Dr. Albanese earned his PhD in the department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management at
Oklahoma State University in 2011, where he studied broad and fine scale patterns in stopover use by
migrant shorebirds in the wetlands of the southern Great Plains. He received his MS degree in 2006 from
the Department of Environmental Conservation at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he
conducted a multi-scale examination of the habitat associations of a rare butterfly species among
sandplain communities in coastal Massachusetts. He graduated in 2001 from the Wildlife Biology and
Management program at the University of Rhode Island. Additionally, Dr. Albanese has over ten years of
professional experience in the field of conservation biology and he has worked for many organizations
and agencies including the Zoological Society of Milwaukee, The Nature Conservancy and The
Massachusetts Audubon Society. Dr. Albanese is currently a research associate at the Kansas
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit at Kansas State University.
My research interests include applied landscape ecology, conservation biology, and spatiotemporal ecological data analysis and modeling. I am interested in research that supports a proactive
approach to conservation especially in light of current forecasts of land use and climate change. My
professional objective, achieved through research, teaching and outreach, is to provide natural resource
stakeholders and managers with information and tools that will enable them to become better stewards of
healthy and sustainable ecosystems. Thus, my research goals consistently include the application of
research results to the development of decision support tools that can used to better manage natural
resources over multiple spatial and temporal scales and the proficient dissemination of research results to
scientific, student, private and public groups.
Publications
Albanese, G., and D. A. Haukos. (in Preparation). A framework for understanding connections
in a dense broad-scale habitat network with sparse data: Potential routes for dispersal within
a dynamic wetland landscape. Ecology.
Albanese, G., D. A. Haukos, and N. Medina-Echevarria. (in Preparation). Adult Regal Fritillary
(Speyeria idalia) density among fire and grazing regimes with notes on the occurrence
patterns of its host plant, Prairie Violet (Viola pedatifida). Journal of Insect Conservation.
Albanese, G., and C. A. Davis. (in Review). A comparative examination of characteristics
within and surrounding wetlands on stopover use by migratory shorebirds: Is the
neighborhood important? Journal of Applied Ecology.
Albanese, G., and C. A. Davis. 2013. Broad-scale relationships between migratory shorebirds
and landscapes in the southern Great Plains. The Auk 130:88-97.
Albanese, G., C. A. Davis, and B.W. Compton. 2012. Spatiotemporal scaling of N. American
continental interior wetlands: Implications for shorebird conservation. Landscape Ecology
27:1465-1479.
Albanese, G., P. D. Vickery, and P. R. Sievert. 2008. Microhabitat use by larvae and females of
a rare barrens butterfly, frosted elfin (Callophrys iris). Journal of Insect Conservation 12:
603-615.
Albanese, G., M. W. Nelson, P. D. Vickery, and P. R. Sievert. 2007. Larval feeding behavior
and ant association in Frosted elfin, Callophrys irus (Lycaenidae). Journal of the
Lepidopterist Society 61:61-66.
Albanese, G., P. D. Vickery, and P. R. Sievert. 2007. Habitat characteristics of adult frosted
elfins (Callophrys irus) in sandplain communities of southeastern Massachusetts, USA.
Biological Conservation 136: 53-64.
Figueroa, O. A., W. Martinez, M. Teul, and G. Albanese. 2004. Additional notes on eight Bird
Species from Belize. Cotinga 21: 31-33.
Figueroa, O. A., and G. Albanese. 2003. The first nest description of a Mangrove (MAYA)
Vireo (Vireo pallens). Ornitologia Neotropical 13: 437-439.
Albanese, G., and V. P. Piaskowski. 1999. An inexpensive mist net apparatus capable of
sampling vegetation strata up to 8.5m in height. North American Bird Bander 5: 10-16.