Michael Cove

Hooker, K. R., Cove, M. V., Watersmith, E. C., Hodges, I. R., Seay, D., Jenkins, A., & Kaeser, M. J. (2024). Camera traps strengthen inference about endangered beach mouse activity. Mammal Research, 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-024-00752-3

Kays, R., Snider, M. H., Hess, G., Cove, M. V., Jensen, A., Shamon, H., … Parsons, A. (2024). Climate, food and humans predict communities of mammals in the United States. Diversity and Distributions. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13900

Cove, M. V., Dietz, S. L., Anderson, C. T., Jenkins, A. M., Hooker, K. R., & Kaeser, M. J. (2024). Endangered beach mouse resistance to a Category 5 hurricane is mediated by elevation and dune habitat. Integrative Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1002/inc3.42

Jensen, A. J., Cove, M. V., Goldstein, B. R., Kays, R., McShea, W., Pacifici, K., … Kierepka, E. (2024). Geographic barriers but not life history traits shape the phylogeography of North American mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 6. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13875

Goldstein, B. R., Jensen, A. J., Kays, R., Cove, M. V., Mcshea, W. J., Rooney, B., … Pacifici, K. (2024, May 31). Guidelines for estimating occupancy from autocorrelated camera trap detections. METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, Vol. 5. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14359

Burton, A. C., Beirne, C., Gaynor, K. M., Sun, C., Granados, A., Allen, M. L., … Kays, R. (2024). Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8(5), 924–935. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02363-2

Shamon, H., Maor, R., Cove, M. V., Kays, R., Adley, J., Alexander, P. D., … McShea, W. J. (2024). SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A third coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4318

Twining, J. P., Sutherland, C., Zalewski, A., Cove, M. V., Birks, J., Wearn, O. R., … Powell, R. A. (2024). Using global remote camera data of a solitary species complex to evaluate the drivers of group formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(12). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2312252121

Watersmith, E. C., McDonald, B., Dixon, J., & Cove, M. V. (2023). Biodiversity benefits of an ecosystem engineer are negated by an invasive predator. Food Webs, 35, e00286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2023.e00286

Cove, M. V., Herrmann, V., Herrera, D. J., Augustine, B. C., Flockhart, D. T. T., & McShea, W. J. (2023). Counting the Capital's cats: Estimating drivers of abundance of free‐roaming cats with a novel hierarchical model. Ecological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2790

Redinger, J., Lord, I., Dixon, J., & Cove, M. V. (2023). Mammal declines correspond with increasing prevalence of Burmese pythons at their southern invasion front in the Florida Keys. Biological Invasions, 26(3), 889–903. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-023-03217-x

Crandall, K. A., Pease, B. S., Simmons, A. L., Adamovicz, L. A., & Cove, M. V. (2023). Raccoon Roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) Undetected in Endangered Key Largo Woodrat (Neotoma floridana smalli) Endemic Range. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 59(3). https://doi.org/10.7589/jwd-d-22-00133

Baruzzi, C., Barton, B. T., Cove, M. V., Strickland, B. K., & Lashley, M. A. (2023). Scavenger and herbivore functional role impairment modulates changes in plant communities following mass mortality events. Functional Ecology, 37(8), 2207–2216. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14376

McDonald, B. W., Baruzzi, C., McCleery, R. A., Cove, M. V., & Lashley, M. A. (2023). Simulated extreme climate event alters a plant-frugivore mutualism. Forest Ecology and Management, 545, 121294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121294

Cove, M. V., Dixon, J., King, K., Willson, M., & Hart, K. M. (2023). Survey optimization for invasive Burmese pythons informed by camera traps. Wildlife Letters, 1(3), 143–148. https://doi.org/10.1002/wll2.12021

Lord, I., Redinger, J., Dixon, J., Hart, K. M., Guzy, J., Romagosa, C. M., & Cove, M. V. (2023). Telescoping prey selection in invasive Burmese pythons spells trouble for endangered rodents. Food Webs, 37, e00307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2023.e00307

Calver, M. C., Cherkassky, L., Cove, M. V., Fleming, P. A., Lepczyk, C. A., Longcore, T., … Sizemore, G. (2023). The animal welfare, environmental impact, pest control functions, and disease effects of free‐ranging cats can be generalized and all are grounds for humanely reducing their numbers. Conservation Science and Practice, 5(10). https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13018

