Recent Publications
Kays, R., Cove, M.V., Diaz, J., Todd, K., Bresnan, C., Snider, M., Lee, T.E., Jr., Jasper, J.G., Douglas, B., Crupi, A.P., Weiss, K.C.B., Rowe, H., Sprague, T., Schipper, J., Lepczyk, C.A., Fantle-Lepczyk, J.E., Davenport, J., Zimova, M., Farris, Z., Williamson, J., Fisher-Reid, M.C., Rezendes, D., King, S.M., Chrysafis, P., Jensen, A.J., Jachowski, D.S., King, K.C., Herrera, D.J., Moore, S., van der Merwe, M., Lombardi, J.V., Sergeyev, M., Tewes, M.E., Horan, R.V., III, Rentz, M.S., Driver, A., Brandt, L.S.E., Nagy, C., Alexander, P., Maher, S.P., Darracq, A.K., Barr, E.G., Hess, G., Webb, S.L., Proctor, M.D., Vanek, J.P., Lafferty, D.J.R., Hubbard, T., Jiménez, J.E., McCain, C., Favreau, J., Fogarty, J., Hill, J., Hammerich, S., Gray, M., Rega-Brodsky, C.C., Durbin, C., Flaherty, E.A., Brooke, J., Coster, S.S., Lathrop, R.G., Russell, K., Bogan, D.A., Shamon, H., Rooney, B., Rockhill, A., Lonsinger, R.C., O'Mara, M.T., Compton, J.A., Barthelmess, E.L., Andy, K.E., Belant, J.L., Petroelje, T., Wehr, N.H., Beyer, D.E., Jr., Scognamillo, D.G., Schalk, C., Day, K., Ellison, C.N., Ruthven, C., Nunley, B., Fritts, S., Whittier, C.A., Neiswenter, S.A., Pelletier, R., DeGregorio, B.A., Kuprewicz, E.K., Davis, M.L., Baruzzi, C., Lashley, M.A., McDonald, B., Mason, D., Risch, D.R., Allen, M.L., Whipple, L.S., Sperry, J.H., Alexander, E., Wolff, P.J., Hagen, R.H., Mortelliti, A., Bolinjcar, A., Wilson, A.M., Van Norman, S., Powell, C., Coletto, H., Schauss, M., Bontrager, H., Beasley, J., Ellis-Felege, S.N., Wehr, S.R., Giery, S.T., Pekins, C.E., LaRose, S.H., Revord, R.S., Hansen, C.P., Hansen, L., Millspaugh, J.J., Zorn, A., Gerber, B.D., Rezendes, K., Adley, J., Sevin, J., Green, A.M., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H., Pendergast, M.E., Mullen, K., Bird, T., Edelman, A.J., Romero, A., O'Neill, B.J., Schmitz, N., Vandermus, R.A., Alston, J.M., Kuhn, K.M., Hasstedt, S.C., Lesmeister, D.B., Appel, C.T., Rota, C., Stenglein, J.L., Anhalt-Depies, C., Nelson, C.L., Long, R.A., Remine, K.R., Jordan, M.J., Elbroch, L.M., Bergman, D., Cendejas-Zarelli, S., Sager-Fradkin, K., Conner, M., Morris, G., Parsons, E., Hernández-Yáñez, H. and McShea, W.J. Accepted. SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ecology.
Ryan, M.R., B.G. Root, C.T. Rota, G. Ryan, M.J. Bergee, and J.J. Millspaugh. Accepted. Changes in nesting habitat availability for piping plovers at the John E Williams Preserve, ND 1992 - 2021. Natural Areas Journal.
Huntsman, B., E.R. Merriam, J.T. Petty, and C.T. Rota. Accepted. Non-native species limit stream restoration benefits for brook trout. Restoration Ecology.
Noe, K.L., C.T. Rota, M.W. Frantz, and J.T. Anderson. 2022. Restored and Natural Wetland Small Mammal Communities in West Virginia, USA. Land 11: 1482.
Lehman, C.P., M.J. Yarnall, A.R. Litt, C.T. Rota, and J.J. Rotella. 2022. Factors influencing rate of decline in a Merriam’s wild turkey population. Journal of Wildlife Management 86: e22240.
Kellner, K., A.W. Parsons, R. Kays, J.J. Millspaugh, and C.T. Rota. 2022. A two-species occupancy model with a continuous-time detection process reveals spatial and temporal interactions. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 24: 321-338.
Chen, C., J.F. Brodie, R. Kays, T.J. Davies, R. Liu, J.T. Fisher, J. Ahumada, W. McShea, D. Sheil, B. Agwanda, M.H. Andrianarisoa, R.D. Appleton, R. Bitariho, S. Espinosa, M.M. Grigione, K.M. Helgen, A. Hubbard, C.M. Hurtado, P.A. Jansen, X. Jiang, A. Jones, E.L. Kalies, C. Kiebou-Opepa, X. Li, M.G.M. Lima, E. Meyer, A.B. Miller, T. Murphy, R. Piana, R.C. Quan, C.T. Rota, F. Rovero, F. Santos, S. Schutler, A. Uduman, J.K. van Bommel, H. Young, and A.C. Burton. 2022. Global camera trap synthesis highlights the importance of protected areas in maintaining mammal diversity. Conservation Letters 15:e12865.
