2022 Publications
Fowler, N.L., T.R. Petroelje, T.M. Kautz, N.J. Svoboda, J.F. Duquette, K.F. Kellner, D.E. Beyer, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2022. Variable effects of wolves on niche breadth and density of intraguild competitors. Ecology and Evolution 12(2):e8542.
Gantchoff, M.G., L. Conlee, and J.L. Belant. 2022. The effectiveness of opportunistic public reports vs professional data to estimate large carnivore distribution. Ecosphere 13(2):e3938.
Hill, J.E., A.E. Holland, L.K. Brohl, B. Kluever, M.B. Pfeiffer, T.L. DeVault, and J.L. Belant. 2022. Diets of black vultures and turkey vultures in coastal South Carolina, USA with a review of species’ dietary information. Southeastern Naturalist 21(1):11-27.
Kautz, T.M., N.L. Fowler, T.R. Petroelje, J.F. Duquette, D.E. Beyer, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2022. Compensatory human and predator risk trade-offs in neonatal white-tailed deer. Global Ecology and Conservation 36:e02089.
Mwampeta, S.B., C.M. Wilton, I.J. Mkasanga, F. Bled, L.M. Masinde, E. Roskaft, P.S. Ranke, R. Fyumagwa, and J.L. Belant. 2022. Efficacy of spotlights and thermal cameras to detect lions Panthera leo and spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta depends on species and management regime. Wildlife Biology e01030.
Petroelje, T.R., N.L. Fowler, E.K. Orning, B.R. Patterson, M.C. Romanski, and J.L. Belant. 2022. Interspecific killing of Vulpes vulpes (red fox) at a den site by Canis lupus Gray Wolves in Isle Royale National Park, Michigan, USA. Northeastern Naturalist 29(1):18-26.
2021 Publications
Akrim, F., T. Mahmood, M.S. Nadeem, J.L. Belant, S. Qasim, I. Zangi, and M.A. Asadi. 2021. Livestock depredations by leopards in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan: characteristics, control and costs. Wildlife Biology 2021:wlb.00782.
Bhatta, S., D. Khadka, G. Pokhrel, K.R. Kafle, M.J. Dhamala, B.B. Khawas, R. P. Sapkota, and J.L. Belant. 2021. Range extension of the large-toothed ferret badger in Nepal. Check List 17(5):1–4.
Basaula, R., H.P. Sharma, J.L. Belant, and K. Sapkota. 2021. Invasive water hyacinth limits globally threatened waterbird abundance and diversity at Lake Cluster of Pokhara Valley, Nepal. Sustainability 13(24):13700.
Brüniche-Olsen, A., K.F. Kellner, J.L. Belant, J.A. DeWoody. 2021. Life history traits and habitat availability shape genomic diversity in birds: implications for conservation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288:20211441.
Cove, M.V., R. Kays, H. Bontrager, C. Bresnen, T. Frerichs, R. Klann, T.E. Lee, Jr., S.C. Crockett, A.P. Crupi, K.C.B. Weiss, H. Rowe, T. Sprauge, J. Schipper, C.A. Lepczyk, J.E. Fantle-Lepczyk, S. LaPoint, J. Williamson, M.C. Fisher-Reid, S.M. King, A.J. Bebko, P. Chrysafis, A.J. Jensen, D.S. Jachowski, J. Sands, K.A. MacCombie, D.J. Herrera, M. van der Merwe, R.V. Horan III, M.S. Rentz, L.S.E. Brandt, C. Nagy, B.T. Barton, W.C. Thompson, S.P Maher, A.K. Darracq, G. Hess, M. Lasky, A. Parsons, B. Wells, G.W. Roemer, C.J. Hernandez, S.L. Webb, J.P. Vanek, D.J.R. Lafferty, A.M. Bergquist, T. Hubbard, T. Forrester, D. Clark, A.N. Facka, M. Halbur, S. Hammerich, M. Gray, C.C. Rega-Brodsky, C. Durbin, E.A. Flaherty, J.M. Brooke, S.S. Coster, R.G. Lathrop, K. Russell, D.A. Bogan, R. Cliché, H. Shamon, M.T.R. Hawkins, S.B. Marks, R.C Lonsinger, M.T. O’Mara, J.A. Compton, M. Fowler, E.L. Barthelmess, K.E. Andy, J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., T.M. Kautz, D.G. Scognamillo, C. Schalk, M.S. Leslie, S.L. Nasrallah, C.N. Ellison, C. Ruthven, S. Fritts, J. Tleimat, M. Gay, C.A. Whittier, S.A. Neiswenter, R. Pelletier, B.A. DeGregorio, E.K. Kuprewicz, M.L Davis, A. Dykstra, D.S. Mason, C. Baruzzi, M. Lashley, D.R. Risch, M.R. Price, M.L. Allen, L.S. Whipple, J. Sperry, R.H. Hagen, A. Mortelliti, B.E. Evans, C.E. Studds, A.P.K. Sirén, J. Kilborn, C. Sutherland, P. Warren, T. Fuller, N.C. Harris, N.H. Carter, E. Trout, M. Zimova, S.T. Giery, F. Iannarilli, S.D. Higdon, R.S. Revord, M.E. Gompper, C.P. Hansen, J.J. Millspaugh, A. Zorn, J.F. Benson, N.H. Wehr, J.N. Solberg, B.D. Gerber, J.C. Burr, J. Sevin, A.M. Green, Ç.H. Şekercioğlu, M. Pendergast, K.A. Barnick, A.J. Edelman, J.R. Wasdin, A. Romero, B.J. O’Neill, N. Schmitz, J.M. Alston, K.M. Kuhn, D.B. Lesmeister, M.A. Linnell, C.L. Appel, C. Rota, J.L. Stenglein, C. Anhalt-Depies, C. Nelson, R.A. Long, K.J. Jaspers, K.R. Remine, M.J. Jordan, D. Davis, H. Hernández-Yáñez, J. Zhou, W.J. McShea. 2021. SNAPSHOT USA: the first coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States – data from 2019. Ecology 102:e03353.
Fazzalari, A., G. Basadonna, A. Kucukural, K. Tanriverdi, M. Koupenova, N. Possi, J. Kakuturu, A. Friedrich, R. Korstanje, N. Fowler, J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., M. Brooks, E.W. Dickson, A.J. Palesty, J. Freedman, and M.A. Cahan. 2021. A translational model for venous thromboembolism: microRNA expression in hibernating black bears. Journal of Surgical Research 257:203–212.
Finnegan, S.P., N.J. Svoboda, N.L. Fowler, S.L. Schooler, and J.L. Belant. 2021. Variable intraspecific space use supports optimality in an apex predator. Scientific Reports 11:21115.
Fowler, N.L., T.M. Kautz, T.R. Petroelje, K.F. Kellner, D. O’Brien, C.M. Wilton, B. Parsons, D.E. Beyer, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2021. Niche partitioning supports a trophic cascade among sympatric canids. Ecology 102:e03494.
Fowler, N.L., T.J. Spady, G. Wang, B.D. Leopold, and J.L. Belant. 2021. Denning, metabolic suppression, and the realization of ecological opportunities in Ursidae. Mammal Review 51:465–481.
Gantchoff, M.G., J.D. Erb, D.M. MacFarland, D.C. Norton, J.L. Price Tack, and J.L. Belant. 2021. Landscape suitability and connectivity for recolonizing cougars in the Great Lakes region, USA. Biological Conservation 257:109144.
Hervey, S.D., L.Y. Rutledge, B.R. Patterson, M.C. Romanski, J. Vucetich, J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., and K. E. Brzeski. 2021. A first genetic assessment of the newly introduced Isle Royale gray wolves (Canis lupus). Conservation Genetics 22:913–926.
Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, and J.L. Belant. 2021. A review of ecological factors promoting road use by mammals. Mammal Review 51:214–227.
Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, and J.L. Belant. In press. Human population density drives direct anthropogenic mortality of mammals. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation.
Hill, J.E., K.F. Kellner, B. Kluever, T.L. DeVault, and J.L. Belant. 2021. Landscape transformations produce favorable roosting conditions for turkey vultures and black vultures. Scientific Reports 11:14793.
Kautz, T.M., D.E. Beyer, Jr., Z. Farley, N.L. Fowler, K.F. Kellner, A.L. Lutto, T.R. Petroelje, and J.L. Belant. 2021. American marten use vigilance and short-term avoidance to navigate a landscape of fear from fishers. Scientific Reports 11:12146.
Kautz, T.M., D.E. Beyer, Jr., N.L. Fowler, T.R. Petroelje, N.J. Svoboda, and J.L. Belant. 2021. Large carnivore response to human road use suggests a landscape of coexistence. Global Ecology and Conservation 30:e01772.
