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​Ganz. T. R., S. B. Bassing, M. T. DeVivo, B. Gardner, B. N. Kertson, L. C. Satterfield, L. A. Shipley, B. Y. Turnock, S. L. Walker, D. Abrahamson, A. J. Wirsing, and L. R. Prugh. 2024. White-tailed deer population dynamics in a multi-predator landscape shaped by humans. Ecological Applications.
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Kilfoil, J. P., G. Krohn, E. E. G. Clua, S. Planes, K. R. Gastrich, M. R. Heithaus, and A. J. Wirsing. In press. Divergent learning responses to a spatially consistent olfactory stimulus in two reef shark species. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 
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Ripple, W. J., C. Wolf, R. L. Beschta, A. D. Craig*, Z. S. Curcija, E. J. Lundgren, L. C. Satterfield, S. T. Woodrich, and A. J. Wirsing. In press. A shifting ecological baseline after wolf extirpation. Bioscience. 
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Dedman, S., J. H. Moxley, Y. P. Papastamatiou, M. Braccini, J. E. Caselle, D. D. Chapman, J. E. Cinner, E. M. Dillon, N. K. Dulvy, R. E. Dunn, M. Espinoza, A. R. Harborne, E. S. Harvey, M. R. Heupel, C. Huveneers, N. A. J. Graham, J. T. Ketchum, N. V. Klinard, A. A. Kock, C. G. Lowe, M. A. McNeil, E. M. P. Madin, D. J. McCauley, M. G. Meekan, A. C. Meier, C. A. Simpfendorfer, M. T. Tinker, M. Winton, A. J. Wirsing, M. R. Heithaus. In press. Ecological roles and importance of sharks in the Anthropocene Ocean. Science. 
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​Goetze, J. S., M. R. Heithaus, M. A. MacNeil, E. Harvey, C. A. Simpfendorfer, M. R. Heupel, M. Meekan, S. Wilson, M. E. Bond, C. W. Speed, L. M. Currey-Randall, R. Fisher, C. S. Sherman, J. J. Kiszka, M. J. Rees, V. Udyawer, K. I. Flowers, G. M. Clementi, J. Asher, O. Beaufort, A. T. F. Bernard, M. L. Berumen, S. Bierwagen, T. Boslogo, E. J. Brooks, J. J. Brown, D. Buddo, C. Cáceres, S. Casareto, V. Charloo, J. E. Cinner, E. E. G. Clua, J. E. M. Cochran, N. Cook, B. M. D'Alberto, M. de Graaf, M. C. Dornhege, L. Fanovich, N. F. Farabaugh, D. Fernando, C. E. L. Ferreira, C. Y. A. Fields, A. L. Flam, C. Floros, V. Fourqurean, L. G. Barcia, R. Garla, K. Gastrich, L. George, R. Graham, V. Hagan, R. S. Hardenstine, S. M. Heck, P. Heithaus, A. C. Henderson, H. Hertler, R. E. Hueter, M. Johnson, S. D. Jupiter, M. Kaimuddin, D. Kasana, M. Kelley, S. T. Kessel, B. Kiilu, F. Kyne, T. Langlois, J. Lawe, E. J. I. Lédée, S. Lindfield, J. Q. Maggs, B. M. Manjaji-Matsumoto, A. Marshall, P. Matich, E. McCombs, D. McLean, L. Meggs, S. Moore, S. Mukherji, R. Murray, S. J. Newman, O. O'Shea, K. E. Osuka, Y. P. Papastamatiou, N. Perera, B. J. Peterson, F. Pina-Amargós, A. Ponzo, A. Prasetyo, L. M. S. Quamar, J. R. Quinlan, F. A. Rolim, A. Ruiz-Abierno, H. Ruiz, M. A. Samoilys, E. Sala, W. R. Sample, M. Schärer-Umpierre, S. N. Schoen, A. M. Schlaff, A. N. H. Smith, L. Sparks, T. Stoffers, A. Tanna, R. Torres, M. J. Travers, J. Valentin-Albanese, J. D. Warren, A. M. Watts, C. K. Wen, E. R. Whitman, A J. Wirsing, E. Zarza-González, D. D. Chapman. In press. Directed conservation of the world’s reef sharks. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 
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​Ganz, T. R., M. T. DeVivo, A. J. Wirsing, S. B. Bassing, B. N. Kertson, S. L. Walker, and L. R. Prugh. 2024. Cougars, wolves, and humans drive a dynamic landscape of fear for elk. Ecology 105: e4255. 
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Newsome, T., R. Cairncross, C. X. Cunningham, E. E. Spencer, P. S. Barton, W. J. Ripple, and A. J. Wirsing. 2024. Scavenging with invasive species. Biological Reviews 99: 562-581.