Flockhart, D. T. T., Lipsey, L., Herrera, D. J., Belsley, J., Decker, S. T., Moore, S. M., … Boone, J. D. (2022). Estimates of Domestic Cats in Urban Areas Using Interdisciplinary Science: The Washington D.C. Cat Count. Society & Animals, 30(7), 703–720. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10097

Cove, M. V., & O'Connell, A. F. (2022). Global Review of the Effects of Small Carnivores on Threatened Species. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118943274.ch21

Hubbard, T., Cove, M. V., Green, A. M., Iannarilli, F., Allen, M. L., LaRose, S. H., … Lafferty, D. J. R. (2022). Human presence drives bobcat interactions among the U.S. carnivore guild. Biodiversity and Conservation, 31(11), 2607–2624. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02445-2

Herrera, D. J., Dixon, J. D., & Cove, M. V. (2022). Long-term monitoring reveals the value of continuous trapping to curtail the effects of free-roaming cats in protected island habitats. Global Ecology and Conservation, 40, e02334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02334

Baruzzi, C., Barton, B. T., Cove, M. V., & Lashley, M. A. (2022). Mass mortality events and declining obligate scavengers in the Anthropocene: Social feeders may be critical. Biological Conservation, 269, 109527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109527

Cove, M. V. (2022). Opossums: an adaptive radiation of new world marsupials. Robert S.Voss and Sharon A.Jansa. 2021. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA. 313 pp. $59.95 hardcover. ISBN: 9781421439785. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 86(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22183

Herrera, D. J., Cove, M. V., McShea, W. J., Flockhart, D. T., Decker, S., Moore, S. M., & Gallo, T. (2022). Prey selection and predation behavior of free-roaming domestic cats (Felis catus) in an urban ecosystem: Implications for urban cat management. Biological Conservation, 268, 109503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109503

Kays, R., Cove, M. V., Diaz, J., Todd, K., Bresnan, C., Snider, M., … McShea, W. J. (2022, July 24). SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. ECOLOGY, Vol. 6. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3775

Herrera, D. J., Cove, M. V., McShea, W. J., Decker, S., Flockhart, D. T. T., Moore, S. M., & Gallo, T. (2022). Spatial and temporal overlap of domestic cats (Felis catus) and native urban wildlife. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1048585

Nicholson, M., & Cove, M. V. (2022). Stable isotopes point to anthropogenic subsidies in northern raccoons at the urban-wild interface. FOOD WEBS, 31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2022.e00233

King, K. C., Willson, M., Dixon, J., & Cove, M. V. (2022). Two Invasive Reptile Species Cohabitate in an Active Nest of the Endangered Key Largo Woodrat (Neotoma floridana smalli). Southeastern Naturalist, 21(2). https://doi.org/10.1656/058.021.0206

Maurer, A. S., Cove, M. V., Siegal, O. M., & Lashley, M. A. (2022). Urbanization affects the behavior of a predator-free ungulate in protected lands. Landscape and Urban Planning, 222, 104391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104391

Kays, R., Lasky, M., Allen, M. L., Dowler, R. C., Hawkins, M. T. R., Hope, A. G., … Cove, M. V. (2022). Which mammals can be identified from camera traps and crowdsourced photographs? Journal of Mammalogy, 103(4), 767–775. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac021

Herrera, D. J., Moore, S. M., Herrmann, V., McShea, W. J., & Cove, M. V. (2021). A shot in the dark: White and infrared LED flash camera traps yield similar detection probabilities for common urban mammal species. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 32(1), 72–75. https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-00429-2021

Villafañe-Trujillo, Á. J., Kolowski, J. M., Cove, M. V., Medici, E. P., Harmsen, B. J., Foster, R. J., … López-González, C. A. (2021). Activity patterns of tayra (<i>Eira barbara</i>) across their distribution. Journal of Mammalogy, 102(3), 772–788. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa159

Meyer, N. F. V., Balkenhol, N., Dutta, T., Hofman, M., Meyer, J.-Y., Ritchie, E. G., … Hayward, M. W. (2021, February). Beyond species counts for assessing, valuing, and conserving biodiversity: response to Wallach et al. 2019. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, Vol. 35, pp. 369–372. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13665

