Publications

2024

  • Zhu, K,Y Song, JC Lesage, JC Luong, JW Bartolome, NR Chiariello, J Dudney, CB Field, LM Hallett, M Hammond, SP Harrison, GF Hayes, RJ Hobbs, KD Holl, P Hopkinson, L Larios, ME Loik, LR Prugh. In press. Rapid shifts in grassland communities driven by climate change. Nature Ecology and Evolution.

  • Challeat, S, N Farrugia, and 259 co-authors. 2024. Silent Cities dataset: acoustic measurements from soundscapes collected worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Scientific Data 11 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-03611-7#citeas | pdf. (data collected during ESRM 351 covid year, includes 18 undergraduate co-authors)

  • Prugh, LR, SES Kreling, TR Ganz, CX Cunningham, Y Hentati, B Sullender, CM Breen, M Procko. In press. Cascading effects of humans on trophic dynamics in RA Montgomery and RJ Moll, eds. Apex predators in the Anthropcene: How humans shape large carnivore populations. Oxford University Press, Oxford UK.

  • Breen, C, W Currier, C Vuyovich, Z Miao, L Prugh. 2024. Snow depth extraction from time-lapse imagery using a keypoint deep learning model. Water Resources Research 60:e2023WR036682 https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR036682 | pdf.

  • Malesis, A, R Windell, C Vanbianci, L Prugh. 2024. A scavenger’s paradise: Coyotes take advantage of ungulate carrion subsidies as wolves recolonize Washington. Canadian Journal of Zoology https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjz-2024-0019.

  • Ganz, TR, SB Bassing, M DeVivo, B Gardner, B Kertson, L Satterfield, L Shipley, BY Turnock, SL Walker, D Abrahamson, A Wirsing, L Prugh. 2024. White-tailed deer population dynamics in a multi-predator landscape shaped by humans. Ecological Applications e3003 https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.3003.

  • Procko, M, S Winder, S Wood, M Sevigny, D Collins, M Alves, L Prugh. 2024. Quantifying impacts of recreation on elk (Cervus canadensis) using novel modeling approaches. Ecosphere http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4873 | pdf.

  • Kreling, SES, EM Reese, OM Cavalluzzi, N Bozzi, R Messinger, RA Long, CJ Schell, LR Prugh. 2024. City divided: Unveiling family ties and genetic structuring of coyotes in Seattle. Molecular Ecology e17427 https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17427 | pdf.

  • Ganz, T, M DeVivo, A Wirsing, S Bassing, B Kertson, S Walker, L Prugh. 2024. Cougars, wolves, and humans drive a dynamic landscape of fear for elk. Ecology 105: e4255. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4255 | pdf.

2023

2022

  • Cunningham, CX, GE Liston, AK Reinking, NT Boelman, TJ Brinkman, K Joly, M Hebblewhite, S Boutin, S Czetwertynski, LE Sielecki, LR Prugh. 2022. Human and animal movements combine with snow to increase moose-vehicle collisions in winter. Environmental Research Letters. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aca8bf. pdf

  • Cunningham, CX, TA Nuñez, Y Hentati, B Sullender, C Breen, TR Ganz, SES Kreling, KA Shively, E Reese, J Miles, LR Prugh. 2022. Permanent daylight saving time would reduce deer-vehicle collisions. Current Biology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.007. pdf

  • Sytsma, M, T Lewis, B Gardner, LR Prugh. 2022. Low levels of outdoor recreation alter wildlife behavior. People and Nature 4: 1547– 1559 https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10402. pdf

  • Bassing, S, M Devivo, T Ganz, B Kertson, L Prugh, T Roussin, L Satterfield, R Windell, A Wirsing, B Gardner. 2022. Are we telling the same story? Comparing inferences made from camera trap and telemetry data for wildlife monitoring. Ecological Applications 33: e2745 https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2745. pdf

  • Ganz, TR, MT DeVivo, B Kertson, T Roussin, L Satterfield, A Wirsing, LR Prugh. 2022. Interactive effects of wildfires, season, and predator activity shape mule deer movements. Journal of Animal Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13810. pdf

  • Ganz, TR, MT Devivo, EM Reese, LR Prugh. 2022. Wildlife whodunnit: Forensic identification of predators to inform wildlife management and conservation. Wildlife Society Bulletin e1386 https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1386. pdf

