WSU Vancouver Science Programs

Cheryl Schultz
Assistant Professor
PhD, Zoology, University of Washington
Address:
Washington State University Vancouver
Vancouver WA 98686-9600
Phone: 360-546-9525
Fax: 360-546-9064
Email: schultzc@vancouver.wsu.edu
Home Page:
http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/schultzc/index.html

Research Interests
I am a conservation biologist with interest in both plant and animal ecology. Three components of my research are 1) the importance of focal species' behavior in designing reserves, 2) the restoration of natural communities to recreate habitat that meets the life history needs of endangered species, and 3) the influence of landscape processes on ecological restoration.

Representative Publications
Crone, E. E., and C. B. Schultz. 2007. Old models explain new observations of butterfly movement at patch edges. Accepted, pending minor revision for Ecology.

Schultz, C. B., C. Russell, and L. Wynn. 2007. Restoration, reintroduction and captive propagation efforts for at-risk butterflies: a review of British and American conservation efforts. Accepted, pending minor revision.  Invited submission to Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution for special issue on Butterfly Conservation.

Crone, E. E., D. Pickering and C. B. Schultz. 2007. Can captive rearing promote recovery of endangered butterflies? An assessment in the face of uncertainty.  Biological Conservation 139:103-112.

McIntire, E., C. B. Schultz, and E. E. Crone. 2007. Designing a network for butterfly habitat restoration: Where individuals, populations and landscapes interact. Journal of Applied Ecology. 44: 725-736.

Campbell, B. H., B. Altman, E. Bangs, D. W. Smith, B. Csuti, D. Hays, F. Slavens, K. Slavens,C. B. Schultz, and R. W. Butler. 2006. Restoring wildlife populations.  in D. Apostol and M. Sinclair (eds.) Restoring the Pacific Northwest: The Art and Science of Ecological Restoration in Cascadia. Island Press, Washington, DC. 351-392.

Schultz, C. B, and E. E. Crone.  2005.  Patch size and isolation thresholds for butterfly habitat restoration.  Conservation Biology 19: 887-896.

Winfree, R., J. Dushoff, E. E. Crone, C. B. Schultz, R. Budny, N. Williams, C. Kremen.  2005.  Simple indices of habitat proximity: General uses and empirical tests.  American Naturalist 165: 707-717.

Crone, E. E. and C. B. Schultz.  2003.  Minimum patch size for population persistence in an endangered Oregon butterfly.  in C. Boggs, W. Watt, and P. Ehrlich (eds.) Ecology  and Evolution Taking Flight: Butterflies as Model Study Systems. University of  Chicago Press. Chicago. 561-576. 

Holl, K. D., E. E. Crone., and C. B. Schultz.  2003.  Landscape restoration: moving from generalities to methodologies.  BioScience. 53: 491-502.

Schultz, C. B. and P.C. Hammond.  2003.  Using population viability analysis to develop recovery criteria for endangered insects:  Case study of the Fender’s blue butterfly.  Conservation Biology.  17: 1372-1385.

Schultz, C. B., P. C. Hammond, and M. V. Wilson. 2003. The biology of Fender’s blue butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi), an endangered species of western Oregon native prairies. Natural Areas Journal 23: 61-71. 

Wilson, M. V, T. Erhart,, P. C. Hammond, T. N. Kaye, K. Kuykendall, A. Liston, C. B. Schultz, and  P. M. Severns.  2003. The Biology of Kincaid’s lupine (Lupinus sulphureus spp. kincaidii), a threatened species of western Oregon native prairies.  Natural Areas Journal 23: 72-83.

Schultz, C. B. and L. R. Gerber.  2002. Are Endangered Species Act recovery plans improving with practice?  Ecological Applications 12: 641 – 647.

Gerber, L. R. and C. B. Schultz. 2001.  Authorship and the use of science in Endangered Species Act recovery plans.  Conservation Biology 15: 1308-1314.

Schultz, C. B. 2001.  Restoring resources for an endangered butterfly.  Journal of Applied Ecology 38: 1007 - 1019. 

Schultz, C. B. and E. E. Crone.  2001.  Edge-mediated dispersal behavior in a prairie butterfly. Ecology 82:
1879-1892.

Schultz, C. B. and K. Dlugosch. 1999.  Effects of declining food resources on populations of the
Fender’s blue butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi). Oecologia.119: 231-238.

Schultz, C. B. 1998. Dispersal behavior and its implications for reserve design for a rare Oregon
butterfly. Conservation Biology 12: 284-292.

Schultz, C. B. and G. C. Chang. 1998. Challenges in Insect Conservation: Managing Fluctuating Populations in Disturbed Environments. in P. Fiedler and P. Kareiva (eds.) Conservation Biology for the Coming Decade.  Chapman Hall. New York. 228-254. 

Schultz, C. B. and E. E. Crone. 1998.  Burning prairie to restore butterfly habitat?  A modeling approach for management tradeoffs for the Fender’s blue.  Restoration Ecology 6: 244-252.

Courses
Conservation Biology   (BIOL 492)
Restoration Ecology     (ES/RP 592)