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Current and past members of the Epps research group are bolded.<\/p>\n

2025<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Okuley, OS<\/strong>, CM Aiello<\/strong>, W Glad, K Perkins, R Ianniello, N Darby, and CW Epps<\/strong>. 2025. Improving AI performance in wildlife monitoring through species and environment-specific training: a case study on desert bighorn sheep.\u00a0 Ecological Informatics, 103179.\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecoinf.2025.103179<\/a><\/p>\n

Kulig, EN, J Van Gunst<\/strong>, MJ Hernandez, Y Luong, M Villasenor, RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, CW Epps<\/strong>, and JA Castillo<\/strong> Vardaro<\/strong>.\u00a0 2025.\u00a0 Climate drives genetic diversity loss in American pika (Ochotona princeps<\/em>) populations in the Great Basin.\u00a0 Journal of Mammalogy. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jmammal\/gyaf021<\/a><\/p>\n

Zitomer, RA, NS Pope, CW Epps<\/strong>, RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, and JW Rivers.\u00a0 2025.\u00a0 Canopy cover has divergent effects on movement of closely related bumble bees in managed conifer forest landscapes.\u00a0 Landscape Ecology, 40(2): 1-19.\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10980-024-02002-y<\/a><\/p>\n

2024<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Barry, BR, JD Holbrook, JC Vogeler, LH Elliott, MJ Weldy<\/strong>, DB Lesmeister, CW Epps<\/strong>, T Wilson, and KT Vierling. 2024. Using spaceborne LIDAR to reveal drivers of animal demography. Ecological Applications. doi: 10.1002\/eap.3048<\/p>\n

Tsuchida, DY, MF Gentzkow, RS Spaan<\/strong>, J Burco, CE Couch, JM Spaan, CW Epps<\/strong>, and BR Beechler. 2024. Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis<\/em>) with higher whole blood selenium levels have improved survival and altered immune responses. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 60(3): 721-726.\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7589\/JWD-D-23-00042<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Epps, CW<\/strong>, PB Holton, RJ Monello, RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, SM Gaulke, WM Janousek, TG Creech<\/strong>, and T Graves.\u00a0 2024. Population and spatial dynamics of desert bighorn sheep in Grand Canon during an outbreak of respiratory pneumonia. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12: 1377214. doi: 10.3389\/fevo.2024.1377214<\/p>\n

Aiello, CM<\/strong>, NL Galloway, K Fratella, PR Prentice<\/strong>, NW Darby, DL Hughson, and CW Epps<\/strong>. 2024. Highway underpasses offer little fragmentation relief for desert bighorn sheep near Mojave National Preserve, CA.\u00a0 California Fish and Wildlife Scientific Journal, doi.org\/10.51492\/cfwj.110.5<\/a><\/p>\n

Epps, CW<\/strong>, RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, RS Spaan<\/strong>, MJ Weldy<\/strong>, and HF Tavalire.\u00a0 2024.\u00a0 Influence of climate and landscape on genetic differentiation of aardvarks (Orycteropus afer<\/em>) in southern Africa.\u00a0 Diversity and Distributions.\u00a0 https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/epdf\/10.1111\/ddi.13792<\/p>\n

2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bleich, V, CM Aiello<\/strong>, CW Epps<\/strong>, and JD Wehausen. 2023.\u00a0 Green energy projects at odds with conservation.\u00a0 Science, 380(6649):1021.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Laliberte, C, A Devan-Song, JD Burco, CE Couch, MF Gentzkow, RS Spaan<\/strong>, CW Epps<\/strong>, and BR Beechler.\u00a0 2023.\u00a0 A simple biochemical plasma test as an indicator of maternal energy balance predicts offspring survival in bighorn sheep.\u00a0 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11: 1106635. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fevo.2023.1106635.<\/a><\/p>\n

Whiting, JC, VC Bleich, RT Bowyer, and CW Epps<\/strong>.\u00a0 2023. Restoration of bighorn sheep: history, successes, and remaining conservation issues.\u00a0 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11: 1083350. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fevo.2023.1083350<\/a><\/p>\n

