My current research focus blends social tolerance measurement and comparative environmental history in the United States and Poland to compare Bison spp. acceptance and attitudes in understanding how humans and extant Pleistocene megafauna interact and can coexist in a rapidly changing world.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
Patrick O. Kelly, Magdalena Wilk, Daniel Klich, Wanda Olech, K Leikis, Stefani A. Crabtree. “Variation in the opinions of residents from urban, rural, and urban-rural municipalities regarding the population size of the European bison (Bison bonasus) in Poland.” European Bison Conservation Newsletter, vol. 17
Research Projects & Publications in Progress
Patrick O. Kelly, Magdalena Wilk, Daniel Klich, Wanda Olech, Stefani A. Crabtree. “Where Habitat Ends, Conflict Begins: Conservation and Management Impacts of Misaligned European Bison Habitat Designation in Poland”
Patrick O. Kelly, Magdalena Wilk, Stefani A. Crabtree. “Public Perceptions and Impacts of Bison bison in Yellowstone National Park Gateway Communities”
Patrick O. Kelly, Stefani A. Crabtree. “Archaeoecological Methodologies in Refining Cultural Keystone Species Triangulation”
Magdalena Wilk, Patrick O. Kelly, Daniel Klich, Wanda Olech, Stefani A. Crabtree. “Understanding Strengths and Shortcomings of European Bison Management in Poland through Locals’ Perceptions of Success.”
Kyle Harper, Courtney Hofman, Anselme Cormier, Stefani Crabtree, Dylan Davis, Jennifer Dunne, Peterson Faina, Patrick O. Kelly, Lilly Parker, Natalia A. Prado-Oviedo, Emma Elliott Smith, Felisa Smith, Steve Wolverton, Justin Yeakel. “Hypervolume of Deep Time Human-Wildlife Social-Ecological System Interactions in the Context of Megafauna Ecological Extinction Thresholds.”
Completed Research Projects
Projecting Climate-Suitable Alternative Crops for Cache Valley for Utah State University Extension
Patrick O. Kelly, M.S. 