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Lily Peacock Title: Research Wildlife Biologist Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626 Phone: (907) 786-7068 Fax: (907) 786-7150 Email: lpeacock@usgs.gov

Education and/or Training

Ph.D.	2004	University of Nevada, Reno Dissertation: Population, genetic and behavioral studies of black bears (Ursus americanus) in Southeast Alaska	Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology
B.A.	1996	University of California - Berkeley	Integrative Biology and Minor in Russian Languages and Literature

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

Population ecology, harvest management, ecological genetics, polar bear conservation

Professional Experience

2009 - Present	Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS Alaska Science Center
2006 - 2009	Polar Bear Biologist for the Territorial Government of Nunavut, Canada

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

International Bear Association
Marine Mammal Society

Honors and/or Awards

Young Alumni of the Year, 2006 - University of Nevada - Reno

Significant Recent Publications

Pagano, A. P., E. Peacock and M. A. McKinney. In Press. Remote biopsy darting of polar bears: Implications for monitoring abundance, diet, and condition. Marine Mammal Science.

Thiemann, G. W., A. E. Derocher, S. G. Cherry, N. J. Lunn, E. Peacock and V. Sahanatien. In Press. Effects of chemical immobilization on the movement rates of free-ranging polar bears. Journal of Mammalogy.

Dietz, R., C. Sonne, N. Basu, B. Braune, T. M. O'Hara, R. J. Letcher, T. Scheuhammer, M. Andersen, C. Andreasen, D. Andriashek, G. Asmund, A. Aubail, H. Baagoe, E. W. Born, H. M. Chan, A. E. Derocher, P. Grandjean, K. K. Knott, M. Kirkegaard, A. Krey, N. Lunn, F. Messier, M. E. Obbard, M. T. Olsen, S. Ostertag, E. Peacock, A. Renzoni, F. F. Riget, J. Utne Skaare, G. Stern, I. Stirling, M. K. Taylor, O. Wiig, S. WIlson, and J. Aars. 2013. What are the toxicological effects of mercury in Arctic biota? Science of The Total Environment 443.

Peacock, E., M. K. Taylor, J. Laake and I. Stirling. In Press. Population ecology of polar bears in Davis Strait, Canada and Greenland. Journal of Wildlife Management.

Miller, W., S. C. Schuster, A. J. Welch, A. Ratan, O. C. Bedoya-Reina, F. Zhao, H. Lim Kim, R. C. Burhans, D. I. Drautz, N. E. Wittekindt, L. P. Tomsho, E. Ibarra-Laclette, L. Herrera-Estrella, E. Peacock, S. Farley, G. K. Sage, K. Rode, M. Obbard, R. Montiel, L. Bachmann, Ó. Ingólfsson, J. Aars, T. Mailund, Ø. Wiig, S. L. Talbot, and C. Lindqvist. 2012. Polar and brown bear genomes reveal ancient admixture and demographic footprints of past climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1210506109

Routti, H., R. J. Letcher, E. Born, M. Branigan, R. Dietz, T. Evans, M. McKinney, E. Peacock, C. Sonne. In Press. Influence of carbon and lipid sources on variation of mercury and other trace elements in polar bears, Ursus maritimus. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 31(12):2739-2747.

Vongraven, D., J. Aars, S. C. Amstrup, S. N. Atkinson, S. Belikov, E. W. Born, T. DeBruyn, A. E. Derocher, M. Gill, N. J. Lunn, M. E. Obbard, J. Omelak, N. G. Ovsyanikov, E. Peacock, E. Richardson, V. Sahanatien, I. Stirling, and O. Wiig. In Press. A circumpolar monitoring framework for polar bears. Ursus.

Peacock, E., J. Laake, K. L. Laidre, E. W. Born, and S. Atkinson. 2012. The utility of harvest recoveries of marked individuals to assess polar bear (Ursus maritimus) survival. Arctic 65(4):391-400.

