Publications

22.  Schepens, G., Loosen, A., McLellan, B., Tylo, M., Pigeon, K., Ehlers, L., and A. Jacob. In review. Forestry disturbances facilitate habitat loss for endangered southern mountain caribou in the Columbia Mountains, Canada. Biological Conservation. 

21.  Ehlers, L.P.W.  Just Another Walk in the Park, in Wild Work: Adventures of Women Field Biologists. 2026. Editors Sophie A. H. Osborn and Susan B. Adams. Mountaineers Publishing, Seattle, WA. Wild Work: Adventures of Women Field Biologists — Available Here 

20.  Loosen, A., Brennan, A., Maguire, McLellan, B., Vilalta Capdevila, T., Forshner, A., Pigeon, K., Jacob, A., Ehlers, L., and P. Wright. In review.  Integrated species distribution models predict motorized and non-motorized outdoor recreation across seasons. Landscape Ecology.

19. Larue, B., Farr, J.J., Ehlers, L., Herriges, J., Bentzen, T., Suitor, M.J., Joly, K., Michelot, T., Villaume, B., Côté, S.D., Gurarie, E., and M. Hebblewhite. 2026. Inferring behavioural states from tracking data with hidden Markov models - a validation study using GPS video-camera collars. Movement Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-025-00621-x. 

18.  Keeley, A.T.H., Beier, P., Belote, R.T., Clark, M., Clevenger, A.P., Creech, T.G., Ehlers, L., Faselt, J., Gogol-Prokurat, M., Hall, K.R., Hardy, M.A., Hilty, J.A., Jones, A., Nuñez, T.A., Penrod, K., Poor, E.E., Schloss, C., Theobald, D.M., Smith, T., Spencer, W.D., Sutherland, R., Tabor, G.M., & K.A. Zeller. 2025. Comment on Functional landscape connectivity for a select few: Linkages do not consistently predict wildlife movement or occupancy. Autumn R. Iverson, David Waetjen, Fraser Shilling. Landscape and Urban Planning. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105217

17.  Orndahl, K.A., Bentzen, T.B., Berner, L.T., Ehlers, L.P.W., Hebblewhite, M., Herriges, J.D., Joly, K., Macander, M.J., Palm, E.C., Suitor, M.J., and S. Goetz. 2025. Shifting and expanding ranges of a sub-arctic caribou herd and associated changes in vegetation. Ecological Applications, https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70038. 

16.   Capdevila, T.V., McLellan, B.A, Loosen, A., Forshner, A., Pigeon, K., Jacob, A.L., Wright, P. & L. Ehlers. 2024. Advancements in monitoring: a comparison of traditional and application-based tools for monitoring outdoor recreation. Peer J, https://doi.org/10.717/peerj.17744.

15.   Ehlers, L., Palm, E., Herriges, J., Bentzen, T., Suitor, M., Joly, K., Millspaugh, J., Donnelly, P. & M. Hebblewhite. 2024. A taste of space: remote animal observations and discrete-choice models provide new insights into foraging and density dynamics for a large subarctic herbivore. Journal of Animal Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14109.

14.   Theobald, D., Jacob, A., Elsen, P., Beever, E., Ehlers, L., and J. Hilty. 2024. Evaluating ecosystem protection and fragmentation of the world's major mountain regions. Conservation Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14240.

13.   Ehlers, L., Palm, E., Herriges, J., Bentzen, T., Suitor, M., Joly, K., Millspaugh, J., Donnelly, P., Gross, J., Wells, J. & M. Hebblewhite. In preparation. Linking foraging ecology to juvenile survival for a subarctic ungulate. Wildlife Biology.

12.   Orndahl, K.A., Ehlers, L., Herriges, J., Pernick, R., Hebblewhite, M., and S. Goetz. 2022. Maping tundra ecosystem plant functional type cover, height and aboveground biomass in Alaska and northwest Canada using unmanned aerial vehicles. Arctic Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/AS-2021-0044.

11.   Coulombe, G., Palm, E., Ehlers, L., Herriges, J., Suitor, M., Bentzen, T., Joly, K., and M. Hebblewhite. 2022. Identifying seasonal habitat and relationships to forage plant cover for the Fortymile caribou herd in Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management, in preperation.

10.   Ehlers, L.P.W. 2022. Spatial behavior, foraging, and population dynamics of a subarctic ungulate. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Montana, Wildlife Biology Program, Missoula, Montana. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/11965.

9.  Hebblewhite, M., Ehlers, L., Palm, E., and G. Coulombe. Final Performance Report Fortymile Caribou Habitat Relationships. 2022. BLM Agreement #L16AC00321. Prepared for: Jim Herriges, BLM Alaska Office, Fairbanks, Alaska.

8.      Ehlers, L., Coulombe, G., Herriges, J., Bentzen, T., Suitor, M., Joly, K., & M. Hebblewhite. 2021. Critical summer foraging tradeoffs in a subarctic ungulate. Ecology and Evolution, July, 1–38. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8349.

7.      Ehlers, L.P.W., Johnson, C.J. and D.R. Seip. 2016. Evaluating the influence of anthropogenic landscape change on wolf distribution: Implications for woodland caribou. Ecosphere 7(12): Article e01600. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1600.

6.  Johnson, C.J., Ehlers, L.P.W. and D.R. Seip. 2015. Witnessing extinction – cumulative impacts across landscapes and the future loss of an evolutionary significant unit of woodland caribou in Canada. Biological Conservation 186:176-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.03.012.

5.      Ehlers, L.P.W., Johnson, C.J. and D.R. Seip. 2014. Movement ecology of wolves across an industrial landscape supporting threatened populations of woodland caribou. Landscape Ecology 29(3):451-465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-013-9976-8.

4.      Williamson-Ehlers, L.P., Johnson, C.J. and D.R. Seip. 2013. Quantifying behavioural responses, landscape change and habitat loss for woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) across the South Peace region of British Columbia. Report prepared for the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, Victoria, British Columbia.

3.      Williamson-Ehlers, L.P. 2012. Seasonal resource selection for woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) across the South Peace region of British Columbia. Report prepared for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, British Columbia.

2.      Williamson-Ehlers, E.P. 2012. Impacts of industrial developments on the distribution and movement ecology of wolves (Canis lupus) and woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in the South Peace region of British Columbia. MSc Thesis. University of Northern British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada. https://doi.org/10.24124/2012/bpgub874.

1.  Smith, D. W., Stahler, D. R., Guernsey, D. S., Metz, M., Albers, E., Williamson, L., Legere, N., Almberg, E., and Richard McIntyre. 2007. The Yellowstone Wolf Project – Annual Report.