Jacobs, J. G., Lashley, M. A., & Cove, M. V. (2021). Fawn Counts and Adult Female Site Use Are Mismatched Indicators of Habitat Quality in an Endangered Deer. DIVERSITY-BASEL, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/d13020092

Cove, M. V., & Pease, B. S. (2021). Is it an omnivore's world? A comment on dietary traits in multispecies hierarchical models. Biological Conservation, 261, 109299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109299

Cove, M. V., Kays, R., Bontrager, H., Bresnan, C., Lasky, M., Frerichs, T., … McShea, A. J. (2021, June). SNAPSHOT USA 2019: a coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. ECOLOGY, Vol. 102. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3353

Herrera, D. J., Moore, S. M., Flockhart, D. T. T., McShea, W. J., & Cove, M. V. (2021). Thinking outside the park: recommendations for camera trapping mammal communities in the urban matrix. Journal of Urban Ecology, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juaa036

Kays, R., Arbogast, B. S., Baker‐Whatton, M., Beirne, C., Boone, H. M., Bowler, M., … Spironello, W. R. (2020). An empirical evaluation of camera trap study design: How many, how long and when? Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11(6), 700–713. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13370

Thoemmes, M. S., & Cove, M. V. (2020). Bacterial communities in the natural and supplemental nests of an endangered ecosystem engineer. ECOSPHERE, 11(9). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3239

Herrera, D. J., & Cove, M. V. (2020). Camera trap serendipity and citizen science point to broader effects of urban heat islands on food webs. Food Webs, 25, e00176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2020.e00176

Desbiez, A. L. J., Massocato, G. F., Attias, N., & Cove, M. V. (2020). Comparing density estimates from a short-term camera trap survey with a long-term telemetry study of giant armadillos (Priodontes maximus). Mastozoología Neotropical, 27(2), 241–246. https://doi.org/10.31687/saremmn.20.27.2.0.08

Schank, C. J., Cove, M. V., Arima, E. Y., Brandt, L. S. E., Brenes-Mora, E., Carver, A., … Miller, J. A. (2020). Population status, connectivity, and conservation action for the endangered Baird's tapir. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108501

Thornton, D., Reyna, R., Perera-Romero, L., Radachowsky, J., Hidalgo-Mihart, M. G., Garcia, R., … Polisar, J. (2020). Precipitous decline of white-lipped peccary populations in Mesoamerica. Biological Conservation, 242, 108410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108410

Paudel, S., Koprowski, J. L., & Cove, M. V. (2020). Seasonal flow dynamics exacerbate overlap between artisanal fisheries and imperiled Ganges River dolphins. Scientific Reports, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75997-4

Schank, C. J., Cove, M. V., Kelly, M. J., Nielsen, C. K., O'Farrill, G., Meyer, N., … Miller, J. A. (2019). A Sensitivity Analysis of the Application of Integrated Species Distribution Models to Mobile Species: A Case Study with the Endangered Baird's Tapir. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, 46(3), 184–192. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892919000055

Vera Alvarez, M. D., Fernandez, C., & Cove, M. V. (2019). Assessing the role of habitat and species interactions in the population decline and detection bias of Neotropical leaf litter frogs in and around La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 14(2), 143–156. https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.14.e37526

Fernandez, C. M., Alvarez, M. D. V., & Cove, M. V. (2019). Heightened nest loss in tropical forest fragments despite higher predator load in core forest. TROPICAL ECOLOGY, 60(2), 281–287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-019-00032-1

Cove, M. V., & Maurer, A. S. (2019, May). Home decorating by an endangered ecosystem engineer. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, Vol. 17, pp. 231–231. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2040

Pardo, L. E., Campbell, M. J., Cove, M. V., Edwards, W., Clements, G. R., & Laurance, W. F. (2019). Land management strategies can increase oil palm plantation use by some terrestrial mammals in Colombia. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44288-y

Cove, M. V., Fergus, C., Lacher, I., Akre, T., & McShea, W. J. (2019). Projecting Mammal Distributions in Response to Future Alternative Landscapes in a Rapidly Transitioning Region. Remote Sensing, 11(21), 2482. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11212482

