2023

Nisi, A. C., J. F. Benson, R. King, and C. C. Wilmers. 2023. Habitat fragmentation reduces survival and drives source–sink dynamics for a large carnivore. Ecological Applications e2822. (PDF)

Benson, J. F., K. D. Dougherty, P. Beier, W. M. Boyce, B. Cristescu, D. J. Gammons, D. K. Garcelon, J. M. Higley, Q. E. Martins, A. C. Nisi, S. P. D. Riley, J. A. Sikich, T. R. Stephenson, T. W. Vickers, G. M. Wengert, C. C. Wilmers, H. U. Wittmer, and J. A. Dellinger. 2023. The ecology of human-caused mortality for a protected large carnivore. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120:e2220030120. (PDF)

Parker, D. M., V. O. Nams, G. A. Balme, C. Begg, K. Begg, L. Bidner, D. Bockmuehl, G. Cozzi, B. du Preez, J. Fattebert, K. Golabek, T. Grant, M. W. Hayward, A.-M. Houser, L. T. B. Hunter, L. A. Isbell, D. Jenny, A. J. Loveridge, D. W. Macdonald, G. K. H. Mann, N. Maputla, L. Marker, Q. E. Martins, N. Maruping-Mzileni, J. Melzheimer, V. Menges, P. Nyoni, J. O’Brien, C. Owen, T. Parker, R. Pitman, R. J. Power, R. Slotow, A. Stein, V. Steyn, K. Stratford, L. H. Swanepoel, A. Vanak, R. V. Vuuren, B. Wachter, F. Weise, and C. C. Wilmers. 2023. The implications of large home range size in a solitary felid, the Leopard (Panthera pardus). Journal of Mammalogy gyad074. (PDF)

2022

Cristescu, B., L. M. Elbroch, T. D. Forrester, M. L. Allen, D. B. Spitz, C. C. Wilmers, and H. U. Wittmer. 2022. Standardizing protocols for determining the cause of mortality in wildlife studies. Ecology and Evolution 12:e9034. (PDF)

Nisi, A. C., Benson, J. F., & Wilmers, C. C. 2022. Puma responses to unreliable human cues suggest an ecological trap in a fragmented landscape. Oikos n/a:e09051. (PDF)

Broekman, M. J. E., J. P. Hilbers, M. A. J. Huijbregts, T. Mueller, A. H. Ali, H. Andrén, J. Altmann, M. Aronsson, N. Attias, H. L. A. Bartlam-Brooks, F. M. Beest, J. L. Belant, D. E. Beyer, L. Bidner, N. Blaum, R. B. Boone, M. S. Boyce, M. B. Brown, F. Cagnacci, R. Černe, S. Chamaillé-Jammes, N. Dejid, J. Dekker, A. L. J. Desbiez, S. L. Díaz-Muñoz, J. Fennessy, C. Fichtel, C. Fischer, J. T. Fisher, I. Fischhoff, A. T. Ford, J. M. Fryxell, B. Gehr, J. R. Goheen, M. Hauptfleisch, A. J. M. Hewison, R. Hering, M. Heurich, L. A. Isbell, R. Janssen, F. Jeltsch, P. Kaczensky, P. M. Kappeler, M. Krofel, S. LaPoint, A. D. M. Latham, J. D. C. Linnell, A. C. Markham, J. Mattisson, E. P. Medici, G. M. Mourão, B. V. Moorter, R. G. Morato, N. Morellet, A. Mysterud, S. Mwiu, J. Odden, K. A. Olson, A. Ornicāns, N. Pagon, M. Panzacchi, J. Persson, T. Petroelje, C. M. Rolandsen, D. Roshier, D. I. Rubenstein, S. Saïd, A. R. Salemgareyev, H. Sawyer, N. M. Schmidt, N. Selva, A. Sergiel, J. Stabach, J. Stacy-Dawes, F. E. C. Stewart, J. Stiegler, O. Strand, S. Sundaresan, N. J. Svoboda, W. Ullmann, U. Voigt, J. Wall, M. Wikelski, C. C. Wilmers, F. Zięba, T. Zwijacz-Kozica, A. M. Schipper, and M. A. Tucker. 2022. Evaluating expert-based habitat suitability information of terrestrial mammals with GPS-tracking data. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31:1526–1541. (PDF)

