List of works - Heiko U. Wittmer

A Preliminary Range-Wide Distribution Model for the Sacramento Valley Red Fox

A restricted hybrid zone between native and introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) populations suggests reproductive barriers and competitive exclusion

scientific article

A review of the population dynamics of mule deer and black-tailed deerOdocoileus hemionusin North America

article

Analyses of phenotypic differentiations among South Georgian Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) populations reveal an undescribed and highly endangered species from New Zealand

scientific article published in 2018

Biotic and abiotic drivers of dispersion dynamics in a large-bodied tropical vertebrate, the Western Bornean orangutan

scientific article published on 18 June 2021

Can't bear the competition: Energetic losses from kleptoparasitism by a dominant scavenger may alter foraging behaviors of an apex predator

scientific article published in 2021

Changes in landscape composition influence the decline of a threatened woodland caribou population

scientific article

Common Biases in Density Estimation Based on Home Range Overlap with Reference to Pumas in Patagonia

article

Conservation and restoration in peopled landscapes in Oceania: opportunities and challenges

Conservation strategies for species affected by apparent competition

scientific article published on 2 January 2013

Consistent offshore artificial light at night near the last breeding colony of a critically endangered seabird

scientific article published in 2021

Consistent seasonal foraging niche segregation between critically endangered Whenua Hou Diving Petrels and abundant Common Diving Petrels

scientific article published in 2022

Distribution, density and habitat association of the Cook Strait click beetle (Amychus granulatus Coleoptera: Elateridae) on Te Pākeka/Maud Island, New Zealand

article published in May 2022

Dynamics of a small population of endangered huemul deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus) in Chilean Patagonia

article

Effect of activity states on habitat selection by black-tailed deer

scientific article published in 2018

Erratum to: Using multistate capture–mark–recapture models to quantify effects of predation on age-specific survival and population growth in black-tailed deer

scholarly article published in Population Ecology

Estimating sex-specific abundance in fawning areas of a high-density Columbian black-tailed deer population using fecal DNA

article

Evaluation of remote cameras for monitoring multiple invasive mammals in New Zealand

article

Factors associated with survival of reintroduced riparian brush rabbits in California

Factors influencing variation in site fidelity of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in southeastern British Columbia

scientific article published in 2006

Food caching by a solitary large carnivore reveals importance of intermediate-sized prey

Functional traits driving species role in the structure of terrestrial vertebrate scavenger networks

scientific article published on 27 August 2021

Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds

Good intentions gone wrong: did conservation management threaten Endangered huemul deer Hippocamelus bisulcus in the future Patagonia National Park?

scholarly article by Heiko U. Wittmer et al published 13 May 2013 in Oryx

Habitat selection when killing primary versus alternative prey species supports prey specialization in an apex predator

Home sweet home: fitness consequences of site familiarity in female black-tailed deer

scientific article published in 2015

Imminent extinctions of woodland caribou from national parks

scientific article published in April 2010

Implications of body condition on the unsustainable predation rates of endangered mountain caribou

scientific article

Implications of fidelity and philopatry for the population structure of female black-tailed deer

scientific article published in 2017

Incipient loss of a rainforest mutualism?

scholarly article by Johannes H. Fischer et al published 26 January 2017 in Journal of threatened taxa

Incorporating Allee effects into reintroduction strategies

scientific article published in 2011

Incorporating preferential prey selection and stochastic predation into population viability analysis for rare prey species

scholarly article by Heiko U. Wittmer et al published April 2014 in Biological Conservation

Kill rates and associated ecological factors for an apex predator

scientific article published in 2022

Learning to count: adapting population monitoring for Endangered huemul deer Hippocamelus bisulcus to meet conservation objectives

Long-distance dispersal of a male puma (Puma concolor puma) in Patagonia

scientific article published in 2009

Machine learning allows for large-scale habitat prediction of a wide-ranging carnivore across diverse ecoregions

Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape

scientific article published on 18 March 2024

Modeling the Ecological and Phenological Predictors of Fruit Consumption by Gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis)

Modelling three‐dimensional space to design prey refuges using video game software

scientific article published in 2021

Monitoring the mammalian fauna of urban areas using remote cameras and citizen science

scientific article published in January 2018

Multiple anthropogenic interventions drive puma survival following wolf recovery in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

scientific article published on 25 June 2018

Network structure of vertebrate scavenger assemblages at the global scale: drivers and ecosystem functioning implications

scientific article

Nuisance ecology: do scavenging condors exact foraging costs on pumas in Patagonia?

