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FINAL

SUMMARY REPORT

Peer Review of

Draft Status Assessment for the Alexander Archipelago Wolf

(Canis lupus ligoni)

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September 10, 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary .................................................................................................... 2

1.0 Background .......................................................................................................... 1

2.0 Peer Reviewers .................................................................................................... 2

3.0 Summary of Peer Reviewer Responses ............................................................... 2

Question 1 .............................................................................................. 3

Question 2 .............................................................................................. 3

Question 3 .............................................................................................. 4

Other Comments ..................................................................................... 5

4.0 Overall Summary for Each Reviewer .................................................................... 6

5.0 Conclusions and Recommendations ..................................................................... 6

Appendix A: Complete Individual Memoranda

Appendix B: Reviewer’s Resumes

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Executive Summary

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Service) will complete a 12-month status review and finding for

the Alexander Archipelago wolf (Canis lupus ligoni; hereafter AA wolf) for publication in the

Federal Register, in accordance with a court-agreed settlement by December 31, 2015. This

settlement was triggered by a petition to list the wolves on Prince of Wales Island (POW) as a

Distinct Population Segment. As part of the 12-month status review, the Service conducted a

Species Status Assessment (SSA) for the AA wolf. Three external peer reviewers have

completed a formal, independent, external scientific peer review of the draft SSA report.

The external peer reviewers generally agreed that the SSA was thorough and generally agreed

with the conclusions reached in the report. The reviewers generally all agreed that the analysis

of harvest and mortality data could be improved; that the demographic connectivity section had

some logical flaws, in particular with respect to movement via swimming; and the discussion of

the relationship between wolves, deer and habitat was weak. Each reviewer did include some

specific recommendations for improving the SSA and strengthening its conclusions, although

some of these were minor and some significant recommendations.

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1.0 Background

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Service) will complete a 12-month status review and finding for

the Alexander Archipelago wolf (Canis lupus ligoni; hereafter AA wolf) for publication in the

Federal Register, in accordance with a court-agreed settlement by December 31, 2015. This

settlement was triggered by a petition to list the wolves on Prince of Wales Island (POW) as a

Distinct Population Segment. As part of the 12-month status review, the Service conducted a

Species Status Assessment (SSA) for the AA wolf.

The SSA Framework is an analytical approach developed by the Service for informing decisions

and activities under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). A SSA involves compiling and

analyzing the best available scientific information, which results in a stand-alone science-based

product independent of the application of policy or regulation. It provides foundational biological

information, articulates key uncertainties, and, ultimately, characterizes the species’ current and

future condition and viability under various scenarios and timeframes. Additionally, a SSA

results in a risk assessment used to inform ESA decision makers based on the best available

scientific information. The ultimate goal of the SSA is to provide decision makers with a clear

characterization of viability, including risks to the species, and key uncertainties in the

characterization. Therefore, the SSA does not result in a decision, but it is the scientific risk

analysis portion of the decision process and supports endangered species programs decisions.

The SSA is an iterative process comprised of three basic components:

1) Determining species needs with regards to viability, defined as the likelihood that a

species persists and thus avoids extinction over time;

2) Assessing the current availability or condition of those needs, including factors that may

affect these needs (cause and effects analysis); and,

3) Projecting the future availability or condition of those needs and then characterizing

viability using principles of resiliency (ability to withstand stochastic events), redundancy

(ability to withstand catastrophic events), and representation (ability to adapt) as proxies.

The SSA report consists of six chapters: 1) Introduction; 2) Description of the AA wolf; 3) Life

history and ecology; 4) Dynamics of multiple populations; 5) Current and future habitat and

resource conditions; and 6) Current and projected status of the AA wolf. The Service collated

existing information from published papers, final agency reports and pertinent archived datasets

and considered information submitted in the petition (Center for Biological Diversity [CBD] and

Greenpeace 2011), during the 90-day finding public comment period (March 31–May 30, 2014),

and in response to specific data requests. In developing the SSA, the Service focused the

efforts in two ways. First, the Service concentrated on information describing the Alexander

Archipelago wolf, drawing on information about the gray wolf (C. lupus) and its’ subspecies only

when necessary (e.g., significant data gap, context). Second, the Service focused on new

information collected since 1997 when the Service last reviewed the status of the AA wolf (62

Federal Register 46710, September 4, 1997).

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The purpose of this review is to provide a formal, independent, external scientific peer review of

the information in the SSA report. Given the long-term conservation implications of the status

assessment of the AA wolf, the SSA report requires this peer review before the information is

used to determine whether the AA wolf is warranted or not warranted for listing under the ESA.

2.0 Peer Reviewers

The peer reviewers reviewed the scientific data used, the information presented in, and the

analyses provided in the SSA for the AA wolf. The selection of peer reviewers followed the

guidance provided in the Office of Management and Budget’s Final Information Quality Bulletin

on Peer Review (OMB Bulletin; December 16, 2004) to ensure scientific integrity of the peer

review. Appropriate expertise and an appropriate balance of that expertise was identified for this

peer review panel during the process of identifying potential reviewers. Panelists with expertise

in canid genetics and population dynamics were essential for this peer review. All peer

reviewers were provided the language from the OMB Bulletin (2004) with regard to

independence and conflicts of interest and any potential issues were identified and evaluated

during the selection of the panelists, both with respect to both the Service and the report under

peer review. To maintain the independence and objectivity of the peer review, a number was

randomly assigned to each peer reviewer and all references in this report are to that number.

The three peer reviewers all have experience with canid genetics and/or population ecology and

with peer reviews of scientific publications. The reviewers are all independent of the Service,

have not taken an advocacy position with respect to this topic, and have no conflicts of interest.

The resumes for the peer reviewers are presented in Appendix B and the reviewers consist of:

Michael Chamberlain, PhD from University of Georgia;

Dennis Murray, PhD from Trent University; and

Benjamin Sacks, PhD from University of California at Davis.

3.0 Summary of Peer Reviewer Responses

The peer reviewers considered and responded to the Charge to the Panel, a total of three

questions, provided by the Service. The following section summarizes their responses to each

question, with their full responses provided in Appendix A. Table 1 below provides a summary of

whether a reviewer provided a response to a question and the total pages provided by the

reviewer.

Table 1: Summary of Reviewer Responses by Question

Peer Reviewer Question

Line Comments Total Pages 1 2 3

Reviewer 1 Yes 6

Reviewer 2 No 6

Reviewer 3 No 9

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The summaries provided below are brief synopses of the complete responses provided in

Appendix A. Much additional detail is provided in the individual responses provided in Appendix

A. Note that Geographic Management Unit 2 (GMU2) corresponds with the POW population of

the AA wolf.

Question 1

Did the Service consider the best available scientific information, including scientific literature,

in developing the SSA report? Is there any biological, commercial, trade, or other information

missing from our draft SSA necessary to our understanding of the status of the AA wolf?

Reviewer 1: Reviewer 1 felt that the synthesis was reflective of the literature as a whole.

This was particularly the case with the population genetic and phylogenetic portion. Section

2.2 Taxonomy (pp. 14-21) was very important, foundational to the document as a whole.

The synthesis and interpretation of relatively consistent data and conflicting conclusions was

especially well balanced. The conclusion of the report that C. lupus ligoni was a valid

subspecies was justified. Regarding the population status assessment, however, the SSA

could have been a little more conservative in its assumptions (see Question 2 below),

because of insufficient data, and made stronger recommendations with respect to gathering

the necessary information and considered a broader approach.

Reviewer 2: For the most part, the Service appeared to consult quality scientific information

in the SSA report. There are some specific comments by Chapter. A more thorough

assessment of taxonomic classification is necessary (see Rutledge et al. 2015 as an

example for eastern wolf populations). Chapter 2 concludes noting that there is evidence

that the AA wolf is an ecological and genetic unit worthy of analysis under the ESA, but

there is distracting back and forth throughout. Chapter 5 leaves out some relevant data from

Person and colleagues.

Reviewer 3: Overall, the Service has used the best available science in its evaluation of the

status of the AA wolf population. There are relatively few peer-reviewed publications that are

available on this specific topic, and most of the information is provided by the relatively

extensive literature on wolf ecology and genetics across North America, or in the gray

literature (i.e., government reports from ADFG). Reviewer 3 did not note any key

publications or reports that were omitted and was satisfied that those that were consulted

received a thorough assessment.

Question 2

Are the assumptions, interpretations, and any methods used in the SSA report clearly stated

and logical in light of the best available information? If not, please identify the specific

assumptions and methods that are unclear or illogical.

Reviewer 1: In most cases, Reviewer 1 felt that assumptions and interpretations regarding

particular stressors and biological processes were clearly stated and based on available

information. In many cases, the available information was clearly insufficient, however

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(which was also acknowledged). In particular, almost all of the data were from a single

population (GMU 2). The data for this population were interpreted, reasonably, to indicate

that the GMU 2 population was in danger “high risk” of decline. However, Reviewer 1 was

less convinced of the assessments made for the four remaining populations for which data

were lacking. Reviewer 1 was concerned that perhaps the assessment of the four poorly

studied populations was potentially biased toward optimistic projections.

Reviewer 2: For the most part, the Service has interpreted information cited from the

literature correctly and when assumptions are made, articulated the reasoning. There are,

however, some specific concerns. In Chapter 3 and 4, there are contradictory arguments

regarding AA wolves and whether swimming is a means of dispersal and movement for

them, even though the evidence strongly indicates that AA wolves do not swim. The

resulting conclusions are not well-supported. Chapter 5 also presents contradictory

arguments regarding deer populations, even though the evidence indicates that AA wolves

eat primarily deer. Chapter 6 presents large ranges of population size and only for one

population and yet draws conclusions not entirely supported by those data.

Reviewer 3: Overall, Reviewer 3 concluded that the Service conducted a sound and

objective analysis of the status of the AA wolf population. Most of the conclusions drawn

were in line with available evidence. Reviewer 3 had minor disagreements with some of the

report relating to demographic connectivity and more significant reservations regarding the

treatment of the wolf population model and the associated deer habitat model and the

estimate of deer/wolf/year. Reviewer 3 had significant reservations of the way mortality and

harvest data was used and the conclusions drawn from there; given the importance of

identifying the sustainable human harvest level these issues could have significant

implications for wolf populations. Reviewer 3 recommended a more comprehensive analysis

of inbreeding, heterozygosity, demographic stochasticity, dispersal, and population

responses. Reviewer 3 appreciated an attempt in the final pages to quantify the effects of

multiple stressors on population dynamics in the broader region and specific GMUs.

Question 3

Have the authors of the SSA report provided reasonable and scientifically sound syntheses

and interpretation from the scientific information presented in the report? Are there instances

in the SSA report where a different but equally reasonable and scientifically sound scientific

interpretation or synthesis might be reached that differs from the synthesis provided by the

Service? If any instances are found where that is the case, please provide the specifics of that

situation.

Reviewer 1: In general, Reviewer 1 thought most of the synthesis of available information

was done reasonably well. A minor exception was the treatment of demographic responses

to harvest regarding demographic compensation for human-caused mortality was based on

a single reference, which did not adequately treat the subject.

Reviewer 2: Chapter 4 has some flaws and Reviewer 2 suggested a more thorough

synthesis of metapopulation concepts. Research by Person and colleagues was not

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included in this discussion and evidence suggests that AA wolves are not functioning as part

of a metapopulation, which was not the conclusion drawn in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 presents

some misleading information and the unreported harvest is not handled appropriately in the

chapter. The application of data from GMU2 to other populations was not handled entirely

appropriately and could be improved. In addition, the assumption that deer-wolf dynamics of

the GMU2 population apply to other AA wolf populations is most likely incorrect. Overall, the

conclusion that none of the AA wolves are isolated is not supported by the evidence

available.

Reviewer 3: Overall Reviewer 3 was satisfied with the objective synthesis and interpretation

of findings, with a few minor exceptions.

Other Comments

Reviewer 1: Line comments of the draft SSA provided at the end of the Individual

Memorandum. Reviewer 1 requested that the Service provide a brief synopsis of the NCEAS

2014 reference mentioned on page 20.

Reviewer 2: As a general comment, Reviewer 2 found many instances of circular reasoning,

and a distracting number of instances where the Service makes statements only to

backtrack on previous statements. Reviewer 2 noted that while this SSA was triggered by a

petition to list the AA wolf as a DPS, the petition and SSA make different assumptions about

the taxonomic status of the AA wolf. Reviewer 2 concludes by noting that the bottom line is

that substantial portions of the landscape available to wolves (particularly on POW) are in a

successional state where there is no solution for improving habitat for deer and wolves. With

the prospect of continued logging on POW, accelerated declines in both deer and wolf

populations on POW are likely unless management of the wolves, and habitat, on POW is

altered.

Reviewer 3: The presentation in Table 8-10 could be improved. There was very inconsistent

use of units for survival and mortality rates; they should be presented similarly throughout

the SSA.

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4.0 Overall Summary for Each Reviewer

Reviewer 1

Reviewer 1 generally agreed with the presentation and conclusions of the SSA, with the

exception of the demographic discussion.

Reviewer 2

For the most part, the Service appeared to consult quality scientific information in the SSA

report and Reviewer 2 seemed to generally agree with the larger conclusions of the SSA, while

disagreeing with some details. There were a number of instances of illogical arguments and

poor presentation of the data and some of these weakened the conclusions drawn in the SSA

report. Reviewer 2 noted a number of improvements throughout the SSA with respect to

additional references, data presentation and logical used to reach conclusions.

Reviewer 3

Reviewer 3 generally agreed with the presentation and conclusions of the SSA. Ultimately, the

SSA concludes that while there may be some regional declines in wolf populations, overall the

AA population is not imperiled because of favorable demographic compensation, dietary

breadth and plasticity, and dispersal. Although Reviewer 3 generally agreed with this

conclusion, his optimism is tempered by: 1) limited dispersal and questionable two-way

dispersal events between wolf sub-populations on islands, and especially 2) the high rate of

reported human harvest of wolves, the unknown (but potentially high) level of unreported wolf

harvest, and the uncertainty regarding whether such mortality is fully additive, partially additive,

or compensatory. There could be additional opportunities for answering some of these

uncertainties by relating hypothetical rates of reported and unreported mortality to observed

levels of wolf population change. Given the critical importance in answering the additive-

compensatory question before the prognosis for the population can be fully developed, such

attempts at understanding these relationships are important.

The assessment of wolf population status and sustainability is based exclusively on population

size and numerical trends and does not consider the importance of maintaining appropriate

pack structure and social fabric in the AA wolf population.

5.0 Conclusions and Recommendations

Overall all reviewers generally agree that the draft SSA provides a reasonable analysis of the

AA wolf. The reviewers generally all agreed that the analysis of harvest and mortality data could

be improved; that the demographic connectivity section had some logical flaws, in particular with

respect to movement via swimming; and the discussion of the relationship between wolves,

deer and habitat was weak.

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APPENDIX A

Complete Individual Memoranda

Peer Review of

Draft Status Assessment for the Alexander Archipelago Wolf (Canis lupus ligoni)


Individual Memorandum

Peer Review of Species Status Assessment of the Alexander Archipelago Wolf

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Reviewer 1 - 8/10/2015

1. Did the Service consider the best available scientific information, including scientific

literature, in developing the SSA report? Is there any biological, commercial, trade, or

other information missing from our draft SSA necessary to our understanding of the

status of the AA wolf?

My background is in population genetics, phylogenetics, and population ecology of canids,

although I have been most active in the former two areas over the past decade. Keeping in

mind my particular areas of expertise, in general, I felt that the synthesis was reflective of the

literature as a whole. This was particularly the case with the population genetic and

phylogenetic portion.

Regarding Section 2.2 Taxonomy (pp. 14-21): This section was very important, foundational

to the document as a whole, and, in my view, very thoroughly treated. I felt the synthesis and

interpretation of relatively consistent data and conflicting conclusions of, for example,

Weckworth and colleagues versus Cronin et al., was especially well balanced and

conclusions of the report that C. lupus ligoni was a valid subspecies were justified.

Regarding population status assessment, however, in some cases where the available

information was insufficient to evaluate status, I felt the SSA could have been a little more

conservative in its assumptions (see #2 below) and made stronger recommendations with

respect to gathering the necessary information and considered a broader approach. For

example, in assessing demographic connectivity, the point was made that radiotelemetry of a

large proportion of wolves from all populations would be needed to estimate

emigration/immigration (p. 45, para. 2). To me, this seemed a pseudo-suggestion, as such a

large and expensive study seems out of the realm of possibility. On the other hand, the use of

noninvasive genetic methods was not mentioned and that could offer a more practical

solution. In particular, collection of hair and fecal samples could enable more practical

collection of data on many more individuals that could be used in conjunction with direct

methods (e.g., genetic identity, relatedness, population assignment, admixture analysis,

pedigree reconstruction) to estimate all four demographic processes (immigration,

emigration, births, deaths). In fact, the Scandinavian wolf project provides an excellent

model for the use of noninvasive genetic approaches for large-scale monitoring of wolves.

This also is being done on similar scales with bears in the northern Rocky Mountains (e.g.,

see Kendall et al. 2009, Journal of Wildlife Management 73:3–17, and unpublished work on

this population since then).

2. Are the assumptions, interpretations, and any methods used in the SSA report clearly

stated and logical in light of the best available information? If not, please identify the

specific assumptions and methods that are unclear or illogical.

In most cases, I felt that assumptions and interpretations regarding particular stressors and

biological processes were clearly stated and based on available information. In many cases,

the available information was clearly insufficient, however (which was also acknowledged).

In particular, almost all of the data were from a single population (GMU 2). The data for this



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population were interpreted, I think reasonably, to indicate that the GMU 2 population was in

danger “high risk” of decline. However, I was less convinced of the assessments made for the

four remaining populations (as they were defined in aggregate beginning on page 108) for

which data were lacking. For example, at the bottom of page 85, the report states “we only

can assume that past and current levels of wolf harvest did not and are not having a

population-level effect on because we found no evidence to suggest otherwise (other than

GMU 2, see below)…” On the face of it, this logic seems backwards to me.

I am more inclined to agree with the contradictory point made in the same report at the top of

page 85 (para. 1, last sentence) that in the absence of data to the contrary, data from the well-

studied population should have been used to fill in gaps for the four poorly studied

populations. That is, the ratios of total to reported harvest in GMU 2 should have been used

as a multiplier of reported harvest in the populations for which unreported harvest data were

lacking. Unless I misunderstood, the rates were evaluated relative to the designated mortality

threshold of 29% on the basis of reported harvest only. Also, Tables 15 and 16 appear only to

report reported harvests based on the text of this paragraph, but that is not clearly indicated in

the tables themselves. I am concerned that perhaps the assessment of the 4 poorly studied

populations was potentially biased toward optimistic projections. Additionally, although it

was mentioned that populations bordering GMU 2 (GMUs 1A, 3) were proposed for wolf

population reduction programs, I did not see that the effects of such reductions, should they

occur, were included in any scenarios of the model.

3. Have the authors of the SSA report provided reasonable and scientifically sound

syntheses and interpretation from the scientific information presented in the

report? Are there instances in the SSA report where a different but equally reasonable

and scientifically sound scientific interpretation or synthesis might be reached that

differs from the synthesis provided by the Service? If any instances are found where

that is the case, please provide the specifics of that situation.

In general, I think most of the synthesis of available information was done reasonably well

(to the extent that my background allowed me to evaluate). A minor exception was the

treatment of demographic responses to harvest on p. 86. The text on p. 86, para. 1 regarding

demographic compensation for human-caused mortality was based on a single reference

(Adams et al. 2008), which in my view did not adequately treat the subject. Specifically, the

conclusion of that reference and the report was that the only process compensating for local

mortality was dispersal from neighboring locations. I think that a reasonable review of the

literature would not support such a conclusion. In fact, this conclusion was contradicted in

the same report by subsequent text on p. 118 (last paragraph) and 119 (first paragraph),

where authors correctly suggested that wolves can respond to harvest through reproductive

compensation. However, these latter statements were not referenced in this summary section.

Additional Comments

At the bottom of page 20, reference is made to a NCEAS 2014 report regarding scientists’

arguments for the distinctiveness of the Alexander Archipelago wolf. It would be helpful also to

have a brief synopsis of what these arguments were and what they were responding to.



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I made several comments in the text of the SSA where I felt the text was unclear or could be

improved in terms of technical specifics.

Line Comments from the SSA Document

Figure 1: Why is Prince of Wales Island not indicated on this map as it seems to have supplied

much of the data discussed in this review?

Page 12, Para 3, last sentence (“In northwestern Minnesota, average weights of both sexes were

lower (females=30.0 kg, males=35.9 kg; Mech and Paul 2008, p. 935) and were more similar to

wolves in southeastern Alaska”): May be influenced more by interbreeding with eastern wolf,

which is smaller than the gray wolf.

Page 19, Para 1 – three comments.

(“SNPs are short regions (compared to microsatellites) where different species or individuals

within a species have single nucleotide differences”): Actually, SNPs ARE the single nucleotide

differences, not the “short regions” that contain them.

(“allowing researchers to take advantage of poor quality samples that are typical of noninvasive

sampling”): In practice, the technologies that assay SNPs actually require better quality DNA

and I believe all of von Holdt’s samples were high quality DNA as she used a Affimetrix chip,

which requires this.

(“the authors found that wolves on the British Columbian coast formed a genetically distinct

population when compared to wolves and their relatives globally (pp. 1297, 1300).”): Although I

could not see this from their assignment analysis (despite their claim), I agree that the NJ tree in

fig S5 supported this statement.

Page 20, last para (“The grouping of coastal wolves with C. l. nubilus has been contested by

several recognized experts that believe wolves in southeastern Alaska and coastal British

Columbia are ecologically and genetically distinct and warrant recognition as a distinct group

(NCEAS 2014, pp. 10, 14, 17, 47–49, 61).”): Shouldn’t the specifics of these contentions be

reviewed here?

Page 27, Para 1: This section refers to ALL wolves, including nominal C. l. nubilis.

Page 28, Para 3 (“See Fuller et al. (2003, pp. 176, 179) for annual survival rates of wolves

elsewhere in North America.”): A general statement about how these estimates compare

generally to other wolf populations would be useful. Are they similar? higher? lower?

Page 30, Para 3 (“One year later in fall 2014, the proportion was 0.25 (SE=0.11; ADFG 2015a,

p. 2), consistent with an observed decrease in abundance (Table 3).”): Why is s reduction in

proportion of females consistent with an overall population decline?

Page 36, last para: Can they really have obtained this type of resolution? Average SI ratios are

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Page 44, Section 4.1.1: Although demographic connectivity differs from genetic connectivity in

the sense of perspective, this does not negate the use of genetic approaches to studying

demographic connectivity. The recommendation to radio-collar all wolves on adjacent islands

seems ludicrous and unnecessary if genetic methods can be used to assess interisland dispersal

via relatedness among individuals.

Page 45, Para 2 (“These data could be gathered using radio-collared wolves. However, to be

successful, wolves from all populations need to be collared.”): This seems unrealistic and

unnecessary. The use of genetic methods to directly study migration among populations via

assignment approaches or reconstruction of pedigrees seems much more feasible. See for

example the application of this approach by the Swedish wolf team for monitoring the

demographic recovery as well as inbreeding effects in the Scandinavian wolf.

Page 45, Para 3

(“Gene flow is measured by the number of migrants per generation (Nm) between populations.”):

This confuses contemporary gene flow with average levels of gene flow over many generations.

(“difficult to measure gene flow directly and”): Use of Bayesian assignment approaches can

provide a means of measuring gene flow among populations but provides a more immediate

estimate, which may or may not reflect longer time frames relevant for evolutionary

consequences..

(“For example, FST can be used to estimate Nm, although see Whitlock and McCaughley (1999)

for caveats associated with this approach.”): Yes, agree that if the purpose is to measure

contemporary gene flow (as opposed to the “effective” long-term gene flow), then FST-based

estimates (indirect) are not likely to be very accurate. However, for assessing nuclear divergence

(without assumptions about the relative roles of drift/gene flow vs. time apart), the use of non-

mutating biallelic markers (SNPs) in conjunction with FST-based approaches can be useful in

assessing similarity/difference as applicable to systematics or management unit questions.

Page 45, Para 4 (“mtDNA is maternally inherited and does not undergo recombination, making

it more useful in phylogenetic studies aimed to resolve questions about evolutionary, historical

relationships within and among species.”): This is correct (why it is useful for phylogenetic

studies), but not a reason against it for also assessing contemporary gene flow. The main

downsides of mtDNA for contemporary gene flow are (1) it reflects only a single genealogy (as

opposed to multiple independently assorting nuclear loci) and (2) it reflects only maternal

inheritance, potentially skewing estimates, e.g., when dispersal is male-biased.

Page 45, last para, line 2: change ‘between’ to ‘among’

Page 67, Para 1 (“Once regenerating forests are >25 years old, they provide little benefits to

deer (e.g., Person et al. 2009, p. 5), and this condition extends for more than 100 years (Alaback

1982, p. 1939).“): This is confusing and seemingly contradictory because two sentences earlier,

the statement is made that deer select old growth and then here it says regenerating forests >25

years no longer benefit deer. Is the intended point that after 100 years, they become old growth

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Page 84, last para (“but not coastal British Columbia (harvest reporting required in Regions 1

and 2 only).”): This is confusing. Does this mean that ALL harvest is unreported in regions

other than 1 and 2 or that you suspect everyone reported harvests in regions 1 and 2?

Page 85, split para at top (“Therefore the data from radio-collared wolves in GMU 2 constitute

the best available measure of unreported harvest of the Alexander Archipelago wolf.”): I agree.

However, in the next section, it appears that this advice was ignored and estimates relative to the

29% threshold (e.g., in Tables 15 and 16) were based only on REPORTED harvest.

Page 85, last para

(“we found that most Alexander Archipelago wolf populations are harvested within assumed

sustainable limits (i.e. ≤29% of the population annually; Tables 15 and 16)”): This seems to be a

misleading statement given the following (and preceding text) on the high amount of unreported

mortality.

(“Further, these rates include reported harvest only, yet unreported harvest in some areas such as

GMU 2 may be substantial and may be having an undocumented impact on some populations.”):

This seems like a weak statement in light of the evidence discussed above, Fig. 18. It strikes me

that in the absence of data, the estimates from the better-studied populations should be adopted

and assumed rather than the other way around.

(“we only can assume that past and current levels of wolf harvest did not and are not having a

population-level effect on because we found no evidence to suggest otherwise (other than GMU

2, see below).”): See above comment.

Page 86, para 1

(“Adams et al. (2008, p. 1) found that gray wolves primarily compensate for harvest via

adjustments in dispersal; responses in productivity or natural mortality have little or no role in

offsetting harvest.”): This is a somewhat selective example (n = 1) of the literature. For

example, several of the references cited in that paper (Petersen et al. 1984, Van Ballenberghe et

al. 1983, Ballard et al. 1987, Fuller et al. 1983) found evidence of reproductive compensation

and a couple (also, Mech et al. 2001) found evidence of density dependent mortality. Moreover,

there is much evidence of reproductive compensation in other canids (e.g., coyotes, red foxes),

where litters tend to increase in size and average age of reproduction decreases (coyotes) in

heavily exploited populations, which is somewhat compensatory. For example, see Knowlton

1972 references from Texas and Connolly (1975) for a model.

Also, the argument made by Adams et al. (2008, p.20) for why no reproductive compensation in

wolves would be expected seemed to me to be spurious. Basically, the assumption was that the

only pathway by which exploitation increases reproduction was via its effect on the per-capita

availability of prey. It seems more likely that this mechanical interpretation does not capture the

complexities involved in the empirically well-documented relationships between human-caused

mortality and litter size (for example), which also might be affected by stress and other factors

either unrelated or indirectly related to the prey base.



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Lastly, adjustments in dispersal could, in principle prevent adjustments via reproduction if

harvest were local relative to the scale of dispersal. However, in the archipelago, such is not

likely to be the case.

(“This finding suggests that population estimates are not correct for this period, we are

overestimating unreported harvest in the late 1990s, or that the recent population decline is

driven by a combination of factors including wolf harvest.”): Are there data on annual fecundity

(e.g., average litter size, proportion of females breeding)?

Page 98, Para 1 (“This decline coincided with a parvovirus outbreak in domestic dogs in

Houghton, Michigan, the main departure point for visitors to the island. Parvovirus presence on

the island was confirmed by positive titers in several wolves during the late 1980s (Peterson et

al. 1998, pp. 834–835).”): This also coincided with parvovirus-related declines in coyote,

probably throughout the continent, but at least documented in Texas and California (e.g.,

Windberg et al. 1995; Sacks et al. 2007).

Page 108, last para before Section 6.1.1 (“northern coastal British Columbia (Region 5/6), and

southern coastal British Columbia (Region ½).”): Should be 1/2 (i.e., resisting autocorrect).

Page 118, Para 2 (“densities than earlier though possible”): Previously thought(?)

Page 118, last split para (“Because of their high reproductive rates…”): I agree with this

synopsis, but it seems to contradict the points made earlier in referencing Adams et al. 2008.

Page 119, Para 1 (“Recently, for GMU 2, the Alaska Board of Game reduced hunting and

trapping mortality from 30% of the fall wolf population to 20%, demonstrating their ability to

respond to changing conditions. However, it remains to be seen whether or not the change in the

harvest guideline level will result in population stabilization given the high rates of unreported

harvest and the predicted declines in deer habitat capability due to past timber harvest in GMU

2.”): It also remains to be seen whether such decisions would be made if not under the threat of

potential listing under the ESA (or mandated by listing).

Page 120, Para 3 (“Based on our review, we believe that the overall risk of decline of wolves

throughout southeastern Alaska and coastal British Columbia is low to moderate with the

exception of the GMU 2 wolf population (Table 20).”): Given that the best-studied population is

apparently vulnerable, however, caution would seem to require that other populations be

presumed similarly vulnerable until data can be gathered with which to adequately evaluate their

vulnerability.

Page 120, last para (“be at higher risk compared to the others”): Given that GMU 2 is the only

one with adequate information to make an informed assessment, it seems incongruous to draw

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Reviewer 2 – 8/14/15

Preface – The petition (Center for Biological Diversity and Greenpeace 2011) that

stimulated the reviewed Species Status Assessment (SSA) focused primarily on Alexander

Archipelago (AA) wolves in southeast Alaska. Although the authors recognized that the

taxonomic status of the wolves in southeast Alaska and British Columbia is still being

resolved, they focused their petition on wolves in southeast Alaska under the caveat that

evidence is available suggesting that, indeed, wolves in southeast Alaska are distinct and

relatively isolated from wolves in British Columbia. Conversely, the SSA is prepared under

the assumption/predication that wolves in southeast Alaska and British Columbia are the

same population (or a metapopulation) and the synthesis of information is presented as such.

My review and comments were prepared, and are presented, in a way that directly comments

on the SSA while also integrating information from the petition. I chose this approach

because any comments provided based on the synthesis included in the SSA are inextricably

linked to the taxonomic issues being debated currently. That being said, the request in the

petition to designate wolves on Prince of Wales (POW) island as a Distinct Population

Segment (DPS) is not. I have provided comments in regards to this portion of the petition

separately at the end of this document.

Below I have provided specific responses to the questions posed. As a general comment, I

found many instances of circular reasoning, and a distracting number of instances where the

Service makes statements only to backtrack on previous statements. The end result was that

the SSA contained many redundancies and was unnecessarily verbose.





For the most part, the Service appeared to consult quality scientific information in the SSA

report. However, I have concerns relative to portions of specific Chapter presented in the

SSA, hence I have presented these concerns by Chapter.

Chapter 2 – the Service uses Chambers et al. (2012) as the basis for their taxonomic

classification of the AA wolf. Although I agree that this work is the most recent and

comprehensive review (emphasis intended) of wolf taxonomy, it is just that, a review. The

SSA presents information from the Weckworth efforts, and notes work published by

vonHoldt as well, but clearly the Chambers et al. (2012) effort guides the Service’s rationale

for assuming that wolves in southeast Alaska are functioning as simply a portion of a

metapopulation with wolves in British Columbia. Notably, Chambers et al. (2012) was

prepared by Service employees, and was published in a journal supported by the Service. On

page 2 of Chambers et al. (2012), the authors directly state that their review “does not

evaluate or make any recommendation on whether any subspecies that is found to be valid



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should be used as a management unit, as the object of management action, or preferred to an

alternative legal classification for protection, such as a distinct vertebrate population segment

recognized under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA 1973, as amended; USFWS and

NOAA 1995). Suitability of a subspecies as a unit for any of these purposes requires further,

separate analysis weighing legal and policy considerations”. Clearly, the authors’ advice has

not been heeded. Furthermore, a subsequent statement notes that the review “represents the

views of the authors and not necessarily those of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service”. I

question this statement, because almost assuredly the Chambers et al. (2012) work was

distributed for internal review before submission to the journal in which it was published.

Therefore, it seems to me that the Service is in fact using the Chambers review to represent

their view on wolf taxonomy. A more thorough assessment is necessary, in my opinion (see

Rutledge et al. 2015 as an example for eastern wolf populations).

Chapter 2 concludes noting that there is evidence that the AA wolf is an ecological and

genetic unit worthy of analysis under the ESA, but there is distracting back and forth

throughout. Essentially, the reader is being asked to accept the conclusions presented in

Chambers et al. (2012), while also noting that Cronin et al. (2015) reached a similar

conclusion. Meanwhile, throughout the chapter, works published by Weckworth and

colleagues are presented as a means to discount the work of Chambers and Cronin. I

understand the perceived necessity to provide a thorough synthesis, but the conclusion of the

chapter simply reaffirms that taxonomy is unclear at this point. Therefore, one could

justifiably question whether it is relevant, given the demographic and environmental

uncertainties facing the AA wolf (see below).

Chapter 5 – Paragraph 1, page 84 – some of information in this paragraph is inaccurate.

There is not a complete lack of information detailing immigration and emigration of wolves

in this population, it’s simply not cited. Person and colleagues published several works that

provide relevant information to this synthesis.

Paragraph 1, page 85 – I’m unsure what point is being made here, but I’m left to assume that

the Service is trying to discount findings presented in Person and Russell (2008) using the

argument that some wolves in the aforementioned study could have been killed in defense of

human life, and, therefore, sometimes it’s okay to illegally harvest wolves. In other words,

the odd wolf in the Person and Russell (2008) study may have been illegally harvested by

someone fearing their life, and therefore it’s relevant that the reader keep this fact in mind. I

certainly recognize potential conflicts between aggressive wolves and humans, but this line

of argument to discount the Person and Russell (2008) study seems inappropriate.






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For the most part, the Service has interpreted information cited from the literature correctly

and when assumptions are made, articulated the reasoning. However, there were several

instances where I was concerned with the logic and information presented.

Chapter 3 – When discussing within population dispersal, it was noted that wolves on POW

do not disperse, which is consistent with peer reviewed literature on the subject published for

several decades. This is extremely relevant, because it substantiates the concern over wolves

on POW relative to demographic, environmental, and genetic uncertainty. However, the

Service counters this point by noting that wolves can swim long distances if they choose to

do so. The question is not whether wolves as a species can swim to disperse. Rather, the

question is whether AA wolves on POW are swimming to adjacent islands or the mainland as

a means to disperse. They are not. Likewise, the Service notes that perhaps sea currents will

allow wolves to suddenly start swimming from POW, but one could not possibly predict

which currents would allow such an event. There is simply too much uncertainty involved,

hence this line of reasoning is inadequate.