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Simpfendorfer, C. A., M. R. Heithaus, M. R. Heupel, M. A. MacNeil, M. Meekan, E. Harvey, C. S. Sherman, L. M. Currey-Randall, J. S. Goetze, J. J. Kiszka, M. J. Rees, C. W. Speed, V. Udyawer, M. E. Bond, K. I. Flowers, G. M. Clementi, J. Valentin-Albanese, M. S. Adam, K. Ali, J. Asher, E. Aylagas, O. Beaufort, C. Benjamin, A. T. F. Bernard, M. L. Berumen, S. Bierwagen, C. Birrell, E. Bonnema, R. M. K. Bown, E. J. Brooks, J. J. Brown, D. Buddo, P. J. Burke, C. Cáceres, M. Cambra, D. Cardeñosa, J. C. Carrier, S. Casareto, J. E. Caselle, V. Charloo, J. E. Cinner, T. Claverie, E. E. G. Clua, J. E. M. Cochran, N. Cook, J. E. Cramp, B. M. D’Alberto, M. de Graaf, M. C. Dornhege, M. Espinoza, A. Estep, L. Fanovich, N. F. Farabaugh, D. Fernando, C. E. L. Ferreira, C. Y. A. Fields, A. L. Flam, C. Floros, V. Fourqurean, L. Gajdzik, L. García Barcia, R. Garla, K. Gastrich, L. George, T. Giarrizzo, R. Graham, T. L. Guttridge, V. Hagan, R. S. Hardenstine, S. M. Heck, A. C. Henderson, P. Heithaus, H. Hertler, M. Hoyos Padilla, R. E. Hueter, R. W. Jabado, J. Joyeux, V. Jaiteh, M. Johnson, S. D. Jupiter, M. Kaimuddin, D. Kasana, M Kelley, S. T. Kessel, B. Kiilu, T. Kirata, B. Kuguru, F. Kyne, T. Langlois, F. Lara, J. Lawe, E. J. I. Lédée, S. Lindfield, A. Luna-Acosta, J. Q. Maggs, B. M. Manjaji-Matsumoto, A. Marshall, L. Martin, D. Mateos-Molina, P. Matich, E. McCombs, A. McIvor, D. McLean, L. Meggs, S. Moore, S. Mukherji, R. Murray, S. J. Newman, J. Nogués, C. Obota, D. Ochavillo, O. O'Shea, K. E. Osuka, Y. P. Papastamatiou, N. Perera, B. Peterson, C. R. Pimentel, F. Pina-Amargós, H. T. Pinheiro, A. Ponzo, A. Prasetyo, L. M. S. Quamar, J. R. Quinlan, J. Amorim Reis-Filho, H. Ruiz, A. Ruiz-Abierno, E. Sala, P. Salinas-de-León, M. A. Samoilys, W. R. Sample, M. Schärer-Umpierre, A. M. Schlaff, K. Schmid, S. N. Schoen, N. Simpson, A. N. H. Smith, J. L. Y. Spaet, L. Sparks, T. Stoffers, A. Tanna, R. Torres, M. J. Travers, M. van Zinnicq Bergmann, L. Vigliola, J. Ward, J. D. Warren, A. M. Watts, C. K. Wen, E. R. Whitman, A. J. Wirsing, A. Wothke, E. Zarza-González, D. D. Chapman. 2023. Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays. Science 380: 1155-1160.
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Prugh, L. R., C. X. Cunningham, R. M. Windell, B. N. Kertson, T. R. Ganz, S. L. Walker, and A. J. Wirsing. 2023. ​Fear of large carnivores amplifies human-caused mortality for mesopredators. Science 380: 754-758.
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​Kilfoil, J. P., T. P. Quinn, and A. J. Wirsing. 2023. Human effects on brown bear diel activity may facilitate subadults foraging on Pacific salmon. Global Ecology and Conservation 42: e02407.
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Taylor, A. C., and A. J. Wirsing. 2023. Wildlife Research turns 50. Wildlife Research 50: 1-3.
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​Kachel, S. M.*, R. Bayrakcismith, Z. Kubanychbekov, R. Kulenbekov, T. McCarthy, B. Weckworth, and A. Wirsing. 2023. Ungulate spatiotemporal responses to contrasting predation risk from wolves and snow leopards. Journal of Animal Ecology 92: 142-157.
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​Bassing, S. B., M. Devivo, T. Ganz, B. Kertson, L. Prugh, T. Roussin, L. Satterfield, B. Windell, A. J. Wirsing, and B. Gardner. 2023. Are we telling the same story? Comparing inferences made from camera trap and telemetry data for wildlife monitoring. Ecological Applications 33: e2745.
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​Ganz, T. R., M. T. DeVivo, B. N. Kertson, T. Roussin, L. Satterfield, A. J. Wirsing, and L. R. Prugh. 2022. Interactive effects of wildfires, season, and predator activity shape mule deer movements. Journal of Animal Ecology 91: 2273-2288.
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Kachel, S. M.*, K. Karimov, and A. J. Wirsing. 2022. Predator niche overlap and partitioning and potential interactions in the mountains of Central Asia. Journal of Mammalogy 103: 1019-1029.
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​Ripple, W. J., M. K. Phillips, C. Wolf, R. L. Beschta, J. Vucetich, J. B. Kauffman, B. E. Law, A. J. Wirsing, J. E. Lambert, E. Leslie, C. Vynne, E. Dinerstein, R. Noss, G. Wuerthner, D. A. DellaSala, J. T. Bruskotter, M. P. Nelson, E. Crist, D. M. Ashe. 2022. Rewilding the American west. Bioscience 72: 931-935.
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​Uyeda, L. T.*, Ardiantiono, E. Iskandar, A. J. Wirsing, and R. C. Kyes. 2022. Snakebite Envenomation, Attitudes, and Behavior Toward Snakes in Banten, Indonesia. Animals 12: 2051.
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​Jensen, P. O., A. J. Wirsing, and D. H. Thornton. 2022. Using camera traps to estimate density of showshoe hare (Lepus americanus): a keystone boreal forest herbivore. Journal of Mammalogy 103: 693-710.