scientific article

Ontogeny of scent marking behaviours in an apex carnivore

scientific article published in 2021

Population dynamics of the endangered mountain ecotype of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in British Columbia, Canada

article

Predator identity and forage availability affect predation risk of juvenile black-tailed deer

scientific article published in 2019

Predator occurrence and perceived predation risk determine grouping behavior in guanaco (Lama guanicoe )

article published in 2018

Predator-mediated allee effects in multi-prey systems

scientific article published in January 2010

Puma communication behaviours: understanding functional use and variation among sex and age classes

article by Maximilian L. Allen et al published 2014 in Behaviour

Puma spatial ecology in open habitats with aggregate prey

Reintroduced wolves and hunting limit the abundance of a subordinate apex predator in a multi-use landscape

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Reproductive parameters of the fisher (Pekania pennanti) in the southern Sierra Nevada, California

scientific article published in 2018

Responses of Primates and Other Frugivorous Vertebrates to Plant Resource Variability over Space and Time at Gunung Palung National Park

article

Scavenging in the Anthropocene: Human impact drives vertebrate scavenger species richness at a global scale

scientific article published on 24 June 2019

Scent marking in Sunda clouded leopards (Neofelis diardi): novel observations close a key gap in understanding felid communication behaviours

scientific article

Sounding out a continent: seven decades of bioacoustics research in Africa

scientific article published on 10 January 2022

Spatial factors related to mortality and population decline of endangered mountain caribou

scientific article published in 2013

Standardizing protocols for determining the cause of mortality in wildlife studies

Swimming by pumas (Puma concolor) in Patagonia: rethinking barriers to puma movement

Table scraps: inter-trophic food provisioning by pumas

scientific article

The Role of Scent Marking in Mate Selection by Female Pumas (Puma concolor)

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

The comparative effects of large carnivores on the acquisition of carrion by scavengers

scientific article

The difference between killing and eating: ecological shortcomings of puma energetic models

scientific article published in 2014

The ecology of human-caused mortality for a protected large carnivore

The effects of puma prey selection and specialization on less abundant prey in Patagonia

article by L. Mark Elbroch & Heiko U. Wittmer published 16 April 2013 in Journal of Mammalogy

The importance of fieldwork over predictive modeling in quantifying predation events of carnivores marked with GPS technology

scientific article published in 2017

The importance of motivation, weapons, and foul odors in driving encounter competition in carnivores

scientific article published in August 2016

The role of predation in the decline and extirpation of woodland caribou

scientific article published on 11 May 2005

Trailing hounds vs foot snares: comparing injuries to pumasPuma concolorcaptured in Chilean Patagonia

article

Trophic facilitation or limitation? Comparative effects of pumas and black bears on the scavenger community

scientific article

Understanding contributions of cohort effects to growth rates of fluctuating populations

scientific article published in September 2007

Ungulate migrations of the Western United States, volume 4

Use of Simulation Modeling to Evaluate Management Strategies for Reintroduced Riparian Brush Rabbits in California

article by Heiko U. Wittmer et al published December 2016 in Journal of fish and wildlife management

Using multistate capture–mark–recapture models to quantify effects of predation on age-specific survival and population growth in black-tailed deer

scientific article published in 2014

Using predator-prey theory to predict outcomes of broadscale experiments to reduce apparent competition

scientific article published on 6 March 2015

Viability of mountain caribou in British Columbia, Canada: Effects of habitat change and population density

article

Why I have come to care about conservation and restoration in peopled landscapes

scientific article published on 06 December 2018

List of works by Heiko U. Wittmer

A Preliminary Range-Wide Distribution Model for the Sacramento Valley Red Fox

A restricted hybrid zone between native and introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) populations suggests reproductive barriers and competitive exclusion

A review of the population dynamics of mule deer and black-tailed deerOdocoileus hemionusin North America

Analyses of phenotypic differentiations among South Georgian Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) populations reveal an undescribed and highly endangered species from New Zealand

Biotic and abiotic drivers of dispersion dynamics in a large-bodied tropical vertebrate, the Western Bornean orangutan

Can't bear the competition: Energetic losses from kleptoparasitism by a dominant scavenger may alter foraging behaviors of an apex predator

Changes in landscape composition influence the decline of a threatened woodland caribou population

Common Biases in Density Estimation Based on Home Range Overlap with Reference to Pumas in Patagonia

Conservation and restoration in peopled landscapes in Oceania: opportunities and challenges

Conservation strategies for species affected by apparent competition

Consistent offshore artificial light at night near the last breeding colony of a critically endangered seabird

Consistent seasonal foraging niche segregation between critically endangered Whenua Hou Diving Petrels and abundant Common Diving Petrels

Distribution, density and habitat association of the Cook Strait click beetle (Amychus granulatus Coleoptera: Elateridae) on Te Pākeka/Maud Island, New Zealand

Dynamics of a small population of endangered huemul deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus) in Chilean Patagonia

Effect of activity states on habitat selection by black-tailed deer

Erratum to: Using multistate capture–mark–recapture models to quantify effects of predation on age-specific survival and population growth in black-tailed deer

Estimating sex-specific abundance in fawning areas of a high-density Columbian black-tailed deer population using fecal DNA

Evaluation of remote cameras for monitoring multiple invasive mammals in New Zealand

Factors associated with survival of reintroduced riparian brush rabbits in California

Factors influencing variation in site fidelity of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in southeastern British Columbia

Food caching by a solitary large carnivore reveals importance of intermediate-sized prey

Functional traits driving species role in the structure of terrestrial vertebrate scavenger networks

Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds

Good intentions gone wrong: did conservation management threaten Endangered huemul deer Hippocamelus bisulcus in the future Patagonia National Park?