  • Zhou J, GP Kofinas, K Kielland, RB Boone, L Prugh and KD Tape. 2022. Climate change, moose, and subsistence harvest: social-ecological assessment of Nuiqsut, Alaska. Ecology and Society 27(3):29 https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13175-270329. pdf

  • Reinking, A, S. Højlund Pedersen, K Elder, N Boelman, T Glass, B Oates, S Bergen, S Roberts, L Prugh, T Brinkman, M Coughenour, J Feltner, K Barker, T Bentzen, A Pedersen, NM Schmidt, G Liston. 2022. Collaborative snow-wildlife science: Integrating snow and wildlife expertise to improve research and management. Ecosphere 13: e4094 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4094. pdf

  • Young, KB, TM Lewis, LR Prugh. 2022. The composition and interactions of scavengers on a humpback whale carcass in Alaska. Northwestern Naturalist 103: 51-62. pdf

2021

  • Williams, K, DM Menning, E Wald, SL Talbot, K Rattenbury, LR Prugh. 2021. Using next generation sequencing of alpine plants to improve fecal metabarcoding diet analysis for Dall’s sheep. BMC Research Notes 14:173 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-021-05590-z.

  • Suraci, JP, KM Gaynor, ML Allen, P Alexander, JS Brashares, S Cendejas-Zarelli, K Crooks, LM Elbroch, T Forester, AM Green, J Haight, N Harris, M Hebblewhite, F Isbell, B Johnston, R Kays, PE Lendrum, J Lewis, A McInturff, W McShea, TW Murphy, M Palmer, A Parsons, MA Parsons*, ME Pendergast, C Pekins, L Prugh, KA Sager-Fradkin, S Schuttler, CH Sekercioglu, B Shepherd, L Whipple, J Whittington, G Wittemyer, CC Wilmers. 2021. Disturbance type and species life history predict mammal responses to humans. Global Change Biology 27:3718-3731. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15650. pdf

  • Parsons, M, A Orloff, L Prugh. 2021. Evaluating live trapping and camera-based indices of small mammal density. Canadian Journal of Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2020-0298. pdf

  • Aycrigg, JL, AG Wells, JL Rachlow, EO Garton, B Magipane, GE Liston, LR Prugh. 2021. Habitat selection by Dall’s sheep is influenced by direct and indirect climate effects. PLoS One 16:e0248763. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248763.

  • Cosgrove, CL, J Wells, AW Nolin, J Putera, LR Prugh. 2021. Seasonal influence of snow conditions on Dall’s sheep productivity in Wrangell-St Elias National Park and Preserve. Plos One 16:e0244787. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244787.

  • Klauder, K, B Borg, LR Prugh. 2021. Living on the edge: coyote space use, survival, and response to wolves in the subarctic. Canadian Journal of Zoology https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2020-0050. pdf

  • Happe, PJ, SH Pace, LR Prugh, KJ Jenkins, JC Lewis, J Hagar. 2021. Food habits of fishers (Pekania pennanti) reintroduced on the Olympic Peninsula, WA. Northwestern Naturalist 102: 97-108. pdf

  • Klauder, K, B Borg, KJ Sivy, LR Prugh. In press. Gifts of an enemy: Scavenging dynamics in the presence of wolves. Journal of Mammalogy 102:558-573. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab020. pdf

  • Mahoney, P, K Joly, B Borg, M Sorum, T Rinaldi, H Golden, D Saalfeld, A Latham, A Kelly, B Mangipane, C Lambert Koizumi, L Neufeld, M Hebblewhite, N Boelman, L Prugh. 2020. Denning phenology and reproductive success of wolves in response to climate signals. Environmental Research Letters https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abc1080ba. pdf

  • Davidson, SC, G Bohrer, E Gurarie, S LaPoint, PJ Mahoney*, NT Boelman, JUH Eitel, LR Prugh et al. 2020. New ecological insights from the Arctic Animal Movement Archive (AAMA). Science 370: 712-715 DOI: 10.1126/science.abb7080. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6517/712. pdf

