Publications and reports

2024

Wildlife

Berman, L.M., Schneider, F.D., Pavlick, R.P., Stenglein, J.L., Bemowski, R., Dean, M.,Townsend, P.A. 2024. Fractional richness: An index for camera trap networks. Ecological Indicators, Volume 166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112266 

Zubiria Perez, A., Kellner, K.F., MacFarland, D.M., Price Tack, J.L., Ruid, D.B., Stauffer, G.E., & Belant, J.L. 2024. Effects of lethal management on gray wolf pack persistence and reproduction in Wisconsin, USA. Sci Rep 14, 9895. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60764-6 

Gilbertson M.L.J., Long, L.J., Inzalaco, H.N., Turner, W.C., Storm, D.J. 2024. Effective Field Sampling of Rectoanal Mucosa–Associated Lymphoid Tissue for Antemortem Chronic Wasting Disease Testing in White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus). J Wildl Dis; 60 (4): 996–1003. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-24-00020 

Stauffer, G. E., Olson, E. R., Belant, J. L., Stenglein, J. L., Price Tack, J. L., Van Dellen, T. R., MacFarland, D. M., Roberts, N. M. 2024. Uncertainty and precaution in hunting wolves twice in a year: Reanalysis of Treves and Louchouarn. PLOS ONE 19(6): e0301487. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301487

Fowler, D. N., J. M. Winiarski, C. D. Pollentier, and R. C. Gatti. 2024. The influence of landscape composition and configuration on breeding waterfowl pair abundance in Wisconsin. Wildlife Society Bulletin e1504. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1504

H. N. Inzalaco, E. E. Brandell, S. P. Wilson, M. Hunsaker, D. R. Stahler, K. Woelfel, D. P. Walsh, T. Nordeen, D. J. Storm, S. S. Lichtenberg & W. C. Turner. 2024. Detection of prions from spiked and free-ranging carnivore feces. Sci Rep 14, 3804. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44167-7

Burton, A.C., Beirne, C., Gaynor, K.M. et al (Anhalt-Depies, C., Stenglein, J.L., Whipple, L.). 2024. Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape. Nat Ecol Evol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02363-2

Fisheries

Martin, B. E.*, & Mrnak, J. T. 2024. Stable isotopes reveal trophic ontogeny in Cisco (Coregonus artedi). Journal of Fish Biology, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15874 

Mrnak, J.T., Embke, H.S., Wilkinson, M.V.*, Shaw, S.L., Vander Zanden, J.M. & Sass, G.G. 2024. Diminishing productivity and hyperstable harvest in northern Wisconsin walleye fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2023-0372 

Kerkhove, A.M., Trudeau, A., Jensen, O.P., Isermann, D.A., Dombrowski, P.A., Latimer, A.M. and Feiner, Z.S. 2024. Understanding the Role of Recreational Angling Technology in Angler Expectations of Catch, Trip Catch, and Angler Satisfaction. Fisheries, 49: 463-474. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.11157 

Maitland, B.M., Bootsma, H.A., Bronte, C.R., Bunnell, D.B., Feiner, Z.S., Fenske, K.H., Fetzer, W.W., Foley, C.J., Gerig, B.S., Happel, A., Höök, T.O., Keppeler, F.W., Kornis, M.S., Lepak, R.F., McNaught, A.S., Roth, B.M., Turschak, B.A., Hoffman, J.C., Jensen, O.P. 2024. Testing Food Web Theory in a Large Lake: The Role of Body Size in Habitat Coupling in Lake Michigan. Ecology 105(10): e4413. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4413  

Martin, B.E.* and Mrnak, J.T. 2024. Stable isotopes reveal trophic ontogeny in cisco (Coregonus artedi). Journal of Fish Biology, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15874 

Mrnak, J.T., Embke, H.S., Wilkinson, M.V.*, Shaw, S.L., Vander Zanden, J.M. and Sass, G.G. 2024. Diminishing productivity and hyperstable harvest in northern Wisconsin walleye fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2023-0372

Barta, M.E., Sass, G.G., Reed, J.R., Cichosz, T.A., Shultz, A.D., Luehring, M. and Feiner, Z.S. 2024. Lagging spawning and increasing phenological extremes jeopardize walleye (Sander vitreus) in north-temperate lakes. Limnol. Oceanogr. Lett., 9: 229-236 https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10383

Zebro, L. R., Kreitman, J. W., Jonas, J. L., Sass, G. G., Wuellner, M. R., & Koupal, K. D. 2024. Unraveling the ecological impacts of alewife in a large Midwest reservoir decades after introduction. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 39(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2024.2355917 

Preul-Stimetz, T. N., Shaw, S. L., Feiner, Z. S., Sass, G. G. 2024. Evaluating the potential importance of individual identity, maternal traits, and environment as predictors of egg characteristics in walleye Sander vitreus. Fisheries Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2024.107107
 

2023

Wildlife

Clare, J.D.J.*, Zuckerberg, B., Liu, N., Stenglein, J.L., Van Deelen, T.R., Pauli, J.N., and P.A. Townsend. A Phenology of Fear: Investigating Scale and Seasonality in Predator-Prey Games Between Wolves and White-tailed Deer. 2023. Ecology 104(5): e4019. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4019

Inzalaco, H.N., Bravo-Risi, F., Morales, R., Walsh, D.P., Storm, D.J., Pedersen, J.A., Turner, W.C., Lichtenberg, S.S. Ticks harbor and excrete chronic wasting disease prions. Sci Rep 13, 7838 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34308-3

Ketz, A. C.*, Storm, D. J., Barker, R. E., Apa, A. D., Oliva-Aviles, C., Walsh, D. P. (2023). Assimilating ecological theory with empiricism: Using constrained generalized additive models to enhance survival analyses. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14, 952– 967. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14057

Margenau, Lydia L.S., Russell, Robin E., Hanrahan, Alexander T., Roberts, Nathan M., Price Tack, Jennifer, L., Storm, Daniel J. (2023) Survival and cause-specific mortality of coyotes in Wisconsin, Journal of Mammalogy;  https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad033 

Stenglein, J. L., E. B. Donovan, C. D. Pollentier, T. R. Peltier, S. M. Lee, A. B. McDonnell, L. H. Kardash, D. M. MacFarland, and S. D. Hull. 2023. Comparison of in-person and remote camera lek surveys for prairie grouse (Tympanuchus spp.). Wildlife Society Bulletin 47:e1499. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1499

Van den Bosch, Merijn, Kellner, Kenneth F., Beyer, Dean E., Erb, John D., MacFarland, David M., Norton, D. Cody, Price Tack, Jennifer L., Roell, Brian J., and Belant, Jerrold L.. 2023. “ Gray Wolf Range in the Western Great Lakes Region under Forecasted Land Use and Climate Change.” Ecosphere 14(8): e4630. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4630

