Peer-reviewed publications

Advances in biologging can identify nuanced energetic costs and gains in predators.

Holly M English, Luca Börger, Adam Kane, Simone Ciuti. 

Movement Ecology in press

Zoonotic disease classification in wildlife: a theoretical framework for researchers.

Keenan, S., Niedziela, D., Morera-Pujol, V., Franklin, D., Murphy, K. J., Ciuti, S., & McMahon, B. J.

Mammal Review 54(1)

 Badger ecology, bovine tuberculosis, and population management: lessons from Ireland 

Andrew W. Byrne, Adrian Allen, Simone Ciuti, Eamonn Gormley, David J. Kelly, Nikki J. Marks, Nicola Marples, Fraser Menzies, Ian Montgomery, Chris Newman, Maria O’Hagan, Neil Reid, David M. Scantlebury, Peter Stuart, Ming-shan Tsai.

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (in press)

Predicting forest damage using relative abundance of multiple deer species and national forest inventory data. 

Brock, C., Morera-Pujol, V., Murphy, K. J., Nieuwenhuis, M., & Ciuti, S. 

Forest Ecology and Management, 550

A scoping review of the scientific evidence base for rewilding in Europe.

Hart, E. E., Haigh, A., & Ciuti, S. 

Biological Conservation, 285.

Bayesian areal disaggregation regression to predict wildlife distribution and relative density with low-resolution data

Kilian J Murphy, Simone Ciuti, Tim Burkitt, Virginia Morera-Pujol

Ecological Applications 33(8) e2924

How can we tackle interruptions to human–wildlife feeding management? Adding media campaigns to the wildlife manager's toolbox.

Griffin, L. L., Nolan, G., Haigh, A., Condon, H., O'Hagan, E., McDonnell, P., Kane, A., Ciuti, S.

People and Nature, 5(4), 1299-1315. 

Should we feed wildlife? A call for further research into this recreational activity.

Griffin, L. L., & Ciuti, S. 

Conservation Science and Practice, 5(7)

Mule deer fawn recruitment dynamics in an energy disturbed landscape

Kilian Murphy, David Roberts, William Jensen, Scott Nielsen, Sandra Johnson, Brian Hosek, Bruce Stillings, Jesse Kolar, Mark Boyce, Simone Ciuti

Ecology and Evolution 13(4)

Does artificial feeding impact neonate growth rates in a large free-ranging mammal?

Laura L. Griffin, Amy Haigh, Bawan Amin, Jane Faull, Fiachra Corcoran, Connie Baker-Horne, Simone Ciuti

Royal Society Open Science 10(3)

Bayesian species distribution models integrate presence-only and presence–absence data to predict deer distribution and relative abundance

V Morera-Pujol, PS Mostert, KJ Murphy, T Burkitt, B Coad, BJ McMahon, M Nieuwenhuis, K Morelle, AI Ward, S Ciuti

Ecography (2)

Ecography Editor's choice

Quiet islands in a world of fear: Wolves seek core zones of protected areas to escape human disturbance

Adam F Smith, Simone Ciuti, Dmitry Shamovich, Viktar Fenchuk, Barbara Zimmermann, Marco Heurich

Biological Conservation (276)

Displacement Effects of Conservation Grazing on Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) Spatial Behaviour

Fabio Weiss, Frank Uwe Michler, Benjamin Gillich, Jörg Tillmann, Simone Ciuti, Marco Heurich, Siegfried Rieger

Environmental management (70) 763-779

Applied autoethnography: A method for reporting best practice in ecological and environmental research

Kilian J Murphy, Laura L Griffin, Grace Nolan, Amy Haigh, Tamara Hochstrasser, Simone Ciuti, Adam Kane

Journal of Applied Ecology 59(11) 2688-2697

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Wildlife feeding activities induce papillae proliferation in the rumen of fallow deer

Deirdre McLaughlin, Laura L Griffin, Simone Ciuti, Gavin Stewart

Mammal Research 67(4) 525-530

Risk-taking neonates do not pay a survival cost in a free-ranging large mammal, the fallow deer (Dama dama)

