Publications

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Goldstein, B., A. Keller, K. Calhoun, K. Barker, F. Montealegre-Mora, M.W. Serota, A. Van Scoyoc, P. Parker-Shames, C. Andreozzi, P. de Valpine. 2024. How do ecologists estimate occupancy in practice? Ecography.


Serota , M.W., P. A.E. Alarcón, E. Donadio, A.D. Middleton. 2024. Behavioral state-dependent selection of roads by guanacos. Landscape Ecology 39(110). 


Serota , M.W., P. A.E. Alarcón, E. Donadio, A.D. Middleton. 2023. Puma predation on Magellanic penguins: an unexpected terrestrial-marine linkage in Patagonia. Food Webs 36(e00290).


Serota, M.W.  K.J. Barker, L.C. Gigliotti, S.M.L. Maher, A.L. Shawler, G.R. Zuckerman, W. Xu, G. Verta, E. Templin, C. Anderozzi, A.D. Middleton.  2023. Incorporating Human Dimensions Improves Wildlife Translocation Outcomes. Nature Communications 14(2119),


Moravek, J., L. Andrews,  M.W. Serota, M. Chapman, J. Dorcy, P. Parker-Shames, A. Van Scoyoc, C. Wilkinson, J. Brashares. 2023. Centering 30 x 30 conservation initiatives on freshwater ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment


Karandikar, H., M.W. Serota, G. Verta, C. Kremen, A. Middleton. 2022. Dietary patterns of a versatile carnivore, the puma (Puma concolor). Ecology and Evolution. 12(6) e9002. 


Barker, K., W. Xu, A. Van Scoyoc, M.W. Serota, J. Moravek, A. Shawler, R. Ryan, A. Middleton. 2022. Toward a new framework for restoring lost animal migrations. Conservation Letters. 15(2) e12850


Maury, C., M.W. Serota, and T.D. Williams. 2020. Plasticity in diurnal activity and temporal phenotype during parental care in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris. Animal Behaviour. 159:37-45.


Serota, M.W., T.D. Williams. 2019. Adjustment of total activity as a response to handicapping European starlings during parental care. Animal Behaviour. 148:19-27.


Williams, T.D. A. Cornell, C. Gillespie, A. Hura, M.W. Serota. 2019. Effects of an introduced, novel prey on diet and reproduction in the diet-specialist European starling, Sturnus vulgaris. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 97(3):225-231.


Yap, K.N. M.W. Serota, T.D. Williams. 2017. The physiology of exercise in free-living vertebrates: What can we learn from current model systems? Integrative and Comparative Biology. 57(2):195-206.


Kiffner, C. J. Kioko, B. Kissui, C. Painter, M. Serota, C. White, P. Yager. 2014. Interspecific variation in large mammal responses to human observers along a conservation gradient with variable hunting pressure. Animal Conservation. 17(6)603-612.


Book Chapters

Wilkinson, C.E., H. Karandikar, M.W. Serota. 2024. Measures to Promote Human-Carnivore Coexistence. Apex Predators in the Anthropocene. In Press.


Serota , M.W.  Translocation as a Conservation Strategy. 2023. Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 3rd Edition. 


In Review

Verta, G., L.C. Gigliotti, M.W. Serota, E. Donadio, J. Brashares, A. Middleton. Multi-scale habitat selection by a large herbivore in a protected Patagonian landscape.


Monk, J.D., K.J. Barker, S.M.L. Maher, M.W. Serota, A.L. Shawler, G. Verta, W. Xu, A.D. Middleton, L.A. Gherardi. Wild vs. domestic ungulate ecosystem impacts: understanding functional differences requires greater focus on mechanisms.


Hansen, W.K., J.A. Brand, C. Aimon, T. Avgar, M. Bertram, I.D. Bontekoe, T. Brodin, A. Hegemann, B. Koger, E. Lourie, J.F.S. Menezes, M.W. Serota, N. Attias, E. Aikens. A call for increased integration of experimental approaches in movement ecology.


Elbroch, M.L. ... M.W. Serota ... [134 authors]. Establishing connectivity conservation priorities across Latin America for a wide-ranging carnivore.


Shaw, A.K. ... M.W. Serota ... [49 total authors]. Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology 


Xu, W., K. Calhoun*, M.W. Serota*, A. Blanco, N. Demers, D. Onorato.  Den site selection of Florida Panthers in a fire managed landscape.

*Shared second authorship