Roger A. Powell

Chromosome-length genome assembly of the stone marten (Martes foina, Mustelidae): A new view on one of the cornerstones in carnivore cytogenetics

Tomarovsky, A., Khan, R., Dudchenko, O., Totikov, A., Serdyukova, N. A., Weisz, D., … Kliver, S. (2025, January 29). Journal of Heredity.

Establishing a carnivoran of extensive forests on an intensively managed landscape: Habitat and population establishment

Powell, R. A., Facka, A. N., Clifford, D. L., Smith, K. P., Matthews, S. M., Murphy, E., … Callas, R. (2025, April 30). PLoS ONE.

Novel chromosome-length genome assemblies of three distinct subspecies of pine marten, sable, and yellow-throated marten (genus Martes , family Mustelidae)

Tomarovsky, A. A., Khan, R., Dudchenko, O., Beklemisheva, V. R., Perelman, P. L., Totikov, A. A., … Kliver, S. (2025, December 5). Journal of Heredity.

Novel chromosome-length genome assemblies of three distinct subspecies of pine marten, sable, and yellow-throated marten (genus Martes , family Mustelidae)

Tomarovsky, A. A., Khan, R., Dudchenko, O., Beklemisheva, V. R., Perelman, P. L., Totikov, A. A., … Kliver, S. (2025, September 23).

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).

Food and cover resources for small mammals on an industrially logged landscape in the Sierra Nevada of California

Fraik, A. K., Facka, A. N., & Powell, R. A. (2023, February 8). Canadian Journal of Zoology.

Food and cover resources for small mammals on an industrially logged landscape in the Sierra Nevada of California

Comparison of behaviors of black bears with and without habituation to humans and supplemental research feeding

Powell, R. A., Mansfield, S. A., & Rogers, L. L. (2022, October 5). Journal of Mammalogy.

Evaluating the efficacy of reintroducing fishers (Pekania pennanti) to a landscape managed for timber production

Green, D. S., Facka, A. N., Smith, K. P., Matthews, S. M., & Powell, R. A. (2022, March 4). Forest Ecology and Management.

Mixed‐severity wildfire and salvage logging affect the populations of a forest‐dependent carnivoran and a competitor

Green, D. S., Martin, M. E., Powell, R. A., McGregor, E. L., Gabriel, M. W., Pilgrim, K. L., … Matthews, S. M. (2022, January 1). Ecosphere.

Bed site selection by female North American black bears (Ursus americanus)

Mansfield, S. A., Rogers, L. L., Robison, S., & Powell, R. A. (2021, November 13). Journal of Mammalogy.

Growth and reproduction by young urban and rural black bears

Journal of Mammalogy, 102(4), 1165–1173.

Intraspecific Competition, Habitat Quality, Niche Partitioning, and Causes of Intrasexual Territoriality for a Reintroduced Carnivoran

Facka, A. N., & Powell, R. A. (2021, November 1). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

Value, Limitations, and Recommendations for Grading of Canine Cutaneous Mast Cell Tumors: A Consensus of the Oncology-Pathology Working Group

Berlato, D., Bulman-Fleming, J., Clifford, C. A., Garrett, L., Intile, J., Jones, P., … Rasotto, R. (2021, April 23). Veterinary Pathology, Vol. 4.

Using reintroduction to elucidate breeding system, breeding phenology, and infanticide for a solitary carnivore (fisher, Pekania pennanti)

Smith, K. P., Facka, A. N., & Powell, R. A. (2020, March 13). Canadian Journal of Zoology.

Dynamic occupancy modelling reveals a hierarchy of competition among fishers, grey foxes and ringtails

Green, D. S., Matthews, S. M., Swiers, R. C., Callas, R. L., Yaeger, J. S., Farber, S. L., … Powell, R. A. (2017, December 28). Journal of Animal Ecology.

A Comparison of Survey Techniques for Medium- to Large-Sized Mammals in Forested Wetlands

Rockhill, A. P., Sollman, R., Powell, R. A., & DePerno, C. S. (2016, March 1). Southeastern Naturalist, Vol. 15, pp. 175–187.