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​Wirsing, A. J., J. J. Kiszka, A. C. Allen, and M. R. Heithaus. 2022. Ecological roles and importance of sea cows (Order: Sirenia): a review and prospectus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 689: 191-215.
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​Wirsing, A. J., A. N. Johnston, and J. J. Kiszka. 2022. Foreword to the Special Issue on ‘The rapidly expanding role of drones as a tool for wildlife research’. Wildlife Research 49: i-v.
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​Quinn, T. P., A. J. Wirsing, and M. Proctor. 2022. Optimal barbed wire height for brown bear hair sample collection. Ursus 33: e2,1-6.
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Dellinger, J. A.*, C. R. Shores*, A. D. Craig*, S. M. Kachel*, M. R. Heithaus, W. J. Ripple, and A. J. Wirsing. 2022. Predators reduce niche overlap between sympatric prey. Oikos e08628.
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Daum, M., E. Zhang, D. He, M. Balazinska, B. Haynes, R. Krishna, A. Craig*, and A. Wirsing. 2022. VOCAL: Video Organization and Interactive Compositional AnaLytics. 12th Annual Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research (CIDR '22). January 10-13, 2022, Chaminade, USA.
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Bogezi, C., L. M. van Eeden, A. J. Wirsing, and J. M. Marzluff. 2021. Ranchers’ perspectives on participating in non-lethal wolf-livestock coexistence strategies. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2: 683732.
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Bracis, C., and A. J. Wirsing. 2021. Prey foraging behavior after predator introduction Is driven by resource knowledge and exploratory tendency. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 698370.
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Nowicki, R. J., J. A. Thomson, J. W. Fourqurean, A. J. Wirsing, and M. R. Heithaus. 2021. Loss of predation risk from apex predators can exacerbate marine tropicalization caused by extreme climatic events. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 2041-2052.
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Jensen, P. O., A. J. H. Meddens, S. Fisher, A. J. Wirsing, D. L. Murray, and D. H. Thornton. 2021. Broaden your horizon: the use of remotely sensed data for modeling populations of forest species at landscape scales. Forest Ecology and Management 500: 119640.
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van Eeden, L. M., C. Bogezi, D. Leng, J. Marzluff, A. J. Wirsing, and S. Rabotyagov. 2021. Public willingness to pay for gray wolf conservation that could support a rancher-led wolf-livestock coexistence program. Biological Conservation 260: 109226.
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Wirsing, A. J., and T. M. Newsome. 2021. Scavenging effects of large canids. Integrative and Comparative Biology 61: 117-131.
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Bryce, C. M., M. S. Davis, M. E. Gompper, A. Hurt, J. M. Koster, G. Larson, E. A. Ostrander, M. A. R. Udell, S. Urfer, A. J. Wirsing, and A. G. Jimenez. 2021. ​Biology’s best friend: Bridging disciplinary gaps to advance canine science. Integrative and Comparative Biology 61: 76-92.
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Sabal, M. C., M. S. Boyce, C. L. Charpentier, N. B. Furey, T. M. Luhring, H. W. Martin, M. C. Melnychuk, R. B. Srygley, C. M. Wagner, A. J. Wirsing, R. C. Ydenberg, and E. P. Palkovacs. 2021. Predation landscapes influence migratory prey ecology and evolution. Trends in Ecology and 
Evolution 36: 737-749.
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Ro, H., J. H. Stern, A. J. Wirsing, and T. P. Quinn. 2021. ​Stable isotopes reveal variation in brown bear consumption of Pacific salmon, despite ready access in small streams. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 12: 40-49.
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van Eeden, L. M., S. S. Rabotyagov, M. Kather, C. Bogezi, A. J. Wirsing, and J. Marzluff. 2021. ​Political affiliation predicts public attitudes toward gray wolf (Canis lupus) conservation and ranching. Conservation Science and Practice 3: e387.
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Lincoln, A. E., A. J. Wirsing, and T. P. Quinn. 2021. ​Prevalence and patterns of scavenging by brown bears on salmon carcasses. Canadian Journal of Zoology 99: 9-17.
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Wirsing, A. J., M. R. Heithaus, J. S. Brown, B. P. Kotler, and O. J. Schmitz. 2021. ​The context dependence of non-consumptive predator effects. Ecology Letters 24: 113-129.
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Kilfoil, J.P., I. Rodriguez-Pinto, J.J. Kiszka, M.R. Heithaus, Y. Zhang, C.C. Roa, L.E. Ailloud, M.D. Campbell, and A.J. Wirsing. 2020. Using unmanned aerial vehicles and machine learning to improve sea cucumber density estimation in shallow habitats. ICES Journal of Marine Science 77: 2882-2889.
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Lincoln, A. E., A. J. Wirsing, and T. P. Quinn. 2020. ​Long-term use of noninvasive sampling methods: does successful sampling of brown bears by hair snares and camera traps change over time? Wildlife Research 47: 499-508.