Reilly, C. M., Suraci, J. P., Smith, J. A., Wang, Y., & Wilmers, C. C. 2022. Mesopredators retain their fear of humans across a development gradient. Behavioral Ecology:arab150. (PDF)

Cristescu, B., Elbroch, L. M., Dellinger, J. A., Binder, W., Wilmers, C. C., & Wittmer, H. U. 2022. Kill rates and associated ecological factors for an apex predator. Mammalian Biology. (PDF)

2021

Nisi, A. C., Suraci, J. P., Ranc, N., Frank, L. G., Oriol-Cotterill, A., Ekwanga, S., Williams, T. M., & Wilmers, C. C. 2021. Temporal scale of habitat selection for large carnivores: Balancing energetics, risk and finding prey. Journal of Animal Ecology,00, 1–14. (PDF)

Sebastián-González, E., Morales-Reyes, Z., Botella, F., Naves-Alegre, L., Pérez-García, J. M., Mateo-Tomás, P., Olea, P. P., Moleón, M., Barbosa, J. M., Hiraldo, F., Arrondo, E., Donázar, J. A., Cortés-Avizanda, A., Selva, N., Lambertucci, S. A., Bhattacharjee, A., Brewer, A. L., Abernethy, E. F., Turner, K. L., Beasley, J. C., DeVault, T. L., Gerke, H. C., Rhodes Jr, O. E., Ordiz, A., Wikenros, C., Zimmermann, B., Wabakken, P., Wilmers, C. C., Smith, J. A., Kendall, C. J., Ogada, D., Frehner, E., Allen, M. L., Wittmer, H. U., Butler, J. R. A., du Toit, J. T., Margalida, A., Oliva-Vidal, P., Wilson, D., Jerina, K., Krofel, M., Kostecke, R., Inger, R., Per, E., Ayhan, Y., Sancı, M., Yılmazer, Ü., Inagaki, A., Koike, S., Samson, A., Perrig, P. L., Spencer, E. E., Newsome, T. M., Heurich, M., Anadón, J. D., Buechley, E. R., Gutiérrez-Cánovas, C., Elbroch, L. M., & Sánchez-Zapata, J. A. 2021. Functional traits driving species role in the structure of terrestrial vertebrate scavenger networks. Ecology n/a:e03519. (PDF)

Snider, M. H., Athreya, V. R., Balme, G. A., Bidner, L. R., Farhadinia, M. S., Fattebert, J., Gompper, M. E., Gubbi, S., Hunter, L. T. B., Isbell, L. A., Macdonald, D. W., Odden, M., Owen, C. R., Slotow, R., Spalton, J. A., Stein, A. B., Steyn, V., Vanak, A. T., Weise, F. J., Wilmers, C. C., & Kays, R. 2021. Home range variation in leopards living across the human density gradient. Journal of Mammalogy 102:1138-1148. (PDF)

Kraberger, S., Serieys, L. E. K., Richet, C., Fountain-Jones, N. M., Baele, G., Bishop, J. M., Nehring, M., Ivan, J. S., Newkirk, E. S., Squires, J. R., Lund, M. C., Riley, S. P. D., Wilmers, C. C., van Helden, P. D., Van Doorslaer, K., Culver, M., VandeWoude, S., Martin, D. P., & Varsani, A. 2021. Complex evolutionary history of felid anelloviruses. Virology 562:176-189. (PDF)

Wilmers, C. C., Nisi, A. C., & Ranc, N. 2021. Covid-19 suppression of human mobility releases mountain lions from a landscape of fear. Current Biology 31:1-4. (PDF)

Suraci, J. P., K. M. Gaynor, M. L. Allen, P. Alexander, J. S. Brashares, S. ….. & C. C. Wilmers. 2021. Disturbance type and species life history predict mammal responses to humans. Global Change Biology. (PDF)

Wittmer, H. U., Cristescu, B., Spitz, D. B., Nisi, A. C., & Wilmers, C. C. 2021. Final report Siskiyou deer-mountain lion study (2015-2020). California Department of Fish and Wildlife. (PDF)