Chapter 4 – In regards to the synthesis of demographic connectivity, I was perplexed by the

information presented and the conclusions reached. First, the Service correctly notes (based

on peer-reviewed literature) that water is a definite barrier for AA wolves. Second, the

Service counters this notion by suggesting that movements among islands are “probably

common”. Third, the Service proceeds to refute this second point by again noting that it

appears that wolves on POW and Kosciusko Island will not swim to disperse. Fourth, it is

noted that a single wolf was photographed on Shrubby Island, suggesting that wolves explore

and occupy this route – although concrete evidence is lacking. The entire passage is circular

and wanders around a central theme. That is, all rigorous data that have been collected

(studies conducted by Person and colleagues) clearly demonstrate that wolves do not swim to

disperse from POW (and Kosciusko). A single picture of a wolf collected on Shrubby Island

does little to convince me that things have changed and wolves are now behaving differently

in regards to dispersal. Therefore, the argument that demographic connectivity exists for

wolves is poorly supported.

Chapter 5 – Clearly, wolves on POW (GMU 2) are facing considerable environmental

challenges moving forward, as it’s noted that future timber harvests are slated to remove

>30% of the old growth forest from the island. The modeling efforts of Gilbert et al. (2015)

demonstrate that the current conditions on POW are already insufficient to maintain the deer

herd, and hence a sustainable population of wolves. The Service discusses these points, but

then argues that deer may not be that critical, because wolves can eat other prey items. I

found this distracting, because we already know that wolves on POW do not eat other prey

items, they primarily eat deer. Based on previous information collected on POW, it’s logical

to assume that wolves will simply eat deer from a declining herd and continue to decline

themselves, particularly as more timber harvest occurs.

Chapter 6 – The Service notes that during fall 2014, wolf populations in GMU2 had

plummeted and now appear to range from 50-159 animals. This is quite a range, and I

wonder what the best point estimate would be? Regardless, clearly the population on POW



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has declined precipitously, yet the Service states that this represents only 14-16% of the AA

wolf population. Clearly, this interpretation assumes that wolves throughout southeast Alaska

and British Columbia are functioning as a metapopulation. This assumption may not be valid,

given the lack of data outside of GMU2. As noted throughout the SSA, all signs point to

declines in the deer and wolf population in GMU2. The subsequent sections detailing

perceived wolf abundance in the remaining GMUs cause this reviewer concern. For instance,

in GMU1A the Service reports that wolf abundance ranges from 170-466 but that no trend in

abundance is apparent. The ranges reported are so wide that I’m skeptical of their relevance.

Likewise, in GMU3 the Service notes that no data on abundance are available, and the trend

in abundance is unknown. Clearly, the best available data detailing changes in wolf

abundance are restricted to GMU2 and beyond that group of wolves, there is enormous

uncertainty in regards to how many wolves are out there, whether they’re increasing or

decreasing, and more importantly, how their populations (or subpopulations) are functioning

on the landscape.






that is the case, please provide the specifics of that situation

Chapter 4 – In the synthesis of population processes, the Service notes that wolves appear to

function as a metapopulation, which they define as “sets of spatially distributed populations

among which dispersal and turnover are possible but do not necessarily occur”. What is the

origin of this definition? I suggest a more thorough synthesis of metapopulation concepts, as

I found this section inadequate. Likewise, the statement that “we found no data to test this

hypothesis” is curious. What hypothesis? I assume the hypothesis that wolves are

functioning as a metapopulation? If so, this statement is inaccurate. Person and colleagues

published numerous works, that combined with current and future work on taxonomic issues,

could address this hypothesis. At this time, I contend that the AA wolf is not functioning as a

metapopulation, given the lack of connectivity among subpopulations.

At the conclusion of Chapter 4, a series of hedge statements are made suggesting that some

subpopulations of the AA wolf may be sources, and others sinks, with support coming from

gray literature. Specifically, the work of Breed (2007) is cited, and it is noted that Breed

hypothesized that wolves in British Columbia serve as sources for areas in southeast Alaska.

However, similar to instances throughout the document, the Service closes by saying that this

work has not been substantiated because doing so would require lots of work and diligence in

interpretation. I’m not sure why this line of reasoning was presented. The conclusions

reached in this entire portion of Chapter 4 are not convincing.

Chapter 5, Figure 16 – here and throughout this portion of the chapter, the Service presents

some misleading information. Specifically, only reported harvest is presented in the figures,



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with a consistent notation that the reader needs to interpret their conclusions under a 29%

harvest cap. I am perplexed, and concerned, with this presentation of information. The

Service, throughout the entire chapter, recognizes and states that unreported harvest (as

published by Person and Russell 2008) may equal reported harvest. However, they

apparently choose to construct the figures in a way that only shows reported harvest. The

apparent reason for this approach is that understanding unreported harvest is difficult. This

presentation is confusing. Likewise, it’s fairly simple to understand unreported harvest. One

need only tag a large sample of wolves and study mortality patterns through time that are

attributable to various forms of harvest, as was done and published by Person and Russell

(2008). If the reader simply glances at the suite of figures presented by the Service in regards

to reported harvest through time, the inference is flawed and the data are misleading.

Likewise, comparing data from 11 wolves monitored during 2012-2014 to the work of

Person and Russell (2008) is tenuous. Regardless, the Service turns around and discounts

their own suggestion and closes by noting that harvest (regardless of the source) is high for

AA wolves.

Page 101, final sentence – I cannot follow this logic. The Service states that model inference

is limited to GMU2 (which is appropriate), but that results are applicable to other GMUs and

parts of British Columbia because deer and wolf response to severe winters is not expected to

be different. This statement seems inappropriate, and fails to recognize that wolves and deer

are functioning in a landscape context in regards to how they deal with severe winters. In

other words, the juxtaposition of habitats, patch size, and successional stages interact to

influence the severity of winter conditions experienced by deer herds and wolves.

Furthermore, the peer-reviewed literature clearly demonstrates that the availability of old

growth forests will influence how deer (and wolves) handle severe winters, so it’s

inappropriate to think that model inferences from GMU2 would apply to anywhere other than

GMU2. I find it difficult to believe that the authors in the Gilbert et al. (2015) study would

agree with this statement. I noted that Gilbert et al. (2015) suggested that portions of their

sensitivity analysis could perhaps be useful outside of GMU2, but the blanket extrapolation

of suggesting that the entire wolf population model could be extended beyond GMU2 seems

inappropriate.

Later in Chapter 5, the Service contends that none of the existing populations of the AA wolf

appear to be functioning in complete isolation. This fails to incorporate the wide body of

information for GMU2 (POW) demonstrating that wolves there are isolated both

demographically and genetically. Hence, I do not understand the Service’s contention.

Likewise, the issues revolving around potential overexploitation of salmon (pointed out in

the petition) are discussed, without a logical underpinning. The Service dismisses this

potential, suggesting that the complete loss of a single prey item will not create problems for

wolves, because they can (and will) simply shift to using alternative prey such as deer.

However, earlier in the document the Service used the fact that wolves will eat salmon as an

argument that declines in deer may not be cause for concern because wolves can shift to

eating salmon. Similar to many passages throughout the SSA, the reasoning is circular.



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Additional Comments

In the petition, a request is made for the Service to designate the wolf population on POW

(GMU2) as a Distinct Population Segment (DPS). There is clear and logical evidence to support

this request. Wolves on POW appear to be genetically and morphometrically distinct, and all

peer-reviewed data available for wolves on POW indicate that the population is genetically and

demographically isolated. Wolf abundance has drastically declined on POW, corresponding to

declines in deer herds. Models presented in Gilbert et al. (2015) note that deer and wolf

populations in GMU 2 (POW) will continue to decline if access (via roads) and harvest

(regardless of whether it is legal or illegal) are not reduced. The proposed Big Thorne Timber

Sale (BTTS) in GMU2 obviously will increase road density in an area that already has an

unacceptable road density, thereby having negative influences on wolves and deer.

As a side note, the Service correctly notes that forest stands throughout southeast Alaska, not

simply confined to POW, are at an age where intermediate stand treatments will fail to produce

any tangible benefit to deer. This is a critical point, particularly in light of the proposed BTTS.

Gilbert et al. (2015) note in their simulations that when low snowfall years occur, deer will use

logged habitats. However, the Service (and Gilbert et al. 2015) freely admit that there is

considerable uncertainty in regards to predicting snowfall and that deer simply remain and fight

poor conditions during severe winters, rather than shift their home ranges – the end result being

that deer populations decline precipitously during a harsh winter. The bottom line is that

substantial portions of the landscape available to wolves (particularly on POW) are in a

successional state where there is no solution for improving habitat for deer and wolves. With the

prospect of continued logging on POW, accelerated declines in both deer and wolf populations

on POW are likely unless management of the wolves, and habitat, on POW is altered.



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Reviewer 3 – 8/18/2015





As a preamble, to develop my assessment I conducted an extensive review of: U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service. 2015. Draft status assessment for the Alexander Archipelago wolf (Canis

lupus ligoni). Region 7, Anchorage, Alaska. 142 pp; and Gilbert, S.L., Haynes, T., Lindberg,

M.S., Albert, D., and Kissling, M. Future population trends and drivers of change for

Alexander Archipelago wolves on and near Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Unpublished ms.

66pp. I also consulted publications and reports referenced within the two documents as well

as additional publications on wolves in North America, and more general work on population

viability analysis and landscape genetics.

Overall, to the best of my knowledge the USFWS has used the best available science in its

evaluation of the status of the AA wolf population. There are relatively few peer-reviewed

publications that are available on this specific topic, and most of the information is provided

by the relatively extensive literature on wolf ecology and genetics across North America, or

in the gray literature (i.e., government reports from ADFG). I did not note any key

publications or reports that were omitted and am satisfied that those that were consulted

received a thorough assessment.




Below, I outline the main assumptions made by the USFWS in its assessment, and my

interpretation of their validity. Overall, the USFWS report makes sound and objective

analysis of the status of the AA wolf population.

1) Taxonomic status

A critical point in this assessment is that the taxonomic status of AA wolves is that of a

distinct subspecies. USFWS (2015) clearly states that the population is assumed to constitute

a subspecies (p. 15), despite that recent authorities (Chambers et al. 2012, Von Holdt et al.

2010, 2011) have remained agnostic on this specific matter. In the assessment of taxonomic

status, the USFWS correctly places limited emphasis on pelage or morphometric distinction

between AA wolves and other populations but rather relies more heavily on recent

publications comparing neutral genetic markers between coastal vs. other wolf populations

(see below). It is well understood that simple phenotypic plasticity may cause observed

differences without necessarily being driven by an underlying genetic link, so the emphasis

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2) Genetic analysis

The field of functional genomics, especially in relation to free-ranging wildlife species,

remains in an embryonic state despite characterization of full genomes of related species,

including the domestic dog. There is some preliminary work on functional genomics in

wolves but currently that work is mostly in progress and remains unpublished (and not peer-

reviewed). Accordingly, at this stage it is appropriate for the USFWS to assume that usable

genomics research results on wolves are not available for this assessment.

In assessing neutral marker variation, the focus is on examining more traditional questions

like maternal lineages or population genetics. To some extent these data still may inform on

genetic distinction and perhaps taxonomy. Table 2 appears to be a comprehensive review of

the available genetic information on AA wolves, and an important point when considering

the results of such studies is the type of analysis (mtDNA vs. microsatellites) as well as the

reference population being used for comparison. The table and associated writeup clearly

identifies that different markers and source populations underlie some of the variability in

findings between studies. Ultimately, relying on several recent publications, the USFWS

infers that there is distinction between inland coastal and mainland wolf populations, as seen

through one or more unique haplotypes, although I must point out that whether this

distinction truly is the result of selection by ecological factors, as is suggested by at least one

publication (Munoz-Fuentes et al. 2009) and is referenced in the report, remains debatable.

Regardless, based on the plurality of findings using both mtDNA and microsatellites/SNPs

(notwithstanding arguments offered by Cronin et al. 2015), the USFWS assumes that C. l.

ligoni is a valid subspecies. In my opinion this is the correct conclusion in light of the

available evidence. It is also important to note that this is a conservative assumption in the

context of this species status assessment.

Section 2.23 refers to other distinct characteristics of AA wolves, including food, habitat and

disease resistance. Although I address these items in more detail below, I will re-iterate that it

is not possible to ascribe variability in these features to genetic differentiation rather than

simply owing to phenotypic plasticity (or even differential gene expression). Therefore,

lesser emphasis on these distinctions is warranted.

3) Population estimation

The USFWS report correctly identifies the challenges associated with estimating wolf

populations, and reviews the pros and cons of different techniques and estimators. Table 3

outlines population estimates/densities for wolves in GMU #2 and POW, and recognizes a

marked decline spanning 2013-14. The cause of this decline is not known, but it is important

to note that estimates for these populations likely have low precision and that there is overlap

between the 95% CI for the GMU #2 during 2013 and 2014. This apparent decline is

corroborated for POW during the same time period, but again, to some degree there is limited

confidence in the veracity of this trend. The POW density estimate for 2014 (9.9

wolves/1000 km2) is not particularly low by most standards for Alaska or elsewhere in North

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The report attempts to estimate the AA wolf population in British Columbia by multiplying

the provincial population estimate by the area covered by the AA region, and including

adjustments for prey size. Given the anticipated high level of heterogeneity in wolf numbers

across their distribution (including heterogeneity reported for Alaska earlier in the USFWS

document), there is room for error in this conversion. Different scenarios could be modeled

assuming heterogeneity in wolf numbers in British Columbia, and factoring that the

provincial estimate likely has high imprecision. Regardless, the two independent estimates

for AA wolves in British Columbia are consistent, and the USFWS appropriately advises that

caution should be used in interpreting these numbers.

On p. 28, the report mentions that no trend is apparent in the British Columbia wolf

population estimate, but that hunters and trappers are reporting an increased abundance. I

don’t know if anecdotal information is relevant here. Regardless, there are provincial fur

trapping records that date back to the 1920’s which could be referenced. These are available

either from the province or the Fur Institute of Canada. This is a minor point.

4) Survival estimation

The annual survival rates for yearling and adult wolves are perhaps on par with those

observed elsewhere in North America (see Fuller et al. 2003), although it is important to

recognize that these rates are based on small sample sizes with large confidence intervals.

However, that few radio-collared wolves are succumbing to unknown fate (i.e., collar lost

before the animal dies) should strengthen the confidence in survival estimates. A 0.65

survival rate for resident adult wolves (Person and Russell 2008) likely is not sustainable

over the long term. Regardless, by all accounts the AA wolf population is subject to high

human-caused mortality risk, much of it being unreported and probably illegal. Rates of

human-caused mortality ranging from 64-87% are markedly high compared to other wolf

populations, and are likely to be additive (see Murray et al. 2010, Sparkman et al. 2011).

This means that at such rates, human-caused mortality surely contributes to AA wolf

population decline.

5) Food habits

The USFWS report is entirely correct in advising that numbers reporting prey prevalence in

scat should be interpreted with caution, as these methods are known to be biased against

small or highly digestible prey or variable through seasons or among demographic groups.

Nevertheless, the variability in wolf diet between islands (Table 5) is surprising and

highlights wolf dietary plasticity depending on prey availability. This is further highlighted in

the temporal variability shown in Table 6, which reflects a period of deer population decline

on Coronation Island. Appropriately the USFWS report excludes scat analysis results from

Milne et al. (1989) because relative occurrence of prey is a very different metric than

frequency of prey in the diet. For full disclosure it could have been expected to show results

from 1962, 1964, and 1966 in Table 6 but this is a minor point. It is also important to note

that more recently diet breadth has been documented via stable isotope analysis, which offers

improved detection for prey such as salmon (i.e., high digestibility and rarely detected in scat

analysis). However, there currently is debate in the scientific literature regarding conversion

of isotopic data from hair to prey frequency or biomass, so results from some of these studies



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should be interpreted with caution. Further, it may be that some of the conflicting results (i.e.,

broader vs narrower diet on islands) are at least in part attributable to different methodologies

and these could be highlighted more clearly as the report goes through the various findings.

Likewise, USFWS is well justified in refraining from making direct comparisons of wolf

home range size using VHF vs. GPS telemetry, or from MCP vs. kernel estimators.

6) Demographic connectivity

On p. 45 of the USFWS report, it states in relation to dispersal that “longest being only about

2 km in length”. Yet in light of earlier text it seems that inter-island movements are rare and

that there is probably no evidence that the wolves swim up to 1 km, so the above statement

may be a bit misleading, although the statement that they can swim 13 km (Darimont and

Paquet 2002) is noted. Still, I would expect that such a long distance swim is an outlier for

coastal wolves, and whether or not this distance is attributable to the point about webbed

footing (as is stated in the USFWS report), is debatable and not necessary. So, while I don’t

doubt that long distance dispersal occurs on occasion, ultimately, I don’t think that a strong

case for inter-island dispersal has been made (although case reported by Dungan 2015 is duly

noted). So, while I agree that some dispersal does take place, the challenge is translating the

few anecdotes to a demographic parameter that can be used to populate a population

projection model.

On p. 46, the USFWS report states that low inter-island dispersal and low survival rates of

dispersers probably means that this attribute is inconsequential from a demographic

perspective. I don’t fully agree and suggest that populations are sufficiently low on some

islands that demographic stochasticity, founder effects, and perhaps inbreeding, could be

relevant. The report correctly acknowledges that the lack of immigration and emigration rates

is a major weakness in our understanding of AA wolf population dynamics, but this concern

can’t be overlooked and should invite a sensitivity analysis on the role of this demographic

parameter on wolf populations, using a range of plausible estimates. The USFWS report

correctly uses Fst values to provide an indication regarding source-sink dynamics of the AA

wolf population, although I advise that the report should provide more contextual

information regarding individual Fst scores and whether the interpretation of unidirectional

dispersal is robust or speculative based on the actual Fst values and ancillary data. Of course,

Fst will be strongly influenced by the range of populations that are under consideration, a

point that could be further emphasized in the report. As an aside, while I understand that Fst

values were the unit available in the literature, there is evidence suggesting that Jost’s D

statistic provides a more robust metric.

7) Wolf population model

The USFWS initially restricted its population projection model to GMU #2 because it is the

region with the best demographic data, but toward the end of the document the status of other

GMUs is examined. Mortality risk in this area is high, making the initial analysis

conservative. This seems like an appropriate approach, with the caveat that the variability in

demographic parameters seen in the other regions should serve as a basis for additional

sensitivity or elasticity analysis beyond the summaries provided in the final pages of the

document. Indeed, p. 54 reports that a range of values relevant to GMU #2 were used in the



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analyses and it would be appropriate to affirm that these values overlap with those expected

in other areas or else that separate analyses are run. Indeed, the statement: “However, results

of the sensitivity analyses are applicable to other Alexander Archipelago wolf populations.”

should be supported by evidence that there is no reasonable reason to expect substantial

differences between populations, which seems contradictory to the concluding statements

suggesting that GMU #2 is an anomaly. Further, while caution is offered that the reader

should focus attention on the relative difference between parameters that are manipulated in

the sensitivity analysis, it may be that in these circumstances an elasticity analysis would be

more appropriate to add proportionality and context.

In several spots (incl. p. 61) the report states that deer responses to pre-commercial thinning

have not been examined. Here it might be valuable to extend the literature search outside the

AA region as I am quite certain that this work has been conducted elsewhere in the Pacific

region and there is no reason why, even if only qualitatively, the findings should not be

transferrable.

Page 67 states: “The only potential direct effect from timber harvest to Alexander

Archipelago wolves may be modification of and disturbance at den sites.” This sentence does

not hold water (The only…may). More importantly, I question its accuracy. There are other

potential direct effects, e.g., loss of rendezvous sites, loss of traditional movement corridors,

etc. While it is understood that these effects may be minor from the perspective of population

projection, the above statement should be contextualized.

It is appropriate to use the deer habitat model to examine deer suitability in GMU #2 and the

case is strong that timber harvest is disproportionate in that region, leading to a liberal

assessment of threats of timber harvest and one that is perhaps not fully representative of the

GMU. Again, sensitivity/elasticity analyses may be appropriate to provide broader regional

context to the analysis. The document then goes on to report “We assumed a predation rate

of 15 deer/wolf/year as estimated from Szepanski et al. 1999 (p. 331) and a beginning deer

abundance as 75% of the carry capacity in 1995.” Earlier in the document a strong case is

made that deer is the primary prey for the AA wolf population and from my perspective 15

deer/wolf/year seems awfully low. From what I recall from Szepanski et al. (1999), the kill

rate estimates were obtained through indirect measures (e.g., stable isotope analysis), leaving

some doubt about the accuracy of the kill rate estimate. I do accept that the sensitivity

analyses and range of predation rates chosen for these surely encompasses the real-world

rates, although the high sensitivity of the model projections to predation rates argues strongly

for accurate starting estimates. A broader scan of the literature beyond Alaska could help

support/refute the 15 deer/wolf/year statement.

Page 74. The study by Sparkman et al (2011) and Creel and Rotella (2010) surely support

that human-caused mortality is at least partially additive, so the use of these citations should

be clarified. When considered in the context of the findings by Murray et al (2010), these

studies strongly support that each human-caused mortality event is at least partially additive

to wolf population decline. Accordingly, I suggest that the estimated threshold for human

harvest sustainability (29%) is too high. While I understand that Fuller et al. (2003)



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calculated a slightly higher threshold, it is important to point out that their results were

derived from a meta-analysis using wolf populations from across North America and that the

predictive power of their model was relatively low. Likewise for the Adams work for

mainland Alaska. In addition, demographic rates reported in the USFWS document for AA

wolves (immigration/emigration, survival, productivity) do not suggest that the population is

highly productive or open to ingress, implying a potentially greater sensitivity to human

harvest. Therefore, as a starting point my sense is that the 29% threshold is too high. The

reported 38% human-caused mortality rate (and 0.04 annual natural mortality rate) is highly

suggestive of a population that is simply not regulated by natural factors, and is rather

distressing as an overall finding in the context of wolf populations across North America.

In terms of the 29% threshold, this is very much context-specific. If natural mortality rate

also is high, then this threshold is much too high; if natural mortality is low (i.e., human-

caused mortality is fully or mostly compensatory) then the chosen threshold may be less

problematic. The point is that there is a strong need for accurate annual survival rates as well

as rates of cause-specific mortality. The extent of linkage between the two (i.e., additive vs.

compensatory vs. something in-between) is crucial to establishing a robust threshold for

sustainable human harvest. To date, wolf studies have found that human-caused mortality

tends to be more additive than compensatory. However, again, the specific relationship

between the two (i.e., the slope of the line between wolf population growth (or wolf survival)

vs. human-caused mortality rate) is crucial.

A quick calculation using the reported wolf harvest (Fig. 11) suggests that rates vary from

100-225 wolves/year, with a mean @ 175/year (please report in the text the mean value of

wolves harvested in Fig. 11a). Person et al. (1996) estimated 908 wolves (SE: 216) for all

southwest Alaska. If we take this estimate at face value and apply a 175 reported harvest rate,

we obtain a 19% reported harvest rate. The question is whether the unreported human-caused

mortality accounts for an additional 10% mortality to reach or exceed the 29% threshold.

This number (10%) is less than the 29–45% estimated unreported harvest for GMU #2.

Person and Russell (2008) estimate an unreported annual mortality rate (0.19) that is almost

as high as the reported harvest rate (0.23). I place greater emphasis Person and Russell

(2008) than the more recent findings for 11 radioed wolves in POW, where unreported

harvest was relatively low. Liberg et al. (2011) report high rates of ‘cryptic poaching’,

whereas Smith et al. (2010) and Sparkman et al. (2011) report high rates of censoring among

radioed wolves (i.e., wolves succumb to unknown fate, quite possibly illegal activity).

Understanding that these case studies refer to wolves subject to some form of legal protection

through endangered species legislation and therefore may not be directly comparable to AA

wolves, it is entirely reasonable to assume that the unreported mortality rate in AA wolves

could be high as well. Although Table 15 provides some reassurance that the AA wolf

population is subject to sustainable reported harvest, the USFWS report is correct to point out

(p. 82) that unreported harvest could tip the balance beyond the sustainability threshold. As

stated above, there is room for more comprehensive sensitivity analysis related to reported-

unreported human-caused mortality, as well as to the additive-compensatory mortality

relationship.



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Ultimately, I agree that the USFWS has used the best information available to estimate

harvest rates, but some inferences are based on a number of weak assumptions and

simplifications. I do have concerns that the strength and success of the report and its

recommendations are strongly reliant on the estimates of reported harvest, unreported

harvest, and the relation between these two stressors (i.e., additive, partially additive, or

compensatory). These concerns are grounded in the fact that, as admitted in the report, wolf

population size is overestimated while harvest is underestimated. Thus, while the USFWS

report has done a reasonable job of exploring how some of these differences can affect AA

wolf population dynamics, there is room for caution in relation to the 29% estimate for a

sustainable human harvest. Regardless, these efforts highlight the need to better understand

how various sources of mortality affect AA wolf populations in order to provide a robust

status assessment.

8) Effects of roads

The USFWS report correctly points out that the population model uses an oversimplified

depiction of current and potential future road densities to evaluate wolf population responses.

Despite this, the model shows that road density is an important predictor of human-caused

mortality and that decommissioning roads could positively impact wolf population dynamics.

While this assessment is sound, the report also points out that boat access may in fact be

more important than road access in promoting wolf harvest and these dynamics are not fully

integrated into the model. It may be possible to refine the model to include the effects of boat

access on harvest, with the need to run a range of sensitivity analyses for this parameter in

response to its low confidence.

9) Other stressors

Given the low rates of dispersal between islands, is inbreeding not a concern? It is debatable

that at one point or another inbreeding contributed to decline in Isle Royale wolves, so it may

be worth dispelling this potential criticism. I acknowledge that inbreeding and loss of

heterozygosity is brought up at the end of the document, but it comes across as an

afterthought. I would conduct a more comprehensive analysis of inbreeding, heterozygosity,

demographic stochasticity, dispersal, and population responses. I would place this analysis

more prominently in the document.

I was very pleased to see in the final pages an attempt to quantify the effects of multiple

stressors on population dynamics in the broader region and specific WMUs. This is a strong

way to conclude the assessment, notwithstanding the risk of compounding uncertainties.

10) Concluding statements

Ultimately, the USFWS report concludes that while there may be some regional declines in

wolf populations, overall the AA population is not imperiled because of favourable

demographic compensation, dietary breadth and plasticity, and dispersal. Although I

generally agree with this conclusion and personally do not foresee a rapid population decline,

my optimism is tempered by: 1) limited dispersal and questionable two-way dispersal events

between wolf sub-populations on islands, and especially 2) the high rate of reported human

harvest of wolves, the unknown (but potentially high) level of unreported wolf harvest, and



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the uncertainty regarding whether such mortality is fully additive, partially additive, or

compensatory. Understanding that data availability for answering these questions may be

limited, there could be additional opportunities for answering some of these uncertainties by

relating hypothetical rates of reported and unreported mortality to observed levels of wolf

population change. For example, scenarios could be developed to explore how wolf mortality

along the additive-compensatory continuum could correspond to observed changes in AA

wolf abundance through time. For example, temporal changes in wolf numbers in WMU #2

could be related to rates of reported and suspected unreported mortalities to determine which

unreported rates best correlate with observed population trends. It may be that such an

exercise would provide limited inference given the lack of robust empirical data to use in

analyses (and the high uncertainty in population and survival estimates). However, given the

critical importance in answering the additive-compensatory question before the prognosis for

the population can be fully developed, such exercises are important.

Second, the USFWS assessment of wolf population status and sustainability is based

exclusively on population size and numerical trends. What is lacking is the additional

consideration of maintaining appropriate pack structure and social fabric in the AA wolf

population. As with other wolf populations under heavy exploitation (see Rutledge et al.

2010. Biol. Conserv. 143, 332) it is expected that overall pack structure for most of the AA

wolf population (certainly the wolf population in WMU 2) does not reflect the family units

that are characteristic of more naturally-regulated wolf populations. For example, I suspect

that due to high levels of exploitation and low dispersal, the AA wolf population is

comprised of mainly unrelated pack members, many dispersers and non-residents, high

turnover in pack breeders, and low transferrence of knowledge regarding traditional hunting

areas or denning or rendezvous sites. Increasingly, there is recognition that maintenance of

carnivore populations should extend beyond merely keeping the numbers elevated, and rather

that accommodations should be made for the social and other complexities that are core to

their well-being. I have not seen this matter addressed here, and for a species with a complex

life history and social dynamics, some review and analysis in this area would be worthwhile.






that is the case, please provide the specifics of that situation.

Overall I am satisfied with the objective synthesis and interpretation of findings, with a few,

minor, exceptions. The few instances where alternate interpretations and conclusions could

be derived are highlighted in Section #2. Note that for the most part these are minor points.



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Additional Comments

Table 8-10 might be easier to interpret if presented as percentages, with total acreage in each

area retained as a column. Or put the percentages in brackets after the acreage.

When dealing with survival rates and mortality rates, it would be helpful to maintain consistent

units whenever possible. For example, p. 24 reports annual natural mortality rates and percent

mortality from human causes. These are very different units and the presentation is confusing.

There are other examples (see Survival section) elsewhere, where different survival units are

interchanged.

APPENDIX B

Reviewer’s Resumes (Alphabetical)

Peer Review of

Draft Status Assessment for the Alexander Archipelago Wolf (Canis lupus ligoni)


Curriculum Vitae - Michael J. Chamberlain

Work Address Home address

Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources 1060 Apalachee Trace

University of Georgia Bishop, GA30621

Athens, GA 30602 (706) 310-9511

(706) 542-1181

(706) 542-8356 (fax)

[email protected]

Education

Ph.D., Forest Resources with major in Wildlife Ecology; Mississippi State University,

Mississippi State, MS. December 1999

M. S. Wildlife Ecology; Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS. December

1995

B. S. Wildlife Science; Minor - Biology; Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA

A. S. Biological Sciences; Danville Community College, Danville, VA

Work Experience

July 2012 – present – Professor - Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources –

University of Georgia.

March 2011 – June 2012 – Associate Professor – Warnell School of Forestry and Natural

Resources – University of Georgia.

March 2011 – present – Adjunct Professor - School of Renewable Natural Resources,

Louisiana State University Agricultural Center.

June 2014 – present – Adjunct Professor – University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

July 2005 – February 2011

Associate Professor - School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University

Agricultural Center. Design, implement, and coordinate applied and basic research

examining wildlife communities throughout the United States. Research foci include

ecology and management of mammalian carnivores, upland game bird ecology and

management, and wildlife/habitat relationships. Also serve as instructor for graduate-

level course focused on population ecology and management of large mammals and

graduate seminars. Undergraduate teaching responsibilities include Ecology and

Management of Louisiana Wildlife (RNR 3018), Field Studies in Wildlife Habitat (RNR

3005), and portions of Natural Resource Measurements (RNR 2002), and Wildlife

Management Techniques (RNR 4011).

March 2000-June 2005

Assistant Professor - School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University

Agricultural Center. Same as above.

September 1998 - February 2000

Wildlife Research Assistant I - Mississippi State University - maintained hardware,

software, and operating systems on UNIX and PC-based workstations in the Department

of Wildlife and Fisheries GIS laboratory. Also provided GIS-related technical assistance

to graduate students, faculty, and staff of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,

Mississippi State University and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and

Parks. Developed multi-layered GIS systems of study areas used by graduate research

projects. Maintained GIS systems for several state-owned wildlife management areas and

data associated with Global Positioning System (GPS) base station. Used Trimble hand-

held GPS units to gather field locations associated with various research projects.

Provided GPS technical assistance to graduate students, faculty, and staff. Assisted with

capture/tagging of Northern bobwhite and analyze data from field research and surveys.

Assisted with design of graduate research projects. Conducted winter and summer

bobwhite calling surveys.

January 1996 - August 1998

Doctoral Graduate Research Assistant, Mississippi State University - conducted research

on bobcats, coyotes, gray foxes, raccoons, opossums, and wild turkeys to examine and

model the process of predation involving turkeys. Developed habitat use models to

predict selection patterns of carnivores and turkey hens. Field research included capture

of listed species and extensive radio-tracking. Coordinated efforts of 4 technicians.

Additional field work included extensive vegetation sampling to assess microhabitat

conditions of macrohabitats selected by carnivores and turkey hens. Also conducted small

mammal trapping to assess habitat-specific rodent abundance for medium-sized and

larger mammalian carnivores and omnivores on 2 study sites. Performed long-term

dietary analysis of bobcats and coyotes. Coordinated and conducted research on Singing

River Island, Mississippi assessing influence of introduced bobcats on rabbit and nutria

populations.

Assisted in design, coordination, and implementation of 2 graduate research projects

designed to supplement information gained directly through my doctoral research. These

projects were (1) assess impacts of summer hunting on raccoon population dynamics and

(2) assess relationships between carnivore densities and visitation rates using multiple

index methods.

Created, coordinated, and assisted in the implementation of web-based completion report

for the overall predation project my dissertation detailed. This web site served as a final

completion report for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, the

National Wild Turkey Federation, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and the USDA Forest

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Service. Site can be viewed at http://www.cfr.msstate.edu/predator/projecthome.html

July 1993 - December 1995

Graduate Research Assistant, Mississippi State University - coordinated and conducted

research on wild turkeys including capture using cannon nets, field marking, radio-

telemetry, collection of harvest data, and gobbler call counts. Also coordinated and

conducted baseline monitoring system for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to

determine relative abundance of numerous species including white-tailed deer, wild

turkey, small mammals, lagomorphs, tree squirrels, songbirds, reptiles/amphibians and

waterfowl. Used multiple census techniques to monitor relative abundance of the

aforementioned species, including spotlight counts, track counts, pellet-group counts,

time-area counts, flush counts, circular bird plots, and reptile/amphibian call counts.

May - June 1993

Research Technician, Virginia Tech University - assisted with collection of vegetation

data to implement a GIS-based habitat model. Field sampling techniques included line-

intercept sampling and tree density surveys.

May - June 1989, 1990

General Laborer - Bryant Contracting, Inc., Toano, VA; performed various tasks

including welding, painting equipment, repairing engines and transmissions, and

servicing company vehicles.

Research Interests

Wildlife Population Ecology Wildlife/Habitat Relationships

Population Dynamics Predator-prey relationships

Spatial technologies in Natural Resources

Ecology and Management of Mammals

Certifications

Associate Wildlife Biologist - The Wildlife Society - 27 March 2000

Committee Assignments

Curriculum Committee – 2014-present - Warnell School of Forestry and Natural

Resources.

Legislative Committee for Georgia Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation –

2013-present.

Graduate Affairs Standing Committee – 2011-15 – Warnell School of Forestry and

Natural Resources.

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Safety Committee – 2011-15 – Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Ad Hoc Committee on Computers and Information Systems – 2011-13 – Warnell School

of Forestry and Natural Resources

Chair of Wildlife Outreach Search Committee – 2015 – Warnell School of Forestry and

Natural Resources – committee to identify and hire outreach faculty member

Wildlife Faculty Search Committee – 2012-13 – Warnell School of Forestry and Natural

Resources - committee to identify and hire wildlife faculty member.

Wildlife Faculty Search Committee - 2000 - Louisiana State University - committee to

identify and hire wildlife faculty member specializing in wetland ecology

Technology Committee - 2000-2011 - School of Renewable Natural Resources –

committee to oversee computing and technology resources of the School

Natural Resource Conservation Course Committee - 2001 - committee responsible for

designing class to be included in core curriculum of School of Renewable Natural

Resources.

Spatial and Information Technologies in Natural Resources - 2000/2001 - Louisiana State

University - committee to review proposed undergraduate course examining spatial and

information technologies in the natural resource disciplines.

Criteria for Endowed Professorship Committee - 2001 - committee to draft criteria for

selecting endowed professors in the School of Renewable Natural Resources.

Web-page Design Committee - 2002-2006 - School of Renewable Natural Resources -

committee responsible for designing website for the School.

Assessment Committee - 2002-2003 - School of Renewable Natural Resources -

committee reviewing and revising guiding principles for assessment of the School.