Van den Bosch, Merijn, Kellner, K., Gantchoff, M., Patterson, B., Barber‐Meyer, S., Beyer, D., Erb, J., Isaac, E., MacFarland, D., Moore, S., Norton, C., Petroelje, T., Price Tack, J., Roell, B., Schrage, M., and Belant, J. (2023). Habitat selection of resident and non-resident gray wolves: implications for habitat connectivity. Sci Rep 13, 20415 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47815-0

von Furstenberg, R., Vayer, V. R., Larson, L. R., Nils Peterson, M., Lee, K. J., Stevenson, K., Ahlers, A. A., Anhalt-Depies, C., Bethke, T., Clark, B., et al. 2023. Evaluating impacts of R3 workshops for first-time hunters at universities across the United States. Wildlife Society Bulletin 47:e1482. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1482

Fisheries

Coulter, D. P., Feiner, Z. S., Coulter, A. A., & Diebel, M. W. (2022). Using individual-based models to develop invasive species risk assessments by predicting species habitat suitability. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59, 3083–3097. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14304

Dassow, C.D, Sass, G.G., Shaw, S.L., Feiner, Z.S., Nieman, C., and Jones, S.E. (2023). Dispensation in fish recruitment driven by context-dependent interactions with another predator. Fisheries Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106675

Elwer, B.M., J.A. VanDeHey, S.L. Shaw, L.W. Sikora, J.T. Mrnak, and G.G. Sass. (2023). Evaluation of survival and cost to harvestable age of stocked fall fingerling walleye (Sander vitreus) in Northern Wisconsin Lakes. Fisheries Research 266(2023) 106758 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106758.

Feucht, L.M, L.W. Sikora, G.P. Shay, G.G. Sass, and J.T. Mrnak. (2023). Seasonal habitat use of yellow perch Perca flavescens in a north-temperate lake. Aquaculture, Fish, and Fisheries 3:380-387. https://doi.org/10.1002/aff2.123

Hühn, D., D. C. Gwinn, S. L. Shaw, J. Also, M. S. Allen, T. Pagel, C. Skov and R. Arlinghaus. (2023). Density- and size-dependent mechanisms that modulate the outcome of stocking in a naturally recruiting freshwater piscivore (northern pike, Esox Lucius): a replicated whole-lake experiment. Fisheries Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106799

Krabbenhoft, C.A., Ludsin, S.A., Marschall, E.A., Budnik, R.R., Almeida, L.Z., Cahill, C.L., Embke, H.S.*, Feiner, Z.S., Schmalz, P.J., Thorstensen, M.J., Weber, M.J., Wuellner, M.R. and Hansen, G.J.A. (2023). Synthesizing Professional Opinion and Published Science to Build a Conceptual Model of Walleye Recruitment. Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10884

Sass, Greg G., LaMarche, Samuel T., Feiner, Zachary S. (2023). Do angler catch and harvest rates differ between open water and ice anglers in Wisconsin? Fisheries Research, 263,106678, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106678

Shaw, S.L., Lawson, Z., Gerbyshak, J., Nye, N. and Donofrio, M. (2023). Catch-and-Release Angling Effects on Lake Sturgeon in Wisconsin, USA. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 43: 451-464. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10856

Shay, G.P., G.G. Sass, and J.T. Mrnak. (2023). Response of yellow perch to water level fluctuations in north-temperate lakes. Aquaculture, Fish, and Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1002/aff2.148

Solakas, M.A., Feiner, Z.S., Al-Chokachy, R., Budy, P.E., DeWeber,J.T., Sarvala, J., Sass, G.G., Tolentino, S.A., Walsworth, T.E., and Jensen. O.P. (2023). Shrinking body size and climate warming: many freshwater salmonids do not follow the rule. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16626

Stegens, E. D.D. Wiegman, L.M. Angeloni. J.R. Baylis, R.A.S. Laroche, S.P. Newman, S.P. Egan, G.G. Sass, K.L. Weinersmith. (2023). A spring population survey impacts nest site fidelity but not reproductive timing in male smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu). North American Journal of Fisheries Management (in press). https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10964

Ward, N.K, A.J. Lynch, E.A. Beever, K. Bouska, H. Embke*, J. Kocik, D.J. Lawrence, J. Limpensel, M.R. Magee, B.M. Maitland, O. McKenna, J.M. Morton, J.D. Muehlbauer, R. Newman, D.C. Oliver, H.M. Rantala, G.G. Sass, A. Shultz, L.M. Thompson, J. Wilkening. (2023). Reimagining large river management using the resist-accept-direct (RAD) framework in the Upper Mississippi River. Ecological Processes https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-023-00460-x        

2022

Wildlife

Anhalt-Depies, Christine, Berland, M., Rickenbach, M.G., Bemowski, R., Rissman, A.R. (2022). Use of latent profile analysis to characterize patterns of participation in crowdsourcing. Behavior & Information Technology, https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2022.2081820

Brandell Ellen E.*, Storm D.J., Van Deelen T.R., Walsh, D.P., Turner, W.C. (2022) A call to action: Standardizing white-tailed deer harvest data in the Midwestern United States and implications for quantitative analysis and disease management. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.943411

Burgener, Kate R., Lichtenberg, S.S., Lomax, A., Storm, D.J., Walsh, D.P., Pedersen, J.A. (2022) Diagnostic testing of chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) by RT-QuIC using multiple tissues. PLoS ONE 17(11): e0274531 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274531

Gilbert, Neil A.*, Stenglein, J.  L., Van Deelen, T. R., Townsend, P. A., & Zuckerberg, B. (2022). Behavioral flexibility facilitates the use of spatial and temporal refugia during variable winter weather. Behavioral Ecology, 33(2), 446-454. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab154

Gilbert Neil A.*, Stenglein, J.L., Pauli, J.N., Zuckerberg, B. (2022) Human disturbance compresses the spatiotemporal niche. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119, 52. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2206339119

Gilbertson, M.L.J.*, Ketz, A.C.*, Hunsaker, M.*, Jarosinski, D., Ellarson, W., Walsh, D.P., Storm, D.J., Turner, W.C. Agricultural land use shapes dispersal in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Mov Ecol 10, 43 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-022-00342-5

Hanley, B. J., Carstensen, M., Walsh, D. P., Christensen, S. A., Storm, D. J., Booth, J. G., Guinness, J., Them, C. E., Ahmed, M. S., & Schuler, K. (2022). Informing Surveillance through the Characterization of Outbreak Potential of Chronic Wasting Disease in White-Tailed Deer. Ecological Modelling. 471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110054

