Rooney, Brigit R.
Snapshot USA Survey Coordinator
Rooney, Brigit R.
Snapshot USA Survey Coordinator
Brigit is the survey coordinator for the Snapshot USA camera trapping project. This is an annual collaborative effort between scientists and communities at a variety of institutions to sample mammal populations with camera traps across the United States. As the coordinator, Brigit recruits new collaborators, conducts virtual trainings on protocol requirements, and ensures consistent data collection by monitoring incoming data on Wildlife Insights.
Positions
- Snapshot USA Survey Coordinator, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute 2022 -
Geographic Focus
- North America Continent
Background And Education
Education And Training
- M.S. in Wildlife Biology, Western Kentucky University , Biology 2017 - 2019
Publications
Selected Publications
-
Article
- Sollmann, R., Kays, R., Cove, M. V., Hofmeester, T. R., McShea, William J., Rooney, Brigit, and Iannarilli, F. 2026. "Combining Disparate Camera-Trap Surveys: Impacts of Spatial Bias and Design Variation on Large-Scale Ecological Inference." Journal of Biogeography, 53, (8). https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70333. 2026
- Jensen, Alex J., Goldstein, Benjamin R., Cove, Michael V., Pacifici, Krishna, Kierepka, Elizabeth, Rooney, Brigit, McShea, William, and Kays, Roland. 2025. "Mammals on the Margins: Identifying the Drivers and Limitations of Range Expansion." Global Change Biology, 31, (5). https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70222. 2025
- Jensen, Alex J., Cove, Michael V., Goldstein, Benjamin R., Kays, Roland, McShea, William J., Pacifici, Krishna, Rooney, Brigit R., and Kierepka, Elizabeth. 2024. "Geographic barriers but not life history traits shape the phylogeography of North American mammals." Global Ecology and Biogeography, https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13875. 2024
- Goldstein, Benjamin R., Jensen, Alex J., Kays, Roland, Cove, Michael V., McShea, William J., Rooney, Brigit, Kierepka, Elizabeth M., and Pacifici, Krishna. 2024. "Guidelines for estimating occupancy from autocorrelated camera trap detections." Methods in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14359. 2024