Renewable Natural Resources Degree Committee - 2003 - School of Renewable Natural

Resources - committee responsible for determining the demand and utility of creating an

undergraduate degree in Renewable Natural Resources.

Advising/Mentoring of Undergraduate Students Committee - 2002-2003 - School of

Renewable Natural Resources - committee developing guidelines for decentralizing of

undergraduate advising.

Programmatic Planning Committee/Advisory Panel - 2003 - Berryman Institute East -

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assist in developing education and research priorities for Berryman Institute to evaluate

wildlife-human interactions.

Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Institutional Animal Care and Use

Committee - 2003 - 2011.

Lee Memorial Forest Committee - 2004-2011 - School of Renewable Natural Resources -

committee to oversee operations of Lee Memorial Forest.

Undergraduate Education Committee – 2010 – School of Renewable Natural Resources –

committee to oversee undergraduate curriculum and teaching

Newsletter/Research Matters Editorial Committee- 2008 – 2011 – School of Renewable

Natural Resources – committee to coordinate editing and publication of newsletters for

School

Editorial Board Member for Louisiana Agriculture (publication of LSU AgCenter) -

2004-2007 - LSU Agricultural Center - board that oversees publication and technical

editing of Louisiana Agriculture.

Teaching Quality and Recognition Committee - 2005-2008 - College of Agriculture.

Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station Awards Committee – 2006-2008 – LSU

AgCenter – committee to select award recipients for Rogers, Tipton, and Chambers

research awards.

College of Agriculture, Faculty Recognition Awards Committee – 2006-2008 –

committee to select faculty recipients of various teaching awards in the College of

Agriculture.

Search Committee for Director, School of Renewable Natural Resources - 2005/07 -

Louisiana State University - committee to identify and hire director for School of

Renewable Natural Resources

Louisiana State University Animal Care and Use Committee – 2007-2009.

Gilbert Fellowship Committee – 2009-2011 – School of Renewable Natural Resources –

committee to select recipients of Gilbert fellowships in the School

Peer-reviewed publications

Published , or in-press

1. Chamberlain, M. J., D. A. Miller, B. D. Leopold, and G. A. Hurst. 1996. Predation

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rates on wild turkey hens in a hardwood bottomland forest and a mixed forest in

Mississippi. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

50:428-435.

2. Bowman, J. L., M. J. Chamberlain, B. D. Leopold, and H. A. Jacobson. 1996. Use of

infrared monitors to estimate black bear populations on White River National Wildlife

Refuge, Arkansas. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife

Agencies 50:614-621.

3. Chamberlain, M. J. and B. D. Leopold. 1998. Microhabitat characteristics of wild

turkey hen prenest and nest site selection in central Mississippi. Proceedings of the

Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 52:274-282.

4. Chamberlain, M. J., L. M. Conner, B. D. Leopold, and K. J. Sullivan. 1998. Diel

activity patterns of adult bobcats in central Mississippi. Proceedings of the Southeastern

Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 52:191-196.

5. Chamberlain, M. J., B. D. Leopold, L. W. Burger, B. W. Plowman, and L. M. Conner.

1999. Survival and cause-specific mortality rates of adult bobcats in central Mississippi.

Journal of Wildlife Management. 63:613-620.

6. Chamberlain, M. J., K. M. Hodges, B. D. Leopold, and T. S. Wilson. 1999. Survival

and cause-specific mortality of adult raccoons in central Mississippi. Journal of Wildlife

Management 63:880-888.

7. Chamberlain, M. J. and B. D. Leopold. 1999. Survival and cause-specific mortality of

hardwood seedlings in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Ecology and Management of

Bottomland Hardwood Systems: The State of Our Understanding. Pages 119-123.

8. Bowman, J. L., B. T. Bond, B. D. Leopold, M. J. Chamberlain, and J. M. Ross. 1999.

Effect of harvest on previously unexploited populations of fox and gray squirrels.

Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 53:282-295.

9. Chamberlain, M. J. and B. D. Leopold. 1999. Dietary patterns of sympatric bobcats

and coyotes in central Mississippi. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of

Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 53:204-219.

10. Chamberlain, M. J., J. W. Mangrum, B. D. Leopold, and E. P. Hill. 1999. Evaluation

of four attractants for indices to monitor relative abundance of carnivores. Proceedings of

the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 53:296-304.

11. Chamberlain, M. J., J. M. Ross, and B. D. Leopold. 1999. Influence of forest

management and microhabitat conditions on abundance of southern fox and gray

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squirrels. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

53:402-414.

12. Hodges, K. M., M. J. Chamberlain, and B. D. Leopold. 2000. Effects of summer

hunting on ranging behavior of adult raccoons in central Mississippi. Journal of Wildlife


13. Chamberlain, M. J., and B. D. Leopold. 2000. Spatial use patterns, seasonal habitat

selection, and interactions among adult gray foxes in Mississippi. Journal of Wildlife


14. Miller, D. A., M. J. Chamberlain, G. A. Hurst, and B. D. Leopold. 2000. Lessons from

Tallahala: What have we learned for turkey management into the 21st century?

Proceedings of the National Wild Turkey Symposium 8:23-33.

15. Chamberlain, M. J. and B. D. Leopold. 2000. Habitat sampling and selection by female

wild turkeys during preincubation. The Wilson Bulletin. 112:326-331.

16. Chamberlain, M. J., B. D. Leopold, and L. W. Burger. 2000. Characteristics of roost

sites of adult wild turkey females. Journal of Wildlife Management. 64:1025-1032.

17. Chamberlain, M. J., B. D. Leopold, K. M. Hodges, and J. G. Burton. 2000. Space use

and movements of raccoons in two forested ecosystems. Proceedings of the Southeastern

Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 54:391-399.

18. Chamberlain, M. J., C. D. Lovell, and B. D. Leopold. 2000. Spatial use patterns,

habitat selection, and interactions among adult coyotes in central Mississippi. Canadian

Journal of Zoology 78:1-9.

19. Chamberlain, M. J., and B. D. Leopold. 2001. Survival and cause-specific mortality of

adult coyotes in Mississippi. American Midland Naturalist 145:414-418.

20. Conner, L. M., M. J. Chamberlain, and B. D. Leopold. 2001. Bobcat home range size

relative to habitat quality. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and

Wildlife Agencies 55:418-426.

21. Greenfield, K. C., L. W. Burger, Jr., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2001. Herbicide

application and prescribed fire as habitat management tools for northern bobwhite in

Conservation Reserve Program fields. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of

Fish and Wildlife Agencies 55:445-455.

22. Williamson, S. C., L. W. Burger, S. Demarais, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2001. Effects

of northern bobwhite habitat management practices on red-imported fire ants. Quail V:

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Proceedings of the Fifth National Quail Symposium. 5:136-140.

23. Chamberlain, M. J., L. M. Conner, and B. D. Leopold. 2002. Seasonal habitat selection

of raccoons in intensively managed pine forests of central Mississippi. American

Midland Naturalist 147:102-108.

24. Greenfield, K. C., L. W. Burger, Jr., M. J. Chamberlain, and E. W. Kurzejeski. 2002.

Vegetation management practices on Conservation Reserve Program fields to improve

northern bobwhite habitat quality. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30:527-538.

25. Chamberlain, M. J., and B. D. Leopold. 2002. Movements and space use of gray foxes

(Urocyon cinereoargenteus) following mate loss. American Midland Naturalist

147:409-412.

26. Chamberlain, M. J., and B. D. Leopold. 2002. Spatio-temporal relationships among

adult raccoons (Procyon lotor) in central Mississippi. American Midland Naturalist.

148:297-308.

27. Leopold, B. D., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2002. Predator management: Here we go

again? Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

56:239-254.

28. Chamberlain, M. J., and B. D. Leopold. 2003. Effects of flooding on relative

abundance and diversity of small mammals in a regenerating bottomland hardwood

forest. The Southwestern Naturalist. 48:306-309.

29. Chamberlain, M. J., L. M. Conner, B. D. Leopold, and K. M. Hodges. 2003. Space use

and multi-scale habitat selection of adult raccoons in central Mississippi. Journal of

Wildlife Management. 67:334-340.

30. Greenfield, K. C., M. J. Chamberlain, L. W. Burger, Jr., and E. W. Kurzejeski. 2003.

Effects of prescribed burning and discing on Conservation Reserve Program fields and

habitat quality for northern bobwhite in Mississippi. American Midland Naturalist.

149:344-353.

31. Chamberlain, M. J., B. D. Leopold, and L. M. Conner. 2003. Space use, movements,

and habitat selection of adult bobcats in central Mississippi. American Midland

Naturalist. 149:395-405.

32. Van Why, K. R., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2003. Mortality of Louisiana black bears

associated with elevated train trestles. Canadian Field-Naturalist. 117:113-115.

33. Van Why, K. R., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2003. Sportsmen knowledge and opinions on

restoring the Louisiana black bear. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish

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and Wildlife Agencies. 57:299-307.

34. Scognamillo, D. A, M. J. Chamberlain, and G. Linscombe. 2003. Spatial and temporal

trends in river otter distribution in Louisiana. Proceedings of the Southeastern


35. Henner, C. M., M. J. Chamberlain, B. D. Leopold, and L. W. Burger, Jr. 2004. A

multi-resolution assessment of raccoon den site selection. Journal of Wildlife

Management. 68:179-187.

36. Benson,, J. F., M. J. Chamberlain, and B. D. Leopold. 2004. Land tenure and home

range replacement in bobcats. Journal of Mammalogy. 85:983-988.

37. Austin, J., M. J. Chamberlain, B. D. Leopold, and L. W. Burger, Jr. 2004. An

evaluation of 2 trap types for capturing raccoons. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 32:351-356.

38. Jones, J. J., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2004. Efficacy of herbicides and fire to improve

vegetative conditions for northern bobwhite in mature pine forests. Wildlife Society

Bulletin. 32:1077-1084.

39. Chamberlain, M. J., J. Constible, B. D. Leopold, K. M. Hodges, and J. G. Burton.

2004. Relationships between landscape characteristics and space use of raccoons in two

managed pine forests. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife

Agencies. 58:228-237.

40. Chamberlain, M. J., and B. D. Leopold. 2005. Overlap in space use among bobcats,

coyotes, and gray foxes in central Mississippi. American Midland Naturalist. 153:178-

186.

41. Richkus, K. J., F. C. Rohwer, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2005. Survival and cause-

specific mortality of northern pintails in southern Saskatchewan. Journal of Wildlife


42. Chamberlain, M. J., and L. W. Burger, Jr. 2005. Landscape-level effects of red-

cockaded woodpecker management on bobwhite abundance and distribution.

Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 59:10-16.

43. Wilson, W. E., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2005. Survival and nest success of wild turkey

females in bottomland hardwood forests of Louisiana. Proceedings of the Southeastern


44. Wilson, W. E., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2005. Space use and habitat selection of wild

turkey females in bottomland hardwood forests of Louisiana. Proceedings of the

Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 59:114-125.

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45. Constible, J. M. , M. J. Chamberlain, and B. D. Leopold. 2006. Relationships between

landscape patterns and space use of three mammalian predators. American Midland


46. Benson, J. F., M. J. Chamberlain, and B. D. Leopold. 2006. Regulation of space use in

a solitary felid: population density or prey availability? Animal Behavior 71:685-693.

47. Benson, J. F., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2006. Food habits of Louisiana black bears

(Ursus americanus luteolus) in the Tensas river basin of northeast Louisiana. American

Midland Naturalist. 156:118-127.

48. Benson, J. F., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2006. Cub adoption by a translocated Louisiana

black bear. Ursus. 17:178-181.

49. Plowman, B. W., L. M. Conner, M. J. Chamberlain, B. D. Leopold, and L. W. Burger.

2006. Annual dynamics of bobcat (Lynx rufus) home range and core areas in Mississippi.

American Midland Naturalist. 156:386-393.

50. Chodachek, K. D., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2006. Effects of predator removal on

grassland fragments to benefit upland nesting ducks in North Dakota. Prairie Naturalist.

38:25-37.

51. Scognamillo, D. G., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2006. Forecasting models for river otter

harvest in Louisiana. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife

Agencies. 60:25-32.

52. Chamberlain, M. J., and D. A. Miller. 2006. Effects of 2 site preparation techniques on

quantity and quality of forage plants for white-tailed deer. Proceedings of the


53. Benson, J. F., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2007. Space use and habitat selection by female

Louisiana black bears in the Tensas River Basin of Louisiana. Journal of Wildlife

Management. 71:117:126.

54. LeGrand, H. G., M. J. Chamberlain, and B. E. Moser. 2007. Breeding bird

communities in a managed even-aged loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) forest in eastern

Louisiana. American Midland Naturalist. 157:329-344.

55. Chamberlain, M. J., J. Austin, B. D. Leopold, and L. W. Burger, Jr. 2007. Effects of

landscape composition and structure on core use areas of raccoons (Procyon lotor) in a

prairie landscape. American Midland Naturalist. 158:113:122.

56. Gerhold, R. W., A. B. Allison, D. L. Temple, M. J. Chamberlain, K. Strait, and M. K.

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Keel. 2007. Infectious canine hepatitis in a gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus).

Journal of Wildlife Disease. 43:734-736.

57. Benson, J. F., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2007. Space use, movements, survival, and

reproduction of reintroduced female Louisiana black bears. Journal of Wildlife


58. Chamberlain, M. J., and L. W. Burger, Jr. 2007. Efficacy of spring herbicide

applications for fescue control: a comparison of 3 products. Proceedings of the


59. Burke, J., M. J. Chamberlain, and J. E. Geaghan. 2008. Effects of understory

vegetation management techniques on aspects of brood habitat for northern bobwhites.

Journal of Wildlife Management. 72:1361-1368.

60. Miller, D. A., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2008. Plant community response to burning and

herbicides during site preparation in eastern Louisiana, USA. Forest Ecology and


61. Latch, E. K., D. G. Scognamillo, J. A. Fike, M. J. Chamberlain, and O. E. Rhodes, Jr.

2008. Landscape genetic structure of river otters in Louisiana. Journal of Heredity. 99-

265-274.

62. Leigh, J., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2008. Effects of aversive conditioning on behavior

of nuisance Louisiana black bears. Human-Wildlife Conflicts. 2:175-182.

63. Grisham, B. A., M. J. Chamberlain, and F. G. Kimmel. 2008. Spatial ecology and

survival of male wild turkeys in a bottomland hardwood forest. Proceedings of the


64. Van Den Bussche, R. A., J. B. Lack, D. P. Onorato, E. C. Hellgren, L. C. Gardner-

Santana, B. R. McKinney, J. D. Villalobos, M. J. Chamberlain, and D. White. 2009.

Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of black bears (Ursus americanus) in central and

southern North America: conservation implications. Journal of Mammalogy. 90:1075-

1082.

65. Norris, J. L., M. J. Chamberlain , and D. J. Twedt. 2009. Effects of wildlife forestry on

abundance of breeding birds in bottomland hardwood forests of Louisiana. Journal of

Wildlife Management. 73:1368-1379.

66. Hinton, J. W., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2010. Space and habitat use of red wolves and

their pups during pup-rearing. Journal of Wildlife Management. 74:55-58.

67. Temple, D. L., M. J. Chamberlain, and L. M. Conner. 2010. Spatial Ecology, Survival,

and Cause-Specific Mortality of Gray Foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in a Longleaf

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Pine Ecosystem. American Midland Naturalist. 163:413-422.

68. Thayer, J. W., M. J. Chamberlain, and S. Durham. 2009. Survival and space use of

male white-tailed deer in a bottomland forest of Louisiana. Proceedings of the


69. Crook, A. C., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2010. Den selection of Louisiana black bears at

multiple spatial scales. Journal of Wildlife Management. 74:1639:1647.

70. Norris, J. L., H. G. LeGrand, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2010. Microhabitat

Characteristics as Predictors of Occupancy by Bachman’s Sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis)

in a Fire-Managed Pine Forest of Louisiana. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association

of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 64:9-12.

71. Guthrie, J. D., M. E. Byrne, J. Hardin, C. Kochanny, T. Snelgrove, K. Skow, M. J. Butler,

M. J. Peterson, M. J. Chamberlain, and B. A. Collier. 2011. Evaluation of a µGPS

Backpack Transmitter for Wild Turkey Research. Journal of Wildlife Management.

75:539-547.

72. Collier, B. A., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2011. Redirecting Research for Wild Turkeys

Using Global Positioning System Transmitters. Proceedings of the National Wild Turkey

Symposium. 10:81-92.

73. Herbez, E., M. J. Chamberlain, and D. Wood. 2011. Success of using adult red-

cockaded woodpeckers for translocations. Journal of Wildlife Management. 75:1568-

1573.

74. Byrne, M. E., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2011. Seasonal Space Use and Habitat Selection

of Adult Raccoons (Procyon lotor) in a Louisiana Bottomland Hardwood Forest.

American Midland Naturalist. 166:426-434.

75. Byrne, M. E., M. J. Chamberlain, and F. G. Kimmel. 2011. Seasonal Space Use and

Habitat Selection of Female Wild Turkeys in a Louisiana Bottomland Hardwood Forest.

Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 65:8-14.

76. Chamberlain, M. J., J. L. Norris, B. L. Grisham, N. J. Stafford, F. G. Kimmel, and M.

W. Olinde. 2012. Effects of variable spring harvest regimes on annual survival and band

recovery rates of male wild turkeys in southeastern Louisiana. Journal of Wildlife


77. Grace, J. L., M. J. Chamberlain, D. A. Miller, and P. C. Stouffer. 2011. Effects of Row

Spacing and Debris Distribution on Vegetation Communities in Newly Established

Loblolly-Pine Plantations in Louisiana. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of

Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 65:38-44.

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78. Hinton, J. W., M. J. Chamberlain, and F. T. VanManen. 2012. Long-distance dispersal

of coyotes in northeastern North Carolina. American Midland Naturalist. 168:281-288.

79. Pieron, M. R., F. C. Rohwer, M. J. Chamberlain, M. D. Kaller, and J. Lancaster. 2013.

Breeding pair duck response to predator reduction in North Dakota. Journal of Wildlife


80. Byrne, M. E., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2012. Using first-passage time analysis to link

behavior and habitat characteristics in the foraging paths of a terrestrial predator – the

raccoon. Animal Behaviour. 84:593-601.

81. Byrne, M. E., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2013. Nesting ecology of wild turkeys in a

bottomland hardwood forest. American Midland Naturalist. 170:95-110.

82. Chamberlain, M. J., M. E. Byrne, N. J. Stafford, K. L. Skow, and B. E. Collier. 2013.

Wild Turkey Movements During Flooding After Opening of Morganza Spillway,

Louisiana. Southeastern Naturalist. 12:93-98.

83. Harrelson, J. H., M. E. Byrne, M. J. Chamberlain, and S. Durham. 2012. Population

characteristics of a white-tailed deer herd in an industrial pine forest of north-central

Louisiana. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

66:126-132.

84. Grace, J. L., M. J. Chamberlain, and D. A. Miller. 2012. Effects of row spacing and

debris distribution on deer forage and carrying capacity in newly established loblolly-pine

plantations in Louisiana. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and

Wildlife Agencies. 66:133-139.

85. Hinton, J. W., M. J. Chamberlain, and D. R. Rabon. 2013. Red wolf (Canis rufus)

recovery: a review with suggestions for future research. Animals. 3:722-744.

86. Byrne, M. E., M. J. Chamberlain, J. G. Dickson, L. Savage, and N. J. Stafford. 2013.

Survival and recovery rates of male wild turkeys on private lands in north-central

Louisiana. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

67: in press.

87. Byrne, M. E., J. D. Guthrie, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2014. Evaluating

wild turkey movement ecology: an example using first-passage time analysis. Wildlife

Society Bulletin. 38:407-413.

88. Byrne, M. E., J. C. McCoy, J. W. Hinton, M. J. Chamberlain, and B. A. Collier. 2014.

Using dynamic Brownian bridge movement modeling to measure temporal patterns of

habitat selection. Journal of Animal Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12205.

89. Owens, F. L., P. C. Stouffer, M. J. Chamberlain, and D. A. Miller. 2014. Early-

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successional breeding bird communities in intensively managed pine plantations:

influence of two site preparations on disturbance-dependent species. Southeastern


90. Hinton, J. W., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2014. Morphometric analysis of red wolves,

coyotes, and their hybrids in northeastern North Carolina. Journal of Mammalogy.

95:855-8691.

91. Ruttinger, J. A., D. S. Colbert, R. J. Warren, L. M. Conner, and M. J. Chamberlain.

2014. Using thermal imaging cameras with radio-telemetry to locate roost sites of male

wild turkeys. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 38:884-886.

92. Little, A. R., M. W. Streich, M. J. Chamberlain, L. M. Conner, and R. W. Warren.

2014. Effects of growing-season prescribed fire on eastern wild turkey nest success and

poult survival in southwestern Georgia. Forest Ecology and Management. 331:180-187.

93. Brzeski, K. E., D. R. Rabon, M. J. Chamberlain, L. P. Waits, and S. S. Taylor. 2014.

Inbreeding and inbreeding depression in endangered red wolves (Canis rufus). Molecular

Ecology. 23:4241-4255.

94. Hickman, J. E., W. E. Gulsby, M. E. Byrne, M. J. Chamberlain, and K. V. Miller. 2014.

Home range, habitat use, and movements of female coyotes in Georgia: Implications for

fawn predation. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

2:144-150.

95. Gross, J. T., B. S. Cohen, T. J. Prebyl, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2014. Movements of

wild turkey hunters during spring in Louisiana. Journal of the Southeastern Association

of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 2:127-130.

96. Streich, M. M., A. R. Little, M. J. Chamberlain, L. M. Conner, and R. J. Warren. 2014.

Habitat characteristics of eastern wild turkey nest and ground-roost sites in 2 longleaf

pine forests. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

2:164-170.

97. Gross, J. T., B. S. Cohen, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Influences of

hunting on movements of male wild turkeys during spring. Proceedings of the National

Wild Turkey Symposium. In press.

98. Conley, M. D., J. G. Oetgen, J. Barrow, M. J. Chamberlain, K. L. Skow, and B. A.

Collier. 2015. Habitat selection, incubation range, and incubating recess movements of

female Rio Grande wild turkeys in Texas. Proceedings of the National Wild Turkey

Symposium. In press.

99. Gross, J. T., A. R. Little, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2014. Space use, daily

movements, and roosting behavior of male wild turkeys during spring in Louisiana and

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Texas. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 2:229-

234.

100. Horrell, L. B., K. V. Miller, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2014. Geographical variation in

nutritional quality of white-tailed deer forage plants in Louisiana. Journal of the


101. Byrne, M. E., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Using raccoon behavior to characterize

the nature and potential threat of predation on wild turkey nests in a bottomland

hardwood system. Proceedings of the National Wild Turkey Symposium. In press.

102. Hinton, J. W., F. T. van Manen, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Space use and habitat

selection by resident and transient coyotes (Canis latrans). PLos One. In press.

103. Colbert, D. S., J. A. Ruttinger, M. W. Streich, M. J. Chamberlain, L. M. Conner, and R.

J. Warren. 2015. Application of autonomous recording units to monitor eastern wild

turkey gobbling activity in southwestern Georgia. Wildlife Society Bulletin. In press.

104. Byrne, M. E., M. J. Chamberlain, and B. A. Collier. 2015. A retrospective analysis of

trends in wild turkey productivity in the southeastern United States. Proceedings of the

National Wild Turkey Symposium. In press.

105. Byrne, M. E., B. C. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Roosting behavior of wild

turkeys quantified using global positioning system transmitters. Proceedings of the

National Wild Turkey Symposium. In press.

106. Hinton, J. W., K. E. Brzeski, D. R. Rabon, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Effects of

anthropogenic-caused mortality on red wolf breeding pairs: implications for red wolf

recovery. Oryx. In press.

107. Cohen, B. S., T. J. Prebyl, N. J. Stafford, III, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain.

2015. Space use, movements, and habitat selection of translocated eastern wild turkeys.

Proceedings of the National Wild Turkey Symposium.

In Review

Little, A. R., L. M. Conner, N. P. Nibbelink, R. J. Warren, and M. J. Chamberlain.

2015. Bobcat resource selection in a fire-maintained forest. Forest Ecology and

Management.

Hinton, J. W., A. K. Ashley, J. A. Dellinger, J. McVey, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015.

Prey selection of red wolves (Canis rufus) and coyotes (Canis latrans) in eastern North

Carolina. Southeastern Naturalist.

Laufenberg, J., J. D. Clark, M. J. Chamberlain, R. B. Chandler, M. M. Davidson, M. J.

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Hooker, C. L. Lowe, K. O’Connell-Goode, and J. C. Troxler. 2015. A population

viability assessment for Louisiana black bears in the lower Mississippi alluvial valley of

Louisiana, USA. Wildlife Monographs.

Hinton, J. W., D. Rabon, G. C. White, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Mortality trends

and survival rates of endangered red wolves (Canis rufus): 25 years of lessons in

recovery and management. Animal Conservation.

Hinton, J. W., D. R. Rabon, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Strategies for red wolf

recovery and management: a response to Way (2014). Canid Biology and Conservation.

Simoneaux, T. N., B. S. Cohen, E. A. Cooney, R. M. Shuman, M. J. Chamberlain, and

K. V. Miller. 2015. Fine-scale movements of adult male white-tailed deer in

northeastern Louisiana during the hunting season. Journal of the Southeastern

Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

Little, A. R., C. M. Perez, M. J. Chamberlain, L. M. Conner, and R. J. Warren. 2015.

Eastern wild turkey space use and resource selection in frequently-burned longleaf pine

forests. Forest Ecology and Management.

Simoneaux, T. N., B. S. Cohen, E. A. Cooney, R. M. Shuman, M. J. Chamberlain, and

K. V. Miller. 2015. Seasonal and fine-scale movements and space use of adult male

white-tailed deer in northeastern Louisiana. Wildlife Biology.

Little, A. R., M. J. Conroy, M. J. Chamberlain, L. M. Conner, and R. J. Warren. 2015.

Survival and cause-specific mortality of female eastern wild turkeys in 2 longleaf pine

forests. Journal of Wildlife Management.

Collier, B. A., M. Braun, J. R. Heffelfinger, K. Skow, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015.

Movements of a translocated female Gould’s wild turkey in Arizona. Southwestern

Naturalist.

Gray, C. A., M. J. Hooker, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Reproductive biology and

denning ecology of the American black bear in an isolated population in central Georgia,

USA. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Abstract

only.

Pollander, K., G. Balkcom, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Movements and timing of

long distance movements of mottled ducks on the Georgia and South Carolina coasts.

Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Abstract only.

Books/Book Chapters

Chamberlain, M. J. and B. D. Leopold. 2001. Omnivorous furbearers. Pages 278-292

in J. G. Dickson, editor. Wildlife of Southern Forests: Habitat and Management.

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Hancock House Publishers, Blaine, Washington, USA.

Leopold, B. D. and M. J. Chamberlain. 2001. Carnivorous furbearers. Pages 248-277

in J. G. Dickson, editor. Wildlife of Southern Forests: Habitat and Management.

Hancock House Publishers, Blaine, Washington, USA.

Bowman, J. L. and M. J. Chamberlain. 2001. Squirrels. Pages 176-185 in J. G.

Dickson, editor. Wildlife of Southern Forests: Habitat and Management. Hancock

House Publishers, Blaine, Washington, USA.

Gray, M. J., M. J. Chamberlain, D. A. Buehler, and W. B. Sutton. 2012. Wetland

wildlife monitoring and assessment. In C. A. Davis, J. T. Anderson and W. C. Conway,

editors. Wetland Techniques, Bentham Science, Oak Park, Illinois, USA. In press.

Peer-edited publications

Chamberlain, M. J., and B. D. Leopold. 2000. Spatio-temporal relationships among

adult bobcats in central Mississippi. Pages 45-50 in Woolf, A., C. K. Nielsen, and R. D.

Bluett, editors. Proceedings of a symposium on current bobcat research and implications

for management. The Wildlife Society 2000 Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, USA..

Conner, L. M., B. D. Leopold, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2000. Multivariate habitat

models for bobcats in southern forested landscapes. Pages 51-55 in Woolf, A., C. K.

Nielsen, and R. D. Bluett, editors. Proceedings of a symposium on current bobcat

research and implications for management. The Wildlife Society 2000 Conference,

Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Non-peer reviewed publications

Chamberlain, M. J., D. A. Miller, G. A. Hurst, and B. D. Leopold. 1995. Comparison

of predation rates on wild turkey hens in two forest ecosystems in Mississippi.

Proceedings of the Eastern Damage Management Workshop. 7:abstract only.

Chamberlain, M. J., G. A. Hurst, and B. D. Leopold. 1995. Survival rates of wild

turkey hens in bottomland hardwood forests in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley.

Mississippi Chapter of the Wildlife Society. Abstract only.

Miller, D. A., M. Weinstein, M. J. Chamberlain, W. E. Palmer, G. A. Hurst, and B. D.

Leopold. 1995. Ecological importance of southern forested wetlands for the wild turkey.

Proceedings of the Southern Forested Wetlands Ecology and Management Conference

1:36-38.

Chamberlain, M. J. and B. D. Leopold. 1996. Preliminary hardwood seedling survival

rates in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Mississippi Chapter of the Wildlife Society.

Abstract only.

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Chamberlain, M. J., G. A. Hurst, and B. D. Leopold. 1996. Preliminary survival and

habitat use of juvenile wild turkeys in central Mississippi. Midwest Fish and Wildlife

Conference. Abstract only.

Chamberlain, M. J., B. D. Leopold, and C. D. Lovell. 1997. Effectiveness of using

snap-traps to monitor trends in relative abundance of small mammals in central

Mississippi. Mammal Trapping Symposium, Edmonton, Alberta. Abstract only.

Bowman, J. L., M. J. Chamberlain, B. D. Leopold, and B. W. Plowman. 1999. Bobcats

as biological control agents. National Wildlife Society Conference, Austin, Texas.

Abstract only.

Chamberlain, M. J. and B. D. Leopold. 1999. Survival and cause-specific mortality

rates of sympatric coyotes and gray fox in central Mississippi. National Wildlife Society

Conference, Austin, TX. Abstract only.

Burger, Jr., L. W., M. J. Chamberlain, K. D. Godwin, and B. L. Watkins. 2000.

Management of introduced vegetation in restoration of native plant communities on

Blackland Prairie soils in Mississippi. Blackland Prairies of the Gulf Coastal Plain:

Culture, Nature, and Sustainability. Starkville, MS.

Jones, B. J., G. A. Hurst, J. E. Inglis, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2002. Wild turkey nest

site selection on an area managed for red-cockaded woodpecker habitat: potential impacts

of spring burning and changes in vegetation structure. 9th

Annual Wildlife Society

National Conference. Bismarck, ND. Abstract only.


adult raccoons in central Mississippi. 9th

Annual Wildlife Society National Conference.

Bismarck, ND. Abstract only.

Van Why, K., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2002. Restoration of the Louisiana Black Bear.

9th

Annual Wildlife Society National Conference. Bismarck, ND. Abstract only.

Van Why, K. R., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2003. The influence of neonatal cubs on

exploratory movements of relocated black bears using a winter release method. 10th

Annual Wildlife Society Conference, Burlington, VT. Abstract only.

Landry, K. E., L. M. Hooper-Bui, M. J. Chamberlain, and L. E. Womack. 2004.

Assessment of landscape-level impacts of red-imported fire ants on native invertebrate

communities in pine-dominated forests. Annual Red-Imported Fire Ant Conference.

Baton Rouge, LA. Abstract only.

Scognamillo, D. A., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2004. River otters as an indicator of water

quality in Louisiana. 9th

International Otter Colloquium. Frostburg, Maryland, USA.

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Abstract only.

Scognamillo, D. A., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2004. Trapping otters in Louisiana:

temporal and spatial trends. 9th

International Otter Colloquium. Frostburg, Maryland,

USA. Abstract only.

Benson, J. F., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2004. Home range and movement patterns of

reintroduced Louisiana black bears. National Wildlife Society Conference, Calgary,

Alberta. Abstract only.

LeGrand, H., J. M. Constible, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2004. Herpetofauna

assemblages in a managed bottomland hardwood forest in southcentral Louisiana.

National Wildlife Society Conference, Calgary, Alberta. Abstract only.

Scognamillo, D. A., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2004. River otter as an indicator of

mercury levels in streams of central Louisiana. National Wildlife Society Conference,

Calgary, Alberta. Abstract only.

Benson, J. F., M. J. Chamberlain, and B. D. Leopold. 2004. Land tenure and home

range replacement in bobcats. National Wildlife Society Conference, Calgary, Alberta.

Abstract only.

Benson, J. F., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2005. Influence of Landscape and Reproductive

Status on Space Use of Female Louisiana Black Bears. American Society of

Mammalogists Annual Meeting. Abstract only.

Scognamillo, D. G., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2005. Cyclic Dynamics in River Otter

(Lontra canadensis) Populations in Louisiana as Inferred from Harvest Data. American

Society of Mammalogists Annual Meeting. Abstract only.

Chamberlain, M. J., and D. A. Miller. 2006. Effects of 2 site preparation techniques on

availability of white-tailed deer forage plants. Southeast Deer Study Group. Abstract

only.

Bordelon, S., J. A. Nyman, D. G. Scognamillo, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2006.

Studying white-tailed deer abundance and herbivory in a coastal bottomland hardwood

forest. Southeast Deer Study Group. Abstract only.

Temple, D.L., L. M. Conner, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2006. Survival and cause-

specific mortality of gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in southwestern Georgia.

National Wildlife Society Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska. Abstract only.

Baggett, J. L., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2007. Effects of aversive conditioning on

nuisance Louisiana black bear behavior. 19th

Eastern Black Bear Workshop.

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behavior of nuisance Louisiana black bears. National Wildlife Society Conference,

Tucson, Arizona. Abstract only.

Temple, D.L., L. M. Conner, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2007. Spatial ecology of gray

foxes on a longleaf pine forest and the surrounding landscape in southwest Georgia.

National Wildlife Society Conference, Tucson, Arizona. Abstract only.

Chamberlain, M. J., and C. Johnson. 2008. Manuscript guidelines for the Journal of

Wildlife Management. Journal of Wildlife Management 72(1, Supplement).

Chamberlain, M. J. 2008. An attention getter! Journal of Wildlife Management. 72:1-

3 (Editor’s message).

Chamberlain, M. J. 2008. A note about notes. Journal of Wildlife Management.

72:341-342 (Editor’s message).

Chamberlain, M. J. 2008. The big picture. Journal of Wildlife Management. 72:587-

588 (Editor’s message).

Chamberlain, M. J. 2008. What’s in a name?. Journal of Wildlife Management.


Chamberlain, M. J. 2008. Are we sacrificing biology for statistics?. Journal of

Wildlife Management. 72:1057-1058 (Editor’s message).

Chamberlain, M. J. 2008. You missed the point. Journal of Wildlife Management.


Chamberlain, M. J. 2008. Are you ready for some football?. Journal of Wildlife

Management. 72:1459-1460 (Editor’s message).

Chamberlain, M. J. 2008. Providing a quality manuscript review. Journal of Wildlife


Grisham, B. A., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2008. Spatial ecology and survival of wild

turkey gobblers in a bottomland forest of Louisiana. National Wildlife Society

Conference, Miami, Florida. Abstract only.

Herbez, E., M. J. Chamberlain, and D. Wood. 2008. Feasibility of using adult red-

cockaded woodpeckers for translocations. National Wildlife Society Conference, Miami,

Florida. Abstract only.