Kellner, K.F., J.E. Hurst, D.W. Kramer, and J.L. Belant. 2021. Effects of antler point restrictions on white-tailed deer harvest in New York State. Wildlife Society Bulletin 45:1-8.
Kellner, K.F., N.L. Fowler, T.R. Petroelje, T.M. Kautz, D.E. Beyer, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2021. ubms: An R package for fitting hierarchical occupancy and N-mixture abundance models in a Bayesian framework. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
Mwampeta, S.B., C.M. Wilton, I.J. Mkasanga, L.M. Masinde, P.S. Ranke. E. Roskaft, R. Fyumagwa, and J.L. Belant. 2021. Lion and spotted hyena distributions within a buffer area of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. Scientific Reports 11:22289.
Parchizadeh, J., and J.L. Belant. 2021. Brown bear and Persian leopard attacks on humans in Iran. Plos One 16:e0255042.
Parchizadeh, J., and J.L. Belant. 2021. Human-caused mortality of large carnivores in Iran during 1980-2021. Global Ecology and Conservation 27:e01618.
Parchizadeh, J., and J.L. Belant. 2021. Iran: drought must top new government’s agenda. Nature 596:189.
Parchizadeh, J., and J.L. Belant. 2021. Iran’s protected areas need more rangers. Science 373:501–502.
Petroelje, T.R., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., and T.M. Kautz. 2021. Interference competition between wolves (Canis lupus) and coyotes (C. latrans) and mechanisms for coexistence during variable prey abundance. Ecology and Evolution 11:1413–1431.
Petroelje, T.R., N.L. Fowler, T.M. Kautz, A.L. Lutto, G.A. Davidson, D.E. Beyer, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2021. Conservation detection dogs increase efficacy of carcass detection at carnivore GPS cluster sites during summer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 45:402–409.
Sijapati, R.K., H.P. Sharma, S. Sharma, J.R. Subedi, J.L. Belant. 2021. Livestock depredation by leopards and tigers near Bardia National Park, Nepal. Animals 11:01896.
2020 Publications
Adhakari, S., H.P. Sharma, B. Rimal, J.L. Belant, and H.B. Katuwal. 2021. Roads as a major driver for potential distribution of the invasive giant African land snail in Nepal. Tropical Ecology 61:583-588.
Bohrer, G., S. Davidson, E. Gurarie, S. LaPoint, P. Mahoney, E. Grier, O. Couriot, A. Kelly, B. Bedrosian, J. Belant, T. Booms, B. Borg, S. Boutin, E. Craig, T. Davison, R. Domenech, J. Hodson, K. Joly, N. Larter, A.D.M. Latham, S. Lewis, C. McIntyre, T. Miller, K. Russel, D. Seip, A. Shreading, J. Smith, M. Sorum, J. Williams. 2020. Data from – ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic. Dryad, Dataset. doi.org/10.5061/dryad.k98sf7m4m.
Davidson, S.C., G. Bohrer, E. Gurarie, J. Jennewein, S. LaPoint, P.J. Mahoney, N.T. Boelman, J. Eitel, L.R. Prugh, L. Vierling, E. Grier, A. Meddens, R.Y. Oliver, R. Kays, M. Wikelski, T. Aarvak, J.T. Ackerman, J.A. Alves, E. Bayne, B. Bedrosian, J.L. Belant, A.M. Berdahl, A.M. Berlin, D. Berteaux, J. Bety, F. Boiko, T.L. Booms, B.L. Borg, S. Boutin, W.S. Boyd, K. Brides, S. Brown, K.K. Burnham, D. Cabot, M. Casazza, K. Christie, E.H. Craig, S.E. Davis, T. Davison, D. Demma, C.R. DeSorbo, A. Dixon, R. Domenech, G. Eichhorn, K. Elliott, J.R. Evenson, K. Exo, S.H. Ferguson, W. Fiedler, A. Fisk, J. Fort, A. Franke, M.R. Fuller, S. Garthe, A.J. Gaston, G. Gilchrist, P. Glazov, C.E. Gray, D. Grémillet, L. Griffin, M. Hallworth, A. Harrison, J.M. Hipfner, J. Hodson, J.A. Johnson, K. Joly, K. Jones, T.E. Katzner, A.P. Kelly, J.W. Kidd, E.C. Knight, M.N. Kochert, A. Kölzsch, H. Kruckenberg, B.J. Lagassé, S. Lai, J. Lamarre, R.B. Lanctot, N.C. Larter, A.D.M. Latham, C.J. Latty, J.P. Lawler, D. Léandri-Breton, H. Lee, S.B. Lewis, O. Love, J. Madsen, M. Maftei, M.L. Mallory, B. Mangipane, P.P. Marra, R. McGuire, C.L. McIntyre, E.A. McKinnon, T.A. Miller, S. Moonen, T. Mu, G.J.D.M. Müskens, J. Ng, K.L. Nicholson, I.J. Øien, C. Overton, P.A. Owen, A. Patterson, A. Petersen, I. Pokrovsky, L. Powell, R. Prieto, P. Quillfeldt, J. Rausch, K. Russell, S.T. Saalfeld, H. Schekkerman, J.A. Schmutz, P. Schwemmer, D.R. Seip, A. Shreading, M.A. Silva, F. Smith, J.P. Smith, K.R.S. Snell, A. Sokolov, V. Sokolov, D.V. Solovyeva, M.S. Sorum, G. Tertitski, J.F. Therrien, K. Thorup, L. Tibbitts, I. Tulp, B.D. Uher-Koch, R.S.A. van Bemmelen, S. Van Wilgenburg, A.L. Von Duyke, J.L. Watson, B.D. Watts, J.A. Williams, M.T. Wilson, J. Wright, M.A. Yates, D. Yurkowski, R. Žydelis, and M. Hebblewhite. 2020. Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic. Science 370:712-715.
Fazzalari, A., G. Basadonna, A. Kucukural, K. Tanriverdi, M. Koupenova, N. Possi, J. Kakuturu, A. Friedrich, R. Korstanje, N. Fowler, J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., M. Brooks, E.W. Dickson, A.J. Palesty, J. Freedman, and M.A. Cahan. 2020. A translational model for venous thromboembolism: microRNA expression in hibernating black bears. Journal of Surgical Research. In press.
Gantchoff, M.G., L. Conlee, and J.L. Belant. 2020. Planning for carnivore recolonization by mapping sex-specific landscape connectivity. Global Ecology and Conservation 21:e00869.
Gantchoff, M.G., J.E. Hill, K.F. Kellner, N.L. Fowler, T.R. Petroelje, L. Conlee, D.E. Beyer Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2020. Mortality of a large wide-ranging mammal largely caused by anthropogenic activities. Scientific Reports 10:8498.
Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, and J.L. Belant. 2020. A 50-year increase in vehicle mortality of North American mammals. Landscape and Urban Planning. 197:103746.
Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, and J.L. Belant. 2020. Protected areas reduce poaching but not overall anthropogenic mortality of North American mammals. Global Ecology and Conservation 21:e00810.
Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, G. Wang, and J.L. Belant. 2020. Anthropogenic mammal mortality increases with the human footprint. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 18:13-18.
Jackson, C.R., T. Maddox, B. Stokke, J.L. Belant, K. Bevanger, S. Durant, R. Fyumagwa, F. Mbise, P. Ranke, E. Roskaft, R. May, and F. Fossoy. 2020. A dead giveaway: foraging vultures and other avian scavengers respond to auditory cues. Ecology and Evolution 10:6769-6774.
Kautz, T.M., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., B.K. Strickland, and J.F. Duquette. 2020. Influence of biological and environmental conditions on winter survival of a northern ungulate: evidence for a late-winter survival bottleneck. Ecology and Evolution 10:1666-1677.
Kellner, K.F., J.E. Hill, M.G. Gantchoff, D.W. Kramer, A. Bailey, and J.L. Belant. 2020. Responses of sympatric canids to human development revealed through citizen science. Ecology and Evolution 10:8705-8714.
Mangipane, L.S., D.J.R. Lafferty, K. Joly, M.S. Sorum, M.D. Cameron, J.L. Belant, G.V. Hilderbrand, D.D. Gustine. 2020. Dietary plasticity and the importance of salmon to brown bear (Ursus arctos) body size and condition in a low Arctic ecosystem. Polar Biology 43:825-833.
Michel, E.S., B.K. Strickland, S. Demarais, J.L. Belant, J.C. Kilgo, D.R. Diefenbach, M.J. Chamberlain, S.S. Ditchkoff, C.S. DePerno, C.E. Moorman, M.C. Chitwood, M.A. Lashley, T.M. Kautz, J.D. Duquette, D.E. Beyer, Jr., B.D. Wallingford, J.K. Vreeland, K.V. Miller, R.M. Shuman. 2020. Relative reproductive phenology and synchrony affect survival of neonates in a long-lived cervid. Functional Ecology.
