Meghan P Keating, PhD

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Education

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Work Experience

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Peer–Reviewed Publications

Keating, MP, SN Harris, CE Horton, JD Krugler, LD Lusk, JM Nettles, KN Steen, & DS Jachowski (2026). Military lands provide an opportunity to recover red wolves. The Journal of Wildlife Management.
– Popular Article: Q&A: Can red wolves thrive on military lands?, The Wildlife Society Perspectives.

Keating, MP, CM Bodinof Jachowski, DR Diefenbach, JD Jordan, NM Nemeth, TR Rainwater, GK Yarrow, & DS Jachowski (2026). Anticoagulant rodenticides contribute to a decline in an urban carnivore. Animal Conservation.
– Popular Article: Bringing bobcats back from the brink, The Wildlife Society News.

Peterson, SH, JT Ackerman, BL Fettig, AC Greenawalt, CA Hartman, MP Keating, & MP Herzog (2026). Wetland characteristics influence dabbling duckling habitat use and movement. Ornithological Applications.

Keating, MP, TR Rainwater, R Singh, M Priore, SG Platt, PM Wilkinson, T Levi, CM Bodinof Jachowski, & DS Jachowski (2025). Bobcat predation on American alligators in coastal South Carolina. Southeastern Naturalist.

Nettles, JM, C Abramowitz, WW. Boone, SN Harris, CE Horton, MP Keating, DL Nelson, SN. Smith, KN Steen, EK Buchholtz, & DS Jachowski (2025). American black bears (Ursus americanus) as an apex predator: Investigating the ecological role of the world’s most abundant large carnivore. Mammal Review.

Keating, MP, EA Saldo, JL Frair, SA Cunningham, R Mateo, & DS Jachowski (2024). Global review of anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in wild mammalian carnivores. Animal Conservation.
– Popular Article: Rat poison is moving up through food chains, threatening carnivores around the world, The Conversation US

Jachowski, DS, SN Harris, AJ Jensen, MP Keating, M Muthersbaugh, DL Nelson, BR Pruitt, E Rosales, EA Saldo, & KL Titus (2024). Assessing the space between science and practice in endangered species conservation​. Biological Conservation.

Keating, MP, PJ Williams, JR Robb, FE Buderman, JP Lewis, T Vanosdol, & R Harer (2023). Henslow’s sparrow shows positive response to prescribed fire rotation. Ornithological Applications.

Marneweck CJ, SN Harris, AJ Jensen, MP Keating, M Muthersbaugh, DL Nelson, E Rosales, EA Saldo, KL Titus, & DS Jachowski (2023). Poleward expansion of turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) under future conditions. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology.
– Blog Post: The vultures are coming, The Wilson Ornithological Society

Peterson, SH, JT Ackerman, MP Keating, CH Schacter, CA Hartman, ML Casazza, & MP Herzog (2022). Predator movements in relation to habitat features reveal vulnerability of duck nests to predation. Ecology and Evolution.
– Popular Article: What habitat features make duck nests vulnerable to raccoons and striped skunks? USGS News

Submitted & In Prep
Goldstein, BR, AJ Jensen, DJ Herrera, N Barto, DA Sossover, AM Weeks, C Brett, MP Keating, MM Wood, MV Cove, K Pacifici, & RW Kays (In Review). Can targeted sampling based on long-term monitoring data increase detection rates of elusive species? Ecology and Evolution.

Keating, MP, DR Diefenbach, J Jordan, TR Rainwater, GY Yarrow, & DS Jachowski (In Prep). Long-term monitoring of bobcats reveals a nuanced relationship with urban development. Urban Ecosystems.

