Education

Professional Experience

Research Interests

My research program tests our understanding of wildlife populations within social-ecological systems. In recent projects, I use my experience studying wildlife in managed forest systems to understand wildlife within forests that are perforated with human housing to create an intermixed system. I study the behavioral, physiological, ecological, and demographic mechanisms that influence vital rates. The premise is that mechanisms must be understood in order to identify effective management strategies. While my research addresses the population persistence (or overabundance) of wildlife resulting from land use and land cover change, climate change, and emerging diseases, I focus on the uniqueness of local places and the research needs of people charged with managing local populations and habitats. For more information about my research, please visit my lab website. 

Publications

• Sims, M., H. Zeinab, M. Levin, T.A.G. Rittenhouse, J. Hawley, G.R. Risatti. 2023. Suburban Population of Bobcats (Lynx rufus) in Connecticut, USA, Tested Negative for SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 4.
• Bischoff, K.E., T.A.G. Rittenhouse, and C.D. Rittenhouse. 2023. Landscape context and spatial attributes matter for New England cottontail occupancy. Journal of Wildlife Management. e22417.
• Bischoff, K.E., C.D. Rittenhouse, and T.A.G. Rittenhouse. 2023. Introduced competitor reduces abundance of an imperiled cottontail. Biological Invasions. 25(11): 3553-3566.
• Dahrouge, N.C., and T.A.G. Rittenhouse. 2022. Variable temperature regimes and wetland salinity reduce performance of juvenile Wood Frogs. Oecologia. 199(4): 1021-1033
• Wright, D., C.D. Rittenhouse, K. Moran, T.E. Worthley, T.A.G. Rittenhouse. 2021. Bat responses to silviculture treatments: Activity over 13 years of regeneration. Forest Ecology and Management. 494: 119359.
• Macklem, D.C., A.M. Helton, M.W. Tingley, J.M. Dickson, and T.A.G. Rittenhouse. 2019. Stream salamander persistence influences by interaction between exurban housing age and development. Urban Ecosystems. 23: 117–132.
• Evans, M.J., T.A.G. Rittenhouse, J.E. Hawley, and P.W. Rego. 2017. Black bear recolonization patterns on human-dominated landscapes vary based on housing: New insights from spatially explicit density models. Landscape and Urban Planning. 162:13–24.
• Grant, E.H.C., D.A.W. Miller, B.R. Schmidt, M.J. Adams, S.M. Amburgey, T. Chambert, S.S.F. Cruickshank, R.N. Fisher, D.M. Green, B.R. Hossack, P.T.J. Johnson, M. Joseph, T.A.G. Rittenhouse, M.E. Ryan, J.H. Waddle, S.C. Walls, L.L. Bailey, G.M. Fellers, T.A. Gorman, A.M. Ray, D.S. Pilliod, S.J. Price, D. Saenz, W. Sasinski, and E. Muths. 2016. Quantitative evidence for the effects of multiple drivers on continental-scale amphibian declines. Scientific Reports. 6:25625
• O'Connor, J.H., and T.A.G. Rittenhouse. 2016. Snow cover and late fall movement influence wood frog survival during an unusually cold winter. Oecologia. 181:635–644
• Rittenhouse, T.A.G., R.D. Semlitsch, and F.R. Thompson III. 2009. Survival costs associated with wood frog breeding migrations: effects of timber harvest and drought. Ecology. 90:1620–1630.