Works (239)

Updated: September 21st, 2023 05:01

2023 journal article

A multi-species evaluation of digital wildlife monitoring using the Sigfox IoT network

ANIMAL BIOTELEMETRY, 11(1).

By: T. Wild*, L. Schalkwyk*, P. Viljoen*, G. Heine*, N. Richter*, B. Vorneweg*, J. Koblitz*, D. Dechmann* ...

author keywords: Animal tracking; Movement ecology; Telemetry; Biologging; LPWAN; LoRa; Wireless sensors; Embedded systems; Onboard processing; Sigfox
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: April 17, 2023

2023 article

A vision for incorporating human mobility in the study of human-wildlife interactions

Ellis-Soto, D., Oliver, R. Y., Brum-Bastos, V., Demsar, U., Jesmer, B., Long, J. A., … Jetz, W. (2023, August 7). NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, Vol. 8.

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 28, 2023

2023 journal article

An automated approach for counting groups of flying animals applied to one of the world's largest bat colonies

ECOSPHERE, 14(6).

author keywords: bats; computer vision; convolutional neural network; flight dynamics; image analysis; migration; population estimate
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: June 30, 2023

2023 journal article

Camera trapping expands the view into global biodiversity and its change

By: R. Oliver*, F. Iannarilli*, J. Ahumada*, E. Fegraus*, N. Flores*, R. Kays n, T. Birch*, A. Ranipeta* ...

author keywords: camera trap; biodiversity; data gaps; convention on biological diversity
MeSH headings : Animals; Biodiversity; Animals, Wild; Mammals; Birds; Knowledge
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: June 19, 2023

2023 journal article

Olingos do eat insects: Records of nocturnal mammals preying on arthropods in arboreal live-capture traps

FOOD WEBS, 36.

By: D. Balbuena*, G. Inga*, L. Ponce*, R. Zuniga* & R. Kays n

author keywords: Bassaricyon; Canopy; Arboreal traps; Caluromys; Marmosa; Insect predation
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 7, 2023

2023 review

The Internet of Animals: what it is, what it could be

[Review of ]. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 38(9), 859–869.

By: R. Kays n & M. Wikelski*

Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: May 31, 2023

2022 journal article

A Quantitative Framework for Identifying Patterns of Route-Use in Animal Movement Data

FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 9.

author keywords: travel routes; spatial cognition; animal movement; navigation; corridors; unsupervised clustering; routine movement; animal cognition
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: February 7, 2022

2022 article

A Two-Species Occupancy Model with a Continuous-Time Detection Process Reveals Spatial and Temporal Interactions

Kellner, K. F., Parsons, A. W., Kays, R., Millspaugh, J. J., & Rota, C. T. (2022, January 7). JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS, Vol. 1.

author keywords: Activity patterns; Camera traps; Occupancy; Point process; Temporal interactions
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: January 18, 2022

2022 article

Biological Earth observation with animal sensors

Jetz, W., Tertitski, G., Kays, R., Mueller, U., & Wikelski, M. (2022, April). TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, Vol. 37, pp. 293–298.

By: W. Jetz*, G. Tertitski*, R. Kays n, U. Mueller* & M. Wikelski*

MeSH headings : Animals; Conservation of Natural Resources; Earth, Planet; Ecosystem; Movement
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: March 28, 2022

2022 journal article

Documenting Wild Turkey Breeding Patterns in North Carolina with Camera Traps

SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 21(3), 220–234.

By: C. Carey n, A. Lohr* & R. Kays n

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: October 31, 2022

2022 journal article

Exploring spatial nonstationarity for four mammal species reveals regional variation in environmental relationships

ECOSPHERE, 13(8).

By: B. Pease*, K. Pacifici n & R. Kays n

author keywords: spatial nonstationarity; species distributions; species-environment relationships
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: August 4, 2022

2022 article

Global camera trap synthesis highlights the importance of protected areas in maintaining mammal diversity

Chen, C., Brodie, J. F., Kays, R., Davies, T. J., Liu, R., Fisher, J. T., … Burton, A. C. (2022, January 26). CONSERVATION LETTERS, Vol. 1.

author keywords: camera trap; functional diversity; human accessibility; human footprint; mammal diversity; protected area; species richness; taxonomic diversity
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: January 27, 2022

2022 article

Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients

Journe, V., Andrus, R., Aravena, M.-C., Ascoli, D., Berretti, R., Berveiller, D., … Clark, J. S. (2022, April 23). ECOLOGY LETTERS, Vol. 4.

By: V. Journe*, R. Andrus*, M. Aravena*, D. Ascoli*, R. Berretti*, D. Berveiller*, M. Bogdziewicz*, T. Boivin* ...

author keywords: climate; competition; forest regeneration; seed consumption; species interactions; tree fecundity
MeSH headings : Biodiversity; Climate; Fertility; Forests; Seeds; Trees
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: May 2, 2022

2022 article

How is Ecology Helping Us Understand COVID-19?

Kays, R. (2022, June 22).

By: R. Kays n

Source: ORCID
Added: August 17, 2022

2022 article

Integrating data types to estimate spatial patterns of avian migration across the Western Hemisphere

Meehan, T. D., Saunders, S. P., DeLuca, W. V., Michel, N. L., Grand, J., Deppe, J. L., … Wilsey, C. B. (2022, July 6). ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, Vol. 7.

By: T. Meehan*, S. Saunders*, W. DeLuca*, N. Michel*, J. Grand*, J. Deppe*, M. Jimenez*, E. Knight* ...

author keywords: annual cycle; band re-encounter; data integration; eBird; least-cost path; migratory connectivity; tracking
MeSH headings : Animal Migration; Animals; Birds; Seasons; South America
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: July 18, 2022

2022 journal article

Intensive hunting changes human-wildlife relationships

PEERJ, 10.

By: A. Parsons n, M. Wikelski*, B. Wolff*, J. Dodel & R. Kays n

author keywords: Antipredator behavior; Ecological impacts; Europe; Hunting pressure; Landscape of fear; North America; Relative abundance; Risk allocation
MeSH headings : Animals; Humans; Animals, Wild; Hunting; Deer; Ecosystem; Forests
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: May 1, 2023

2022 journal article

Life in 2.5D: Animal Movement in the Trees

FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 10.

By: R. Harel*, S. Alavi*, A. Ashbury*, J. Aurisano*, T. Berger-Wolf*, G. Davis*, B. Hirsch*, U. Kalbitzer* ...

author keywords: arboreal mammals; foraging; decision-making; navigation; forest
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: June 27, 2022

2022 article

Mitigating pseudoreplication and bias in resource selection functions with autocorrelation-informed weighting

Alston, J. M., Fleming, C. H., Kays, R., Streicher, J. P., Downs, C. T., Ramesh, T., … Calabrese, J. M. (2022, November 20). METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, Vol. 11.

author keywords: continuous-time movement models; habitat selection; home range; Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process; space use; spatial point process; stochastic process model; utilization distribution
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: November 21, 2022

2022 article

Mitigating pseudoreplication and bias in resource selection functions with autocorrelation-informed weighting

Alston, J. M., Fleming, C. H., Kays, R., Streicher, J. P., Downs, C. T., Ramesh, T., & Calabrese, J. M. (2022, April 22).