Kays, Roland, Cove, M.V., Diaz, J., Todd, K., Bresnan, C., Snider, M., Anhalt-Depies,C., Stenglein, J.L., et al. (2022). SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A Second Coordinated National Camera Trap Survey of the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ecology 103( 10): e3775. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3775

McGraw, A.M., Bronson, D.R., Pearson, T., Storm, D.J., (2022). Habitat and weather influence body condition in white-tailed deer, Wisconsin, USA. The Journal of Wildlife Management; e22176. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22176

M. van den Bosch, D.E. Beyer, J.D. Erb, M.G. Gantchoff, K.F. Kellner, D.M. MacFarland, D.C. Norton, B.R. Patterson, J.L. Price Tack, B.J. Roell, J.L. Belant. (2022). Identifying potential gray wolf habitat and connectivity in the eastern USA. Biological Conservation. 273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109708

Fisheries

Brandt, E.J.*, Z.S. Feiner, A.W. Latzka, and D.A. Isermann. (2022). Similar environmental conditions are associated with Walleye and Yellow Perch recruitment success in Wisconsin lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10729

Broda, S.*, Z.S. Feiner, J.T. Mrnak*, S.L. Shaw, and G.G. Sass. (2022) Black crappie influences on walleye natural recruitment in northern Wisconsin lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management; 42(5), 1202-1214. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10814 

Coulter, D.P., Z.S. Feiner, A.A. Coulter, and M.W. Diebel. (2022). Using individual-based models to develop invasive species risk assessments by predicting species habitat suitability. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14304 

Dassow, C.J., A.W. Latzka, A.J. Lynch, G.G. Sass, R.W. Tingley III, and C. Paukert. (2022). RAD decision-making tool: an application to walleye (Sander vitreus) in Wisconsin. Fisheries Management and Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12548

Doll, J., and Z.S. Feiner. (2022). Think like a Bayesian and avoid pitfalls from our frequentist past. Ideas in Ecology and Evolution 15: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.24908/iee.2022.15.1.c

Embke, H.S.*, S.R. Carpenter, D.A. Isermann, G. Coppola, T.D. Beard, A.J. Lynch, G.G. Sass, Z.S. Feiner, and M.J. Vander Zanden. (2022). Resisting ecosystem transformation through an intensive whole-lake fish removal experiment. Fisheries Management and Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12544

Feiner, Z.S., A.D. Shultz, G.G. Sass, A. Trudeau*, M.G. Mitro, C.J. Dassow, A.W. Latzka, D.A. Isermann, B.M. Maitland*, J.J. Homola, H.S. Embke*, and M. Preul. (2022). Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) considerations for climate change adaptation in fisheries: the Wisconsin experience. Fisheries Management and Ecology 29: 346-363.  https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12549

Feiner, Z.S., H.A. Dugan, N.R. Lottig, G.G. Sass, and G.A. Gerrish. (2022). A perspective on the ecological and evolutionary consequences of phenological variability in north-temperate lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2021-0221

Koenig, L.D., Dembkowski, D.J., Hansen, S.P., Tsehaye, I., Paoli, T.J., Zorn, T.G., Isermann, D.A. (2022) Diet composition and overlap for adult walleye, lake whitefish, and yellow perch in Green Bay, Lake Michigan. J. Gt. Lakes Res. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2022.09.005  

Lant, M.J.*, D.H. Ogle, Z.S. Feiner, and G.G. Sass. (2022). A comparison of fish catch rates among local, non-local, and nonresident anglers of three northern Wisconsin lakes. Fisheries Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106286

Mosley, C., C. Dassow, J. Caffarelli, A. Ross, G.G. Sass, S.L. Shaw, C.T. Solomon, and S.E. Jones. (2022). Species differences, but not habitat, influence catch rate hyperstability across a recreational fishery landscape. Fisheries Research; 255 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106438 

Mrnak, J.T*., L. Sikora*, M.J. Vander Zanden, and G.G. Sass. (2022). Applying panarchy theory for aquatic invasive species management: a case study on invasive rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture. https://doi.org/10.1080/23308249.2022.2078951  

Sass, G.G., S.L. Shaw, J.A. Gorne, D. Godard, N. Nietlisbach, D. Giehtbrock, A. Sikora*, G. Muench, L. Tate, L. Wawronowicz, and H.-M. Hsu. (2022). Female sex ratio bias in extended growth hatchery walleye Sander vitreus produced in Wisconsin. North American Journal of Aquaculture 84:267-274. https://doi.org/10.1002/naaq.10237

Sass, G.G., S.L. Shaw, C.C. Fenstermacher, A.P. Porreca, and J.J. Parkos. (2022). Structural Habitat in Lakes and Reservoirs: Physical and Biological Considerations for Implementation. North American Journal of Fisheries Management https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10812  

Schleppenbach, B.T.*, G. Matzke, S.L Shaw, and G.G. Sass. (2022). Aquatic community responses to the cessation of invasive Eurasian watermilfoil chemical treatments in a north-temperate, USA lake. Fishes https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes7040165.

Scribner, K., Brenden, T., Elliott, R., Donofrio, M., Bott, K., Kanefsky, J., Homola, J., Tsehaye, I., Stott, W., and Bence, J., Baker, E., and Auer, N. (2022). Compositions of lake sturgeon mixtures in Lake Michigan: hierarchical spatial heterogeneity and evidence of improving recruitment in Wisconsin spawning populations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2021-0006

Shaw, S. L., Z. Lawson, J. Gerbyshak, N. Nye and M. Donofrio. (2022). Catch-and-release angling effects on Lake Sturgeon in Wisconsin, USA. Northern American Journal of Fisheries Management https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10856  

Sikora, L.W.*, J.T. Mrnak*, R. Henningsen, J.A. VanDeHey, and G.G. Sass. (2022). Demographic and life history characteristics of black bullheads Ameiurus melas in a north temperate USA lake. Fishes https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes7010021.

