Jonathan A. Jenks

Distinguished Professor and

Director of Graduate Programs

 

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences

South Dakota State University

Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory

SNP 138, Box 2140B

Brookings, SD   57007-1696

Voice: (605) 688-6121/Fax: (605) 688-4515

email: jonathan.jenks@sdstate.edu

   Brian Jansen (graduate student) and Dr. Jenks

      collaring a mountain lion in the Black Hills.

Dr. Jenks is a Distinguished Professor who joined the Department in 1991. He added duties as Director of Graduate Programs in 2008. His primary teaching responsibilities include Principles of Wildlife Management (WL 411), Large Mammal Ecology and Management (WL 417-517), Animal Population Dynamics (WL 713), and Wildlife Research Design (WL 715). He is involved with advising and mentoring of both undergraduate and graduate students and has a 70% teaching - 30% research appointment. Dr. Jenks' research involves large mammal ecology and management. He also is a Co-Principal Investigator of the South Dakota Gap Analysis Project.

Specialties:

Wild ruminant nutrition, wildlife management, and population dynamics.

Education:

Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 1991

M.S., University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 1986

B.S., Unity College, Unity, Maine, 1984

Certification:

Certified Wildlife Biologist, The Wildlife Society, 1995

Other Professional Experience:

Research Assistant, University of Maine; 2 years

Research Assistant, Oklahoma State University; 5 years

Assistant Professor, South Dakota State University; 5 years

Associate Professor, South Dakota State University; 5 years

Professor, South Dakota State University; 5 years

Courses Taught at SDSU:

    WL 230 Wildlife and Fisheries Techniques

              Course Outline

             

    WL 417-517 Large Mammal Ecology and Management

            Topic Outline and Reading List

            Introduction

            Aging

            Chapter 6

            Chapter 15

 

    WL 425-525 Wildlife Nutrition and Disease

            Tentative Lecture Schedule

            Aspects of Digestive Physiology in Ruminants

            Waterfowl Management Handbook

            Cellulose Digestion Insects

    WL 490 Undergraduate Seminar

    WL 713 Animal Population Dynamics

    WL 715 Wildlife Research Design

 

Recent Publications:

 

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Jacques, C. N., J. A. Jenks, and R. W. Klaver.  2009.  Seasonal movements and home range use by female pronghorns in western South Dakota.  Journal of Mammalogy 90: In Press.

 

Grovenburg, T. W., J. A. Jenks, R. W. Klaver, K. L. Monteith, D. W. Galster, R. J. Schauer, W. W. Morlock, and J. A. Delger. 2008. Factors effecting road mortality of white-tailed deer in eastern South Dakota. Human-Wildlife Conflicts 2(1):48-59.

 

Jacques, C. N. and J. A. Jenks. 2008. Visual observation of bobcat predation on an adult female pronghorn in northwestern South Dakota. The American Midland Naturalist 160:259-261.

 

Jacques, C. N., K. R. McCaffery, J. A. Jenks, and J. T. Baccus.  2008.  Semi-melanistic white-tailed deer in northern Wisconsin.  The Prairie Naturalist 40:In Press.

 

Klaver, R. W., J. A. Jenks, C. S. DePerno, and S. L. Griffin. 2008. Associating seasonal range characteristics with survival of female white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Management 72(2):343-353.

 

Leslie, D. M. Jr., R. T. Bowyer, and J. A. Jenks. 2008. Facts from feces: nitrogen still measures up as a nutritional index for mammalian herbivores. Journal of Wildlife Management 72(6):1420-1433.

 

Smith, J. B., and J. A. Jenks.  2008.  Mortality of an American Marten from an Off-Highway Vehicle.  The Prairie Naturalist 40:In Press.

 

Swanson, C. C., J. A. Jenks, C. S. DePerno, R. W. Klaver, R. G. Osborn, and J. A. Tardiff. 2008. Does the use of vaginal-implant transmitters affect neonate survival rate of white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus? Wildlife Biology 14(2):272-279.

 

Thompson, D. J. and J. A. Jenks. 2008. Cougar mortality attributed to electrocution from power lines in South Dakota. The Prairie Naturalist 40:In Press.

 

Thompson, D. J., D. M. Fecske, J. A. Jenks, and A. R. Jarding.  2008.  Food habits of recolonizing cougars in the Dakotas: prey obtained from prairie and agricultural habitats.  American Midland Naturalist 160: In Press.

