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*Ties, C, R. Lopez, S. Webb, J. Light, B. Hoose, and T.J. Werdel. 2025. Ghost in the prairie: Using community science and MaxEnt to model the habitat of a rare mesopredator. Ecology and Evolution.
Werdel, T.J. 2026. Human-created surface waters facilitate habitat suitability and connectivity for river otters (Lontra canadensis) in Texas. Global Ecology and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2026.e04255
Stewart, D.G., *A.D. Patterson, J.A. Jenks, J.T. Kanta, C.P. Lehman, T.J. Frink, and T.J. Werdel. 2026. Unified framework to detect and assess behavioral shifts along the exploration-exploitation continuum: Case study of translocated bighorn sheep. Biological Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111903
Werdel, T.J., C.W. Piper, G. Palomo-Muñoz, and A.A. Ahlers. 2026. Anecdotes or ecological patterns: Symbiotic foraging behaviors in coyotes and badgers. Wildlife Letters. https://doi.org/10.1002/wll2.70035
Werdel, T.J., M. Fidino, C.W. Piper, A.M. Ricketts, M.S. Peek, and A.A. Ahlers. 2025. Influence of landscape composition on spatiotemporal interactions between sympatric canids. Ecological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70047 (Cover Article)
Whitman, D.* and T.J. Werdel. 2024. Occurrence of fox squirrels influenced by fine‑scale landscape characteristics on a college campus. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70488
Werdel, T.J., D. Matarrita-Cascante, and J.E. Lucero. 2024. State of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the wildlife management profession. The Journal of Wildlife Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22579
Werdel, T.J., C.W. Piper, A.M. Ricketts, M.S. Peek, and A.A. Ahlers. 2023. Direct and indirect landscape‑scale pathways structure carnivore communities in an agro‑prairie ecosystem. Journal of Mammalogy. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad065
Werdel, T.J., J.A. Jenks, J.T. Kanta, C.P. Lehman, and T.J. Frink. 2023. Resource selection and herbaceous biomass at foraging sites of translocated bighorn sheep. Rangeland Ecology & Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2022.12.004
Werdel, T.J., C.W. Piper, A.M. Ricketts, M.S. Peek, D.S. Sullins, and A.A Ahlers. 2023. Strategic grassland conservation for swift foxes in multi-use landscapes. Biological Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109864
Palomo‑Muñoz, G, T.J. Werdel, C.W. Piper, M.S. Peek, A.M. Ricketts, and A.A Ahlers. 2022. Spatiotemporal distributions of mammals occurring in an agro‑prairie ecosystem. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3945
Hessami, M.A., T.J. Werdel, S.J. Hoagland, and M.T. Kohl. 2022. Melding Past, Present, and Future: The importance of tribal management in wildlife conservation and management. Chapter 1 in C. Bishop, E. Gomez, J. Organ, and T. Ryder eds. Introduction to Wildlife Management and Conservation in North America. Great River Learning of Dubuque, IA. ISBN: 9781680755978
Werdel, T.J., C.W. Piper, A.M. Ricketts, M.S. Peek, and A.A. Ahlers. 2022. Scale-specific landscape effects impose range-limiting constraints on the distribution of a prairie-obligate carnivore. Landscape Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/ s10980-022-01466-0
Werdel, T.J., J.A. Jenks, J.T. Kanta, C.P. Lehman, and T.J. Frink. 2021. Space use and movement patterns of translocated bighorn sheep. Mammalian Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-021-00107-4
Werdel, T.J., J.A. Jenks, T.E. Besser, J.T. Kanta, C.P. Lehman, and T.J. Frink. 2019. Restoration of a bighorn sheep population impeded by Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae exposure. Restoration Ecology. https://doi.org/https: //doi.org/10.1111/rec.13084 (Cover Article)
Werdel, T.J., J.A. Jenks, T.E. Besser, J.T. Kanta, C.P. Lehman, and T.J. Frink. 2018. Survival of translocated bighorn sheep in the Deadwood region of the Black Hills, South Dakota. Northwestern Naturalist 99:222-231. https://doi.org/10.1898/ NWN18-06.1
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