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MacNeil, M. A., D. D. Chapman, M. Heupel, C. Simpfendorfer, M. Heithaus, M.Meekan, E.Harvey, J.Goetze, J. Kiszka, M. E. Bond, L. M. Currey-Randall, C. W. Speed, C. S. Sherman, M. J. Rees, V. Udyawer, K. I. Flowers, G. Clementi, J. Valentin-Albanese, T. Gorham, M. S. Adam, K. Ali, F. Pina-Amargós, J. A. Angulo-Valdés, J. Asher, L. G. Barcia, O. Beaufort, C. Benjamin, A. T. F. Bernard, M. L. Berumen, S. Bierwagen, E. Bonnema, R. M. K. Bown, D. Bradley, E. Brooks, J. J. Brown, D. Buddo, P. Burke, C. Cáceres, D. Cardeñosa, J. C. Carrier, J. E. Caselle, V. Charloo, T. Claverie, E. Clua, J. E. M. Cochran, N. Cook, J. Cramp, B. D'Alberto, M. de Graaf, M. Dornhege, A. Estep, L. Fanovich, N. F. Farabough, D. Fernando, A. L. Flam, C. Floros, V. Fourqurean, R. Garla, K. Gastrich, L. George, R. Graham, T. Guttridge, R. S. Hardenstine, S. Heck, A. C. Henderson, H. Hertler, R. Hueter, M. Johnson, S. Jupiter, D. Kasana, S. T. Kessel, B. Kiilu, T. Kirata, B. Kuguru, F. Kyne, T. Langlois, E. J. I. Lédée, S. Lindfield, A. Luna-Acosta, J. Maggs, B. M. Manjaji-Matsumoto, A. Marshall, P. Matich, E. McCombs, D. McLean, L. Meggs, S. Moore, S. Mukherji, R. Murray, M. Kaimuddin, S. J. Newman, J. Nogués, C. Obota, O. O'Shea, K. Osuka, Y. P. Papastamatiou, N. Perera, B. Peterson, A. Ponzo, A. Prasetyo, L. M. S. Quamar, J. Quinlan, A. Ruiz-Abierno, E. Sala, M. Samoilys, M. Schärer-Umpierre, A. Schlaff, N. Simpson, A. N. H. Smith, L. Sparks, A. Tanna, R. Torres, M. J. Travers, M. v. Z. Bergmann, L. Vigliola, J. Ward, A. M. Watts, C. Wen, E. Whitman, A. J. Wirsing, A. Wothke, E. Zarza-Gonzâlez, and J. E. Cinner. 2020. Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks. Nature 583: 801-806.
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Wold, K., A. J. Wirsing, and T. P. Quinn. 2020. Do brown bears (​Ursus arctos) avoid barbed wires deployed to obtain hair samples? A videographic assessment. Wildlife Biology ​wlb.00664.
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Lincoln, A. E., R. Hilborn, A. J. Wirsing, and T. P. Quinn. 2020. Managing salmon for wildlife: Do fisheries limit salmon consumption by bears in small Alaskan streams? Ecological Applications 30: e02061.
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Wirsing, A. J., T. P. Quinn, J. R. Adams, and L.P. Waits. 2020. Optimizing selection of brown bear hair for noninvasive genetic analysis. Wildlife Society Bulletin 44: 94-100.
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Bogezi, C., L. M. van Eeden*, A. Wirsing, and J. Marzluff. 2019. Predator-friendly beef certification as an economic strategy to promote coexistence between ranchers and wolves. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7: 476.
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Newsome, T. C., C. Howden, and A. J. Wirsing. 2019. ​Restriction of anthropogenic foods alters a top predator’s diet and intra-specific interactions. Journal of Mammalogy 100: 1522-1532.
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Shores, C. R.*, J. A. Dellinger*, E. S. Newkirk, S. M. Kachel*, and A. J. Wirsing. 2019. Mesopredators change temporal activity in response to a recolonizing apex predator. Behavioral Ecology 30: 1324-1335.
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Peelle, L. E.*, A. J. Wirsing, K. L. Pilgrim, and M. K. Schwartz. 2019. Identifying predators from saliva at kill sites with limited remains. Wildlife Society Bulletin 43: 556-557.
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Nowicki, R., M. Heithaus, J. Thomson, D. Burkholder, K. Gastrich, and A. Wirsing. 2019. Indirect legacy effects of an extreme climatic event on a marine megafaunal community. Ecological Monographs 89: e01365.
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Waayers, D., T. Tucker, S. Whiting, R. Groom, M. Vanderklift, R. Pillans, J. Rossendell, K. Pendoley, X. Hoenner, M. Thums, K. Dethmers, C. J. Limpus, A. Wirsing, C. McMahon, A. Strydom, P. Whittock, K. Howlett, D. Oades, G. McFarlane, T. Duke, M. Guinea, A. Whiting, M. Speirs, J. King, K. Hattingh, M. Heithaus, R. Mau, and D. Holley. 2019. Satellite tracking of marine turtles in the southeastern Indian Ocean: a review of deployments spanning 1990-2016. ​Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter (IOTN) 29: 23-37.
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Robins, C. W.*, B. N. Kertson, J. R. Faulkner, and A. J. Wirsing. 2019. Effects of urbanization on cougar foraging ecology along the wildland-urban gradient of western Washington. Ecosphere 10(3): e02605.
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Dellinger, J. A.*, C. R. Shores*, A. Craig*, M. R. Heithaus, W. J. Ripple, and A. J. Wirsing. 2019. ​Habitat use of sympatric prey suggests divergent anti-predator responses to recolonizing gray wolves. Oecologia 189: 487-500.
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Walker, L. E., J. M. Marzluff, M. C. Metz, A. J. Wirsing, L. M. Moskal, D. R. Stahler, and D.W. Smith. 2018. Population responses of Common Ravens to reintroduced gray wolves. Ecology and Evolution 8: 11158-11168.