Build habitats, not fences, for caribou

Proulx, G., & Powell, R. A. (2016, September 29). Science.

Forestry

Ecosystems of California, 817–833.

Timing of translocation influences birth rate and population dynamics in a forest carnivore

Facka, A. N., Lewis, J. C., Happe, P., Jenkins, K., Callas, R., & Powell, R. A. (2016, January 1). Ecosphere.

Screening GPS telemetry data for locations having unacceptable error

Laver, P. N., Powell, R. A., & Alexander, K. A. (2015, February 13). Ecological Informatics.

Diets of sympatric red wolves and coyotes in northeastern North Carolina

McVey, J. M., Cobb, D. T., Powell, R. A., Stoskopf, M. K., Bohling, J. H., Waits, L. P., & Moorman, C. E. (2013, October 11). Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 94, pp. 1141–1148.

Influence of environmental conditions and facility on faecal glucocorticoid concentrations in captive pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis)

Scarlata, C. D., Elias, B. A., Godwin, J., Powell, R. A., Shepherdson, D., Shipley, L. A., & Brown, J. L. (2013, July 27). Animal Welfare, Vol. 22, pp. 357–368.

The Effect of Illumination and Time of Day on Movements of Bobcats (Lynx rufus)

PLoS ONE, 8(7), e69213.

Carnivore Translocations and Conservation: Insights from Population Models and Field Data for Fishers (Martes pennanti)

Lewis, J. C., Powell, R. A., & Zielinski, W. J. (2012, March 27). PLoS ONE.

Diverse perspectives on mammal home ranges or a home range is more than location densities

Powell, R. A. (2012, September 14). Journal of Mammalogy.

Foraging optimally for home ranges

Mitchell, M. S., & Powell, R. A. (2012, September 14). Journal of Mammalogy.

Relationship between fecal hormone concentrations and reproductive success in captive pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis)

Scarlata, C. D., Elias, B. A., Godwin, J. R., Powell, R. A., Shepherdson, D., Shipley, L. A., & Brown, J. L. (2012, June 28). Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 93, pp. 759–770.

Those Puppy-dog Eyes

(2012, January 1). American Scientist.

What is a home range?

Powell, R. A., & Mitchell, M. S. (2012, September 14). Journal of Mammalogy.

A Comparison of Two Field Chemical Immobilization Techniques for Bobcats (Lynx rufus)

Rockhill, A. P., Chinnadurai, S. K., Powell, R. A., & DePerno, C. S. (2011, December 1). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, Vol. 42, pp. 580–585.

Black-footed ferrets and Siberian polecats as ecological surrogates and ecological equivalents

Biggins, D. E., Hanebury, L. R., Miller, B. J., & Powell, R. A. (2011, August 16). Journal of Mammalogy.

Characterizing gonadal and adrenal activity by fecal steroid analyses in pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis)

Scarlata, C. D., Elias, B. A., Godwin, J. R., Powell, R. A., Shepherdson, D., Shipley, L. A., & Brown, J. L. (2011, March 5). General and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol. 171, pp. 373–380.

Managing an invasive predator pre-adapted to a pulsed resource: a model of stoat (Mustela erminea) irruptions in New Zealand beech forests

King, C. M., & Powell, R. A. (2011, April 12). Biological Invasions.

Building the bridge between animal movement and population dynamics

Morales, J. M., Moorcroft, P. R., Matthiopoulos, J., Frair, J. L., Kie, J. G., Powell, R. A., … Haydon, D. T. (2010, June 21). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

Habitat–performance relationships: finding the right metric at a given spatial scale

Gaillard, J.-M., Hebblewhite, M., Loison, A., Fuller, M., Powell, R., Basille, M., & Moorter, B. V. (2010, June 21). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

The home-range concept: are traditional estimators still relevant with modern telemetry technology?

