Shining the spotlight on small mammalian carnivores: Global status and threats

C Marneweck, AR Butler, LC Gigliotti, SN Harris… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Small mammalian carnivores (Carnivora< 16 kg) carry out important roles in ecosystems,
such as influencing ecosystem structure and providing numerous ecosystem services …

Coyote diet in North America: geographic and ecological patterns during range expansion

AJ Jensen, CJ Marneweck, JC Kilgo… - Mammal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Coyotes Canis latrans have expanded their geographic range by 40% in the last 120 years,
raising questions about their ecological impacts in the newly colonised areas. Despite a …

Cumulative effects of human footprint, natural features and predation risk best predict seasonal resource selection by white-tailed deer

S Darlington, A Ladle, AC Burton, JP Volpe… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Land modified for human use alters matrix shape and composition and is a leading
contributor to global biodiversity loss. It can also play a key role in facilitating range …

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn survival and the influence of landscape characteristics on fawn predation risk in the Southern Appalachian Mountains …

AC Edge, JP Rosenberger, CJ Yates, AR Little… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
In the Southern Appalachian region of the United States, harvest data has indicated the
occurrence of low deer densities while exposing a trend of declining white-tailed deer …

Co‐occurrence of native white‐tailed deer and invasive wild pigs: Evidence for competition?

JE Garabedian, KJ Cox, M Vukovich, JC Kilgo - Ecosphere, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding whether invasive and native species compete for shared resources where
they co‐occur is essential for mitigating the negative impacts of invasive species on native …

Activity patterns and temporal predator avoidance of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) during the fawning season

SD Higdon, CA Diggins, MJ Cherry, WM Ford - Journal of Ethology, 2019 - Springer
In the presence of a predator, prey may alter their temporal activity patterns to reduce the risk
of an encounter that may induce injury or death. Prey perception of predation risk and …

White‐tailed deer population dynamics and adult female survival in the presence of a novel predator

MC Chitwood, MA Lashley, JC Kilgo… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Recent localized declines in white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations in the
southeastern United States have been linked to increasing predation pressure from coyotes …

Home range size, vegetation density, and season influences prey use by coyotes (Canis latrans)

JN Ward, JW Hinton, KL Johannsen, ML Karlin… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
To ensure reproductive success, Canis species establish contiguous mosaics of territories in
suitable habitats to partition space and defend limiting resources. Consequently, Canis …

Effects of predation risk and group dynamics on white-tailed deer foraging behavior in a longleaf pine savanna

MJ Cherry, LM Conner, RJ Warren - Behavioral Ecology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Costs associated with antipredator behaviors can have profound effects on prey
populations. We investigated the effects of predation risk on white-tailed deer foraging …

Do biological and bedsite characteristics influence survival of neonatal white-tailed deer?

MC Chitwood, MA Lashley, JC Kilgo, KH Pollock… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Coyotes recently expanded into the eastern US and potentially have caused localized white-
tailed deer population declines. Research has focused on quantifying coyote predation on …