Publications &
media coverage

2021

Publications

2024

Verzuh, T., L., K. Heuer, & J.A. Merkle. The pace and order of spatial learning in novel environments: evidence from reintroduced bison. In prep for submission 2024, intended outlet: Journal of Applied Ecology (manuscript available upon request).

Verzuh, T.L., M. Torstenson, R.S. Beltran, Y. Tao, C. Rutz, & J. Fryxell. An urgent call to integrate movement ecology with conservation biology. Ecology Letters. Submitted.

Verzuh, T.L., K.L. Monteith, C. Geremia, K.S. Huggler, T.N. LaSharr, H. Sawyer, R.A. Smiley, B. L. Wagler, C.F. Wallace, M.J. Kauffman, & J.A. Merkle. Beyond the environment: unraveling the role of memory in animal space use. Nature Communications. Submitted.

Verzuh, T., L., K. Heuer, C.F. Wallace, & J.A. Merkle. How animals discover habitat and refine their movements to restricted areas: evidence from reintroduced bison. Ecology Letters. Under review.

Verzuh, T.L., K. Heuer, P. Adhikari, & J.A. Merkle. 2024. Steps into the unknown: the push and pull of exploration. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Under review.

Levine, R., Verzuh, T.L., Mathewson, P.L., Porter, W.P., Kroger, B., & K.L. Monteith. Sex-specific tradeoffs influence thermoregulation under climate change. Ecology. Under review.

Thomas-Kuzilik, R.R., Becker, J.A., Beck, J.L., Courtemarch, A., Fralick, G.L., Geremia, C., Hall, L.E., Kauffman, M.J., Lowrey, B., Miyasaki, H.M., Monteith, K.L., Ortega, A.C., Sawyer, H., Smith, D.W., Stahler, D.R., Verzuh, T.L., & J.A. Merkle. Expression and mechanisms of behavioral plasticity in large mammals. Ecological Monographs. Under review.

Verzuh, T.L., K. Heuer, & J.A. Merkle. 2024. Leveraging how animals learn in conservation science: Behavioral responses of reintroduced bison to management interventions. Conservation Science and Practice. E13240. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13240

Merkel, J.A., Poulin, M-P, Caldwell, M., Laforge, M., Scholle, A., Verzuh, T.L., & C. Geremia. 2024. Spatial-social familiarity complements the spatial-social interface: evidence from Yellowstone bison. Philosophical Transactions B. 1912: 379. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0530

2023

Tucker, M..A., …Verzuh, T.L., …et al. 2023. Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns. Science. 380, 1059-1064. DOI:10.1126/science.abo6499

2022

Verzuh, T.L., Rogers, S.A., Mathewson, P.D., May, A., Porter, W.P., Class, C., Knox, L., Cufaude, T., Hall, L.E., Long, R.A. and Monteith, K.L., 2022. Behavioral responses of a large, heat‐sensitive mammal to climatic variation at multiple spatial scales. Journal of Animal Ecology.

Picardi, S., Abrahms, B., Gelzer, E., Morrison, T.A., Verzuh, T. and Merkle, J.A., 2023. Defining null expectations for animal site fidelity. Ecology Letters, 26(1), pp.157-169.

Gelzer, E.R., Laforge, M.P., Becker, J.A., Hough, N.P., Lambert, M.S., Poulin, M.P., Thomas‐Kuzilik, R., Verzuh, T.L. and Merkle, J.A., 2022. Getting cited early: influence of visibility strategies, structure, and focal system on early citation rates. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 86(4), p.e22214.

2021

Verzuh, T.L., Hall, L.E., Cufaude, T., Knox, L., Class, C. and Monteith, K.L., 2021. Behavioural flexibility in a heat-sensitive endotherm: the role of bed sites as thermal refuges. Animal Behaviour, 178, pp.77-86.

2020

Ortega, A.C., Dwinnell, S.P., Lasharr, T.N., Jakopak, R.P., Denryter, K., Huggler, K.S., Hayes, M.M., Aikens, E.O., Verzuh, T.L., May, A.B. and Kauffman, M.J., 2020. Effectiveness of partial sedation to reduce stress in captured mule deer. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 84(8), pp.1445-1456.

2018

Verzuh, T., Bergman, D.L., Bender, S.C., Dwire, M. and Breck, S.W., 2018. Intercanine width measurements to aid predation investigations: a comparison between sympatric native and non-native carnivores in the Mexican wolf recovery area. Journal of Mammalogy, 99(6), pp.1405-1410.

Johnson, H.E., Lewis, D.L., Verzuh, T.L., Wallace, C.F., Much, R.M., Willmarth, L.K. and Breck, S.W., 2018. Human development and climate affect hibernation in a large carnivore with implications for human–carnivore conflicts. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55(2), pp.663-672.