Kie, J. G., Matthiopoulos, J., Fieberg, J., Powell, R. A., Cagnacci, F., Mitchell, M. S., … Moorcroft, P. R. (2010, June 21). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

Theme issue 'Challenges and opportunities of using GPS-based location data in animal ecology' introduction

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 365(1550), 2157–2162.

An Evaluation of Long-Term Capture Effects in Ursids: Implications for Wildlife Welfare and Research

Cattet, M., Boulanger, J., Stenhouse, G., Powell, R. A., & Reynolds-Hogland, M. J. (2008, August 7). Journal of Mammalogy.

Estimated home ranges can misrepresent habitat relationships on patchy landscapes

Mitchell, M. S., & Powell, R. A. (2008, June 13). Ecological Modelling.

Optimal use of resources structures home ranges and spatial distribution of black bears

Mitchell, M. S., & Powell, R. A. (2007, June 29). Animal Behaviour.

Selection of Den Sites by Black Bears in the Southern Appalachians

Reynolds-Hogland, M. J., Mitchell, M. S., Powell, R. A., & Brown, D. C. (2007, August 6). Journal of Mammalogy.

The natural history of weasels and stoats: Ecology, behavior, and management

Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press.

Understanding contributions of cohort effects to growth rates of fluctuating populations

WITTMER, H. E. I. K. O. U., POWELL, R. O. G. E. R. A., & KING, C. A. R. O. L. Y. N. M. (2007, July 23). Journal of Animal Ecology.

Home Ranges, Cognitive Maps, Habitat Models and Fitness Landscapes for Martes

Powell, R. (2006, February 27).

Spatio-temporal availability of soft mast in clearcuts in the Southern Appalachians

Reynolds-Hogland, M. J., Mitchell, M. S., & Powell, R. A. (2006, November 1). Forest Ecology and Management.

EVALUATING WELFARE OF AMERICAN BLACK BEARS (URSUS AMERICANUS) CAPTURED IN FOOT SNARES AND IN WINTER DENS

Powell, R. A. (2005, December 1). Journal of Mammalogy.

A mechanistic home range model for optimal use of spatially distributed resources

Mitchell, M. S., & Powell, R. A. (2004, May 13). Ecological Modelling.

The effect on model identifiability of allowing different relocation rates for live and dead animals in the combined analysis of telemetry and recapture data

Nasution, M. D., Brownie, C., Pollock, K. H., & Powell, R. A. (2004, March 1). Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics.

Effects of body size on male mating tactics and paternity in black bears,Ursus americanus

Kovach, A. I., & Powell, R. A. (2003, July 1). Canadian Journal of Zoology.

Linking fitness landscapes with the behavior and distribution of animals

In J. A. Bissonette & I. Storch (Eds.), Landscape ecology and resource management: Linking theory with practice (pp. 93–123). Washington, DC: Island Press.

Response of Black Bears to Forest Management in the Southern Appalachian Mountains

Mitchell, M. S., & Powell, R. A. (2003, October 1). Journal of Wildlife Management.

Trapping and Marking Terrestrial Mammals for Research: Integrating Ethics, Performance Criteria, Techniques, and Common Sense

Powell, R. A., & Proulx, G. (2003, January 1). ILAR Journal.

Test of a habitat suitability index for black bears in the southern Appalachians

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 30(3), 794–808.

Martens and tayra

In The mammal encyclopedia (2nd ed.). Oxford: Equinox.

Research Techniques in Animal Ecology: Controversies and Consequences

Johnson, D. H., Boitani, L., & Fuller, T. K. (2001, July 1). Journal of Wildlife Management.

Who limits whom: Predators or prey?

Endangered Species Update, 18, 98–102.

Biogeography of small mammals in the Southern Appalachians: Patterns of local and regional abundance

Proceedings of the Appalachian Biogeography Symposium : held June 25-29, 1995 at the Donaldson Brown Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 155–165. Martinsville, Va.: Virginia Museum of Natural History.