 

Wolf, K. N. C. S. DePerno, J. A. Jenks, M. K. Stoskopf, S. Kennedy-Stoskopf, C. S. Swanson, T. J. Brinkman, R. G. Osborn, and J. A. Tardiff. 2008. Selenium status and antibodies to selected pathogens in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in southern Minnesota. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44(1):181-187.

 

Zimmerman, T. J., J. A. Jenks, D. M. Leslie Jr., and R. D. Neiger. 2008. Hepatic minerals of white-tailed and mule deer in the southern Black Hills, South Dakota. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44(2):341-350.

 

Chronert, J. M., J. A. Jenks, D. E. Roddy, M. A. Wild, and J. G. Powers. 2007. Effects of sarcoptic mange on coyotes at Wind Cave National Park. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(6):1987-1992.

 

Hien, B. M., J. A. Jenks, R. W. Klaver, and Z. W. Wicks III. 2007. Determinants of elephant distribution at Nazinga Game Ranch, Burkina Faso. Pachyderm 42:70-80.

 

Jacques, C. N. and J. A. Jenks. 2007. Dispersal of yearling pronghorns in western South Dakota. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:177-182.

 

Jacques, C. N., J. A. Jenks, J. D. Sievers, and D. E. Roddy. 2007. Vegetative characteristics of pronghorn bed sites in Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota. Prairie Naturalist 39(1):49-53.

 

Jacques, C. N., J. A. Jenks, J. D. Sievers, D. E. Roddy, and F. G. Lindzey. 2007. Survival of pronghorns in western South Dakota. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(3):737-743.

 

Monteith, K. L., C. L. Sexton, J. A. Jenks, and R. T. Bowyer. 2007. Evaluation of techniques for categorizing group membership of white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(5):1712-1716.

 

Sievers, J. D., C. N. Jacques, J. A. Jenks, and D. E. Roddy. 2007. Evaluating movements of pronghorns in Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 86:191-199.

 

Smith, J. B., J. A. Jenks, and R. W. Klaver. 2007. Evaluating detection probabilities for American marten in the Black Hills, South Dakota. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(7):2412-2416.

 

Boulanger, J. R., D. E. Hubbard, J. A. Jenks, and L. M. Gigliotti. 2006. A typology of South Dakota muzzleloader deer hunters. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(3):691-697.

 

Bouska, W. W. and J. A. Jenks. 2006. Effects of grazing on small mammal abundance in eastern South Dakota. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 85:113-118.

 

Delger, J. A., K. L. Monteith, and J. A. Jenks. 2006. Clostridium perfringens Type A enterotoxemia in a captive adult white-tailed deer. The Prairie Naturalist 38(3):197-202.

 

Jacques, C. N., J. D. Sievers, J. A. Jenks, C. L. Sexton, and D. E. Roddy. 2006. Evaluating diet composition of pronghorn in Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota. The Prairie Naturalist 38(4):239-250.

 

Jenks, J. A., C. N. Jacques, J. D. Sievers, R. W. Klaver, R. T. Bowyer, and D. E. Roddy. 2006. Evaluating genetic viability of pronghorn in Wind Cave National Park. The Prairie Naturalist 38(3):155-165.

 

Rieger, B. A., K. F. Higgins, J. A. Jenks, and M. L. Kjellsen. 2006. Demographics of Western South Dakota wetlands and basins. South Dakota State University, Brookings. 124pp.

 

Walter, W. D., D. M. Leslie Jr., and J. A. Jenks. 2006. Response of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus) to wind-power development. The American Midland Naturalist 156:363-375.

 

Zimmerman, T. J., J. A. Jenks, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 2006. Gastrointestinal morphology of female white-tailed and mule deer: effects of fire, reproduction, and feeding type. Journal of Mammalogy 87(3):598-605.

 

Zimmerman, T. J., J. A. Jenks, R. W. Klaver, D. M. Leslie Jr., and E. L. Childers. 2006. Use of digital elevation data to predict bighorn sheep habitat at Badlands National Park. Biennial Symposium of the Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council 15:34-39.

 

Brinkman, T. J., C. S. DePerno, J. A. Jenks, B. S. Haroldson, and R. G. Osborn. 2005. Movement of female white-tailed deer: effects of climate and intensive row-crop agriculture. Journal of Wildlife Management 69(3):1099-1111.