  • Borg, BL, SM Arthur, JA Falke, LR Prugh. 2021. Spatially explicit dynamics of wolf sightings in Denali National Park. Arctic 74: 55-66. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic72208. pdf

2020

  • Gaynor, K, M Cherry, S Gilbert, M Kohl, C Larson, T Newsome, L Prugh, J Suraci, J Young, J Smith. 2020. An applied ecology of fear: linking theory to management practice. Animal Conservation 24:308-321. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12629. pdf

  • Leorna, S, T Brinkman, J McIntyre, B Wendling, L Prugh. 2020. Association between weather and Dall’s sheep Ovis dalli dalli harvest success in Alaska. Wildlife Biology https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.00660. pdf

  • Zhou, Jiake; Tape, Ken; Prugh, Laura; Kofinas, Gary; Carroll, Geoff; Kielland, Knut. 2020. Expansion of shrubs in the Arctic enhances habitat connectivity for browsing herbivores. Global Change Biology https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15104. pdf

  • van de Kerk, M, S. Arthur , M Bertram, B Borg, J Herriges, J Lawler, B Mangipane, C Lambert Koizumi, B Wendling, L Prugh. 2020. Remote sensing reveals environmental drivers of Dall’s sheep survival. Journal of Wildlife Management 84:1127-1138 https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21873. pdf

  • Prugh, LR and KJ Sivy. 2020. Enemies with benefits: Integrating positive and negative interactions among terrestrial carnivores. Ecology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13489. pdf

  • Brambila, A, J Chesnut, L Prugh, L Hallett. 2020. Herbivory enhances the effect of environmental variability on plant community composition and beta-diversity. Journal of Vegetation Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12862. pdf

  • Parsons, M, J Lewis, J Pauli, T Chestnut, J Ransom, D Werntz, L Prugh. 2020. Prey of reintroduced fishers and their habitat relationships in the Cascades Range, Washington. Forest Ecology and Management 460: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117888. pdf

2019

  • Carter, N, M Williamson, S Gilbert, S Lischka, L Prugh, J Lawler, A Metcalf, A Jacob, B Beltran, A Castro, A Sage, M Burnham. 2019. Integrated spatial analysis for human-wildlife coexistence in the American West. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab60e1. pdf

  • Parsons, M, J Lewis, B Gardner, T Chestnut, J Ransom, D Werntz, L Prugh. 2019. Habitat selection and spatiotemporal interactions of a reintroduced mesocarnivore. Journal of Wildlife Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21670. pdf

  • Kelt, DA, EJ Heske, X Lambin, MK Oli, JL Orrock, A Ozgul, JN Pauli, LR Prugh, R Sollmann, S Sommer. 2019. Advances in population biology and species interactions in mammals. Journal of Mammalogy 100: 965-1007. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz017. pdf

  • Montgomery, RA, RJ Moll, E Say-Sallaz, M Valeix, LR Prugh. 2019. A tendency to simplify complex systems. Biological Conservation 233:1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.02.001. pdf

  • Prugh, LR, KJ Sivy, PJ Mahoney, TR Ganz, MA Ditmer, M van de Kerk, SL Gilbert, RA Montgomery. 2019. Designing studies of predation risk for improved inference in carnivore-ungulate systems. Biological Conservation 232: 194-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.02.011. pdf

  • Grinath, J, L Prugh, J Brashares, K Suding. 2019. Environmental gradients determine the potential for ecosystem engineering effects. Oikos. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.05768. pdf

  • Boelman, N., Liston, G.E., Gurarie, E., Meddens, A.J.H., Mahoney, P.J., Kirchner, P.B., Bohrer, G., Brinkman, T.J., Cosgrove, C.L., Eitel, J., Hebblewhite, M., Kimball, J.S., LaPoint, S.D., Nolin, A.W., Pedersen, S.H., Prugh, L.R., Reinking, A.K., Vierling, L. 2019. Integrating snow science and wildlife ecology in Arctic-boreal North America. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaeec1. pdf

2018

  • Prugh, LR, N Deguines, JB Grinath, KN Suding, WT Bean, R Stafford, JS Brashares. 2018. Ecological winners and losers of extreme drought in California. Nature Climate Change 8: 819-824. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0255-1. pdf

