2014. Advances in arboreal mammal research techniques for tropical rainforest canopy exploration. Mammalogy Notes 1(1):13-14.

González-Maya, JF,  Schipper, J. & Castañeda F. 2014. A long term inventory of medium and large mammals with camera-traps in Las Tablas Protected Zone, Costa Rica. Mammalogy Notes 1(1):15-16.

Di Marco, M., Boitani, L., Mallon, D., Hoffmann, M., Iacucci, A., Meijaard, E., Visconti, P., Schipper, J. and Rondinini, C., 2014. A retrospective evaluation of the global decline of carnivores and ungulates. Conservation Biology, 28(4), pp.1109-1118.

Do Linh San, E., Ferguson, A.W., Belant, J.L., Shipper, J., Hoffmann, M., Gaubert, P., Angelici, F.M. & Somers, M.J. 2013. Conservation status, diversity and species richness of small carnivores in Africa. Small Carnivore Conservation 48: 4-18.

González-Maya JF, Belant JL, Wyatt S, Schipper J, Cardenal J, Corrales D, Cruz-Lizano I, Hoepker A, Escobedo-Galván AH, Castañeda F, & Fischer A. 2013. Renewing hope: the rediscovery of Atelopus varius in Costa Rica. Amphibia-Reptilia 34: 573-578.

Amori. G. Chiozza, F., Patterson, B., Rondinini, C., Schipper, J. and Luiselli, L. 2012. Species richness and distribution of Neotropical rodents, with conservation implications. Mammlia 17(1): 1-19.

Kovacs, K.M., Aguilar, A., Aurioles, D., Burkanov, V., Campagna, C., Gales, N., Gelatt, T., Goldsworthy, S., Goodman, S.J., Hofmeyr, G.J.G., Härkönen, T., Lowry, L., Lydersen, C., Schipper, J., Sipilä, T., Southwell, C., Stuart, S., Thompson, D. and Trillmich, F. 2012. Global threats to pinnipeds. Marine Mammal Science 28: 414-436.

Rondinini, C., Chiozza, F., Di Marco, M., Santulli, G., Baisero, D., Visconti, P., Hoffman, M., Schipper, J., Stuart, S., Falcucci, A., Maiorano, L. & Boitani, L. 2011 Global habitat suitability models of terrestrial mammals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Series B1578, 2633-2641.

Hoffmann, M., Chanson, J., Cox, N., Lamoreux, J., Rodrigues, A.S.L., Schipper, J., & Stuart, S.N. (2011) The changing fates of the world's mammals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 1579: 2598-2610.

Rodrigues, A.S.L., Grenyer, R., Baillie, J.E.M., Bininda-Emonds, O.R.P., Gittlemann, J.L., Hoffmann, M., Safi, K., Schipper, J., Stuart, N.S., Brooks, T.M. (2011) Complete, accurate, mammalian phylogenies aid conservation planning, but not much. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 366 (1578): 2652-2660.

Hoffmann, M. (with over 150 Authors including Schipper, J.). 2010. The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates. Science 330, 1503-1509.

Gonzalez-Maya, J.F., Navarro-Arquez, E. and Schipper, J. 2010. Ocelots as prey items of jaguar: a case from Talamanca, Costa Rica. Cat News 53: 11-12.

Wright, S.J., Muller-Landau, H. and Schipper, J. 2009. The future of tropical species on a warmer planet. Conservation Biology 23: 1418–1426.

González-Maya, J.F, Schipper, J. and Rojas-Jiménez, K. 2009. Elevational distributions and abundance of Baird’s Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) at different protected areas in Talamanca Region of Costa Rica. Tapir Conservation 18(1): 29-35.

Schipper, J., Eizirik, E., Helgen, K.M., González-Maya, J.F., Tsuchiya-Jerep, M. and Belant, J.L. 2009. Editorial: Small carnivores in the Americas: reflections, future research and conservation priorities. Small Carnivore Conservation 41:1-2.

Belant, J.L., Schipper, J. and Conroy, J. 2009. The conservation status of small carnivores in the Americas. Small Carnivore Conservation 41:3-8.