Cove, M. V., Simons, T. R., Gardner, B., & Allan F. O'Connell. (2019). Towards recovery of an endangered island endemic: Distributional and behavioral responses of Key Largo woodrats associated with exotic predator removal. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 237, 423–429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.07.032

Cove, M. V. (2019). What if trophy hunters didn’t kill their trophies? Conservation Letters, 12(1), e12598. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12598

Cove, M. V., Gardner, B., Simons, T. R., & Allan F. O'Connell. (2018). Co-occurrence dynamics of endangered Lower Keys marsh rabbits and free-ranging domestic cats: Prey responses to an exotic predator removal program. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 8(8), 4042–4052. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3954

Lashley, M. A., Cove, M. V., Chitwood, M. C., Penido, G., Gardner, B., DePerno, C. S., & Moorman, C. E. (2018). Estimating wildlife activity curves: comparison of methods and sample size. Scientific Reports, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22638-6

Schalk, C. M., & Cove, M. V. (2018). Squamates as prey: Predator diversity patterns and predator-prey size relationships. Food Webs, 17, e00103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2018.e00103

Pardo, L. E., Lafleur, L., Spinola, R. M., Saenz, J., & Cove, M. (2017). Camera traps provide valuable data to assess the occurrence of the Great Curassow Crax rubra in northeastern Costa Rica. Neotropical Biodiversity, 3(1), 182–188. https://doi.org/10.1080/23766808.2017.1346548

Cove, M. V., Maurer, A. S., & O’Connell, A. F. (2017). Camera traps reveal an apparent mutualism between a common mesocarnivore and an endangered ungulate. Mammalian Biology, 87, 143–145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2017.08.007

Cove, M. V., Gardner, B., Simons, T. R., Kays, R., & O’Connell, A. F. (2017). Free-ranging domestic cats (Felis catus) on public lands: estimating density, activity, and diet in the Florida Keys. Biological Invasions, 20(2), 333–344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1534-x

Cove, M. V., Foster, P. F., & Kuhn, K. M. (2017). Micrurus Alleni (Allen's Coral Snake). Predation and Scavenging. Herpetological Review, 48(2), 453–454.

Cove, M. V., Fernandez, C. M., Alvarez, M. V., Bird, S., Jones, D. W., & Fagan, M. E. (2017). Toucans descend to the forest floor to consume the eggs of ground-nesting birds. Food Webs, 10, 2–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2017.01.003

Schank, C. J., Cove, M. V., Kelly, M. J., Mendoza, E., O'Farrill, G., Reyna‐Hurtado, R., … Miller, J. A. (2017). Using a novel model approach to assess the distribution and conservation status of the endangered Baird's tapir. Diversity and Distributions. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12631

Schank, C. J., Cove, M. V., Kelly, M. J., Mendoza, E., O'Farrill, G., Reyna-Hurtado, R., … Estrada, N. (2017). Using a novel model approach to assess the distribution and conservation status of the endangered Baird's tapir. Diversity and Distributions, 23(12), 1459–1471.

White, B. C., & Cove, M. V. (2016). Anolis sagrei (Brown Anole) avian predation. Herpetological Review, 47(3), 460.

Vargas, L. E. P., Cove, M. V., Manuel Spinola, R., Cruz, J., & Saenz, J. C. (2016). Assessing species traits and landscape relationships of the mammalian carnivore community in a neotropical biological corridor. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION, 25(4), 739–752. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-016-1089-7

Jones, B. M., Cove, M. V., Lashley, M. A., & Jackson, V. L. (2016). Do coyotes Canis latrans influence occupancy of prey in suburban forest fragments? CURRENT ZOOLOGY, 62(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zov004

Cove, M. V., Simons, T. R., Gardner, B., Maurer, A. S., & O'Connell, A. F. (2016). Evaluating nest supplementation as a recovery strategy for the endangered rodents of the Florida Keys. Restoration Ecology, 25(2), 253–260. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12418

Cove, M. V. (2016). On the recovery of the endangered small mammals of the Florida Keys: Evaluating exotic predator management and habitat restoration (PhD.). North Carolina State University.