Stuart, C.E.*, Doll, J.C., Forsythe, P.S., Feiner, Z.S., (2022). Estimating population size and survival of adult northern pike (esox lucius) in Lower Green Bay. Fisheries Management and Ecology; 29(3), 298-309. Editor's Choice Article. https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12534

Trudeau, A., B. Beardmore, G.A. Gerrish, G.G. Sass, and O.P. Jensen. (2022) Social Fish-Tancing in Wisconsin: The effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on statewide license sales and fishing effort in northern inland lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10841  

Wszola, L.S.*, Z.S. Feiner, C.J. Chizinski, J.B. Poletto, and J.P. Delong. (2022). Fishing regulations, sexual dimorphism, and the life history of harvest. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2021-0248

Zebro, L.R., J.T. Mrnak*, S.L. Shaw, S.R. Chipps, and G.G. Sass. (2022) Density-dependent, cannibalism, and environmental influences on juvenile walleye survivorship in northern Wisconsin lakes. Fisheries Management and Ecology; 29(6), 897-910 https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12591

2021

Wildlife

Bauder, J. M., Ruid, D., Roberts, N. M., Kohn, B., & Allen, M. L. (2021). Effects of translocation on survival of nuisance bears. Animal Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12684

Cove, M. V., Stenglein, J. L., Anhalt-Depies, C., et. al. (2021). SNAPSHOT USA 2019: a coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology 102(6). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3353

Gantchoff, M. G., Erb, J. D., MacFarland, D. M., Norton, D. C., Price Tack, J. L., Roell, B. J., & Belant, J. L. (2021). Potential distribution and connectivity for recolonizing cougars in the Great Lakes region, USA. Biological Conservation 257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109144

Gilbert, N. A.*, Pease, B. S., Anhalt-Depies, C., Clare, J. D. J.*, Stenglein, J. L., Townsend, P. A., Van Deelen, T. R., Zuckerberg, B. (2021). Integrating harvest and camera trap data in species distribution models. Biological Conservation 258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109147

Gilbert, N. A.*, Clare, J. D. J.*, Stenglein, J. L., Zuckerberg, B. (2021). Abundance estimation of unmarked animals based on camera-trap data. Conversation Biology, 0(0), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13517

Larson, L.R., Peterson, M. N., Furstenberg, R. V., Vayer, V. R., Anhalt-Depies, C., et al. (2021). The future of wildlife conservation funding: What options do U.S. college students support? Conservation Science and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.505

Liu, N., Garcia, M., Singh, A., Clare, J. D. J.*, Stenglein, J. L., Zuckerberg, B., Kruger, E. L., & Townsend, P. (2021). Trail camera networks provide insights into satellite-derived phenology for ecological studies. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2020.102291

Norton, A. S., Storm, D. J., & Van Deelen, T. R. (2021). White-Tailed Deer, Weather and Predation: a New Understanding of Winter Severity for Predicting Deer Mortality. Journal of Wildlife Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22083

Palumbo, M. D., Straub, J. N., Al-Saffar, M. A., Soulliere, G. J., Fowler, D. N., et al. (2021). Multi-scale waterfowl habitat conservation planning in Wisconsin, USA. Landscape Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01279-7

Pollentier, C. D., Hardy, M. A, Lutz, R. S., Hull, S. D., & Zuckerberg, B. (2021). Gobbling across landscapes: Eastern wild turkey distribution and occupancy–habitat associations. Ecology and Evolution, 1–23.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8419

Pollentier, C. D., Hull, S. D., & MacFarland, D. M. (2021). Sensitivity of multiple vital rates for Ruffed Grouse in the Upper Great Lakes Region. Ornithological Applications, 123(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duaa063

Townsend P., Clare, J. D. J.*, Liu, N., Stenglein, J. L., Anhalt-Depies, C., Van Deelen, T. R., Gilbert, N.A.*, et al. (2021). Snapshot Wisconsin: networking community scientists and remote sensing to improve ecological monitoring and management. Ecological Applications, 31(8).  https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2436

Vayer, V. R., Larson, L. R., Peterson M. N., Anhalt-Depies, C., et. al. (2021). Diverse University Students Across the United States Reveal Promising Pathways to Hunter Recruitment and Retention. Journal of Wildlife Management, 1-14 https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22055

White, H. B., Batcheller, G. R., Boggess, E. K., Brown, C. L., Butfiloski, J. W., Decker, T. A., Erb, J. D., Fall, M. W., Hamilton, D. A., Hiller, T. L., Hubert, G. F. Jr., Lovallo, M. J., Olson, J. F., & Roberts, N. M. (2021). Best management practices for trapping furbearers in the United States. Wildlife Monographs, 207(1), 3-59. https://doi.org/10.1002/wmon.1057

Fisheries

Ackiss, A.S., M.R. Magee, G.G. Sass, K. Turnquist, P.B. McIntyre, and W.A. Larson. (2021). Genomic and environmental influences on resilience in a cold-water fish near the edge of its range. Evolutionary Applications 14:2794-2814. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13313

Erickson, R.A., Kallis, J.L., Coulter, A.A., Coulter, D.P., MacNamara, R., Lamer, J.T., Bouska, W.W., Irons, K.S., Solomon, L., Stump, A.J., Weber, M.J., Brey, M.K, Sullivan, C.J., Sass, G.G., Garvey, J.E., & Glover, D.C. (2021). Demographic rate variability of two invasive species along an invasion gradient: bighead and silver carp along an invasion gradient. Journal of Fisheries and Wildlife Management. https://doi.org/10.3996/JFWM-20-070

Feiner, Z. S., Latzka, A. W., & Wolter, M. H. (2021). What to Exploit When You’re Exploiting: Angling Rates and Size Selection Responses to Changing Bag Limits. In Harvest of Fish and Wildlife (pp. 221-234).

Sikora, L.W.*, VanDeHey, J.A., Sass, G.G., Matzke, G., & Preul, M. (2021). Fish community changes associated with bullhead removals in four northern Wisconsin lakes. Proceedings of the Catfish 2020; 3^rd International Catfish Symposium. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10594

Massie, D.L., Hansen, G.J.A., Li, Y., Sass, G.G., & Wagner, T. (2021). Do lake-specific characteristics mediate the temporal relationship between walleye growth and warming water temperatures? Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0169     

Mrnak. J.T*, Sikora, L.W.*, Vander Zanden, M.J., Hrabik, T.R., & Sass, G.G. (2021). Hydroacoustic surveys underestimate yellow perch population size: the importance of considering habitat use. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10605

Sass, G.G., Feiner, Z.S., & Shaw, S.L. (2021). Empirical evidence for dispensation in freshwater fisheries. Fisheries 46(6), 266-276. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10584

Trudeau, A.*, Dassow, C. J., Iwicki, C. M., Jones, S. E., Sass, G. G., Solomon, C. T., van Poorten, B. T., & Jensen, O. P. (2021) Estimating fishing effort across the landscape: A spatially extensive approach using models to integrate multiple data sources. Fisheries Research, 233. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105768

Erdman, B., M.G. Mitro, J.D.T. Griffin, D. Rowe, D. Kazyak, K. Turnquist, M. Siepker, L. Miller, W. Stott, M. Hughes, B. Sloss, M. T. Kinnison, C. C. Wilson, and W. Larson. (2021). Broadscale population structure and hatchery introgression of midwestern brook trout. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. https://doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10333

Sass, G.G., S.L. Shaw, and K.M. Renik. (2021). Celebrating 75 years of the Northern Highland Fishery Research Area: the past, present and future. Fisheries 47(2):55-67. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10687