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Popular Press

Interviewed/Featured
Q&A: Can red wolves thrive on military lands? The Wildlife Society Perspectives, Aug 2026
Researcher’s passion for predators helps bobcats rebound on Kiawah Island, Clemson News, Aug 2026
Rodent-killing baits threaten small wild cats and other wildlife, Mongabay, Jun 2026
Bringing bobcats back from the brink, The Wildlife Society News, Apr 2026
Experiential learning: Bears, bobcats, butterflies, and bees! Dept. of Forestry and Environmental Conservation Field Notes, Apr 2026
Kiawah’s cats, Roots Magazine, Mar 2026
Investigating rodenticide exposure in Carolina furbearers, USFWS,  Jan 2026
Pesticide regulators extend restrictions on certain rodenticides, Clemson News, Nov 2025
Clemson doctoral student earns recognition for wildlife research, Clemson News, Apr 2025
Statewide rodenticide regulation update, Clemson News, Jan 2025
Rat poison harms endangered wildlife up and down the food chain, Inside Climate News, Dec 2024
TV Special, South Carolina Educational TV, Aug 2024
Radio Interview, KCBS San Francisco, Aug 2024
Grad Student Highlight, Clemson Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Mar 2024
Article about the carnivore ecology creative inquiry course, Decipher Creative Inquiry Magazine, Nov 2023
Research Spotlight, USGS Western Ecological Research Center, Apr 2023
News Feature, ABC 4 News Charleston, Oct 2022

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Posters & Talks

Invited Presentations
Anticoagulant rodenticides – an underappreciated threat to North American carnivores (Oral)
USFWS Michigan Ecological Services Field Office Lunch & Learn, Mar 2026

The Lowcountry Lynx: Kiawah Island Bobcats and the Struggle Against Rodenticide Poisoning (Oral)
Charleston Natural History Society, Oct 2025

Current Rodenticide Survey Update & State Participation for the Future (Oral)
Southeast Furbearer Managers Workshop, May 2025

Clemson Bobcat & Rodenticide Study (Oral & Panelist)
Clemson Regulatory Services Open Session on Anticoagulant Rodenticide Restrictions, Jan 2025

Anticoagulant rodenticides – an underappreciated threat to North American Furbearers (Oral)
2024 National Furbearer Joint Workshop, May 2024

Mentored Presentations
City Cats & City Rats: How Bobcat Diet Links to Anticoagulant Rodenticide Exposure Risk (Poster)
Clemson University 21st Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry, Apr 2026
Student Mentees & Presenters: Mary Bryson, Kaia Dunford, Molly Estes, Laura Guérin, Centrea Haddon, Gabriella Hughes, Morgan Matney, Seneca McFarland, Jonathan Wang

Carnivore clash: A comparison of spatial and temporal activity of coyotes and bobcats on Kiawah Island, South Carolina (Poster)
Clemson University 20th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry, Apr 2025
Student Mentees & Presenters: Tuanminh “Jimmy” Bui, Hannah “Brynn” Del Priore, McClendon Geddings, Katie Skufca, Austin Harris, Jonathan Wang

Anthropogenic development and rodent communities: Assessing the impact on predator exposure and rodenticide risk (Poster)
Clemson University Student Research Forum, Apr 2025
Student Mentee & Presenter: Alisa Armstrong

Anticoagulant rodenticides – An underappreciated threat to U.S. mammalian carnivores (Poster)
Clemson University 19th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry Forum, Apr 2024
Student Mentees & Presenters: *Abernathy, B., *A. Armstrong, *R. Foote, *I. Hargett, *J. Romano

Species detection across multiple habitats on a South Carolina barrier island (Poster)
Clemson University 18th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry Forum, Apr 2023
Student Mentees & Presenters: Carter Balach, Rachel Myers, Ryann Peterson, Henry “Jack” Robinson, Bridget Shupe, Carly Sprott, Kalli Williams

Contributed Presentations
Effects of urbanization on barrier island bobcats (Oral)
Clemson University Dissertation Defense, Jul 2026

A Tail of Two Islands: Comparing movement and dietary patterns between an urban and ex-urban population of bobcats (Oral)
104th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Jul 2025.

A Tail of Two Islands: Comparing diet and temporal activity patterns between an urban and ex-urban population of bobcats (Oral)
International Urban Wildlife Conference, Jun 2025

Bobcat predation on American Alligators in coastal South Carolina (Poster)
2025 Palmetto Alligator Research and Management Symposium, Mar 2025

Population viability of a southeastern carnivore under continued anticoagulant rodenticide use, increasing urban development, and community-level mitigation (Oral)
The Wildlife Society 31st Annual Meeting, Oct 2024

Black bears as an apex predator: investigating the ecological role of the world’s most abundant large carnivore (Coauthor)
The Wildlife Society 31st Annual Meeting, Oct 2024