  • van de Kerk, M, D Verbyla, AW Nolin, KJ Sivy and LR Prugh. 2018. Range-wide variation in the effect of spring snow phenology on Dall sheep population dynamics. Environmental Research Letters 13: 075008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aace64. pdf

  • Mahoney, PJ, G Liston, S LaPoint, E Gurarie, B Mangipane, AG Wells, TJ Brinkman, JUH Eitel, N Boelman, LR Prugh. 2018. Navigating snowscapes: scale-dependent responses of mountain sheep to snowpack properties. Ecological Applications https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1773. pdf

  • Sivy, K. J., A. W. Nolin, C. Cosgrove, and L. Prugh. 2018. Critical snow density threshold for Dall sheep (Ovis dalli dalli). Canadian Journal of Zoology. DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2017-0259. pdf

  • Grinath, JB, N Deguines, JW Chesnut, LR Prugh, JS Brashares, KN Suding. 2018. Animals alter precipitation legacies: trophic and ecosystem engineering effects on plant community temporal dynamics. Journal of Ecology 106: 607-621. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12936. pdf

  • Sivy, K. J., C. B. Pozzanghera, K. E. Colson, M. A. Mumma, and L. R. Prugh. 2018. Apex predators and the facilitation of resource partitioning among mesopredators. Oikos 127: 607-621. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.04647. pdf

2017

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  • Verbyla, D., T. Hegel, A. Nolin, M. van de Kerk, T. Kurkowski, and L. Prugh. 2017. Remote Sensing of 2000–2016 Alpine Spring Snowline Elevation in Dall Sheep Mountain Ranges of Alaska and Western Canada. Remote Sensing 9: 1157 https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9111157. pdf

  • Sivy, K. J., C. B. Pozzanghera, J. B. Grace, and L. R. Prugh. 2017. Fatal attraction? Intraguild facilitation and suppression among predators. The American Naturalist 190: 663-679. https://doi.org/10.1086/693996. pdf

  • Zhou, J, LR Prugh, KD Tape, G Kofinas, K Kielland. 2017. The role of vegetation structure in controlling distributions of vertebrate herbivores in Arctic Alaska. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 49: 291-304. pdf

  • Gilbert, SL, SJ Sivy, CB Pozzanghera, A DuBour, K Overduijn, MM Smith, J Zhou, JM Little, LR Prugh. 2017. Socioeconomic benefits of large carnivore recolonization through reduced wildlife-vehicle collisions. Conservation Letters 10: 431-439. pdf.

  • Deguines, N, JS Brashares, LR Prugh. 2017. Precipitation alters interactions in a grassland ecological community. Journal of Animal Ecology 86: 262-272. pdf

  • Keinath, D, D Doak, K Hodges, L Prugh, W Fagan, C Sekercioglu, S Butchart, M Kauffman. 2017. A global analysis of species sensitivity to habitat disturbance. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26: 115-127. pdf

2016

  • Pozzanghera, C, K Sivy, M Lindberg, L Prugh. 2016. Variable effects of snow conditions across boreal mesocarnivore species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 94: 697-705. pdf

  • Borg, B. L., S. M. Arthur, N. A. Bromen, K. A. Cassidy, R. McIntyre, D. W. Smith, and L. R. Prugh. 2016. Implications of harvest on the boundaries of protected areas for large carnivore viewing opportunities. PloS One 11:e0153808.

  • Dorendorf, RR, PJ Fix, and LR Prugh. 2016. Motivations of fur trappers in interior Alaska. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 21: 522-537. pdf

2015

  • Gurney, C. M., L. R. Prugh, and J. S. Brashares. 2015. Restoration of native plants is reduced by rodent-caused soil disturbance and seed removal. Rangeland Ecology & Management 68: 359-366. pdf

  • Prugh, LR and SM Arthur. 2015. Optimal predator management for mountain sheep conservation depends on the strength of mesopredator release. Oikos 124: 1241-1250. pdf

  • Borg, B, S Brainerd, T Meier, LR Prugh. 2015. Impacts of breeder loss on social structure, reproduction and population growth in a social canid. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 177-187.  pdf

2014

  • Bean, WT, LR Prugh, R Stafford, HS Butterfield, M Westfall, JS Brashares. 2014. Species distribution models of an endangered rodent offer incomplete measures of habitat quality at multiple scales. Journal of Applied Ecology 51: 1116-1125. pdf