Bawan Amin, Laura Verbeek, Amy Haigh, Laura L Griffin, Simone Ciuti

Royal Society Open Science 9(9)

Neonate personality affects early-life resource acquisition in a large social mammal

Bawan Amin, Dómhnall J Jennings, Alison Norman, Andrew Ryan, Vasiliki Ioannidis, Alice Magee, Hayley-Anne Haughey, Amy Haigh, Simone Ciuti

Behavioral Ecology 33(5) 1025-1035

Habitat availability alters the relative risk of a bovine tuberculosis breakdown in the aftermath of a commercial forest clearfell disturbance

Kilian J Murphy, Virginia Morera‐Pujol, Eoin Ryan, Andrew W Byrne, Philip Breslin, Simone Ciuti

Journal of Applied Ecology 59(9) 2333-2345

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Artificial selection in human‐wildlife feeding interactions

Laura L Griffin, Amy Haigh, Bawan Amin, Jordan Faull, Alison Norman, Simone Ciuti

Journal of Animal Ecology 91(9) 1892-1905

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Reducing risky interactions: Identifying barriers to the successful management of human–wildlife conflict in an urban parkland

Laura L Griffin, Amy Haigh, Kimberly Conteddu, Maverick Andaloc, Paul McDonnell, Simone Ciuti

People and Nature 4(4) 918-930

Disturbance Ecology Meets Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) Epidemiology: A Before-and-After Study on the Association between Forest Clearfelling and bTB Herd Risk in Cattle Herds

Andrew W Byrne, Damien Barrett, Philip Breslin, James O’Keeffe, Kilian J Murphy, Kimberly Conteddu, Virginia Morera-Pujol, Eoin Ryan, Simone Ciuti

Pathogens 11(7)

Livestock displace European mouflon from optimal foraging sites

Francesca Brivio, Simone Ciuti, Anna Pipia, Stefano Grignolio, Marco Apollonio

European Journal of Wildlife Research 68(3) 30

Static and dynamic methods in social network analysis reveal the association patterns of desert-dwelling giraffe

Emma E Hart, Simone Ciuti, Leticia Herrmann, Julian Fennessy, Emma Wells, Michael Salter-Townshend

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76(5) 62

Camera trap surveys can reveal the dynamics of deer “hotspots” in Ireland

AF Smith, C Brock, K Conteddu, LL Griffin, C Hynes, KJ Murphy, S Ciuti

Mammal Communications 8

The Wildlife Techniques Manual, Nova J. Silvy (Ed.), Volume 1 “Research” 759 pages, Volume 2 “Management” 614 pages, 8th Edition, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore (2020), ISBN 978-1421436692, € 163 - Book Review

Kilian J Murphy, Simone Ciuti

Basic and Applied Ecology (59) 1:3

Roads constrain movement across behavioural processes in a partially migratory ungulate

Gioele Passoni, Tim Coulson, Nathan Ranc, Andrea Corradini, Marck Hewison, Simone Ciuti, Benedikt Gehr, Marco Heurich, Falko Brieger, Robin Sandfort, Atle Mysterud, Niko Balkenhol, Francesca Cagnacci

Movement Ecology 9, 57

On the need for rigorous welfare and methodological reporting for the live capture of large carnivores: A response to de Araujo et al. (2021).

Anthony Caravaggi,Talita F. Amado,Ryan K. Brook,Simone Ciuti,Chris T. Darimont,Marine Drouilly,Holly M. English,Kate A. Field,Graziella Iossa,Jessica E. Martin,Alan G. McElligott,Alireza Mohammadi,Danial Nayeri,Helen M. K. O’Neill,Paul C. Paquet,Stéphanie Périquet,Gilbert Proulx,Daniella Rabaiotti,Mariano R. Recio,Carl D. Soulsbury,Tamara Tadich,Rae Wynn-Grant

Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12(10) 1793-1799

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In utero accumulated steroids predict neonate anti‐predator response in a wild mammal

Bawan Amin, Dómhnall J. Jennings, Adam F. Smith, Matthew Quinn, Srivats Chari, Amy Haigh, Devorah Matas,  Lee Koren, Simone Ciuti