Survival and persistence of the Kiawah Island bobcats (Oral)
South Carolina Chapter of The Wildlife Society Fall Meeting, Oct 2024

Population-level effects of anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in a southeastern carnivore (Oral)
103rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Jun 2024
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Community effort positively affects bobcats on Kiawah Island (Poster)
Clemson Forestry and Environmental Conservation Seminar Series, Dec 2023

Anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in wild mammalian carnivores – An underappreciated threat to southeastern species (Oral)
The Wildlife Society 30th Annual Meeting, Nov 2023

Community effort positively affects bobcats on Kiawah Island (Oral)
Clemson Forestry and Environmental Conservation/South Carolina DNR Annual Cooperators Meeting, Sep 2023

Global review of anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in wild mammalian carnivores (Oral)
13th International Mammalogical Meeting, Jul 2023

A tale of two islands: Comparing SGA-exposed and un-exposed bobcat populations in southeastern South Carolina (Oral)
South Carolina Chapter of The Wildlife Society Fall Meeting, Oct 2022

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A tale of two islands: Comparing SGA-exposed and un-exposed bobcat populations in southeastern South Carolina (Oral)
Clemson Forestry and Environmental Conservation/South Carolina DNR Annual Cooperators Meeting, Sep 2022.

Estimating spatial location of attraction through time with animal movement data (Oral)  
University of Nevada–Reno Thesis Defense, Aug 2021

Discrete-time models of animal movement: mule deer as a case study (Poster)
The Wildlife Society’s 27th Annual Conference, Sep 2020

Nevada elk dispersal and movement patterns in relation to resource availability and forage conditions (Oral)
The Wildlife Society Nevada Chapter Science Symposium, Mar 2020

Nevada elk dispersal and movement patterns in relation to resource availability and forage conditions (Poster)
The Wildlife Society Western Section 67th Annual Meeting, Feb 2020

GPS collars and nest temperature loggers reveal how individual mesopredators interact with ground-nesting waterfowl (Coauthor)
American Fisheries Society & Wildlife Society 2019 Joint Annual Conference, Oct 2020

GPS Collars and nest temperature loggers reveal how individual mesopredators interact with ground-nesting waterfowl (Coauthor)
8th North American Duck Symposium, Aug 2020

GPS Collars and nest temperature loggers reveal how individual mesopredators interact with ground-nesting waterfowl (Coauthor)

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Service

Guest Editor, Southeastern Naturalist (2026)
Senator, Clemson Grad Student Government (2025–26)
Deputy Director, Grad Student Government Activities, Orgs, & Outreach Committee (2025–26)
Session Moderator, 104th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists (2025)
SySTEM BIO-LEAPS Cohort, NSF & The American Society of Mammalogists (2024–25)
President, Natural Resources Grad Student Association (2022–2023)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, Natural Resources Grad Student Association (2021–22)
Undergrad Outreach Committee, Natural Resources Grad Student Association (2021–22, 2025–26)
Professional Development Chair, Nevada Chapter of The Wildlife Society (2019–21)
Annual Science Symposium Planning Committee, Nevada Chapter of The Wildlife Society (2019–21)

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Professional Societies & Working Groups

The Wildlife Society Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Awareness (IDEA) Working Group
The Wild Felid Research and Management Association
The American Society of Mammalogists
Ecological Forecasting Initiative
International Bio-Logging Society
South Carolina Chapter of The Wildlife Society
The Wildlife Society Biometrics Working Group

Past:
​Clemson Community of Scholars (​Inductee)
British Ecological Society​
Nevada Chapter of The Wildlife Society

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Graduate Student Government Service Medal*, Clemson University (2026)
Graduate Student Employee of the Year, Clemson University (2025)
Graduate Domestic Travel Grant, Clemson University (2025)
Graduate Domestic Travel Grant, Clemson University (2024)
Douglas R. Phillips Award, Clemson University Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation (2024)
Dr. Kenyon Fairey ’71 Annual Doctoral Fellowship, Clemson University (2024)
Student Travel Award, The American Society of Mammalogists (2024)
Bobcat Research Fund, Kiawah Conservancy (2023)
Graduate International Travel Grant, Clemson University (2023)
​STAR Award, Department of Interior (2019)