Source: ORCID
Added: May 20, 2022

2022 article

Monitoring small mammal abundance using NEON data: are calibrated indices useful?

Parsons, A. W., Clark, J. S., & Kays, R. (2022, November 25). JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, Vol. 11.

By: A. Parsons n, J. Clark* & R. Kays n

author keywords: abundance; abundance indices; Bayesian; capture; recapture; NEON; small mammal
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: October 12, 2022

2022 article

MoveApps - a serverless no-code analysis platform for animal tracking data

Kölzsch, A., Davidson, S. C., Gauggel, D., Hahn, C., Hirt, J., Kays, R., … Safi, K. (2022, February 19). (Vol. 2). Vol. 2.

By: A. Kölzsch*, S. Davidson*, D. Gauggel, C. Hahn, J. Hirt, R. Kays n, I. Lang*, A. Lohr* ...

Source: ORCID
Added: February 20, 2022

2022 journal article

MoveApps: a serverless no-code analysis platform for animal tracking data

MOVEMENT ECOLOGY, 10(1).

By: A. Koelzsch, S. Davidson*, D. Gauggel, C. Hahn, J. Hirt, R. Kays n, I. Lang*, A. Lohr* ...

author keywords: Animal movement; Movement ecology; Bio-logging; Method sharing; Community empowerment; Analysis code publication; Reproducibility; Cloud infrastructure; Serverless computing
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: July 26, 2022

2022 journal article

Perspectives in machine learning for wildlife conservation

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 13(1).

MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Wild; Automation; Conservation of Natural Resources; Ecology; Ecosystem; Knowledge; Machine Learning; Models, Theoretical
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: March 7, 2022

2022 article

Population-level inference for home-range areas

Fleming, C. H., Deznabi, I., Alavi, S., Crofoot, M. C., Hirsch, B. T., Medici, E. P., … Calabrese, J. M. (2022, March 11). METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, Vol. 2.

By: C. Fleming*, I. Deznabi*, S. Alavi*, M. Crofoot*, B. Hirsch*, E. Medici*, M. Noonan*, R. Kays n ...

author keywords: animal movement; autocorrelation; home range; population ecology
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: February 4, 2022

2022 article

SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic

Kays, R., Cove, M. V., Diaz, J., Todd, K., Bresnan, C., Snider, M., … McShea, W. J. (2022, July 24). ECOLOGY, Vol. 6.

By: R. Kays n, M. Cove*, J. Diaz*, K. Todd*, C. Bresnan*, M. Snider n, T. Lee*, J. Jasper* ...

author keywords: biodiversity; biogeography; camera traps; Carnivora; Cetartiodactyla; Didelphimorphia; Lagomorpha; mammals; occupancy modeling; species distribution modeling
MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Wild; Birds; COVID-19 / epidemiology; Humans; Mammals; Pandemics; United States
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: June 6, 2022

2022 article

Saving Wildlife on a Changing Planet

Kays, R. (2022, January 15). (Vol. 1). Vol. 1.

By: R. Kays n

Source: ORCID
Added: February 2, 2022

2022 journal article

The effect of urbanization on spatiotemporal interactions between gray foxes and coyotes

ECOSPHERE, 13(3).

author keywords: camera traps; carnivore; occupancy; spatiotemporal; species interactions
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: March 31, 2022

2022 article

What drives spatially varying ecological relationships in a wide-ranging species?

Pease, B. S., Pacifici, K., Kays, R., & Reich, B. (2022, July 4). DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS, Vol. 7.

By: B. Pease*, K. Pacifici n, R. Kays n & B. Reich n

author keywords: American black bear; niche conservatism; spatial non-stationarity; species-environment relationships; Ursus americanus
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: July 5, 2022

2022 article

Which mammals can be identified from camera traps and crowdsourced photographs?

Kays, R., Lasky, M., Allen, M. L., Dowler, R. C., Hawkins, M. T. R., Hope, A. G., … Cove, M. V. (2022, April 7). (R. Moratelli, Ed.). JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, Vol. 4.

By: R. Kays n, M. Lasky*, M. Allen*, R. Dowler*, M. Hawkins*, A. Hope*, B. Kohli*, V. Mathis* ...

Ed(s): R. Moratelli

author keywords: artificial intelligence; biodiversity; camera trap; citizen science; curation; identification; iNaturalist; photograph; range map; voucher
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: April 14, 2022

2022 article

Wildlife Insights: How Camera Trap Data Can Foster Global Biodiversity Conservation

Iannarilli, F., Oliver, R., Birch, T., Beery, S., Fegraus, E., Flores, N., … Jetz, W. (2022, January 31). (Vol. 1). Vol. 1.

By: F. Iannarilli*, R. Oliver*, T. Birch*, S. Beery*, E. Fegraus*, N. Flores*, R. Kays n, J. Ahumada*, W. Jetz*

Source: ORCID
Added: February 2, 2022

2021 article

A pilot study on the home range and movement patterns of the Andean Fox Lycalopex culpaeus (Molina, 1782) in Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador

Castellanos, A., Castellanos, F. X., Kays, R., & Brito, J. (2021, August 17). MAMMALIA, Vol. 8.

By: A. Castellanos*, F. Castellanos*, R. Kays n & J. Brito*

author keywords: Andean fox habits; continuous-time movement model; mammal tracking; non-parametric methods; straight-line displacement
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: January 18, 2022

2021 article

Arboreal monkeys facilitate foraging of terrestrial frugivores

Havmoller, L. W., Loftus, J. C., Havmoller, R. W., Alavi, S. E., Caillaud, D., Grote, M. N., … Crofoot, M. C. (2021, September 19). BIOTROPICA, Vol. 9.

By: L. Havmoller*, J. Loftus*, R. Havmoller*, S. Alavi*, D. Caillaud*, M. Grote*, B. Hirsch*, L. Torrez-Herrera*, R. Kays n, M. Crofoot*

author keywords: attraction; camera trapping; eavesdropping; GPS tracking; interspecific associations; Panama; tropical forest
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: October 4, 2021

2021 journal article

Can mammals thrive near urban areas in the Neotropics? Characterizing the community of a reclaimed tropical forest

TROPICAL ECOLOGY, 62(2), 174–185.

By: S. Schuttler*, S. Ramcharan*, H. Boone n, S. Stone n, . Brian J. O'Shea*, K. Gajapersad*, R. Kays n

author keywords: Camera traps; Neotropical forest; Occupancy modelling; Secondary forest; Suriname; Urbanization
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: February 15, 2021

2021 journal article

Candid Critters: Challenges and Solutions in a Large-Scale Citizen Science Camera Trap Project

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 6(1).

Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: July 19, 2021

2021 article

Carolina critters: a collection of camera-trap data from wildlife surveys across North Carolina

Lasky, M., Parsons, A. W., Schuttler, S. G., Hess, G., Sutherland, R., Kalies, L., … Kays, R. (2021, June 1). ECOLOGY, Vol. 6.

By: M. Lasky n, A. Parsons n, S. Schuttler*, G. Hess n, R. Sutherland*, L. Kalies*, S. Clark*, C. Olfenbuttel* ...

author keywords: biodiversity; camera trap; citizen science; database; ecology; mammal; species distribution
MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Wild; Biodiversity; Ecosystem; Mammals; North Carolina
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: June 10, 2021

2021 article

Disturbance type and species life history predict mammal responses to humans

Suraci, J. P., Gaynor, K. M., Allen, M. L., Alexander, P., Brashares, J. S., Cendejas-Zarelli, S., … Wilmers, C. C. (2021, May 20). GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, Vol. 5.

By: J. Suraci*, K. Gaynor*, M. Allen*, P. Alexander*, J. Brashares*, S. Cendejas-Zarelli*, K. Crooks*, L. Elbroch* ...

author keywords: anthropogenic disturbance; carnivore; conservation; environmental filter; human footprint index; human‐ wildlife coexistence; occupancy; traits; ungulate; wildlife
MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Wild; Ecosystem; Human Activities; Humans; Life History Traits; Mammals; North America
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: June 10, 2021

2021 journal article

Empirical evaluation of the spatial scale and detection process of camera trap surveys

MOVEMENT ECOLOGY, 9(1).

By: R. Kays n, A. Hody n, D. Jachowski* & A. Parsons n

Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: August 15, 2021

2021 article

Estimating encounter location distributions from animal tracking data

Noonan, M. J., Martinez-Garcia, R., Davis, G. H., Crofoot, M. C., Kays, R., Hirsch, B. T., … Calabrese, J. M. (2021, May 14). METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, Vol. 5.

author keywords: animal movement; Cebus capucinus; contact; home range; interactions; Tiliqua rugosa
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: June 10, 2021

2021 journal article

Home range variation in leopards living across the human density gradient

JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, 102(4), 1138–1148.

By: M. Snider n, V. Athreya*, G. Balme*, L. Bidner*, M. Farhadinia*, J. Fattebert*, M. Gompper*, S. Gubbi* ...

author keywords: habitat use; human carnivore interaction; human density; large carnivore; leopard; movement ecology; Panthera pardus
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: September 7, 2021

2021 journal article

Mobilizing Animal Movement Data: API use and the Movebank platform

Biodiversity Information Science and Standards.

By: S. Davidson, G. Bohrer, A. Kölzsch, C. Vinciguerra & R. Kays*

Source: ORCID
Added: September 14, 2021

2021 article

Population-level inference for home-range areas

Fleming, C. H., Deznabi, I., Alavi, S., Crofoot, M. C., Hirsch, B. T., Medici, E. P., … Calabrese, J. M. (2021, July 6). (Vol. 7). Vol. 7.

By: C. Fleming*, I. Deznabi*, S. Alavi*, M. Crofoot*, B. Hirsch*, E. Medici*, M. Noonan*, R. Kays n ...

Source: ORCID
Added: July 19, 2021

2021 article

SNAPSHOT USA 2019: a coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States

Cove, M. V., Kays, R., Bontrager, H., Bresnan, C., Lasky, M., Frerichs, T., … McShea, A. J. (2021, June). ECOLOGY, Vol. 102.

By: M. Cove, R. Kays*, H. Bontrager, C. Bresnan, M. Lasky, T. Frerichs, R. Klann, T. Lee ...

author keywords: biodiversity; biogeography; camera traps; carnivora; Cetartiodactyla; Cingulata; Didelphimorphia; Lagomorpha; mammals; occupancy modeling; Rodentia; species distribution modeling
MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Wild; Birds; Mammals; Population Dynamics; United States
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: June 28, 2021

2021 journal article

Seasonal Patterns in Daily Flight Distance and Space Use by Great Egrets (Ardea alba)

WATERBIRDS, 44(3), 343–355.

By: J. Brzorad*, M. Allen*, S. Jennings, E. Condeso, S. Elbin*, R. Kays*, D. Lumpkin, S. Schweitzer*, N. Tsipoura*, A. Maccarone*

author keywords: Ardea alba; central place; daily flight distances; GPS telemetry; Great Egret; home range; wading bird; wetlands; utilization distribution
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: May 2, 2022

2021 article

The Movebank system for studying global animal movement and demography

Kays, R., Davidson, S. C., Berger, M., Bohrer, G., Fiedler, W., Flack, A., … Wikelski, M. (2021, December 12). METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, Vol. 12.

By: R. Kays*, S. Davidson*, M. Berger, G. Bohrer*, W. Fiedler*, A. Flack*, J. Hirt, C. Hahn ...

author keywords: animal behaviour; animal tracking; bio-logging; cyberinfrastructure; FAIR data; GPS; live data; movement
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: December 13, 2021

2021 journal article

Tracking the decline of weasels in North America

PLOS ONE, 16(7).

By: D. Jachowski*, R. Kays n, A. Butler*, A. Hoylman & M. Gompper*

MeSH headings : Animals; Canada; Mustelidae / physiology; Population Dynamics; United States
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 30, 2021

2020 journal article

A Novel Framework to Protect Animal Data in a World of Ecosurveillance

BioScience, 70(6), 468–476.

By: R. Lennox*, R. Harcourt*, J. Bennett*, A. Davies*, A. Ford*, R. Frey*, M. Hayward, N. Hussey* ...

author keywords: Ecology; biotelemetry; biologging; species at risk; data security; poaching; data privacy
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: July 13, 2020

2020 journal article

An empirical evaluation of camera trap study design: How many, how long and when?

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11(6), 700–713.

Ed(s): D. Fisher

author keywords: camera traps; community ecology; detectability; mammals; relative abundance; species richness; study design; wildlife surveys
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: April 20, 2020

2020 journal article

Animal species classification using deep neural networks with noise labels

Ecological Informatics, 57, 101063.

By: A. Ahmed*, H. Yousif*, R. Kays n & Z. He*

author keywords: Noisy labels; Deep neural networks; Clean network; K-means clustering
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: May 8, 2020

2020 journal article

Born‐digital biodiversity data: Millions and billions

Diversity and Distributions, 26(5), 644–648.

By: R. Kays n, W. McShea* & M. Wikelski*

Ed(s): D. Zurell

author keywords: animal tracking; big data; biodiversity; camera trapping; conservation; ecological modelling; specimens
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: April 20, 2020

2020 article

COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife

Rutz, C., Loretto, M.-C., Bates, A. E., Davidson, S. C., Duarte, C. M., Jetz, W., … Cagnacci, F. (2020, September). NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, Vol. 4, pp. 1156–1159.

MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Wild; Betacoronavirus; COVID-19; Coronavirus Infections; Ecosystem; Human Activities; Humans; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral; SARS-CoV-2
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: July 20, 2020

2020 journal article

Coyotes living near cities are bolder: implications for dog evolution and human-wildlife conflict

BEHAVIOUR, 157(3-4), 289–313.

By: J. Brooks*, R. Kays n & B. Hare*

author keywords: self-domestication; urban evolution; coyote wildlife management; urban coyotes; coyote boldness; human-wildlife conflict
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: May 8, 2020

2020 dataset

Data from: The small home ranges and large local ecological impacts of pet cats [United States]

By: R. Kays*, R. Dunn, A. Parsons, B. Mcdonald, T. Perkins, S. Powers, L. Shell

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: September 15, 2020

2020 journal article

Diurnal timing of nonmigratory movement by birds: the importance of foraging spatial scales

JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY, 51(12).

By: J. Mallon*, M. Tucker*, A. Beard*, R. Bierregaard*, K. Bildstein*, K. Bohning-Gaese*, J. Brzorad*, E. Buechley* ...

author keywords: flight mode; foraging; movement ecology; multispecies; nonmigratory; temporal
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: January 19, 2021

2020 journal article

Does Use of Backyard Resources Explain the Abundance of Urban Wildlife?

FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 8.

By: C. Hansen*, A. Parsons n, R. Kays n & J. Millspaugh*

author keywords: camera trap; mammal; relative abundance; species richness; supplemental feeding
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: November 24, 2020

2020 journal article

Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic

SCIENCE, 370(6517), 712-+.

By: S. Davidson*, G. Bohrer*, E. Gurarie*, S. LaPoint*, P. Mahoney*, N. Boelman*, J. Eitel*, L. Prugh* ...

MeSH headings : Acclimatization; Animal Migration; Animals; Archives; Arctic Regions; Ecological Parameter Monitoring; Population
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: December 14, 2020

2020 journal article

author keywords: allometry; animal movement; area-based conservation; autocorrelation; home range; kernel density estimation; reserve design; scaling
MeSH headings : Animals; Body Size; Conservation of Natural Resources; Endangered Species; Homing Behavior; Humans; Mammals
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: July 6, 2020

2020 article

Estimating encounter location distributions from animal tracking data

Noonan, M. J., Martinez-Garcia, R., Davis, G. H., Crofoot, M. C., Kays, R., Hirsch, B. T., … Calabrese, J. M. (2020, August 25). (Vol. 8). Vol. 8.

Source: ORCID
Added: July 19, 2021

2020 journal article

Foraging movements are density-independent among straw-coloured fruit bats

ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE, 7(5).

By: M. Calderon-Capote*, D. Dechmann*, J. Fahr*, M. Wikelski*, R. Kays n & M. O'Mara*

author keywords: central place foraging; colony size; Old World fruit bats; resources; movement; migration
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: June 22, 2020

2020 journal article

High variability within pet foods prevents the identification of native species in pet cats’ diets using isotopic evaluation

PeerJ, 8, e8337.

By: B. McDonald n, T. Perkins n, R. Dunn n, J. McDonald*, H. Cole*, R. Feranec*, R. Kays n

author keywords: Felis catus; Carbon; Stable isotopes; Predation; Pet food; Nitrogen
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: February 10, 2020

2020 journal article

Precipitous decline of white-lipped peccary populations in Mesoamerica

Biological Conservation, 242, 108410.

By: D. Thornton*, R. Reyna*, L. Perera-Romero*, J. Radachowsky*, M. Hidalgo-Mihart*, R. Garcia*, R. McNab*, L. Mcloughlin* ...

author keywords: Distribution modelling; Large herbivores; Population decline; Neotropics; Range decline; White-lipped peccaries
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: April 20, 2020

2020 journal article

The small home ranges and large local ecological impacts of pet cats

Animal Conservation, 23(5), 516–523.

By: R. Kays n, R. Dunn n, A. Parsons n, B. Mcdonald n, T. Perkins*, S. Powers*, L. Shell, J. McDonald* ...

author keywords: citizen science; domestic cats; GPS tracking; predation; urban ecology; home rage; carnivores; Felis catus
Sources: Crossref, ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: September 14, 2020

2020 journal article

Wildlife response to recreational trail building: An experimental method and Appalachian case study

JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION, 56.

By: A. Miller n, R. Kays n & Y. Leung n

author keywords: Before-after control-impact; Camera trap; Experiment; Occupancy; Recreation impact; Trails
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 24, 2020

2019 journal article

Animal Scanner: Software for classifying humans, animals, and empty frames in camera trap images

Ecology and Evolution, 9(4), 1578–1589.

By: H. Yousif*, J. Yuan*, R. Kays n & Z. He*

author keywords: background subtraction; camera trap images; deep convolutional neural networks; human-animal detection; wildlife monitoring
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: April 2, 2019

2019 journal article

Canid collision-expanding populations of coyotes (Canis latrans) and crab-eating foxes (Cerdocyon thous) meet up in Panama

JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, 100(6), 1819–1830.

By: A. Hody n, R. Moreno*, N. Meyer*, K. Pacifici n & R. Kays n

author keywords: camera traps; coyote; crab-eating fox; data fusion; Great American Biotic Interchange; invasive species
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: February 10, 2020

2019 journal article

Children’s attitudes towards animals are similar across suburban, exurban, and rural areas

PeerJ, 7, e7328.

By: S. Schuttler*, K. Stevenson n, R. Kays n & R. Dunn n

author keywords: Children; Attitudes; Biodiversity; Animals; Urbanization; Native
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: July 23, 2019

2019 dataset

Data from: Eastern coyote home range, habitat selection and survival in the Albany pine bush landscape

By: D. Bogan & R. Kays*

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: September 15, 2020

2019 journal article

Effects on white‐tailed deer following eastern coyote colonization

The Journal of Wildlife Management, 83(4), 916–924.

By: E. Bragina n, R. Kays*, A. Hody n, C. Moorman n, C. Deperno n & L. Mills*

author keywords: eastern coyote; novel predator; population growth rate; predator-prey dynamics; spatial compensation
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: April 20, 2020

2019 journal article

Large birds travel farther in homogeneous environments

Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28(5), 576–587.

By: M. Tucker*, O. Alexandrou, R. Bierregaard*, K. Bildstein*, K. Böhning‐Gaese*, C. Bracis*, J. Brzorad*, E. Buechley* ...

Ed(s): V. Boucher-Lalonde

author keywords: enhanced vegetation index; landscape complementation; movement ecology; productivity; spatial behaviour; terrestrial birds; waterbirds
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: June 17, 2019

2019 journal article

Local host-tick coextinction in neotropical forest fragments

International Journal for Parasitology, 49(3-4), 225–233.