Functional ecology 35(6) 1255-1267

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Seasonal shifts in sociosexual behaviour and reproductive phenology in giraffe

Emma E. Hart, Julian Fennessy, Emma Wells & Simone Ciuti 

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75 (15)

Remote, non‐invasive photogrammetry for measuring physical traits in wildlife

A. F. Smith  P. Bongi  S. Ciuti

Journal of Zoology 313 (4): 250-262

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An introduction to agent‐based models as an accessible surrogate to field‐based research and teaching

KJ Murphy, S Ciuti, A Kane

Ecology and Evolution 10 (22): 12482 - 12498

Cougar roadside habitat selection: Incorporating topography and traffic

JE. Banfield, S. Ciuti, CC. Nielsen, MS. Boyce

Global Ecology and Conservation 23: e01186

Precision and performance of an 180g solar-powered GPS device for tracking medium to large-bodied terrestrial mammals

EE. Hart, J. Fennessy, HB. Rasmussen, M. Butler-Brown, AB. Muneza, S. Ciuti

Wildlife Biology  wlb.00669

Intensity of giraffe locomotor activity is shaped by solar and lunar zeitgebers.

EE.Hart, J. Fennessy, S. Hauenstein, S. Ciuti

Behavioural Processes 178: 104178

Evolution of ungulate mating systems: integrating social and environmental factors. 

R. Terry Bowyer, Dale R. McCullough, Janet L. Rachlow, Simone Ciuti, Jericho C. Whiting

Ecology and Evolution 10 (11): 5160- 5178

Stay home, stay safe - site familiarity reduces predation risk in a large herbivore in two contrasting study sites. 

Gehr, Benedikt; Bonnot, Nadège; Heurich, Marco; Cagnacci, Francesca; Ciuti, Simone; Hewison, Mark; Gaillard, Jean-Michel; Ranc, Nathan; Permier, Joe; Vogt, Kristina; Hofer, Elizabeth; Ryser, Andreas; Vimercati, Eric; Keller, Lukas. 

Journal of Animal Ecology 89 (6): 1329 - 1339

Fear of the dark? Contrasting impacts of humans vs lynx on diel activity of roe deer across Europe. 

Bonnot, Nadège; Couriot, Ophélie; Berger, Anne; Cagnacci, Francesca; Ciuti, Simone; De Groeve, Johannes; Gehr, Benedikt; Heurich, Marco; Kjellander, Petter; Kröschel, Max; Morellet, Nicolas; Soennichsen, Leif; Hewison, Mark.

Journal of Animal Ecology 89 (1): 132- 145

Habitat heterogeneity and social factors drive behavioral plasticity in giraffe herd-size dynamics

Emma E. Hart, Julian Fennessy, Srivats Chari, and Simone Ciuti

Journal of Mammalogy 101(1): 248- 258

Long-term monitoring of the effects of weather and marking techniques on body condition in the Kuhl’s Pipistrelle Bat, Pipistrellus kuhlii

Locatelli AG, Ciuti S, Presetnik P, Toffoli R, and Teeling EC

Acta Chiropterologica 21(1): 87- 102

Spatial behavior in rehabilitated orangutans in Sumatra: where do they go?  

Fechter D, Ciuti S, Kelle D, Pratje P, Dormann FC, Storch I

Plos ONE 14(5): e0215284. 

Forecasting the response to global warming in a heat-sensitive species 

Brivio F, Zurmühl M, Grignolio S, von Hardenberg J, Apollonio M, and Ciuti S  

Scientific Reports 9, 3048

Model averaging in ecology: a review of Bayesian, information-theoretic and tactical approaches.