Norris, J. L., M. J. Chamberlain, and D. J. Twedt. 2008. Influence of Silvicultural

Activities on Density of Breeding Birds within Bottomland Hardwood Forests of

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Louisiana. National Wildlife Society Conference, Miami, Florida. Abstract only.

Norris, J. L., B. A. Grisham, M. J. Chamberlain, F. G. Kimmel, M. W. Olinde, and N. J.

Stafford. 2008. Influence of Different Spring Harvest Regimes on Annual Survival and

Recovery Rates of Male Wild Turkeys in Southeast Louisiana. National Wildlife Society

Conference, Miami, Florida. Abstract only.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2009. Are the days of data exploration gone? Journal of Wildlife


Chamberlain, M. J. 2009. In pursuit of elegance in presentation. Journal of Wildlife


Chamberlain, M. J. 2009. What constitutes a research note? Journal of Wildlife


Chamberlain, M. J. 2009. The motivation to publish. Journal of Wildlife


Chamberlain, M. J. 2009. Communication through writing. Journal of Wildlife


Chamberlain, M. J. 2009. Doing your part during the revision process. Journal of

Wildlife Management. 73:815-816 (Editor’s message).

Chamberlain, M. J. 2009. The importance of criticism and of keeping it in perspective.

Journal of Wildlife Management. 73:1029-1030 (Editor’s message).

Chamberlain, M. J. 2009. Parting thoughts. Journal of Wildlife Management.


Horrell, L. B., M. J. Chamberlain, and S. Durham. 2011. Estimating a nutritional

carrying capacity for white-tailed deer within 9 primary habitats across Louisiana.

Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Waikoloa, Hawaii. Abstract only.

Grace, J. L., M. J. Chamberlain, D. A. Miller, and P. C. Stouffer. 2011. Effects of Row


Loblolly-Pine Plantations in Louisiana. Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Waikoloa,

Hawaii. Abstract only.

Brzeski, K. E., S. Taylor, M. J. Chamberlain, and D. R. Rabon, Jr. 2011. Levels of

inbreeding and inbreeding depression in wild red wolves. Wildlife Society Annual

Conference, Waikoloa, Hawaii. Abstract only.

Byrne, M. E., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2011. Area-restricted search behavior in the

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nightly movements of raccoons. Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Waikoloa, Hawaii.

Abstract only.

Williams, M. M., C. Perez, J. A. Ruttinger, D. S. Colbert, M. J. Chamberlain, L. M.

Conner, and R. J. Warren. 2012. The effects of growing-season prescribed fire on

eastern wild turkey nesting ecology and poult survival in southwestern Georgia. Warnell

Graduate Student Association Annual Meeting, Athens, Georgia.

Harrelson, J. H., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2012. Space use, habitat selection, and

survival of white-tailed deer in north Louisiana. Southeast Deer Study Group Meeting,

San Destin, Florida. Abstract only.

Hinton, J. W., M. J. Chamberlain, and F. T. VanManen. 2012. Space use and habitat

selection of coyotes in northeastern North Carolina. National Wildlife Society

Conference, Portland, Oregon. Abstract only.



eastern wild turkey nesting ecology and poult survival in southwestern Georgia.

Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Hot Springs,

AR. Abstract only.

Gray, C. A., M. J. Hooker, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2014. Denning ecology and

reproductive biology of the American black bear (Ursus americanus) in an isolated

population in central Georgia, USA. International Bear Association Annual Conference.

Abstract only.

Hooker, M. J., C. A. Gray, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2014. An observation of pyroderma

(bacterial dermatitis) in a neonate American black bear (Ursus americanus) from central

Georgia, USA. International Bear Association Annual Conference. Thessaloniki,

Greece. Abstract only.

Hooker, M. J., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2014. Highway-related movement of American

black bear (Ursus americanus) in central Georgia, USA. International Bear Association

Annual Conference. Thessaloniki, Greece. Abstract only.

Little, A. R., M. M. Streich, M. J. Chamberlain, L. M. Conner, and R. J. Warren. 2014.

Eastern wild turkey reproductive ecology in longleaf pine forests. National Wildlife

Society Conference, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Abstract only.

Gulsby, W., M. J. Chamberlain, and K. V. Miller. 2014. Thinking beyond the study

site to understand coyote effects on deer populations at the landscape scale. National

Wildlife Society Conference, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Abstract only.

Gross, J. T., B. S. Cohen, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Influences of

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hunting on movements of male wild turkeys during spring. Wildlife Society Annual

Conference. Winnepeg, MB. Abstract only.


2015. Bobcat resource selection in a fire-maintained forest. Wildlife Society Annual

Conference. Winnepeg, MB. Abstract only.

Unpublished Documents

Chamberlain, M. J. 1995. Ecology of wild turkeys in bottomland hardwood forests in

the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Thesis. Mississippi State University, Mississippi State,

MS, 82pp.

Chamberlain, M. J. and B. D. Leopold. 1995. Vertebrate monitoring of the Mississippi

Delta lands: Twin Oaks and Mahannah WMA's. Final Completion Report for U. S. Army

Corps of Engineers, Special Contract, 60pp.

Chamberlain, M. J. and B. D. Leopold. 1996. Faunal inventory and permanent

monitoring program for the Nutmeg Hickory RNA, Bienville National Forest. Final

Completion Report for U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Special Contract 7pp.

Chamberlain, M. J. 1999. Ecological relationships among bobcats, coyotes, gray foxes,

and raccoons, and their interactions with wild turkey hens. Dissertation, Mississippi State

University, Mississippi State, MS, 446pp.

Leopold, B. D., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2000. Ecology of carnivores in pine-

dominated systems. Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Annual Performance Report.

Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS. 12 pp.

Burger, Jr., L. W., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2000. Effects of management practices for

the red-cockaded woodpecker on relative abundance of northern bobwhite in mixed pine-

hardwood ecosystems of southern Mississippi. Final Completion Report for USDA

Forest Service, Special Contract 14pp.

Norris, J. L., M. J. Chamberlain, and D. J. Twedt. 2008. Assessing effects of forest

management and silvicultural activities on abundance and distribution of neotropical

migrant songbirds and herpetofauna. Final Report for State Wildlife Grants Program,

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. 66pp.

Publications in Progress

Hinton, J. W., M. J. Chamberlain, A. K. Ashley, and J. Gittleman. 2015. Factors

influencing coyote and red wolf diets in northeastern North Carolina. Animal

Conservation.

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Wetekamm, K. F., B. J. Irwin, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Changes in factors

influencing mallard recruitment in the Mississippi flyway from 1980-2011. Journal of

Wildlife Management.

Popular articles

Chamberlain, M. J., G. A. Hurst, and B. D. Leopold. 1997. Wild Turkey and Predator

Research. Pages 2-3 in Cycles of Nature, a Georgia-Pacific newsletter. Vol 6 (1).

Chamberlain, M. J., and B. D. Leopold. 1999. Coyotes: Rightfully Maligned or

Misunderstood. Mississippi Outdoors.

Chamberlain, M. J., and B. D. Leopold. 2000. Coyote menu: fuzz and roughage.

Turkey Call. January/February issue.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2000. Managing Your Forest for Bobwhite Quail: Build and

maintain a habitat that works. Forest Landowner. May/June issue.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2002. Restoring the Louisiana Black Bear to Suitable Habitats -

The Pilot Study Gains Steam. Louisiana Agriculture.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2002. Renovating Quail Habitat Using Herbicides. Louisiana

Agriculture.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2003. Restoration of the Louisiana black bear. The Wildlife

Society Restoration Working Group Newsletter.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2005. Managing Pine Stands to Benefit Bobwhite Populations.

Covey Rise.

Chamberlain, M. J., and J. D. J. Jones. 2006. Using Selective Herbicides and Fire to

Manage Pine Stands for Northern Bobwhites. Louisiana Agriculture.

Hinton, J. W., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2009. Understanding Interactions Between Red

Wolves and Coyotes. Research Matters. Publication of School of Renewable Natural

Resources.

Thayer, J. W., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2009. Two year Bottomland Forest Deer Study

Wrapping Up. Research Matters. Publication of School of Renewable Natural Resources.

Chamberlain, M. J., and M. Byrne. 2010. Using Global Positioning Systems to Better

Understand Wild Turkey Movements. Research Matters. Publication of School of

Renewable Natural Resources.

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Harrelson, J. H., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2010. White-tailed Deer Study Moves North.

Research Matters. Publication of School of Renewable Natural Resources.

Local Presentations

Chamberlain, M. J. 1995. Ecology of wild turkeys in bottomland hardwood forests in

the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Mississippi State, MS.

Chamberlain, M. J. 1995. Wild turkey hen survival rates in bottomland hardwood

forests in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Mississippi Chapter of the Wildlife Society,

Mississippi State, MS

Chamberlain, M. J. 1995. Vertebrate monitoring of the Mississippi Delta lands: Twin

Oaks and Mahannah WMA's. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Special Contract,

Mississippi State, MS.

Chamberlain, M. J., and B. D. Leopold. 1996. Preliminary hardwood seedling survival

rates in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Mississippi Chapter of the Wildlife Society,

Jackson, MS

Chamberlain, M. J. 1997. Predator Control: Are We Headed in the Right Direction?

The Mississippi State Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Mississippi State, MS.

Chamberlain, M. J., and B. D. Leopold. 1997. Effects of Flooding on Relative

Abundance and Diversity of Small Mammals in a Regenerating Bottomland Hardwood

Forest. Mississippi Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Mississippi State, MS

Chamberlain, M. J., and B. D. Leopold. 1999. Science-based Carnivore Management:

A Review of Current Perspectives. Mississippi Chapter of the Wildlife Society,

Vicksburg, MS.

Chamberlain, M. J. 1999. Ecological relationships among bobcats, coyotes, gray fox,

and raccoons, and their interactions with wild turkey hens. Mississippi State, MS.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2000. Quail, Turkey and Deer: Are They Compatible?. East

Feliciana Parish, LSU Cooperative Extension Service. Jackson, LA.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2000. Relationships among Louisianas predators. The Louisiana

State University Chapter of the Wildlife Society. Baton Rouge, LA.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2000. Artificial regeneration: Impacts on avian wildlife.

Continuing Education in Natural Resources. Louisiana State University Agricultural

Center. Ruston, LA.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2001. Predator Management: Implications for Gamebirds in the

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Southeast. Louisiana Wildlife Federation, Cypress Bend, LA.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2001. Spatial Technologies: Improving Inferences or Serving as

Aesthetics? Louisiana State University, Community of Scholars Seminar Series, Baton

Rouge, LA.

Van Why, K. R., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2002. Restoration of the Louisiana black

bear. Louisiana Association of Professional Biologists, Baton Rouge, LA.

Chodachek, K. D., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2002. Effects of predator management on

productivity of waterfowl in the northern prairies. Louisiana Association of Professional

Biologists, Baton Rouge, LA.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2002. Managing Native Habitat for White-tailed Deer. Continuing

Education in Natural Resources. Louisiana State University Agricultural Center.

DeRidder, LA.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2003. Ecology and Habitat Relationships of the Louisiana Black

Bear. Continuing Education Workshop on Forest Management, United States Fish and

Wildlife Service. Vicksburg, MS.

Van Why, K. R., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2003. Evaluation of Louisiana black bear

restoration: techniques, movements, and home range. Louisiana Academy of Sciences,

Gonzales, LA.

Scognamillo, D. A., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2003. River Otter as an Indicator of Water

Quality in Louisiana. Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Gonzales, LA.

Scognamillo, D. A., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2003. Spatial and Temporal Trends in

River Otter Abundance and Distribution in Louisiana. Louisiana Association of

Professional Biologists, Lafayette, LA.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2003. Management for northern bobwhite on Kisatchie National

Forest. Pineville, LA.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2003. Living with black bears. Madison and Tensas Parish

Landowners Association. St. Joseph, LA.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2004. What about predators? Second Ark-La-Miss Wildlife

Management Symposium. The Wild Turkey: Americas Bird. March 2004. Ruston,

LA.

Scognamillo, D. A., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2004. As assessment of water quality in

central Louisiana using river otters. Louisiana Association of Professional Biologists,

Lafayette, LA.

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Chamberlain, M. J. 2004. Research on the Louisiana black bear. Deans Breakfast

Seminar. Louisiana State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2005. Louisiana black bear research on Tensas National Wildlife

Refuge. Biological Review of Tensas National Wildlife Refuge, United States Fish and

Wildlife Service, Tallulah, LA.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2005. Effects of silvicultural practices on non-game birds on

Sherburne Wildlife Management Area. Workshop entitled Managing non-game birds in

hardwood forests and other unique habitats, jointly sponsored by LSU AgCenter and

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Krotz Springs, LA.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2005. Restoration, viability, and management of the Louisiana

black bear. Louisiana Association of Professional Biologists annual meeting. Lafayette,

LA.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2006. Black bear research in Louisiana. Saturday seminar series,

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2007. Preliminary results of white-tailed deer telemetry study.

Quality Deer Management Short Course, Baton Rouge.

Thayer, J. W., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2007. White-tailed deer research in West Baton

Rouge Parish. Choctaw Quality Deer Management Association Cooperative Meeting,

Baton Rouge, LA.


Rouge Parish. Quality Deer Management Association Field Day, Baton Rouge, LA.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2008. Update on wild turkey research on Sherburne Wildlife

Management Area. Louisiana Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation,

Marksville, LA.

Thayer, J. W., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2008. White-tailed deer behavior. Soterra Deer

Management Seminar, Clinton, LA.


Rouge Parish. Quality Deer Management Association Field Day, Clinton, LA.


Rouge Parish. Quality Deer Management Association Field Day, Baton Rouge, LA.


Rouge Parish. Quality Deer Management Association Field Day, Marksville, LA.

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Rouge Parish. Quality Deer Management Association Board Meeting, Grosse Tete, LA.

Thayer, J. W., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2008. White-tailed deer research in Louisiana.

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Wildlife Summit, Flora, MS.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2009. Using Geographic Information System technology in

wildlife management. Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Precision

Agriculture ACE meeting, Baton Rouge, LA.

Harrelson, J. H., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2010. White-tailed deer research in north

Louisiana. Bayou State Bowhunters Association, Alexandria, LA.

Owens, F. L., P. C. Stouffer, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2011. Do site preparations in

Louisiana loblolly clearcuts impact breeding disturbance-dependent birds? 3rd

Annual

Natural Resources Graduate Student Symposium. Starkville, MS.


Conner, and R. J. Warren. 2011. Influences of growing-season prescribed fire and

hunting on ecology of eastern wild turkeys in southwestern Georgia. Georgia Chapter of

the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Athens, Georgia.



eastern wild turkey nesting ecology and poult survival in southwestern Georgia. Warnell

Graduate Student Association Annual Meeting, Athens, Georgia.

Hinton, J. W., M. J. Chamberlain, and F. T. van Manen. 2012. Coyote space use and

habitat selection in eastern North Carolina. Warnell Graduate Student Association

Annual Meeting, Athens, Georgia.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2012. The changing face of predation in the Southeast. Quality

Deer Management Association Meeting, Athens, Georgia.

Colbert, D. S., J. A. Ruttinger, M. W. Williams, A. R. Little, C. M. Perez, M. J.

Chamberlain, L. M. Conner, and R. J. Warren. 2013. Seasonal gobbling chronology in

hunted and non-hunted eastern wild turkey populations in southwestern Georgia. Warnell

Graduate Student Symposium, Athens, Georgia.



Warnell Graduate Student Symposium, Athens, Georgia.

Hinton, J. W., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2013. Red wolf and coyote diets in northeastern

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North Carolina. Georgia Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Athens,

Georgia.

Hooker, M., M. J. Chamberlain, K. V. Miller, and R. J. Warren. 2013. Efficacy of road

underpasses for minimizing bear-vehicle collisions on Georgia highway 96. Georgia

Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Athens, Georgia.

C. Gray, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2013. Denning ecology and reproductive biology of

black bears in central Georgia. Georgia Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting,

Athens, Georgia.

A. R. Little, M. W. Williams, M. J. Chamberlain, L. M. Conner, and R. J. Warren.

2013. Effects of growing season prescribed fire on eastern wild turkey nest and poult

survival. Georgia Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Athens, Georgia.

Gross, J., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2013. Assessing movements and ecology of male

wild turkeys during spring reproductive and hunting seasons using micro-GPS

technology. Georgia Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Athens, Georgia

Chamberlain, M. J. 2013. Managing for bobwhite quail. The Warnell Continuing

Education Program, Athens, GA.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2013. Managing for wild turkeys. The Warnell Continuing

Education Program, Athens, GA.

Brzeski, K. E., S. Taylor, M. J. Chamberlain, and D. Rabon, Jr. 2014. Endangered red

wolves: historic and contemporary threats. Louisiana Association of Professional

Biologists, Lafayette, Louisiana.

Ashley, A. K., M. Hooker, R. Chandler, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Estimating

population parameters of the American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) in central

Georgia. Warnell Graduate Student Symposium, Athens, Georgia.

Little, A. R., R. J. Warren, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Developing critical thinking

skills: an active learning approach to improve student learning. Warnell Graduate

Student Symposium, Athens, Georgia.

Brzeski, K. E., M. J. Chamberlain, and S. Taylor. 2015. Endangered red wolves:

assessing inbreeding, immune gene variation, and disease. California Wildlife Society

Meeting, Arcata, CA.

Regional Presentations

Chamberlain, M. J., D. A. Miller, G. A. Hurst, and B. D. Leopold. 1995. Comparison

of predation rates on wild turkey hens in two forest ecosystems in Mississippi.

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Proceedings of the Eastern Damage Management Workshop, Jackson, MS.

Chamberlain, M. J., D. A. Miller, B. D. Leopold, and G. A. Hurst. 1996. Predation

rates on wild turkey hens in a hardwood bottomland forest and a mixed forest in

Mississippi. Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife

Agencies, Hot Springs AR.

Chamberlain, M. J., and B. D. Leopold. 1998. Impacts of Coyotes on Selected Game

Species Using Dietary Analysis: Should We Re-evaluate Our Ideas? Colloquium on the

Conservation of Southeastern Mammals, Hot Springs, AR.

Chamberlain, M. J., and B. D. Leopold. 1998. Microhabitat Characteristics of Wild

Turkey Hen Prenest and Nest Site Selection in Central Mississippi. Annual Conference

of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Orlando, FL.

Chamberlain, M. J., L. M. Conner, B. D. Leopold, and K. J. Sullivan. 1998. Diel

activity patterns of adult bobcats in central Mississippi. Annual Conference of the

Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Orlando, FL.

Chamberlain, M. J., and B. D. Leopold. 1999. Survival and cause-specific mortality of

hardwood seedlings in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Ecology and Management of

Bottomland Hardwood Systems: The State of Our Understanding. Memphis, TN.

Chamberlain, M. J., and B. D. Leopold. 1999. Dietary patterns of sympatric bobcats

and coyotes in central Mississippi. Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association

of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Greensboro, NC.

Chamberlain, M. J., J. M. Ross, and B. D. Leopold. 1999. Influence of forest

management and microhabitat conditions on abundance of southern fox and gray

squirrels. Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife

Agencies, Greensboro, NC.

Chamberlain, M. J., J. W. Mangrum, B. D. Leopold, and E. P. Hill. 1999. Evaluation

of four attractants for indices to monitor relative abundance of bobcats, coyotes, and gray

fox. Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies,

Greensboro, NC.

Chamberlain, M. J., B. D. Leopold, K. M. Hodges, and J. E. G. Burton. 2000. Space

use and movements of raccoons in two forested ecosystems. Annual Conference of the

Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Baton Rouge, LA.

Greenfield, K. C., L. W. Burger, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2001. Herbicide and

prescribed fire as habitat management tools for northern bobwhite. Annual Conference of

the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Louisville, KY.

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Conner, L. M., M. J. Chamberlain, and B. D. Leopold. 2001. Bobcat home range size

relative to habitat quality. Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish

and Wildlife Agencies, Louisville, KY.

Leopold, B. D., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2002. Predator management: here we go

again? Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife

Agencies, Baltimore, MD.

Van Why, K. R., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2003. Sportsmen knowledge and opinions on

restoring the Louisiana black bear. Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association

of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Mobile, AL.

Scognamillo, D. A, M. J. Chamberlain, and G. Linscombe. 2003. Spatial and temporal

trends in river otter distribution in Louisiana. Annual Conference of the Southeastern

Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Mobile, AL.

Landry, K. E., L. M. Hooper-Bui, M. J. Chamberlain, and L. A. Womack. 2004.

Assessment of landscape-level impacts of red-imported fire ants on native invertebrate

communities in pine-dominated forests. Annual Red-imported Fire Ant Conference,

Baton Rouge, LA.

Hooper-Bui, L. M., M. J. Chamberlain, and J. Constible. 2004. Effect of fire ant

presence in mammal traps on bait theft and trap success in two ecosystems in Louisiana.

Annual Red-imported Fire Ant Conference, Baton Rouge, LA.

Chamberlain, M. J., J. Constible, B. D. Leopold, K. M. Hodges, and J. G. Burton.

2004. Relationships between landscape characteristics and space use of raccoons in two

managed pine forests. Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and

Wildlife Agencies, Hilton Head, SC.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2005. Restoration of the Louisiana black bear. Lower Mississippi

Alluvial Valley Ecosystem Meeting hosted by the United States Fish and Wildlife

Service. Stuttgart, AR.

Chamberlain, M. J., and L. W. Burger, Jr. 2005. Landscape-level effects of red-

cockaded woodpecker management on bobwhite abundance and distribution. Annual

Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, St. Louis,

MO.

Wilson, W. E., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2005. Survival and productivity of wild turkey

females in bottomland hardwood forests of Louisiana. Annual Conference of the

Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, St. Louis, MO.

Wilson, W. E., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2005. Space use and habitat selection of wild

turkey females in bottomland hardwood forests of Louisiana. Annual Conference of the

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Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, St. Louis, MO.

Scognamillo, D. G., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2006. Forecasting models for river otter

harvest in Louisiana. Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and

Wildlife Agencies, Norfolk, VA.

Chamberlain, M. J., and D. A. Miller. 2006. Effects of 2 site preparation techniques on

quantity and quality of forage plants for white-tailed deer. Annual Conference of the

Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Norfolk, VA.


nuisance Louisiana black bear behavior. 19th

Eastern Black Bear Workshop.

Chamberlain, M. J., and L. W. Burger, Jr. 2007. Efficacy of spring herbicide

applications for fescue control: a comparison of 3 products. Annual Conference of the

Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Charleston, WV.

Grisham, B. A., M. J. Chamberlain, and F. G. Kimmel. 2008. Spatial ecology and

survival of male wild turkeys in a bottomland hardwood forest. Annual Conference of

the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Corpus Christ, TX.

Thayer, J. W., M. J. Chamberlain, and S. Durham. 2009. Survival and space use of

male white-tailed deer in a bottomland forest of Louisiana. Annual Conference of the

Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Atlanta, GA.

Norris, J. L., M. J. Chamberlain, B. A. Grisham, F. G. Kimmel, M. W. Olinde, and N. J.


Recovery Rates of Male Wild Turkeys in Southeast Louisiana. Annual Conference of the

Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Biloxi, MS.

Norris, J. L., M. J. Chamberlain, and H. G. LeGrand. 2010. Microhabitat

Characteristics as Predictors of Occupancy by Bachman’s Sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis)

in a Fire-Managed Pine Forest of Louisiana. Annual Conference of the Southeastern

Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Biloxi, MS.

Owens, F. L., P. C. Stouffer, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2011. Do site preparations in

Louisiana loblolly clearcuts impact breeding disturbance-dependent birds? Association

of Field Ornithologist Conference. Kearney, NE.

Chamberlain, M. J., B. A. Collier, and W. F. Porter. 2011. Implementing a regional

effort to study wild turkeys. National Wild Turkey Federation National Convention.

Nashville, TN.

Collier, B. A., M. J. Chamberlain, and W. F. Porter. 2011. Synchronizing telemetry

and turkey phenology: bridging gaps in demography and habitat selection. National Wild

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Turkey Federation National Convention. Nashville, TN.

Byrne, M. E., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2011. Seasonal Space Use and Habitat Selection

of Female Wild Turkeys in a Louisiana Bottomland Hardwood Forest. Annual

Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Nashville,

TN.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2011. Developing a regional study to evaluate declines in wild

turkey production. Southeast Directors Wild Turkey Technical Committee Meeting, Live

Oak, FL.

Chamberlain, M. J., and M. Byrne. 2012. Influences of landscape characteristics on the

nesting ecology of female wild turkeys and behavior of raccoons. National Wild Turkey

Federation National Convention. Nashville, TN

Chamberlain, M. J., M. Byrne, J. Stafford, K. Skow, and B. A. Collier. 2012. Effects

of the opening of the Morganza spillway on wild turkeys. National Wild Turkey

Federation National Convention. Nashville, TN

Chamberlain, M. J., B. A. Collier, and W. F. Porter. 2012. Retrospective analysis of

regional wild turkey population data in the southeastern United States. National Wild

Turkey Federation National Convention. Nashville, TN.

Collier, B. A., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2012. Wild turkey research update – use of GPS

transmitters. National Wild Turkey Federation National Convention. Nashville, TN.

Harrelson, J. H., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2012. Space use, habitat selection, and

survival of white-tailed deer in north Louisiana. Southeast Deer Study Group Meeting,

San Destin, Florida.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2012. The changing face of predation in the Southeast. Southeast

Deer Study Group Meeting, San Destin, Florida.

Williams, M. M., C. M. Perez, J. A. Ruttinger, D. S. Colbert, M. J. Chamberlain, L. M.


eastern wild turkey nesting ecology and poult survival in southwestern Georgia.

Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Athens, Georgia.

Grace, J. L., M. J. Chamberlain, and D. A. Miller. 2012. Effects of row spacing and

debris distribution on deer forage and carrying capacity in newly established loblolly-pine

plantations in Louisiana. Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and

Wildlife Agencies, Hot Springs, AR.

Harrelson, J. H., M. E. Byrne, M. J. Chamberlain, and S. Durham. 2012. Population

characteristics of a white-tailed deer herd in an industrial pine forest of north-central

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Louisiana. Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife

Agencies, Hot Springs, AR

Gross, J. T., B. S. Cohen, T. J. Prebyl, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2014. Movements of

wild turkey hunters during spring in Louisiana. Annual Conference of the Southeastern

Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Destin, FL.

Hickman, J. E., W. E. Gulsby, M. E. Byrne, M. J. Chamberlain, and K. V. Miller. 2014.

Home range, habitat use, and movements of female coyotes in Georgia: Implications for

fawn predation. Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife

Agencies, Destin, FL.

Stone, D. B., A. K. Olson, T. N. Simoneaux, M. J. Chamberlain, and K. V. Miller.

2014. Non-breeding season excursions by male white-tailed deer. Southeast Deer Study

Group Meeting, Athens, GA.

Hinton, J. H., M. J. Chamberlain, and F. T. van Manen. 2014. Coyote space use and

habitat selection in northeastern North Carolina. Southeast Deer Study Group Meeting,

Athens, GA.

Hinton, J. H., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2014. Factors affecting coyote diets in

northeastern North Carolina. Southeast Deer Study Group Meeting, Athens, GA.

Simoneaux, T. N., M. J. Chamberlain, K. V. Miller, B. S. Cohen, E. Cooney, and R.

Shuman. 2015. Seasonal and rut-related variations in space use and movements of

mature white-tailed deer in Louisiana. Southeast Deer Study Group Meeting, Little Rock,

AR.

International and National Presentations

Chamberlain, M.. J., B. D. Leopold, and C. D. Lovell. 1997. Effectiveness of snap-

traps for monitoring trends in relative abundance of small mammals. Mammal Trapping

Symposium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Chamberlain, M. J. and B. D. Leopold. 1999. Survival and cause-specific mortality

rates of sympatric coyotes and gray fox in central Mississippi. National Wildlife Society

Conference, Austin, Texas, USA.


adult bobcats in central Mississippi. National Wildlife Society Conference, Nashville,

Tennessee, USA.

Jones, B. J., G. A. Hurst, J. E. Inglis, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2002. Wild turkey nest

site selection on an area managed for red-cockaded woodpecker habitat: potential impacts

of spring burning and changes in vegetation structure. 9th

Annual Wildlife Society

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National Conference. Bismarck, North Dakota, USA.


adult raccoons in central Mississippi. 9th


Bismarck, North Dakota, USA.

Van Why, K. R., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2002. Restoration of the Louisiana black bear

to portions of its former range. 9th


Bismarck, ND.

Van Why, K., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2002. Restoration of the Louisiana Black Bear.

82nd

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists. Lake Charles,

Louisiana, USA.

Chodachek, K. D., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2003. Effects of Predator Management on

Nesting Dabbling Ducks in Northeastern North Dakota. 3rd North American Duck

Symposium, Sacramento, California, USA.

Scognamillo, D. A., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2004. River otters as an indicator of water

quality in Louisiana. 9th

International Otter Colloquium. Frostburg, Maryland, USA.

Scognamillo, D. A., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2004. Trapping otters in Louisiana:

temporal and spatial trends. 9th

International Otter Colloquium. Frostburg, Maryland,

USA.

Benson, J. F., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2004. Home range and movement patterns of

reintroduced Louisiana black bears. National Wildlife Society Conference, Calgary,

Alberta.

LeGrand, H., J. M. Constible, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2004. Herpetofauna

assemblages in a managed bottomland hardwood forest in southcentral Louisiana.

National Wildlife Society Conference, Calgary, Alberta.

Scognamillo, D. A., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2004. River otter as an indicator of

mercury levels in streams of central Louisiana. National Wildlife Society Conference,

Calgary, Alberta.

Benson, J. F., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2005. Influence of Landscape and Reproductive

Condition on Space Use of Female Louisiana Black Bears. American Society of

Mammalogists Annual Meeting, Springfield, Missouri, USA.

Temple, D.L., L. M. Conner, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2006. Survival and cause-

specific mortality of gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in southwestern Georgia.

National Wildlife Society Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.

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Chamberlain, M. J. 2007. Restoration, viability, and management of the Louisiana

black bear. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA.


behavior of nuisance Louisiana black bears. National Wildlife Society Conference,

Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Temple, D.L., L. M. Conner, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2007. Spatial ecology of gray

foxes on a longleaf pine forest and the surrounding landscape in southwest Georgia.

National Wildlife Society Conference, Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Chamberlain, M. J. 2008. Relationships between landscape characteristics and

movements of raccoons. Technical Committee Meeting, Annual National Wild Turkey

Federation Symposium, Atlanta, GA.

Chamberlain, M. J., and J. L. Gary. 2008. Effects of aversive conditioning on behavior

of nuisance Louisiana black bears. Jack H. Berryman Institute Symposium. Mississippi

State University, Starkville, MS.

Herbez, E., M. J. Chamberlain, and D. Wood. 2008. Feasibility of using adult red-

cockaded woodpeckers for translocations. National Wildlife Society Conference, Miami,

Florida.

Norris, J. L., M. J. Chamberlain, and D. J. Twedt. 2008. Influence of Silvicultural

Activities on Density of Breeding Birds within Bottomland Hardwood Forests of

Louisiana. National Wildlife Society Conference, Miami, Florida.

Norris, J. L., B. A. Grisham, M. J. Chamberlain, F. G. Kimmel, M. W. Olinde, and N. J.


Recovery Rates of Male Wild Turkeys in Southeast Louisiana. National Wildlife Society

Conference, Miami, Florida.

Byrne, M. E., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2011. Area-restricted search behavior in the

nightly movements of raccoons. Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Waikoloa, Hawaii.

Abstract only.

Hinton, J. W., M. J. Chamberlain, and F. T. VanManen. 2012. Space use and habitat

selection of coyotes in northeastern North Carolina. National Wildlife Society

Conference, Portland, Oregon.

Gray, C. A., M. J. Hooker, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2014. Denning ecology and

reproductive biology of the American black bear (Ursus americanus) in an isolated

population in central Georgia, USA. International Bear Association Annual Conference.

Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Little, A. R., M. M. Streich, M. J. Chamberlain, L. M. Conner, and R. J. Warren. 2014.

Eastern wild turkey reproductive ecology in longleaf pine forests. National Wildlife

Society Conference, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.


black bear (Ursus americanus) in central Georgia. International Bear Association Annual

Conference. Thessaloniki, Greece.

Laufenberg, J., J. D. Clark, M. J. Chamberlain, R. B. Chandler, M. M. Davidson, M. J.

Hooker, C. L. Lowe, K. C. O’Connell, and J. C. Troxler. 2014. A population viability

analysis for the Louisiana black bear. International Bear Association Annual Conference.

Thessaloniki, Greece.

Gulsby, W. D., M. J. Chamberlain, K. V. Miller, M. Cherry, and L. M. Conner. 2014.

Thinking beyond the study site to understand coyote effects on deer populations at the

landscape scale. Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Hinton, J. W., M. J. Chamberlain, and F. T. van Manen. 2014. Spatial ecology of

resident and transient coyotes. Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Pittsburg,

Pennsylvania.

Gross, J. T., B. S. Cohen, B. A. Collier, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. Influences of

hunting on movements of male wild turkeys during spring. Wildlife Society Annual

Conference. Winnepeg, Manitoba.


2015. Bobcat resource selection in a fire-maintained forest. Wildlife Society Annual

Conference. Winnepeg, Manitoba.

Brzeski, K. E., M. J. Chamberlain, and S. S. Taylor. 2015. Genetic variation at MHC

and toll-like receptor genes and their relationship to disease in endangered red wolves and

sympatric coyotes. International Congress of Conservation Biology, Montpellier, France.

Poster Presentations

Using smoked aluminum track plates to assess relative abundance of medium-sized

carnivores. 1997. M. J. Chamberlain and B. D. Leopold. Annual Conference of the

Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Oklahoma City, OK.

Comparison of censusing techniques to estimate white-tailed deer populations on

mitigation lands in the Mississippi Delta. 1998. M. J. Chamberlain, J. L. Bowman, and

B. D. Leopold. Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife

Agencies. Orlando, FL.

Effects of flooding on relative abundance and diversity of small mammals in a

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regenerating bottomland hardwood forest. 1999. M. J. Chamberlain, B. D. Leopold,

and S. E. Stephens. Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and

Wildlife Agencies. Greensboro, NC.

Bobwhite use patterns in relation to cover strips. 1999. M. J. Chamberlain, L. W.

Burger, and M. D. Smith. Southeast Quail Study Group. Starkville, MS.

Herbicidal renovation of fescue-dominated CRP fields. 1999. M. J. Chamberlain, L.

W. Burger, and B. L. Watkins. Southeast Quail Study Group. Starkville, MS.

Herbicidal renovation of fescue-dominated CRP fields using individual and combination

treatments. 1999. M. J. Chamberlain, and L. W. Burger. Southeast Quail Study Group.

Starkville, MS.

Renovation of fescue-dominated CRP fields using fire and Roundup. 1999. L. W.

Burger, and M. J. Chamberlain. Southeast Quail Study Group. Starkville, MS.

Protection of Quail from Red-imported fire ant attack using bait. 2001. J. Rosson, L. M.

Hooper-Bui, D. Sanders, and M. J. Chamberlain. Entomological Society of America,

Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA.

Jones, J. J., M. J. Chamberlain, L. M. Hooper-Bui. 2002. Reducing red-imported fire

ant activity when live-trapping small mammals. 9th

Annual Wildlife Society National

Conference. Bismarck, ND.

Van Why, K. R., R. D. Applegate, T. T. Cable, P. S. Gipson, and M. J. Chamberlain.

2002. Use of the Internet and Email by Hunters: a potential tool for sportsmen surveys.

9th

Annual Wildlife Society National Conference. Bismarck, ND.

Chodachek, K. D., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2002. Estimating waterfowl nest numbers

using pair counts in north-central North Dakota. 9th

Annual Wildlife Society National

Conference. Bismarck, ND.