Dimmig, G., C. Rota, P. Wood, and C. Lituma. 2022. Understory structure and heterospecifics influence occupancy of a ground-nesting species of conservation concern, the Canada Warbler. Avian Conservation and Ecology 17:20.
Margenau, E.L., P.B. Wood, and C.T. Rota. 2022. Habitat management for stopover and breeding songbird communities along rights-of-way in forest-dominated landscapes. Ecological Applications 32:e2540.
Parsons, A., K.F. Kellner, R. Kays, C. Rota, S. Schuttler, and J. Millspaugh. 2022. The effect of urbanization on spatiotemporal interactions between gray foxes and coyotes. Ecosphere 13: e3993.
Clipp, H.L., D.J. Brown, C.T. Rota, and P.B. Wood. 2022. Distinct forest bird communities are strongly associated with red spruce-northern hardwood ecosystems in Central Appalachia, USA. Ecological Indicators 135: 108568.
Clipp, H.L., A.L. Evans, B.E. Kessinger, K. Kellner, and C.T. Rota. 2021. A penalized likelihood for multispecies occupancy models improves predictions of species interactions. Ecology 102: e03520.
Tyl, R.M., C.T. Rota, and C.P. Lehman. 2020. Factors influencing productivity of eastern wild turkeys in northeastern South Dakota. Ecology and Evolution 10: 8838 – 8854.
Lewis, K.E., C.T. Rota, and J.T. Anderson. 2020. A comparison of wetland characteristics between Agricultural Conservation Easement Program and public lands wetlands in West Virginia, USA. Ecology and Evolution 10:3017 – 3031.
Kellner, K, R. Renken, J. Millspaugh, P. Porneluzi, A. Wolf, D. Fantz, R. Gitzen, J. Faaborg, S. Timm, S. Ehlers, M. Buchanan, J. Haslerig, A. George, and C.T. Rota. 2019. Effects of forest management on vertebrate communities: Synthesizing two decades of data. Ecological Applications 29:e01993.
Parsons, A.W., C.T. Rota, T. Forrester, M. Baker-Whatton, W.J. McShea, S. Schuttler, J.J. Millspaugh, and R. Kays. 2019. Urbanization focuses carnivore activity in remaining natural habitats, increasing species interactions. Journal of Applied Ecology 56:1894– 1904.
Lehman, C.P., C.T. Rota, and J.J. Millspaugh. 2019. Nutritional condition and physio logical stress levels of elk in the Black Hills, South Dakota. PeerJ 7:e7185.
Jensen, M.K., S. Hamburg, C.T. Rota, D.F. Brinker, D.L. Coles, M.A. Manske, V.A. Slabe, M.J. Stuber, A.B. Welsh, and T.E. Katzner. 2019. An improved mechanical owl for efficient capture of nesting raptors. Journal of Raptor Research 53:14–25.
Lewis, K.A., C.T. Rota, C.M. Lituma, and J.T. Anderson. Accepted. Influence of the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program wetland practices on winter occupancy of Passerellidae sparrows and avian species richness. PLoS ONE.
Jensen, Meghan K, H. Shanti, C.T. Rota, D.F. Brinker, D.L. Coles, M.A. Manske, V.A. Slabe, M.J. Stuber, A.B. Welsh, and T.E. Katzner. Accepted. An improved mechanical owl for efficient capture of nesting raptors. Journal of Raptor Research.
Smith, T., C.T. Rota, B. Keller, M. Chitwood, T. Bonnot, L. Hansen, and J. Millspaugh. 2019. Resource selection of a recently translocated elk population in Missouri. Journal of Wildlife Management 83:365-378.
Parsons, A.W., T. Forrester, M.C. Baker-Whatton, W.J. McShea, C.T. Rota, S.G. Schuttler, J.J. Millspaugh, and R. Kays. 2018. Wild suburbia: mammal communities are larger and more diverse in moderately developed areas. eLife 7:e38012 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.38012.
Rizzo, A.A., C.T. Rota, P.A. Thompson, D.J. Brown, and S.A. Welsh. 2018. Effects of an extreme flood event on federally endangered diamond darter abundances. American Midland Naturalist 180:108-118.
Lehman, C.P., C.T. Rota, J.D. Raithel, and J.J. Millspaugh. 2018. Pumas affect elk dynamics in absence of other large carnivores. Journal of Wildlife Management 82:344-353.
Fremgen, A.L., C.T. Rota, C.P. Hansen, M.A. Rumble, R.S. Gamo, and J.J. Millspaugh. 2017. Male greater sage-grouse movements among leks. Journal of Wildlife Management 81:498-508.
Lehman, C.P., C.T. Rota, M.A. Rumble, and J.J. Millspaugh. 2017. Characteristics of successful puma kill sites of elk in the Black Hills, South Dakota. Wildlife Biology DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00248.
Kays, R., A.W. Parsons, M.C. Baker, E.L. Kalies, T. Forrester, R. Costello, C.T. Rota, J.J. Millspaugh, and W.J. McShea. 2017. Does hunting or hiking affect wildlife communities in protected areas? Journal of Applied Ecology 54:242-252.
Rota, C.T., A.J. Wolf, R.B. Renken, R.A. Gitzen, D.K. Fantz, R.A. Montgomery, M.G. Olson, L.D. Vangilder, and J.J. Millspaugh. 2017. Long-term impacts of three forest management strategies on herpetofauna abundance in the Missouri Ozarks. Forest Ecology and Management 387:37-51.