Mwampeta, S.B., F.J. Magige, and J.L. Belant. 2020. Spatial and temporal overlap of caracals and servals in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology 58:361-370.
Noonan, M.J., C.H. Fleming, M.A. Tucker, R. Kays, A.Harrison, M.C. Crofoot, B. Abrahms, S.C. Alberts, A.H. Ali, J. Altmann, P.C. Antunes, N. Attias, J.L. Belant, D. Beyer, L. R. Bidner, N. Blaum, R. Boone, D. Caillaud, R.C. De Paula, J.A. de la Torre, J. Dekker, C. DePerno, M. Farhadinia, C. Fichtel, C. Fischer, A. Ford, J.R. Goheen, R. Worsoe Havmoller, B.T. Hirsch, C. Hurtado, L.A. Isbell, R. Janssen, F. Jeltsch, P. Kaczensky, Y. Kaneko, P. Kappeler, A. Katna, M. Kaufman, F. Koch, S. LaPoint, P. Leimgruber, D.W. Macdonald, A.C. Markham, L. McMahon, K. Mertes, C. Moorman, R.G. Morato, A.M. Mossbrucker, G. Mourao, D. O’Connor, L.G.R. Oliveira-Santos, J. Pastorini, B.D. Patterson, J. Rachlow, D. Ranglack, N. Reid, D.M. Scott, N. Selva, A. Sergiel, M. Songer, N. Songasen, J. Stabach, J. Thompson, W. Ullmann, A.T. Vanak, K. Yamazaki, R. Yarnell, F. Zieba, T. Awijacz-Kozica, W.F. Fagan, T. Mueller, J.M. Calabrese. 2020. Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements. Conservation Biology 34:1017-1028.
Orning, E.K., M.C. Romanski, et al., and J.L. Belant. 2020. Emigration and first-year movements of initial wolf translocations to Isle Royale. Northeastern Naturalist 27:701-708.
Parchizadeh, J., and J.L. Belant. 2020. Avian mass mortality in Iran. Science 367:1203-1204.
Petroelje, T.R., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., and N.J. Svoboda. 2020. Identification of carnivore kill sites are improved by verified accelerometer data. Animal Biotelemetry 8:18.
Sharma, S., H.P. Sharma, C. Chaulagain, H.B. Katuwal and J.L. Belant. 2020. Estimating occupancy of Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) in a protected and non-protected area of Nepal. Ecology and Evolution 10:4303-4313.
Sharma, S., H.P. Sharma, C. Chaulagain, H.B. Katuwal, and J.L. Belant. 2020. People’s knowledge of illegal Chinese pangolin trade in central Nepal. Sustainability 12:4900.
Sharma, S., H.P. Sharma, H.B. Katuwal, and J.L. Belant. 2020. Knowledge of the Critically Endangered Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) by local people in Sindhupalchok, Nepal. Global Ecology and Conservation 22:e01052
2019 Publications
Belant, J.L., F. Bled, I.J. Mkasanga, C.M. Wilton, S.B. Mwampeta, D.E. Beyer Jr., W. Mwakilema, R. Fyumagwa. 2019. Track surveys do not provide accurate or precise lion density estimates in Serengeti. Global Ecology and Conservation 20:e00651.
Bled, F., Alatawi, A., and J.L. Belant. 2019. Anthropogenic and environmental effects on avian species richness and occurrence in Aldesa Valley, Saudi Arabia. Acta Ornithologica 54:11-34.
Bled, F., and J.L. Belant. 2019. DemetR: a Bayesian population simulation web-application for harvest management. Ursus 29:82-92.
Croose, E., F. Bled, N.L. Fowler, D.E. Beyer, and J.L. Belant. 2019. American marten and fisher do not segregate in space and time during winter in a mixed-forest system. Ecology and Evolution 9:4906-4916.
Farrell, A., G. Wang, S. Rush, J. Martin, J.L Belant, A. Butler, and D. Godwin. 2019. Machine learning of large-scale spatial distributions of wild turkeys with high-dimensional environmental data. Ecology and Evolution 9:5938-5949.
Fowler, N.L., D.E. Beyer, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2019. Non-linear relationships between human activities and wolf livestock depredations. Biological Conservation 236:385-392.
Fowler, N.L., J.L. Belant, G. Wang, and B.D. Leopold. 2019. Ecological plasticity of denning chronology by American black bears and brown bears. Global Ecology and Conservation. 20:e00750
Gantchoff, M.G., D.E. Beyer, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2019. Reproductive class influences risk tolerance during denning and spring for American black bears. Ecosphere 10:e02705.
Gantchoff, M.G., L. Conlee, and J.L. Belant. 2019. Conservation implications of sex-specific landscape suitability for a large generalist carnivore. Diversity and Distributions 25:1488-1496.
Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, and J.L. Belant. 2019. Cause-specific mortality of the world’s terrestrial vertebrates. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28:680-689.
Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, and J.L. Belant. 2019. CauseSpec: a database of global terrestrial vertebrate cause-specific mortality. Ecology 00:e02865.
Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, and J.L. Belant. 2019. Impact of the human footprint on anthropogenic mortality of North American reptiles. Acta Oecologica 101:e103486.
Iglay, R. B., T. J. Conkling, T. L. DeVault, J. L. Belant, and J. A. Martin. 2019. Forage or biofuel: assessing native warm season grass production among seed mixes and harvest frequencies. Southeastern Naturalist 18:1-18.
Kautz, T.M., J.L. Belant, D.E Beyer, Jr., B.K. Strickland, T. R. Petroelje, and R. Sollmann. 2019. Predator densities and white-tailed deer fawn survival in a four-predator system. Journal of Wildlife Management 83:1261-1270.
Michel, E.S., S. Demarais, B.K. Strickland, and J.L. Belant. 2019. Body mass, not parity, influences reproductive tactics for a long-lived cervid mother. Journal of Mammalogy 100:1459-1465.
Noonan, M.J., M.A. Tucker, C.H. Fleming, T. Akre, S.C. Alberts, A.H. Ali, J. Altmann, P.C. Antunes, J.L. Belant, D. Berens, D. Beyer, N. Blaum, K. Bohning-Gaese, L. Cullen, Jr., R.C. de Paula, J. Dekker, J. Drescher-Lehman, N. Farwig, C. Fichtel, C. Fischer, A. Ford, J.R. Goheen, R. Janssen, F. Jeltsch, M. Kauffman, P. Kappeler, F. Koch, S. LaPoint, A.C. Markham, E.P. Medici, R.G. Morato, R. Nathan, L.G.R. Loiveira-Santos, K.A. Olson, B.D. Patterson, A. Paviolo, E.E. Ramalho, S. Roesner, N. Selva, A. Sergiel, M.X. Silva, O. Spiegel, P. Thompson, W. Ullmann, F. Xieba, T. Zwijacz-Kozica, W.F. Fagan, T. Mueller, and J.M. Calabrese. 2019. A comprehensive analysis of autocorrelation and bias in home range estimation. Ecological Monographs. 89:e01344.
Petroelje, T.R., J.L. Belant, and D.E. Beyer, Jr., and N.J. Svoboda. 2019. Subsidies from anthropogenic resources alter diet, activity, and ranging behavior of an apex predator (Canis lupus). Scientific Reports 9:e13438.
Sharma, H.P., J.L. Belant, and P.L. Shaner. 2019. Human attitudes toward red panda (Ailurus fulgens) conservation in Nepal: a case study comparing protected and non-protected areas. Oryx 53:542-547.
Svoboda, N.J., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., J.F. Duquette, and P.E. Lederle. 2019. Carnivore space use shifts in response to seasonal resource availability. Ecosphere 10:e02817.
Wong, S.T., J.L. Belant, R. Sollmann, A. Mohamed, J. Niedballa, J. Mathai, G.M. Street, A. Wilting. 2019. Influence of body mass, sociality, and movement behavior on improved detection probabilities when using a second camera trap. Global Ecology and Conservation 20:e00791.
2018 Publications
Alatawi, A., F. Bled, and J.L. Belant. 2018. First inventory of terrestrial vertebrates in Aldesa Valley, Saudi Arabia. Check List. 14:in press.
Conkling, T.J., J.L. Belant, T.L. DeVault, and J.A. Martin. 2018. Impacts of bioenergy production at airports on bird conservation and aviation strike risk. Ecological Applications 28:1168-1181.
Gantchoff, M.G., C.M. Wilton, and J.L. Belant. 2018. Environmental and anthropogenic factors predict alien species richness in Argentina’s National Parks System. PeerJ. 6:e5514.