Van Why, K. R., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2003. The influence of neonatal cubs on

exploratory movements of relocated black bears using a winter release method. 10th

Annual Wildlife Society Conference, Burlington, VT.

Landry, K., M. J. Chamberlain, and L. M. Hooper-Bui. 2003. Assessing Landscape-

level Impacts of Red-imported Fire Ants on Native Faunal Communities in Pine-

dominated Landscapes. Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and

Wildlife Agencies. Mobile, AL.

Benson, J. F., M. J. Chamberlain, and B. D. Leopold. 2004. Land tenure and home

range replacement in bobcats. National Wildlife Society Conference, Calgary, Alberta.

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Chamberlain, M. J., J. M. Constible, and B. D. Leopold. 2004. Relationships between

landscape patterns and space use of mammalian predators. National Wildlife Society

Conference, Calgary, Alberta.

Benson, J. F., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2004. Genetic relatedness of Louisiana black

bears in the Tensas River Basin population. 9th

Annual Environmental State of the State

Conference. New Orleans, LA.

Grisham, B. A., and M. J. Chamberlain. 2008. Spatial ecology and survival of wild

turkey gobblers in a bottomland forest of Louisiana. National Wildlife Society

Conference, Miami, Florida.



Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Waikoloa, Hawaii.

Grace, J. L., M. J. Chamberlain, D. A. Miller, and P. C. Stouffer. 2011. Effects of Row


Loblolly-Pine Plantations in Louisiana. Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Waikoloa,

Hawaii.

Brzeski, K. E., S. Taylor, M. J. Chamberlain, and D. R. Rabon, Jr. 2011. Levels of

inbreeding and inbreeding depression in wild red wolves. Wildlife Society Annual

Conference, Waikoloa, Hawaii.

Williams, M, C. Perez, D. Ruttinger, D. Colbert, A. Little, M. Chamberlain, M. Conner,

and R. Warren. 2012. Ecology of eastern wild turkeys in southwestern Georgia. Georgia

Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Athens, GA.

Ruttinger, J. A., D. S. Colbert, M. M. Williams, C. Perez, L. M. Conner, R. J. Warren,

and M. J. Chamberlain. 2012. Roost site selection of male eastern wild turkeys in

southwestern Georgia. Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon.

Brzeski, K. E., M. J. Chamberlain, D. R. Rabon, and S. S. Taylor. 2013. MHC

variation and its effects on red wolf fitness. European Society of Evolutionary Biology,

Lisbon, Portugal.


black bear (Ursus americanus) in central Georgia, USA. International Bear Association

Annual Conference. Thessaloniki, Greece.

Hooker, M. J., C. A. Gray, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2014. An observation of pyoderma


Georgia, USA. International Bear Association Annual Conference. Thessaloniki,

Greece.

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Deuel, N., L. M. Conner, K. V. Miller, M. J. Chamberlain, and S. B. Castleberry. 2015.

Seasonal habitat selection by gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) relative to

prescribed fire and hardwood removal within and around a longleaf pine-wiregrass

ecosystem in southwest Georgia, USA. Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center

Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting.

Hooker, M. J., C. A. Gray, and M. J. Chamberlain. 2015. An observation of pyoderma


Georgia, USA. Eastern Black Bear Workshop, Louisville, MS.


black bear (Ursus americanus) in central Georgia, USA. Eastern Black Bear Workshop,

Louisville, MS.

Informal presentations

Southeastern Graduate Student Symposium – the Perils of Publishing. 2008. Sponsored

by College of Forest Resources, Mississippi State University. Starkville, MS.

Field Day - Managing Native Vegetation for White-tailed Deer. 2006. Sponsored by

LSU AgCenter and School of Renewable Natural Resources. Lee Memorial Forest,

Sheridan, LA.

Field Day - Managing for Mourning Doves. 2004. Sponsored by LSU AgCenter and

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Idlewild Experiment Station, Clinton,

LA.

Recruiting seminar for School of Renewable Natural Resources. 2003. Louisiana 4-H

students. Baton Rouge, LA.

Ecology of wild turkeys in bottomland hardwood forests. 2002. Louisiana Chapter of the

National Wild Turkey Federation.

Reproductive ecology of wild turkeys in bottomland hardwood forests of Louisiana.

2002. Wild Turkey Committee meeting - Southeastern Section of the Wildlife Society.

2001 Louisiana High School Science Expo - Louisiana State University - provide

informal seminars to outstanding high school students regarding opportunities in wildlife

and natural resources management.

10th

Annual Feliciana Forestry Field Day - Idlewild Experiment Station - 2001. Wildlife

Habitat Enhancement Using Herbicides

Recruiting students into the School of Renewable Natural Resources - 2000. Avoyelles

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Parish Teachers Association

Jasper County Annual Forestry Field Day, Newton, MS - 1997

Lee-Davis High School, Hanover County, VA - 1994 - Topic: How to get into the

wildlife management field.

Grantsmanship

Grants Awarded

Impacts of Summer Hunting of Raccoons on Selected Game Animals. 1996.

Mississippi Raccoon Hunters Association. Co-Investigator with Bruce D. Leopold.

Grant Amount: $2,000.00. Starting Date: 8/1/96. Project Duration: 1 year.

Monitoring of impacts of introduced bobcats upon lagomorph populations on Singing

River Island, Pascagoula Naval Area Station. 1995-7. Co-Investigator with Bruce D.

Leopold and Jacob L. Bowman. United States Department of the Navy. Starting Date:

April 1, 1995. Amount: $1,500.00 per investigator. Project Duration: 1 year.

Effects of predation on the wild turkey. 1997. Georgia-Pacific Corporation. Co-

Investigator with Bruce D. Leopold. Amount: $12,000.00. Starting date 1/1/97. Project

Duration: 1 year.

Faunal inventory and permanent monitoring program for the Nutmeg Hickory Resource

Natural Area, Bienville National Forest. 1995. RNA Matching Grants Proposals, U. S.

Forest Service, Bienville National Forest. Co-Investigator with Bruce D. Leopold.

Grant Amount: $12,000. Starting Date: 8/1/95. Project Duration: 2 years.

Development of a Forest Wildlife Management Plan for Twin Oaks and Mahannah

Wildlife Management Areas. 1994. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and

Parks through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Co-Investigator with Bruce D.

Leopold. Starting Date: August, 1993. Amount: $76,641. Project Duration: 2 years.

Influences of 2 herbicide treatments on habitat quality for Northern bobwhite. 2000.

BASF Corporation. Amount: $30,000. Project Duration: 2 years. Starting Date: October

2000.

Monitoring Abundance and Distribution of Northern Bobwhite on Kisatchie National

Forest, Louisiana. USDA Forest Service. Amount: $12,500. Project Duration: 5 years.

Starting Date: June 2001.

Evaluating effects of trapping carnivores on 1-square mile sections on waterfowl nest

success and nest density. Delta Waterfowl Foundation. Amount: $60,000. Project

Duration 2 years. Starting Date: January 2001.

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Repatriation of the Louisiana Black Bear into Suitable Habitats. 2000. CoyPu

Foundation. Amount: $50,000. Project Duration: 1 year. Starting Date: January 2001.

Monitoring Abundance and Distribution of Northern Bobwhite on Managed Forests in

Louisiana. 2001. Northwest Louisiana Chapter of Quail Unlimited. Amount: $5,000.

Project Duration: 1 year. Starting Date: March 2001.

Ecology of the eastern wild turkey on Sherburne Wildlife Management Area. 2001.

Louisiana Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation. Amount: $6,000. Project

Duration: 4 months. Starting Date: February 2001.

Development of a Geographical Information System/Global Positioning System Student

Training Center. Louisiana State University College of Agriculture through the Student

Technology Fee Program. Amount: $103,179. Co-investigator with G. Breitenbeck, C.

F. deHoop, J. Chang, H. Capello, and W. H. Hudnall.

Restoration of the Louisiana Black Bear to the Red River Wildlife Management Area.

2001. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Amount: $19,375. Project

Duration: 1 year. Starting Date: September 2001.

Producing an Interactive Knowledge Base for Pine Regeneration for the Louisiana

Forestry Productivity Program. 2001. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

Amount: $370,303. Project Duration: 3 years. Co-investigator with T. Dean and M.

Dunn.

Examining Population and Individual-level Response of Northern Bobwhite to Landscape

Enhancement Using Selective Herbicides. 2001. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and

Fisheries. Amount: $45,000. Project Duration: 3 years.



Ecology of the eastern wild turkey on Sherburne Wildlife Management Area. 2002.

Louisiana Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation. Amount: $8,000. Project

Duration: 5 months. Starting Date: February 2002.

Restoration of the Louisiana Black Bear into Suitable Habitats in Louisiana. 2002. The

Boone and Crockett Club. Amount: $5,000. Project Duration: 1 year. Starting Date:

January 2002.

The Continuing Repatriation of the Louisiana Black Bear. 2002. The United States Fish

and Wildlife Service. Amount: $43,200. Project Duration: 1 year. Starting Date: March

2002.

Effects of Forest Management on Herpetile and Bird Communities in Louisiana. 2002.

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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Amount: $168,000. Project Duration:

2.5 years. Starting Date: August 2002.

Restoration of the Louisiana black bear. 2002. The Pope and Young Club. Amount:

$2,800. Project Duration: 1 year. Starting Date: September 2002.

Using River Otters as a Bioindicator Species in Louisiana. 2002. J. Bennett Johnston

Science Foundation. Amount: $5,000. Project Duration: 1 year. Starting Date:

September 2002.

Ecological Variables Related to Distribution of River Otter. 2002. Louisiana Wildlife

Federation. Amount: $2,920. Project Duration: 1 year. Starting Date: January 2003.



Ecology of wild turkeys on Sherburne Wildlife Management Area. 2003. Louisiana

Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation. Amount: $7,100. Project Duration: 1

year. Starting Date: January 2003.

Effects of selective herbicide application on northern bobwhite. 2003. Weyerhaueser

Company. Amount: $3,100. Project Duration: 1 year. Starting Date: January 2003.




Impact of Landscape-Level Management of Red Imported Fire Ants on Insects,

Herpetofauna and Small Mammals. Co-authored with L. M. Hooper-Bui. Louisiana

Board of Regents. Amount: $120,000.

Examining genetic diversity of the Louisiana black bear. 2003. J. Bennett Johnston

Science Foundation. Amount: $5,000. Project Duration: 1 year. Starting Date:

September 2003.

Plant response to herbicidal site preparation. 2003. Weyerhaeuser Company. Amount:

$15,625. Project Duration: 3 years. Starting Date: May 2003.


and Wildlife Service. Amount: $48,000. Project Duration: 1 year. Starting Date: June

2003.




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Black bear research in Louisiana. 2003. Black Bear Conservation Committee. Amount:

$5,000. Project Duration: 1 year. Starting Date: November 2003

Restoring the Louisiana black bear. 2003. Cleco Corporation through the Black Bear

Conservation Committee. Amount: $5,000. Project Duration: 1 year. Starting Date:

December 2003.

Ecology of wild turkeys on Sherburne Wildlife Management Area. 2004. Louisiana

Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation. Amount: $3,600. Project Duration: 1

year. Starting Date: June 2004.

A continuing assessment of population and individual-level response of northern

bobwhite to landscape enhancement using selective herbicides. 2004. Louisiana

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Amount: $60,000. Project Duration: 3 years.

Starting Date: November 2004.

Developing a teaching facility for spatial technologies in natural resources. 2004.

Student Technology Fee Program, Louisiana State University. Amount: $89,682. Project

Duration: 1 year.

Estimating population size of the Louisiana black bear in the lower Atchafalaya River

Basin. 2004. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Amount: $20,000.

Project Duration: 1 year. Starting Date: April 2004.


and Wildlife Service. Amount: $38,000. Project Duration: 1 year. Starting Date: June

2004.




Restoration, Viability, and Management of the Louisiana black bear. 2004. CoyPu

Foundation. Amount: $20,900.

Assessing Relative Abundance of White-tailed Deer on Kisatchie National Forest. 2004.

U.S. Forest Service. Amount: $6,568. Starting Date: October 2004.

Survival and mortality patterns of wild turkey gobblers. 2005. Louisiana Chapter of the

National Wild Turkey Federation. Amount: $10,375.

Behavior of nuisance black bears using 2 aversive conditioning techniques. 2005-2006.

Berryman Institute East. Amount: $30,000.

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Ecology of gray foxes in longleaf pine ecosystems. 2005. Joseph W. Jones Ecological

Research Center. Amount: $19,750.

Restoration and viability of the Louisiana black bear. 2005. United States Fish and

Wildlife Service. Amount: $30,000.

Effects of wide row spacing and distribution of logging debris within plantations on

wildlife and plant communities. 2005. Co-authored with Dr. Phil Stouffer.

Weyerhaeuser Company. Amount: $133,482.

Estimating density of white-tailed deer on the Evangeline and Catahoula districts of

Kisatchie National Forest. 2005. United States Forest Service. Amount: $5,000.

Ecology and population dynamics of wild turkey gobblers on Sherburne Wildlife

Management Area. 2006. Louisiana Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation.

Amount: $7,625.

Restoration, Viability, and Management of the Louisiana Black Bear. 2006. CoyPu

Foundation. Amount: $15,123.

Assessing the effectiveness of using adult family groups of red-cockaded woodpeckers

for translocation and restoration. 2006. PlumCreek Company. Amount: $75,103.

Assessing effects of forest management and silvicultural activities on abundance and

distribution of neotropical migrant songbirds and herpetofauna. 2006. Louisiana

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Amount: $113,170.

Population characteristics of a white-tailed deer herd in a bottomland hardwood forest of

south-central Louisiana. 2006. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

Amount: $98,000.


south-central Louisiana. 2006. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and

Quality Deer Management Association. Amount: $21,200.

Influences of landscape characteristics on nesting ecology of female wild turkeys and

behavior of raccoons. 2007. National Wild Turkey Federation. Amount: $6,150.


behavior of raccoons. 2007. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Amount:

$97,500.


behavior of raccoons. 2007. Louisiana Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation.

Amount: $6,083.

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A continuing assessment of the effects of forest management and silvicultural activities

on abundance and distribution of neotropical migrant songbirds. 2007. Louisiana

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Amount: $81,600.



Amount: $13,780.


south-central Louisiana. 2008. Quality Deer Management Association. Amount:

$7,500.

Population characteristics of a white-tailed deer herd in north Louisiana. 2008.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Amount: $205,000.

Effects of wide row spacing and distribution of logging debris within plantations on

wildlife and plant communities. 2008. Co-authored with Dr. Phil Stouffer.


Assessing the effectiveness of using adult family groups of red-cockaded woodpeckers

for translocation and restoration. 2009. PlumCreek Company. Amount: $14,831.



Amount: $8,700.


behavior of raccoons. 2009. National Wild Turkey Federation. Amount: $9,562.

Interactions between red wolves and coyotes in northeastern North Carolina. 2010.



behavior of raccoons. 2010. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Amount:

$45,331.

Using GPS telemetry to evaluate nesting and brooding of wild turkeys on Ben’s Creek

Wildlife Management Area. 2011. Louisiana Chapter of the National Wild Turkey

Federation. Amount: $9,000

Estimating quality of foraging habitat for white-tailed deer across Louisiana’s primary

deer habitats. 2010. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Amount:

$128,316.

Efficacy of Road Underpasses for Minimizing Bear-vehicle Collisions on the 4-lane

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Section of Georgia Highway 96 – Phase I. 2012-2014. Georgia Department of

Transportation. Amount: $377,159

Population size, survival, and reproductive ecology of the central Georgia black bear

population. 2011-2014. Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Amount: $324,293

Assessing movements and ecology of male wild turkeys during spring reproductive and

hunting seasons using μGPS technology. 2012-2014. National Wild Turkey Federation.

Amount: $60,000


hunting seasons. 2012-2014. Louisiana Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation.

Amount: $36,000

Retrospective analysis of regional wild turkey data across the southeastern United States.

2012-2014. National Wild Turkey Federation. Amount: $122,380


hunting seasons using μGPS technology. 2012-2014. Louisiana Department of Wildlife

and Fisheries. Amount: $137,550

Effects of predation on white-tailed deer recruitment on the Tensas National Wildlife

Refuge in northeastern Louisiana. 2012. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and

Fisheries. Amount: $315,000.


Refuge in northeastern Louisiana. 2012. South Louisiana Chapter of the Quality Deer

Management Association. Amount: $11,000.


Refuge in northeastern Louisiana. 2012. Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation.

Amount: $10,000.

Estimating population size and viability of the central Georgia black bear population.

2013. Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Amount: $274,586

Influences of prescribed fire on movement and reproductive ecology of female wild

turkeys on Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana. 2014. Louisiana Department of

Wildlife and Fisheries. Amount: $170, 232


hunting seasons. 2015. Louisiana Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation.

Amount: $18,000

Movement ecology of female wild turkeys during nesting and brooding seasons on Silver

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Lake Wildlife Management Area. 2014. Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

Amount: $257,171

Movement, habitat use and reproductive ecology of mottled ducks along the Georgia

coast. Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Amount: $353,550

Large-scale assessment of coyote spatial ecology as affected by landscape and behavioral

factors. 2014. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Amount:

$253,264


factors. 2014. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Amount: $246,263


factors. 2014. Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Amount: $266,714

Professional Activity

The Wildlife Society

Journal of Wildlife Management

Referee 1999-2006, 2014

Editor-in-Chief 2007-2009

Associate Editor 2010-2013

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Referee 1998, 1999, 2014


Wildlife Publications Committee Chair- 2010-2011

Faculty Advisor - Louisiana State University Chapter 2000-2007

President-elect - Louisiana Chapter - 2001

President - Louisiana Chapter - 2002

Past-President - Louisiana Chapter - 2003-2004

Member – Louisiana Chapter – 2000-present

Member - Mississippi Chapter - 1995 - 1999

Member - Mississippi State University Chapter - 1994-97

Committee Chairman - Mississippi State University Chapter - 1996-97

Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

Referee 1999, 2003-2010, 2013

Co-Associate Editor (Wildlife Technical Sessions) 2000, 2004

Associate Editor (Wildlife Technical Sessions) 2001-2002

Editorial Board Member – Human Wildlife Interactions (journal) – 2009-present

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Proceedings of the National Wild Turkey Symposium

Referee 2005, 2010

National Research Initiative (NRI) Proposal Reviewer - 2004

National Science Foundation (NSF) Proposal Reviewer - 2004

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reviewer - 2004

Journal of Mammalogy

Referee 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014

American Midland Naturalist


Referee 2000, 2003-2004, 2012, 2014

PLos One

Referee 2011

Southwestern Naturalist

Referee 2011

Animal Conservation

Referee 2011

Canid Biology and Conservation

Referee 2013

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Referee 2005

Acta Theriologica

Referee 2004

Human-Wildlife Conflicts

Referee 2005, 2007, 2009

Landscape Ecology

Referee 2004

Southeastern Naturalist

Referee 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2014

Guest Editor 2011

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Animal Behaviour

Referee 2012

Ursus

Referee 2011

Biological Conservation

Referee 2002, 2012, 2014

Behavioral Ecology

Referee 2007

Western North American Naturalist

Referee 2002-2003, 2005, 2007

Wildlife Biology

Referee 2003, 2010

Georgia Journal of Science

Referee 2012

Wildlife Research

Referee 2007

Wetlands

Referee 2007

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Referee 2001, 2004

Wildlife and Fisheries Economic Enterprises Program - Mississippi State University

Referee 2005-2006

Journal of Range Management

Referee 2000

North American Aquatic Furbearer Symposium

Referee 1999-2000

Ecology and Management of Bottomland Hardwood Systems - Symposium

Referee 1999

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Dennis L. Murray

Department of Biology

Trent University

Peterborough, ON

K9J 7B8

CANADA

Tel: (705) 748-1011 (x 7078)

FAX: (705) 748-1003

email: [email protected]

webpage: www.dennismurray.ca

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

PRESENT POSITION Canada Research Chair (Tier I) and Professor

LANGUAGES SPOKEN AND WRITTEN English, French

POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION PhD (Wildlife Ecology): University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (1995)

MSc (Zoology): University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (1991)

BSc (Agr.) (Biological Sciences): McGill University, Montréal, QC (1987)

DEC (Diplôme d’Études Collégiales) (Pure and Applied Sciences): Champlain Regional College,

Québec, QC (1984)

THESES PhD Interactive effects of sublethal parasitism, nutritional status, and predation in snowshoe hares.

(1995)

MSc Aspects of winter foraging by lynx and coyotes from southwestern Yukon during an increase in

snowshoe hare abundance. (1991)

BSc (Agr.) Food and density effects in northern populations of larval wood frogs. (1987)

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS Conservation biology; Population dynamics; Behavioural ecology; Landscape ecology; Wildlife

management

Predator-prey interactions; Host-parasite interactions; Plant-herbivore interactions

Population modeling; Population viability analysis; Survival analysis; Density dependence assessment;

Timeseries analysis

Integrating individual attributes (i.e., diet, condition, behaviour, genetics) and population processes (i.e.,

habitat occupancy, extinction/colonization)

Direct, indirect, interactive and nonlinear effects

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution

The Wildlife Society

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Canada Research Chair (Tier I) and Professor, Trent University. Appointment: 65% research, 15%

teaching, 20% service/ administration (2014-2021)

Adjunct Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba. (2012-present)

Professor, Trent University. Appointment: 40% teaching, 40% research, 20% service (2012-present)

Canada Research Chair (Tier II) and Associate Professor, Trent University. Appointment: 60%

research, 20% teaching, 20% service/ administration (2002-2012; renewed in 2007)

Associate Professor, University of Idaho. Appointment: 45% teaching, 45% research, 10% service

(2001-2002)

Acting Department Head, University of Idaho. (May-June 2001)

Assistant Professor, University of Idaho. Appointment: 45% teaching, 45% research, 10% service

(1996-2002)

Lecturer and Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Massachusetts. Appointment: 70% teaching, 20%

research, 10% service (1995-1996)

Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin (1994-1995)

Teaching Assistant, University of Alberta (1987-1991)

Research Assistant, McGill University (1986-1987)

AWARDS Canada Research Chair (Tier I) – Integrative Wildlife Conservation (2014-21)

Merit award, Trent University (2009)

Discovery Accelerator Supplement, NSERC (2008)

Outstanding Wildlife Monograph, The Wildlife Society (2007) (I am senior author)



Canada Research Chair (Tier II) - Terrestrial Ecology (2002, renewed 2007)

Alumni Award for Excellence in Mentoring, University of Idaho (2001)

Outstanding Academic Advisor, College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho (2001)

Outstanding Researcher, College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Range Sciences, University of Idaho (1999)

Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, McGill University (1987)

2. PUBLICATIONS AND INVITED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Bolded names for Highly Qualified Personnel under my direct supervision when the work was conducted. aI supervised or co-supervised the student and was involved in all aspects of the work; bI was primarily

involved with all aspects of the work; cI supported all aspects of the work; dI supported select aspects of

the work; eI was primarily responsible for select portions, usually data analysis and study concept and

design

2015 or in press

118. Guillaumet, A.PDF, Bowman, J, Thornton, D.PDF and Murray, D.L. 2015. The influence of coyote

on Canada lynx populations assessed at two different spatial scales. Community Ecology.

117. Feldman, R.E.PDF, Anderson, M.G., Howeter, D.W., and Murray, D.L. 2015. Where does

environmental stochasticity most influence population dynamics? An assessment along a

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regional core-periphery gradient for prairie breeding ducks. Global Ecology and

Biogeography

116. Ferreira, C.PDF, Bastille-Rousseau, G.PhD, Bennett, A.M.PhD, Ellington, E.H.PhD, Terwissen,

C.MSc, Austin, C.MSc, Borlestean, A.MSc, Boudreau, M.MSc, Chan, K.MSc, Forsythe, A.BSc,

Hossie, T.PDF, Landolt, K.PhD, Longhi, J.MSc, Otis, J.A.MSc, Peers, M.J.L.MSc, Rae, J.MSc,

Seguin, J.BSc, Watt, C.MSc, Wehtje, M.PhD, Murray, D.L. 2015. The evolution of peer

review as a basis for publication in ecology: Directional selection towards a robust

discipline? Biological Reviews DOI: 10.1111/brv.12185.

115. Borlestean, A.MSc, Frost, P.C., and Murray, D.L. 2015. A mechanistic analysis of density

dependence in algal population dynamics. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Population

Dynamics)

114. Gese, E.M., Knowlton, F.F., Adams, J.R., Beck, K., Fuller, T.K., Murray, D.L., Steury, T.D.,

Stoskopf, M.K., Waddell, W.T., and Waits, L.P. 2015. Managing hybridization of a recovering

endangered species: The red wolf as a case study. Current Zoology 61: 191-205.

113. Bastille-Rousseau, G.PhD, Potts, J.R., Lewis, M.A., Ellington, E.H.PhD, Rayl, N.D., Mahoney, S.,

Schaefer, J.A., and Murray, D.L. 2015. Unveiling trade-offs in resource selection of migratory

caribou using a mechanistic movement model of availability. Ecography

DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01305.

112. Ellington, E.E.PhD and Murray, D.L. 2015. Influence of hybridization on animal space use: A

case study using coyote range expansion. Oikos DOI: 10.1111/oik.01824.

111. Murray, D.L., Bastille-Rousseau, G.PhD, Adams, J., and Waits, L.P. 2015. The challenges of red

wolf conservation and the fate if an endangered species recovery program. Conservation

Letters DOI: 10.1111/conl.12157.

110. Ellington, E.E.PhD, Bastille-Rousseau, G.PhD, Austin, C.MSc, Landolt, K.PhD, Pond, B.A., Rees,

E.E.Other, Robar, N.MSc, and Murray, D.L. Using multiple imputation to estimate missing data

in meta-analysis. Methods in Ecology and Evolution DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12322

2014

109. Terwissen, C.V.MSc, Mastromonaco, G.F., and Murray, D.L. 2015. Enzyme immunoassays as a

method for quantifying hair reproductive hormones in two felid species. Conservation

Physiology 10.1093/conphys/cou044

108. Hornseth, M.L.PhD, Walpole, A.A., Walton, L.R., Bowman, J., Ray, J.C., Fortin, M.-J., and

Murray, D.L. 2014. Behavioural plasticity of Canada lynx to habitat fragmentation at the

core versus periphery of their geographic range e113511a

107. McIntosh, T.E.PhD, Rosatte, R.C., Hamr, J., and Murray, D.L. 2014. Patterns of mortality and

factors influencing survival of elk recently reintroduced to Ontario, Canada. Restoration

Ecology .a, 1

106. Bennett, A.M.PhD, and Murray, D.L. 2014. Maternal body condition influences magnitude of

anti-predator response in offspring. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1806a, 1

105. Thornton, D.H.PDF, and Murray, D.L. 2014. Influence of hybridization on niche shifts in invasive

coyote populations. Diversity and Distributions 11: 1355-1364a, 1

104. Koen, E.L., Bowman, J., Murray, D.L., and Wilson, P.J. 2014. Climate change reduces genetic

diversity of Canada lynx at the trailing edge. Ecography 37: 001-009d, 1

103. Row, J.R.PDF, Wilson, P.J., Gomez, C.PDF, Koen, E.L., Bowman, J., Thornton, D.PDF, and

Murray, D.L. 2014. Projecting the impacts of climate change on environmentally-mediated

genetic structure in Canada lynx. Global Change Biology doi:10.1111/gcb.12526a, 1

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102. Row, J.R.PDF, Wilson, P.J., and Murray, D.L. 2014. Anatomy of a population cycle: The role of

density-dependence and demographic variability on numerical instability and periodicity.

Journal of Animal Ecology doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12179a, 1

101. Rayl, N.D., Fuller, T.K., Organ, J.F., McDonald, J.E., Mahoney, S.P., Soulliere, C., Otto, R.,

Gullage, S., Hodder, T., Norman, F., Porter, T., Bastille-Rousseau, G.PhD, Schaefer, J., and

Murray, D.L. 2014. Mapping the distribution of a prey resource: neonate caribou in

Newfoundland. Journal of Mammalogy 95: 328-339d, 5

100. Peers, M.J.L.BSc, Wehtje, M.PhD, Thornton, D.H.PDF, and Murray, D.L. 2014. Prey switching as

a means of enhancing persistence in predators at the trailing edge. Global Change Biology

doi:10.1111/gcb.12469a, 1

2013

99. Abele, S.L.MSc, Wirsing, A.J.MSc, and Murray, D.L. 2013. Precommercial forest thinning alters

abundance but not survival of snowshoe hares. Journal of Wildlife Management 77:84-92.a

98. Bennett, A.M.PhD, Pereira, D.BSc, and Murray, D.L. 2013. Investment into defensive traits by

anuran prey (Lithobates pipiens) is mediated by the starvation-predation risk trade-off. Public

Library of Science (ONE) e82344a, 1

97. Potts, J.R., Bastille-Rousseau, G.PhD, Murray, D.L., Schaefer, J., and Lewis, M.A. 2013.

Predicting local effects of resources on animal space use using a mechanistic step-selection

model. Methods in Ecology and Evolution doi:10.1111/2041-210X.12150d

96. Terwissen, C.V.MSc, Mastromonaco, G.F., and Murray, D.L. 2013. Influence of

adrenocorticotrophin hormone challenge and external factors (age, sex, and body region) on

hair cortisol concentration in Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). General and Comparative

Endocrinology 194:162-167a, 1

95. Peers, M.J.L.BSc, Thornton, D.H.PDF, and Murray, D.L. 2013. Evidence for large-scale effects of

competition: niche displacement in carnivores. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London,

Series B 280: 20132495a, 1

94. Bastille-Rousseau, G.PhD, Schaefer, J.A., Mahoney, S., and Murray, D.L. 2013. Population decline in

semi-migratory caribou: Intrinsic or extrinsic drivers? Canadian Journal of Zoology 91: 820-

828d, 5

93. Ellsworth, E.PhD, Wirsing, A.J.Other, Shipley L., Murray, D.L. 2013. Do measures of plant intake

and digestibility from captive feeding trials align with foraging patterns of free-ranging

snowshoe hares. Wildlife Research 40: 349-357.a, 5

91. Pickles, R.S.A.PDF, Thornton, D.H.PDF, Feldman, R.PDF, Marques, A.BSc, and Murray, D.L. 2013.

Predicting shifts in parasite distribution with climate change: a multitrophic level approach.

Global Change Biology 19: 2645-2654.a , 5

90. Beyer, H.L., Morales, J.M., Murray, D.L., and Fortin, M.-J. 2013. Estimating behavioural states

from movement paths using Bayesian state-space models: a proof of concept. Methods in

Ecology and Evolution 4: 433-441d, 1

89. Beyer, H.L., Ung, R., Murray, D.L., and Fortin, M.-J. 2013. Functional responses and seasonal

variation in road crossing behaviour of moose. J. Appl. Ecol. 50: 286-294d, 1

2012

88. Peers, M.J.L.BSc, Thornton, D.H.PDF, and Murray, D.L. 2012. Reconsidering the specialist-

generalist paradigm in niche breadth dynamics: Canada lynx and bobcats. Public Library of

Science (One) 7(12): e51488.a

87. Thornton, D.H.PDF, Wirsing, A.J.Other, Roth, J.R.PDF, and Murray, D.L. 2012. Habitat

occupancy and population density drive occupancy dynamics of snowshoe hare in variegated

landscapes. Ecography 36: 610-621.a

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86. Thornton, D.H.PDF, Wirsing, A.J.Other, Roth, J.R.PDF, and Murray, D.L. 2012. Complex effects

of site preparation and harvest on snowshoe hare abundance across a patchy forest landscape.

Forest Ecology and Management. 280:132-139.a

85. Hossie, T.J.MSc, and Murray, D.L. 2012. Assessing behavioural and morphological responses of

frog tadpoles to temporal variability in predation risk. Journal of Zoology (London) 288:

275-282.a

84. Walpole, A.A., Bowman, J., Murray, D.L., Wilson, P.J. 2012. Functional connectivity along the

southern periphery of the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) range in Ontario, Canada.

Landscape Ecology 27: 761-773.d

83. Sparkman, A.M.PDF, Adams, J., Steury, T.D.PDF, Waits, L., and Murray, D.L. 2012. Pack social

dynamics and inbreeding in the cooperatively breeding red wolf. Behavioural Ecology 23:

1186-1194.a

82. Row, J.R.PDF, Gomez, C.PDF, Koen, E.L., Bowman, J., Murray, D.L., and Wilson, P. 2012.

Dispersal promotes high gene flow among Canada lynx populations across mainland North

America. Conservation Genetics 13:1259–1268.a

81. Sparkman, A.M.PDF, Adams, J., Steury, T.D.PDF, Waits, L., and Murray, D.L. 2012. Evidence

for a genetic basis for delayed dispersal in a cooperatively breeding canid. Animal Behaviour

83: 1091-1098.a

80. Murray, D.L., Hussey, K.F.MSc, Finnegan, L.PDF, Lowe, S.MSc, Price, G., Benson, J., Loveless,

K., Middel, K., Mills, K.MSc, Potter, D., Silver, A., Fortin, M.-J., Patterson, B., and Wilson,

P.J. 2012. Assessment of the status and viability of a moose population at its range limit in

southern Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90: 422-434.b

79. Wirsing, A.J.Other, Phillips, J.MSc, Obbard. M., Murray, D.L. 2012. Incidental nest predation in

freshwater turtles: inter- and intraspecific differences in vulnerability are explained by

relative crypsis. Oecologia 168: 977-988.a

2011

78. Sparkman, A.M.PDF, Waits, L., and Murray, D.L. 2011. Social and demographic effects of

anthropogenic mortality: A test of the compensatory mortality hypothesis in the red wolf.

Public Library of Science (One) 6(6): e20868.a

77. McLoughlin, P.D., Vander Wal, E., Lowe, S.J.MSc, Patterson, B.R., and Murray, D.L. 2011.

Contrasting models of resource selection for moose. Basic and Applied Ecology 12: 654-66.c

76. Hossie, T.J.MSc, and Murray, D.L. 2011. Effects of structural refuge and density on foraging

behaviour and mortality of hungry tadpoles subject to predation risk. Ethology 117: 1-9.a

75. Finnegan, L.A.PDF, Wilson, P.J., Price, G.N., Lowe, S.J.MSc, Patterson, B.R., Fortin, M.-J., and

Murray, D.L. 2011. The complimentary role of genetic and ecological data in understanding

population structure: A case study using moose (Alces alces). European Journal of Wildlife

Research. 58: 415-423.a

74. Robar, N.MSc, Murray, D.L., Burness, G. 2011. Effect of parasites on host energy expenditure:

the resting metabolic rate stalemate. Canadian Journal of Zoology 89: 1146–1155.a

73. Sparkman, A.M.PDF, Adams, J., Steury, T.D.PDF, Waits, L., and Murray, D.L. 2011. Direct

fitness benefits of delayed dispersal in the cooperatively breeding red wolf (Canis rufus).

Behavioural Ecology 22: 199-205.a

2010

72. Sparkman, A.M.PDF, Adams, J., Beyer, A., Steury, T.D.PDF, Waits, L., and Murray, D.L. 2010.

Helper effects on pup lifetime fitness in the cooperatively breeding red wolf (Canis rufus).