Murphy, CA, W Gerth, T Neal, K Antonelli, JL Sanders, T Williams, R-L Roennfeldt, RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, and I Arismendi.\u00a0 2023.\u00a0 Evidence for infection influencing survival of the freshwater copepod Salmincola californiensis<\/em>, a parasite of Pacific salmon and trout.\u00a0 Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1003\/aah.10206<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aiello, CM<\/strong>, NL Galloway, PR Prentice<\/strong>, NW Darby, D Hughson, and CW Epps<\/strong>. 2023.\u00a0 Movement models and simulation reveal highway impacts and mitigation opportunities for a metapopulation-distributed species.\u00a0 Landscape Ecology 38:1085-1103. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10980-023-01600-6<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Beever, EA, JL Wilkening, PD Billman, L Thurman, KA Ernest, DH Wright, AM Gill, AC Craighead, NA Helmstetter, LK Svancara, MJ Camp, S Bhattacharyya, J Fitzgerald, JMR Hirose, ML Westover, FD Gerraty, KB Klingler, DA Schmidt, DK Ryals, RN Brown, SL Clark, N Clayton, GH Collins, KA Cutting, DF Doak, CW Epps<\/strong>, JE Foley, J French, CL Hayes, ZA Mills, L Moyer-Horner, LB Nichols, KB Orlofsky, MM Peacock, NC Penzel, J Peterson, NG Ramsay, T Rickman, MM Robinson, HL Robison, KMC Rowe, KC Rowe, MA Russello, AB Smith, JAE Stewart, WW Thompson, JH Thorne, MD Waterhouse, SS Weber, and KC Wilson. 2023. Geographic and taxonomic variation in adapative capacity among mountain-dwelling small mammals: implications for conservation status and actions.\u00a0 Biological Conservation, 282:109942.\u00a0https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0006320723000423?via%3Dihub<\/p>\n

Dugovich, BS, BR Beecher, BP Dolan, RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, BJ Gonzalez, JG Powers, DL Hughson, RK Vu, CW Epps<\/strong>*, and AE Jolles*.\u00a0 2023.\u00a0 Population connectivity patterns of genetic diversity, immune responses, and exposure to infectious pneumonia in a metapopulation of desert bighorn sheep.\u00a0 Journal of Animal Ecology, 92:1456-1469.\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/1365-2656.13885<\/a>
* shared senior authors<\/p>\n

Dekelaita, D, CW Epps<\/strong>, D German, J Powers, BJ Gonzales, R Abella-Vu, N Darby, D Hughson, and KM Stewart.\u00a0 2023.\u00a0 Animal movement and infectious disease risk in a metapopulation.\u00a0 Royal Society Open Science, 10(2):220390. https:\/\/royalsocietypublishing.org\/doi\/10.1098\/rsos.220390<\/a><\/p>\n

Stewart, AM, MM Conner, JS McKeever, A Ellsworth, RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, CW Epps<\/strong>, and TR Stephenson.\u00a0 2023.\u00a0 Comparing fecal DNA capture-recapture to mark-resight for estimating abundance of mule deer on winter ranges.\u00a0 Journal of Wildlife Management, 87(2): 1-19. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jwmg.22350<\/a><\/p>\n

2022<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Painter, LE, MJ Weldy, RS Crowhurst, <\/strong>LN Carraway, and CW Epps<\/strong>. 2022.\u00a0 Landscape genetics of the camas pocket gopher (Thomomys bulbivorus<\/em>), an endemic mammal of Oregon’s Willamette Valley<\/a>.\u00a0 Western North American Naturalist, 82:479-493.<\/p>\n

Couch, CE and CW Epps<\/strong>. 2022.\u00a0 Host, microbiome, and complex space: applying population and landscape genetic approaches to gut microbiome research in wild populations.\u00a0 Journal of Heredity, 113: 221-234. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jhered\/esab078<\/a><\/p>\n

Davis, LG, DB Madsen, DA Sisson, L Valdivia-Becerra, T Higham, D Stueber, D Bean, AJ Nyers, A Carroll, C Ryder, M Sponheimer, M Izuho, F Iizuka, G Li, CW<\/strong> Epps<\/strong>, and FK Halford. 2022. <\/em>Dating of a Large Tool Assemblage at the Cooper\u2019s Ferry Site (Idaho, USA) to ~15,785 cal yr B.P. Extends the Age of Stemmed Points in the Americas. Science Advances 8:eade1248.<\/strong> doi<\/a>:<\/a> 10.1126\/sciadv.ade1248<\/a>
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Weldy, MJ<\/strong>, DB Lesmeister, and CW Epps<\/strong>.\u00a0 2022.\u00a0 Emigration effects on estimates of age- and sex-specific survival of two sciurids.\u00a0 Ecology and Evolution, 12(4):e8833. <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ece3.8833<\/a><\/p>\n