 

DePerno, C. S., B. J. Bigalke, J. A. Jenks, B. S. Haroldson, and R. G. Osborn. 2005. Electrocution of an adult white-tailed deer. The Prairie Naturalist 37:47-49.

 

Schuler, K. L., J. A. Jenks, C. S. DePerno, M. A. Wild, and C. C. Swanson. 2005. Tonsillar biopsy test for Chronic Wasting Disease: two sampling approaches in mule deer and white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41(4):820-824.

 

Terrall, D. F., J. A. Jenks, and A. E. Smith. 2005. Use of natural vegetative barriers to limit expansion of black-tailed prairie dog towns. Pages 387-392 in D. L. Nolte and K. A. Fagerstone (eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Wildlife Damage Management Conference. National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado.

 

Thompson, D. J. and J. A. Jenks. 2005. Long-distance dispersal by a subadult male cougar from the Black Hills, South Dakota. Journal of Wildlife Management 69(2):818-820.

 

Brinkman, T. J., J. A. Jenks, C. S. DePerno, and B. S. Haroldson. 2004. Clostridium perfringens Type A induced disease in a free ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn in Minnesota? The Prairie Naturalist 36:181-185.

 

Brinkman, T. J., J. A. Jenks, C. S. DePerno, B. S. Haroldson, and R. G. Osborn. 2004. Survival of white-tailed deer in an intensively farmed region of Minnesota. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32:726-731.

 

Brinkman, T. J., K. L. Monteith, J. A. Jenks, and C. S. DePerno. 2004. Predicting neonatal age of white-tailed deer in the Northern Great Plains. The Prairie Naturalist 36:75-81.

 

Fecske, D. M., J. A. Jenks, and F. G. Lindzey. 2004. Mortality of an adult cougar due to a forest fire. The Prairie Naturalist 36:137-140.

 

Freeling, S. E., C. R. Berry Jr., R. M. Sylvester, S. S. Wall, and J. A. Jenks. 2004. Surveys to evaluate fish distribution models for the upper Missouri River basin aquatic GAP project. Gap Analysis Program Bulletin 12:4-7.

 

Gibbs, M. C., J. A. Jenks, C. S. DePerno, B. F. Sowell, and K. J. Jenkins. 2004. Cervid forage utilization in noncommercially thinned ponderosa pine forests. Journal of Range Management 57:435-441.

 

Jacques, C. N. and J. A. Jenks. 2004. Distribution of meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) in South Dakota. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 40:133-136.

 

Jacques, C. N., J. A. Jenks, D. T. Nelson, T. J. Zimmerman, and M. C. Sterner. 2004. Elaeophorosis in free-ranging mule deer in South Dakota. The Prairie Naturalist 36(4):251-254.

 

Kezar, S. J. and J. A. Jenks. 2004. Relative abundance of small mammals in native and restored tallgrass prairie. South Dakota Academy of Science 83:37-41.

 

Reighard, S. L., A. D. Bucholz, J. A. Haahr, and J. A. Jenks. 2004. Fox squirrel weight and age structure in mast and non-mast forests. South Dakota Academy of Science 83:51-58.

 

Wall, S.S., C.R. Berry Jr., C. M. Blausey, J. A. Jenks, and C. J. Kopplin. 2004. Fish habitat modeling for GAP analysis to conserve the endangered Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 61:954-973.

 

Zimmerman, T. J., J. A. Jenks, and A. E. Pillatzki. 2004. White-tailed deer infected with Staphylococcus hyicus in South Dakota. The Prairie Naturalist 36(3):177-180.

 

Zimmerman, T. J., J. A. Jenks, L. D. Holler, C. N. Jacques, and W. W. Morlock. 2004. Congenital hypotrichosis in a white-tailed deer fawn from South Dakota. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 40:145-149.

 

Bigalke, B. J., J. A. Jenks, and C. S. DePerno. 2003. An efficient lower jaw removal technique for large mammals. South Dakota Academy of Science 82:67-72.

 

DePerno, C. S. and J. A. Jenks. 2003. Antlered female deer: a scientific perspective. Whitetail Journal, October:70-74.

 

DePerno, C. S., J. A. Jenks, and S. L. Griffin. 2003. Multidimensional cover characteristics: is seasonal variation in habitat selection related to white-tailed deer sexual segregation? Journal of Mammalogy 84:1316-1329.