Nickel, B. A., J. P. Suraci, A. C. Nisi, & C. C. Wilmers. 2021. Energetics and fear of humans constrain the spatial ecology of pumas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118:e2004592118. (PDF)

Yovovich, V., Thomsen, M., & Wilmers, C. C. 2021. Pumas’ fear of humans precipitates changes in plant architecture. Ecosphere 12:e03309. (PDF)

Serieys, L. E. K., Rogan, M. S., Matsushima, S. S., & Wilmers, C. C. 2021. Road-crossings, vegetative cover, land use and poisons interact to influence corridor effectiveness. Biological Conservation 253:108930. (PDF)

2020

Levi, T., Hilderbrand, G. V., Hocking, M. D., Quinn, T. P., White, K. S., Adams, M. S., Armstrong, J. B., Crupi, A. P., Darimont, C. T., Deacy, W., Gilbert, S. L., Ripple, W. J., Shakeri, Y. N., Wheat, R. E., & Wilmers, C. C. 2020. Community ecology and conservation of bear-salmon ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8. (PDF)

Dunford, C. E., Marks, N. J., Wilmers, C. C., Bryce, C. M., Nickel, B., Wolfe, L. L., Scantlebury, D. M., & Williams, T. M. 2020. Surviving in steep terrain: A lab-to-field assessment of locomotor costs for wild mountain lions (puma concolor). Movement Ecology 8:34. (PDF)

Anton, C. B., Smith, D. W., Suraci, J. P., Stahler, D. R., Duane, T. P., & Wilmers, C. C. 2020. Gray wolf habitat use in response to visitor activity along roadways in yellowstone national park. Ecosphere 11:1-17. (PDF)

Yovovich, V., Allen, M. L., Macaulay, L. T., & Wilmers, C. C. 2020. Using spatial characteristics of apex carnivore communication and reproductive behaviors to predict responses to future human development. Biodiversity and Conservation. (PDF)

Suraci, J. P., Nickel, B. A., & Wilmers, C. C. 2020. Fine-scale movement decisions by a large carnivore inform conservation planning in human-dominated landscapes. Landscape Ecology. (PDF)

Stears, K., Schmitt, M. H., Wilmers, C. C., & Shrader, A. M. 2020. Mixed-species herding levels the landscape of fear. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287. (PDF)

Sebastián-González, E., Morales-Reyes, Z., Botella, F., Naves-Alegre, L., Pérez-García, J. M., Mateo-Tomás, P., Olea, P. P., Moleón, M., Barbosa, J. M., Hiraldo, F., Arrondo, E., Donázar, J. A., Cortés-Avizanda, A., Selva, N., Lambertucci, S. A., Bhattacharjee, A., Brewer, A. L., Abernethy, E. F., Turner, K. L., Beasley, J. C., DeVault, T. L., Gerke, H. C., Rhodes Jr, O. E., Ordiz, A., Wikenros, C., Zimmermann, B., Wabakken, P., Wilmers, C. C., Smith, J. A., Kendall, C. J., Ogada, D., Frehner, E., Allen, M. L., Wittmer, H. U., Butler, J. R. A., du Toit, J. T., Margalida, A., Oliva-Vidal, P., Wilson, D., Jerina, K., Krofel, M., Kostecke, R., Inger, R., Per, E., Ayhan, Y., Ulusoy, H., Vural, D., Inagaki, A., Koike, S., Samson, A., Perrig, P. L., Spencer, E., Newsome, T. M., Heurich, M., Anadón, J. D., Buechley, E. R., & Sánchez-Zapata, J. A. 2020. Network structure of vertebrate scavenger assemblages at the global scale: Drivers and ecosystem functioning implications. Ecography. (PDF)

Wilmers, C. C., Metz, M. C., Stahler, D. R., Kohl, M. T., Geremia, C., & Smith, D. W. 2020. How climate impacts the composition of wolf-killed elk in northern Yellowstone National Park. Journal of Animal Ecology. (PDF)

Nickel, B. A., Suraci, J. P., Allen, M. L., & Wilmers, C. C. 2020. Human presence and human footprint have non-equivalent effects on t wildlife spatiotemporal habitat use. Biological Conservation 241. (PDF)