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 278: 1381-1389.a

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71. Murray, D.L., Smith, D.W., Bangs, E.E., Mack, C., Oakleaf, J., Fontaine, J., Boyd, D., Jiminez,

M., Niemeyer, C., Meier, T.J., and Stahler, D., Holyan, J., Asher, V.J. 2010. Death from

anthropogenic causes is partially compensatory in recovering wolf populations. Biological

Conservation 143: 2514-2524.b

70. Ferland-Raymond, B.MSc, March, R.E., Metcalfe, C.D., and Murray, D.L. 2010. Assessing the

identity of chemical cues eliciting prey behavioural plasticity. Biochemical Systematics and

Ecology 38: 169–177.a

69. Robar, N.MSc, Burness, G., and Murray, D.L. 2010. Tropics, trophics, and taxonomy: the

determinants of parasite-associated host mortality. Oikos 119: 1273–1280.a

68. Hossie, T.Other, Ferland-Raymond, B.MSc, Burness, G., and Murray, D.L. 2010. Morphological

and behavioural responses of frog tadpoles to perceived predation risk: A role for

corticosterone mediation? Ecoscience 17: 100-108.a

67. Rutledge, L.Y, Mills, K.MSc, Loveless, K.M., Murray, D.L., Patterson, B.R., and White, B.N.

2010. Protection from harvesting restores family pack structure of Eastern wolves in

Algonquin Provincial Park. Biological Conservation 143: 332-339.c

66. Hossie, T.MSc, and Murray, D.L. 2010. You can’t run but you can hide: refuge use in frog

tadpoles elicits density-dependent predation by dragonfly larvae. Oecologia 163: 395–404.a

65. Smith, D.W., Bangs, E.E., Oakleaf, J.O., Mack, C., Fontaine, J., Boyd, D., Jiminez, M.,

Niemeyer, C.C., Meier, T.J., Stahler, D.R., Holyan, J., Asher, V.J. and Murray, D.L. 2010.

Survival of colonizing wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains of the United States, 1982-

2004. Journal of Wildlife Management 74: 620–634.e

64. Steury, T.D.PDF, McCarthy, J.E., Roth, T.C., Lima, S.L., and Murray, D.L. 2010. Evaluation of a

root-n bandwidth selector for kernel home range estimation. Journal of Wildlife Management

74:539–548.a

63. Murray, D.L., Anderson, M.G., and Steury, T.D.PDF 2010. Temporal shifts in density dependence

among North American breeding duck populations. Ecology 91: 571-581.b

2009

62. McIntosh, T.E.PhD, Rosatte, R.C., Hamr, J., and Murray, D.L. 2009. Development of a sightability

model for low-density elk (Cervus elaphus) populations in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Wildlife

Management 73: 580-585.a

2008

61. Cunnington, G.M., Schaefer, J., Cebek, J.E., and Murray, D. 2008. Correlations of biotic and

abiotic variables with ground surface temperature: An ectothermic perspective. Ecoscience

15: 472-477.c

60. Ferland-Raymond, B.MSc, and Murray, D.L. 2008. Predator diet and prey adaptive responses:

Can tadpoles distinguish between predators feeding on congeneric vs. conspecific prey?

Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 1329-1336.a

59. Roth, J.D.PDF, J.D., Murray, D.L., and Steury, T.D.PDF 2008. Spatial dynamics of sympatric

canids: Modeling the impact of coyotes on red wolf recovery. Ecological Modeling 214: 391-

403.b

58. Rees, E.E.PDF, Pond, B.A., Phillips, J.R.MSc, and Murray, D.L. 2008. Raccoon rabies database: a

resource for population dynamics modeling and meta-analysis. Ecological Informatics 3: 69-

80.c

57. Patterson, B.R., and Murray, D.L. 2008. Flawed population viability analysis can lead to

misleading population status assessment: A case study for wolves in Algonquin Park,

Canada. Biological Conservation 141: 669-680.e

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56. Mills, K.J.MSc, Patterson, B.R., and Murray, D.L. 2008. Direct estimation of early survival and

movements in eastern wolf pups. Journal of Wildlife Management 72: 949-954.a

55. Murray, D.L., Steury, T.D.PDF, and Roth, J.D.PDF. 2008. Canada lynx research and conservation

needs in the southern range: Another kick at the cat. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:

1463-1472.b

2007

54. Azevedo, F.C.C.PhD, and Murray, D.L. 2007. Evaluation of potential factors predisposing

livestock to predation by jaguars. Journal of Wildlife Management 71: 2379-2386.a

53. Roth, J.D.PDF, Marshall, J.D., Murray, D.L., Nickerson, D.M., and Steury, T.D.PDF 2007.

Latitudinal gradients in diet and population dynamics of Canada lynx. Ecology 88: 2736-

2743.b

52. Wirsing, A.J.Other, and Murray, D.L. 2007. Food supplementation experiments revisited:

Verifying that supplemental food is used by its intended recipients. Canadian Journal of

Zoology 85: 679-685.a

51. Wirsing, A.J.Other, Azevedo, F.C.C.PhD, Larivière, S., and Murray, D.L. 2007. Patterns of

gastrointestinal parasitism among five sympatric prairie carnivores: Are males reservoirs?

Journal of Parasitology 93: 504-510.a

50. Murray, D.L., and Waits, L. 2007. Taxonomic status and conservation strategy of the Endangered

red wolf: A response to Kyle et al. (2006). Conservation Genetics 8: 1483-1485.b

49. Azevedo, F.C.C.PhD, and Murray, D.L. 2007. Spatial organization and food habits of jaguars

(Panthera onca) in a floodplain forest. Biological Conservation 137: 391-402.a

48. Ireland, D.H.Other, Wirsing, A.J.Other, and Murray, D.L. 2007. Phenotypically plastic responses of

green frog embryos to conflicting predation risk. Oecologia 152: 162-168.a

47. Kortello, A.D.MSc, Hurd, T.E., and Murray, D.L. 2007. Interactions between cougars (Puma

concolor) and gray wolves (Canis lupus) in Banff National Park, Alberta. Ecoscience 14:

214-222.a

2006

46. Mills, K.J.MSc, Patterson, B.R., and Murray, D.L. 2006. Effects of GPS collar sampling frequency

on estimated movement distance and home range size in wolves. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:

1463-1469.a

45. Murray, D.L., and Patterson, B.R. 2006. Wildlife survival estimation: Recent advances and future

directions. Journal of Wildlife Management 70: 1499-1503.b

44. Murray, D.L. 2006. On improving telemetry-based survival estimation. Journal of Wildlife

Management 70: 1530-1543.b

43. Murray, D.L., Cox, E.W.PhD, Ballard, W.B., Whitlaw, H.A., Lenarz, M.S., Custer, T.W. Barnett,

T., and Fuller, T.K. 2006. Pathogens, nutritional deficiency, and climate change influences

on a declining moose population. Wildlife Monographs No. 166.d

42. Monello, R.J.Other, Dennehy, J.J., Murray, D.L., and Wirsing, A.J.Other 2006. Growth and

behavioral responses of tadpoles of two native frogs to an exotic competitor, Rana

catesbeiana. Journal of Herpetology 40: 403-407.a

41. Oakleaf, J.K.MSc, Murray, D.L., Bangs, E.E., Mack, C.M., Smith, D.W., Fontaine, J.A., Oakleaf,

J.R., Jiminez, M.D., Meier, T.J., and Niemeyer, C.C. 2006. Habitat selection by recolonizing

wolves in the northwestern United States. Journal of Wildlife Management 70: 554-563.a

40. Azevedo, F.C.C.PhD, Lester, V., Gorsuch, W., and Larivière, S., Wirsing, A.J.Other, and Murray,

D.L. 2006. Dietary breadth and overlap among five sympatric prairie carnivores. Journal of

Zoology (London) 269: 127-135.a

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2005

39. Stoskopf, M.K., Beck, K., Fazio, B., Fuller, T.K. Gese, E.M., Kelly, B. Knowlton, F., Murray,

D.L., Waddell, W., and Waits L. 2005. Implementing recovery of the red wolf – Integrating

research scientists and managers. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33: 1145-1152.e

38. Steury, T.D.PDF, and Murray, D.L. 2005. Regression versus ANOVA. Frontiers in Ecology 7:

356-357.a

37. Cook, R.C.MSc, Cook, J.C., Murray, D.L., Zager, P., Johnson, B.K., and Gratson, M.W. 2005.

Nutritional condition indices for elk: The good (and less good), the bad, and the ugly.

Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 69: 586-

603; also published in: The Starkey Project: A synthesis of long-term studies of elk and mule

deer. (M. Wisdom, ed.) Alliance Communications Group. pp. 102-112.a

36. Wirsing, A.J.Other, Roth, J.D.PDF, and Murray, D.L. 2005. Can prey use dietary cues to

distinguish predators? A test involving three terrestrial amphibians. Herpetologica 61: 104-

110.a

35. Murray, D.L., Ellsworth, E.PhD, and Zack, A. 2005. Assessment of bias with snowshoe hare fecal

pellet plot counts. Journal of Wildlife Management 69: 385-395.b

2004

34. Murray, D.L., Roth, J.D.PDF, and Wirsing, A.J.Other 2004. Predation risk avoidance by terrestrial

amphibians: The role of prey experience and vulnerability to native and exotic predators.

Ethology 110: 635-647.b

33. Steury, T.D.MSc, and Murray, D.L. 2004. Modeling the reintroduction of lynx to the southern

periphery of its range. Biological Conservation 117: 127-141.a

2003

32. Steury, T.D.MSc, and Murray, D.L. 2003. Causes and consequences of individual variation in

territory size in the red squirrel. Oikos 101: 147-156.a

31. Husseman, J.S.MSc, Murray, D.L., Power, G., Mack, C., Wenger, C.R. and Quigley, H. 2003.

Assessing differential prey selection patterns between two sympatric large carnivores. Oikos

101: 591-601.a

30. Oalkeaf, J.K.MSc, Mack, C., Murray, D.L. 2003. Effects of wolves on livestock survival and

movements in central Idaho. Journal of Wildlife Management 67: 299-306.a

29. Husseman, J.S.MSc, Murray, D.L., Power, G., Mack, C. 2003. Correlation patterns of marrow fat

in Rocky Mountain elk bones. Journal of Wildlife Management 67: 742-746.a

2002

28. Murray, D.L. 2002. Differential body condition and vulnerability to predation in snowshoe hares.

Journal of Animal Ecology 71: 614-625.b

27. Wirsing, A.J.MSc, Steury, T.D.MSc, and Murray, D.L. 2002. Non-invasive estimation of body

composition in small mammals: A comparison of conductive and morphometric methods.

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 75: 489-497.a

26. Murray, D.L., Roth, J.D.PDF, Ellsworth, E.PhD, Wirsing, A.J.MSc, and Steury, T.D.MSc 2002.

Estimating low density snowshoe hare populations using fecal pellet counts. Canadian

Journal of Zoology 80: 771-781.b

25. Wirsing, A.J.MSc, Steury, T.D.MSc, and Murray, D.L. 2002. Relationship between body condition

and vulnerability to predation in snowshoe hares and red squirrels. Journal of Mammalogy

83: 707-715.a

24. Wirsing, A.J.MSc, and Murray, D.L. 2002. Patterns in consumption of woody plants by snowshoe

hares in the northwestern United States. Ecoscience 9: 440-449.a

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23. Wirsing, A.J.MSc, Steury, T.D.MSc, and Murray, D.L. 2002. A demographic analysis of a

southern snowshoe hare population in a fragmented habitat: evaluating the refugium model.

Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 169-177.a

22. Steury, T.D.MSc, Wirsing, A.J.MSc, and Murray, D.L. 2002. Using multiple treatment levels as a

means of improving inference in wildlife research. Journal of Wildlife Management 66: 292-

299.a

21. Murray, D.L. and Larivière, S. 2002. The relationship between foot size of wild canids and

regional snow conditions: Evidence for selection against a high foot-load? Journal of

Zoology (London) 256: 289-299.b

2001

20. Cook, R.C.MSc, Cook, J.G., Murray, D.L., Zager, P., Johnson, B.K., and Gratson, M.W. 2001.

Development of predictive models of nutritional condition for Rocky Mountain elk. Journal

of Wildlife Management 65: 973-987.a

19. Cook, R.C.MSc, Cook, J.G., Murray, D.L., Zager, P., Johnson, B.K., and Gratson, M.W. 2001.

Nutritional condition models for elk: Which are the most sensitive, accurate, and precise?

Journal of Wildlife Management 65: 988-997.a

18. Monello, R.J.Other, Murray, D.L., and Cassirer, E.F. 2001. Ecological correlates of pneumonia

epizootics in bighorn sheep herds. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79: 1423-1432.a

17. Cook, R.C.MSc, Murray, D.L., Cook, J.G., Zager, P. 2001. Nutritional influences on breeding

dynamics in elk. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79: 845-853.a

2000

16. Murray, D.L. 2000. A geographic analysis of snowshoe hare population demography. Canadian

Journal of Zoology 78: 1207-1217.b

Prior to 2000

15. Murray, D.L., Kapke, C.A., Evermann, J.F., and Fuller, T.K. 1999. Infectious disease and the

conservation of free-ranging large carnivores. Animal Conservation 2: 241-254.b

14. Murray, D.L. 1999. An assessment of overwinter food limitation in a snowshoe hare population

at a cyclic low. Oecologia 120:50-58.b

13. Murray, D.L., and Jenkins, C.L.Other 1999. Perceived predation risk as a function of predator

dietary cues in terrestrial salamanders. Animal Behaviour 57: 33-39.b

12. Fuller, T.K., and Murray, D.L. 1998. Biological and logistical explanations of variation in wolf

population density. Animal Conservation 1: 153-157.e

11. Murray, D.L., Keith, L.B., and Cary, J.R. 1998. Do parasitism and nutritional status interact to

affect production in snowshoe hares? Ecology 79: 1193-1208.b

10. O’Donoghue, M., Boutin, S., Krebs, C.J., Zuleta, G., Murray, D.L., and Hofer, E.J. 1998.

Functional responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Ecology 79: 1209-

1222.e

9. O’Donoghue, M., Boutin, S., Krebs, C.J., Murray, D.L., and Hofer, E.J. 1998. Behavioural

responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 82: 169-183.e

8. Murray, D.L., Cary, J.R., and Keith, L.B. 1997. Interactive effects of sublethal nematodes and

nutritional status on snowshoe hare vulnerability to predation. Journal of Animal Ecology 66:

250-264.b

7. Ives, A.R. and Murray, D.L. 1997. Can sublethal parasitism destabilize predator-prey population

dynamics? A model of snowshoe hares, predators and parasites. Journal of Animal Ecology 66:

265-278.c

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6. Murray, D.L., Keith, L.B., and Cary, J.R. 1996. The efficacy of anthelmintic treatment on the

parasite abundance of free-ranging snowshoe hares. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 1604-

1611.b

5. Murray, D.L., Boutin, S., O'Donoghue, M., and Nams, V.O. 1995. Hunting behaviour of a

sympatric felid and canid in relation to vegetative cover. Animal Behaviour 50: 1203-1210.b

4. Boutin, S., Krebs, C.J., Boonstra, R., Dale, M.R.T., Hannon, S.J., Martin, K., Sinclair, A.R.E.,

Smith, J.N.M., Turkington, R., Blower, M., Byrom, A., Doyle, F.I., Doyle, C., Hik, D., Hofer,

L., Hubbs, A., Karels, T., Murray, D.L., Nams, V., O’Donoghue, M., Rohner, C., and

Schweiger, S. 1995. Population changes of the vertebrate community during a snowshoe hare

cycle in Canada's boreal forest. Oikos 74: 69-80.e

3. Murray, D.L., Boutin, S., and O’Donoghue, M. 1994. Winter habitat selection by lynx and coyotes

in relation to snowshoe hare abundance. Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 1444-1451.b

2. Murray, D.L., and Boutin, S. 1991. The influence of snow on lynx and coyote movements: Does

morphology affect behavior? Oecologia 88: 463-469.b

1. Murray, D.L. 1990. The effects of food and density on growth and metamorphosis in larval wood

frogs (Rana sylvatica) from central Labrador. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 1221-1226.b

Authored by High Quality Personnel while in my lab

Students may undertake work that is outside the direct scope of their thesis. My policy is to decline co-

authorship unless I have contributed significantly to each of the following: concept, design/analysis,

funding, and writeup. I have provided only normal guidance, editing and funding to the following papers

emanating from my lab, and thus I declined co-authorship when it was offered:

12. Trudeau V.L., Schueler F.W., Navarro-Martin L., Hamilton C.K., Bulaeva, E., Bennett A.PhD,

Fletcher W., Taylor L. 2013. Efficient induction of spawning of Northern leopard frogs

(Lithobates pipiens) during and outside the natural breeding season. Reproductive Biology and

Endocrinology 11:14.d

11. Wheeldon, T.J.MSc, Patterson, B.R., and White, B.N. 2010. Sympatric wolf and coyote populations

of the western Great Lakes region are reproductively isolated. Molecular Ecology 19: 4428-

4440.b

10. Lowe, S.J. MSc, Patterson, B.R., and Schaefer, J. 2010. Lack of behavioral responses of moose

(Alces alces) to high ambient temperatures near the southern periphery of their range.

Canadian Journal of Zoology 88: 1032-1041.b

9. Maxie, A.J., Hussey, K.F. MSc, Lowe, S.J. MSc, Middel, K.R., Pond, B.A, Obbard, M.E., and

Patterson, B.R. 2010. A comparison of forest resource inventory, provincial land cover maps

and field surveys for wildlife habitat analysis in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Forest.

Forestry Chronicle 86: 77-86.a

8. Ryckman, M.J.MSc, Rosatte, R.C., McIntosh, T.PhD, Hamr, J., and Jenkins, D. 2009. Postrelease

dispersal of reintroduced elk (Cervus elaphus) in Ontario, Canada. Restoration Ecology

18:173-180.c

7. Rutledge, L.Y., Holloway, J. J. MSc, Patterson, B.R., White, B.N. 2009. An improved field

method to obtain DNA for individual identification from wolf scat. Journal of Wildlife

Management 73: 1430-1435.d

6. Wheeldon, T.J.MSc, and White, B.N. 2009. Genetic analysis of historic western Great Lakes

region wolf samples reveals early Canis lupus/lycaon hybridization. Biology Letters 23: 101-

104.d

5. Argue, A., Mills, K.J.MSc and Patterson, B.R. 2008. Behavioural response of eastern wolves

(Canis lycaon) to disturbance at homesites and its effects on pup survival. Canadian Journal

of Zoology 86: 400-406.d

4. McIntosh, T.PhD, Rosatte, R., Campbell, D., Welch, K., Fournier, D., Spinato, M., and Ogunremi,

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O. 2007. Evidence of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis infections in free-ranging elk (Cervus

elaphus) in southern Ontario. Canadian Veterinary Journal 48: 1146-1154.d

3. Crawshaw, G.J., Mills, K.J.MSc, Mosley, C., and Patterson, B.R. 2007. Field implantation of

intraperitoneal radiotransmitters in eastern wolf (Canis lycaon) pups using inhalation

anesthesia with sevoflurane. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43: 711-718.d

2. Custer, T.W., Cox, E. PhD, Gray, B. 2004. Trace elements in moose (Alces alces) found dead in

northwestern Minnesota. Science of the Total Environment 330: 81-87.d

1. Wirsing, A.J.MSc 2003. Predation-mediated selection on prey morphology: a test using snowshoe

hares. Evolutionary Ecology Research 5: 315-327.a

PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS

6. Murray, D.L., and Bastille-Rousseau, G.PhD Chapter 10. Estimating cause-specific mortality and

hazard using time-to-event information. Population Ecology in Practice (Murray, D.L. &

Chapron, G., eds). Wiley-Blackwell, London. (in review)b

5. Murray, D.L., Bastille-Rousseau, G.PhD, Hornseth, M.PhD, Row, J.PDF , and Thornton, D.H.PDF

Chapter 3. From research hypothesis to model selection: A strategy toward robust inference in

population ecology. Population Ecology in Practice (Murray, D.L. & Chapron, G., eds). Wiley-

Blackwell, London. (in review)b

4. Murray, D.L. 2003. Snowshoe hare and other hares. Wild Mammals of North America. Vol II.

(G.A. Feldhamer and B. Thompson, eds.) Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 147-175.b

3. O’Donoghue, M., Boutin, S., Murray, D.L., Krebs, C.J., Hofer, E.J., Breitenmoser, U.,

Breitenmoser-Würsten, C., Zutela, G., Doyle, C., and Nams, V.O. 2001. Coyotes and lynx.

Ecosystem Dynamics in the Boreal Forest- The Kluane Project. Oxford University Press (C.J.

Krebs, S. Boutin, and R. Boonstra, eds.) pp. 275-323.e

2. Murray, D.L., and Fuller, M.R. 2000. A critical review of the effects of marking on the biology

of vertebrates. Research Techniques in Animal Ecology: Controversies and Consequences.

(L. Boitani and T.K. Fuller, eds.) Columbia University Press. pp. 15-64.b

1. Cluff, H.D., and Murray, D.L. 1995. Review of wolf control methods in North America. Wolves

in a Changing World. Proceedings to the Second International Wolf Symposium, Edmonton,

AB. (L.N. Carbyn, S.H. Fritts, and D.R. Seip, eds.) pp. 491-504.e

PEER-EDITED PUBLICATIONS

10. Peek, J., Dale, B., Hristienko, H., Kantar, L., Lloyd, K. A., Mahoney, S., Miller, C., Murray, D.,

Olver, L., Soulliere, C. 2012. Management of large mammalian carnivores in North America.

Technical Review 12-01. The Wildlife Society. 76pp.e

9. Murray, D., and Smith, A.T. 2008. Lepus americanus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of

Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. www.iucnredlist.org.b

8. Murray, D., and Smith, A.T. 2008. Lepus othus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened

Species. Version 2011.2. www.iucnredlist.org.b

7. Murray, D., and Smith, A.T. 2008. Lepus arcticus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened

Species. Version 2011.2. www.iucnredlist.org.b

6. Murray, D.L. 2001. Review of Carnivores in Ecosystems: The Yellowstone Experience. Global

Ecology and Biogeography 10: 220-221.b

5. Murray, D.L. 1999. Eric Wynn Cox (1969-1999). Wildlife Society Bulletin 27: 1126-1127.b

4. Scott, J.M., Murray, D.L., and Griffith B. 1999. Lynx reintroduction. Science 286: 49-50.e

3. Murray, D.L. 1999. Ermine. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals (D.E. Wilson and

S. Ruff, eds.) Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 168-169.b

2. Murray, D.L. 1999. Snowshoe hare. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals (D.E.

Wilson and S. Ruff, eds.) Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 695-697.b

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1. Murray, D.L. 1998. All about moose: Review of Ecology and Management of the North American

Moose. Bioscience 48: 847-848.b

BOOKS IN PREPARATION

2. Murray, D.L., and Wirsing, A.J. Predator-Prey Interactions: Perspectives on Conflict and

Coexistence. Wiley-Blackwell, London. (co-authored book, projected publication date:

December 2015)

1. Murray, D.L., and Chapron, G. (Editors) Population Ecology in Practice. Wiley-Blackwell,

London. (co-edited book with 2 chapters for which I am senior-author, projected publication

date: February 2014)

INVITED SEMINARS (since 2000)

2015. Alliance of Canadian Comprehensive Research Universities (ACCRU), Ottawa, ON; 2014.

Ecological Society of America, Sacramento, CA; 2013. University of Toronto, Scarborough, ON; 2012.

University of Maine, Orono, ME; York University, Toronto, ON; University of Toronto, Scarborough,

ON; 2011. University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Paul Smiths College, Saranac Lake, NY; Northern

Furbearer Conference, Whitehorse, YT (keynote); Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON; 2010. University

of Toronto, Toronto, ON; 2009. Grimsö Research Station, Lindesberg, Sweden; 2008. Yellowstone

National Park, Mammoth, WY; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB; 2007. University of Guelph,

Guelph, ON; Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; 2006. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB;

Ducks Unlimited, Winnipeg, MB; The Wildlife Society annual meeting, Anchorage, AK; 2004. The

Wildlife Society annual meeting, Calgary, AB; University of Toronto, Scarborough, ON; Carleton

University, Ottawa, ON; 2002. Idaho Fish and Game Commission meeting, McCall, ID; Annual Western

Forest Carnivore Meeting. Spokane, ID; Utah State University, Logan, UT; U.S. Forest Service Forest

Management, Missoula, MT; Trent University, Peterborough, ON; Carnivore Management Workshop,

Banff, AB; 2000. University of Nevada, Reno, NV

3. TRAINING OF HIGHLY-QUALIFIED PERSONNEL

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS

Current

Thomas Hossie. Amphibian population ecology. (2014)

Catarina Ferreira. Carnivore population dynamics and source-sink dynamics (2013)

Completed

Robert Pickles1. Projecting moose responses to climate change; tiger conservation in Sumatra (2011-15)

Richard Feldman. Spatially-explicit traveling waves in duck populations. (2011-13)

Dan Thornton. Extinction and colonization in snowshoe hares; jaguar movement corridors. (2011-13)

Jeff Row. Evolutionary divergence between lynx and bobcat. (co-supervised with P. Wilson) (2011-13)

Alban Guillaumet. Competition and cyclic attenuation in mesocarnivores. (co-supervised with J.

Bowman) (2011-12) Current position: Contract Researcher, Trent University, Montpellier, FR

Céline Gomez. Landscape genetics of lynx. (co-supervised with P. Wilson) (2010)

Current position: Researcher, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement UMR, Lyon, FR

Amanda Sparkman. Life history analysis of red wolves. (2009-11)

Current position: Assistant Professor, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA

Laura Finnegan. Landscape genetics of moose. (co-supervised with P. Wilson) (2009)

Current position: Lecturer, Trent University, Peterborough, ON

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Erin Rees. Moose population harvest modeling. (2007)

Current position: Post-doctoral fellow, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE

Todd Steury. Population viability analysis for recolonizing red wolves. (2005-08)

Current position: Assistant Professor, Auburn University, Auburn, AB

James Roth. Lynx dietary reconstruction using stable isotope analysis. (2000-01)

Current position: Associate Professor, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

GRADUATE STUDENTS – TRENT UNIVERSITY (2002 - present)

Current

Madison Wikston. Environmental DNA as a robust method for amphibian population assessment (MSc,

2015)

Jacob Seguin. Maternal effects of perceived predation risk in juvenile snowshoe hares (MSc, co-

supervised with R. Boonstra, 2015)

Shawn MacFarlane. Limb regeneration potential in salamander larvae under predation risk (MSc, co-

supervised with L. Kerr, 2014)

Amy Clement. Perceived predation risk in tadpoles under variable stress scenarios. (MSc, 2014)

Morgan Hynryk. Effect of neonicotinoids on tadpoles (MSc, 2014)

Spencer Walker. Direct and indirect effects of climate on moose range recession (MSc, 2014)

Melanie Boudreau3. Snowshoe hare responses to perceived predation risk. (PhD, 2014)

Christa Szumski. Lynx dietary fluctuations from stable isotope analysis. (MSc, co-supervised with J.

Roth) (2011)

Morgan Wehtje. Lynx occupancy models and range limitation. (PhD, co-supervised with J. Bowman)

(2011)

Kristen Landolt. Morphological and behavioural tradeoffs to predation risk. PhD (2009)

Completed

Jessica Longhi. Amphibian stress response and predation risk (MSc, co-supervised with L. Kerr, 2013-

15)

Kevin Chan. Detecting and modeling animal population cycles. (MSc, 2012-15)

Edward Ellington. Coyote population ecology in Newfoundland. PhD (2010-15)

Jason Rae. Tradeoffs between predation and disease risk in tadpoles. (MSc, 2012-15)

Cayla Austin. Chemical cue communication in predator-prey systems. (MSc, 2012-15)

Josée-Anne Otis. Canid species distribution models in eastern North America (MSc, 2013-15)

Michael Peers3. Predicting Canada lynx range shift consequent to climate change. (MSc, 2012-14)

Christine Terwissen. Stress responses in cyclic lynx populations. (MSc, co-supervised with G.

Mastromonaco) (2011-2014)

Megan Hornseth4. Latitudinal dispersal corridors for lynx. PhD (2007-2014)

Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau3. Caribou spatial predation risk. (PhD, co-supervised with J. Schaefer)

(2010-2014)

Adrian Borlestean. Theta-logistic growth in algal populations. MSc (2010-2014)

Amanda Bennett3. Chemical signaling in predator-prey interactions. PhD (2010-2014)

Stacy Gan. Patterns of nest predation in Canada geese. (MSc, co-supervised with K. Abraham) (2009-

2012) Current position: Contract Biologist, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON

Terese McIntosh. Population ecology of transplanted elk. PhD (PhD, co-supervised with R. Rosatte)

(2003-11) Current position: Biologist, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, ON

Allan Brand. Spatial autocorrelates in moose populations. (MSc, co-supervised with M.-J. Fortin) (2007-

10) Current position: Spatial analyst, Montreal, QC

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Jean Arseneau5. Resource competition among eastern wolves. (MSc, co-supervised with B. Patterson)

(2007-10) Current position: PhD candidate, University of Zurich, Zurich, SZ

Tom Hossie. Predator functional response and structural cover. (MSc, 2007-09)

Current position: PhD candidate, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Josh Holloway. Population ecology of grey wolves. (MSc, co-supervised with B. Patterson) (2005-09).

Current position: Biologist, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Anchorage, AK

Karen Hussey. Resource selection functions for moose. (MSc, co-supervised with B. Patterson) (2006-

09) Current position: Biologist, Klamath Conservation Organization, Klamath, OR

Stacey Lowe. Thermal cover use by moose. (MSc, co-supervised with B. Patterson) (2007-09)

Current position: Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK

Tyler Wheeldon3. Landscape genetics of eastern wolves. (MSc, co-supervised with B. Patterson) (2007-

09) Current position: PhD candidate, Trent University, Peterborough, ON

Nic Robar3. Meta-analysis of costs of parasitism. (MSc, co-supervised with G. Burness) (2006-09)

Current position: Law School, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Bastien Ferland-Raymond. Phenotypic plasticity in amphibian tadpoles. MSc (2005-07)

Current position: Statistician, Environment Canada, Quebec, QC

Julia Phillips. Raccoon predation on turtle nests. MSc (2004-08)

Current position: Coordinator, Toronto Zoo, Toronto, ON

Ken Mills. Wolf pup survival and dispersal. (MSc, co-supervised with B. Patterson) (2003-06)

Current position: Biologist, Wyoming Department of Fish and Game, Laramie, WY

Mark Ryckman. Habitat selection patterns in transplanted elk. (MSc, co-supervised with R. Rosatte)

(2003-05) Current position: Biologist, Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, Peterborough, ON

1Commonwealth PDF 2 Ontario Trillium Scholarship PGS 3 NSERC PGS 4 Industrial NSERC PGS 5 NSERC Paillette PGS

GRADUATE STUDENTS – UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (1996 - 2009)

Ethan Ellsworth. Snowshoe hare food limitation. PhD (1999-2009; due to my exired standing

at University of Idaho, I resigned as Supervisor 6 months prior to degree completion)

Current position: Biologist, Bureau of Land Management, Ft. Collins, CO

Fernando Azevedo. Jaguar predation on livestock and native prey in Brazil. PhD (2000-06)

Current position: Professor, Universidade Federal de Sao Joao, Sao Joao, BR

Andrea Kortello. Wolf and cougar spatial relationships in Banff National Park. MSc (2001-05)

Current position: Biologist, Environment Canada, Banff, AB

Susan Able. Impacts of pre-commercial thinning on snowshoe hare populations. MSc (2000-04)

Current position: Biologist, The Nature Conservancy, Reno, NV

John Oakleaf. Wolf-livestock interactions and habitat selection patterns. MSc (1999-2002)

Current position: Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque, NM

Jason Husseman. Prey selection patterns by wolves and cougars in central Idaho. MSc (1999-2002)

Current position: Biologist, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Boise, ID

Todd Steury. Territoriality and survival relationships in red squirrels. MSc (1999-2002)

Current position: Assistant Professor, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

Aaron Wirsing. Demographic analysis of a southern snowshoe hare population. MSc (1999-2001)

Current position: Associate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Rachel Cook. Body condition and reproductive physiology in Rocky Mountain elk. MSc (1997-2000)

Current position: Biologist, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, LaGrande, OR

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UNDERGRADUATE HONOURS STUDENTS - TRENT UNIVERSITY

Jacob Seguin. Snail responses to predation risk. (2014-15)

Adrian Forsythe. Algal population cycles. (2013-14)

Danielle Porplycia. Predator infochemicals as drivers of phenotypic plasticity in algae. (2012-13)

Kyle Yurkiew. Habitat suitability in expanding coyote populations. (2011-12)

Michael Peers. Responses of Canada lynx to bobcat landscape occupancy. (2011-12)

Nicholas Hughes. Predator density and functional response. (2010-11)

Brian Atkins. Functional response of predators to toxic prey. (2009-10)

Thomas Hossie. Stress responses of tadpoles under predation risk. (2006-07)

Christine Terwissen. Behavioural ecology of domestic horses. (2006-07)

OTHER PERSONNEL (Since 1996 I have hired >60 undergraduate students and technicians to

work either for me, for research teams I directed, or for my graduate students; the list below includes

only paid trainees (since 2000) who were employed for >3 months and who fell under my direct

supervision; many of these individuals later joined my lab as graduate students)

Michael Peers (2012); Cayla Austin (2012); Danielle Porplycia (2012); Stephanie Barre (2011-12);

Teresa Isherwood (2011); Ermina Kusari (2011); Nicholas Hughes (2010); Adrian Borlestean (2010);

Brian Atkins (2009); Kristen Landolt (2009); David Pereira (2008); Jennifer Wilcox (2008); Kevin

Downing (2008-09); Christine Terwissen (2008); Tom Hossie (2008); Bastien Ferland-Raymond

(2007); Dave Ireland (2006-07); Kaitlin Byrick (2006); Aaron Wirsing (2001); Ryan Monello (2000)

4. GRANTSMANSHIP

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS (held since 2000)

Competitive grants

Ontario Species at Risk Stewardship Fund. Conservation of smallmouth salamanders in Ontario.

$176,975 (PI with 2 others) (2015-2017)

NSERC Research and Technological Instruments (RTI) Snowshoe hare GPS radio-telemetry system.

$147,544 (PI with 4 others) (2015)

NSERC CREATE A world-class training program in Advanced Environmental Technologies

$1,650,000 (PI with 10 others) (2015-2021)

NSERC (Strategic) Developing eDNA technologies for monitoring amphibians and their pathogens.

$596,250 (PI, with 6 others) (2014-2017)

Canada Research Chair in integrative wildlife conservation, bioinformatics, and ecological modeling.

$1,400,000 (2014-2021)

Canadian Foundation for Innovation. Infrastructure to support the CRC $165,000 (2014)

NSERC (Discovery) The role of predation in attenuating population cycles. $300,000 (2013-2018)

NSERC (Partnership Workshops Program) Workshop to establish a Furbearer Data Repository.

$25,000 (PI, with 3 others) (2011-12) (declined)

NSERC (Strategic) Models predicting lynx population connectivity. $560,250 (PI, with 3 others)

(2010-2012)

NSERC – RTI Gamma counter (R. Boonstra et al.) $34,000 (2010)

Wildlife Conservation Society. Lynx spatial dynamics $15,500 (with M. Hornseth) (2010)

Ontario Ministry of Research Innovation. PDF salary – Lynx population genetics. $50,000 (with P.

Wilson) (2009-2010)

World Wildlife Fund. Wolf and coyote hybrid zone dynamics. $40,000 (2010)

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World Wildlife Fund. Wolf and coyote hybrid zone dynamics. $40,000 (2009)

NSERC (Discovery Accelerator Supplement) $120,000 (2008-2010)

NSERC (Discovery). Lynx and eastern wolf range determinants. $175,000 (2008-2012)

NSERC (Strategic Supplement). Lynx landscape genetics in Ontario. $190,000 (P. Wilson et al.)

