Joined: Oct 5, 2011 Last Active: Oct 5, 2024 iNaturalist Monthly Supporter since December 2023
California boy, part-time wildlife scientist, camera trapper and botany geek that has the great pleasure to work on a variety of projects across CA on both public and private lands, and with an amazing set of scientists and nature lovers. My main base is in the Santa Cruz Mountains on the SF Peninsula where I have been conducting and helping on plant surveys, regional floristics, restoration projects and wildlife studies for over 15 years.
Current and recent projects:
An assessment of the subspecies status, population substructure and genetic diversity in the Santa Cruz kangaroo rat (Dipodomys venustus venustus) in conjunction with UC Davis, UCSC, Cal Poly SLO, CDFW and MROSD
https://www.openspace.org/what-we-do/projects/santa-cruz-kangaroo-rat-research-and-adaptive-management
American badger & burrowing owl habitat study for MROSD
https://www.openspace.org/what-we-do/projects/badger-and-burrowing-owl-habitat-study
Recent publications:
Noteworthy Collections: Sidalcea hickmanii E. Greene subsp. hickmanii (Malvaceae).
San Mateo Co., Santa Cruz Mtns., Butano Ridge
Ken Hickman (2024)
Madroño Vol. 70 : No. 3, pp. 123-125.
https://doi.org/10.3120/0024-9637-70.3.123
Camera traps provide insights into American pika site occupancy, behavior, thermal relations, and associated wildlife diversity
Constance I. Millar and Kenneth T. Hickman (2021)
Western North American Naturalist: Vol. 81 : No. 2, Article 1.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol81/iss2/1
Camera trap photographs from American pika haypiles in California
Kenneth T. Hickman and Constance I. Millar, (2020)
Forest Service Research Data Archive, Fort Collins, CO
https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2020-0039
https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/imagedb/results?collection=32&sort=dateasc
New records for Douglas's squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) in two mountain ranges of the Great Basin
Constance I. Miller and Kenneth T. Hickman (2019)
Western North American Naturalist: Vol. 79 : No. 1 , Article 10.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol79/iss1/10
Noteworthy Collections: Sanicula saxatilis E. Greene (Apiaceae).
Santa Clara Co., Santa Cruz Mts., Mt. Umunhum
Ken Hickman and John Rawlings (2018)
Madroño Vol. 65 : No. 3, pp. 103–104.
https://doi.org/10.3120/0024-9637-65.3.103
Plant Survey of Mount Umunhum and Sierra Azul Ridge, MROSD
https://www.calflora.org/entry/survey.html#vrid=svy1430
https://www.cnps-scv.org/images/plant-lists/plants-of-mount-umunhum---checklist.pdf
https://www.cnps-scv.org/images/plant-lists/plants-of-mount-umunhum---photo-guide.pdf
Plant Survey of Scarper Ridge, POST
https://www.calflora.org/entry/survey.html#vrid=svy1494
Plant Survey of Caltrans Hwy92 Fountain Thistle Seep
https://www.calflora.org/entry/survey.html#vrid=svy1202
My nature photos and musings can also be found at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/randomtruth/
https://natureofaman.blogspot.com/
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