2019

Dellinger, J.A., Cristescu, B., Ewanyk, J., Gammons, D.J., Garcelon, D., Johnston, P., Martins, Q., Thompson, C., Vickers, T.W., Wilmers, C.C., Wittmer, H.U. & Torres, S.G. 2019. Using Mountain Lion Habitat Selection in Management. The Journal of Wildlife Management. (PDF)

Weiss-Penzias, P.S., Bank, M.S., Clifford, D.L., Torregrosa, A., Zheng, B., Lin, W. & Wilmers, C.C. 2019. Marine fog inputs appear to increase methylmercury bioaccumulation in a coastal terrestrial food web. Scientific Reports 9:17611. (PDF)

Saremi, N. F., Supple, M. A., Byrne, A., Cahill, J. A., Coutinho, L. L., Dalén, L., Figueiró, H. V., Johnson, W. E., Milne, H. J., O’Brien, S. J., O’Connell, B., Onorato, D. P., Riley, S. P. D., Sikich, J. A., Stahler, D. R., Villela, P. M. S., Vollmers, C., Wayne, R. K., Eizirik, E., Corbett-Detig, R. B., Green, R. E., Wilmers, C. C., & Shapiro, B. 2019. Puma genomes from north and south america provide insights into the genomic consequences of inbreeding. Nature Communications 10:4769. (PDF)

Suraci, J.P., Clinchy, M., Zanette, L.Y. & Wilmers, C.C. 2019. Fear of humans as apex predators has landscape-scale impacts from mountain lions to mice. Ecology Letters (PDF)

Suraci, J. P., Smith, J. A., Clinchy, M., Zanette, L. Y., & Wilmers, C. C. 2019. Humans, but not their dogs, displace pumas from their kills: An experimental approach. Scientific Reports 9:12214. (PDF)

Sebastián-González, E., Barbosa, J. M., Pérez-García, J. M., Morales-Reyes, Z., Botella, F., Olea, P. P., Mateo-Tomás, P., Moleón, M., Hiraldo, F., Arrondo, E., Donázar, J. A., Cortés-Avizanda, A., Selva, N., Lambertucci, S. A., Bhattacharjee, A., Brewer, A., Anadón, J. D., Abernethy, E., Rhodes Jr, O. E., Turner, K., Beasley, J. C., DeVault, T. L., Ordiz, A., Wikenros, C., Zimmermann, B., Wabakken, P., Wilmers, C. C., Smith, J. A., Kendall, C. J., Ogada, D., Buechley, E. R., Frehner, E., Allen, M. L., Wittmer, H. U., Butler, J. R. A., du Toit, J. T., Read, J., Wilson, D., Jerina, K., Krofel, M., Kostecke, R., Inger, R., Samson, A., Naves-Alegre, L., & Sánchez-Zapata, J. A. 2019. Scavenging in the anthropocene: Human impact drives vertebrate scavenger species richness at a global scale. Global Change Biology 25:3005-3017. (PDF)

Suraci, J. P., Frank, L. G., Oriol-Cotterill, A., Ekwanga, S., Williams, T. M., & Wilmers, C. C. 2019. Behavior-specific habitat selection by african lions may promote their persistence in a human-dominated landscape. Ecology(PDF)

Smith, J.A., Duane, T.P. & Wilmers, C.C. 2019. Moving through the matrix: Promoting permeability for large carnivores in a human-dominated landscape. Landscape and Urban Planning 183:50-58. (PDF)

2018

Schmitz, O.J., Wilmers, C.C., Leroux, S.J., Doughty, C.E., Atwood, T.B., Galetti, M., Davies, A.B. & Goetz, S.J. 2018. Animals and the zoogeochemistry of the carbon cycle. Science 362:1-10. (PDF)

Gustafson, K.D., Gagne, R.B., Vickers, T.W., Riley, S.P.D., Wilmers, C.C., Bleich, V.C., Pierce, B.M., Kenyon, M., Drazenovich, T.L., Sikich, J.A., Boyce, W.M. & Ernest, H.B. 2018. Genetic source–sink dynamics among naturally structured and anthropogenically fragmented puma populations. Conservation Genetics. (PDF)

