The College of Life Sciences

McMillan, Brock

Plant & Wildlife Sciences

Email: brock_mcmillan@byu.edu

485  WIDB
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-1228

Associate Professor
 Biography
Brock was born in Brigham City Utah. He earned his B.S. in Biology from Utah State University. He attended graduate school at Kansas State University we he earned both his M.S. and Ph.D. in Biology. He is married and has three daughters and one son.
 Teaching Interests
Brock's teaching interests include General Biology, Principles of Wildlife Management, Natural History of Wildlife, and Field Mammalogy.
 Research Interests
Brock's research interests include population and community ecology of mammals, wildlife habitat associations, behavioral ecology of mammals, and wildlife conservation.
 Courses Taught

Fall 2012
  • BIO 100: Principles of Biology Section 009
  • PWS 494R: Mentored Learning Experience Section 024
  • PWS 598R: Adv Topics in PWS Section 003
  • PWS 699R: Master's Thesis Section 019
Summer 2012
  • PWS 699R: Master's Thesis Section 021
Winter 2012
  • PWS 225: Prin of Wildlife & Fishery Mgt Section 001
  • PWS 547: Ungulate Conservation & Mgt Section 001
  • PWS 699R: Master's Thesis Section 019
Fall 2011
  • BIO 100: Principles of Biology Section 009
  • PWS 494R: Mentored Learning Experience Section 024
  • PWS 598R: Adv Topics in PWS Section 003
  • PWS 699R: Master's Thesis Section 020

Selected Publications
Journal Article

Freeman ED, Larsen RT, Klegg KC, McMillan BR. Long-lasting effects of maternal condition in large ungulates. PLoS ONE. 2013;8:e58373.

Giudice JH, Haroldson KJ, Harwood A, McMillan BR. Probability of detection in crowing surveys of ring-necked pheasants. Journal of Field Ornithology. 2013;84:98-112.

Hall LK, Day CC, Westover MD, Edgel RJ, Larsen RT, Knight RN, McMillan BR. Vigilance of kit foxes at water sources: a test of competing hypotheses for a solitary carnivore subjected to predation. Behavioral Processes. 2013;94:76-82; DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2012.007.

Billman EJ, Kreitzer JD, Creighton JC, Habit E, McMillan BR, Belk MC. Habitat enhancement and native fish conservation: can enhancement of channel complexity promot the coexistence of native and introduced fishes?. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 2013;96:555-566; DOI:10.1007/s10641-012-0041-2.

Horn KJ, McMillan BR, St Clair SB. Expansive fire in Mojave Desert shrubland reduces abundance and species diversity of small mammals. Journal of Arid Environments. 2012;77:54-58.

Lucero JE, Payne JS, McMillan BR. The valve method: an efficient and inexpensive means of decanting seeds from a flotation solution. Seed Technology. 2012;34:217-226.

Perlik MK, McMillan BR. Food habits of the hoary bat in an agricultural landscape. Minnesota Academy of Sciences Journal. 2011;75:1-6.

McMillan BR, Pfeiffer KE, Kaufman DW. Vegetation responses to an animal-generated disturbance (bison wallows) in tallgrass prairie. The American Midland Naturalist. 2011;165:60-73.

Deitloff J, Falcy MR, Krenz JD, McMillan BR. Correlating small mammal abundance to climatic variation over twenty years. Jounal of Mammalogy. 2010 Feb;91:193-199.

Martin DJ, McMillan BR, Erb JD, Gorman TA, Walsh DP. Diel activity patterns of river otters (Lontra canadensis) in southeastern Minnesota. Journal of Mammalogy. 2010;91:1213-1224.

Gorman TA, McMillan BR, Erb JD, Martin DJ, DePerno C. Survival and cause-specific mortality of river otters (Lontra canadensis) in southeastern Minnesota. American Midland Naturalist. 2008;159:98-109.

Wersal RM, Madsen JD, McMillan BR, Gerard PD. Environmental factors affecting biomass and distribution of Stuckenia pectinata in the Heron Lake system, Minnesota, USA. Wetlands. 2006;26:313-321.

Gorman TA, Erb JD, McMillan BR, Martin DJ, Homyack JA. Site characteristics of river otter (Lontra canadensis) natal dens in Minnesota. American Midland Naturalist. 2006;156:109-117.

Gorman TA, Erb JD, McMillan BR, Martin DJ. Space use and sociality of river otters (Lontra canadensis) in Minnesota. Journal of Mammalogy. 2006;87:740-747.

Conference Proceedings

Dingman KL, Kimmel RO, Krenz JD, McMillan BR. Factors affecting wild turkey spring hunt quality in Minnesota. Lansing, MI: Michigan Department of Natural Resources; 2007.

Presentations

Gooch AJ, Petersen SL, Collins G, Smith TS, McMillan BR. Feral Horse (Equus caballus) Impacts on Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) Use of Watering Holes on the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada. Society for Range Management 65th Annual Meeting, 8 January-3 February 2012. 2012 Feb.