Education

Ph.D. in Fish and Wildlife Biology, 2019, University of Montana

M.S. in Wildlife Biology, 2014, University of Montana

B.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife Science, 2005, Oregon State University

Courses Taught

WBIO 180, Careers in Wildlife. Spring 2018.

Publications

Sells, S. N. 2019.  Mechanisms driving territorial and social behavior in a cooperative carnivore. Dissertation, The University of Montana, 352 pgs.

Sells, S. N., M. S. Mitchell, and J. A. Gude. 2020. Addressing disease risk to develop a health program for bighorn sheep in Montana in Structured Decision Making: Case Studies in Natural Resource Management, edited by M. C. Runge, S. J. Converse, J. E. Lyons, and D. R. Smith.

Sells, S. N., S. B. Bassing, K. J. Barker, S. C. Forshee, A. C. Keever, J. W. Goerz, and M. S. Mitchell. 2018. Increased scientific rigor will improve reliability of knowledge and effectiveness of management. Journal of Wildlife Management. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21413.

Mitchell, M. S., S. N. Sells, S. B. Bassing, K. J. Barker, A. C. Keever, S. C. Forshee, and J. W. Goerz. 2018. Testing A priori hypotheses improves the reliability of wildlife research. Journal of Wildlife Management 82:1568–1571.

Mitchell, M. S., S. N. Sells, S. B. Bassing, K. J. Barker, S. C. Forshee, A. C. Keever, and J. W. Goerz. 2018. Explicitly reporting tests of hypotheses improves communication of science. Journal of Wildlife Management 82:671‒673. (Invited editorial.)

Mitchell, M. S., H. Cooley, J. A. Gude, J. J. Nowak, K. M. Proffitt, S. N. Sells, and M. Thompson. 2018. Distinguishing values from science in decision making: setting harvest quotas for mountain lions in western Montana. Wildlife Society Bulletin DOI:10.1002/wsb.861. 

Sells, S. N., M. S. Mitchell, V. L. Edwards, J. A. Gude, and N. J. Anderson. 2016. Structured decision making for managing pneumonia epizootics in bighorn sheep. Journal of Wildlife Management 80:957‒969.

Sells, S. N., M. S. Mitchell, J. J. Nowak, P. M. Lukacs, N. J. Anderson, J. M. Ramsey, J. A. Gude, and P. R. Krausman. 2015. Modeling risk of pneumonia epizootics in bighorn sheep. Journal of Wildlife Management 79:195‒210.

Sells, S. N. 2014.  Proactive management of pneumonia epizootics in bighorn sheep in Montana. Thesis, The University of Montana, 117 pgs.

Blickley, J. L, K. R. Word, A. H. Krakauer, J. L. Phillips, S. N. Sells, C. C. Taff, J. C. Wingfield, and G.L. Patricelli. 2012. Experimental chronic noise is related to elevated fecal corticosteroid metabolites in lekking male Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). PLoS ONE 7(11): e50462.