Sass, G.G., S.L. Shaw, L.W. Sikora*, M. Lorenzoni, and M. Luehring. (2021). Plastic abundance and demographic responses of walleye to elevated exploitation in a north-temperate lake. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 42(3):535-548. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10716

S.L. Shaw, K.M. Renik, and G.G. Sass. (2021). Environmental influences on walleye Sander vitreus and muskellunge Esox masquinongy angler catch in Escanaba Lake 2003 – 2015. PLoS One 16(9):e0257882. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257882    

Smith, Q.C., G.G. Sass, T.R. Hrabik, S.L. Shaw, and J.K. Raabe. (2021). Sportfish behavioral responses to a littoral coarse woody habitat addition in a north-temperate lake. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 31:454-468. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12643

2020

Wildlife

Allen, M. L.*, Roberts, N. M., & Bauder, J. M. (2020). Relationships of catch-per-unit-effort metrics with abundance vary depending on the sampling method and population trajectory. Plos one, 15(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233444

Meunier, J., Nixon, K., Gorby, T. A., Swaty, R. L., Martin, K. J., & D’Amato A. W. D. (2020). Understanding uncertainty in the broad-scale mapping of historical vegetation in the Great Lakes Region. Natural Areas Journal, 40(1), 72-85. https://doi.org/10.3375/043.040.0109

Meunier, J., & Shea, M. E. (2020). Applying the usual rules to an unusual ecological situation: Fire rotation in Great Lakes Pine Forests. Forest and Ecology Management, 472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118246

Roberts, N. M., Lovallo, M. J., & Crimmins, S. M. (2020). River otter status, management, and distribution in the United States: Evidence of large-scale population increase and range expansion. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, 11(1), 279-286. https://doi.org/10.3996/102018-JFWM-093

Tabak, M. A., Norouzzadeh, M. S., Wolfson, D. W., Newton, E. J., Stenglein, J. L., et al. (2020). Improving the accessibility and transferability of machine learning algorithms for identification of animals in camera trap images: MLWIC2. Ecology and Evolution, 10(19). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6692

Fisheries

Bootsma, M. L., Miller, L., Sass, G. G., Euclide, P. T., & Larson, W. A. (2020). The ghosts of propagation past: haplotype information clarifies the relative influence of stocking history and phylogeographic processes on the contemporary population structure of walleye (Sander vitreus). Evolutionary Applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13186

Dassow, C. J., Ross, A. J., Jensen, O. P., Sass, G. G., van Poorten, B. T., Solomon, C. T., & Jones, S. E. (2020). Experimental demonstration of catch hyperstability from habitat aggregation, not effort sorting, in a recreational fishery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 77(4), 762-769. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2019-0245

Feiner, Z. S., Latzka, A. W., Wolter, M. H., Eslinger, L. D., & Hatzenbeler, G. R. (2020). Assessing the rage against the machines: Do ice anglers’ electronics improve catch and harvest rates? Fisheries, 45(6), 327-333. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10427

Feiner, Z. S., Wolter, M. H., & Latzka, A. W. (2020). “I will look for you, I will find you, and I will [harvest] you”: Persistent hyperstability in Wisconsin’s recreational fishery. Fisheries Research, 230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105679

Hermus, J. W., Gorne, J. A., Shaw, S. L., & Sass, G. G. (2020). Growth of known-age muskellunge stocked into northwestern Wisconsin lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 40, 1344-1350. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10503

Larson, W. A., Isermann, D. A., & Feiner, Z. S. (2020). Incomplete bioinformatic filtering and inadequate age and growth analysis lead to an incorrect inference of harvested-induced changes. Evolutionary Applications, 0(0), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13122

Nieman, C. L., Iwicki, C., Lynch, A. J., Sass, G. G., Solomon, C. T., Trudeau, A., & van Poorten, B. (2020). Creel Surveys for Social-Ecological-Systems Focused Fisheries Management. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12482

Renik, K. M., Jennings, M. J., Kampa, J. M., Lyons, J., Parks, T. P., & Sass, G. G. (2020). Status and distribution of cisco (Coregonus artedi) and lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) in inland lakes of Wisconsin. Northeastern Naturalist, 27(3), 469-484. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.027.0307

Sass, G. G. & Shaw, S. L. (2020). Catch-and-release influences on inland recreational fisheries. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, 28(2), 211-227. https://doi.org/10.1080/23308249.2019.1701407

Shaw, S. L. & Sass, G. G. (2020). Evaluating the relationship between yearling walleye, Sander vitreus, electrofishing catch‐per‐unit‐effort and density in northern Wisconsin lakes. Fisheries Management and Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12449

Solomon, C. T., Dassow, C. J., Iwicki, C. M., Jensen, O. P., Jones, S. E., Sass, G. G., Trudeau, A., van Poorten, B. T., & Whittaker, D. (2020). Frontiers in modeling social-ecological dynamics of recreational fisheries: A review and synthesis. Fish and Fisheries, 21, 973–991. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12482

Trudeau, A., Dassow, C. J., Iwicki, C. M., Jones, S. E., Sass, G. G., Solomon, C. T., van Poorten, B. T. & Jensen, O. P. (2020). Estimating Fishing effort across the landscape: A spatially extensive approach using models to integrate multiple data sources. Fisheries Research, 233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105768

VanderBloemen, S. N., Gorne, J. A., Sass, G. G., & Shaw, S. L. (2020). Influence of cisco (Coregonus artedi, Lesueur) on muskellunge (Esox masquinongy, Mitchill) mean length, population size structure, and maximum size in northern Wisconsin lakes. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 36(2), 159-167. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13997

2019

Wildlife

Allen, M. L.*, Roberts, N. M., Farmer, M. J., & Van Deelan, T. R. (2019). Decreasing available bobcat tags appear to have increased success, interest, and participation among hunters. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 24, 349-362. 

