Joe Guthrie is a research biologist at Archbold Biological Station in Venus, Florida. Guthrie leads Archbold’s predator-prey research program, where he focuses on wildlife movement and conservation for wide-ranging species like the Florida Panther and the Florida Black Bear.
Prior to joining Archbold in 2020, Guthrie and colleagues from the University of Kentucky conducted research on the black bear population of Highlands County from 2004-2012, using GPS collars to follow the bears’ movements. The black bear work inspired the Florida Wildlife Corridor campaign, which Guthrie co-lead with Carlton Ward and Mallory Dimmitt. After moving to Virginia in 2015, Guthrie worked as a biologist for the Smithsonian Institute in Front Royal. Joe is a native of Henry County, Kentucky. He and partner Christine Buckley live in Sebring with their dog and two cats.

Joseph M. Guthrie, M.S.

Predator-Prey Program Director, Research Fellow

Fin Ouweleen, B.S.

Research Assistant III

E. Hance Ellington, Ph.D.

Co-PI

Raoul Boughton, Ph.D  

  Research Affiliate

Vivienne Sclater has been at Archbold since 2015 where she heads up the GIS and Data Management Program.  She has a Master's Degree from the University of North Carolina, Wilmington (UNCW) in Environmental Studies with a focus on Conservation Policy and GIS. She also received a GIS Certificate and Bachelor's degrees in Mathematics and Environmental Studies at UNCW.  She is also a Certified Prescribed Burn Manager and enjoys participating in prescribed fires at Archbold.  Her interests include cartography, spatial analysis, and using modern technologies to manage data and answer ecological questions.
Vivienne can be reached at (863) 254-2571 Ext 254.

Vivienne Sclater, M.A.

Director of Data and Technology

matt dietrich camera trap cor obs photo by joe guthrie

Archbold Data Manager Matthew Dietrich visits a Corridor Observatory instrument site after a May 2022 prescribed fire at Deluca Preserve; photo by JM Guthrie 

wildlife monitoring, mammal community dynamics, black bear ecology, camera trapping, machine learning in wildlife research, non-invasive methods

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Archbold Biological Station, Buck Island Ranch, Lake Wales Ridge, Headwaters of the Everglades Watershed, Florida Wildlife Corridor, DeLuca Preserve

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South Florida's assemblage of carnivores is unique in the eastern half of North America, and faces an uncertain future as conservation measures struggle to keep pace with land use change and development. Ecological relationships among wide-ranging species in agricultural landscapes such as ours are under-studied. What measures might ensure the persistence of the Florida panther and the black bear in such fragmented landscapes? Archbold's Predator-Prey Program is working to answer these questions.  

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