Forthcoming 

Aikens EO, E Nourani, W Fiedler, M Wikelski and A Flack (Accepted). Learning shapes the development of migratory behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 

2023

Mumme S, Middleton AD, Ciucci P, De Groeve J, Corradini A, Aikens EO, Ossi F, Atwood P, Balkenhol N, Cole EK, Debeffe L, Dewey SR, Fischer C, Gude J, Heurich M, Hurley MA, Jarnemo A, Kauffman MJ, Licoppe A, … Cagnacci F. (2023). Wherever I may roam—Human activity alters movements of red deer (Cervus elaphus) and elk (Cervus canadensis) across two continents. Global Change Biology, 00, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16769 

Ortega AC, Aikens EO, Merkle JA, Monteith KL, and Kauffman MJ (2023). Migrating mule deer compensate en route for phenological mismatches. Nature Communications 14(2008) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37750-z   

2022

Flack A, Aikens EO, Kölzsch A, Nourani E, Snell K, Fiedler W, Linek N, Thorup K, Partecke J, Wikelski M, and Williams HJ (2022). New frontiers in bird migration research. Current Biology 32(20): R1187-R1199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.028 

Aikens EO, Wyckoff TB, H Sawyer, and MJ Kauffman (2022). Industrial energy development decouples ungulate migration from the green wave. Nature Ecology and Evolution 6(11):1733–1741. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01887-9 

Media: WIRED, Politico, Wyoming Public Radio, Field and Stream, and other outlets

Aikens EO, I Bontekoe, L Blumenstiel, A Schlicksupp, and A Flack (2022). Viewing animal migration through a social lens. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37(11): 985-996. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.06.008  

2021

Kauffman MJ, EO Aikens, S Esmaeili, P Kaczensky, A Middleton, KL Monteith, T Morrison, T Mueller, H Sawyer, and J Goheen (2021). Causes, consequences and conservation of ungulate migration. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, Vol 52: 453-478. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-012021-011516 

Esmaeili S, BR Jesmer, SE Albeke, EO Aikens, et al. (2021). Digestive system and body size shape resource selection by ungulates: a global test of the Forage Maturation Hypothesis. Ecology Letters 24 (10): 2178-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13848

Kauffman MJ, F Cagnacci, S Chamaillé-Jammes, M Hebblewhite, JGC Hopcraft, JA Merkle, T Mueller, A Mysterud, W Peters, C Roettger, A Steingisser, JE Meacham, K Abera, J Adamczewski, EO Aikens, et al. (2021). Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations. Science 372 (6542): 566-569. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf0998

Aikens EO, SPH Dwinnell, TN LaSharr, RP Jakopak, GL Fralick, J Randall, R Kaiser, M Thonhoff, MJ Kauffman and KL Monteith (2021). Migration tactic and maternal resource allocation shape the timing of reproduction in a large herbivore. Ecology 102(6):e03334. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3334 

Media: Casper Star Tribune, Wyoming NPR

Morrison TA, JA Merkle, GC Hopcraft, EO Aikens, JL Beck, RB Boone, A Courtemanch, SP Dwinnell, S Fairbanks, B Griffith, AD Middleton, KL Monteith, BA Oates, L Riotte-Lambert, H Sawyer, KT Smith, JA Stabach, KL Taylor, and MJ Kauffman (2021). Cross-species comparison of drivers of site fidelity in ungulates. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 955– 966. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13425 

Abrahms B, EO Aikens, JB Armstrong, WW Deacy, MJ Kauffman, JA Merkle (2021). Emerging perspectives on resource tracking and animal movement ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 36(4): 308-320.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.018 

2020

Aikens EO, A Mysterud, JA Merkle, F Cagnacci, IM Rivrud, M Hebblewhite, MA Hurley, W Peters, S Bergen, J De Groeve, SPH Dwinnell, B Gehr, M Heurich, AJM Hewison, A Jarnemo, P Kjellander, M Kröschel, A Licoppe, JDC Linnell, EH Merrill, AD Middleton, N Morellet, L Neufeld, AC Ortega, KL Parker, L Pedrotti, KM Proffitt, S Said, H Sawyer, BM Scurlock, J Signer, P Stent, P Šustr, T Szkorupa, KL Monteith and MJ Kauffman (2020). Wave-like patterns of plant phenology determine ungulate movement tactics. Current Biology 30(17): 3444-3449.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.032 

Media: featured in Current Biology Dispatch, Buckrail and other outlets

Ortega AC, SPH Dwinnell, TN LaSharr, RP Jakopak, K Denryter, K Huggler, M Hayes, EO Aikens, T Verzuh, A May, MJ Kauffman, KL Monteith (2020) Effectiveness of Partial Sedation to Reduce Stress in Captured Mule Deer. Journal of Wildlife Management 84: 1445-1456. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21929

Aikens EO, KL Monteith, JA Merkle, SPH Dwinnell, GL Fralick, MJ Kauffman (2020). Drought reshuffles plant phenology and impedes green-wave surfing for a migratory ungulate. Global Change Biology 26: 4215– 4225. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15169 

Media: Scientific American, Wyoming NPR, and other news outlets

LaCava MF, EO Aikens, LC Megna, G Randolph, C Hubbard, CA Buerkle (2020). Accuracy of de novo assembly of DNA sequences from double-digest libraries varies substantially among software. Molecular Ecology Resources 20: 360– 370. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13108

2019

Abrahms B, EL Hazen, EO Aikens, MS Savoca, JA Goldbogen, SJ Bograd, MG Jacox, LM Irvine, DM Palacios, BR Mate (2019). Memory and resource tracking drive blue whale migrations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (12): 5582-5587. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1819031116

Media: the Atlantic and 28 other outlets

2018

Jesmer BR, JA Merkle, JR Goheen, EO Aikens, JL Beck, AB Courtemanch, MA Hurley, DE McWhirter, HM Miyasaki, KL Monteith, MJ Kauffman (2018). Is ungulate migration culturally transmitted? Evidence of social learning from translocated animals. Science 361 (6406), 1023-1025. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat0985 

Media: the Atlantic, NPR, Nature, and 76 other outlets 

2017

Aikens EO, MJ Kauffman, JA Merkle, SPH Dwinnell, GL Fralick, KL Monteith (2017). The greenscape shapes surfing of resource waves in a large migratory herbivore. Ecology Letters 20(6): 741-750. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12772 

Media: NSF, University of Wyoming, and other outlets

2016

Merkle JA, KL Monteith, EO Aikens, MM Hayes, KR Hersey, AD Middleton, BA Oates, H Sawyer, BM Scurlock, MJ Kauffman (2016). Large herbivores surf waves of green-up in spring. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283:20160456. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.0456 

Media: phys.org, EurekAlert.org, University of Wyoming, USGS, and The Wildlife Society

2015 and earlier 

Jenks KE, EO Aikens, N Songsasen, J Calabrese, C Fleming, N Bhumpakphan, S Wanghongsa, B Kanchanasaka, M Songer, P Leimgruber (2015). Tools for comparative movement analysis: a case study of sympatric dholes and jackals in a human-dominated landscape. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63: 546-554.

Straub CS, NP Simasek, R Dohm, MR Gapinski, EO Aikens, C Nagy (2014). Plant diversity increases herbivore movement and vulnerability to predation. Basic and Applied Ecology 15(1): 50-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2013.12.004

Straub CS, NP Simasek, MR Gapinski, R Dohm, EO Aikens, S Muscella (2013). Influence of nonhost plant diversity and natural enemies on the potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae, and pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, in alfalfa. International Journal of Pest Management 86(2): 235-244. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-012-0465-7