Anhalt-Depies, C., Stenglein, J. L., Zuckerberg, B., Townsend, P. M. & Rissman, A. R. (2019). Trade-offs and tools for data quality, privacy, transparency, and trust in citizen science. Biological Conservation, 238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108195

Clare, J. D. J.*, Townsend, P. A., Anhalt-Depies, C., Locke, C., Stenglein, J. L., Frett, S., Martin, K. J. Singh, A., Van Deelen, T. R., & Zuckerberg, B. (2019). Making inferences with messy (citizen science) data: When are data accurate enough and how can they be improved? Ecological Applications, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1849

Day, C. C., McCann, N. P, Zollner, P. A., Gilbert, J. H., & MacFarland, D. M. (April 2019). Temporal plasticity in habitat selection criteria explains patterns of animal dispersal. Behavioral Ecology, 30(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ary193

Ketz, A. C.*, Storm, D. J., & Samuel, M. (2019). Chronic wasting disease and implications for cervid populations. CAB Reviews, 14(38), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1079/PAVSNNR201914038

Locke, C. M., Anhalt-Depies, C. M., Frett, S., Stenglein, J. L., Cameron, S., Malleshappa, V., Peltier, T., Zuckerberg, B., & Townsend, P. A. (2019). Managing a large citizen science project to monitor wildlife. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 43(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.943

Meunier, J., Bronson, D., Scanlon, K. & Gray, R. (2019). Effects of oak wilt (Bretziella fagacearum) on post-harvest Quercus regeneration. Forest Ecology and Management, 432, 575-581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.09.056

Meunier, J., Holoubek, N. S., Brown, P. M. & Sebasky, M. (2019). Re-evaluating pattern and process to understand resilience in a transitional mixed conifer forest. Ecology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2839

Meunier, J., Holoubek, N. S., & Sebasky, M. (2019). Fire regime characteristics about physiography at local and landscape scales in Lake States Pine Forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117651

Willi, M., Pitman, R. T., Cardoso, A. W., Locke, C., Swanson, A., Boyer, A., Veldthuis, M. & Fortson, L. (2019). Identifying animal species in camera trap images using deep learning and citizen science. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(1), 80-91. https://doi.org/10.13020/D6T11K 

Fisheries

Bailey, C. T., Noring, A. M., Shaw, S. L., & Sass, G. G. (2019). Live versus artificial bait influences on walleye (Sander vitreus) angler effort and catch rates on Escanaba Lake, Wisconsin, 1993-2015. Fisheries Research, 219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105330

Dauwalter, D. C. & Mitro, M. G. (2019). Climate change, recent floods, and an uncertain future. Special Publication of the 11th Annual Driftless Area Symposium. 

Dieterman, D. J. & Mitro, M. G. (2019). Stream habitat needs for brown trout and brook trout in the Driftless area. Special Publication of the 11th Annual Driftless Area Symposium.

Embke, H. S., Rypel, A. L., Carpenter, S. R., Sass, G. G., Ogle, D., Cichosz, T., Joseph, H., Essington, T. E., & Vander Zanden, M. J. (2019). Production dynamics reveal hidden overharvest of inland recreational fisheries. PNAS, 116(49), 24676-24681. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1913196116

Feiner, Z. S., Shaw, S. L., & Sass, G. G. (2019). Influences of female body condition on recruitment success of walleye (Sander vitreus) in Wisconsin lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 76. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2018-0364

Lamer, J. T., Ruebush, B. C., McClelland, M. A., Epifanio, J. M., & Sass, G. G. (2019). Body condition (Wr) and reproductive potential of bighead and silver carp hybrids: post-zygotic selection in the Mississippi River basin. Ecology and Evolution, 9(16). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5423

Magee, M. R., Hein C. L., Walsh, J. R., Shannon, P. D., Vander Zanden, M. J., Campbell, T. B., Hansen, G. J. A., Hauxwell, J., LaLiberte, G. D., Parks, T. P., Sass, G. G., Swanston, C. W. & Janowiak, M. K. (2019). Scientific advances and adaptation strategies for Wisconsin lakes facing climate change. Lake and Reservoir Management, 35(4), 364-381. https://doi.org/10.1080/10402381.2019.1622612

Mitro, M. G., Lyons, J. D., Stewart, J. S., Cunningham, P. K., & Griffin, J. D. (2019). Projected changes in brook trout and brown trout distribution in Wisconsin streams in the mid-twenty-first century in response to climate change. Hydrobiologia, 840(1), 215-226. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-019-04020-3

Noring, A. M., Sass, G. G., Midway, S. R., VanDeHey, J. A., Raebe, J. K., Isermann, D. A., Kampa, J. M., Parks, T. P., Lyons, J. & Hennings, M. J. (2019). Pelagic forage versus abiotic factors as drivers of walleye growth in northern Wisconsin lakes. Advances in Limnology.

Raabe, J. K., VanDeHey, J. A., Zentner, D. L., Cross, T. K. & Sass, G. G. (2019). Walleye inland lake habitat: considerations for successful natural recruitment and stocking in North Central North America. Lake and Reservoir Management, 36(4), 335–359. https://doi.org/10.1080/10402381.2019.1697771

Sass, G. G., Shaw, S. L., Rooney, T. P., Rypel, A. L., Raabe, J. K., Smith, Q. C., Hrabik, T. R., & Toshner, S. T. (2019). Coarse woody habitat and glacial lake fisheries in the Midwestern USA: Knowns, unknowns, and an experiment to advance our knowledge. Lake and Reservoir Management, 35(5). https://doi.org/10.1080/10402381.2019.1630530

Shaw, S. L., Sass, G. G. & Eslinger, L. D. (2019). Effects of angler harvest on adult muskellunge growth and survival in Escanaba Lake, Wisconsin, 1956-2016. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 39(1). http://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10260

Tingley III, R. W., Paukert, C., Sass, G. G., Jacobson, P. C., Hansen, G. J., Lynch, A. J., & Shannon, P. D. (2019). Adapting to climate change: Guidance for managing inland glacial lake fisheries. Lake and Reservoir Management, 35(3), 435-452. https://doi.org/10.1080/10402381.2019.1678535

2018

Wildlife

Allen, M. L.*, Norton, A. S., Stauffer, G.,  Roberts, N. M., Luo, Y., Li, Q., MacFarland, D., & Van Deelen, T. R. (2018). A Bayesian state-space model using age-at-harvest data for estimating the population of black bears (Ursus americanus) in Wisconsin. Scientific Reports, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30988-4

Allen, M. L.*, Roberts, N. M., & Van Deelen, T. R. (2018). Hunter selection for larger and older male bobcats affects annual harvest demography. Royal Society Open Science, 5(10). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180668

Henderson, R. A., Meunier, J., & Holoubek, N. S. (2018). Disentangling effects of fire, habitat, and climate on an endangered prairie-specialist butterfly. Biological Conservation, 218, 41-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.10.034

Stenglein, J. L., Wydeven, A. P., & Van Deelen, T. R. (2018). Compensatory mortality in a recovering top carnivore: Wolves in Wisconsin, USA (1979-2013). Oecologia, 187(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4132-4

Walsh, D. P., Storm, D. J., Van Deelen, T. R., & Heisey, D. M. (2018). Using expert knowledge to incorporate uncertainty in cause-of-death assignments for modeling of cause-specific mortality. Ecology and Evolution, 8(1), 509-520. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3701

Fisheries

Brenden T. O., Tsehaye, I., Bence, J. R., Kanefsky, J., & Scribner, K. T. (2018). Indexing recruitment for source populations contributing to mixed fisheries by incorporating age in genetic stock identification models. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0525