  • Endicott, RL, LR Prugh, JS Brashares. 2014. Surplus killing by endangered San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) is linked to a local population decline of endangered giant kangaroo rats (Dipodomys ingens). Southwestern Naturalist 59: 104-109. pdf

  • Prugh, LR and CD Golden. 2014. Does moonlight increase predation risk? Meta-analysis reveals divergent responses of nocturnal mammals to lunar cycles. Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 504-514. pdf

2013 and earlier

  • McCune, JL, WL Harrower, S Avery-Gomm, JM Brogan, A Csergo, LN Davidson, A Garani, LR Halpin, LP Lipsen, C Lee, JC Nelson, LR Prugh, C Stinson, CK Whitney, J Whitton, 2013. Threats to Canadian species at risk: an analysis of finalized recovery strategies. Biological Conservation 166: 254-265. pdf

  • Bean, WT, R. Stafford, LR Prugh, S. Butterfield, JS Brashares 2012. An evaluation of monitoring methods for the endangered giant kangaroo rat. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36: 587-593. pdf

  • Prugh, LR and JS Brashares. 2012. Partitioning the keystone effects of an ecological engineer: kangaroo rats control community structure via multiple pathways. Journal of Animal Ecology 81: 667-678. pdf

  • Prugh, LR. 2011. Predators in our midst. Bioscience 61: 488-489 (invited book review)

  • Arthur, SM and LR Prugh. 2010. Predator-mediated indirect effects of snowshoe hares on Dall sheep in Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 74: 1709-1721. pdf

  • Prugh, LR and JS Brashares. 2010. Basking in the moonlight? Illumination increases the capture success of the endangered giant kangaroo rat. Journal of Mammalogy 91: 1205-1212. pdf

  • Prugh, LR, ARE Sinclair, KE Hodges, AL Jacob, DS Wilcove. 2010. Reducing threats to species: threat reversibility and links to industry. Conservation Letters 3: 267-276. pdf

  • Brashares, JS, LR Prugh, CJ Stoner, CW Epps. 2010. Ecological and conservation implications of mesopredator release. Pp. 221-240 in J.Terborgh and J. Estes, eds. Trophic cascades. Island Press, Washington DC. pdf

  • Prugh, LR, CJ Stoner, CW Epps, WT Bean, WJ Ripple, AS Laliberte, JS Brashares. 2009. The rise of the mesopredator. BioScience 59: 779-791. pdf

  • Prugh, LR. 2009. An evaluation of patch connectivity measures. Ecological Applications 19: 1300-1310. pdf

  • Prugh, LR. 2009. Kangaroo rats: the great farmer-engineers of our deserts. Sierra Club Desert Report (Sept 2009): 15-17. pdf

  • Prugh, LR, KE Hodges, ARE Sinclair, JS Brashares. 2008. Effect of habitat area and isolation on fragmented animal populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105: 20770-20775. pdf

  • Prugh, LR, SM Arthur, CE Ritland. 2008. Use of fecal genotyping to determine individual diet. Wildlife Biology 14: 318-330. pdf

  • Mooers, AO, LR Prugh, M Festa-Bianchet, and JA Hutchings. 2007. Biases in legal listing under Canadian endangered species legislation. Conservation Biology 21: 572-575. pdf

  • Prugh, LR, CE Ritland, SM Arthur, CJ Krebs. 2005. Monitoring coyote population dynamics by genotyping feces. Molecular Ecology 14: 1585-1596. pdf

  • Prugh, LR. 2005. Coyote prey selection and community stability during a decline in food supply. Oikos 110: 253-264. pdf

  • Prugh, LR and CE Ritland. 2005. Molecular testing of observer identification of carnivore feces in the field. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33: 189-194. pdf

  • Prugh, LR and CJ Krebs. 2004. Snowshoe hare pellet decay rates and aging in different habitats. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32: 386-393. pdf

  • Reich, PB, C Uhl, MB Walters, L Prugh, DS Ellsworth. 2004. Leaf demography and phenology in Amazonian rain forest: a census of 40,000 leaves of 23 tree species. Ecological Monographs 74: 3-23. pdf