Hilderbrand, G.V., D.D. Gustine, B. Mangipane, K. Joly, W. Leacock, L. Stutzman, J. Erlenbach, M.S. Sorum, M.D. Cameron, J.L. Belant, T. Cambier. 2018. Plasticity in physiological condition of brown bears across diverse ecosystems. Polar Biology 43:773-780.
Hilderbrand, G.V., D.D. Gustine, B. Mangipane, K. Joly, W. Leacock, L. Stutzman, J. Erlenbach, M.S. Sorum, M.D. Cameron, J.L. Belant, and T. Cambier. 2018. Body size and lean mass of brown bears across and within four diverse ecosystems. Journal of Zoology 305:53-62.
Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, J.C. Beasley, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2018. Effects of vulture exclusion on carrion consumption by facultative scavengers. Ecology and Evolution 8:2518-2526.
Iglay, R. B., K. B. Schwarz, J. L. Belant, J. A. Martin, G. Wang, and T. L. DeVault. 2018. Large mammal use of semi-natural grasslands and implications for aviation strike risk. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9:222-227.
Katuwal, J.B., H.P. Sharma, P.L. Shaner, R. Gurung, V. Thapa, T.G. Magar, T.B. Gurung, K. Parajuli, M.B. Gurung, H. Basnet, S. Koirala, M.S. Ghimire, S. Yadav, J.L. Belant, K. Shah. 2018. Updating spatial information of 27 mammal species in Nepal. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 28:in press.
Kristenson, T.V., Puckett, E.E., Landguth, E.L., Belant, J.L., Hast, J.T., Carpenter, C., Sajeck, J.L., Beringer, J., Means, M., Cox, J.J., Eggert, L.S., White, D., Jr., and Smith, K.G. 2018. Spatial genetic structure in American black bears (Ursus americanus): female philopatry is variable and related to population history. Heredity 120:329-341.
Mangipane, L.A., J.L. Belant, T.L. Hiller, M.E. Colvin, D.D. Gustine, B.A. Mangipane, G.V. Hilderbrand. 2018. Influences of landscape heterogeneity on home-range sizes of brown bears in a salmon subsidized system. Mammalian Biology 88:1-7.
Mangipane, L.A., J.L Belant, D.J.R. Lafferty, D.D. Gustine, T.L. Hiller, M.E. Colvin, B.A. Mangipane, G.V. Hilderbrand. 2018. Dietary plasticity in a nutrient-rich system does not influence brown bear body condition or denning. Polar Biology 41:763-772.
Mangipane, L.A., J.L Belant, B.A. Mangipane, D.D. Gustine, and G.V. Hilderbrand. 2018. Female brown bears alter den-site selection and chronology to reduce infanticide risk. Mammalian Biology. 93:38-44.
McFadden-Hiller, J. and J.L. Belant. 2018. Spatiotemporal shifts in range and distribution of a recolonizing black bear population. Ecosphere.9:in press.
Murphy, S.M., J.S. Laufenberg, J.D. Clark, M. Davidson, J.L. Belant, and D.L. Garshelis. 2018. Genetic diversity, effective population size, and structure among black bear populations in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, USA. Conservation Genetics 19:in press.
Norton, D.C., J.L. Belant, J.G. Bruggink, D.E. Beyer, Jr., N.J. Svoboda, and T.R. Petroelje. 2018. Female American black bears do not alter space use or movements to reduce infanticide risk. Plos One. 13:e0203651.
Scharf, A.K., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., M. Wikelski, and K. Safi. 2018. Habitat suitability cannot capture the essence of animal-defined corridors. Movement Ecology. In press.
Sharma, H.P., J.L. Belant, and P.L. Shaner. 2018. Human attitudes toward red panda (Ailurus fulgens) conservation in Nepal: a case study comparing protected and non-protected areas. Oryx 52:in press.
Tucker, M.A., K. Böhning-Gaese, W.F. Fagan, J.M. Fryxell, B. Van Moorter, S.C. Alberts, A.H. Ali, A.M. Allen, N. Attias, T. Avgar, H. Bartlam-Brooks, B. Bayarbaatar, J.L. Belant, A. Bertassoni, D. Beyer, L. Bidner, F.M. van Beest, S. Blake, N. Blaum, C. Bracis, D. Brown, PJN. de Bruyn, F. Cagnacci, J.M. Calabrese, C. Camilo-Alves, S. Chamaillé-Jammes, A. Chiaradia, S.C. Davidson, T. Dennis, S. DeStefano, D. Diefenbach, I. Douglas-Hamilton, J. Fennessy, C. Fichtel, W. Fiedler, C. Fischer, I. Fischhoff, C.H. Fleming, A. Ford, S. Fritz, B. Gehr, J.R. Goheen, E. Gurarie, M. Hebblewhite, M. Heurich, A.J.M. Hewison, C. Hof, E. Hurme, L.A. Isbell, R. Janssen, F. Jeltsch, P. Kaczensky, A. Kane, P. Kappeler, M. Kauffman, R. Kays, D. Kimuyu, F. Koch, B. Kranstauber, S. LaPoint, P. Leimgruber, J.D.C. Linnell, P. López-López, A.C. Markham, J. Mattisson, E.P. Medici, U. Mellone, E. Merrill, G. de Miranda Mourão, R.G. Morato, N. Morellet, T. Morrison, S.L. Díaz-Muñoz, A. Mysterud, D. Nandintsetseg, R. Nathan, A. Niamir, J. Odden, R.B. O’Hara, L.G.R. Oliveira-Santos, K.A. Olson, B.D. Patterson, R. Cunha de Paula, L. Pedrotti, M. Rimmler, T.L. Rogers, C.M. Rolandsen, C.S. Rosenberry, D.I. Rubenstein, K. Safi, S. Saïd, N. Sapir, H. Sawyer, N.M. Schmidt, N. Selva, A. Sergiel, E. Shiilegdamba, J.P. Silva, N. Singh, E.J. Solberg, O. Spiegel, O. Strand, S. Sundaresan, W. Ullmann, U. Voigt, J. Wall, D. Wattles, M. Wikelski, C.C. Wilmers, J.W. Wilson, G. Wittemyer, F. Zięba, T. Zwijacz-Kozica, T. Mueller. 2018. Moving in the Anthropocene: global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements. Science 359:466-469.
Wong, S.T., J.L. Belant, R. Sollmann, A. Mohamed, J. Niedballa, J. Mathai, G.M. Street, J. Kissing, S. Mannan, A. Wilting. 2018. Habitat associations of the Sunda stink-badger Mydaus javanensis in three forest reserves in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Mammalian Biology 88:75-80.
2017 Publications
Al-Warid, H.S., J. Beringer, T.L. Hiller, J.L. Belant and M.E. Gompper. 2017. Community composition of Ixodid ticks parasitizing American black bears in Missouri, USA. Ursus 27:61-66.
Belant, J.L., F. Bled, S. Mwampeta, I.J. Mkasanga, C.M. Wilton, and R. Fyumagwa. 2017. Temporal and spatial variation of broadcasted vocalizations does not reduce lion Panthera leo habituation. Wildlife Biology. DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00287.
Bled, F., J.L. Belant, L.J. Van Daele, N. Svoboda, D. Gustine, G. Hilderbrand, V.G. Barnes, Jr. 2017. Using multiple data types and integrated population models to improve our knowledge of apex predator population dynamics. Ecology and Evolution 7:9531-9543.
Conkling, T.J., J.L. Belant, T.L. DeVault, and J.A. Martin. 2017. Effects of crop type and harvest on nest survival and productivity of dickcissels in semi-natural grasslands. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 240:224-232.
Davis, A., G. Wang, J.A. Martin, J.L. Belant, A.B. Butler, S. Rush, and D. Godwin. 2017. Landscape-abundance relationships of eastern wild turkeys. Acta Ornithologica 52:127-139.
Duquette, J.F., J.L. Belant, C.M. Wilton, N. Fowler, B.W. Waller, D.E. Beyer, Jr., N.J. Svoboda, S.L. Simek, J. Beringer. 2017. Black bear functional resource selection relative to intraspecific competition and human risk. Canadian Journal of Zoology 95:203-212.
Gantchoff, M.G., and J.L. Belant. 2017. Regional connectivity for recolonizing American black bears (Ursus americanus) in southcentral USA. Biological Conservation 214:66-75.
Hiller, T.L., J. Beringer, and J.L. Belant. 2017. Shape complexity of space used by American black bears influenced by sex and intensity of use. Basic and Applied Ecology 18:67-74.
Iglay, R.B., B.N. Buckingham, T.W. Seamans, J.A. Martin, B.F. Blackwell, J.L. Belant, and T.L. DeVault. 2017. Bird use of grain fields and implications for habitat management at airports. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 242:34-42.
Mathai, J., R. Sollmann, M.E. Meredith, J.L. Belant, J. Niedballa, L. Buckingham, S.T. Wong, S. Asad, and A. Wilting. 2017. Fine-scale distributions of carnivores in a logging concession in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Mammalian Biology 82:56-65.