2021<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Epps, CW, MJ Weldy, RS Crowhurst, <\/strong>and RS Spaan<\/strong>. 2021.\u00a0 Estimating the distribution and habitat suitability for aardvarks (Orycteropus afer<\/em>) in Kruger National Park, South Africa.\u00a0 African Journal of Ecology, Published Online. <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/aje.12916<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Epps, CW, <\/strong>VM Petro, TG Creech<\/strong>, RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, MJ Weldy<\/strong>, and JD Taylor. 2021.\u00a0 Landscape genetics of American beaver in coastal Oregon.\u00a0 Journal of Wildlife Management, 85: 1462-1475.\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jwmg.22102<\/a><\/p>\n

Pfeiler, SS, MM Conner, JS McKeever, RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, CW Epps<\/strong>, GP Mulcahy, EP Meredith, and TR Stephenson. 2021.\u00a0 Estimating abundance of desert mule deer using fecal DNA-based capture-recapture.\u00a0 Western North American Naturalist, 81: 40-53. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3398\/064.081.0104<\/a><\/p>\n

Dolan, BP, B Beechler, B Dugovich, A Jolles, and CW Epps<\/strong>. 2021.\u00a0 Immunogenetic variation at MHC class I loci in desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni<\/em>) reflects natural and anthropogenic fragmentation. The Journal of Immunology,\u00a0 26: supplement 1, 19.06.<\/p>\n

Couger, MB, SW Roy, N Anderson, L Gozashti, S Pirro, LS Millward<\/strong>, M Kim, D Kilburn, KJ Liu, TM Wilson, CW Epps<\/strong>, L Dizney, LA Ruedas, and P Campbell.\u00a0 2021.\u00a0 Sex chromosome transformation and the origin of a male-specific X chromosome in the creeping vole.\u00a0 Science, 372: 592-600.\u00a0 10.1126\/science.abg7019\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Shirkey, N, A Roug, T Besser, VC Bleich, N Darby, D<\/strong> Dekelaita<\/strong>, NL Galloway, B Gonzales, D Hughson, L Konde, R Monello, PR Prentice<\/strong>, R Vu, J Wehausen, B Munk, J Powers, and CW Epps<\/strong>. 2021. <\/em>Previously unrecognized exposure of desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni<\/em>) to Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae<\/em> in the California Mojave Desert. Journal of Wildlife Disease, 57: 447-452.\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7589\/JWD-D-20-00098<\/a><\/p>\n

Spaan, RS<\/strong>, CW Epps<\/strong>, R Crowhurst<\/strong>, D Whittaker, M Cox, and A Duarte. 2021.\u00a0 Impact of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae<\/em> on juvenile bighorn sheep (Ovis<\/em> canadensis<\/em>) survival in the northern Basin and Range ecosystem.\u00a0 PeerJ, 9<\/span>:e10710<\/span> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7717\/peerj.10710<\/a><\/p>\n

2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pfeiler, SS, MM Conner, JS McKeever, TR Stephenson, DW German, RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, PR Prentice<\/strong>, and CW Epps<\/strong>.\u00a0 2020.\u00a0 Costs and precision of fecal DNA mark-recapture versus traditional mark-resight.\u00a0 Wildlife Society Bulletin, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/wsb.1119<\/a><\/p>\n

Creech, TG<\/strong>, CW Epps<\/strong>, JD Wehausen, RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, JR Jaeger, K Longshore, B Holton, WB Sloan, and RJ Monello.\u00a0 2020.\u00a0 Genetic and environmental indicators of climate change vulnerability for desert bighorn sheep.\u00a0 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fevo.2020.00279<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Epps, CW.<\/strong>\u00a0 Connecting the desert mountains<\/a>.\u00a0 Desert Report; Sierra Club California and Nevada – Desert Committee, March 2020: pp 10-11.<\/p>\n

Dekelaita, DJ, CW Epps<\/strong>, KM Stewart, JS Sedinger, JG Powers, BJ Gonzales, RK Abella-Vu, NW Darby, and DL Hughson.\u00a0 2020.\u00a0 Survival of adult female bighorn sheep following a pneumonia epizootic.\u00a0 Journal of Wildlife Management, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jwmg.21914<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Couch, CE, HK Arnold, RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, AE Jolles, TJ Sharpton, MF Witczak, CW Epps<\/strong>, and BR Beechler. 2020.\u00a0 Bighorn sheep gut microbiomes associate with genetic and spatial structure across a metapopulation.\u00a0 Scientific Reports, 10: 6582.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-020-63401-0<\/a><\/p>\n

Edelhoff, H, FE Zachos, J Fickel, CW Epps<\/strong>, and N Balkenhol. 2020. Genetic analysis of red deer (Cervus elaphus<\/em>) administrative management units in a human-dominated landscape. Conservation Genetics, 21: 261-276. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10592-020-01248-8<\/a><\/p>\n

