Ryan Wagner

Master’s Stduent @OSUEnvironment in the @Peterman_lab working to determine the status of the #mudpuppy in Ohio’s streams and rivers @mudpuppy_love

[Ryan Wagner @ryanbwagner]

@TrishHerps4Life @KeevilMatthew This would be late in the season for any TFM applications so that is unlikely. I have heard of large die offs in the Great Lakes in the summer from water mold. Hard to say why your individual is dead.

[Abby Lawson @AbsLawson]

Recruiting an M.S. student to study juvenile Bolson tortoise survival + movement in a reintroduced population

3-yr grad assistantship, tuition covered + $200/month health insurance reimburse. Due Jan 5th

Cool study, big dataset, beautiful study site!

[Ryan Wagner @ryanbwagner]

@bat_biomes My dad passed away unexpectedly about a month ago. No one can understand the pain. I am so sorry.

[Mudpuppy Love @mudpuppy_love]

This is what a brand new hatchling mudpuppy looks like. The yellowish stripes fade with age and are replaced with the classic spotted pattern.
#mudpuppylove #necturusmaculosus

[Mudpuppy Love @mudpuppy_love]

Check out this absolute unit of a common mudpuppy! This big old male is probably a decade or two old! The smaller individual next to him is a 7-8 year old female for comparison.
#mudpuppylove

[Scott Bolick @Scottamander]

Despite being primarily interested in herps over the last couple years I've been distancing myself from identifying as a herper and working on being a more well rounded naturalist. A glance at the firestrom that is NAFHA's Facebook page today reassures me it was the right call

[Laura 𓆌 @LauraKojima]

As if field herping isn’t already misogynistic and gatekeeperish, this large FB just made it even worst. God forbid people use “silly terms” to desensitize people from being scared of herpetofauna. Meanwhile the admins don’t do anything about the harassment of women on this page.

[Brian Todd @BrianToad]

"Dear members,
Effective now, there will be no fun allowed on the forums."

Okay boomer.

[Viorel Popescu @vioreldpopescu]

@weekly_wildlife Ryan Wagner (Wildlife and Conservation '20) found that #snake roadkill hotspots in Ohio are predicted by traffic levels and landscape composition and configuration (lots of forest edge = more roadkill)

https://t.co/iwvgXzFfxm

[Ryan Wagner @ryanbwagner]

I published my very first first author research article! Snakes on a Lane: Road Type and Edge Habitat Predict Hotspots of snake Road Mortality.

Thank you so much to my coauthors @vioreldpopescu and @crbrune for making this happen!

#science #publication

https://t.co/F2n0ZhO4Ph

[Viorel Popescu @vioreldpopescu]

The prize for the most creative paper title goes to: Ryan Wagner @weekly_wildlife

Our new paper with @crbrune is in press at J for Nat Cons. Snake roadkill in Ohio is predicted by land cover and traffic levels...

@BobcatsDiscover @GregoryLipps

https://t.co/iwvgXzFfxm

[Ryan Wagner @ryanbwagner]

@JenLBuchanan This isn’t the final product. I’m using buffers (the colored rings) to extract distances from the points (snake road kills and pseudoabsences) to Athens, Ohio to run in a model.

[Ryan Wagner @ryanbwagner]

My ArcGIS map of snake road mortality is starting to look like the “Oh, the places you’ll go!” cover.

#ArcGIS #maps #snakes #ohtheplacesyoullgo #drsuess #science

[Mudpuppy Love @mudpuppy_love]

The largest mudpuppy every found in Ohio was 410 mm total length. This one isn’t quite so large but it’s still a chonker.

#mudpuppy #mudpuppy_love #research #aquaticbiology

[Mudpuppy Love @mudpuppy_love]

Do you think we have enough traps? (This is only half)
#mudpuppy #minnowtrap

[Mudpuppy Love @mudpuppy_love]

Necturus maculosus. Here is a better look at this big female mudpuppy. What an honor to start off the project with such a healthy-looking salamander. #mudpuppy #science #wildlifebiology

[Mudpuppy Love @mudpuppy_love]

We caught our very first mudpuppy of the project today!

[NEPARC @NEPARC]

"'We care about protecting the mudpuppy and it's threatened by the continued use of lampricide in Vermont, and specifically the Lamoille River, which we believe is the best mudpuppy habitat in the state,' said Ira Powsner, the protest’s organizer."

https://t.co/aEVEfBnNje

[Ryan Wagner @ryanbwagner]

I’m official! https://t.co/D01tOQ9vjW
@Peterman_Lab #gradschool #osu

[Viorel Popescu @vioreldpopescu]

Tiday marks 15 years since I set foot on US soil for the first time, for a 10-month @FulbrightPrgrm scholarship at @sunyesf

But life plays tricks on you and 2 grad degrees later, @SmithFellows postdoc, and 2 intercontinental moves with my family, I am applying for tenure @ohiou