González-Maya, J.F, Schipper, J. and Benítez, A. 2009. Activity patterns and community ecology of small carnivores in the Talamanca region, Costa Rica. Small Carnivore Conservation 41:9-14.

Schipper J. 2009. Nuevas herramientas para la investigación y conservación de la vida silvestre/New tools for wildlife research and conservation. Boletín Aluna 2(2): 1-5

Castellanos, A., Foerester, C., Lizcano, D.J., Naranjo, E., Cruz-Aldan, E., Lira-Torres, I., Samudio, R., Matola, S., Schipper, J. & Gonzalez-Maya. J. 2008. Tapirus bairdii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008

de Oliveira, T., Schipper, J. & Gonzalez-Maya, J.F. 2008. Leopardus tigrinus ssp. oncilla. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008.

Gonzalez-Maya, J.F. and Schipper, J. 2008. A high elevation report of oncilla in Mesoamerica. Cat News 49:33.

Schipper, J., Woodman, N. & Timm, R. 2008. Tylomys watsoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008.

Schipper, J., Emmons, L., Woodman, N., Timm, R. & McCarthy, T. 2008. Dasyprocta ruatanica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008.

Schipper, J., M. Hoffmann, J.W. Duckworth, and J. Conroy. 2008. The 2008 IUCN red listings of the world’s small carnivores. Small Carnivore Conservation 39: 29-34.

Schipper, J., Chanson, J., Chiozza, F., Cox, N., Hoffmann, M., Katariya, V., Lamoreux, J., Rodrigues, A.S.L., Stuart, S.N., Temple, H.J., Baillie, J.E.M., Boitani, L., Lacher, T.E., Mittermeier, R.A., Smith, A.T., Absolon, D., Aguiar, J.M., Amori, G., Bakkour, N., Baldi, R.A., Berridge, R.J., Bielby, J., Black, P.A., Blanc, J.J., Brooks, T.M., Burton, J.A., Butynski, T.M., Catullo, G., Chapman, R., Cokeliss, Z., Collen, B., Conroy, J., Cooke, J.G., da Fonseca, G.A.B., Derocher, A.E., Dublin, H.T., Duckworth, J.W., Emmons, L., Emslie, R.H., Festa-Bianchet, M., Foster, M., Foster, S.N., Garshelis, D.L., Gates, C., Gimenez-Dixon, M., Gonzalez, S., Gonzalez-Maya, J.F., Good, T.C., Hammerson, G., Hammond, P.S., Happold, D., Happold, M., Hare, J., Harris, R.B., Hawkins, C.E., Haywood, M., Heaney, L., Hedges, S., Helgen, K.M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hussain, S.A., Ishii, N., Jefferson, T.A., Jenkins, R.K.B., Johnston, C.H., Keith, M., Kingdon, J., Knox, D., Kovacs, K.M., Langhammer, P., Leus, K.M., Lewison, R., Lichtenstein, G., Lowry, L.F., Macavoy, Z., Mace, G.M., Mallon, D.P., Masi, M., McKnight, M.W., Medellín, R., Medici, P., Mills, G., Moehlman, P.D., Molur, S., Mora, A.E., Nowell, K., Oates, J.F., Olech, W., Oliver, W.L.R., Oprea, M., Patterson, B., Perrin, W.F., Polidoro, B.A., Pollock, C,. Powel, A., Protas, Y., Racey, P.A., Ragle, J., Ramani, P., Rathbun, G., Reeves, R.R., Reilly, S.B., Reynolds III, J.E., Rondinini, C., Rulli, M., Rylands, A.B., Savini, S., Schank, C.J., Sechrest, W., Self-Sullivan, C., Shoemaker, A., Sillero-Zubiri, C., Silva, N., Smith, D.E., Srinivasulu, C., Stephenson, P.J., van Strien, N., Talukdar, B.K., Taylor, B.L., Timmins, R., Tirira, D.G., Tognelli, M.F., Tsytsulina, K., Veiga, L.M., Vié, J.-C., Williamson, L., Wyatt, S.A., Xie, Y. and Young, B.E. 2008. The status of the world’s land and marine mammals: diversity, threat and knowledge. Science 322:225-230.