By: H. Esser*, E. Herre*, R. Kays*, Y. Liefting* & P. Jansen*

author keywords: Biodiversity loss; Host-parasite interactions; Forest fragmentation; Defaunation; Extinction cascade; Host specificity; Panama
MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Wild / growth & development; Biodiversity; Extinction, Biological; Forests; Panama; Ticks / growth & development; Tropical Climate; Vertebrates / growth & development
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: May 13, 2019

2019 journal article

Scale-insensitive estimation of speed and distance traveled from animal tracking data

MOVEMENT ECOLOGY, 7(1).

By: M. Noonan*, C. Fleming*, T. Akre*, J. Drescher-Lehman*, E. Gurarie*, A. Harrison*, R. Kays n, J. Calabrese*

author keywords: Continuous-time; correlated velocity; ctmm; GPS; movement models; step length; telemetry; travel distance
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: December 9, 2019

2019 journal article

Semantic region of interest and species classification in the deep neural network feature domain

Ecological Informatics, 52, 57–68.

By: A. Ahmed*, H. Yousif*, R. Kays n & Z. He*

author keywords: Animal species classification; Deep neural networks; Semantic regions; Graph cut
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: July 15, 2019

2019 journal article

The ocean’s movescape: fisheries management in the bio-logging decade (2018–2028)

ICES Journal of Marine Science, 76(2), 477–488.

Ed(s): H. Browman

author keywords: bio-logging; fisheries; ICARUS; movement ecology; telemetry; tracking
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: May 13, 2019

2019 journal article

Urbanization focuses carnivore activity in remaining natural habitats, increasing species interactions

Journal of Applied Ecology, 56(8), 1894–1904.

By: A. Parsons n, C. Rota*, T. Forrester*, M. Baker‐Whatton*, W. McShea*, S. Schuttler*, J. Millspaugh*, R. Kays n

Ed(s): H. Wheeler

author keywords: camera traps; carnivore; citizen science; distribution; green space; occupancy; species interactions; urbanization
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 19, 2019

2019 journal article

White‐tailed deer and coyote colonization: a response to Kilgo et al. (2019)

The Journal of Wildlife Management, 83(8), 1641–1643.

By: E. Bragina*, R. Kays*, A. Hody n, C. Moorman n, C. DePerno & L. Mills*

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: October 28, 2019

2019 journal article

Wildlife Insights: A Platform to Maximize the Potential of Camera Trap and Other Passive Sensor Wildlife Data for the Planet

Environmental Conservation, 47(1), 1–6.

By: J. Ahumada*, E. Fegraus*, T. Birch*, N. Flores*, R. Kays*, T. O’Brien*, J. Palmer*, S. Schuttler* ...

author keywords: artificial intelligence; camera traps; data analysis; data sharing; protected areas; technology platform; wildlife
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: November 24, 2020

2018 dataset

Canis latrans: Kays, R.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: November 24, 2020

2018 journal article

Citizen Science in Schools: Students Collect Valuable Mammal Data for Science, Conservation, and Community Engagement

BioScience, 69(1), 69–79.

By: S. Schuttler*, R. Sears n, I. Orendain*, R. Khot*, D. Rubenstein*, N. Rubenstein*, R. Dunn n, E. Baird* ...

author keywords: citizen science; camera traps; mammals; education; community conservation
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: April 15, 2019

2018 dataset

Data from: New York State bald eagle report 2010

By: P. Nye, G. Hewitt, T. Swenson & R. Kays*

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: September 14, 2020

2018 journal article

High genomic diversity and candidate genes under selection associated with range expansion in eastern coyote (Canis latrans ) populations

Ecology and Evolution, 8(24), 12641–12655.

By: E. Heppenheimer*, K. Brzeski*, J. Hinton*, B. Patterson*, L. Rutledge*, A. DeCandia*, T. Wheeldon*, S. Fain* ...

author keywords: colonization; dispersal behavior; outlier SNPs; RADseq; range expansion
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 14, 2019

2018 journal article

Historically native to open country in the West, this canid now lives in all habitats across the continent

Natural History Magazine, 126(7), 22–27.

By: R. Kays

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2018 journal article

Hot monkey, cold reality: surveying rainforest canopy mammals using drone-mounted thermal infrared sensors

International Journal of Remote Sensing, 40(2), 407–419.

By: R. Kays n, J. Sheppard*, K. Mclean*, C. Welch*, C. Paunescu*, V. Wang*, G. Kravit*, M. Crofoot*

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: February 18, 2019

2018 journal article

Is the Red Wolf a Listable Unit Under the US Endangered Species Act?

Journal of Heredity, 109(5), 585–597.

author keywords: de-listing; distinct population segment; hybrid policy; hybridization; listing criteria; taxonomy
MeSH headings : Animals; Behavior, Animal; Ecosystem; Endangered Species; Hybridization, Genetic; United States; Wolves / genetics; Wolves / physiology
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2018 journal article

Joint Temporal Point Pattern Models for Proximate Species Occurrence in a Fixed Area Using Camera Trap Data

Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics, 23(3), 334–357.

By: E. Schliep*, A. Gelfand*, J. Clark* & R. Kays n

author keywords: Circular time; Fourier series representation; Hierarchical model; Linear time; Multivariate log-Gaussian Cox process; Nonhomogeneous Poisson process
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: October 19, 2018

2018 journal article

Mammal communities are larger and more diverse in moderately developed areas

ELife, 7.

By: A. Parsons n, T. Forrester*, M. Baker-Whatton*, W. McShea*, C. Rota*, S. Schuttler*, J. Millspaugh*, R. Kays n

MeSH headings : Animals; Biodiversity; Cities; Conservation of Natural Resources / methods; Conservation of Natural Resources / statistics & numerical data; Ecosystem; Forests; Humans; Mammals / classification; Mammals / growth & development; Rural Population / statistics & numerical data; Suburban Population / statistics & numerical data; Urban Population / statistics & numerical data; Urban Renewal / statistics & numerical data
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: October 16, 2018

2018 journal article

Mapping the expansion of coyotes (Canis latrans) across North and Central America

ZooKeys, 759(759), 81–97.

By: J. Hody & R. Kays*

author keywords: coyote; Canis latrans; range expansion; museum records; FAUNMAP; VertNet; historical ecology; Holocene
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2018 journal article

Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

Science, 359(6374), 466–469.

By: M. Tucker*, K. Böhning-Gaese*, W. Fagan*, J. Fryxell*, B. Van Moorter*, S. Alberts*, A. Ali, A. Allen* ...

MeSH headings : Animal Migration; Animals; Geographic Information Systems; Human Activities; Humans; Mammals
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2018 journal article

Object detection from dynamic scene using joint background modeling and fast deep learning classification

JOURNAL OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND IMAGE REPRESENTATION, 55, 802–815.