2016 Publications
Belant, J.L., F. Bled, C.M. Wilton, R. Fyumagwa, S. B. Mwampeta, and D.E. Beyer, Jr. 2016. Estimating lion abundance using N-mixture models for social species. Scientific Reports. 6:e35920.
Cheyne, S.M., A. Mohamed, A.J. Hearn, J. Ross, S. Meiri, H. Samejima, M. Heydon, D. M. Augeri, T. van Berkel, R. Boonratana, G. Fredriksson, J. Hon, L. Boo Liat, A.J. Marshall, M. Nakabayashi, D.W. Macdonald, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt, and A. Wilting. 2016. Predicted distribution of the otter civet Cynogale bennettii (Mammalia: Carnivorea: Mustelidae) on Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:126-131.
DeVault, T.L., B.F. Blackwell, T.W. Seamans, and J.L. Belant. 2016. Interspecific avian hazards to aircraft beyond airport properties. Journal of Wildlife Management 80:746-752.
Duckworth, J.W., A.J. Hearn, J. Ross, S. Meiri, H. Samejima, A. Mohamed, S.M. Cheyne, R. Alfred, D.M. Augeri, J. Mathai, M. Heydon, R. Boonratana, Rustam, G. Semiadi, T. van Berkel, J. Brodie, A. Peter, J. Eaton, G. Fredriksson, J. Hall, Y. Nakashima, D.W. Macdonald, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt, and A. Wilting. 2016. Predicted distribution of short-tailed mongoose Herpestes bracyurus (Mammalia: Carnivorea: Mustelidae) on Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:132-141.
Duckworth, J.W., S. Meiri, L. Boo Liat, G. Fredriksson, M. Heydon, R. Alfred, R. Boonratana, J. Eaton, J. Hall, A.J. Marshall, M. Nakabayashi, Y. Nakashima, A. Peter, H. Samejima, D.M. Augeri, T. Boorsma, S.M. Cheyne, A.J. Hearn, N. T-L. Lim, J. Mathai, S. Persey, J. Ross, Rustam, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt, and A. Wilting. 2016. Predicted distribution of small-toothed palm civet Arctogalidia trivirgata (Mammalia: Carnivorea: Mustelidae) on Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:103-110.
Duckworth, J.W., H. Samejima, G. Semiadi, A.J. Hearn, J. Ross, S. Meiri, L. Boo Liat, G. Fredriksson, S.M. Cheyne, M. Heydon, D.M. Augeri, J. Brodie, Y. Nakashima, R. Boonratana, S. Persey, J. Hon, A.J. Marshall, J. Mathai, A. Mohamed, A. Peter, D.W. Macdonald, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt, and A. Wilting. 2016. Predicted distribution of banded linsang Priodon linsang (Mammalia: Carnivorea: Mustelidae) on Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:71-77.
Gantchoff, M.G., and J.L. Belant. 2016. Patterns of coexistence between two mesocarnivores in northern Patagonia in the presence of invasive hares and anthropogenic disturbance. Austral Ecology 41:97-105.
Gonzalez-Maya, J., L. Viquez-R, A. Arias-Alzate, J.L. Belant, and G. Ceballos. 2016. Spatial patterns of species and functional diversity in Costa Rican terrestrial mammals: implications for conservation. Diversity and Distributions 22:43-56.
Hon, J., A.J. Hearn, J. Ross, A. Mohamed, S. Meiri, R. Alfred, H. Samejima, S.M. Cheyne, G. Semiadi, Rustam, R. Boonratana, G. Fredriksson, B. Loken, J. Mathai, T. van Berkel, J. Eaton, M. Heydon, L. Boo Liat, N. T-L. Lim, A.J. Marshall, E. Pollard, D.W. Macdonald, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt, and A. Wilting. 2016. Predicted distribution of the collared mongoose Herpestes semitorquatus (Mammalia: Carnivorea: Mustelidae) on Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:142-148.
Hon, J., S. Meiri, A.J. Hearn, J. Ross, H. Samejima, D.M. Augeri, J. Mathai, A. Mohamed, R. Boonratana, G. Fredriksson, L. Boo Liat, S.M. Cheyne, M. Heydon, A. Peter, Rustam, R. Alfred, G. Semiadi, C. Robson, H. Bernard, T. Boorsma, M. Lammertink, B. Loken, S. Persey, S. Pieterse, B. Wielstra, D.W. Macdonald, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt, and A. Wilting. 2016. Predicted distribution of the yellow-throated marten Martes flavigula (Mammalia: Carnivorea: Mustelidae) on Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:42-49.
Lafferty, D.J.R., Z.G. Loman, K.S. White, A.T. Morzillo, and J.L. Belant. 2016. Moose (Alces alces) hunters subsidize the scavenger community in Alaska. Polar Biology 39:639-647.
Mathai J., J. Brodie, S. Meiri, A. Peter, R. Alfred, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt, and A. Wilting. 2016. Predicted distribution of Hose’s civet Diplogale hosei (Mammalia: Carnivorea: Mustelidae) on Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:118-125.
Mathai, J., J.W. Duckworth, E. Meijaard, G. Fredriksson, J. Hon, A. Sebastian, M. Ancrenaz, A.J. Hearn, J. Ross, S. Cheyne, Borneo Carnivore Consortium, and A. Wilting. 2016. Carnivore conservation planning on Borneo: identifying key carnivore landscapes, research priorities and conservation interventions. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:186-217.
McFadden-Hiller J.E., D.E. Beyer, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2016. Spatial distribution of black bear incident reports in Michigan. PLoS One 11:e0154474.
Meijaard, E., S. Meiri, A.J. Hearn, J. Ross, G. Fredriksson, L. Boo Liat, J. Mathai, Y. Nakashima, H. Bernard, R. Boonratana, J. Hall, N. T-L. Lim, A.J. Marshall, J.D. Pilgrim, H. Samejima, C. Robson, D.W. Macdonald, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt, and A. Wilting. 2016. Predicted distribution of the Malay weasel Mustela nudipes (Mammalia: Carnivorea: Mustelidae) on Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:50-54.
Michel, E.S., S. Demarais, B.K. Strickland, J.L. Belant, and J.J. Millspaugh. 2016. Abundant food reduces hierarchy strength in adult female white-tailed deer. Behaviour 153:49-67.
Nakabayashi, M., Y. Nakashima, A.J. Hearn, J. Ross, S. Meiri, R. Alfred, H. Samejima, A. Mohamed, L. Boo Liat, M. Heydon, Rustam, H. Bernard, G. Semiadi, G. Fredriksson, R. Boonratana, A.J. Marshall, N. T-L. Lim, Y. Nakashima, D.M. Augeri, J. Hon, T. van Berkel, J. Brodie, J. Hall, B. Loken, S. Persey, E. Pollard, D.W. Macdonald, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt, and A. Wilting. 2016. Predicted distribution of the common palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Mammalia: Carnivorea: Mustelidae) on Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:84-88.
Ross, J., A. Hearn, D.W. Macdonald, S. Meiri, R. Alfred, H. Samejima, S.M. Cheyne, A. Mohamed, R. Boonratana, H. Bernard, J. Hon, Rustam, J. Brodie, M. Heydon, G. Semiadi, D.M. Augeri, J. Mathai, G. Fredriksson, J. Hall, A. Peter, A.J. Marshall, L. Boo Liat, M. Nakabayashi, Y. Nakashima, J. Eaton, J.D. Pilgrim, E. Pollard, T. van Berkel, C. Robson, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt, and A. Wilting. 2016. Predicted distribution of the Malay civet Viverra tangalunga (Mammalia: Carnivorea: Mustelidae) on Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:78-83.
Ross, J., A.J. Hearn, D.W. Macdonald, G. Semiadi, S. Meiri, H. Samejima, L. Boo Liat, R. Alfred, A. Mohamed, J. Brodie, M. Heydon, D.M. Augeri, J. Hon, Rustam, J. Mathai, M. Nakabayashi, G. Fredriksson, R. Boonratana, Y. Nakashima, B. Loken, A.J. Marshall, A. Peter, T. van Berkel, N. T-L. Lim, S.M. Cheyne, J. Eaton, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt, and A. Wilting. 2016. Predicted distribution of the banded palm civet Hemigalus derbyanus (Mammalia: Carnivorea: Mustelidae) on Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:111-117.
Samejima, H., E. Meijaard, A.J. Hearn, J. Ross, A. Mohamed, R. Alfred, S. Meiri, H. Bernard, R. Boonratana, L. Boo Liat, M. Heydon, J.D. Pilgrim, J. Eaton, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt, and A. Wilting. 2016. Predicted distribution of the Sunda stink badger Mydaus javanensis (Mammalia: Carnivorea: Mustelidae) on Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:61-70.