 

Fecske, D. M., J. A. Jenks, and F. G. Lindzey. 2003. Characteristics of mountain lion mortalities in the Black Hills, South Dakota. Pages 25-29 in Proceedings of the Sixth Mountain Lion Workshop, Austin, Texas. Texas Parks and Wildlife, Austin.

 

Gleason, J. S., J. A. Jenks, and P. W. Mammenga. 2003. Distribution and trends of banded Canada geese in South Dakota. The Prairie Naturalist 34:19-31.

 

Jacques, C. N. and J. A. Jenks. 2003. Meningeal worm in a mule deer in South Dakota. South Dakota Academy of Science 82:213-215.

 

Jacques, C. N. and J. A. Jenks. 2003. Meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) in South Dakota: the parasite in terrestrial gastropods. South Dakota Academy of Science 82:143-151.

 

Jacques, C. N., J. A. Jenks, A. L. Jenny, and S. L. Griffin. 2003. Prevalence of Chronic Wasting Disease and bovine tuberculosis in free-ranging deer and elk in South Dakota. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39:29-34.

 

Jenks, J. A. and D. M. Leslie Jr. 2003. Effect of cattle stocking on female white-tailed deer condition on southern pine-bluestem range. Acta Theriologica 48:131-144.

 

Long, E. S., D. M. Fecske, R. A. Sweitzer, J. A. Jenks, B. M. Pierce, and V. C. Bleich. 2003. Efficacy of photographic scent stations to detect mountain lions. Western North American Naturalist 63:529-532.

 

Boulanger, J. R., D. E. Hubbard, J. A. Jenks, and L. M. Gigliotti. 2002. Equipment, skills, and success of South Dakota archery deer hunters. Pages 86-94 in R.J. Warren (ed.), Proceedings of the First National Bowhunting Conference. Archery Manufacturers and Merchants Organization, Comfrey, Minnesota.

 

Brinkman, T. D., C. S. DePerno, J. A. Jenks, J. D. Erb, and B. S. Haroldson. 2002. A vehicle-mounted radiotelemetry system design. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30:258-262.

 

DePerno, C. S., J. A. Jenks, S. L. Griffin, L.A. Rice, and K. F. Higgins. 2002. White-tailed deer habitats in the central Black Hills. Journal of Range Management 55:242-252.

 

Fecske, D. M. and J. A. Jenks. 2002. Dispersal by a male American marten (Martes americana). Canadian Field-Naturalist 116:309-311.

 

Fecske, D. M. and J. A. Jenks. 2002. The American marten: an historic creature of the Black Hills that has been brought back to life. South Dakota Conservation Digest 69 (3):18-19.

 

Fecske, D. M., J. A. Jenks, and V. J. Smith. 2002. Field evaluation of a habitat-relation model for the American marten. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30:775-782.

 

Gigliotti, L. M., D. M. Fecske, and J. A. Jenks. 2002. Mountain lions in South Dakota: a public opinion survey-2002. HD-9-02.AMS, South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks, Pierre, South Dakota.

 

Jenks, J. A., W. P. Smith, and C. S. DePerno. 2002. Maximum sustained yield harvest versus trophy management. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:528-535.

 

Kernohan, B. J., J. A. Jenks, and D. E. Naugle. 2002. Localized movements and site fidelity of white-tailed deer in the Northern Great Plains. The Prairie Naturalist 33:1-12.

 

Smith, V. J. and J. A. Jenks. 2002. Ranked modeling of small mammals based on capture data. Pages 441-445 in J. M. Scott, P. J. Heglund, and M. L. Morrison (eds.), Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Accuracy and Scale. Island Press, Washington D.C.

 

Smith, V. J., J. A. Jenks, C. R. Berry Jr., C. J. Kopplin, and D. M. Fecske. 2002. The South Dakota Gap Analysis Project. Final Report. Research Work Order No. 65. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota.

 

Stokely, T. T., J. A. Jenks, and E. Dowd Stukel. 2002. Characteristics and behavior of swift fox (Vulpes velox) at den sites in Fall River County, South Dakota. Pages 92-96 in M. Peek (ed.), 2001 Swift Fox Conservation Team Annual Report. Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Emporia, Kansas.

 

Swanson, C. C., C. M. Kassube, and J. A. Jenks. 2002. White-tailed deer behavioral response to predator feces. South Dakota Academy of Science 81:143-146.

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