Rode, K. D., E. Peacock, M. K. Taylor, I. Stirling, E. W. Born, K. L. Laidre, and Ø. Wiig. 2012. A tale of two polar bear populations (Ursus maritimus): Ice habitat, harvest, and body condition. Population Ecology. 54(1):3-18. doi: 10.1007/s10144-011-0299-9

McKinney, M. A., R. J. Letcher, J. Aars, E. W. Born, M. Branigan, R. Dietz,T. J. Evans, G. W. Gabrielsen, E. Peacock, C. Sonne. 2011. Flame retardants and legacy contaminants in polar bears from Alaska, Canada, East Greenland and Svalbard, 2005–2008. Environment International 37:365–374.

McKinney, M., R. J. Letcher, J. Aars, E. W. Born, M. Branigan, R. Dietz, T. J. Evans, G. W. Gabrielsen, D. C. G. Muir, E. Peacock , and C. Sonne. 2011. Regional Contamination versus Regional Dietary Differences:Understanding Geographic Variation in Brominated and Chlorinated Contaminant Levels in Polar Bears. Environ. Sci. Technol. 45:896–902.

Peacock, E., Titus, K., Garshelis, D. L., Peacock, M. M., and M. Kuc. 2011. Mark-recapture using tetracycline and genetics reveal record-high bear density. Journal of Wildlife Management. 75(6):1513-1520.

Peacock, E., Derocher, A. E., Thiemann, G. W., and I. Stirling. 2011. Conservation and management of Canada’s polar bears in a Changing Arctic. Canadian Journal of Zoology 89:371-385.

Routti, H., R. J. Letcher, E. W. Born, M. Branigan, R. Dietz, T. J. Evans, A. T. Fisk, E. Peacock, and C. Sonne. 2011. Spatial and temporal trends of selected trace elements in liver tissue from polar bers (Ursus maritimus) from Alaska, Canada and Greenland. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 13(8):2260-2267. DOI: 10.1039/c1em10088b

Vongraven, D. and E. Peacock. 2011. Development of a pan-Arctic monitoring plan for polar bears: Background paper. Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme, CAFF Monitoring Series Report No.1, January 2011, CAFF International Secretariat, Akureyri, Iceland. ISBN 978-9935-431-01-1

Henri, D., G. Gilchrist, and E. Peacock. 2010. Understanding and managing wildlife in Hudson Bay under a changing climate: Some recent contributions from Inuit and Cree ecological knowledge in S. Ferguson, L. Loseto, M. L. Mallory, eds.A little less Arctic: Changes to top predators in the world's largest nordic inland sea, Hudson Bay. Springer, 288 pp. ISBN: 978-90-481-9120-8.

McKinney, M. A., I. Stirling, N. J. Lunn, E. Peacock, and R. J. Letcher. 2010. The role of diet on long-term concentration and pattern trends of brominated and chlorinated contaminants in western Hudson Bay polar bears, 1991-2007. Science of The Total Environment, In Press

Peacock, E., A. E. Derocher, N. J. Lunn, M. E. Obbard. 2010. Polar bear ecology and management in Hudson Bay in light of climate change in S. Ferguson, L. Loseto, M. L. Mallory, eds. A little less Arctic: Changes to top predators in the world's largest nordic inland sea, Hudson Bay. Springer, 288 pp. ISBN: 978-90-481-9120-8.

Rode, K. D., J. D. Reist, E. Peacock, and I. Stirling. 2010. Comments in response to "Estimating the energetic contribution of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) summer diets to the total energy budget". Journal of Mammalogy 91:1517-1523.

McKinney, M. A., E. Peacock, and R. J. Letcher. 2009. Sea ice-associated diet change increases the levels of chlorinated and brominated contaminants in polar bears. Environmental Science & Technology 43:4334-4339.

Peacock, E., M. M. Peacock, and K. Titus. 2007. Black bears in Southeast Alaska: The fate of two ancient lineages in the face of contemporary movement. Journal of Zoology 271:445-454.

Peacock, E., and D. L. Garshelis. 2006. Comment on "On the Regulation of Populations of Mammals, Birds, Fish and Insects" IV. Science 313:45-46.

Websites of Interest

Polar Bear Research at the Alaska Science Center