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Wirsing, A. J., T. P. Quinn, C. J. Cunningham, J. R. Adams, A. D. Craig*, and L.P. Waits. 2018. Alaskan brown bears (Ursus arctos) aggregate and display fidelity to foraging neighborhoods while preying on salmon in small spawning streams. Ecology and Evolution 8: 9048-9061.
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Dellinger, J. A.*, C. R. Shores*, M. Marsh, M. R. Heithaus, W. J. Ripple, and A. J. Wirsing. 2018. ​Impacts of naturally recolonizing gray wolves on survival rates and mortality in two sympatric ungulates. Canadian Journal of Zoology 96: 760-768.
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Ripple, W. J., C. Wolf, T. M. Newsome, M. Hoffmann, A. J. Wirsing, and D. J. McCauley. 2018. ​Reply to Pincheira-Donosoet and Hodgson: Both the largest and smallest vertebrates have elevated extinction risk. ​Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115: E5847-E5848.
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Thornton, D. H., A. J. Wirsing, C. Lopez-Gonzalez, J. R. Squires, S. Fisher, K. W. Larsen, A. Peatt, M. A. Scrafford, R. A. Moen, A. E. Scully, T. W. King, and D. L. Murray. 2018. Asymmetric cross-border protection of peripheral transboundary species. Conservation Letters 11: e12430.
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Kilfoil, J.P., A.J. Wirsing, M.D. Campbell, J.J. Kiszka, K.R. Gastrich, M.R. Heithaus, Y. Zhang, and M.E. Bond. 2017. ​Baited Remote Underwater Video surveys undercount sharks at high densities: insights from full-spherical camera technologies. Marine Ecology Progress Series 585: 113-121.
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Ripple, W. J., C. Wolf, T. M. Newsome, M. Hoffmann, A. J. Wirsing, and D. J. McCauley. 2017. Reply to Kalinkat et al.: Smallest terrestrial vertebrates are highly imperiled. ​Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114: E10265.
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​Ripple, W. J., C. Wolf, T. M. Newsome, M. Hoffmann, A. J. Wirsing​, and D. J. McCauley. 2017. Extinction risk is most acute for the world's largest and smallest vertebrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114: 10678-10683.
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​Newsome, T. C., A. C. Greenville, D. Ćirović, C. R. Dickman, C. N. Johnson, M. Krofel, M. Letnic, W. J. Ripple, E. G. Ritchie, S. Stoyanov, and A. J. Wirsing. 2017. Top predators constrain mesopredator distributions. Nature Communications 8: 15469 doi: 10.1038/ncomms15469
​Doherty, T. S., C. R. Dickman, A. S. Glen, T. M. Newsome, D. G. Nimmo, E. G. Ritchie, A. T. Vanak, and A. J. Wirsing. 2017. The global impacts of domestic dogs on threatened vertebrates. Biological Conservation 210: 56-59.
​Newsome, T. M., P. J. S. Fleming, C. R. Dickman, T. S. Doherty, W. J. Ripple, E. G. Ritchie, and A. J. Wirsing. 2017. Making a new dog? Bioscience 67: 374-381.
​Ripple, W. J., G. Chapron, J. V. López-Bao, S. M. Durant, D. W. MacDonald, P. A. Lindsey, E. L. Bennett, R. L. Beschta, J. T. Bruskotter, A. Campos-Arceiz, R. T. Corlett, C. T. Darimont, A. J. Dickman, R. Dirzo, H. T. Dublin, J. A. Estes, K. T. Everatt, M. Galetti, V. R. Goswami, M. W. Hayward, S. Hedges, M. Hoffmann, L. T. B. Hunter, G. I. H. Kerley, M. Letnic, T. Levi, F. Maisels, J. C. Morrison, M. P. Nelson, T. H. Newsome, L. Painter, R. M. Pringle, C. J. Sandom, J. Terborgh, A. Treves, B. V. Valkenburgh, J. A. Vucetich, A. J. Wirsing, A. D. Wallach, C. Wolf, R. Woodroffe, H. Young, and L. Zhang. 2017. Conserving the world’s megafauna and biodiversity: the fierce urgency of now. Bioscience 67: 197-200.
​Quinn, T. P., C. J. Cunningham, and A. J. Wirsing. 2017. Diverse foraging opportunities drive the functional response of local and landscape-scale bear predation on Pacific salmon. Oecologia 183: 415-429.
​Ripple, W. J., G. Chapron, J. V. López-Bao, S. M. Durant, D. W. MacDonald, P. A. Lindsey, E. L. Bennett, R. L. Beschta, J. T. Bruskotter, A. Campos-Arceiz, R. T. Corlett, C. T. Darimont, A. J. Dickman, R. Dirzo, H. T. Dublin, J. A. Estes, K. T. Everatt, M. Galetti, V. R. Goswami, M. W. Hayward, S. Hedges, M. Hoffmann, L. T. B. Hunter, G. I. H. Kerley, M. Letnic, T. Levi, F. Maisels, J. C. Morrison, M. P. Nelson, T. H. Newsome, L. Painter, R. M. Pringle, C. J. Sandom, J. Terborgh, A. Treves, B. V. Valkenburgh, J. A. Vucetich, A. J. Wirsing, A. D. Wallach, C. Wolf, R. Woodroffe, H. Young, and L. Zhang. 2016. Saving the world’s terrestrial megafauna. Bioscience 66: 807-812.
