Peer-reviewed articles

1. Boudreau M, Gantchoff M, Conlee L, Anderson C, Bowersock N, Belant J, Iglay R. (2023) A harvest framework for a recovering American black bear population. Journal of Wildlife Management (in press):  e22508. [link}

2. van den Bosch, M., Beyer Jr, D.E., Erb, J.D., Gantchoff, M.G., Kellner, K.F., MacFarland, D.M., Norton, D.C., Patterson, B.R., Tack, J.P., Roell, B.J. and Belant, J.L., 2022. Identifying potential gray wolf habitat and connectivity in the eastern USA. Biological Conservation, 273: 109708.  [pdf]

3. Gantchoff, M.G., Beyer Jr, D.E., Erb, J.D., MacFarland, D.M., Norton, D.C., Roell, B.J., Price Tack, J.L. and Belant, J.L., 2022. Distribution model transferability for a wide-ranging species, the Gray Wolf. Scientific Reports, 12, p.13556.

4. Gantchoff MG, Conlee L, Boudreau MR, Iglay RB, Anderson C, Belant JL. (2022) Spatially-explicit population modeling to predict large carnivore recovery and expansion. Ecological Modelling, 470: 110033.

5. Boudreau M, Gantchoff M, Ramirez-Reyes C, Conlee L, Belant J, Iglay R. (2022). Using habitat suitability and landscape connectivity in the spatial prioritization of public outreach and management during carnivore recolonization. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59: 757-767. [link].

6. Hill JE, Boone HM, Gantchoff MG, Kautz TM, Kellner KF, Orning EK, Parchizadeh J, Petroelje TR, Wehr NH, Finnegan SP, Fowler NL. (2022) Quantifying anthropogenic wolf mortality in relation to hunting regulations and landscape attributes across North America. Ecology and evolution, 12: e8875.

7. Gantchoff MG, Conlee L, Belant JL. (2021) The effectiveness of opportunistic public reports vs professional data to estimate large carnivore distribution. Ecosphere, 13: e3938 [pdf].

8. Lodeiro Ocampo N, Gantchoff M, Nigro N, Palaia J, Gniatuk G. (2021) Prevention of jaguar (Panthera onca) depredations to cattle through electrified fences in Misiones province, Argentina. Mexican Journal of Mammalogy, 21: 1-10. [pdf]

9. Lodeiro Ocampo N, Nigro NA, Gantchoff MG. (2021) Effectiveness of economic compensation in the face of cattle losses due to jaguar depredations in Misiones, Argentina. South American Mammals Notes,  3: 21.6. [link]

10. Gantchoff MG, Erb J, MacFarland D, Norton D, Price Tack J, Roell B, Belant J. (2021) Potential distribution and connectivity for cougars in the Great Lakes region, USA. Biological Conservation, 257: 109144. [link]

11. Finnegan, S. P, Gantchoff, M. G., Hill, J. E., Silveria, L., Tôrres, N. M., Jácomo, A. T. (2021) “When the felid is away, the mesocarnivores play”: seasonal temporal segregation in a neotropical carnivore guild". Mammalian Biology, 101: 631–638 . [link]

12. Kellner, K., Hill, J.E., Gantchoff, M.G., Kramer D.W., Bailey, A.M., Belant, J.L. (2020) Responses of sympatric canids to human development revealed through citizen science. Ecology and Evolution., 10: 8705–8714.[pdf] 

13. Gantchoff, M.G., Hill, J.E., Kellner, K.F., Fowler, N.L., Petroelje, T.R., Conlee, L., Beyer, Jr D.E., Belant, J.L. (2020) Mortality of a large wide-ranging mammal largely caused by anthropogenic activities. Scientific Reports, 10: 8498. [pdf]

14. Gantchoff, M.G., Conlee, L., Belant, J.L. (2020) Planning for carnivore recolonization by mapping sex-specific landscape connectivity. Global Ecology and Conservation, 21: e00869. [pdf]

15. Lodeiro Ocampo, N., Gantchoff, M.G., Nigro, N.A.  (2019) Jaguar (Panthera onca) in the yungas of Baritu National Park, Argentina: minimum density, daily activity, and potential prey. Neotropical Mammalogy, 26: 390-398. [pdf]

16. Gantchoff, M.G., Conlee, L., Belant, J.L. (2019) Conservation implications of sex‐specific landscape suitability for a large generalist carnivore. Diversity and Distributions 25: 1488–1496. [pdf] 

17. Gantchoff, M.G., Beyer, D., Belant, J.L. (2019) Reproductive class influences risk tolerance during denning and spring for American black bears (Ursus americanus). Ecosphere 10:e02705 [pdf]

18. Gantchoff, M.G., Wang, G., Beyer, D., Belant, J.L. (2018) Scale-dependent home range optimality for a solitary omnivore. Ecology and Evolution 23: 12271-12282. [pdf]

19. Gantchoff, M.G., Wilton, C., Belant, J.L. (2018) Factors influencing exotic species richness in Argentina's national parks. PeerJ 6:e5514. [pdf]

20. Gantchoff, M.G., Belant, J.L. (2017) Regional connectivity for recolonizing black bears (Ursus americanus) in south-central USA. Biological Conservation 214: 66–75. [pdf]

21. Gantchoff, M.G., Belant, J.L. (2016) Patterns of coexistence between two mesocarnivores in northern Patagonia in the presence of invasive hares and anthropogenic disturbance. Austral Ecology 41: 97-105. [pdf]

22. Gantchoff, M.G., Belant, J.L. (2015) Anthropogenic and environmental effects on invasive mammal distribution in northern Patagonia, Argentina. Mammalian Biology. 80: 54-60. [pdf]

23. Gantchoff, M.G., Belant, J.L., Masson, D.A. (2014) Land use affects mammal community composition in a multiple-use protected area, east-central Argentina. Latin American Journal of Conservation 4:18–24. [pdf]

24. Gantchoff, M.G., Belant, J.L. (2013) Occurrence of invasive mammals in southern Nahuel Huapi National Park. Studies of Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 48:175-182. [link]

25. Segura, L.N., Masson, D.A., Gantchoff, M.G. (2012) Microhabitat nest cover effect on nest survival of the red-crested cardinal. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 124:506-512. 

26. De Marsico, M.C., Gantchoff, M.G., Reboreda, J.C. (2012) Host-parasite coevolution beyond the nestling stage? Mimicry of host fledglings by the specialist screaming cowbid. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 279: 3401-3408.

Book chapters

Gantchoff, MG, Libal, N, Belant JL. 2022. Small carnivore introductions: ecological and biological correlates of success. In: Emmanuel Do Linh San, Jun J. Sato, Jerrold L. Belant & Michael J. Somers (Eds). Small Carnivores: Evolution, Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford. 

Other publications

Gantchoff MG, Belant JL. 2015. Occurrence of invasive herbivores and interactions with native carnivores. Macroscopia - Nahuel Huapi National Park Outreach and Technical Journal. (Revista de divulgacion cientifico tecnica del Parque Nacional) Vol 4: 7 - 11. [In spanish]  [pdf]

Gantchoff MG, Lodeiro Ocampo N, Nigro NA, Conil JF, Palaia JY, Gnatiuk DG. 2016. Presence and activity of jaguar (Panthera onca) and puma (Puma concolor) in Salto Encantado Provincial Park, Misiones, Argentina. Notulas Faunisticas, Fundacion Azara, 203: 1-8. [In spanish] [pdf]