By: H. Yousif*, J. Yuan*, R. Kays n & Z. He*

author keywords: Human-animal detection; Camera-trap images; Background subtraction; Deep convolutional neural networks; Wildlife monitoring
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: October 16, 2018

2018 journal article

Population Genomic Analysis of North American Eastern Wolves (Canis lycaon) Supports Their Conservation Priority Status

Genes, 9(12), 606.

By: E. Heppenheimer*, R. Harrigan*, L. Rutledge, K. Koepfli*, A. DeCandia*, K. Brzeski*, J. Benson*, T. Wheeldon* ...

author keywords: canine; geographic isolation; spatial structure; restriction-site associated DNA; conservation genomics
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 21, 2019

2018 journal article

Revised distributional estimates for the recently discovered olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina), with comments on natural and taxonomic history

JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, 99(2), 321–332.

author keywords: Andes; citizen science; conservation; distribution; ecological niche modeling; ecotourism; Neotropical; olinguito; Procyonidae
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2018 chapter

Stink or swim: techniques to meet the challenges for the study and conservation of small critters that hide, swim, or climb, and may otherwise make themselves unpleasant

In D. Macdonald, L. Harrington, & C. Newman (Eds.), Biology and Conservation of Musteloids (pp. 216–230).

By: R. Powell, S. Ellwood, R. Kays* & T. Maran

Ed(s): D. Macdonald, L. Harrington & C. Newman

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: December 4, 2020

2018 journal article

The value of citizen science for ecological monitoring of mammals

PeerJ, 6, e4536.

By: A. Parsons*, C. Goforth*, R. Costello* & R. Kays n

author keywords: Wildlife monitoring; Seasonal patterns; Citizen science; Wildlife management; Camera traps
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Citizen science and biophilic cities: the great experiment

Biophilic Cities, 1(1), 22–27.

By: R. Costello, W. McShea, T. Forrester, A. Parsons, S. Schuttler, M. Baker-Whatton, R. Kays

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 30, 2020

2017 journal article

Coupling visitor and wildlife monitoring in protected areas using camera traps

Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 17, 44–53.

By: A. Miller*, Y. Leung n & R. Kays n

author keywords: Monitoring; Camera trap; Protected area management; Recreation; Trail
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Creating advocates for mammal conservation through citizen science

Biological Conservation, 208, 98–105.

author keywords: Camera trap; Conservation attitudes; Informal education; Social network; Wildlife
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Defense of an expanded historical range for the Mexican wolf: A comment on Heffelfinger et al.

The Journal of Wildlife Management, 81(8), 1331–1333.

By: S. Hendricks*, S. Koblmüller*, R. Harrigan*, J. Leonard*, R. Schweizer*, B. Vonholdt*, R. Kays n, R. Wayne*

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: September 15, 2020

2017 journal article

Do occupancy or detection rates from camera traps reflect deer density?

Journal of Mammalogy, 98(6), 1547–1557.

By: A. Parsons n, T. Forrester*, W. McShea*, M. Baker-Whatton*, J. Millspaugh* & R. Kays n

author keywords: abundance index; camera trap; citizen science; density; detection rate; occupancy; Odocoileus virginianus; protected area management; white-tailed deer
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 conference paper

Fast human-animal detection from highly cluttered camera-trap images using joint background modeling and deep learning classification

2017 ieee international symposium on circuits and systems (iscas).

By: H. Yousif*, J. Yuan*, R. Kays n & Z. He*

Sources: NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Free-ranging domestic cats (Felis catus) on public lands: estimating density, activity, and diet in the Florida Keys

Biological Invasions, 20(2), 333–344.

By: M. Cove n, B. Gardner*, T. Simons n, R. Kays n & A. O’Connell*

author keywords: Felis catus; Free-ranging domestic cats; Predators; Spatial capture-recapture; Stable isotopes; Trap-neuter-release
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 chapter

Kinkajou: the tree top specialist

In D. Macdonald, C. Newman, & L. A. Harrington (Eds.), Biology and Conservation of Musteloids (pp. 493–501). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

By: M. Brooks & R. Kays

Ed(s): D. Macdonald, C. Newman & L. Harrington

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 30, 2020

2017 journal article

Managed forest as habitat for gray brocket deer (Mazama gouazoubira) in agricultural landscapes of southeastern Brazil

Journal of Mammalogy, 98(5), 1301–1309.

author keywords: camera trapping; Cerrado; herbivores; land use; occupancy
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Northeastern coyotes cannot be a distinct species without isolation: a response to Way and Lynn

Canid Biology & Conservation, 20(2), 5–6. http://www.canids.org/CBC/20/northeastern_coyote_not_a_species.pdf

By: R. Kays & J. Monzón

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 30, 2020

2017 conference paper

Object segmentation in the deep neural network feature domain from highly cluttered natural scenes

2017 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 3095–3099.

By: H. Yousif*, Z. He* & R. Kays n

Event: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)

Sources: NC State University Libraries, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 chapter

Track Annotation: Determining the Environmental Context of Movement Through the Air

In Aeroecology (pp. 71–86).

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: November 24, 2020

2016 journal article

A community effort to document wildlife: eMammal project expands the impact of citizen scientists

The Wildlife Professional, 38–41.

By: B. Kays, T. Forrester & W. Mcshea

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 30, 2021

2016 journal article

A hypothesis for the disagreement between nuclear and mitochondrial DNA of North American Canis: an eletter response to Whole-genome sequence analysis shows that two endemic species of North American wolf are admixtures of the coyote and gray wolf

Science Advances, 2(7), e1501714.

By: R. Kays

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 29, 2021

2016 journal article

A multispecies occupancy model for two or more interacting species

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7(10), 1164–1173.

Ed(s): D. Warton

author keywords: community; competition; eMammal; interspecific interactions; multinomial logit; multinomial probit; multivariate Bernoulli; occupancymodelling; predation
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

A two-species occupancy model accommodating simultaneous spatial and interspecific dependence

Ecology, 97(1), 48–53.

author keywords: coyote (Canis latrans); data augmentation; detection probability; eMammal; geostatistical model; hierarchical models; interacting species; point-referenced model; red fox (Vulpes vulpes); spatial statistics
MeSH headings : Animal Distribution / physiology; Animals; Coyotes / physiology; Foxes / physiology; Models, Biological; Models, Statistical; Species Specificity
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: September 15, 2020

2016 journal article

Admixture mapping identifies introgressed genomic regions in North American canids

Molecular Ecology, 25(11), 2443–2453.

By: B. vonHoldt*, R. Kays*, J. Pollinger* & R. Wayne*

author keywords: admixture; ancestry; canids; introgression
MeSH headings : Alleles; Animals; Chromosome Mapping; Coyotes / genetics; Gene Flow; Genetics, Population; Genomics; Hybridization, Genetic; North America; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Wolves / genetics
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 24, 2021

2016 journal article

An Open Standard for Camera Trap Data

Biodiversity Data Journal, 4, e10197.