Dormann CF, Calabrese JM, Guillera-Arroita G, Matechou E, Bahn V,  Bartoń KA, Beale CM, Ciuti S, Elith J, Gerstner K, Guelat J, Keil P, Lahoz-Monfort JJ, Pollock LJ, Reineking B, Roberts DR, Schröder B, Thuiller W, Warton DI, Wintle BA, Wood SN, Wuest RO, Hartig F

Ecological Monographs 88(4): 485 - 504

Accelerated seed dispersal along linear disturbances in the Canadian oil sands region

Roberts DR, Ciuti S, Barber QE, Willier C, Nielsen SE

Scientific Reports 8, 4828

An efficient method to exploit LiDAR data in animal ecology

S Ciuti, H Tripke, P Antkowiak, R Silveyra Gonzalez, CF Dormann, M Heurich

Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9 (4): 893-904

Range loss of a threatened grouse species is related to the relative abundance of a mesopredator

JL Kämmerle, J Coppes, S Ciuti, R Suchant, I Storch

Ecosphere 8 (9), e01934. 10.1002/ecs2.1934

Improving river dolphin monitoring using aerial surveys

JS Fürstenau Oliveira, G Georgiadis, S Campello, RA Brandão, S Ciuti

Ecosphere 8 (8), e01912.10.1002/ecs2.1912

Hunting exacerbates the response to human disturbance in large herbivores while migrating through a road network

DG Paton, S Ciuti, M Quinn, MS Boyce

Ecosphere 8 (6), e01841. 10.1002/ecs2.1841

Learning from the mistakes of others: how female elk (Cervus elaphus) adjust behaviour with age to avoid hunters

H Thurfjell, S Ciuti, MS Boyce

PLoS ONE 12 (6)

Cross‐validation strategies for data with temporal, spatial, hierarchical, or phylogenetic structure

DR Roberts, V Bahn, S Ciuti, MS Boyce, J Elith, G Guillera‐Arroita, SHauenstein, JJ Lahoz‐Monfort, B Schröder, W Thuiller, DI Warton, BA Wintle, F Hartig, CF Dormann 

Ecography 40 (8): 913-929

Dispersal Ecology Informs Design of Large-Scale Wildlife Corridors

RA Benz, MS Boyce, H Thurfjell, DG Paton, M Musiani, CF Dormann, S Ciuti

PLoS ONE 11 (9)

Reproductive timing in a lekking mammal: male fallow deer getting ready for female estrus

S Ciuti, M Apollonio

Behavioral Ecology 27 (5), 1522-1532

Predicting mule deer recruitment from climate oscillations for harvest management on the northern Great Plains

S Ciuti, WF Jensen, SE Nielsen, MS Boyce

The Journal of Wildlife Management 79 (8), 1226-1238

Applications of step-selection functions in ecology and conservation

H Thurfjell, S Ciuti, SM Boyce

Movement Ecology 2 (4)

Habitat selection during ungulate dispersal and exploratory movement at broad and fine scale with implications for conservation management

J Killeen, H Thurfjell, S Ciuti, D Paton, M Musiani, M Boyce

Movement Ecology 2 (15)

GPS based daily activity patterns in European red deer and North American elk (Cervus elaphus): indication for a weak circadian clock in ungulates

E Ensing, S Ciuti, F de Wijs, D Lentferink, A ten Hoedt, M Boyce, R Hut

PLoS ONE 9 (9)

Female preference and predation risk models can explain the maintenance of a fallow deer (Dama dama) lek and its 'handy' location.

M Apollonio, F De Cena, P Bongi, S Ciuti

PLoS ONE 9 (3), 1-11

Effects of livestock and non-native mouflon on use of high-elevation pastures by Alpine chamois

R Chirichella, S Ciuti, M Apollonio

Mammalian Biology, 344-350

The role of geological substrate for horn growth in ungulates: a case study on Alpine chamois

R Chirichella, S Ciuti, S Grignolio, M Rocca, M Apollonio

Evolutionary Ecology 27 (1), 145-163

Human selection of elk behavioural traits in a landscape of fear

S Ciuti, TB Muhly, DG Paton, AD McDevitt, M Musiani, MS Boyce

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, rspb20121483

Effects of Humans on Behaviour of Wildlife Exceed those of Natural Predators in a Landscape of Fear

S Ciuti, JM Northrup, TB Muhly, S Simi, M Musiani, JA Pitt, MS Boyce

PLoS ONE 7 (11)

Do antlers honestly advertise the phenotypic quality of fallow buck (Dama dama) in a lekking population?

