David Fulton

Professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
216 Hodson Hall
dcfulton@umn.edu
+1 612 625 5256

Education

Ph.D. Colorado State University

Areas of Interest

Human dimensions of fish and wildlife, natural resource policy, wildlife and fisheries planning, natural resource negotiation and decision processes, benefits-based management of fish and wildlife resources.

David Fulton

Research

My research program focuses on understanding and improving human decision processes in the conservation and management of fish and wildlife. I am particularly interested in understanding the social, political, and cultural factors related to improving decision processes and the role that human values and attitudes play in decision-making. I emphasize the use of theories and methods from sociology and psychology but encourage students to take an interdisciplinary research approach. I believe that both qualitative and quantitative social research methods are essential for understanding the human dimensions of wildlife conservation and management.

Select Publications

  • Humburg, D, MG Anderson, MG Brasher, MF Carter, JM Eadie, DC Fulton, FA Johnson,  MC Runge, MP Vrtiska.  In Press.   Implementing the 2012 North American Waterfowl Management Plan Revision: Populations, Habitat, and People.  Journal of Wildlife Management.
  • Walberg*, E, LJ Cornicelli, and DC Fulton.  In Press.  Factors impacting hunter access to private lands in Minnesota.  Human Dimensions of Wildlife.
  • SA Schroeder*, DC Fulton, L Cornicelli, SS Merchant. 2018. Discrete choice modeling of season choice for Minnesota turkey hunters. Journal of Wildlife Management 82 (2), 457-465.  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jwmg.21382/full
  • Manfredo, MJ, JT Bruskotter, TL Teel, DC Fulton, SH Schwartz, R Arlinghaus, S. Oishi, A. Uskul, K. Redford, S. Kitayami, & L. Sullivan.  2017. Why social values cannot be changed for the sake of conservation.  Conservation Biology, 31(4), 772-780. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.12855/pdf 
  • Pradhananga‡, AK, MA Davenport, DC Fulton, GM Maruyama, D Current.  2017. An integrated moral obligation model for landowner conservation norms.  Society & Natural Resources, 30 (2), 212-227.
  • Schroeder*, SA and DC Fulton.  2017.  Voice, perceived fairness, agency trust and acceptance of management decisions among Minnesota anglers.  Society & Natural Resources, 30 (5), 569-584. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/08941920.2016.1238987?needAcc...
  • Hunt, LM, EP Fenichel, DC Fulton, R Mendelsohn, JW Smith, TD Tunney, A Lynch, CP Paukert, JE Whitney.  2016. Identifying alternate pathways for climate change to impact inland recreational fishers.  Fisheries, 41: 7, 362-372. 
  • Bruskotter, JT A Singh‡, DC Fulton, K Slagle‡. 2015.  Assessing tolerance for wildlife: Clarifying relations between concepts and measures. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 20 (3), 255-270
  • Schroeder*, SA and DC Fulton. 2014.  Fishing for northern pike in Minnesota: comparing anglers and dark house spearers.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 34: 3, 678-691.
  • Schroeder*, SA and DC Fulton. 2013. Public lakes, private lakeshore: modeling protection of native aquatic plants.  Environmental Management, 52: 99-112.