Collins, S. F., Detmer, T. M., Nelson, K. A., Nannini, M. A., Sass, G. G., & Wahl, D. H. (2018). The release and regulation of rotifers: Examining the predatory effects of invasive juvenile common and bighead carp. Hydrobiologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3526-y

Dembkowski, D. J., Isermann, D. A., & Sass, G. G. (2018). Short-term mortality and retention associated with tagging age-0 walleye using passive integrated transponders (PITs) in the absence of anesthesia. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.3996/102017-JFWM-081

Donofrio, M. C., Scribner, K. T., Baker, E. A., Kanefsky, J., Tsehaye, I., & Elliot, R. F. (2018). Telemetry and genetic data characterize lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817) breeding ecology and spawning site fidelity in the Green Bay Rivers of Lake Michigan. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13561

Johnson‐Bice, S. M., Renik, K. M., Windels, S. K., & Hafs, A. W. (2018). A review of beaver–salmonid relationships and history of management actions in the western Great Lakes (USA) region. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 38(6), 1203-1225. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10223

Mitro, M. G. & Griffin, J. (2018). Distribution, prevalence, and maximum intensity of the ectoparasitic copepod Salmincola cf. edwardsii in brook trout in Wisconsin streams. Journal of Parasitology, 104(4), 628-638. 

Mrnak, J. T., Shaw, S. L., Eslinger, L. D., Cichosz, T. A., & Sass, G. G. (2018). Characterizing the angling and tribal spearing walleye fisheries in the Ceded Territory of Wisconsin, 1990-2015. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 38(6). https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10240

Parker, J., Cao, Y., Sass, G. G., & Epifanio, J. (2018). Large river fish functional diversity responses to improved water quality over 28 years. Ecological Indicators, 88, 322-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.01.035

Rypel, A. L., Goto, D.*, Sass, G. G., & Vander Zanden, M. J. (2018). Eroding productivity of walleye populations in northern Wisconsin lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 75(12). https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2017-0311

Sass, G. G., Gaeta, J. W., Allen, M. S., Suski, C. D., & Shaw, S. L. (2018). Effects of catch and release angling on a largemouth bass (Micropterus salmonides) population in a north temperate lake, 2001-2005. Fisheries Research, 204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.02.012

Sass, G. G. & Shaw, S. L. (2018). Walleye population responses to experimental exploitation in a northern Wisconsin lake. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 147(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10070

Shaw, S. L., Sass, G. G., & VanDeHay, J. A. (2018). Maternal effects better predict walleye recruitment in Escanaba Lake, Wisconsin 1957-2015: implications for regulations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 75(12). https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2017-0318

Scribner, K., Tsehaye, I., Brenden, T., Stott, W., Kanefsky, J., & Bence, J. (2018). Hatchery strain contributions to emerging wild lake trout populations in Lake Huron. Journal of Heredity, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esy029

2017

Wildlife

Allen, M. L.*, Kohn, B., Roberts, N. M., Crimmins, S.*, & Van Deelen, T. R. (2017). Benefits and drawbacks of determining reproductive histories for black bears (Ursus americanus) from cementum annuli techniques. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 95(12). https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2017-0084

Kirby, R.*, MacFarland, D. M. & Pauli, J. N. (2017). Consumption of intentional food subsidies by a hunted carnivore. Journal of Wildlife Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21304

Peterson, B. E.*, Storm, D. J., Norton, A. S., & Van Deelen, T. R. (2017). Influence of landscape on the dispersal of yearling male white-tailed deer in Wisconsin. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(8). https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21318

Warbington, C. H.*, Van Deelen, T. R., Norton, A. S., Stenglein, J. L., Storm, D. J. & Martin, K. J. (2017). Cause-specific neonatal mortality of white-tailed deer in Wisconsin, USA. Journal of Wildlife Management, 81(10). https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21260

Fisheries

Carpenter, S. R., Brock, W. A., Hansen, G. J. A., Hansen, J. F., Hennessy, J. M., Isermann, D. A., Pederson, E. J., Perales, K. M., Rypel, A., Sass, G. G., Tunney, T. D., & Vander Zanden, M. J. (2017). Defining a safe operating space for recreational fisheries. Fish and Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12230

Eslinger, L. D., Sass, G. G., Shaw, S. L., & Newman, S. P. (2017). Muskellunge population responses to angler catch-and-release practices in Escanaba Lake, Wisconsin, 1987-2014. American Fisheries Society Symposium 85. 

Haglund, J. & Mitro, M. G. (2017). Age validation of brown trout in Driftless area streams in Wisconsin using otoliths. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2017.1327904 

Moody-Carpenter, C. J., Sass, G. G., Frankland, L. D., Bollinger, E. K., & Colombo, R. E. (2017). Demographics and interstate management implications for flathead catfish in the Lower Wabash River, Illinois and Indiana. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 37(6), 1265-1273. https://doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2017.1376009

Nelson, K. A., Collins, S. F., Sass, G. G., & Wahl, D. H. (2017). A response-surface examination of competition and facilitation between native and invasive juvenile fishes. Functional Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12922

Pedersen, E. J.*, Goto, D.*, Gaeta, J. W., Hansen, G. J. A., Sass, G. G., Vander Zanden, M. J., Cichosz, T. A., & Rypel, A. L. (2017). Long-term growth trends in northern Wisconsin walleye populations under changing biotic and abiotic conditions. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 75(5), 733-745. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2017-0084

Sass, G. G., Rypel, A. L., & Stafford, J. D. (2017). Inland fisheries habitat management: Lessons learned from wildlife ecology and a proposal for change. Fisheries, 42(4), 197-209. https://doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2017.1276344

VanMiddlesworth, T. D., McClelland, N. N., Sass, G. G., Casper, A. F., Spier, T. W., & Lemke, M. J. (2017). Fish community succession and biomanipulation to control two common aquatic ecosystem stressors during a large-scale floodplain lake restoration. Hydrobiologia, 804, 73-88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2696-8

2016

Wildlife

Clare, J. D. J.*, Linden, D. W., Anderson, E. M. & MacFarland, D. M. (2016). Do the antipredator strategies of shared prey mediate intraguild predation and mesopredator suppression? Ecology and Evolution, 6(12), 3884-3897. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2170

Norton, A. S.*, Storm, D. J., Watt, M. A., Jacques, C. N., Martin, K. & Van Deelen, T. R. (2016). Left truncation criteria for survival analysis of white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Management, 80(7). https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21110

Samuel, M. D. & Storm, D. J. (2016). Chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer: infection, mortality, and implications for heterogeneous transmission. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1538

