Martin A. Spetich,^1,*,** Anna E. Kvashnina,^2,*** Y. D. Nukhimovskya,^3,**** Olin E. Rhodes<sup>4,*****

1</sup>USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, P.O. Box 1270, Hot Springs, AR 71902, USA
² Denezhkin Kamen Zapovednik, Sverdlovskaya Oblast, Severouralskiy Raion, P. Vsevolodo-Blagodatskoe,
³ The Severtsov Institute of Evolution and Ecology, Moscow, Leninskiy prospect, 33, Russia 119071
⁴ Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, 1159 Forestry Building, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA

^*Corresponding author: mspetich@fs.fed.us; 501-623-1180, Ext. 105
^**Martin A. Spetich is a Research Forester for the USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University and his MS and BS from The Ohio State University. His current research addresses applied forest ecology, forest dynamics, fire ecology, impacts of climate change, and predictive modeling of natural systems at multiple spatial and temporal scales.
^***Anna Kvashnina is the Director of the Federal Nature Zapovednik (preserve) “Denezhkin Kamen” located in the Northern Urals of Russia. She received the equivalent of an MS degree at Saratov State University, Russia, in biology. She also received an MS from Purdue University, USA. Her specialty is Zoology and GIS.
^****Yulia D. Nukhimovskya is principal investigator for the Laboratory of Ecology and Functional Morphology of Higher Vertebrates at A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution. She received her PhD and the equivalent of an MS from Moscow State University in biology.
^*****Olin E. Rhodes, Jr., is a Professor in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University. He received his Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology at Texas Tech University, his M.S. in Wildlife Biology from Clemson University, and his B.S. in Biology from Furman University. Currently he serves as the Director of the Purdue Interdisciplinary Center for Ecological Sustainability and has been named as a Purdue University Faculty Scholar. His current research focuses on wildlife ecology and genetics.