Schipper, J., Emmons, L., Woodman, N., Timm, R. & McCarthy, T. 2008. Dasyprocta ruatanica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T6287A12597115. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T6287A12597115.en

Castellanos, A., Foerester, C., Lizcano, D.J., Naranjo, E., Cruz-Aldan, E., Lira-Torres, I., Samudio, R., Matola, S., Schipper, J. & Gonzalez-Maya. J. 2008. Tapirus bairdii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T21471A9284327. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T21471A9284327.en

Schipper, J., Woodman, N. & Timm, R. 2008. Tylomys watsoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T22576A9377595. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T22576A9377595.en

de Oliveira, T., Schipper, J. & Gonzalez-Maya, J.F. 2008. Leopardus tigrinus ssp. oncilla. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T136876A4348020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136876A4348020.en

Nowell, K., Schipper, J. and Hoffmann, M. 2007. Re-evaluation of the Felidae for the 2008 IUCN Red List. Cat News 47:5.

Schipper, J. 2007. Camera-trap avoidance by Kinkajous Potos flavus: rethinking the “non-invasive” paradigm. Small Carnivore Conservation 36: 38-41.

Schipper, J. 2005. Conservation planning in the Tropics: lessons learned from the Guianan Ecoregion Complex. International Journal of Wilderness 11(1): 26-30.

Schipper, G.J. 2004. Book Review: A scientists coming of age in the computerized era. BioScience. 54(7). 785-786.

Rodrigues, A.S.L., S.J. Andelman, M.I. Bakarr, L. Boitani, T.M. Brooks, R.M. Cowling, L.D.C. Fishpool, G.A.B. Fonseca, K.J. Gaston, M. Hoffman, J. Long, P.A. Marquet, J.D. Pilgrim, R.L. Pressey, J. Schipper, W. Sechrest, S.N. Stuart, L.G. Underhill, R.W. Waller, M.E.J. Watts, Y. Xie. 2004. Global gap analysis – priority regions for expanding the global protected area network. BioScience 54(12).

Rodrigues, A.S.L., S.J. Andelman, M.I. Bakarr, L. Boitani, T.M. Brooks, R.M. Cowling, L.D.C. Fishpool, G.A.B. Fonseca, K.J. Gaston, M. Hoffman, J. Long, P.A. Marquet, J.D. Pilgrim, R.L. Pressey, J. Schipper, W. Sechrest, S.N. Stuart, L.G. Underhill, R.W. Waller, M.E.J. Watts, Y. Xie. 2004. Effectiveness of the global protected area network in representing species diversity. Nature 428(8). 640-643.

Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number Course Title
BIO 182 General Biology II
BIO 182 General Biology II
2024 Fall
Course Number Course Title
BIO 492 Honors Directed Study
BIO 182 General Biology II
BIO 182 General Biology II
BIO 592 Research
BIO 599 Thesis
2024 Spring
Course Number Course Title
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
LSC 493 Honors Thesis
BIO 182 General Biology II
ENV 345 Spatial Analysis
2023 Fall
Course Number Course Title
BIO 492 Honors Directed Study
BIO 182 General Biology II
LSC 492 Honors Directed Study
BIO 182 General Biology II
BIO 599 Thesis
ENV 345 Spatial Analysis
2023 Spring
Course Number Course Title
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
BIO 599 Thesis
2022 Fall
Course Number Course Title
BIO 492 Honors Directed Study
Honors / Awards

Wiliam T. Hornaday Award for conservation of mammals. 2009-2010 American Society of Mammalogists.

Sigma-Xi Member, 2004 to Present, University of Idaho. 

Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Representative to the Graduate Student Association UI, 2003-2004

Certificate of Excellence as a Commercial SCUBA Diver, Annapolis, Maryland, July 1998

John C. Johnson Distinct Award, Best Presentation of Research, 1995, Western State College.

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