(2008-09)

Canada Research Chair in Terrestrial Ecology (renewal) $500,000 (2007-2011)

Wildlife Conservation Society. Lynx habitat connectivity $16,000 (with M. Hornseth) (2007)

NSERC (Strategic) Modeling moose population dynamics. $559,000 (PI, with 3 others) (2006-2009)

NSERC (internal) Phenotypic plasticity in amphibians. $2,000 (2006)

NSERC (internal) Phenotypic plasticity in amphibians. $2,600 (2005)

Canadian Foundation for Innovation. New Research labs, incl. Wildlife Disease Research Centre.

$7,200,000 (B. White et al.) (2004-2006)

NSERC (Discovery). Snowshoe hare responses to parasitism and predation risk. $150,000 (2003-

2007)

Canada Research Chair in Terrestrial Ecology $500,000 (2002-2007)

Canadian Foundation for Innovation. Funds to support Canada Research Chair. $150,000 (2002-

2005)

Charles DeVlieg Foundation, University of Idaho. Graduate student fellowship $45,000 (declined)

(2001)

Wilburforce Foundation. Evaluation of dispersal corridors for northwestern wolf populations. $17,000

(with J. Oakleaf) (2001)

Idaho Commodity Commissions. Predicting vole population irruptions using environmental

correlates. $27,000 (2001-2002)

University of Idaho. Demographic analysis of a declining moose population. $10,000 (2000)

McIntire-Stennis and U.S. Forest Service. Food limitation and energetic expenditure in a snowshoe

hare population. (with J. Marshall) $208,000 (1999-2002)

Non-competitive awards

Environment Canada. Population viability assessment for sandhill cranes. $5,000

Panthera Conservation. PDF salary – Sumatran tiger conservation. $167,100 (with R. Pickles) (2012-

2015)

Panthera Conservation. PDF salary – Assessing jaguar dispersal corridors. $55,700 (with D.

Thornton) (2012-2013)

Ducks Unlimited Canada, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. PDF salary – Traveling waves in duck

populations. $92,000 (2011-2012)

Govt. of Newfoundland. PhD stipend - Coyote population ecology. $90,000 (2009-2012)

Govt. of Newfoundland. PhD stipend - Caribou spatial dynamics. $90,000 (with J. Schaefer) (2009-

2012)

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Lynx research in Ontario. $90,000 (2008-2010)

Parks Canada. Elk condition assessment. $30,000 (2008)

Govt. of Newfoundland and Labrador. Density dependence assessment in caribou herds. $12,600.

(2008)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. PVA funding. $20,000 (2008-2009)

Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. Support for Ontario moose study. $32,000 (2006-2007)

U.S. Forest Service & Idaho Dept. Fish and Game. Snowshoe hare population analysis. $12,500

(2005-2007)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. PDF support – Wolf population assessment. $140,000 (2004-2007)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Red wolf survival database update. $4,500 (2004-2005)

Parks Canada. Raccoon predation on turtle nests. $138,000 (with R. Rosatte) (2004-2006)

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Parks Canada. Diet analysis of elk in Riding Mountain National Park. $20,000 (2003-2004)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Survival analysis for red wolves and hybrids. $20,100 (2003-2006)

Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Time series analysis of North American carnivore populations. $30,000 (with

S. Larivière) (2002-2003)

Delta Waterfowl. Analysis of carnivore diet breadth and overlap. $9,000 (2001)

Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Analysis of carnivore helminths. $10,000 (with S. Larivière) (2001)

U.S. Forest Service. Assessment of snowshoe hare responses to pre-commercial thinning. $85,500

(with S. Johnson) (2001-2003)

Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Meta-analysis of infectious diseases in carnivores. $4,500 (2000-2001)

Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Dietary reconstruction of lynx. $4,000 (with J. Roth) (2000)

University of Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station. Vole population ecology. $20,000 (2000-2003)

U.S. Forest Service & Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Snowshoe hare populations. $123,500

(1999-2002)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Wolf-

ungulate relationships in Idaho. $200,000 (with 4 others) (1999-2001)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, & Defenders of Wildlife. Livestock responses to

potential wolf predation. $144,000 (with C. Mack) (1999-2001)

Idaho Fish and Game & U.S. Forest Service. Snowshoe hare and red squirrel population ecology.

$166,000 (1997-2000)

5. TEACHING

TEACHING - TRENT UNIVERSITY (2002-present)

Graduate-level

Predator-Prey Interactions (2010, 2012, enrolment=5-9)

Population Viability Analysis (2006, 2007, 2009, enrolment=5-6)

Analysis and Interpretation of Ecological Timeseries (2005, enrolment=2)

Population and Statistical Modeling (2003, enrolment=8)

Upper division

Behavioural Ecology (2004-06, 2009-12, enrolment=50-95)

Other

Current Topics in Biology (3 guest lectures 2011, enrolment= ~400)

Honours Thesis (7 students)

Undergraduate and Graduate Reading Course (19 students)

TEACHING - WORKSHOP

Applied Survival Analysis (this was a week-long workshop I was invited to teach through the Swedish

Agricultural University, Grimsö, Sweden; 2009, enrolment=10 graduate students and senior researchers)

TEACHING - UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (1996-2002)

Graduate-level

Predator-Prey Relationships (1998, 2000, enrolment=15-20)

Fish and Wildlife Seminar (2000-02, enrolment=20-35)

Patterns of Prey Selection (2001, enrolment=9)

Upper division

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Behavioural Ecology (1997, enrolment=25)

Multispecies Interactions (2000, enrolment=8)

Wildlife Ecology II (2000-02, enrolment=21-35)

Principles of Population Ecology (2001; enrolment=6)

Lower-division and/or College core curriculum

Principles of Wildlife Biology (1996, 1997, enrolment=50-80)

General Ecology (2001, co-taught, enrolment=95)

Non-major

Fish and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (1998, 1999, co-taught, enrolment=30-40)

Honors Colloquium (1998, co-taught, enrolment=12)

Other

Undergraduate and Graduate Reading Course (2003-10, 18 students)

TEACHING - UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (1995-96)

Graduate-level

Advanced Population Dynamics (1995, enrolment=8)

Lower division

Wildlife Conservation (1996, enrolment=210)

Wildlife Conservation and Management Techniques (1996, enrolment=55)

Non-major

Wildlife and their Environments (1996, co-taught, enrolment=375)

Honors Colloquium (1996, co-taught, enrolment=16)

Other

Special Topics (1996; one undergraduate was taught)

6. SERVICE

EXTRAMURAL COMMITTES

Kawartha Heritage Conservancy (Board of Directors, 2012-present); Killam Research Fellowship

(reviewer, 2012); Kawarthas Naturally Connected (Steering Committee member, 2012-present);

Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution (Scientific Advisory Committee, member, 2012-present);

Canadian Foundation for Innovation – LEF and NOI - radio-telemetry (Adjudication committee,

member, 2012); NSERC Industrial Research Chair - site visit (Chair, 2011); NSERC GSC-18 / 1503

(Ecology and Evolution) (member, 2009-2011); The Wildlife Society, Predator management review

panel (member, 2008-2009); Govt. of Newfoundland and Labrador, Scientific advisory team for

caribou population recovery. (member, 2008-present); Committee on the Status of Endangered

Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) - Terrestrial Mammal subcommittee (member, 2005-2012); World

Lagomorph Society (Vice-Secretary, 2006-2012); International Union for the Conservation of Nature

(member, IUCN), Lagomorph Specialist Group (member, 2004-present); U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Red Wolf Recovery Implementation Team (member, 2000-present); U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan Technical Sub-Committee (member, 2003-2005); Advisory

Team. Carnivore 2000 Conference. (member, 1999-2000)

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UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES Trent University

Biology Research and Graduate Studies (Chair, 2013); Biology Research and Graduate Studies (Chair,

2009-12); Biology Department Chair search (Chair, 2012); NSERC Internal Research Grants and

USRA’s (Chair, 2011-2012); Research Policy (member, 2011-2012); EnLS Graduate Program Director

search (Chair, 2011); Dean of Graduate Studies search (member, 2010); Schindler Research Chair search

(member, 2010); Research Policy (member, 2009); Institutional Post-Graduate NSERC committee

(member, 2009); President’s Committee on Strategic Planning (member, 2009); Research Ethics Board

(member, 2008-2009); Biology promotion (member, 2008); Biology web page (member, 2002-2005);

WEGP Director search (Chair, 2005); WGEP Executive Committee (member, 2003-2006); University

Senate (member, 2007); University Senate Executive (member, 2007); Nature Areas (member, 2006);

Graduate student committees (currently serve as member on 11 committees other than my own students;

served previously on an additional 19 committees; served as external/internal examiner on 13 defences or

qualifying exams); Thesis defence or qualifying exam chairperson (11 exams).

University of Idaho

College of Natural Resources Core curriculum (member, 2000); College of Natural Resources Strategic

Planning (member, 1999); Natural Resource Ecology and Conservation Biology Program Petitions

(member, 1999); Search committee member - Conservation Biologist; Search committee member -

Ungulate Ecologist (1999); 3rd year and 5-year review committee (member, 1996-2000); Graduate

Applications Committee (member, 1999-2000); Graduate student committees (>15 students).

WORKSHOPS / SYMPOSIA ORGANIZED Survival rate estimation and analysis, The Wildlife Society annual meeting, Calgary, AB (2004);

Improving the quality of future carnivore research. Carnivore 2000 Conference, Denver, CO (2000);

Recent developments in predator-prey ecology, Seventh International Theriological Congress, Acapulco,

Mexico (2000)

EDITORSHIPS

Associate Editor – Frontiers in Population Dynamics (2014-present)

Associate Editor – MDPI Biology (2011-present)

Associate Editor - Wildlife Research (2009-present)

Associate Editor - Ecoscience (2006-present)

Associate Editor - Wildlife Society Bulletin (2003-05)

PEER-REVIEW I review 8-12 manuscripts/proposals per year for the following:

Journals

Acta Theriologica; Alces; American Naturalist; Amphibia-Reptilia; Arctic; Biological Conservation;

Canadian Field-Naturalist; Canadian Journal of Zoology; Conservation Biology; Ecography; Ecology;

Ecoscience; Forest Ecology and Management; Functional Ecology; Geographical Ecology and

Biogeography; International Journal of Parasitology; Island Press; Journal of Animal Ecology; Journal of

Applied Ecology; Journal of Mammalogy; Journal of Parasitology; Journal of Wildlife Diseases; Journal

of Wildlife Management; Journal of Zoology; Northwest Science; Oecologia; Oikos; PLoS (One);

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (Series B); Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of

Fish and Wildlife Agencies; Pronghorn Antelope Workshop Proceedings; The Prairie Naturalist; Wildlife

Monographs

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Organizations/Institutions

Alberta Conservation Association; Cambridge University Press; Columbia University Press; Canada

Research Chairs; Lincoln Park Zoo; National Science Foundation; NSERC; NSERC (Collaborative);

Seattle City Light; Prentice Hall Publishers; Sustainable Ecosystems Institute; U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service; U.S. Forest Service; University of Chicago Press; University of Massachusetts (Faculty

Fellowship); University College of the Cariboo (Tenure and Promotion)

OTHER EXAMPLES OF SERVICE (since 2000) Universidad de Castilla-la-Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain (PhD defence examiner, 2011); Alberta

Conservation Association Research Chair (reviewer, 2011); University of Idaho (PhD graduate

committee member, 2010-present); University of Alberta (PhD exam committee external member,

2006); Galway-Cavendish and Harvey Aggregate Resources (Steering Committee member, 2004); I

have moderated 8-10 oral paper sessions at professional meetings (e.g., American Society of

Mammalogists, Society for Conservation Biology); Advised USFWS on population-level requirements

for delisting gray wolves (2000, 2007).

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES TAKEN

Population Cycle Analysis Workshop (2013); Media communications training (2008); Statistical

programming using STATA (2003); Time Series Analysis (2002); Experimental Design (2000);

Computer-based Teaching and Learning (1999); Distance Education (1998); Teaching Creative

Thinking Skills (1997)

EXAMPLES OF PUBLIC OUTREACH (since 2000)

Interviewed on CBC Metro Morning (2012); Post-doctoral fellow (Amanda Sparkman) interviewed for

CBC Quirks and Quarks (2010); Lecture for Centre of Knowledge in the Environment Fundraiser,

Peterborough, ON (2009); Lecture for Mountain Gorilla Fundraiser, Peterborough, ON (2009); Lecture

for Algonquin Provincial Park stakeholders, Whitney, ON (2006); Lecture for South Simcoe Federation

of Ontario Naturalists, Georgina, ON, Canada (2002); Interviewed for commentary articles in Science,

Canadian Geographic, Toronto Star, Natural History, and many local newspapers and radio stations.

Curriculum Vitae

BENJAMIN N. SACKS (6/30/2015)

Dept. Population Health and Reproduction 1305 Chestnut Lane

Veterinary Genetics Laboratory Davis, CA 95616

University of California, Davis 530-792-1537

One Shields Avenue/Old Davis Rd.

Davis, California 95616-8744 USA

530-754-9088

[email protected]

URL: http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/cdcg/home.php

EDUCATION

2002 Ph.D. Ecology. University of California, Davis, CA.

1996 M.S. Wildlife Biology. University of California, Berkeley, CA.

1991 B.S. Biology. University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2014– present Associate Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Population Health and Reproduction,

University of California, Davis.

2008– 2014 Assistant Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Population Health and Reproduction,

University of California, Davis.

2008– present Director, Mammalian Ecology and Conservation Unit, Veterinary Genetics

Laboratory, University of California, Davis.

2007–2010 Assistant Professor, Dept of Biological Sciences, California State University,

Sacramento.

2006–2007 Assistant Project Scientist, Director, Canid Diversity and Conservation Project,

Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, University of California, Davis.

2005–2006 Assistant Project Scientist, Wildlife and Ecology Research Unit, Veterinary

Genetics Laboratory, University of California, Davis.

2002–2005 Post-Doctoral Researcher, ecological genetics, Wildlife and Ecology Research

Unit, Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, University of California, Davis.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

In Press Miles, K.A., Holtz, M., Lounsberry, Z.L., and Sacks, B.N. In Press. A Paired

Comparison of Scat-Collecting versus Scat-Swabbing Methods for Noninvasive

Recovery of Mesocarnivore DNA in an Arid Environment. Wildlife Society

Bulletin

In Press Hiller, T.L., McFadden-Hiller, J.E., Sacks, B.N. In Press. Preliminary survey for

the Sierra Nevada red fox in the northern Cascades of Oregon. Northwest Science

In Press Brown SK, Darwent CM, Wictum EJ, and Sacks BN. In Press. Using multiple

markers to elucidate the ancient, historical, and modern relationships among

North American Arctic dog breeds. Heredity

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In Press Norén, K., Statham, M., Ågren, E., Isomursu, M., Flagstad, O., Eide, N., Berg, T.,

Bech-Sanderhoff, L., Sacks, B.N. In Press. Genetic footprints reveal geographic

patterns of expansion in Fennoscandian red foxes. Global Change Biology

In Press Gulsby, W.D., Killmaster, C.H., Bowers, J.W., Kelly, J.D., Sacks, B.N., Statham,

M.J., Miller, K.V. In press. White-tailed deer fawn recruitment before and after

an experimental coyote removal in central Georgia. Wildlife Society Bulletin

In Press Safra N, Hayward LJ, Aguilar M, Sacks BN, Westropp JL, Mohr FC, Mellersh

CS, Bannasch DL. In Press. DNA sequence variants in the five prime

untranslated region of the Cyclooxygenase-2 gene are commonly found in healthy

dogs and gray wolves. PLoS ONE

2015 Lounsberry ZT, Brown SK, Collins PW, Henry RW, Newsome SD, Sacks BN. In

Press. Next-generation sequencing workflow for assembly of non-model

mitogenomes exemplified with North Pacific Albatrosses (Phoebastria spp.)

Molecular Ecology Resources 15:893-902.

2015 Berteaux D, Gallant D, Sacks BN, Statham MJ. In Press. Red foxes at their

expanding front in the Canadian Arctic have indigenous maternal ancestry. Polar

Biology 38:913-917.

2015 Volkmann, L.A., Statham, M.J., Mooers, A. Ø., Sacks, B.N. 2015. Genetic

distinctiveness of red foxes in the Intermountain West as revealed through

expanded mitochondrial sequencing. Journal of Mammalogy 96:297-307.

2015 Lounsberry ZT, Forrester TD, Olegario MJT, Brazeal JL, Wittmer HU, Sacks BN.

In Press. Estimating Sex-Specific Abundance in Fawning Areas of a High-density

Columbian Black-Tailed Deer Population using Fecal DNA. Journal of Wildlife


2014 Kehoe SP, Chomel BB, Stuckey MJ, Kasten RW, Balakrishnan N, Sacks BN,

Breitschwerdt EB. 2014. Molecular identification of zoonotic Bartonella species

in aortic and mitral valves of healthy coyotes. Emerging Infectious Diseases

20:2133–2136.

2014 Statham MJ, Murdoch J, Janecka J, Aubry KB, Edwards CJ, Soulsbury CD,

Berry O, Wang Z, Harrison D, Pearch M, Tomsett L, Chupasko J, Sacks BN.

Range-wide multilocus phylogeography of the red fox reveals ancient continental

divergence, minimal genomic exchange, and distinct demographic histories.

Molecular Ecology 23:4813–4830.

2014 Reponen SEM, Statham MJ, Thompson L, Sacks BN. 2014. Microsatellite

primer development for the salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys

raviventris) and cross-amplification in the Western harvest mouse (R. megalotis).

Conservation Genetics Resources 6:285-287.

2014 Hernandez LD, Lounsberry ZT, Collins PW, Henry RW, Newsome SD, Sacks

BN. 2014. Development and characterization of 15 polymorphic microsatellite

markers for North Pacific albatrosses using paired-end Illumina shotgun

sequencing. Conservation Genetics Resources 6:491–493.

2014 Wengert GM, Gabriel MW, Matthews S, Higley JM, Sweitzer RA, Thompson

CM, Purcell KL, Barrett RH, Woods LW, Green RE, Keller SM, Gaffney PM,

Jones M, Sacks BN. 2014. Using DNA to describe and quantify interspecific

killing of fishers in California. Journal of Wildlife Management 78:603-611.

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2014 Spicer AM, Jun TJ, Sacks BN, Wictum EJ. 2014. Mitochondrial DNA sequence

heteroplasmy levels in domestic dog hair. Forensic Science International:

Genetics 11:7–12.

2014 Reponen S.E.M., Brown S.K., Barnett B.D., Sacks B.N. 2014. Genetic and

morphometric evidence on a Galápagos island exposes founder effects and

diversification in the first-known (truly) feral western dog population. Molecular

Ecology 23:269–283.

2013 Wengert G., Gabriel M., Foley J., Kun T., Sacks B.N. 2013. Molecular

techniques for identifying intraguild predators of fishers and other North

American small carnivores. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37:659-663.

2013 Sacks B.N., Stephens D., Brown S.K., Pedersen N.C., Wu J-T, Berry O. 2013. Y

chromosome analysis of dingoes and Southeast Asian village dogs suggests a

continental Neolithic expansion from Southeast Asia followed by multiple

Austronesian dispersals. Molecular Biology and Evolution 30:1103-1118.

2013 Kun T, Lyons LA, Sacks BN, Ballard RE, Lindquist C, Wictum EJ. 2013.

Developmental validation of Mini-DogFiler for degraded canine DNA. Forensic

Science International: Genetics 7:151-158.

2013 Edwards CJ, Soulsbury CD, Statham MJ, Ho SY, Wall D, Dolf G, Iossa G, Baker

PJ, Harris S, Sacks BN, Bradley DG. 2012. Temporal genetic variation of the

red fox, Vulpes vulpes, across western Europe and the British Isles. Quaternary

Science Reviews 57:95-104.

2013 Brown SK, Darwent CM, Sacks BN. 2013. Ancient DNA Evidence for Genetic

Continuity in Arctic Dogs. Journal of Archaeological Science 40:1279-1288.

2013 Pedersen NC, Liu H, Theilen GH, Sacks BN. 2013. The effects of dog breed

development on genetic diversity and the relative influences of performance and

conformation breeding. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 130:236-248.

2013 Wictum EJ, Kun T, Lindquist C, Malvek J, Vankan D, Sacks BN. 2013.

Developmental validation of DogFiler, a novel multiplex for canine DNA

profiling in forensic casework Forensic Science International: Genetics. 7:82-91.

2013 Gabriel MW, Woods LW, Poppenga R, Sweitzer RA, Thompson C, Matthews

SM, Higley JM. Keller SM, Purcell K, Barrett RH, Wengert GM, Sacks BN,

Clifford DL. 2012. Anticoagulant Rodenticides on our Public and Community

Lands: Spatial Distribution of Exposure and Poisoning of a Rare Forest Carnivore.

PLoS ONE, 7, e40163. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040163

2012 Imes, DL, Allard, M., Wictum, B., Penedo, C., Sacks BN. 2012. Identification of

single nucleotide polymorphisms within the mtDNA genome of the domestic dog

to discriminate individuals with common HVI haplotypes. Forensic Science

International: Genetics, 6, 630-639.

2012 Statham, M. J., Sacks, B.N., Aubry, K. A., Perrine, J. D., Wisely, S.M. 2012.

The origin of recently established red fox populations in the contiguous United

States: Translocations or natural range expansions? Journal of Mammalogy,

93:52-65.

2012 Statham, M. J., Rich, A. C., Lisius, S. K., Sacks, B.N. 2012. Discovery of a

remnant population of Sierra Nevada red fox (Vulpes vulpes necator). Northwest

Science 86:122-132

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2012 Pedersen NC, Liu H, McLaughlin B, Sacks BN. 2012. Genetic characterization

of healthy and sebaceous adenitis affected Standard Poodles from the United

States and the United Kingdom. Tissues Antigens, 80, 46–57.

2011 Brown SK, Pedersen NC, Jafarishorijeh S, Bannasch DL, Ahrens KD, Wu J-T,

Okon M, Sacks BN. 2011. Phylogenetic Distinctiveness of Middle Eastern and

Southeast Asian Village Dog Y Chromosomes Illuminates Dog Origins. PLoS

ONE, 6, e28496.

2011 Sacks, B.N., Moore M., Statham, M. J., Wittmer H. U. 2011. A restricted hybrid

zone between native and introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) populations suggests

reproductive barriers and competitive exclusion. Molecular Ecology 20:326-341.

2011 Statham M.J., Trut L., Sacks B. N., Kharlamova A., Oskina I., Gulievich R,

Johnson J, Temnykh S, Acland G, Kukekova A. 2011. On the origin of a

domesticated species: Identifying the parent population of Russian silver foxes

(Vulpes vulpes). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103:168-175.

2010 Sacks, B.N., M. J, Statham, J. D. Perrine, S.M. Wisely, Aubry, K. A. 2010.

North American montane red foxes: expansion, fragmentation, and the origin of

the Sacramento Valley red fox. Conservation Genetics 11:1523-1539.

2010 Moore M., Brown S. K., Sacks B. N. 2010. Thirty-one short red fox (Vulpes

vulpes) microsatellite markers. Molecular Ecology Resources 10:404-408.

2010 Hull J., Hull A., Keane J., Mori S., Sacks B.N., Fish A. 2010. Estimation of

species identification error: implications for raptor migration counts and trend

estimation. Journal of Wildlife Management

2009 Sacks, B.N., D. I. Våge, M. J, Statham. 2009. A medium-throughput SNP assay

for detecting genetic variation in coding and non-coding portions of the red fox

genome. Conservation Genetics Resources 1:459-463.

2009 Aubry, K. A., M. J, Statham, B. N. Sacks, J. D. Perrine, and S.M. Wisely. 2009.

Phylogeography of the North American red fox: vicariance in Pleistocene forest

refugia. Molecular Ecology 18: 2668–2686.

2008 Sacks, B.N., D. L. Bannasch, B. B. Chomel, and H. B. Ernest. 2008. Coyotes

demonstrate how habitat specialization by individuals of a generalist species can

diversify populations in a heterogeneous ecoregion. Molecular Biology and

Evolution 25:1384-1394.

2008 Hull, J. M., C. A. Hull, B. N. Sacks, J. P. Smith, H. B. Ernest. 2008. Landscape

characteristics influence morphological and genetic differentiation in a

widespread raptor (Buteo jamaicensis). Molecular Ecology 17:810-824.

2008 Sacks, B.N., and S. Louie. 2008. Using the dog genome to find SNPs in red

foxes and other distantly related members of the Canidae. Molecular Ecology

Resources 8:35-49.

2007 Sacks, B.N., and J. C. C. Neale. 2007. Coyote abundance, sheep predation, and

wild prey correlates illuminate Mediterranean trophic dynamics. Journal of

Wildlife Management 71:2404-2411.

2007 Perrine, J. D., J. P. Pollinger, B. N. Sacks, R. H. Barrett, and R. K. Wayne. 2007.

Genetic evidence for the persistence of the critically endangered Sierra Nevada

red fox in California. Conservation Genetics 8: 1083-1095.

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2007 Neale, J. C. C., B. N. Sacks, and K. M. Blejwas. 2007. Coyote movements

relative to territory boundaries: An experiment in the field. American Midland

Naturalist 158:162–167.

2006 Takekawa, J. Y., B. N. Sacks, I. Woo, M. L. Johnson, and G. D. Wylie. 2006.

Tidal marsh fragmentation and persistence of San Pablo song sparrows

(Melospiza melodia samuelis): assessing benefits of wetland restoration in San

Francisco Bay. Studies in Avian Biology 32:238-246.

2006 Sacks, B.N., H. B. Ernest, and E. E. Boydston. 2006. San Francisco’s Golden

Gate: A bridge between historically distinct coyote (Canis latrans) populations?

Western North American Naturalist 66:263-264.

2005 Sacks, B.N., B. R. Mitchell, C. L. Williams, and H. B. Ernest. 2005. Coyote

movements and social structure along a cryptic population genetic subdivision.

Molecular Ecology 14:1241-1249.

2005 Sacks, B.N. 2005. Reproduction and body condition in California coyotes (Canis

latrans). Journal of Mammalogy 86:1036-1041.

2005 Padgett, K. A., S. A. Nadler, L. Munson, B. N. Sacks, and W. M. Boyce. 2005.

Systematics of Mesocestoides (Cestoda: Mesocestoididae): Evaluation of

molecular and morphological variation among isolates. Journal of Parasitology

91:1435-1443.

2005 Foley, J. E., E, V, Queen, B. N. Sacks, P. Foley. 2005. GIS-facilitated spatial

epidemiology of tick-borne diseases of coyotes (Canis latrans) in northern and

coastal California. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology, & Infectious

Diseases 28:197-212.

2005 Beldomenico, P. E., B. B. Chomel, J. E. Foley, B. N. Sacks, C. J. Baldi, R. W.

Kasten, I. A. Gardner. 2005. Environmental factors associated with Bartonella

vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii seropositivity in ree-ranging coyotes from northern

California. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 5:110-119.

2004 Sacks, B.N., S. K. Brown, and H. B. Ernest. 2004. Population structure of

California coyotes corresponds to habitat-specific breaks and illuminates species

history. Molecular Ecology 13:1265-1275.

2004 Sacks, B.N., B. B. Chomel, and R. W. Kasten. 2004. Modeling the distribution

and abundance of the nonnative parasite, canine Heartworm, in California

coyotes. Oikos 105:415-425.

2003 Sacks, B.N., D. L. Woodward, and A. E. Colwell. 2003. A long-term study of

non-native-heartworm transmission among coyotes in a Mediterranean ecosystem.

Oikos 102:478-490..

2003 Sacks, B.N., and E. P. Caswell-Chen. 2003. Reconstructing the spread of

Dirofilaria immitis in California coyotes. Journal of Parasitology 89:319-323.

2003 Hoar, B. R., B. B. Chomel, D. L. Rolfe, C. C. Chang, C. L. Fritz, B. N. Sacks, and

T. E. Carpenter. 2003. Spatial analysis of Yersinia pestis and Bartonella vinsonii

subsp. berkhoffii seroprevalence in California coyotes (Canis latrans). Preventive

Veterinary Medicine 56:299-311.

2002 Sacks, B.N., B. B. Chomel, R. W. Kasten, C. C. Chang, R. K. Sanders, and S. D.

Leterme. 2002. Validation for use with coyotes (Canis latrans) of a

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commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for Dirofilaria

immitis. Veterinary Parasitology 109:45-58.

2002 Sacks, B.N., and J. C. C. Neale. 2002. Foraging strategy of a generalist predator

toward special prey: sheep in the coyote diet. Ecological Applications 12:299-

306.

2002 Blejwas, K. M., B. N. Sacks., M. M. Jaeger, and D. R. McCullough. 2002. The

effectiveness of selective removal of breeding coyotes in reducing sheep

predation. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:451-462.

2001 Neale, J. C. C., and B. N. Sacks. 2001. Food habits and space use of gray foxes

in relation to sympatric coyotes and bobcats. Canadian Journal of Zoology

79:1794-1800.

2001 Sacks, B.N. and J. C. C. Neale. 2001. Does paternal care of pups benefit

breeding female coyotes (Canis latrans)? Southwestern Naturalist 46:121-126.

2001 Neale, J. C. C., and B. N. Sacks. 2001. Resource utilization and interspecific

relations of sympatric bobcats and coyotes. Oikos 94:236-249.

2001 Jaeger, M.M., K.M. Blejwas, B.N. Sacks, J.C.C. Neale, M.C. Conner, and D. R.

McCullough. 2001. Targeting alphas can make coyote control more effective and

socially acceptable. California Agriculture 55:32-36.

2000 Sacks, B.N., and K. M. Blejwas. 2000. Effects of canine heartworm (Dirofilaria

immitis) on body condition and activity of free-ranging coyotes (Canis latrans).

Canadian Journal of Zoology 78:1042-1051.

1999 Sacks, B.N., M. M. Jaeger, J. C. C. Neale, and D. R. McCullough. 1999.

Territoriality and breeding status of coyotes relative to predation on sheep.

Journal of Wildlife Management 63:593-605.

1999 Sacks, B.N., K. M. Blejwas, and M. M. Jaeger. 1999. Relative vulnerability of

coyotes to removal methods on a northern California ranch. Journal of Wildlife


1998 Sacks, B.N. 1998. Increasing prevalence of heartworm in coyotes from

California. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34:386-389.

1998 Neale, J. C. C., B. N. Sacks, M. M. Jaeger, and D. R. McCullough. 1998. A

comparison of bobcat and coyote predation on lambs. Journal of Wildlife


1998 Lynn, S., M. L. Morrison, A. J. Kuenzi, J. C. C. Neale, B. N. Sacks, R. Hamlin,

and L. S. Hall. 1998. Bird use of riparian vegetation along the Truckee River,

California and Nevada. Great Basin Naturalist 58:328-343.

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PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED OR IN REVISION

Gulsby, W.D., Killmaster, C.H., Bowers, J.W., Laufenberg, J., Sacks, B.N., Statham, M.J.,

Miller, K.V. Efficiency and effectiveness of fecal genotyping to estimate coyote (Canis

latrans) abundance in the southeastern United States. Wildlife Biology (submitted

6/10/2015)

Grigg EK, Nibblett BM, Sacks BN, Hack R, Serpell JA, Hart L. Genetic and behavioral

characteristics of the St. Kitts ‘island dog.’ Applied Animal Behaviour Science

(submitted 4/23/2015)

Gabriel MW, LW Woods, GM Wengert, JN Stephenson, JM Higley, C Thompson, SM

Matthews, RA Sweitzer, K Purcell, RH Barrett, SM Keller, P Gaffney, M Jones, R

Poppenga, JE Foley, RN Brown, D Clifford, BN Sacks. Patterns of Natural and Human-

Caused Mortality Factors of a Rare Forest Carnivore, The Fisher (Pekania pennanti) in

California. PLOS ONE (submitted 3/22/2015)

Goddard NS, Statham MJ, Sacks BN. Mitochondrial analysis of the most basal canid reveals

deep divergence between eastern and western North American gray foxes (Urocyon spp.)

and ancient roots in Pleistocene California. PLOS ONE (submitted 3/12/2015; revision

submitted 5/1/2015; more iacuc added 5/27/2015!!)

Kaprowicz AE, Statham MJ, Sacks BN. The fate of the other red coat: remnants of colonial

British red foxes in the Eastern United States. Journal of Mammalogy (submitted

2/24/2015; revised 5/27/2015)

Fielding WJ, Mundle M, Brown SK, Sacks BN. The potcake: just another mongrel? International

Journal of the Bahamas (submitted 5-21-13).Grigg EK, Nibblett BM, Sacks BN, Hack R,

Serpell JA, Hart L. Genetic and behavioral characteristics of the St. Kitts ‘island dog.’

Applied Animal Behaviour Science (submitted 4/23/2015)

TECHNICAL REPORTS

In Press Sacks, B.N. In Press. Sacramento Valley red fox, Vulpes vulpes patwin. Species

Account in California Mammal Species of Special Concern, California

Department of Fish and Wildlife.

2015 Sacks B.N., P.B. Alden, C. B. Quinn. 2015. Sierra Nevada Red Fox Monitoring:

Phase I. Report ot the USDA\Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region, 4/27/2015.

2014 Statham, M. J., Sacks, B. N. 2014. Cooperative ecosystem study of the

endangered salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) population

genetics. Final Report July 2014. Cooperative endangered species conservation

fund (section 6) grant, agreement number P1282009.

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2014 Quinn C.B., Sacks B.N. 2014. Ecology, Distribution, and Genetics of Sierra

Nevada Red Fox. Report to the California Department of Fish and Game, [insert

date here], [insert no. pps here]pp.

2010 Sacks, B.N., Wittmer H. U. and Statham, M. J. 2010. The Native Sacramento

Valley red fox. Report to the California Department of Fish and Game, May 30,

2010, 49 pp

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2015–2016 Developing genomic resources for the tule elk. CDFW, Big Game Management

Account, FY 2015/16 ($38,020). PI: B.N. Sacks.

2014–2015 Western National Parks Association, Scientific Research Grant. Pleistocene relicts or

invasive species: Status of red fox in Great Basin National Park. ($7,215), P.I.: B.N.

Sacks

2014–2015 UC Davis Center for Companion Animal Health Faculty Grant. Targeted exome

sequencing of the MHC class I gene (DLA-88) of dogs. PI: N.C. Pedersen, co-PI: B.N.

Sacks, ($15,000).

2014–2015 UC Davis Center for Companion Animal Health Equipment Purchase Grant.

Agilent Bioanalyzer 2100 ($10,000), 2014. PI: B. N. Sacks.

2014–2015 Wildlife Heritage Program, State of Nevada. Identifying the Source of an Increasing

Great Basin Sage-Grouse Predator, the Red Fox . PI: B.N. Sacks, co-PI: Russell

Woostenhulme, NDOW ($8,628).

2014–2015 Nevada Department of Wildlife, Predator Program. Origins of increasing red fox Great

Basin. PI: B.N. Sacks, co-PI: Russell Woostenhulme, NDOW ($9,750).

2013–2018 Bureau of Land Management. Cooperative ecosystem study of the genetic

structure of the Panoche-Ciervo giant kangaroo rat metapopulation. PI: M. J.

Statham, co-PI: B. N. Sacks. ($125,000).

2013–2016 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Large Mammal Advisory

Committee Grant Estimation of abundance of the Pacific deer herd using fecal

DNA: a pilot study. PI: B. N. Sacks ($210,795).

2013–2015 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Noninvasive genetic population

abundance estimates of a black-tailed deer herd in Mendocino County, CA. PI: H.

Wittmer, co-PI: BN Sacks. ($62,500).

2013–2014 National Science Foundation, Polar Programs, Genetic Analysis of Indigenous

Dogs from Siberia to Greenland: Implications for Interactions among their Human

Companions. PI: C. Darwent, co-PI: B.N. Sacks ($211,323).

2013–2014 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern Region. Identification of

Sierra Nevada red foxes and other forest mammals from fecal DNA. PI: B. N.