S Ciuti, M Apollonio

Ethology 117 (2), 133-144

Effects of hunting with hounds on a non-target species living on the edge of a protected area

S Grignolio, E Merli, P Bongi, S Ciuti, M Apollonio

Biological Conservation 144 (1), 641-649

Evaluation of an expandable, breakaway radiocollar for subadult cervids

F De Cena, S Ciuti, M Apollonio

Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 22 (2)

Benefits of a risky life for fallow deer bucks (Dama dama) aspiring to patrol a lek territory

S Ciuti, F De Cena, P Bongi, M Apollonio

Behaviour, 435-460

Ungulates and their management in Italy

M Apollonio, S Ciuti, L Pedrotti, P Banti

European Ungulates and their Management in the 21st century, 475-506

Space use, habitat selection and activity patterns of female Sardinian mouflon (Ovis orientalis musimon) during the lambing season

S Ciuti, A Pipia, S Grignolio, F Ghiandai, M Apollonio

European Journal of Wildlife Research 55 (6), 589-595

Predation has a greater impact in less productive environments: variation in roe deer, Capreolus capreolus, population density across Europe

C Melis, B Jędrzejewska, M Apollonio, KA Bartoń, W Jędrzejewski, JDC Linnell, I Kojola, J Kusak, M Adamic, S Ciuti, I Delehan, I Dykyy, K Krapinec, L Mattioli, A Sagaydak, N Samchuk, K Schmidt, M Shkvyrya, VE Sidorovich, B Zawadzka, S Zhyla 

Global ecology and biogeography 18 (6), 724-734

Effect of predation risk on grouping pattern and whistling behaviour in a wild mouflon Ovis aries population

A Pipia, S Ciuti, S Grignolio, S Luchetti, R Madau, M Apollonio

Acta theriologica 54 (1), 77-86

Influence of sex, season, temperature and reproductive status on daily activity patterns in Sardinian mouflon (Ovis orientalis musimon)

A Pipia, S Ciuti, S Grignolio, S Luchetti, R Madau, M Apollonio

Behaviour 145 (12), 1723-1745

Anti‐predator behaviour, space use and habitat selection in female roe deer during the fawning season in a wolf area

P Bongi, S Ciuti, S Grignolio, M Del Frate, S Simi, D Gandelli, M Apollonio

Journal of Zoology 276 (3), 242-251

Ecological sexual segregation in fallow deer (Dama dama): a multispatial and multitemporal approach

S Ciuti, M Apollonio

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62 (11), 1747-1759

The key role of lamb presence in affecting flight response in Sardinian mouflon (Ovis orientalis musimon)

S Ciuti, A Pipia, F Ghiandai, S Grignolio, M Apollonio

Behavioural Processes 77 (3), 408-412

Red deer (Cervus elaphus) spatial use in the Italian Alps: home range patterns, seasonal migrations, and effects of snow and winter feeding

S Luccarini, L Mauri, S Ciuti, P Lamberti, M Apollonio

Ethology Ecology & Evolution 18 (2), 127-145

Influence of fawning on the spatial behaviour and habitat selection of female fallow deer (Dama dama) during late pregnancy and early lactation

S Ciuti, P Bongi, S Vassale, M Apollonio

Journal of Zoology 268 (1), 97-107

Long-term influence of human presence on spatial sexual segregation in fallow deer (Dama dama)

M Apollonio, S Ciuti, S Luccarini

Journal of Mammalogy 86 (5), 937-946

Could the predation risk hypothesis explain large-scale spatial sexual segregation in fallow deer (Dama dama)?

S Ciuti, S Davini, S Luccarini, M Apollonio

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56 (6), 552-564

Home range patterns of male fallow deerDama dama in a sub-Mediterranean habitat

S Davini, S Ciuti, S Luccarini, M Apollonio

Acta Theriologica 49 (3), 393-404

Variation in home range size of female Fallow Deer inhabiting a sub-mediterranean habitat

S Ciuti, S Davini, S Luccarini, M Apollonio

REVUE D'ECOLOGIE 58, 381-395