​​Newsome, T. M., L. Boitani, G. Chapron, P. Ciucci, C. R. Dickman, J. A. Dellinger*, J. V. López-Bao, R. O. Peterson, C. R. Shores*, A. J. Wirsing, and W. J. Ripple. Food habits of the world’s grey wolves. Mammal Review 46: 255-269.
Uyeda, L. T.*, E. Iskandar, A. Purbatrapsila, A. J. Wirsing, and R. C. Kyes. 2016. The role of traditional beliefs in conservation of the water monitor lizard Varanus salvator and reticulated python Python reticulatus in Banten, Indonesia. Oryx 50: 296-301.
​Vitense, K.*, A. J. Wirsing, R. C. Tyson, and J. J. Anderson. 2016. Theoretical impacts of habitat loss and generalist predation on predator-prey cycles. Ecological Modeling 327: 85-94.
​Uyeda, L. T.*, E. Iskandar, R. C. Kyes, and A. J. Wirsing. 2015. Encounter rates, agonistic interactions, and social hierarchy among garbage-feeding Water Monitor Lizards (Varanus salvator bivittatus) on Tinjil Island, Indonesia. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 10: 753-764.
​Newsome, T. M., G. Ballard, M. S. Crowther, A. Glen, J. A. Dellinger*, P. J. S. Fleming, A. C. Greenville, C. N. Johnson, M. Letnic, D. G. Nimmo, M. P. Nelson, C. R. Shores*, W. J. Ripple, E. G. Ritchie, A. D. Wallach, A. J. Wirsing, and C. R. Dickman. 2015. Resolving the value of the dingo in ecological restoration: could a reintroduction experiment help? Restoration Ecology 23: 201-208.
​Kiszka, J. J., M. R. Heithaus, and A. J. Wirsing. 2015. Behavioral drivers of the ecological roles and importance of marine mammals. Marine Ecology Progress Series 523: 267-281. 
​Newsome, T. M., J. Dellinger*, C. R. Pavey, W. J. Ripple, C. Shores*, A. J Wirsing, and C. R. Dickman. 2015. The ecological effects of providing resource subsidies to predators. Global Ecology and Biogeography 24: 1-11.
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​Quinn, T. P., A. J. Wirsing, B. Smith, C. J. Cunningham, and J. Ching. 2014. Complementary use of motion-activated cameras and unbaited wire snares for DNA sampling reveals diel and seasonal patterns of brown bears foraging on adult sockeye salmon. Canadian Journal of Zoology 92: 893-903.
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​Sergio, F., O. J. Schmitz, C. Krebs, R. Holt, M. R. Heithaus, A. J. Wirsing, W. Ripple, E. Ritchie, D. G. Ainley, D. Oro, Y. Jhala, F. Hiraldo, and E. Korpimäki. 2014. Towards a cohesive, holistic view of top predation: a definition, synthesis and perspective. Oikos 123: 1234-1243.
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​Wirsing, A. J., M. R. Heithaus, and A. Frid. 2014. Cross-fertilizing aquatic and terrestrial research to understand predator risk effects. WIREs Water 2014. doi: 10.1002/wat2.1039
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​Heithaus, M. R., T. Alcoverro, R. Arthur, D. A. Burkholder, K. A. Coates, M. J. A. Christianen, N. Kelkar, S. A. Manuel, A. J. Wirsing, W. J. Kenworthy, and J. W. Fourqurean. 2014. Seagrasses in the age of sea turtle conservation and shark overfishing. Frontiers in Marine Science 1. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2014.00028
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​Uyeda, L.*, E. Iskandar, A. Purbatrapsila, J. Pamungkas, A. Wirsing, and R. Kyes. 2014. Water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) satay: a treatment for skin ailments in Muarabinuangeun and Cisiih, Indonesia. Biawak 8: 35-38.
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​Wirsing, A. J., and M. R. Heithaus. 2014. Accounting for individual behavioural variation in studies of habitat selection. Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 319-321.
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​Ripple, W. J., J. A. Estes, R. L. Beschta, C. C. Wilmers, E. G. Ritchie, M. Hebblewhite, J. Berger, B. Elmhagen, M. Letnic, M. P. Nelson, O. J. Schmitz, D. W. Smith, A. D. Wallach, and A. J. Wirsing. 2014. Status and ecological effects of the world's largest carnivores. Science 343: 1241484(2014).
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​Burkholder, D., M. Heithaus, J. Fourqurean, A. Wirsing, and L. Dill. 2013. Patterns of top-down control in a seagrass ecosystem: could a roving apex predator (Galeocerdo cuvier) induce a behavior-mediated trophic cascade? Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 1192-1202.
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​Ellsworth, E., A. J. Wirsing, L. A. Shipley, and D. L. Murray. 2013. Do measures of plant intake and digestibility from captive feeding trials align with foraging patterns of free-ranging snowshoe hares? Wildlife Research 40: 349-357.
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​Uyeda, L.*, E. Iskandar, A. Wirsing, and R. Kyes. 2013. Nocturnal activity of Varanus salvator on Tinjil Island, Indonesia. Biawak 7: 15-20.
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​Heithaus, M. R., J. J. Vaudo, S. Kreicker, C. A. Layman, M. Krutzen, D. A. Burkholder, K. Gastrich, C. Bessey, R. Sarabia, K. Cameron, A. J. Wirsing, J. A. Thomson, and M. M. Dunphy-Daly. 2013. Apparent resource partitioning and trophic structure of large-bodied marine predators in a relatively pristine seagrass ecosystem. Marine Ecology Progress Series 481: 225-237.