Walleser, L. R., Crimmins, S. M.*, & Roberts, N. M. (2016). Estimating the age of male gray wolves (Canis lupus) using baculum measurements. Canadian Field-Naturalist, 130(3), 212-215. https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v130i3.1882

Fisheries

Gilbert, S. J & Sass, G. G. (2016). Trends in a northern Wisconsin muskellunge fishery: Results from a countywide angling contest, 1964-2010. Fisheries Management and Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12170

Haglund, J. M., Isermann, D. A., & Sass, G. G. (2016). Walleye population and fishery responses after elimination of legal harvest on Escanaba Lake, Wisconsin. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 36, 1315-1324. https://doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2016.1221002

Liss, S. A., Lamer, J. T., Sass, G. G., & Suski, C. D. (2016). Physiological consequences of hybridization: early generation backcrossing decreases performance in invasive bigheaded carp. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2016.1188426  

Mitro, M. G. (2016). Brook trout, brown trout and ectoparasitic copepods Salmnicola edwardsii species interactions as a proximate cause of brook trout loss under changing environmental conditions. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2016.1219676

Tsehaye, I., Brenden, T. O., Bence, J. R., Liu, W., Scribner, K. T., Kanefsky, J., Bott, K., & Elliott, R. F. (2016). Combining genetics with age/length data to estimate temporal changes in year-class strength of source populations contributing to mixtures. Fisheries Research, 173, 236-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2015.09.004

Tsehaya, I., Roth, B. M., & Sass, G. G. (2016). Exploring optimal walleye exploitation rates for northern Wisconsin Ceded Territory lakes using a hierarchical Bayesian age-structured model. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 73, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2015-0191

VanMiddlesworth, T. D., McClelland, N. N., Sass, G. G., Casper, A. F., Spier, T. W., & Lemke, M. J. (2016). Fish community succession and biomanipulation to control two common aquatic ecosystem stressors during a large-scale floodplain lake restoration. Hydrobiologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2696-8

VanMiddlesworth, T. D., Sass, G. G., Ray, B. A., Spier, T. W., Lyons, J. D., McClelland, N. N., & Casper, A. F. (2016). Food habits and relative abundances of native piscivores: implications for controlling common carp. Hydrobiologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2866-8

2015

Wildlife

Browne-Nuñez, C.*, Treves, A., MacFarland, D. M., Voyles, Z.*, & Turng, C. (2015). Tolerance of wolves in Wisconsin: A mixed-methods examination of policy effects on attitudes and behavioral inclinations. Biological Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.12.016

Bryant White, H., Decker, T., O'Brien, M. J., Organ, J. F., & Roberts, N. M. (2015). Trapping and furbearer management in North American wildlife conservation. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 72(5), 756–769. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2015.1019297

Clare, J. D. J.*, Anderson, E. M., & MacFarland, D. M. (2015). Predicting bobcat abundance at a landscape scale and evaluating occupancy as a density index in central Wisconsin. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 79(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.844

Clare, J. D. J.*, Anderson, E. M., MacFarland, D. M., & Sloss, B. L. (2015). Comparing the costs and detectability of bobcats using scat-detecting dog and remote camera surveys in central Wisconsin. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 39(1), 210-217. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.502

Olson, E. R., Van Deelen, T. R., Wydeven, A. P., Ventura, S. J., & MacFarland, D. M. (2015). Characterizing wolf-human conflicts in Wisconsin, USA. Wildlife Society Bulletin 39(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.606

Fisheries

Bailey, C. T., Ray, B. A., & Sass, G. G. (2015). Growth of black crappies iWesto to west Tennessee impoundments with implications for a reduced minimum length limit. Journal of the Tennessee Academic of Science, 90(3-4), 65-69. 

Brenden, T. O., Bence, J. R., Liu, W., Tsehaye, I., & Scribner, K. T. (2015). Comparison of the accuracy and consistency of likelihood-based estimation routines for genetic stock identification. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 6, 817-827. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12377

Brenden, T. O., Scribner, K. T., Bence, J. R., Tsehaye, I., Kanefsky, J., Vandergoot, C. S., & Fielder, D. G. (2015). Contributions of Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair walleye populations to the Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, recreational fishery: evidence from genetic stock identification. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 35, 567-577. https://doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2015.1020079

Gaeta, J. W., Hrabik, T. R., Sass, G. G., Roth, B. M., Gilbert, S. J., & Vander Zanden, M. J. (2015). A whole-lake experiment to control invasive rainbow smelt (Actinoperygii, Osmeridae) via overharvest and a food web manipulation. Hydrobiologia, 746, 433-444. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-014-1916-3

Hansen, J. F., Sass, G. G., Gaeta, J. W., Hansen, G. A., Isermann, D. A., & Vander Zanden, M. J. (2015). Largemouth bass management in Wisconsin: Intraspecific and interspecific implications of abundance increases. American Society Society Symposium, 82, 193-206.  

Lamer, J. T., Ruebush, B. C., Arbieva, Z. H., McClellend, M. A., Epifanio, J. M., & Sass, G. G. (2015). Diagnostic SNPs reveal widespread introgressive hybridization between introduced bighead and silver carp in the Mississippi River Basin. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13285

Levengood, J. M., Soucek, D. J., Sass, G. G., & Epifanio, J. M. (2015). Interspecific and spatial comparisons of perfluorinated compounds in bighead and silver carp in the Illinois River, Illinois, USA. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-015-1646-x

Rypel, A. L., Goto, D., Sass, G. G., & Vander Zanden, M. J. (2015). Production rates of walleye and their relationship to exploitation in Escanaba Lake, Wisconsin, 1965–2009. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 72, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0394

Tsehaye, I., Jones, M. L., Irwin, B. J., Fielder, D. G., Breck, J. E., & Luukkonen, D. R. (2015). Natural Resource Modeling, 28(3). 

Technical Reports

The Office of Applied Science also keeps a historical record of past research-related bulletins and reports published by the DNR. These publications fall into three distinct types: Technical bulletins, research reports and management findings.

All of these publications can be found in this collection, and descriptions of each type of publication can be found below.

Technical Bulletins

Technical bulletins are peer-reviewed (both internally and externally) and tend to be lengthy and/or multidisciplinary in scope. They may be portions of larger studies, methodological improvement studies, comprehensive literature reviews or implications papers geared towards broad policy or management decisions. Their readership tends to be national/international.

Research Reports

Research reports are generally narrower in scope, and written for state/regional policy and management decisions. They might be a report on how well a new method/technique performed or a narrowly-focused literature review. Research reports are also peer-reviewed (internally with optional external review). 

Management Findings

Management findings are typically for fast reporting and tend to be focused on results with narrow implications. Interim and preliminary reports, such as the status of a species or results from a monitoring effort, both fall under this category. These findings are written with a local/state focus and are peer-reviewed internally.