Sacks. ($9,990).

2012–2015 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, State Wildlife Grant. Sacramento

Valley red fox survey: phase II. PI: B. N. Sacks. ($422,610).

2012–2015 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Section 6 Grant. Salt Marsh

Harvest Mouse Population Genetics-I. PI: M. Statham; co-PI: B. N. Sacks

($66,475)

2012–2015 United States Forest Service, Region 4. The Sierra Nevada Red Fox Project-

extension. PI: B. N. Sacks. ($10,000)

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Sacks. ($9,975).

2011–2014 United States Forest Service, Region 5. Impacts of OHV use on the Sierra

Nevada Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes necator) in the Sonora Pass region. PI: B. N.

Sacks. ($252,790).

2011–2013 National Science Foundation, Polar Programs, Genetic Analysis of Prehistoric

Canis Remains from Across the North American Arctic: Implications for

Interactions among their Human Companions. PI: C. Darwent, co-PI: B.N. Sacks

($302,000).

2011–2013 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, State Wildlife Grant. Ecology,

Distribution, and genetics of Sierra Nevada Red Fox. California. PI: B. N. Sacks.

($102,298).

2011–2013 United States Forest Service, Region 4. The Sierra Nevada Red Fox Project. PI:

B. N. Sacks. ($21,815)

2011–2013 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Status assessment of the native

Sacramento Valley red fox-Extension. PI: B. N. Sacks. ($6,750).

2010–2012 University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Subcontract. Fecal genotyping of coyotes to determine abundance. PI: B. N.

Sacks. ($15,000).

2010–2011 Identification of Sierra Nevada red foxes and other forest mammals from fecal

DNA. California Department of Fish and Game, Northern Region. PI: B. N.

Sacks. ($9,970).

2009–2010 Pacific Rim Research Program, Center for Global, International, and Regional

Studies. The Domestic Dog as a Proxy to Human Migration in the Austronesian

Expansion. Co_PI: B. N. Sacks, Co-PI: N. C. Pedersen, PI: S. K. Brown.

($16,787).

2009 Student Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE): College of Natural

Sciences and Mathematics, California State University, Sacramento. The Genetic

Origin of the Saluki. PI: B.N. Sacks, Undergraduate mentee: Kristin Ahrens.

($5,000).

2008–2010 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Status assessment of the native

Sacramento Valley red fox. PI: B. N. Sacks. ($161,940).



Sacks. ($9,880).

2007–2011 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Resource Assessment Program

Pilot study on the status of the native Sacramento Valley red fox. PI: B. N.

Sacks, Co-PI: H. Wittmer. ($187,500).

2005–2007 Academic Federation Research Grant Program--Innovative Development

Awards “Developing SNPs for the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) : a tool to assess

taxonomic designations and hybridization and displacement of the native by the

nonnative red fox in North America” PI: B. N. Sacks. ($10,000).

2008 UC Davis Genome Center Core Facility Pilot Project Grant. Red fox SNP

assay development. PI: B. N. Sacks. ($2,000)

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2008 Biological Survey grant of the Goethe Bequest. A SNP assay to survey the

genomic diversity of native Sacramento Valley red foxes relative to native foxes

and nonnative red foxes. PI: B. N. Sacks. ($2,500).

2008 Project Grant, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State

University, Sacramento Undergraduate research: Use of noninvasive genetic

sampling to directly assess inbreeding in native Sacramento Valley red fox foxes.

PI: B.N. Sacks, Undergraduate intern: Deborah Lytle ($500). .

2004–2005 Canid genetic resource collection." Genetic Resources Conservation Program. Co-

PI: B. N. Sacks, PI: H. B. Ernest. ($1000).





WILDLIFE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS

Yosemite National Park Sierra Nevada red fox workshop, Leader: B.N. Sacks, Hosted by Yosemite

National Park, El Portal, California, 15 October 2014.

Oregon Cascades Sierra Nevada red fox multiagency workshop, Leader: B.N. Sacks, Hosted by

USDA/Forest Service, Deschutes National Forest, Bend, OR and Crater Lake National Park, 14-16 July

2014.

INVITED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

2015 VVIIth European Congress of Mammalogy (Aug 17-21, 2015), Stockholm,

Sweden “Inbreeding, Outbreeding, and the Transformation of the Critically

Endangered Sierra Nevada Red Fox: Genetic Rescue or Genomic Replacement?”

2015 Fox symposium at the VVIIth European Congress of Mammalogy (Aug 17-21,

2015), Stockholm, Sweden “Deep secrets revealed: A view into the

phylogeography, historical demography, and speciation in the world's most basal

canid, Urocyon spp.”

2015 Sierra Nevada Red Fox Interagency Working Group, Ahwahnee Lodge, Yosemite

National Park, CA “Sierra Nevada red fox, allies, and trouble-makers.” (May 5,

2015).

2014 Yosemite National Park Sierra Nevada red fox workshop, El Portal, California.

“Natural history of the Sierra Nevada red fox and allies and the importance of

National Parks” (10/15/2014 )

2014 Oregon Cascades Sierra Nevada red fox multiagency workshop, Bend, OR “Sierra

Nevada red fox in Oregon: What do we know? What do we need to know?”

(7/14/2014).

2014 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning

Branch, Conservation Lecture Series, Sacramento, CA “Sierra Nevada red fox”

(4/11/2014).

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2013 California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Sacramento, CA, Sierra Nevada Red

Fox Coordination meeting. “Emerging issues in management of the Sierra Nevada

red fox.” (3/7/2013)

2011 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento “Natural History of the

Nevada red fox.” (8/1/11)

2011 University of Stockholm, Dept. of Zoology. Host: Anders Angerbjörn “North

American montane red foxes: expansion, fragmentation, and the origin of the

Sacramento Valley red fox” (11/25/10)

2010 Annual Meeting of the Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology, Medford,

OR, Feb 23-26, 2010 “Recent history of North American mountain and

Sacramento Valley red foxes” (2/26/10)

2009 Landscape Genetics Symposium, Carnivores 2009 conference, Denver, CO;

November 15-19, 2009 “Landscape genetics meets phylogeography: evolutionary

relationships, recent history, connectivity, and the trajectory of southwestern red

fox populations.” (11/17/09)

2007 UC Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Seminar Series. “History of

California (and other North American) red fox populations: Disentangling the

roles of biogeography and human introductions.” (2/14/07)

2007 The Wildlife Society, Western Section Annual Conference, Monterey, CA. “Is

the Sacramento Valley red fox an overlooked native population?” (2/2/07)

2006 Dept. of Biological Sciences, California State University, Sacramento, “Using

genetic methods to study how mammals confront landscapes on ecological and

evolutionary time scales.” (11/8/06)

2006 University of California, Davis, Department of Animal Science Seminar Series.

“Is the Sacramento Valley red fox an overlooked native population?” (10/30/06)

2006 Applications of Landscape Genetics to Wildlife Management Symposium

organized by Professors Lisette Waits and Kim Scribner, held at the Wildlife

Society Meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, September 23-27, 2006. “Habitat

specialization in a generalist species, the coyote, diversifies populations in a

heterogeneous landscape.” (9/25/06)

2002 New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. "Are coyotes on a sheep ranch like

kids in a candy store? and other stories from California."

2002 University of California, Davis. Community Ecology seminar series. "Coyotes,

sheep, and wild prey: a model system for vertebrate trophic relationships in

Mediterranean climates."

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS

2015 8/19/2015 “Tracking genetic footprints to reconstruct geographic patterns of

expansion in Fennoscandian red foxes.” Karin Noren, Ben Sacks, others. VVIIth

European Congress of Mammalogy (Aug 17-21, 2015), Stockholm, Sweden.

2015 8/19/2015 “Range-wide multilocus phylogeography of the red fox reveals ancient

continental divergence, minimal genomic exchange, and distinct demographic

history.” M. J. Statham, B.N. Sacks, et al.. VVIIth European Congress of

Mammalogy (Aug 17-21, 2015), Stockholm, Sweden.

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2015 8/17/2015 “Peninsulas and islands in a sea of red: phylogeography and population

substructure of the European red fox.” M.J. Statham, C.J. Edwards, K. Noren, D.

O’Mahoney, O’Reilly, C. D. Soulsbury B.N. Sacks. Fox symposium at the

VVIIth European Congress of Mammalogy (Aug 17-21, 2015), Stockholm,

Sweden

2015 8/17/2015 “Genomic variation and signatures of selection in European red foxes

(Vulpes vulpes).” Allan McDevitt, Mark Statham, Aritz Ruiz-González, Iwona

Ruczyńska, Ettore Randi, Cino Pertoldi, Jacinta Mullins, Ben Sacks, Rafał

Kowalczyk and Jan Wójcik. Fox symposium at the VVIIth European Congress of

Mammalogy (Aug 17-21, 2015), Stockholm, Sweden.

2015 1/29/2015 “Movement Ecology of Lions Living Along the Edge of Cattle-

Dominated Areas in the western Okavango Delta, Botswana.” Whitesell CA,

Winterbach C, Sacks BN. Western Section of the Wildlife Society Annual

Conference (Jan 26-30, 2015), Santa Rosa, CA.

2015 1/29/2015 “Origins of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the Great Basin.” Alden P,

Lounsberry ZL, Statham M, Sacks BN. Western Section of the Wildlife Society

Annual Conference (Jan 26-30, 2015), Santa Rosa, CA.

2015 1/29/2015 “A report on occupancy estimates, range extent, and habitat use for the

Sierra Nevada red fox (Vulpes vulpes necator), coyote (Canis latrans), and the

American marten (Martes americana) in the eastern Sierra Nevada.” Stermer CJ,

Quinn C, Fien K, Furnas B, Sacks BN. Western Section of the Wildlife Society

Annual Conference (Jan 26-30, 2015), Santa Rosa, CA.

2015 1/28/2015 “Applications of Next-Generation Sequencing Techniques to Wildlife

Conservation and Management.” Lounsberry ZL, Brown SK, Statham M, Sacks

BN. Western Section of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference (Jan 26-30,

2015), Santa Rosa, CA.

2015 1/28/2015 “Male sex bias in capture samples of the endangered salt marsh harvest

mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) from a range-wide population genetics

study.” Poster Presentation. Hernandez L, Barthman-Thompson L, Estrella S,

Fresquez S, Smith K, Statham M, Tertes R, Sacks BN. Western Section of the

Wildlife Society Annual Conference (Jan 26-30, 2015), Santa Rosa, CA.

2015 5/2/2015 “Splitting hairs: results from the range-wide population genetics study of

the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris)” Statham

MJ, Barthman-Thompson L, Estrella S, Fresquez S, Hernandez L, Reponen SEM,

Tertes R, Sacks BN. 16th Bay Area Conservation Biology Symposium

(5/2/2015), Berkeley, CA

2015 5/2/2015 “Native versus nonnative origins of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes ) in the

Great Basin” Alden PB, Lounsberry ZL, Statham MJ, Sacks BN. 16th Bay Area

Conservation Biology Symposium (5/2/2015), Berkeley, CA.

2015 5/2/2015 “Applications of Next-Generation Sequencing Techniques to Wildlife

Conservation” Lounsberry ZL, Brown SK, Hernandez LD, Statham MJ, Sacks

BN. 16th Bay Area Conservation Biology Symposium (5/2/2015), Berkeley, CA.

2015 5/2/2015 “The role of inbreeding depression in limiting reproductive output of

Sierra Nevada red fox” Quinn CB, Sacks BN. 16th Bay Area Conservation

Biology Symposium (5/2/2015), Berkeley, CA.

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2015 4/30/2015 “The genetic affinity and denning habitat use of eastern Oregon red

foxes” Green G, Sacks BN, Erickson LJ, Aubry K.. Oregon Chapter of the

Wildlife Society/Oregon Society of American Foresters 2015 Joint Annual

meeting (Apr 29—May 1, 2015) Eugene, Oregon.

2015 4/14/2015 “Range-wide population genetic structure and phylogenetics of desert

bighorn sheep: implications for conservation.” Buchalski M, ….Sacks, BN,

Boyce, W. 2015 Desert Bighorn Council Meeting, Apr 14-16, 2015, Borrrego

Springs, CA.

2014 10/15/2014 “Conservation of Sierra Nevada red fox in the central Sierra Nevada”

C.B. Quinn and B.N. Sacks, Yosemite National Park Sierra Nevada red fox

workshop, El Portal, California.

2014 8/15/2014 “Anatomy of an invasive metapopulation: the California nonnative red

fox.” Brazeal J, Sacks BN. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting (Aug

10-15, 2014), Sacramento, CA

2014 8/12/2014 “A natural experiment in inbreeding depression in an isolated

population of montane red fox.” Quinn CB, Wolfson D, Sacks BN. Ecological

Society of America, Annual Meeting (Aug 10-15, 2014), Sacramento, CA2014

2014 8/14/2014 “Using a species distribution model to evaluate habitat occupancy by

the native Sacramento Valley red fox.” Miles K, Alden PB, Holtz MN, Sacks BN.

Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting (Aug 10-15, 2014), Sacramento,

CA

2014 8/13/2014 “Splitting hairs: preliminary results from the range-wide population

genetics study of the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys

raviventris).” Statham MJ, Barthman-Thompson L, Estrella S, Fresquez S,

Hernandez L, Reponen SEM, Tertes R, Sacks BN. Ecological Society of

America, Annual Meeting (Aug 10-15, 2014), Sacramento, CA

2014 “Ancient DNA analysis of Paleoeskimo and Thule dog remains from the North

American Arctic.” Brown SK, Darwent CE, Sacks BN. Canadian Archaeological

Association Annual Conference (May 14-18, 2014), London, Ontario, Canada.

2014 “A Comparison of Methods for Estimating Coyote Abundance in the Southeast.”

Gulsby W, Miller K, Bowers J, Killmaster C, Kelly J, Sacks BN. 37th Annual

Meeting of the Southeast Deer Study Group (Feb 16-18, 2014), Athens, GA.

2014 “Origins of increasing Red Foxes in relation to Sage-Grouse predation hotspots in

the Great Basin of Nevada.” Alden P, Stroeberl R, Woolstenhulme R, Mazur R,

Statham M, Sacks BN. Western Section of the Wildlife Society Annual

Conference (Jan 29-31, 2014), Reno, NV.

2014 “Genetic Mating System, Internal Relatedness, and Territory Inheritance in the

Sacramento Valley Red Fox.” Converse K, Moore M, Statham M, Wittmer H,

Sacks BN. Western Section of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference (Jan 29-

31, 2014), Reno, NV.

2014 “Preliminary results from the range-wide population genetics study of the

endangered salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris).” Statham M,

Barthman-Thompson L, Estrella S, Fresquez S, Hernandez L, Reponen S, Tertes

R, Sacks BN. Western Section of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference (Jan

29-31, 2014), Reno, NV.

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2014 “Population genetic structure of the giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) in the

Panoche-Ciervo area.” Poster presentation: Hernandez L, Statham M, Bean T,

Fresquez S, Westphal M, Sacks BN. Western Section of the Wildlife Society

Annual Conference (Jan 29-31, 2014), Reno, NV.

2014 “Assembling tricky mitochondrial genomes using next-generation sequencing: A

case study with three North Pacific albatrosses (Phoebastria spp.).” Poster

presentation: Lounsberry ZT, Collins PW, Henry RW, Nevins H, Etnier M,

Newsome SD, Sacks BN. Western Section of the Wildlife Society Annual

Conference (Jan 29-31, 2014), Reno, NV.

2014 “Density and sex ratio estimates of Columbian black‐tailed deer (Odocoileus

hemionus columbianus) in the Mendocino National Forest from fecal DNA.”

Lounsberry ZT, Forrester TD, Olegario MT, Wittmer HU, Sacks BN. Western

Section of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference (Jan 29-31, 2014), Reno, NV.

2014 “Three years of noninvasive research on the Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada red fox

population.” Quinn CB, Stermer C, Alden P, Wolfson D, Fien K, Statham M,

Rich A, Mazur R, Burkett E, Sacks BN. Western Section of the Wildlife Society

Annual Conference (Jan 29-31, 2014), Reno, NV.

2013 “Identifying an increasingly widespread sage-grouse predator to target future

hotspots: are expanding red foxes native or introduced?.” Alden P, Stroeberl R,

Woolstenhulme R, Mazur R, Statham M, Sacks BN Poster presentation to the

Great Basin Consortium Conference (GBC-3, Dec 9-10, 2013), Reno, NV.

2013 “The Native Sacramento Valley red fox, Vulpes vulpes patwin.” Poster

presentation at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Science

Symposium. Sacks BN, Statham MJ, Wittmer HU, Wright DH, Nguyen C.

2013 “Winter surveys for Sierra Nevada Red Fox (V. vulpes necator).” Talk

presentation at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Science

Symposium. Stermer C, Fien K, Quinn CB, Alden P, Sacks BN

2013 “Population history and connectivity in a northwards expanding carnivore: the

Fennoscandian red fox.” Tools for Management and Research, Congress #5.

Norén K, Ågren E, Isomursu M, Flagstad O, Statham MJ, Sacks BN. The 31st

International Union for Game Biology Congress, Brussels, Belgium (Aug 27-29,

2013).

2013 “Bartonella infection prevalence in cardiac valves of coyotes, a natural reservoir

in California.” 62nd International Conference of the Wildlife Disease

Association, Knoxville, TN. Kehoe S, Chomel B, Sacks B, Stuckey M, Kasten R

2013 “Origins of low-elevation red foxes in the American West.” Volkmann L, Statham

M., Sacks BN, and Mooers A. Evolution 2013 Conference, Snowbird, Utah (June

21-25, 2013).

2013 “Conservation of the Sierra Nevada Red Fox in the Real World: Challenges,

Gaps, and Management Tools.” Quinn CB and Sacks BN. Perspectives on

Endangered Species Management Symposium in the 94th Annual Meeting of the

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division (UNLV).

2013 “Determining haplotype diversity of modern North Pacific albatross using ancient

and historic DNA Cytochrome b and D-loop sequences.” Nisan D, Sacks BN,

Sacks, Benjamin N.

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Abstract and presentation for UC Davis 24th Annual Undergraduate Research,

Scholarship & Creative Activites Conference (Apr 26-27, 2013), Davis, CA.

2013 “The Historical Ecology of Albatrosses in the North Pacific.” Etnier MA, Collins

PW, Newsome SD, Brown SK, Nisan D, Sacks BN, Rick TC, Connors MG,

Henry BW, Poster presentation for 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for

American Archaeology (Apr 3-7, 2013), Honolulu, HI.

2013 “Ancient DNA analysis of dog remains from the North American Arctic.” Brown

SK, Darwent C, Sacks BN, Abstract for 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for

American Archaeology (Apr 3-7, 2013), Honolulu, HI.

2013 “A Dog’s Tale: Understanding the Role of Dogs in the Kotzebue Sound Region of

Alaska through Ancient DNA and Stable Isotopes (Poster presentation).” Green S,

Brown SK, Darwent CM, Eerkens LW, Sacks BN. Abstract for 78th Annual

Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (Apr 3-7, 2013), Honolulu, HI.

2013 “An update on the Sierra Nevada red fox population near Sonora Pass.” Sacks

BN, Stermer C, Quinn C, Statham MJ, Alden P, Miles K, Rich A, Lowden J,

Burkett E. 2013 Western Section of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference,

Sacramento, CA.

2013 “Global Phylogeography Of The Most Widely Distributed Carnivore, The Red

Fox (Vulpes Vulpes).” Statham MJ, Murdoch J, Janecka J, Edwards C, Sacks BN.

2013 Western Section of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Sacramento,

CA.

2013 “Habitat-mediated Predation Risk to Fishers by Bobcats in a Mixed Coniferous

Forest.” Wengert GM, Higley JM, Matthews SM, Rennie KM, Mendia SM, Sacks

BN. 2013 Western Section of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference,

Sacramento, CA.

2013 “Population Genetics of the Feral Dogs on Isabela Island, Galápagos (Poster

presentation).” Reponen S, Brown SK, Barnett B, Sacks BN. 2013 Western

Section of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA.

2013 “Abundance estimates of blacktail deer using noninvasive sampling in a genetic

capture-mark-recapture framework (Poster presentation).” Lounsberry Z, Forrester

T, Olegario MJ, Statham M, Wittmer H, Sacks BN. 2013 Western Section of the

Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA.

2013 “A STR Multiplex for Columbian Black-Tailed Deer (Poster presentation).”

Olegario MJ, Lounsberry Z, Sacks BN. 2013 Western Section of the Wildlife

Society Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA.

2013 “The genetic affinity and denning habitat use of northeastern Oregon red foxes.”

Green GA, Erickson LJ, Hiller TL, Statham MJ, Sacks BN. 2013 Washington and

Oregon Sections of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Skamania, WA.

2013 “The composition and distribution of native and non-native red fox in central

Colorado.” Merson C, Sacks BN, Statham MJ, Lopez RR, Janecka JE. 2013 The

49th Annual Meeting of the Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society: Wildlife at the

Edge: Managing at the Urban-Wildland Interface (Feb 20-23, 2013), Houston,

TX.

2012 “Ancient DNA analysis of Canid remains from Cape Espenberg , Alaska.” Brown

SK, Darwent C, Sacks BN. 2012 Alaska Anthropological Association 39th

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Annual Conference: Northern People and Landscapes in Times of Change (Feb

29-March 4), Seattle, WA.

2012 “What we know so far about the second Sierra Nevada red fox population.” Sacks

BN, Statham MJ, Stermer C, Akins J, Alden P, Brown C, Rich A, Lisius L,

Burkett E. 2012 Western Section of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference,

Sacramento, CA.

2012 “Evidence for the persistence of the native cascade red fox (Vulpes vulpes

cascadensis) in southern Washington: preliminary results.” Akins J, Statham MJ

Reid M, Aubry KB, Sacks BN. 2012 Western Section of the Wildlife Society

Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA.

2011 “Discovery of a remnant population of Sierra Nevada red fox (Vulpes vulpes

necator) in the southern Sierra Nevada." Statham M, Rich A, Lisius S, Sacks B.

2011 Sacramento-Shasta Section of the Wildlife Society Natural Resource

Symposium.

2011 “Identifying predators of California Fishers: linking pathologic findings to

predator species confirmed through molecular techniques." Wengert G, Gabriel

M, Sweitzer R, Barrett R, Thompson C, Purcell K, Matthews S, Higley M, Green

R, Woods L, Jones M, Keller S, Sacks B, Gaffney P, Munson L. 2011 Western

Section of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Riverside, CA.

2011 “Discovery of a remnant population of Sierra Nevada red fox (Vulpes vulpes

necator) in the southern Sierra Nevada." Rich A, Lisius S, Statham M, Sacks B.

2011 Western Section of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Riverside, CA.

2010 “Phylogeography of the North American red fox: vicariance in Pleistocene forest

refugia” Annual Meeting of the Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology,

Medford, OR, Feb 23-26, 2010; Aubry K, Statham M, Sacks B, Perrine J, Wisely

S

2010 “The origin of putative nonnative red foxes in the contiguous United States:

translocations or natural range expansions?” Annual Meeting of the Society for

Northwestern Vertebrate Biology, Medford, OR, Feb 23-26, 2010; Statham M,

Sacks B, Aubry K, Perrine J, Wisely S

2009 “Phylogeography of the North American red fox: vicariance in Pleistocene forest

refugia” Carnivores 2009, Denver, Nov 2009; Aubry K, Statham M, Sacks B,

Perrine J, Wisely S

2009 “The origins of putative non-native red foxes in the Contiguous United States:

Translocations or natural range expansions” Carnivores 2009, Denver, Nov 2009.

Statham M, Sacks B, Aubry K, Perrine J, Wisely S

2009 “Reconstructing the evolution and geographic spread of early domestic dogs”

Carnivores 2009 conference, Denver, CO; November 15-19, 2009; Brown SK,

Pedersen NC, Sacks BN.

2009 “Confirming the identity of suspected predators of fishers through molecular

techniques” Carnivores 2009 conference, Denver, CO; November 15-19, 2009;

Wengert GM, (+12 co-authors), Sacks BN.

2009 “Wildlife reintroductions: a review of disease issues and implications” Carnivores

2009 conference, Denver, CO; November 15-19, 2009; Gabriel MW, GM

Wengert, BN Sacks

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2009 “Occurrence of pathogens in fishers throughout their range” Carnivores 2009

conference, Denver, CO; November 15-19, 2009; Gabriel MW, (+13 co-authors),

Sacks, BN

2009 “The origin of low-elevation red foxes in the contiguous United States:

Translocations or natural range expansions?” Wildlife Society National

Conference, Monterey, CA, September 2009. Statham, M., Sacks, B., Aubry, K.,

Perrine, J., Wisely, S.

2009 “Use of genetic tools to assess impacts of encroaching non-native red foxes on the

native Sacramento Valley red fox” Wildlife Society National Conference,

Monterey, CA, September 2009. Moore M., Brown S, Statham M, Wittmer H,

Sacks, B

2009 “Use of nuclear DNA microsatellites to determine evidence of interbreeding

between the native Sacramento Valley red fox and the nonnative red fox." Moore

M, Brown S, Statham M, Wittmer H, Sacks B. 2009 Western Section of the

Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA.

2009 “Wildlife Reintroductions: a Review of Disease Issues and Implications." Gabriel

M, Wengert G, Sacks B. 2009 Western Section of the Wildlife Society Annual

Conference, Sacramento, CA.

2009 “The geographic spread of early dogs in Island South East Asia.” Brown S, Sacks

BN, Pedersen NC; Fourth International Biogeography Society Conference,

Merida, Mexico.

2009 “Phylogeography of the North American Red Fox.” Fourth International

Conference of the International Biogeographic Society, Merida, Mexico, January

2009. Statham, M., Aubry, K., Sacks, B., Perrine, J., Wisely. S.

2008 “Native red foxes in the Sacramento Valley: Research update and implications”

Western Section of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Redding, CA. Sacks

BN, Wittmer H

2008 “Assessing the conservation status of the native Sacramento Valley red fox”

Western Section of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Redding, CA.

Wittmer H, Sacks BN.

2007 “Is the Sacramento Valley red fox an overlooked native population?” Wildlife

Society, Western Section Annual Conference, Monterey, CA. Sacks BN.

2006 “Is the Sacramento Valley red fox an overlooked native population?” Natural

Resources Symposium, Sacramento-Shasta chapter of The Wildlife Society,

Sacramento.

PUBLIC TALKS FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH

2011 Sacramento Audubon Society. “The Sacramento Valley red fox.” (4/21/11)

2011 Student and Landowner Education and Watershed Stewardship (SLEWS)

program administered by the Center for Land-Based Learning. “Natural history of

the Sacramento Valley red fox.” (3/15/11)

2011 Winters Rotary Club “Using genetic tools to reconstruct the history and status of

California’s red fox populations.” (4/22/10)

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2009 Yolo Flyways Lecture Series “The Sacramento Valley red fox (Vulpes vulpes ssp.

nov.)” (12/3/09)

2008 California Parks Conference, Lake Tahoe."History and current research on

California red fox populations: Disentangling the roles of biogeography and

human introductions." (4/2/08)

FILM AND RADIO INTERVIEWS

2015 “Here and Now.” National Public Radio. (Interview on Sierra Nevada red fox by

Jeremy Hobson).

2012 “Insight.” Capital Public Radio. (Interview on modern dogs by D.W. Barton).

2011 “Bali—Island of the dogs.” (Interview in documentary film by L. Blair).

2007 “The Diversity of Life, part 2: Migration.” Natural History Museum of Los

Angeles County (Interview in documentary film By P. Kirby)

TEACHING

University of California, Davis

Introduction to Forensic Science (Lecture Spring 2015)

Applications of Next Generation Sequencing technology for Conservation Biology. Advanced

Topics in Conservation Genetics (Fall 2013)

Changing Patterns of Vector-borne Infections. (Annual lectures, fall 2008–2012)

Population Genetics software. Advanced Topics in Conservation Genetics (Fall 2012)

Genetics of Small populations. Advanced Topics in Conservation Genetics (Fall 2011)

Genetics of hybrid zones. Advanced Topics in Conservation Genetics (Spring 2010)

Noninvasive genetic methods for wildlife populations. Advanced Topics in Conservation

Genetics (Spring 2009)

California State University, Sacramento

Field Methods in Conservation Biology (Spring 2009)

Mammalogy (Spring 2008)

General Ecology (Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009)

Off-Campus Invited Lectures

2013 American River College, Sacramento. Wildlife Biology, at (lecture topic: wildlife

genetics).

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2013 California State University, Sacramento. Principles of Wildlife Management, at

(lecture topic: wildlife genetics).

2012 California State University Sacramento. Ecological and Environmental Issues

seminar at (lecture topic: Natural history of the Sierra Nevada red fox)

2011 American River College, Sacramento. Natural Resource Measurements. (lecture

topic: habitat modeling).

2006 American River College, Sacramento. Natural Resources. (lecture topic: Wildlife

Management).

2006 American River College, Sacramento. Conservation Biology. (lecture topic:

Applications of Genetics).

1997, 1999 University of California, Davis. Application of ecological principles toward

wildlife damage problems: a case study of coyotes and sheep depredation.

UC DAVIS GRADUATE GROUP MEMBERSHIP

2011–present Forensic Sciences Master’s Program

2010–present Genetics

2010–present Animal Biology

2008–present Ecology

2008–2014 Comparative Pathology

CURRENT ADVISEES

Project Scientist

Dr. Mark Statham (2010–present; Post-doc 2007-2010)

Post-doctoral scholars

Dr. Sarah Brown (2011–present; co-advise with Christyann Darwent, UC Davis, Anthropology)

Dr. Karin Norén (2011–present; co-advise with Anders Angerbjörn, Stockholm University)

INTERNATIONAL DISSERTATION OPPONENT

2012 Invited Faculty Opponent at Ph D dissertation defense. Dept. Gene Technology,

KTH Royal Insititute of Technology (Sweden)

2010 Invited Faculty Opponent at Ph D dissertation defense. Board of Natural Sciences,

Stockholm University (Sweden)

EXTERNAL DISSERTATION EXAMINER

2012 External dissertation examiner (Faculty reviewer) University of Pretoria (South

Africa)

2011 External dissertation examiner (Faculty reviewer) University of Western Australia

VISITING SCHOLARS HOSTED

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Professor Shannon Datwyler, (Sabbatical Fall 2011, California State University, Sacramento)

Dr. Lorna Kennedy (Spring 2012, University of Manchester, Centre for Integrated Genomic

Medical Research)

CAMPUS ACADEMIC SERVICE

UC Davis

2013–present Graduate Advisor, Ecological Genomics and Genetics Area of Emphasis,

Graduate Group in Ecology

2013–present Graduate Advisor Forensic Sciences Masters Program

2012–present Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, Science Advisory Committee

2011–present Forensic Sciences Graduate Group, Membership Committee

2010 Francine Bradley Avian Sciences Awards Committee

2009– present Graduate Group in Ecology, Admissions Committee

2008– present Department of Population Health and Reproduction, Resources Committee

2008–2012 Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, Executive Committee

2002 School of Veterinary Medicine, Wildlife Health Center, competitive grants

committee

California State University, Sacramento

2008–2009 Graduate Committee, Dept. Biological Sciences

2008 Science II building planning committee, College of Natural Sciences and

Mathematics

2008–2009 Van pool committee Chair, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Extracurricular University Service

2013–2014 Diversity Committee, Graduate Group in Ecology

OFF-CAMPUS ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Editorial

2012–present Editorial Review Board for Molecular Ecology

2012 Top Reviewer for Molecular Ecology

2012 Associate Editor (Ad-hoc) for Ecological Society of America (Ecology)

Conservation organizations and endangered species reviews

2015 Sierra Nevada Red Fox Interagency Working Group (May 5, 2015)

Ahwahnee Lodge, Yosemite National Park

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2013–present International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)/ Canid

Taxonomy and Nomenclature Working Group

2013–present International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)/ Canid

Specialist Group

2012 Solicited review of taxonomy of the Buena Vista Lake shrew (Sorex

ornatus relictus) for US Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service

2012 Review of 90-day findings on the listing petition for the Sierra Nevada red

fox (Vulpes vulpes necator) for the US Dept. of the Interior, Fish and

Wildlife Service

2006–present California interagency Red Fox Working Group.

Conference and meeting organization

2015 Moderator Conservation Genetics Session of 16th Bay Area Conservation

Biology Symposium, Berkeley, CA (5/2/2015)

2013 Co-Chair Session: Ancient DNA and Zooarchaeology, Society for

American Anthropology 78th Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI (4/3-7/13)

2008 Chair of Carnivores session in 2008 Western Section of the Wildlife

Society Annual Conference, Redding, CA (2/6/08)

2008 Co-Chair Symposium at the 2008 Western Section of the Wildlife Society

Annual Conference, Redding, CA.: "Managing California's Native Red

Fox: Recent Findings and Implications" (2/6/08)

2004 Co-Chair, Moderator Conservation Genetics Session of Bay Area

Conservation Biology Symposium (1/31/04)

Grant Reviewer

2015 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

2014 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

2013 Central Valley Project Conservation Program (CVPCP)

2012 Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)

2012 National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant

2010, 2013 National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

2010 University of Crete, Greece

2008 Kansas State University Ecological Genomics Institute

2004–2011 National Science Foundation (2004, 2009, 2011)

Book chapter reviews

2012-2013 Book chapter, Boyko RH, Boyko AR: Dog Conservation and the

Population Genetic Structure of Dogs in "Free-Ranging Dogs and Wildlife

Conservation" (Gompper M, ed), Oxford University Press

2008-2009 Book chapter, Rinehart K, Elbroch M: Coyote (Canis latrans) in

"Petersons Reference Guides: Behavior of North American Mammals"

(Elbroch M, Rinehart K, eds) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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2008-2009 Book chapter, Rinehart K, Elbroch M: Gray fox (Urocyon

cinereoargenteus) behavior in "Petersons Reference Guides: Behavior of

North American Mammals" (Elbroch M, Rinehart K, eds) Houghton

Mifflin Harcourt

2008-2009 Textbook, Ecology chapter of textbook "Mammalogy, 5th Edition", by

Vaughan, Ryan and Czaplewski, Bartlett & Jones Learning 2008-2009

Textbook, Behavior chapters of textbook "Mammalogy, 5th Edition", by

Vaughan, Ryan and Czaplewski, Bartlett & Jones Learning

2007-2008 Book chapter, Soulsbury CD, Baker PJ, Iossa G, Harris S: Red Fox

Chapter in "Urban Carnivores: Ecology, Conflict and Conservation"

(Gehrt SD, Riley SPD, Cypher BL, eds), John Hopkins University Press

2008-2009 Book chapter, Gehrt SD, Riley SPD: Coyote Chapter in "Urban

Carnivores: Ecology, Conflict and Conservation" (Gehrt SD, Riley SPD,

Cypher BL, eds), John Hopkins University Press

Journal Reviewer

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, PLoS ONE, , BMC Genomics, Molecular

Ecology, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Journal of Heredity, Animal Genetics, Conservation

Genetics, Genetica, Annals of Animal Science, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Biological

Conservation, Mammalian Biology, Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Mammalogy, Acta

Theriologica, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Journal of Wildlife Management, African Journal of

Ecology, Wildlife Biology, Western North American Naturalist, Comparative Parasitology,

Southwestern Naturalist, Journal of Zoology, Folia Zoologica, Journal of Wildlife Diseases,

Rangeland Ecology and Management, Pan Pacific Entomologist, Journal of Medical

Entomology, Journal of Archaeological Research and Theory, Wildlife Society Bulletin, Journal

of Animal Breeding and Genetics, California Fish and Game, Journal of Fish and Wildlife, Canid

Biology and Conservation, Journal of Arid Envrionments