Habitat selection when killing primary versus alternative prey species supports prey specialization in an apex predator

Home sweet home: fitness consequences of site familiarity in female black-tailed deer

Imminent extinctions of woodland caribou from national parks

Implications of body condition on the unsustainable predation rates of endangered mountain caribou

Implications of fidelity and philopatry for the population structure of female black-tailed deer

Incipient loss of a rainforest mutualism?

Incorporating Allee effects into reintroduction strategies

Incorporating preferential prey selection and stochastic predation into population viability analysis for rare prey species

Kill rates and associated ecological factors for an apex predator

Learning to count: adapting population monitoring for Endangered huemul deer Hippocamelus bisulcus to meet conservation objectives

Long-distance dispersal of a male puma (Puma concolor puma) in Patagonia

Machine learning allows for large-scale habitat prediction of a wide-ranging carnivore across diverse ecoregions

Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape

Modeling the Ecological and Phenological Predictors of Fruit Consumption by Gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis)

Modelling three‐dimensional space to design prey refuges using video game software

Monitoring the mammalian fauna of urban areas using remote cameras and citizen science

Multiple anthropogenic interventions drive puma survival following wolf recovery in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Network structure of vertebrate scavenger assemblages at the global scale: drivers and ecosystem functioning implications

Nuisance ecology: do scavenging condors exact foraging costs on pumas in Patagonia?

Ontogeny of scent marking behaviours in an apex carnivore

Population dynamics of the endangered mountain ecotype of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in British Columbia, Canada

Predator identity and forage availability affect predation risk of juvenile black-tailed deer

Predator occurrence and perceived predation risk determine grouping behavior in guanaco (Lama guanicoe )

Predator-mediated allee effects in multi-prey systems

Puma communication behaviours: understanding functional use and variation among sex and age classes

Puma spatial ecology in open habitats with aggregate prey

Reintroduced wolves and hunting limit the abundance of a subordinate apex predator in a multi-use landscape

Reproductive parameters of the fisher (Pekania pennanti) in the southern Sierra Nevada, California

Responses of Primates and Other Frugivorous Vertebrates to Plant Resource Variability over Space and Time at Gunung Palung National Park

Scavenging in the Anthropocene: Human impact drives vertebrate scavenger species richness at a global scale

Scent marking in Sunda clouded leopards (Neofelis diardi): novel observations close a key gap in understanding felid communication behaviours

Sounding out a continent: seven decades of bioacoustics research in Africa

Spatial factors related to mortality and population decline of endangered mountain caribou

Standardizing protocols for determining the cause of mortality in wildlife studies

Swimming by pumas (Puma concolor) in Patagonia: rethinking barriers to puma movement

Table scraps: inter-trophic food provisioning by pumas

The Role of Scent Marking in Mate Selection by Female Pumas (Puma concolor)

The comparative effects of large carnivores on the acquisition of carrion by scavengers

The difference between killing and eating: ecological shortcomings of puma energetic models

The ecology of human-caused mortality for a protected large carnivore

The effects of puma prey selection and specialization on less abundant prey in Patagonia

The importance of fieldwork over predictive modeling in quantifying predation events of carnivores marked with GPS technology

The importance of motivation, weapons, and foul odors in driving encounter competition in carnivores

The role of predation in the decline and extirpation of woodland caribou

Trailing hounds vs foot snares: comparing injuries to pumasPuma concolorcaptured in Chilean Patagonia

Trophic facilitation or limitation? Comparative effects of pumas and black bears on the scavenger community

Understanding contributions of cohort effects to growth rates of fluctuating populations

Ungulate migrations of the Western United States, volume 4

Use of Simulation Modeling to Evaluate Management Strategies for Reintroduced Riparian Brush Rabbits in California

Using multistate capture–mark–recapture models to quantify effects of predation on age-specific survival and population growth in black-tailed deer

Using predator-prey theory to predict outcomes of broadscale experiments to reduce apparent competition

Viability of mountain caribou in British Columbia, Canada: Effects of habitat change and population density

Why I have come to care about conservation and restoration in peopled landscapes