Education
  • Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., 1984
  • M.S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., 1983
  • M.S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., 1980
  • B.S., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A., 1976

Dr. Ribic is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has experience working on conservation issues both in the terrestrial and marine ecosystems. She is trained as an ecologist and as a statistician.

Research Interests

Conservation of grassland vertebrates in working agricultural landscapes; alternative energy production; global climate change; large-scale monitoring programs.

Teaching Interests:
Spatial ecology, metapopulations, landscape ecology

Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Ribic has published the following:

Davis, R. W., J. J. Ortega-Ortiz, C. A. Ribic, W. E. Evans, D. C. Biggs, P. H. Ressler, R. B. Cady, R. R. Leben, K. D. Mullin, and B. Würsig. 2002. Ceteacean habitat in the northern oceanic Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 49: 121–142.