Fisher/Martes pennanti

In D. E. Wilson & S. Ruff (Eds.), The Smithsonian book of North American mammals (pp. 167–168). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Estimating survival rates of black bears

Sorensen, V. A., & Powell, R. A. (1998, January 1). Canadian Journal of Zoology.

KERNELHR: a program for estimating animal home ranges

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 26(1), 95–100.

Topographical constraints and home range quality

Powell, R. A., & Mitchell, M. S. (1998, August 1). Ecography.

Ecology and behaviour of North American black bears: Home ranges, habitat and social organization

London; New York: Chapman & Hall.

Variation in body size, sexual dimorphism and age-specific survival in stoats,Mustela erminea(Mammalia: Carnivora), with fluctuating food supplies

POWELL, R. (1997, October 1). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Accuracy of kernel estimators for animal home range analysis

Ecology (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), 77, 2075–2085.

An Evaluation of the Accuracy of Kernel Density Estimators for Home Range Analysis

Seaman, D. E., & Powell, R. A. (1996, October 1). Ecology.

Demographic Analyses of a Hunted Black Bear Population with Access to a Refuge

Powell, R. A., Zimmerman, J. W., Seaman, D. E., & Gilliam, J. F. (1996, February 1). Conservation Biology.

Radiotelemetry error: location error method compared with error polygons and confidence ellipses

Zimmerman, J. W., & Powell, R. A. (1995, June 1). Canadian Journal of Zoology.

Biology of martens, sables and fishers. Book review. S. W. Buskirk, A. S. Harestad, M. G. Raphael, R. A. Powell (Eds.), 1994: Martens, Sables, and Fishers. Biology and conservation. Ithaca and London, Cornell University Press. 484 pp

Zalewski, A. (1994, December 20). ACTA THERIOLOGICA.

Effects of Scale on Habitat Selection and Foraging Behavior of Fishers in Winter

Powell, R. A. (1994, May 31). Journal of Mammalogy.

Evolution and biogeography

In A. S. H. S. W. Buskirk, M. G. Raphael, & R. A. Powell (Eds.), Martens, sables and fishers: Biology and conservation (pp. 11–12). Ithaca, NY: Comstock Pub. Associates.

Fisher

In K. A. L. F. Ruggiero, S. W. Buskirk, & W. J. Zielinski (Eds.), The scientific basis for conserving forest carnivores: American marten, fisher, lynx, and wolverine in the western United States (pp. 38–73). Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station.

Habitat ecology of American martens and fishers

In A. S. H. S. W. Buskirk, M. G. Raphael, & R. A. Powell (Eds.), Martens, sables, and fishers: Biology and conservation (pp. 283–296). Ithaca, NY: Comstock Pub. Associates.

Martens, sables and fishers: Biology and conservation

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Morphology, ecology and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in North American Martes

In A. S. H. S. W. Buskirk, M. G. Raphael, & R. A. Powell (Eds.), Martens, sables, and fishers: Biology and conservation (pp. 72–84). Ithaca, NY: Comstock Pub. Associates.

Pine vole (Microtus pinetorum) movement toward areas in apple orchards with reduced populations

Lapasha, D. G., & Powell, R. A. (1994, January 1). Journal of Horticultural Science.

Population ecology

In A. S. H. S. W. Buskirk, M. G. Raphael, & R. A. Powell (Eds.), Martens, sables and fishers: Biology and conservation (pp. 99–100). Ithaca, NY: Comstock Pub. Associates.

Structure and spacing of Martes populations

In A. S. H. S. W. Buskirk, M. G. Raphael, & R. A. Powell (Eds.), Martens, sables, and fishers: Biology and conservation (pp. 101–121). Ithaca, NY: Comstock Pub. Associates.

The fisher: Life history, ecology and behavior. (2nd ed.)

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Why do some forest carnivores exhibit intrasexual territoriality and what are the consequences for management?

Proceedings of the International Union of Game Biologists XXI Congress : forests and wildlife ... towards the 21st century, 21, 268–273. Chalk River, Ont.: Canadian Forest Service.