Semiadi, G., J. Ross, A.J. Hearn, D.W. Macdonald , S. Meiri, J. Mathai, L. Boo Liat, D.M. Augeri, G. Fredriksson, Rustam, R. Alfred, J. Hall, M. Heydon, J. Brodie, A.J. Marshall, J. Eaton, A. Mohamed, A. Peter, E. Pollard, H. Samejima, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt, and A. Wilting. 2016. Predicted distribution of masked palm civet Paguma larvatas (Mammalia: Carnivorea: Mustelidae) on Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:89-95.
Semiadi G., J. Ross, A.J. Hearn, S. Meiri, M. Heydon, H. Samejima, J. Mathai, D. Augeri, G. Fredriksson, N. T-L. Lim, Rustam, A. Mohamed, R. Boonratana, J. Brodie, Y. Nakashima, T. van Berkel, J. Hon, L. Boo Liat, B. Loken, A.J. Marshall, M. Nakabayashi, S. Persey, D.W. Macdonald, J.L. Belant, S. Kramer-Schadt, and A. Wilting. 2016. Predicted distribution of binturong Arctictis binturong (Mammalia: Carnivorea: Mustelidae) on Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:96-102.
Smith, J.B., S.K. Windels, T. Wolf, R.W. Klaver, and J.L. Belant. 2016. Do transmitters affect fitness indices of American beavers? Wildlife Biology 22:117-123.
Sollmann, R., B. Gardner, J.L. Belant, C. M. Wilton, and J. Beringer. 2016. Habitat associations in a recolonizing, low-density black bear population. Ecosphere 7:e01406.
Strickland, B.A., F.J. Vilella, and J.L. Belant. 2016. Scale-dependent habitat selection and size-based dominance in adult male American alligators. PLoS One 11:e0161814.
Wergeles, N.M., C. Shang, Z. Peng, H. Wang, Y. Shang, J. Sartwell, T Treiman, J.L. Belant, J. Millspaugh, J.T. McRoberts, J. Beringer. 2016. Mobile computing and trajectory analysis in Missouri Conservation. IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing 2:1-5. 10.1109/SMARTCOMP.2016.7501706
White, P.J., and J.L. Belant. 2016. Individual variation in dental characteristics for estimating age of African lions. Wildlife Biology 22:71-77.
Wilting, A., A.J. Hearn, J. Eaton, J.L. Belant, and S. Kramer-Schadt. 2016. Predicted distribution of the Bornean ferret badger Melogale everetti (Mammalia: Carnivorea: Mustelidae) on Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:55-60.
Wilting, A., J.W. Duckworth, J.L. Belant, N. Duplaix, and C. Breitenmoser-Würsten. 2016. Introduction: distribution of and conservation priorities for Bornean small carnivores and cats. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 33:1-8.
Wilton, C.M., J. Beringer, E.E. Puckett, L.S. Eggert, and J.L. Belant. 2016. Spatiotemporal capture-recapture biases in black bear detection probability. Journal of Mammalogy 97:266-273.
Windels, S.K., and J.L. Belant. 2016. Performance of tail-mounted transmitters on American beavers Castor canadensis in a northern climate. Wildlife Biology 22:124-129.
2015 Publications
Bled, F., S. Summers, D. Martell, T.R. Petroelje, D.E. Beyer, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2015. Effects of prey and scale on bobcat resource selection during winter. Plos One 10:e0143347.
Bowman, B., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., and D. Martell. 2015. Characterizing non-target species use at bait sites for white-tailed deer. Human-Wildlife Interactions 9:110-118.
Conkling, T.J., J.L. Belant, T.L. DeVault, G. Wang, and J.A. Martin. 2015. Assessment of variation of nest survival for grassland birds due to method of nest discovery. Bird Study 62:223-231.
Crain, A.R., J.L. Belant, and T.L. DeVault. 2015. Carnivore incidents with U.S. civil aircraft. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 36:160-166.
Cruz-Rodríguez, C., J.F. González-Maya, A. Rodríguez-Bolaños, A. Cepeda and J.L. Belant. 2015. Ocelot Leopardus pardalis (Carnivora: Felidae) spatial ecology in a fragmented landscape of Colombia. Revista Mexicana de Mastozoologia Nueva epoca. 5:1-8.
Duquette, J.F., J.L. Belant, N.J. Svoboda, D.E. Beyer, Jr., and P.E. Lederle. 2015. Scale dependence of female ungulate reproductive success in relation to nutritional condition, resource selection and multi-predator avoidance. PLoS One 10:e0140433.
Gantchoff, M.G., and J.L. Belant. 2015. Anthropogenic and environmental effects on invasive mammal distribution in northern Patagonia, Argentina. Mammalian Biology 80:54-58.
Gompper, M.E., J.L. Belant, and R. Kays. 2015. Carnivore coexistence: America’s recovery. Science 347:382-383.
González-Maya, J.F., Víquez-R, J. L. Belant, G. Ceballos. 2015. Effectiveness of protected areas for representing species and populations of terrestrial mammals in Costa Rica. PLoS One 10:e0124480.
Hiller, T.L., J.L. Belant, and J. Beringer. 2015. Sexual-size dimorphism mediates effects of resource dispersion on American black bear space use. Journal of Zoology 295:200-207.
Hiller, T.L., J. Beringer, and J.J. Tyre, and J.L. Belant. 2015. Resource selection by recolonizing American black bears in a fragmented forest landscape. Ursus 26:116-128.
Hiller, T.L., J.E. McFadden-Hiller, S.R. Jenkins, J.L. Belant, and A.J. Tyre. 2015. Factors associated with cougar mortalities resulting from livestock conflicts in Oregon. Journal of Wildlife Management 79:978-988.
Lafferty, D.J.R., J.L. Belant, and D.L. Phillips. 2015. Testing the niche variation hypothesis with a measure of body condition. Oikos 124:732-740.
Lafferty, D.J.R., M.L. Laudenslager, G. Mowat, D. Heard, and J.L. Belant. 2015. Sex, diet and the social environment: factors influencing hair cortisol concentration in black bears. PLoS One 10:e0141489.
LaPoint, S.D., J.L. Belant, and R.W. Kays. 2015. Mesopredator release facilitates range expansion in fisher. Animal Conservation 18:50-61.
Michel, E.S., S. Demarais, B.K. Strickland, and J.L. Belant. 2015. Contrasting the effects of maternal and behavioral characteristics on offspring quality in a long-live ungulate. PLoS One 10:136034.
Simek, S.L., J.L. Belant, Z. Fan, B.W. Young, B.D. Leopold, J. Fleming, and B. Waller. 2015. Source populations and roads influence American black bear recolonization. European Journal of Wildlife Research 61:583-590.
Stillfried, M., J.L. Belant, N.J. Svoboda, D.E. Beyer, and S. Kramer-Schadt. 2015. When top predators become prey: large carnivores alter movement behavior in response to perceived mortality risk. Behavioural Processes 120:30-39.
Struebig, M.J., A. Wilting, D. Gaveau, E. Meijaard, R.J. Smith, The Borneo Mammal Distribution Consortium, M. Fischer, K. Metcalfe, and S. Kramer-Schadt. 2015. Targeted conservation safeguards a biodiversity hotspot from climate and land-cover change. Current Biology 25:372-378.
White, P.A., and J.L. Belant. 2015. Provisioning of game meat to rural communities as a benefit of safari hunting in Zambia. PLoS One 10:0117237.
Wilton, C.M., J.L. Belant, J.F. Van Stappen, and D. Paetkau. 2015. American black bear population ecology on an island archipelago. Ursus 26:53-66.
2014 Publications
Ayers, C.R., J.L. Belant, D.A. Eads, D.S. Jachowski, and J.J. Millspaugh. 2014. Investigation of factors affecting black-footed ferret litter size. Western North American Naturalist 74:108-115.
Biondi, K.M., J.L. Belant, T.L. DeVault, J.A. Martin, and G. Wang. 2014. Integrating mammalian hazards with management at U.S. civil airports: a case study. Human-Wildlife Interactions 8:31-38.
DeVault, T.L., P.M. Schmidt, F.E. Pogmore, J. Gobeille, J.L. Belant, and T.W. Seamans. 2014. Influence of egg oiling on colony fidelity of ring-billed gulls. Human-Wildlife Interactions 8:22-30.
DeVault, T.L., T.W. Seamans, J.A. Schmidt, J.L. Belant, B.F. Blackwell, N. Mooers, L.A. Tyson, and L. Van Pelt. 2014. Bird use of solar photovoltaic installations at US airports: Implications for aviation safety. Landscape and Urban Planning 128:122-128.
