Peter Busher

Professor Busher’s research interests are in the general area of mammalian behavioral ecology. He has studied and continues to study the population dynamics and behavior of the North American beaver, Castor canadensis. He is particularly interested in better understanding how populations grow, develop, stabilize, and decline without human exploitation.He also has a small mammal community ecology project in the Sierra Nevada area of California. This project examines the population dynamics and community structure of small mammals (rodents) in a multiple use forest (the Tahoe National Forest). Little information exists for this region of the Sierra Nevada and basic population data on forest mammals will support forest use planning.