Layman, C. A., Giery, S. T., Buhler, S., Rossi, R., Penland, T., Henson, M. N., … Archer, S. K. (2015). A primer on the history of food web ecology: Fundamental contributions of fourteen researchers. Food Webs, 4, 14–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2015.07.001

Schank, C., Mendoza, E., Vettorazzi, M. J. G., Cove, M. V., Jordan, C. A., O'Farrill, G., … Leonardo, R. (2015). Integrating current range-wide occurrence data with species distribution models to map the potential distribution of Baird’s Tapir. Tapir Conservation, 24(33), 15–25.

Paudel, S., Pal, P., Cove, M. V., Jnawali, S. R., Abel, G., Koprowski, J. L., & Ranabhat, R. (2015). The Endangered Ganges River dolphin Platanista gangetica gangetica in Nepal: abundance, habitat and conservation threats. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH, 29(1), 59–68. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00702

Cove, M. V., & Maurer, A. S. (2015). The Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus 1758) (Testudines: Chelydridae), in the Florida Keys. Reptiles & Amphibians, 22(1), 38–39. https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v22i1.14037

Cove, M., Spinola, R. M., Jackson, V. L., & Saenz, J. (2014). Camera trapping ocelots: An evaluation of felid attractants. Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 25(2), 113–116.

Cove, M. V., Pardo Vargas, L. E., Cruz, J., Manuel Spinola, R., Jackson, V. L., Saenz, J. C., & Chassot, O. (2014). Factors influencing the occurrence of the Endangered Baird's tapir Tapirus bairdii: potential flagship species for a Costa Rican biological corridor. ORYX, 48(3), 402–409. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0030605313000070

Cove, M., Jones, B., Bossert, A., & Jackson, V. (2014). Mammal camera trapping success in a fragmented suburban landscape. https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.344

Lafleur, L., Pardo, L., Spinola, R. M., Saenz, J., & Cove, M. V. (2014). Notes on plumage patterns and activity of the Great Curassow (Crax rubra) in northeastern Costa Rica. Cracid News: Bulletin of the Cracid Group in the IUCN/SSC-WPA Galliformes Specialist Group, 36, 17–19.

Cove, M. V., & Spínola, R. M. (2014). Pairing Noninvasive Surveys with Capture-Recapture Analysis to Estimate Demographic Parameters for Dendrobates auratus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from an Altered Habitat in Costa Rica. Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 12(2), 107. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v12i2p107-115

Cove, M. V., Manuel Spinola, R., Jackson, V. L., & Saenz, J. C. (2014). The role of fragmentation and landscape changes in the ecological release of common nest predators in the Neotropics. PEERJ, 2. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.464

Cove, M. V., Spinola, R. M., Jackson, V. L., Saenz, J. C., & Chassot, O. (2013). Integrating occupancy modeling and camera-trap data to estimate medium and large mammal detection and richness in a Central American biological corridor. TROPICAL CONSERVATION SCIENCE, 6(6), 781–795. https://doi.org/10.1177/194008291300600606

Cove, M. V., Pardo, L. E., Spinola, R. M., Jackson, V. L., & Sáenz, J. C. (2012). Coyote Canis latrans (Carnivora: Canidae) range extension in northeastern Costa Rica: possible explanations and consequences. Latin American Journal of Conservation, 2-3(2-1), 82–86.

Cove, M. V., Jones, B. M., Bossert, A. J., Clever, D. R., Jr., Dunwoody, R. K., White, B. C., & Jackson, V. L. (2012). Use of Camera Traps to Examine the Mesopredator Release Hypothesis in a Fragmented Midwestern Landscape. The American Midland Naturalist, 168(2), 456–465. https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031-168.2.456

Cove, M. V., Niva, L. M., & Jackson, V. L. (2012). Use of Probability of Detection When Conducting Analyses of Surveys of Mesopredators: a Case Study from the Ozark Highlands of Missouri. The Southwestern Naturalist, 57(3), 257–261. https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-57.3.257

Cove, M. V., & Jackson, V. L. (2011). Differences in detection probability between camera trap types for surveying bobcats in a fragmented suburban landscape. Wild Felid Monitor, 4(2), 24.

Cove, M. V. (2011). Mountain lions in the Midwestern United States. Wild Felid Monitor, 4(2), 18.

Cove, M. V. (2011). Occupancy modeling of medium and large mammal diversity in a Central American Biological Corridor (Master of Science). Department of Biology and Earth Science University of Central Missouri.