O’Brien, T.G., Kinnaird, M.F., Ekwanga, S., Wilmers, C., Williams, T., Oriol-Cotterill, A., Rubenstein, D. & Frank, L.G. 2018. Resolving a conservation dilemma: Vulnerable lions eating endangered zebras. Plos One:1-15. (PDF)

Van Cleave, E.K., Bidner, L.R., Ford, A.T., Gaillaud, D., Wilmers, C.C. & Isbell, L.A. 2018. Diel patterns of movement activity and habitat use by leopards (Panthera pardus pardus) living in a human-dominated landscape in central Kenya. Biological Conservation 226:224-237. (PDF)

Smith, J.A., Thomas, A.C., Levi, T., Wang, Y. & Wilmers, C.C. 2018. Human activity reduces niche partitioning among three widespread mesocarnivores. Oikos 00:1-12. (PDF)

Tucker et al. 2018. Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements. Science 359: 466-469. (PDF)

2017

Wang, Y., Smith, J.A. & Wilmers, C.C. 2017. Residential development alters behavior, movement, and energetics in an apex predator, the puma. Plos One 12:1-17. (PDF)

Jessen, T., Wang, Y. & Wilmers, C.C. 2017. Habitat fragmentation provides a competitive advantage to an invasive tree squirrel, Sciurus carolinensisBiological Invasions:1-12. (PDF)

Bryce, C.M., Wilmers, C.C. & Williams, T.M. 2017. Energetics and evasion dynamics of large predators and prey: pumas vs. hounds. PeerJ:1-23. (PDF)

Smith, J. A., Suraci, J. P., Clinchy, M., Crawford, A., Roberts, D., Zanette, L. Y., & Wilmers, C. C. 2017. Fear of the human ‘super predator’ reduces feeding time in large carnivores. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284:1-5. (PDF)

Wilmers, C. C., Isbell, L. A., Suraci, J. P., & Williams, T. M. 2017. Energetics-informed behavioral states reveal the drive to kill in african leopards. Ecoshpere 8:1-12. (PDF)

Wheat, R. E., Lewis, S. B., Wang, Y., Levi, T., & Wilmers, C. C. 2017. To migrate, stay put, or wander? Varied movement strategies in bald eagles (haliaeetus leucocephalus). Movement Ecology 5:1-10. (PDF)

Allen, M. L., Wang, Y., & Wilmers, C. C. 2017. Exploring the adaptive significance of five types of puma (puma concolor) vocalizations. Canadian Field-Naturalist 130:289-294. (PDF)

Suraci, J. P., Clinchy, M., Mugerwa, B., Delsey, M., Macdonald, D. W., Smith, J. A., Wilmers, C. C., & Zanette, L. Y. 2017. A new automated behavioural response system to integrate playback experiments into camera trap studies. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8:957-964. (PDF)

2016

Wheat, R.E., Allen, J.M., Miller, S.D.L., Wilmers, C.C. & Levi, T. 2016. Environmental DNA from Residual Saliva for Efficient Noninvasive Genetic Monitoring of Brown Bears (Ursus arctos). Plos One 11:e0165259. (PDF)

Wilmers, C.C. & Schmitz, O.J. 2016. Effects of gray wolf-induced trophic cascades on ecosystem carbon cycling. Ecosphere 7:1-10. (PDF)

Allen, M.L., Gunther, M.S. & Wilmers, C.C. 2017. The scent of your enemy is my friend? The acquisition of large carnivore scent by a smaller carnivore. Journal of Ethology. (PDF)

Allen, M.L., Wilmers, C.C., Elbroch, L.M., Golla, J.M. & Wittmer, H.U. 2016. The importance of motivation, weapons and foul odors in driving encounter competition in carnivores. Ecology 97: 1905-1912. (PDF)

Wheat, R.E. & Wilmers, C.C. 2016. Habituation reverses fear-based ecologcial effects in brown bears (Ursus arctos). Ecosphere 7:1-11. (PDF)

Smith, J.A., Wang, Y. & Wilmers, C.C. 2016. Spatial characteristics of residential development shift large carnivore prey habits. Journal of Wildlife Management.  (PDF)

