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Ocelots in the moonlight: Influence of lunar phase on habitat selection and movement of two sympatric felids by Sergeyev, Maksim, Lombardi, Jason V, Tewes, Michael E, Campbell, Tyler A

“…Various landscape and environmental factors influence animal movement and habitat selection. Lunar illumination affects nocturnal visual perception of many…”
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If you build it, will they come? A comparative landscape analysis of ocelot roadkill locations and crossing structures by Blackburn, AnnMarie, Veals, Amanda M, Tewes, Michael E, Wester, David B, Young, Jr, John H, DeYoung, Randy W, Perotto-Baldivieso, Humberto L

“…Wildlife-vehicle collisions can have a substantial influence on the mortality rates of many wildlife populations. Crossing structures are designed to mitigate…”
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Multiscale assessment of habitat selection and avoidance of sympatric carnivores by the endangered ocelot by Sergeyev, Maksim, Cherry, Michael J., Tanner, Evan P., Lombardi, Jason V., Tewes, Michael E., Campbell, Tyler A.

“…Habitat selection by animals is a complex, dynamic process that can vary across spatial and temporal scales. Understanding habitat selection is a vital…”
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Effects of sun angle, lunar illumination, and diurnal temperature on temporal movement rates of sympatric ocelots and bobcats in South Texas by Leonard, John P, Tewes, Michael E, Lombardi, Jason V, Wester, David W, Campbell, Tyler A

“…Sympatric ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) and bobcats (Lynx rufus) in South Texas show substantial overlap in body size, food habits, and habitat use…”
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Landscape Structure of Woody Cover Patches for Endangered Ocelots in Southern Texas by Lombardi, Jason V., Perotto-Baldivieso, Humberto L., Sergeyev, Maksim, Veals, Amanda M., Schofield, Landon, Young, John H., Tewes, Michael E.

“…Few ecological studies have explored landscape suitability using the gradient concept of landscape structure for wildlife species. Identification of conditions…”
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Distinguishing Buildings from Vegetation in an Urban-Chaparral Mosaic Landscape with LiDAR-Informed Discriminant Analysis by Yamashita, Thomas J., Wester, David B., Tewes, Michael E., Young, John H., Lombardi, Jason V.

“…Identification of buildings from remotely sensed imagery in urban and suburban areas is a challenging task. Light detection and Ranging (LiDAR) provides an…”
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Co‐occurrence of bobcats, coyotes, and ocelots in Texas by Lombardi, Jason V., MacKenzie, Darryl I., Tewes, Michael E., Perotto‐Baldivieso, Humberto L., Mata, José M., Campbell, Tyler A.

“…Interspecific competition among carnivores has been linked to differences in behavior, morphology, and resource use. Insights into these interactions can…”
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Spatial capture-recapture and LiDAR-derived vegetation metrics reveal high densities of ocelots on Texas ranchlands by Lombardi, Jason V., Sergeyev, Maksim, Tewes, Michael E., Schofield, Landon R., Wilkins, R. Neal

“…Reliable estimates of population density and size are crucial to wildlife conservation, particularly in the context of the Endangered Species Act. In the…”
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Multiscale habitat relationships of a habitat specialist over time: The case of ocelots in Texas from 1982 to 2017 by Veals, Amanda M., Holbrook, Joseph D., Blackburn, AnnMarie, Anderson, C. Jane, DeYoung, Randy W., Campbell, Tyler A., Young, John H., Tewes, Michael E.

“…Evaluating temporal trends in habitat and behavioral responses is critical for conservation, yet long‐term monitoring studies are rare. We used a 35‐year…”
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A note on investigating co‐occurrence patterns and dynamics for many species, with imperfect detection and a log‐linear modeling parameterization by MacKenzie, Darryl I., Lombardi, Jason V., Tewes, Michael E.

“…Patterns in, and the underlying dynamics of, species co‐occurrence is of interest in many ecological applications. Unaccounted for, imperfect detection of the…”
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Selection in the third dimension: Using LiDAR derived canopy metrics to assess individual and population‐level habitat partitioning of ocelots, bobcats, and coyotes by Sergeyev, Maksim, Crawford, Daniel A., Holbrook, Joseph D., Lombardi, Jason V., Tewes, Michael E., Campbell, Tyler A.

“…Wildlife depends on specific landscape features to persist. Thus, characterizing the vegetation available in an area can be essential for management. The…”
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Loss of genetic diversity among ocelots in the United States during the 20th century linked to human induced population reductions by Janecka, Jan E, Tewes, Michael E, Laack, Linda, Caso, Arturo, Grassman, Lon I, Honeycutt, Rodney L

“…Ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) in the United States currently exhibit low levels of genetic diversity. One hypothesis for this observation is that habitat…”
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A multivariate approach to assessing landscape structure effects on wildlife crossing structure use by Yamashita, Thomas J., Perotto-Baldivieso, Humberto L., Wester, David B., Ryer, Kevin W., Kline, Richard J., Tewes, Michael E., Young, John H., Lombardi, Jason V.

“…Background Complexity in landscape structure is often assessed using individual metrics related to ecological processes. However, this rarely incorporates…”
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ECOLOGY OF THREE SYMPATRIC FELIDS IN A MIXED EVERGREEN FOREST IN NORTH-CENTRAL THAILAND by Grassman, Lon I., Tewes, Michael E., Silvy, Nova J., Kreetiyutanont, Kitti

“…We report on the natural history of 3 rare and mostly unstudied felids, the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), Asiatic golden cat (Catopuma temminckii), and…”
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Behaviorally mediated coexistence of ocelots, bobcats and coyotes using hidden Markov models by Sergeyev, Maksim, Holbrook, Joseph D., Lombardi, Jason V., Tewes, Michael E., Campbell, Tyler A.

“…The competitive exclusion principle states that ecologically similar species will be unable to coexist due to competition for resources, however, similar…”
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Spatial organization and diet of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) in north-central Thailand by Grassman, Lon I., Tewes, Michael E., Silvy, Nova J., Kreetiyutanont, Kitti

“…The leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis is a relatively common, small felid ranging throughout Asia. During the past 15 years the natural history of leopard…”
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Land Cover Trends in South Texas (1987–2050): Potential Implications for Wild Felids by Lombardi, Jason V., Perotto-Baldivieso, Humberto L., Tewes, Michael E.

“…The Rio Grande Delta and surrounding rangelands in Texas has become one of the fastest urbanizing regions in the United States over the last 35 years. We…”
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Scale of effect of landscape patterns on resource selection by bobcats (Lynx rufus) in a multi-use rangeland system by Branney, Aidan B., Dutt, Amanda M. Veals, Wardle, Zachary M., Tanner, Evan P., Tewes, Michael E., Cherry, Michael J.

“…Context There is a growing appreciation that wildlife behavioral responses to environmental conditions are scale-dependent and that identifying the scale where…”
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Landscape patterns of ocelot–vehicle collision sites by Blackburn, AnnMarie, Anderson, C. Jane, Veals, Amanda M., Tewes, Michael E., Wester, David B., Young, John H., DeYoung, Randy W., Perotto-Baldivieso, Humberto L.

“…Context Road networks can negatively impact wildlife populations through habitat fragmentation, decreased landscape connectivity, and wildlife-vehicle…”
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Ocelot density and habitat use in Tamaulipan thornshrub and tropical deciduous forests in Northeastern México by Lombardi, Jason V, Stasey, W. Chad, Caso, Arturo, Carvajal-Villarreal, Sasha, Tewes, Michael E

“…Northeastern México is one of the most diverse regions in the country with high mammal richness. This region also sits on the northern periphery of the…”
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