Education and/or Training

B.S.	1995	Reed College, OR	Biology
M.S.	1999	Colorado State University, CO	Zoology
Ph.D.	2003	Purdue University, IN	Forestry Natural Resources

Professional Experience

• Research Statistician USGS, National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, WI

• Biometrician Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (MFWP), Bozeman, MT

• Ecologist USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Bozeman, MT

• Postdoctoral Research Scientist Dept. of Ecology, Montana State, Bozeman, MT

Selected Publications

Russell, R.E., J. F. Lehmkuhl, S. Buckland, and V. A. Saab. 2010. Prescribed fire effects on red squirrel abundance in coniferous forests. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:2600–2611.

Buckland, S. T., R. E. Russell, B.G. Dickson, V.A. Saab, and W. M. Block. 2010. Analyzing designed experiments in distance sampling. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics. 14:432-444.

Russell, R.E., J. A. Royle, V. A. Saab, W. M. Block, J. F. Lehmkuhl, and J. R. Sauer. 2009. Modeling the response of wildlife communities to disturbance: quantifying the effect of prescribed fire treatments on avian communities in a coniferous forest in Washington. Ecological Applications 19:1253-1263.

Saab, V.A., R.E. Russell, and J. Dudley. 2009. Nest-site selection by cavity-nesting birds in relation to postfire salvage logging. Forest Ecology and Management. 257:151-159.

Russell, R. E., V. A. Saab, J. J. Rotella, and J. Dudley. 2009. Assessing the probability of detection for woodpecker nests in burned and unburned forests. Wilson Journal of Ornithological Research 121:82-88.