Allen, M.L., Yovovich, V. & Wilmers, C.C. 2016. Evaluating the responses of a territorial solitary carnivore to potential mates and competitors. Scientific Reports 6:27257. (PDF)

Gray, M., Wilmers, C.C., Reed, S.E. & Merenlender, A.M. 2016. Landscape feature-based permeability models relate to puma occurrence. Landscape and Urban Planning 147: 50-58. (PDF)

2015

Allen, M.L., Wittmer, H.U., Houghtaling, P., Smith, J., Elbroch, L.M. & Wilmers, C.C. 2015. The Role of Scent Marking in Mate Selection by Female Pumas (Puma concolor). Plos One: 1-12. (PDF)

Levi, T., Wheat, R.E., Allen, J.M. & Wilmers, C.C. 2015. Differential use of salmon by vertebrate consumers: implications for conservation. PeerJ 3:e1157. (PDF)

Wilmers, C.C., Nickel, B., Bryce, C.M., Smith, J.A., Wheat, R.E. & Yovovich, V. 2015. The golden age of biologging:how animal-borne sensors are advancing the frontiers of ecology. Ecology 96: 1741-1753. (PDF)

Wang, Y., Allen, M.L. & Wilmers, C.C. 2015. Mesopredator spatial and temporal responses to large predators and human development in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Biological Conservation 190: 23-33. (PDF)

Allen, M.L., Elbroch, L.M., Wilmers, C.C. & Wittmer, H.U. 2015. The comparative effects of large carnivores on the acquisition of carrion by scavengers. American Naturalist 185: 822-833. (PDF)

Smith, J.A., Wang, Y. & Wilmers, C.C. 2015. Top carnivores increase their kill rates on prey as a response to human-induced fear Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282. (PDF)

Levi, T., Kilpatrick, A.M., Barfield, M., Hold, R.D., Mangel, M. & Wilmers, C.C. 2015. Threshold levels of generalist predation determine consumer response to resource pulses. Oikos. (PDF)

Wang, Y., Nickel, B., Rutishauser, M., Bryce, C., Williams, T.M., Elkaim, G. & Wilmers, C.C. 2015. Movement, resting, and attack behaviors of wild pumas are revealed by tri-axial accelerometer measurements. Movement Ecology 3:2. (PDF)

Allen, M.L., Wallace, C.F. & Wilmers, C.C. 2015. Patterns in bobcat (Lynx rufus) scent marking and communication behaviors. Journal of Ethology 33: 9-14. (PDF)

2014

Williams, T.M., Wolfe, L., Davis, T., Kendall, T., Richter, B., Wang, Y., Bryce, C., Elkaim, G.H. & Wilmers, C.C. 2014. Instantaneous energetics of puma kills reveal advantage of felid sneak attacks. Science 81: 81-85. (PDF)

Tallis, H. et al. 2014. A call for inclusive conservation. Nature 515: 27-28. (PDF)

Schmitt, M.H., Stears, K., Wilmers, C.C. & Shrader, A.M. 2014. Determining the relative importance of dilution and detection for zebra foraging in mixed-species herds. Animal Behaviour 96: 151-158. (PDF)

Allen, M.L., Elbroch, M.L., Wilmers, C.C. & Wittmer, H.U. 2014. Trophic Facilitation or Limitation? Comparative Effects of Pumas and Black Bears on the Scavenger Community. Plos One 9. (PDF)

Allen, M.L., Wittmer, H.U. & Wilmers, C.C. 2014. Puma scrape and communication behaviors: understanding functional use and variation by sex and age. Behaviour 151: 819-840. (PDF)

Ripple, W.J., Estes, J.A., Beschta, R.L., Wilmers, C.C., Ritchie, E.G., Hebblewhite, M., Berger, J., Elmhagen, B., Letnic, M., Nelson, M.P., Schmitz, O.J., Smith, D.W., Wallach, A.D. & Wirsing, A.J. 2014. Status and ecological effects of the world’s largest carnivores. Science 343:151. (PDFSupplemental)

Schmitz, O.J., Raymond, P.A., Estes, J.A., Kurz, W.A., Holtgrieve, G.W., Ritchie, M.E., Schindler, D.E., Spivak, A.C., Wilson, R.W., Bradford, M.A., Christensen, V., Deegan, L., Smetacek, V., Vanni, M.J. & Wilmers, C.C. 2014. Animating the carbon cycle. Ecosystems 17:344-359. (PDF)