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​Thornton, D. H., A. J. Wirsing, J. D. Roth, and D. L. Murray. 2013. Habitat quality and population density drive occupancy dynamics of snowshoe hare in variegated landscapes. Ecography 36: 610-621
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​Ripple, W. J., A. J. Wirsing, C. C. Wilmers, and M. Letnic. 2013. Widespread mesopredator effects after wolf extirpation. Biological Conservation 160: 70-79.
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​Abele, S. L., A. J. Wirsing, and D. L. Murray. 2013. Precommercial forest thinning alters abundance but not survival of snowshoe hares. Journal of Wildlife Management 77: 84-92.
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​Olson, E. L., A. K. Salomon, A. J. Wirsing, and M. R. Heithaus. 2012. Large-scale movements of male loggerhead turtles on a relatively pristine feeding ground in Shark Bay, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 63: 1108-1116.
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​Wirsing, A. J., and M. R. Heithaus. 2012. Behavioral transition probabilities in dugongs change with habitat and shark presence: implications for sirenian conservation. Marine and Freshwater Research 63: 1069-1076.
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​Heithaus, M. R., A. J. Wirsing, and L. M. Dill. 2012. The ecological importance of intact top predator populations: a synthesis of fifteen years of research in a seagrass ecosystem. Marine and Freshwater Research 63: 1039-1050.
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​Wirsing, A. J., S. W. Buskirk, W. J. Ripple, and R. L. Beschta. 2012. Wolves and lynx: plausible ideas make for testable hypotheses. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36: 572-577. 
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​Thornton, D. H., A. J. Wirsing, J. D. Roth, and D. L. Murray. 2012. Complex effects of site preparation and harvest on snowshoe hare abundance across a patchy forest landscape. Forest Ecology and Management 280: 132-139.
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​Thomson, J. A., M. R. Heithaus, D. A. Burkholder, J. J. Vaudo, A. J. Wirsing, and L. M. Dill. 2012. Site specialists, diet generalists? Isotopic variation, site fidelity, and foraging by loggerhead turtles in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 453: 213-226.
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​Wirsing, A. J., J. R. Phillips, M. E. Obbard, and D. L. Murray. 2012. Incidental nest predation in freshwater turtles: inter- and intra-specific differences in vulnerability are explained by relative crypsis. Oecologia 168: 977-988.
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​Ripple, W. J., A. J. Wirsing, R. L. Beschta, and S. W. Buskirk. 2011. Can restoring wolves aid in lynx recovery? Wildlife Society Bulletin 35: 514-518. 
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​Wirsing, A. J., and W. J. Ripple.  2011.  A comparison of shark and wolf research reveals similar behavioral responses by prey.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9: 335-341.
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​Wirsing, A. J., M. R. Heithaus, and L. M. Dill.  2011.  Predator-induced modifications to diving behavior vary with foraging mode.  Oikos 120: 1005-1012.
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​Dunphy-Daly, M. M., M. R. Heithaus. A. J. Wirsing, J. S. F. Mardon, and D. A. Burkholder. 2010. Predation risk influences the diving behavior of a marine mesopredator. The Open Ecology Journal 3: 8-15.
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​Wirsing, A. J., K. E. Cameron, and M. R. Heithaus. 2010. Spatial responses to predators vary with prey escape mode.  Animal Behaviour 79: 531-537.
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​Wirsing, A. J., and M. R. Heithaus. 2009. Olive-headed sea snakes (Disteria major) shift seagrass microhabitats to avoid predators.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 387: 287-293.
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​Heithaus, M. R., B. K. Delius, A. J. Wirsing, and M. M. Dunphy-Daly.  2009.  Physical factors influencing the distribution of a top predator in a subtropical oligotrophic estuary.  Limnology and Oceanography 54: 472-482.
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​Heithaus, M. R., A. J. Wirsing, D. Burkholder, J. Thomson, and L. M. Dill.  2009.  Towards a predictive framework for predator risk effects: the interaction of landscape features and prey escape tactics.  Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 556-562.
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​Wirsing, A. J., R. Abernethy, and M. R. Heithaus.  2008.  Speed and maneuverability of adult loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) under simulated predatory attack: do the sexes differ?  Journal of Herpetology 42: 411-413.
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​Kerford, M. R., A. J. Wirsing, M. R. Heithaus, and L. M. Dill.  2008.  Danger on the rise: tidal state mediates an exchange of food for safety by the bar-bellied sea snake Hydrophis elegans.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 358: 289-294.
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​Heithaus, M. R., A. Frid, A. J. Wirsing, and B. Worm.  2008.  Predicting ecological consequences of marine top predator declines.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23: 202-210. 
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​Heithaus, M. R., A. J. Wirsing, J. A. Thomson, and D. A. Burkholder.  2008.  A review of lethal and non-lethal effects of predators on adult marine turtles.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 356: 43-51.
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​Wirsing, A. J., M. R. Heithaus, A. Frid, and L. M. Dill.  2008.  Seascapes of fear: evaluating sublethal predator effects experienced and generated by marine mammals.  Marine Mammal Science 24: 1-15.
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​Heithaus, M. R., A. J. Wirsing, A. Frid, and L. M. Dill.  2007.  Behavioral indicators in marine conservation: lessons from a pristine ecosystem.  Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 53: 355-370.
