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Factors affecting lifetime reproduction, long-term territory-specific reproduction, and estimation of habitat quality in northern goshawks by Reynolds, Richard T, Lambert, Jeffrey S, Kay, Shannon L, Sanderlin, Jamie S, Bird, Benjamin J

“…One measure of habitat quality is a species' demographic performance in a habitat and the gold standard metric of performance is reproduction. Such a measure,…”
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Xylem Traumatic Resin Duct Formation in Response to Stem Fungal Inoculation in Douglas-Fir and Lodgepole Pine by Javier E. Mercado, Robert T. Walker, Scott Franklin, Shannon L. Kay, Beatriz Ortiz-Santana, S. Karen Gomez

“…Xylem traumatic resin ducts (TRDs) in Douglas-fir form in response to mechanical injury, fire, and root pathogens, but it is unknown if these form at the stem…”
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Quantifying drivers of wild pig movement across multiple spatial and temporal scales by Kay, Shannon L, Fischer, Justin W, Monaghan, Andrew J, Beasley, James C, Boughton, Raoul, Campbell, Tyler A, Cooper, Susan M, Ditchkoff, Stephen S, Hartley, Steve B, Kilgo, John C, Wisely, Samantha M, Wyckoff, A Christy, VerCauteren, Kurt C, Pepin, Kim M

“…The movement behavior of an animal is determined by extrinsic and intrinsic factors that operate at multiple spatio-temporal scales, yet much of our knowledge…”
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Endemic Jeffrey Pine Beetle Associates: Beetle/Mite Fungal Dissemination Strategies and Interactions That May Influence Beetle Population Levels by Mercado, Javier E., Ortiz-Santana, Beatriz, Kay, Shannon L.

“…Fungal and mite associates may drive changes in bark beetle populations, and mechanisms constraining beetle irruptions may be hidden in endemic populations. We…”
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Changes in Transpiration and Leaf Water Potential in Douglas-Fir Trees following Douglas-Fir Beetle Attack and Mechanical Girdling by Javier E. Mercado, Robert T. Walker, Scott Franklin, Shannon L. Kay, Susana Karen Gomez, Robert M. Hubbard

“…Bark beetles and their associated fungi kill trees readily, but we often ignore which organism is the leading cause of tree mortality. While phloem feeding…”
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Fungal Frequency and Mite Load Trends Interact with a Declining Mountain Pine Beetle Population by Javier E. Mercado, Beatriz Ortiz-Santana, Shannon L. Kay

“…The mite and fungal biota associated with the mountain pine beetle (MPB) (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopk.) may not be stable throughout an irruptive event. In…”
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The basis function approach for modeling autocorrelation in ecological data by Hefley, Trevor J., Broms, Kristin M., Brost, Brian M., Buderman, Frances E., Kay, Shannon L., Scharf, Henry R., Tipton, John R., Williams, Perry J., Hooten, Mevin B.

“…Analyzing ecological data often requires modeling the autocorrelation created by spatial and temporal processes. Many seemingly disparate statistical methods…”
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Comment on: ‘Blood does not buy goodwill: allowing culling increases poaching of a large carnivore’ by Pepin, Kim M., Kay, Shannon L., Davis, Amy J.

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Inferring infection hazard in wildlife populations by linking data across individual and population scales by Pepin, Kim M., Kay, Shannon L., Golas, Ben D., Shriner, Susan S., Gilbert, Amy T., Miller, Ryan S., Graham, Andrea L., Riley, Steven, Cross, Paul C., Samuel, Michael D., Hooten, Mevin B., Hoeting, Jennifer A., Lloyd‐Smith, James O., Webb, Colleen T., Buhnerkempe, Michael G., Aubry, Lise

“…Our ability to infer unobservable disease‐dynamic processes such as force of infection (infection hazard for susceptible hosts) has transformed our…”
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Factors and costs associated with removal of a newly established population of invasive wild pigs in Northern U.S by Fischer, Justin W., Snow, Nathan P., Wilson, Bradley E., Beckerman, Scott F., Jacques, Christopher N., VanNatta, Eric H., Kay, Shannon L., VerCauteren, Kurt C.

“…The human-mediated spread of exotic and invasive species often leads to unintentional and harmful consequences. Invasive wild pigs ( Sus scrofa ) are one such…”
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Evaluating wildlife-cattle contact rates to improve the understanding of dynamics of bovine tuberculosis transmission in Michigan, USA by Lavelle, Michael J., Kay, Shannon L., Pepin, Kim M., Grear, Daniel A., Campa, Henry, VerCauteren, Kurt C.

“…•No direct contacts between cattle and deer were documented.•Indirect cattle-wildlife contacts occurred routinely, peaking in winter and summer.•Indirect…”
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Comment on: 'Blood does not buy goodwill: allowing culling increases poaching of a large carnivore' by Pepin, Kim M., Kay, Shannon L., Davis, Amy J.

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The basis function approach for modeling autocorrelation in ecological data by Hefley, Trevor J, Broms, Kristin M, Brost, Brian M, Buderman, Frances E, Kay, Shannon L, Scharf, Henry R, Tipton, John R, Williams, Perry J, Hooten, Mevin B

“…Analyzing ecological data often requires modeling the autocorrelation created by spatial and temporal processes. Many of the statistical methods used to…”
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