2013

Reid, R.E.B., Greenwald, E.N., Wang, Y. & Wilmers, C.C. 2013. Dietary niche partitioning by sympatric Peromyscus boylii and P.californicus in a mixed evergreen forest. Journal of Mammalogy 94:1248-1257. (PDF)

Wilmers, C.C. & Levi, T. 2013. Do irrigation and predator control reduce the productivity of migratory ungulate herds? Ecology 94: 1264-1270. (PDF)

Wilmers, C.C., Wang, Y. , Nickel,  B., Houghtaling, P., Shakeri, Y., Allen, M. L., Kermish-Wells, J., Yovovich, V., & Williams, T. 2013. Scale dependent behavioral responses to human development by a large predator, the puma. Plos One 8:e60590. (PDF)

Wilmers, C.C., Ram, K., Watson, F.G.R., White, P.J., Smith, D.W. & Levi, T. 2013. Climate and vegetation phenology. Pages 147-163 in P.J. White, R.A. Garrott & G.E. Plumb, editors. Yellowstone’s wildlife in transition. Harvard University Press, Boston. (PDF)

Ripple, W.J., Wirsing, A.J., Wilmers, C.C. & Letnic, M. 2013. Widespread mesopredator effects after wolf extirpation. Biological Conservation 160: 70-79. (PDF)

2012

Wilmers, C.C., Darimont, C.T. & Hebblewhite, M. 2012. Restoring predators as a hedge against climate change. Page 416 in J.F. Brodie, E.S. Post & D.F. Doak, editors. Wildlife conservation in a changing climate. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. (PDF)

Kerby, J.T., Wilmers, C.C. & Post, E. 2012. Climate change, phenology and the nature of consumer-resource interactions: advancing the match/mismatch hypothesis.in T. Ohgushi, O.J. Schmitz & R.D. Holt, editors. Trait-mediated indirect interactions: ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Cambridge University Press, Chicago. (PDF)

Wilmers, C.C., Estes, J.A., Laidre, K.L., Edwards, M. & Konar, B. 2012. Do trophic cascades affect the storage and flux of atmospheric carbon? An analysis for sea otters and kelp forests. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. (PDF)

Levi, T., Kilpatrick, A.M., Mangel, M. & Wilmers, C.C. 2012. Deer, predators, and the emergence of Lyme disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109: 10942-10947. (PDF)

Levi, T. & Wilmers, C.C. 2012. Wolves-coyotes-foxes: a cascade among carnivores. Ecology 93: 921-929. (PDF)

Levi, T., Darimont, C.T., McDuffee, M., Mangel, M., Paquet, P.C. & Wilmers, C.C. 2012. Using grizzly bears to assess harvest-ecosystem tradeoffs in salmon fisheries. PLoS Biology 10. (PDF)

2011

Rutishauser, M., Petkov, V.V., Boice, J., Obraczka, K., Mantey, P., Williams, T.M. & Wilmers, C.C. 2011. Carnivore: A disruption-tolerant system for studying wildlife. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking. (PDF)

Levi, T., Shepard, G., Ohl-Schacherer, J., Wilmers, C.C., Peres, C. & Yu, D. 2011. Spatial tools for modeling the sustainability of subsistence hunting in tropical forests. Ecological Applications 21: 1802-1818. (PDF)

2010

Darimont, C.T., Bryan, H.M., Carlson, S.M., Hocking, M.D., MacDuffee, M., Paquet, P.C., Price, M.H.H., Reimchen, T.E., Reynolds, J.D. & Wilmers, C.C. 2010. Salmon for terrestrial protected areas. Conservation Letters 3: 379-389. (PDF)

2009

Kinnison, M.T., Palkovacs, E.P., Darimont, C.T., Carlson, S.M., Paquet, P.C. & Wilmers, C.C. 2009. Some cautionary notes on fisheries evolutionary impact assessments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106: E115 (PDF)