Drey, K.M., J.A. Martin, J.L. Belant, T.L. DeVault, and B.F. Blackwell. 2014. Interactions between wildlife and civil aircraft in Mississippi. Southeastern Naturalist 13:156-165.
Duquette, J.F., J.L. Belant, N.J. Svoboda*, D.E. Beyer, Jr., and C.A. Albright. 2014. Comparison of occupancy modeling and radiotelemetry to estimate ungulate population dynamics. Population Ecology 56:481-492.
Duquette, J.F., J.L. Belant, N.J. Svoboda, D.E. Beyer, Jr., and P.E. Lederle. 2014. Effects of maternal nutrition, resource use and multi-predator risk on neonatal white-tailed deer survival. PLoS One 9:e100841.
Gantchoff, M.G., J.L. Belant, and D.A. Masson. 2014. Land use affects mammal community structure in a multiple-use protected area, east-central Argentina. Latin American Journal of Conservation 4:18-24.
Lafferty, D.J.R., J.L. Belant, J.N. Womble, K.S. White, and A.T. Morzillo. 2014. Linking wolf diet to changes in marine and terrestrial prey abundance. Arctic 67:143-148.
Little, A.R., S. Demarais, K.L. Gee, S.L. Webb, S.K. Riffell, J.A. Gaskamp, and J.L. Belant. 2014. Does human predation risk affect harvest susceptibility of white-tailed deer during hunting season? Wildlife Society Bulletin 37:797-805.
Martin, J.A., C. Marshall, J.L. Belant, S. Cagle, and B.C. West. 2014. Conspecific scent improves capture rates for nine-banded armadillos. Wildlife Biology in Practice 10:149-154.
McKinley, B.K., J.L. Belant, and D.R. Etter. 2014. American black bear-apiary conflicts in Michigan. Human-Wildlife Interactions 8:228-234.
Petroelje, T.R., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., G. Wang, and B.D. Leopold. 2014. Population-level response of coyotes to a pulsed resource event. Population Ecology 56:349-358.
Puckett, E.E., T.V. Kristensen, C.M. Wilton, S.B. Lyda, K. Noyce, P.M. Holahan, D.M. Leslie, Jr., J. Beringer, J.L. Belant, D. White, Jr., and L.S. Eggert. 2014. The influence of a bottleneck followed by admixture on population structure of American black bears (Ursus americanus) in the Central Interior Highlands, USA. Molecular Ecology 23:2414-2427.
Schwarz, K.M., J.L. Belant, J.A. Martin, T.L. DeVault, and G. Wang. 2014. Behavioral traits and airport type affect mammal incidents with U.S. civil aircraft. Environmental Management 54:908-918.
Sharma, H.P., J.L. Belant, and J. Swenson. 2014. Effects of livestock on occurrence of the vulnerable red panda Ailurus fulgens in Rara National Park, Nepal. Oryx 48:228-231.
Sharma, H.P., J. Swenson, and J.L. Belant. 2014. Seasonal food habits of the red panda (Ailurus fulgens) in Rara National Park, Nepal. Italian Journal of Mammalogy 25:47-50.
Waller, B.W., J.L. Belant, B.D. Leopold, B.W. Young, S.L. Simek, and D.L. Evans. 2014. Influence of landscape attributes on American black bear den-site selection in Mississippi. Mammal Study 39:115-119.
Wegan, M.T., D.R. Etter, J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., N.J. Svoboda, and T.R. Petroelje. 2014. A cable neck-restraint to live-capture coyotes. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37:160-164.
Wilton, C.M., J.L. Belant, and J. Beringer. 2014. Distribution of American black bear occurrences and human-bear conflicts in Missouri. Ursus 25:53-60.
Wilton, C.M., J. Beringer, B. Gardner, E.E. Puckett, L.S. Eggert, and J.L. Belant. 2014. Trap array configuration influences estimates and precision of black bear density and abundance. PLoS One 9:e111257.
2013 Publications
Ayers, C.R., J.L. Belant, C.M. Bodinoff, J.T. Briggler, and J.J. Millspaugh. 2013. Relating resource use to body condition and survival of Ozark hellbenders Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishop. Endangered Species Research 21:205-213.
Ayers, C.R., J.L. Belant, and J.J. Millspaugh. 2013. Directness of resource use metrics affects predictions of bear body fat gain. Polar Biology 36:169-176.
Belant, J.L., H. Hofer, and A. Wilting. 2013. Comparison of methods for detecting and monitoring tropical carnivores. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 28:109-113.
Belant, J.L., and A. Wilting. 2013. Methods for detecting and surveying tropical carnivores. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 28:i-iii.
Biondi, K.M., J.L. Belant, T.L. DeVault, J.A. Martin, and G. Wang. 2013. Bat incidents with U.S. civil aircraft. Acta Chiropterologica. 15:185-192.
Blackwell, B.F., T.W. Seamans, P.M. Schmidt, T.L. DeVault, J.L. Belant, M.J. Whittingham, J.A. Martin, and E. Fernandez. 2013. A framework for airport grasslands and birds amidst conflicting priorities. Ibis 155:189-193.
DeVault, T.L., M.J. Begier, J.L. Belant, B.F. Blackwell, R.A. Dolbeer, J.A. Martin, T.W. Seamans, B.E. Washburn, and J.R. Weller. 2013. Rethinking airport land-cover paradigms: agriculture, grass, and wildlife hazards. Human-Wildlife Interactions 7:10-15.
Do Linh San, E., A.W. Ferguson, J.L. Belant, J. Schipper, M. Hoffmann, P. Gaubert, F.M. Angelici, and M.J. Somers. 2013. Conservation status, distribution and species richness of small carnivores in Africa. Small Carnivore Conservation 48:4-18.
Duquette, J.F., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., and N.J. Svoboda. 2013. Body condition and dosage effects on ketamine-xylazine immobilization of female white-tailed deer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37:162-167.
Fleming, H.L., J.C. Jones, J.L. Belant, and D.M. Richardson. 2013. Multi-scale roost site selection by Rafinesque’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) and southeastern myotis (Myotis austroriparius) in Mississippi. American Midland Naturalist 169:43-55.
Fleming, H.L., J.C. Jones, J.L. Belant, and D.M. Richardson. 2013. Probability of detection and visual count error for Rafinesque’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) and southeastern myotis (Myotis austroriparius) in Mississippi. American Midland Naturalist 169:56-65.
Gantchoff, M.G., J.L. Belant, and D.A. Masson. 2013. Occurrence of exotic mammals in southern Nahuel Huapi National Park. Studies on Neoptropical Fauna and Environment 48:175-182.
Gitzen, R.A., J.L. Belant, J.J. Millspaugh, Wong, S.T., A. Hearn, and J. Ross. 2013. Radiotelemetry and remote monitoring of tropical carnivores. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 28:67-83.
González-Maya, J.F., J.L. Belant, S.A. Wyatt, J. Schipper, I. Cruz-Lizano, M. Calvo, J. Cardenal, D. Corrales, A. Hoepker, A. H. Excobedo-Galvan, F. Castaneda, A. Fisher. 2013. Returning hope: The rediscovery of Atelopus varius in Costa Rica. Amphibia-Reptilia 34:573-578.
Kramer-Schadt, S., J. Niedballa, J.D. Pilgrim, B. Schroder, J. Lindenborn, C. Reinfelder, M. Stillfried, I. Heckmann, A.K. Scharf, D.M. Auger, S.M. Cheyne, A.J. Hearn, J. Ross, D.W. Macdonald, J. Mathai, J. Eaton, A.J. Marshall, G. Semiadi, R. Rustam, H. Bernard, R. Alfred. H. Samejima, J.W. Duckworth, C. Breitenmoser-Wuersten, J.L. Belant, H. Hofer, A. Wilting. 2013. Sensitivity of MaxEnt distribution models towards sampling bias. Diversity and Distributions. 19:1-14.
McCarthy, J.L., J.L. Belant, A.J. Hearn, J. Ross, and C. Breitenmoser-Wursten. 2013. Live trapping carnivores in tropical forests – tools and techniques to maximise efficacy. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 28:55-66.
Mohammed-Azlan, J., J.L. Belant, and E. Meijaard. 2013. Secondary information as a tool to study carnivores in tropical forests. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 28:1-8.
Moraru, G.M., J. Goddard, A. Murphy, D. Link, J.L. Belant, and A. Varela-Stokes. 2013. Evidence of antibodies to spotted fever group riskettsiae in small mammals and quail from Mississippi. Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 13:1-5.
Petroelje, T.R., J.L. Belant, and D.E. Beyer, Jr. 2013. Factors affecting the elicitation of vocal responses from coyotes. Wildlife Biology 19:41-47.
Severud, W.J., J.L. Belant, S.K. Windels, and J.G. Bruggink. 2013. Seasonal variation in assimilated diets of American beavers. American Midland Naturalist 169:30-42.