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​Wirsing, A. J., M. R. Heithaus, and L. M. Dill.  2007.  Can you dig it? Use of excavation, a risky foraging tactic, by dugongs is sensitive to predation danger.  Animal Behaviour 74: 1085-1091.
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​Wirsing, A. J., M. R. Heithaus, and L. M. Dill.  2007.  Fear factor: do dugongs (Dugong dugon) trade food for safety from tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier)?  Oecologia 153: 1031-1040.
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​Heithaus, M. R., A. Frid, A. J. Wirsing, L. M. Dill, J. W. Fourqurean, D. Burkholder, J. Thomson, and L. Bejder.  2007.  State-dependent risk-taking by green sea turtles mediates top-down effects of tiger shark intimidation in a marine ecosystem.  Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 837-844.
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​Wirsing, A. J., M. R. Heithaus, and L. M. Dill.  2007.  Can measures of prey availability improve our ability to predict the abundance of large marine predators?  Oecologia 153: 563-568.
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​Wirsing, A. J., and D. L. Murray. 2007. Food supplementation experiments revisited: verifying that supplemental food is used by its intended recipients.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 679-685.
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​Wirsing, A. J., M. R. Heithaus, and L. M. Dill.  2007.  Living on the edge: dugongs prefer to forage in microhabitats allowing for escape from rather than avoidance of predators.  Animal Behaviour 74: 93-101.
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​Wirsing, A. J., F. C. C. Azevedo, S. Larivière, and D. L. Murray.  2007.  Patterns of gastrointestinal parasitism among five sympatric prairie carnivores: are males reservoirs?  Journal of Parasitology 93: 504-510.
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​Heithaus, M. R., A. J. Wirsing, L. M. Dill, and L. I. Heithaus. 2007.  Long-term movements of tiger sharks satellite-tagged in Shark Bay, Western Australia.  Marine Biology 151: 1455-1461.
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​Ireland, D. H., A. J. Wirsing, and D. L. Murray.  2007.  Phenotypically plastic responses of green frog embryos to conflicting predation risk.  Oecologia 152: 162-168.
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​Sargeant, B. L., A. J. Wirsing, M. R. Heithaus, and J. Mann.  2007.  Can environmental heterogeneity explain individual foraging variation in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)?  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 679-688.
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​Monello, R .J., J. J. Dennehy, D. L. Murray, and A. J. Wirsing.  2006.  Growth and behavioral responses of two native frogs to an exotic competitor, Rana catesbeiana.  Journal of Herpetology 40: 403-407.
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​Heithaus, M. R., I. M., Hamilton, A. J. Wirsing, and L. M. Dill.  2006.  Validation of a randomization procedure to assess animal habitat preferences: microhabitat use of tiger sharks in a seagrass ecosystem.  Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 666-676. 
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​Azevedo, F. C. C., V. Lester, W. Gorsuch, S. Larivière, A. J. Wirsing, and D. L. Murray.  2006.  Spring dietary breadth and overlap among five sympatric prairie carnivores.  Journal of Zoology 269: 127-135. 
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​Wirsing, A. J., M. R. Heithaus, and L. M. Dill.  2006.  Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) abundance and growth in a subtropical embayment: evidence from seven years of standardized fishing effort.  Marine Biology 149: 961-968.
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​Wirsing, A. J., J. D. Roth, and D. L. Murray.  2005.  Can prey use dietary cues to distinguish predators? A test involving three terrestrial amphibians.   Herpetologica 61: 104-110.
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​Heithaus, M. R., A. Frid, A. J. Wirsing, L. Bejder, and L. M. Dill.  2005.  Biology of sea turtles under risk from tiger sharks at a foraging ground.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 288: 285-294.
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​Murray, D. L., J. D. Roth, and A. J. Wirsing.  2004.  Predation risk avoidance by terrestrial amphibians: The role of prey experience and vulnerability to native and exotic predators.  Ethology 110: 635-647.
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​Wirsing, A. J.  2003.  Predation-mediated selection on prey morphology: a test using snowshoe hares.  Evolutionary Ecology Research 5: 315-327. 
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​Wirsing, A. J., T. D. Steury, and D. L. Murray.  2002.  Noninvasive estimation of body composition in small mammals: a comparison of conductive and morphometric techniques.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 75: 489-497.
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​Wirsing, A. J., and D. L. Murray.  2002.  Patterns of browse consumption by snowshoe hares in the northwestern United States.  Ecoscience 9: 440-449.
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​Wirsing, A. J., T. D. Steury, and D. L. Murray.  2002.  Relationship between body condition and vulnerability to predation in red squirrels and snowshoe hares.  Journal of Mammalogy 83: 707-715.
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​Steury, T. D., A. J. Wirsing, and D. L. Murray. 2002.  Using multiple treatment levels as a means of improving inference in wildlife research.  Journal of Wildlife Management 66: 292-299.
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​Murray, D. L., J. D. Roth, E. Ellsworth, A. J. Wirsing, and T. D. Steury.  2002.  Estimating low-density snowshoe hare populations using fecal pellet counts.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 771-781.
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​Wirsing, A. J., T. D. Steury, and D. L. Murray.  2002.  A demographic analysis of a southern snowshoe hare population in a fragmented habitat: evaluating the refugium model.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 169-177.
Dingoes (Canis lupus dingo) making use of human resource subsidies in Australia's Tanami Desert (Northern Territory).
Aaron with Mike Tillotson and George Pess at the Lake Aleknagik FRI site, AK (all Bowdoin grads!).