By: T. Forrester, T. O'Brien, E. Fegraus, P. Jansen, J. Palmer, R. Kays*, J. Ahumada, B. Stern, W. McShea

author keywords: big data; biodiversity; camera trap; data repository; data schema
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 21, 2021

2016 book

Candid Creatures : how camera traps reveal the mysteries of nature

By: R. Kays*

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 29, 2021

2016 journal article

Deer on the lookout: how hunting, hiking and coyotes affect white-tailed deer vigilance

Journal of Zoology, 301(4), 320–327.

author keywords: vigilance; white-tailed deer; apex predators; coyote; hunting; recreation; camera traps; predation risk
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Differential Habitat Use or Intraguild Interactions: What Structures a Carnivore Community?

PLOS ONE, 11(1), e0146055.

By: M. Gompper*, D. Lesmeister*, J. Ray*, J. Malcolm* & R. Kays n

Ed(s): A. Reed

MeSH headings : Animal Distribution; Animals; Conservation of Natural Resources; Ecosystem; Forests; Models, Biological; Mustelidae / physiology; New York; Population Density; Raccoons / physiology; Ursidae / physiology
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Does hunting or hiking affect wildlife communities in protected areas?

Journal of Applied Ecology, 54(1), 242–252.

Ed(s): J. du Toit

author keywords: camera trap; citizen science; hiking; hunting; mammals; park; protected area; protected forest; recreation; wildlife communities
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 chapter

Involving Citizen Scientists in Biodiversity Observation

In The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks (pp. 211–237).

By: M. Chandler, L. See*, C. Buesching*, J. Cousins, C. Gillies*, R. Kays n, C. Newman*, H. Pereira*, P. Tiago*

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: November 27, 2020

2016 journal article

Long-distance dispersal of a subadult male cougar from South Dakota to Connecticut documented with DNA evidence

Journal of Mammalogy, 97(5), 1435–1440.

By: J. Hawley, P. Rego*, A. Wydeven*, M. Schwartz*, T. Viner*, R. Kays*, K. Pilgrim, J. Jenks

author keywords: Black Hills; Connecticut; eastern cougar; long-distance dispersal; Minnesota; mountain lion; Puma concolor; South Dakota; Wisconsin
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: September 15, 2020

2016 journal article

Scaling-up camera traps: monitoring the planet's biodiversity with networks of remote sensors

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 15(1), 26–34.

By: R. Steenweg*, M. Hebblewhite*, R. Kays n, J. Ahumada*, J. Fisher*, C. Burton*, S. Townsend, C. Carbone* ...

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

The ecological impact of humans and dogs on wildlife in protected areas in eastern North America

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 203, 75–88.

By: A. Parsons*, C. Bland n, T. Forrester*, M. Baker-Whatton*, S. Schuttler*, W. McShea*, R. Costello*, R. Kays n

author keywords: Camera traps; Coyote; Hikers; Domestic dog; Protected areas; Risk-disturbance
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Visual Informatics Tools for Supporting Large-Scale Collaborative Wildlife Monitoring with Citizen Scientists

IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, 16(1), 73–86.

By: Z. He*, R. Kays*, Z. Zhang*, G. Ning*, C. Huang*, T. Han*, J. Millspaugh*, T. Forrester*, W. McShea*

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Wildlife speed cameras: measuring animal travel speed and day range using camera traps

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2(2), 84–94.

Ed(s): N. Pettorelli

author keywords: Animal tracking; image analysis; length-biased distributions; movement ecology; travel distance; video capture
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 24, 2021

2015 personal communication

Carnivore coexistence: America's recovery

Gompper, M. E., Belant, J. L., & Kays, R. (2015, January 23).

By: M. Gompper*, J. Belant* & R. Kays n

MeSH headings : Animals; Conservation of Natural Resources; Humans; Lynx; Mustelidae; Ursidae; Wolves
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Cats are rare where coyotes roam

Journal of Mammalogy, 96(5), 981–987.

By: R. Kays*, R. Costello, T. Forrester, M. Baker, A. Parsons, E. Kalies, G. Hess*, J. Millspaugh, W. McShea

author keywords: camera trap; Canis latrans; citizen science; Felis catus; invasive species; protected areas
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 dataset

Data from: Shared decision-making drives collective movement in wild baboons

By: M. Crofoot, R. Kays* & M. Wikelski

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: September 15, 2020

2015 report

Data from: Stink or swim: techniques to meet the challenges for the study and conservation of small critters that hide, swim or climb and may otherwise make themselves unpleasant.

[Dataset].

By: R. Kays & B. Hirsch

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: September 13, 2022

2015 journal article

Emerging Technologies to Conserve Biodiversity

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30(11), 685–696.

By: S. Pimm*, S. Alibhai*, R. Bergl*, A. Dehgan*, C. Giri*, Z. Jewell*, L. Joppa*, R. Kays n, S. Loarie*

MeSH headings : Animals; Biodiversity; Conservation of Natural Resources / methods; Ecology / methods; Ecosystem; Plants; Remote Sensing Technology; Statistics as Topic
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Identification of Novel Gammaherpesviruses in Ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) and Bobcats (Lynx rufus) in Panama and Colorado, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 51(4), 911–915.

By: C. Lozano*, L. Sweanor*, G. Wilson-Henjum*, R. Kays*, R. Moreno*, S. VandeWoude*, R. Troyer*

author keywords: Bobcat; gammaherpesvirus; herpesvirus; Leopardus pardalis; Lynx rufus; ocelot; virus
MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Wild; Colorado / epidemiology; Felidae; Gammaherpesvirinae / genetics; Gammaherpesvirinae / isolation & purification; Herpesviridae Infections / epidemiology; Herpesviridae Infections / veterinary; Herpesviridae Infections / virology; Panama / epidemiology; Phylogeny
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 24, 2021

2015 journal article

Prescribed fire affects female white-tailed deer habitat use during summer lactation

Forest Ecology and Management, 348, 220–225.

author keywords: Fire-return interval; Longleaf pine; Pinus palustris; Compositional analysis; Cover; Odocoileus virginianus
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Terrestrial animal tracking as an eye on life and planet

Science, 348(6240), aaa2478–aaa2478.

MeSH headings : Animal Migration; Animals; Behavior, Animal; Environmental Monitoring / methods; Geographic Information Systems; Movement; Spatio-Temporal Analysis
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Volunteer-run cameras as distributed sensors for macrosystem mammal research

Landscape Ecology, 31(1), 55–66.

By: W. McShea*, T. Forrester*, R. Costello*, Z. He* & R. Kays n

author keywords: Camera traps; Cyberinfrastructure; Standard metadata; Citizen science; eMammal; Macrosystem
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 conference paper

Deep convolutional neural network based species recognition for wild animal monitoring

2014 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP). Presented at the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP).