Severud, W. J., S. K. Windels, J. L. Belant, and J. G. Bruggink. 2013. The role of forage availability on diet choice and body condition in American beavers (Castor canadensis). Mammalian Biology 23:87-93.
Svoboda, N.J., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., J.F. Duquette, and J.A. Martin. 2013. Identifying bobcat kill sites using a global positioning system. Wildlife Biology 19:78-86.
Waller, B.W., J.L. Belant, B.D. Leopold, D.L. Evans, B.W. Young, and S.L. Simek. 2013. Scale-dependent den-site selection by American black bears in Mississippi. Mammal Study 38:211-216.
2012 Publications
Belant, J.L., J.J. Millspaugh, J.A. Martin, and R.A. Gitzen. 2012. Multi-dimensional space use: the final frontier. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10:11-12.
Blackwell, B.F., T.W. Seamans, L.A. Tyson, J.L. Belant, and K.C. VerCauteren. 2012. Exploiting antipredator behavior in white-tailed deer for resource protection. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36:546-553.
DeVault, T.L., J.L. Belant, B.F. Blackwell, J.A. Martin, J.A. Schmidt, and L.W. Burger, Jr. 2012. Airports offer unrealized potential for alternative energy production. Environmental Management 49:517-522.
Duckworth, J.W., G. Batters, J.L. Belant, J. Brunner, J. Burton, D. Challender, V. Cowling, N. Duplaix, J.D. Harris, S. Hedges, B. Long, S.P. Mahood, P.J.K. McGowan, W.J. McShea, S. Perkin, B.M. Rawson, C.R. Shepherd, S.N. Stuart, B.K. Talukdar, P.P. van Dijk, A.J. Whitten and R. Wirth. 2012. Why South-east Asia is the world’s priority for averting imminent species extinctions, and a call to join a developing cross-institutional programme to tackle this urgent issue. Sapiens 5:77-95.
Duquette, J.F., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., and N.J. Svoboda. 2012. Comparison of pregnancy detection methods in live-white-tailed deer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36:115-118.
González-Maya, J.F., J. Schipper, B. Polidoro, A. Hoepker, D. Zárrate-Charry, and J.L. Belant. 2012. Baird’s tapir density in high elevation forests of Talamanca Region of Costa Rica. Integrative Zoology 7:381-388.
Libal, N.S., J.L. Belant, R. Maraj, B.D. Leopold, G. Wang, and S. Marshall. 2012. Hierarchical den-site selection of grizzly bears in southwest Yukon. Ursus 23:226-230.
Malick, S.L., J.L. Belant, and J.G. Bruggink. 2012. Influence of spotted knapweed on diversity and abundance of small mammals. Natural Areas Journal 32:398-402.
Malick, S.L., J.G. Bruggink, and J.L. Belant. 2012. Effects of forest patch characteristics on small mammal species composition, Grand Sable Dunes, Michigan. Natural Areas Journal 32:293-299.
Marable, M.K., J.L. Belant, D. Godwin, and G. Wang. 2012. Effects of resource dispersion and site familiarity on movements of translocated wild turkeys on fragmented landscapes. Behavioural Processes 90:119-124.
Millspaugh, J.J., D.C. Kesler, R.A. Gitzen, R. Kays, J.H. Schulz, J.L. Belant, C.T. Rota, B.J. Keller, and C.M. Bodinof. 2012. A review of wildlife radiotelemetry. Envis Bulletin 13:20-30.
Simek, S.L., J.L. Belant, B.W. Young, C. Shropshire, and B.D. Leopold. 2012. History and status of American black bears in Mississippi. Ursus 23:159-167.
Sollmann, R., B. Gardner, J.L. Belant. 2012. How does spatial study design influence density estimates from spatial capture-recapture models? PLoS One. 7:e34575.
Stricker, H.K., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., J. Kanefsky, K.T. Scribner, D.R. Etter, and J. Fierke. 2012. Use of modified hair snares to estimate bobcat abundance. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36:257-263.
Svoboda, N.J., J.L. Belant, S. D. Fitzgerald, D.E. Beyer, Jr., J.F. Duquette, T. Cooley. 2012. Aspiration pneumonia in an American black bear. Ursus 23:1-5.
Van Daele, L.J., V.G. Barnes, and J.L. Belant. 2012. Ecological flexibility of brown bears on Kodiak Island, Alaska. Ursus 23:21-29.
Waller, B.W., J.L. Belant, B.W. Young, B.D. Leopold, and S.L. Simek. 2012. Denning chronology and den characteristics of American black bears in Mississippi. Ursus 23:6-11.
2011 Publications
Belant, J.L., D.R. Etter, P. Friedrich, B. Williams, and K. Scribner. 2011. Comparison of techniques for sex determination of American martens. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:256-260.
Belant, J.L., D.R. Etter, S.L. Mayhew, L.G. Visser, and P.D. Friedrich. 2011. Improving large scale mark-recapture estimates for American black bear populations. Ursus 22:9-23.
Biondi, K.M., J.L. Belant, J.A. Martin, T.L. DeVault, and G. Wang. 2011. White-tailed deer incidents with U.S. civil aircraft. Wildlife Society Bulletin 35:303-309.
DeVault, T.L., J.L. Belant, B.F. Blackwell, and T. W. Seamans. 2011. Interspecific variation in wildlife hazards to aircraft: implications for airport management. Wildlife Society Bulletin 35:394-402.
Duquette, J.F., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., N.J. Svoboda, and C.A. Albright. 2011. Bald eagle predation of a white-tailed deer fawn. Northeastern Naturalist 18:87-94.
Edge, J.L., D.E. Beyer, Jr., J.L. Belant, M.J. Jordan, and B. Roell. 2011. Validation and refinement of a predictive spatial model for wolf predations on livestock. Wildlife Biology 17:1-10.
Edge, J.L., D.E. Beyer, Jr., J.L. Belant, M.J. Jordan, and B. Roell. 2011. Livestock and domestic dog predations by wolves in Michigan. Human-Wildlife Interactions 5:66-78.
Etter, D.R., and J.L. Belant. 2011. Comparison of 2 cable neck-restraints with stops to capture coyotes. Wildlife Society Bulletin 35:403-408.
González-Maya, J.F., A.A. Cepeda, J.L. Belant , D.A. Zarrate-Charry, S.A. Balaguera-Reina, and A.Rodriguez-Bolanos. 2011. Research priorities for small carnivores of Colombia. Small Carnivore Conservation 44:7-13.
González-Maya, J.F., de la Torre, A., Chávez, C., Monroy-Vilchis, O., and J.L. Belant. 2011. I simposio ecología conservación de pequeños carnívoros (Felidae, Mustelidae, Procyonidae and Mephitidae) in Mesoamérica. Mastozoología Neotropical 18:331-338.
Hiller, T.L., D.R. Etter, J.L. Belant, and A.J. Tyre. 2011. Factors affecting harvests of fishers and American martens in northern Michigan. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:1399-1405.
Hoffmann, M., J.L. Belant, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, J. Lamoreux, A.S.L. Rodrigues, J. Schipper, and S.N. Stuart. 2011. The changing fates of the world’s mammals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 366:2598-2610.
Libal, N.S., J.L. Belant, B.D. Leopold, G. Wang, and P.A. Owen. 2011. Despotism and risk of infanticide influence grizzly bear den site selection. PLoS ONE. 6:e24133.
Martin, J.A., J.L. Belant, T.L. DeVault, L.W. Burger, Jr., B.F. Blackwell, S.K. Riffell, G. Wang. 2011. Wildlife risk to aviation: a multi-scale issue requires a multi-scale solution. Human-Wildlife Interactions 5:198-203.
Severud, W.J., J.L. Belant, J.G.Bruggink, and S.K. Windels. 2011. Predator cues reduce American beaver use of foraging trails. Human-Wildlife Interactions 5:240-249.
Shepherd, C.R., J.L. Belant, C. Breitenmoser-Würsten, N. Duplaix, L.N. Ambu, and A. Wilting. 2011. Conservation challenges and opportunities for Borneo’s carnivores. TRAFFIC Bulletin 23:89-91.
Skalski, J.R., J.J. Millspaugh, M.V. Clawson, J.L. Belant, D.R. Etter, B.J. Frawley, and P.D. Friedrich. 2011. Abundance trends of American martens in Michigan based on statistical population reconstruction. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:1767-1773.
Svoboda, N.J., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., J.F. Duquette, H.K. Stricker, and C.A. Albright. 2011. American black bear predation of an adult white-tailed deer. Ursus 22:91-94.
Veine-Smith, A.M., J. Bird, and J.L. Belant. 2011. Patterns of endoparasite infections in American martens (Martes Americana) of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Comparative Parasitology 78:225-232.