Stephanie Romañach

Address
3205 College Ave
Davie, FL 33314

Phone Number
(754) 264-6060

E-mail
sromanach@usgs.gov


Personal Statement


I am an Ecologist with the US Geological Survey, working with the University of Florida’s collaborative Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) team. Our projects are focused on ecological modeling to help with restoration planning for the Florida Everglades. We also work on coastal and inland models for the Southwest Florida Feasibility Study. Before joining the JEM team, I ran a number of research programs including herbivore ecology in Florida, California, and South Africa, and carnivore conservation in Kenya and Zimbabwe. Some of the projects I worked on included developing means to protect wildlife while improving livelihoods of local citizens, understanding the dynamics bush-meat trade and finding alternatives to poaching, and conservation projects for endangered African wild dogs and also for lions.

Education


I earned my PhD in Ecology at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2003. I received my Bachelor of Science in Zoology from the University of Florida in 1998.

Project Involvement


Southwest Florida Feasibility Study

Publications


Romañach, S.S., P.A. Lindsey, & R. Woodroffe. 2007 Determinants of attitudes toward predators in central Kenya and suggestions for increasing tolerance in a livestock dominated landscape. Oryx 41: 185-195.

Lindsey, P.A., Roulet, P.A., & Romañach, S.S. 2007. Economic and conservation significance of the trophy hunting industry in sub-Saharan Africa. Biological Conservation 134: 456-67.

Lindsey, P.A., R. Alexander, M.G.L. Mills, S.S. Romañach, & R. Woodroffe. 2007 Wildlife viewing preferences of visitors to protected areas in South Africa: implications for the role of ecotourism in conservation. Journal of Ecotourism 6: 19-33.

Woodroffe, R., Frank, L.G., Lindsey, P.A., ole Ranah, S.M.K, & Romañach, S. 2007 Tools for conserving large carnivores in Africa’s community rangelands: a case-control study of livestock husbandry. Biodiversity & Conservation DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9124-8

Woodroffe, Rosie, Peter Lindsey, Stephanie Romañach, & Symon M.K. ole Ranah. 2007. African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) can subsist on small prey: implications for conservation. Journal of Mammalogy 88: 181-93.

Lindsey, P.A., L. Frank, A. Mathieson, R. Alexander, & S.S. Romañach. 2007. Trophy hunting and conservation in Africa: problems and one potential solution. Conservation Biology online DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00594.x

Lindsey, P.A., L. Frank, A. Mathieson, & S. S. Romañach. 2007. Potential of trophy hunting to create incentives for wildlife conservation in Africa where alternative wildlife-based land uses may not be viable. Animal Conservation 9: 283-291.

Romañach, S.S., E.W. Seabloom, & O.J. Reichman. 2007. The costs and benefits of pocket gopher foraging: linking behavior and physiology. Ecology

Georgiadis, N.J., Olwero, J.G.N., Ojwang, G., & Romañach, S.S. 2007. Savanna herbivore dynamics in a livestock-dominated landscape: I. Dependence on land use, rainfall, density, and time. Biological Conservation

Georgiadis, N.J., Ihwagi, F., Olwero, J.G.N., & Romañach, S.S. 2007. Savanna herbivore dynamics in a livestock-dominated landscape: II. Conservation and management implications of predator restoration Biological Conservation

Le Comber, S. C., E. W. Seabloom, & S. S. Romañach. 2006. Burrow fractal dimension, food distribution and foraging success in subterranean rodents: a simulation. Behavioural Ecology 17: 188-195.

Romañach, Stephanie S. 2005. Influences of sociality and habitat on African mole rat burrowing patterns. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 83: 1051-1058.

Romañach, Stephanie S., O. J. Reichman, W. E. Rogers, & G. N. Cameron. 2005. Effects of species, gender, age, and habitat on pocket gopher foraging tunnel geometry. Journal of Mammalogy 86: 750-756.

Romañach, Stephanie S., E. W. Seabloom, & O. J. Reichman. 2005. Seasonal influences on burrowing activity of a subterranean rodent, Thomomys bottae. Journal of Zoology 266: 319-325.

Woodroffe, R., P. Lindsey, S. Romañach, A. Stein, & S. ole Ranah. 2005. Livestock predation by endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in northern Kenya. Biological Conservation. 124: 225-234.

Romañach, Stephanie S. & Steven C. LeComber. 2004. Measures of pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) burrow geometry: correlates of fractal dimension. Journal of Zoology 262: 399-403.

Romañach, Stephanie S. & Douglas J. Levey. 2000. An experimental test of the predator satiation hypothesis: at what level might it apply? Florida Scientist 63: 1-7.

Romañach, S.S. 2007 Conservation, Wildlife & Markets. African Indaba, v. 5, no. 1

Romañach, S.S. 2007 Attitudes toward predators and options for their conservation. Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter, January 2007

Romañach, S.S. 2007 Predator Conservation and Hunting in Kenya. African Indaba, v. 5, no. 3