By: G. Chen, T. Han, Z. He, R. Kays n & T. Forrester n

Event: 2014 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: September 15, 2020

2014 chapter

Density estimation using camera trap surveys: the random encounter model

In P. Meek & P. Fleming (Eds.), Camera Trapping: Wildlife Management and Research (pp. 317–323). CSIRO Publishing.

By: J. Rowcliffe, C. Carbone, R. Kays, B. Kranstauber & P. Jansen

Ed(s): P. Meek & P. Fleming

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: February 7, 2021

2014 journal article

Environmental drivers of variability in the movement ecology of turkey vultures ( Cathartes aura ) in North and South America

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 369(1643), 20130195.

By: S. Dodge*, G. Bohrer*, K. Bildstein*, S. Davidson*, R. Weinzierl*, M. Bechard*, D. Barber*, R. Kays* ...

author keywords: avian scavengers; vultures; movement ecology; migration; geographical variability; remote-sensing observations
MeSH headings : Adaptation, Physiological / physiology; Animal Migration / physiology; Animals; Birds / physiology; Ecosystem; Logistic Models; North America; Satellite Imagery / methods; Seasons; South America
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: September 15, 2020

2014 journal article

Food acquisition and predator avoidance in a Neotropical rodent

Animal Behaviour, 88, 41–48.

author keywords: camera trapping; daily activity patterns; Dasyprocta punctata; foraging-predation trade-off; Leopardus pardalis; optimal foraging; predation pressure; predator-prey interactions; radiotelemetry; risk allocation hypothesis
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

How long is enough to detect terrestrial animals? Estimating the minimum trapping effort on camera traps

PeerJ, 2, e374.

By: X. Si*, R. Kays* & P. Ding*

author keywords: Animal inventory; Species richness; Gutianshan; Wildlife monitoring; Species accumulation curves; Sampling effort; Camera day
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: September 15, 2020

2014 journal article

Mammals in and around suburban yards, and the attraction of chicken coops

Urban Ecosystems, 17(3), 691–705.

By: R. Kays n & A. Parsons*

author keywords: Chicken coops; Camera traps; Predators; Suburban wildlife
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Mesopredator release facilitates range expansion in fisher

Animal Conservation, 18(1), 50–61.

By: S. LaPoint*, J. Belant* & R. Kays n

author keywords: fisher; mesocarnivore; mesopredator release hypothesis; intraguild predation; predator communities; meta-analysis; range contraction; range expansion
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Patterns of Mortality in a Wild Population of White-Footed Mice

Northeastern Naturalist, 21(2), 323–336.

By: C. Collins* & R. Kays*

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: September 15, 2020

2014 journal article

Quantifying levels of animal activity using camera trap data

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(11), 1170–1179.

Ed(s): D. Fisher

author keywords: activity level; activity time; circular kernel; proportion active; remote sensors; Von Mises distribution; weighted kernel
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Recommended guiding principles for reporting on camera trapping research

Biodiversity and Conservation, 23(9), 2321–2343.

By: P. Meek*, G. Ballard*, A. Claridge*, R. Kays n, K. Moseby*, T. O’Brien*, A. O’Connell, J. Sanderson* ...

author keywords: Remote cameras; Trail cameras; Camera trap guidelines; Ecological monitoring; Camera trap methodology
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Selection and spatial arrangement of rest sites within northern tamandua home ranges

Journal of Zoology, 293(3), 160–170.

author keywords: tamandua; selection; telemetry; accelerometry; Panama; rest site; sleep
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Animal behavior, cost-based corridor models, and real corridors

Landscape Ecology, 28(8), 1615–1630.

By: S. LaPoint*, P. Gallery*, M. Wikelski* & R. Kays n

author keywords: Animal movement; Carnivore; Circuit theory; Connectivity; Conservation; Fisher; Least-cost path; Martes pennanti
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Assessment of coyote-wolf-dog admixture using ancestry-informative diagnostic SNPs

Molecular Ecology, 23(1), 182–197.

By: J. Monzón*, R. Kays n & D. Dykhuizen*

author keywords: admixture; Canis; diagnostic markers; hybridization; single-nucleotide polymorphism
MeSH headings : Animals; Bayes Theorem; Coyotes / genetics; Dogs / genetics; Female; Genetic Variation; Genetics, Population; Genotype; Hybridization, Genetic; Male; Ohio; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Wolves / genetics
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Attraction and avoidance detection from movements

Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, 7(3), 157–168.

By: Z. Li*, B. Ding*, F. Wu*, T. Lei*, R. Kays* & M. Crofoot*

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 24, 2021

2013 journal article

Automated identification of animal species in camera trap images

EURASIP JOURNAL ON IMAGE AND VIDEO PROCESSING.

By: X. Yu*, J. Wang*, R. Kays n, P. Jansen*, T. Wang* & T. Huang*

author keywords: Species identification; SIFT; cLBP; Feature learning; Max pooling; Weighted sparse coding
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Clarifying assumptions behind the estimation of animal density from camera trap rates

The Journal of Wildlife Management, 77(5), 876–876.

By: J. Rowcliffe, R. Kays*, C. Carbone & P. Jansen*

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Evidence for cache surveillance by a scatter-hoarding rodent

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 85(6), 1511–1516.

By: B. Hirsch*, R. Kays n & P. Jansen*

author keywords: Astrocaryum; BCI; Dasyprocta; long-term memory; reinforcement; secondary dispersal; seed dispersal
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Flying with the wind: scale dependency of speed and direction measurements in modelling wind support in avian flight

Movement Ecology, 1(1).

By: K. Safi*, B. Kranstauber*, R. Weinzierl, L. Griffin*, E. Rees*, D. Cabot, S. Cruz*, C. Proaño* ...

author keywords: NOAA; ECMWF; GPS; Aves; Doppler-shift; Scaling; Measurement error; Flight direction; Flight speed
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 24, 2021

2013 journal article

Observing the unwatchable through acceleration logging of animal behavior

Animal Biotelemetry, 1(1), 20.

By: D. Brown*, R. Kays n, M. Wikelski*, R. Wilson* & A. Klimley*

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: September 14, 2020

2013 journal article

Prey refuges as predator hotspots: ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) attraction to agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) dens

Acta Theriologica, 59(2), 257–262.

author keywords: Agouti; Behavior; Movement; Ocelot; Predation; Refuge
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Taxonomic revision of the olingos (Bassaricyon), with description of a new species, the Olinguito

ZooKeys, 324(324), 1–83.

By: K. Helgen, M. Pinto, R. Kays*, L. Helgen, M. Tsuchiya, A. Quinn, D. Wilson, J. Maldonado

author keywords: Andes; Bassaricyon; biogeography; Neotropics; new species; olingo; Olinguito
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

The environmental-data automated track annotation (Env-DATA) system: linking animal tracks with environmental data

Movement Ecology, 1(1).

By: S. Dodge*, G. Bohrer*, R. Weinzierl*,