Post, E., Brodie, J., Hebblewhite, M., Anders, A.D., Maier, J.A.K. & Wilmers, C.C. 2009. Global population dynamics and hot spots of response to climate change. BioScience. 59: 489-497. (PDF)

Zavaleta, E., Pasari, J., Moore, J., Hernandez, D., Suttle, K. B. & Wilmers, C.C. 2009. Ecosystem responses to community disassembly. The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology: Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1162: 311–333. (PDF)

Darimont, C.T., Carlson, S.M., Kinnison, M.T., Paquet, P.C., Reimchen, T.E. & Wilmers, C.C. 2009. Reply to Koons: Harvest related trait change in an increasingly variable world. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106: E33. (PDF)

Darimont, C.T., Carlson, S.M., Kinnison, M.T., Paquet, P.C., Reimchen, T.E. & Wilmers, C.C. 2009. Human predators outpace other agents of trait change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106: 952-954. (PDF)

2008

Post, E., Pederson, C., Wilmers, C.C. & Forchammer, M.C. 2008. Warming, plant phenology and the spatial dimension of trophic mismatch for large herbivores. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 275: 2005-2013. (PDF)

Post, E., Pederson, C., Wilmers, C.C. & Forchhammer, M.C. 2008. Phenological sequences reveal aggregate life history response to climatic warming. Ecology 89: 363-370. (PDF)

2007

Wilmers, C.C. 2007. Understanding ecosystem robustness. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22: 504-506. (PDF)

Wilmers, C.C., Post, E. & Hastings A. 2007. The anatomy of predator-prey dynamics in a changing climate. Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 1037-1044. (PDF)

Wilmers, C.C., Post, E. & Hastings A. 2007. A perfect storm: the combined effects on population fluctuations of auto-correlated environmental noise, age structure, and density dependence. American Naturalist 169: 673-683. (PDF)

Getz, W.M., Formann-Roe, S., Cross, P.C., Lyons, A.J., Ryan, S.J., & Wilmers, C.C. 2007. LoCoH: nonparameteric kernel methods for constructing home ranges and utilization distributions. PLoS One 2: e207. (PDF)

2006

Wilmers, C.C., Post, E., Peterson, R.O. & Vucetich, J.A. 2006. Predator disease out-break modulates top-down, bottom-up and climatic effects on herbivore population dynamics. Ecology Letters 9: 383-389. (PDFSee accompanying “Research Highlight” article in Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Wilmers, C.C. & Post, E. 2006. Predicting the influence of wolf-provided carrion on scavenger community dynamics under climate change scenarios. Global Change Biology 12: 403-409. (PDF)

2005

Wilmers, C.C., & Getz, W.M. (2005). Gray wolves as climate change buffers in Yellowstone. PLoS Biology 3: 571-576(PDF)

2004

Wilmers, C.C., & Getz, W.M. (2004). Simulating the effects of wolf-elk population dynamics on resource flow to scavengers in Yellowstone National Park. Ecological Modelling 177: 193-208. (PDF)

Getz, W.M., & Wilmers, C.C. (2004). A local nearest-neighbor convex-hull construction of home ranges and utilization distributions. Ecography 27: 489-505. (PDF)

2003

Wilmers, C.C., Crabtree, R.L., Smith, D., Murphy, K.M., & Getz, W.M. (2003) Trophic facilitation by introduced top predators: gray wolf subsidies to scavengers in Yellowstone National Park. Journal of Animal Ecology 72: 909-916. (PDF)

Wilmers, C. C., Stahler, D.R., Crabtree, R.L., Smith, D.W.& Getz, W.M. (2003) Resource dispersion and consumer dominance: scavenging at wolf- and hunter-killed carcasses in Greater Yellowstone, USA. Ecology Letters 6: 996-1003. (PDF)

2002

Wilmers, C.C., Sinha, S., & Brede, M. (2002) Examining the effects of species richness on community stability: an assembly model approach. Oikos 99: 363-367. (PDF)

Wilmers, C.C. & Stahler, D.R. (2002) Constraints on active-consumption rates in gray wolves, coyotes and grizzly bears. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 1256-1261. (PDF)

Wilmers, C.C. (2002) Diary (on experience researching wolves in Yellowstone NP). London Review of Books 24: 33. (PDF)