An analysis and evaluation of a black bear sanctuary in western North Carolina: Final report for Study B2, Project W-57, Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act

Raleigh, NC: Dept. of Zoology, North Carolina State University.

Biogeography of small mammals in the Southern Appalachians: Patterns of local and regional abundance

Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 64(suppl.), 207.

Helping by juvenile pine voles (Microtus pinetorum), growth and survival of younger siblings, and the evolution of pine vole sociality

Powell, R. A., & Fried, J. J. (1992, January 1). Behavioral Ecology.

Symposium on the Biology and Management of Martens and Fishers: Abstracts of presentations

Laramie, WY: University of Wyoming.

Development of survival skills in captive-raised Siberian polecats (Mustela eversmanni) I: Locating prey

Miller, B., Biggins, D., Wemmer, C., Powell, R., Hanebury, L., Horn, D., & Vargas, A. (1990, December 1). Journal of Ethology.

Development of survival skills in captive-raised Siberian polecats (Mustela eversmanni) II: Predator avoidance

Miller, B., Biggins, D., Wemmer, C., Powell, R., Calvo, L., Hanebury, L., & Wharton, T. (1990, December 1). Journal of Ethology.

Identifying Patterns and Intensity of Home Range Use

Seaman, D. E., & Powell, R. A. (1990, January 1). Bears Their Biology and Management.

Internal Structure of Home Ranges of Black Bears and Analyses of Home-Range Overlap

Horner, M. A., & Powell, R. A. (1990, August 28). Journal of Mammalogy.

Production of Important Black Bear Foods in the Southern Appalachians

Powell, R. A., & Seaman, D. E. (1990, January 1). Bears Their Biology and Management.

Effects of resource productivity, patchiness and predictability on mating and dispersal strategies

In V. Standen & R. A. Foley (Eds.), Comparative socioecology : the behavioural ecology of humans and other mammals (pp. 101–123). Oxford; Boston: Blackwell Scientific Publications.

Mink Response to Ultrasound in the Range Emitted by Prey

Powell, R. A., & Zielinski, W. J. (1989, August 18). Journal of Mammalogy.

Physiological and behavioral effects of guthion on pine voles,Microtus pinetorum

Durda, J. L., Powell, R. A., & Barthalmus, G. T. (1989, July 1). Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.

Black Bear Home Range Overlap in North Carolina and the Concept of Home Range Applied to Black Bears

Powell, R. A. (1987, January 1). Bears Their Biology and Management.

Ursus americanus Pallas, black bear

In Endangered, threatened, and rare fauna of North Carolina (pp. 33–36). Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences.

Black-footed ferret Mustela nigripes energy expenditure and prey requirements

Powell, R. A., Clark, T. W., Richardson, L., & Forrest, S. C. (1985, January 1). Biological Conservation.

Fisher pelt primeness

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 13, 67–70.

Movements of black bears on the Pisgah National Forest

Proceedings of the ... Annual Conference, Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, 39, 351–361.

Niche spaces and small mammal communities

In R. A. Powell & M. Archer (Eds.), Form-function analyses: The teeth and skulls of carnivores: Special issue of Australian mammalogy. Bedford Park, Australia: Australian Mammal Society.

Possible Pathways for the Evolution of Reproductive Strategies in Weasels and Stoats

Powell, R. A. (1985, June 1). Oikos.

Martens and tayra

In Encyclopedia of mammals (pp. 118–119). London: Allen & Unwin.

Competition and coexistence in mustelid communities

Acta Zoologica Fennica, 174, 223–227.

Sexual Dimorphism and Energy Expenditure for Reproduction in Female Fisher Martes pennanti

Powell, R. A., & Leonard, R. D. (1983, February 1). Oikos.

Ecological 'nonarguments' and human value judgements

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 10, 141.

Evolution of Black-Tipped Tails in Weasels: Predator Confusion

Powell, R. A. (1982, January 1). The American Naturalist.

Prairie Dog Coloniality and Black-Footed Ferrets

Powell, R. A. (1982, December 1). Ecology.