Kashyap, A, A Rhodes, B Kronmiller, J Berger, A Champagne, EW Davis, MV Finnegan, M Geniza, D Hendrix, CV Lohr, VM Petro, TJ Sharpton, J Wells, C W Epps<\/strong>, P Jaiswal, BM Tyler, and S Ramsey. 2020.<\/em> Pan-tissue transcriptome analysis of long noncoding RNAs in the American beaver Castor canadensis<\/em>. BMC Genomics, 21: 1-20. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12864-019-6432-4<\/a><\/p>\n

Weldy, M<\/strong>, CW Epps<\/strong>, DB Lesmeister, T Manning and ED Forsman. 2020. Spatiotemporal dynamics in vital rates of Humboldt\u2019s flying squirrels and Townsend\u2019s chipmunks in late-successional forests. Journal of Mammalogy, 101: 187-198. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jmammal\/gyz204<\/a><\/p>\n

2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Spaan, RS<\/strong>, CW Epps<\/strong>, V Ezenwa, and AE Jolles. 2019.<\/em> Why did the buffalo cross the park? Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of dispersal by female African buffalo (Syncerus caffer<\/em>). Ecology and Evolution 9(10):5651-5663. DOI: 10.1002\/ece3.5145<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Davis, LG, DB Madsen, L Becerra-Valdivia, T Higham, DA Sisson, SM Skinner, D Stueber, AJ Nyers, A Keen-Zebert, C Neudor, M Cheyney, M Izuho, F Iizuka, SR Burns, CW<\/strong> Epps, <\/strong>SC Willis, and I Buvit. 2019. Late Upper Paleolithic occupation at Cooper\u2019s Ferry, Idaho, USA, ~16,000 years ago. Science 365, 891 LP \u2013 897. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1126\/science.aax9830<\/a><\/p>\n

Smythe, S, DM Sanchez, and CW Epps<\/strong>. 2019. Contrasting moose nutritional carrying capacity models on a dynamic landscape. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, 10: 163-179.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Smith, AB, EA Beever, AE Kessler, AN Johnston, C Ray,\u00a0 CW Epps<\/strong>, HC Lanier, RC Klinger, TJ Rodhouse, J Varner, JD Perrine, A Seglund, LE Hall, K Galbreath, C MacGlover, P Billman, G Blatz, J Brewer, J Castillo Vardaro<\/strong>, AD Chalfoun, G Collins, A Craighead, C Curlis, C Daly, DF Doak, M East, M Edwards, L Erb, KA Ernest, B Fauver, KR Foresman, K Goehring, J Hagar, CL Hayes, P Henry, K Hersey, SL Hilty, J Jacobson, MR Jeffress, T Manning, A Masching, B Maxell, R McCollough, C McFarland, E Miskow, TL Morelli, L Moyer-Horner, M Mueller, M Nugent, B Pratt, M Rasmussen-Flores, TH Rickman, H Robison, A Rodriguez, K Rowe, K Rowe, MA Russello, V Saab, A Schmidt, JAE Stewart, JN Stuart, LK Svancara, W Thompson, J Timmins, G Treinish, MD Waterhouse, ML Westover, J Wilkening, and L Yandow. 2019. Alternatives to genetic affinity as a context for within-species response to climate. Nature Climate Change 9, 787\u2013794. https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/s41558-019-0584-8<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Chen, L., Q Qiu, Y Jiang, K Wang, Z Lin, Z Li, F Bibi, Y Yang, J Wang, W Nie, W Su, G Liu, Q Li, W Fu, X Pan, C Liu, J Yang, C Zhang, Y Yin, Y Wang, Y Zhao, C Zhang, Z Wang, Y Qin, W Liu, B Wang, Y Ren, R Zhang, Y Zeng, RR da Fonseca, B Wei, R Li, W Wan, R Zhao, W Zhu, Y Wang, S Duan, Y Gao, YE Zhang, C Chen, C Hvilsom, CW Epps<\/strong>, LG Chemnick, Y Dong, S Mirarab, HR Siegismund, OA Ryder, MTP Gilbert, HA Lewin, G Zhang, R Heller, and W Wang. 2019. Large-scale ruminant genome sequencing provides insights into their evolution and distinct traits. Science<\/strong> 364:eaav6202.<\/p>\n

T<\/span><\/span>weedy, PJ, KM<\/strong> Moriarty<\/strong>, JD Bailey, and CW<\/strong> Epps<\/strong>. 2019. Using fine scale resolution vegetation data from LiDAR and ground-based sampling to predict Pacific marten resting habitat at multiple spatial scales. Forest Ecology and Management 452, 117556. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.foreco.2019.117556<\/a><\/p>\n

Weldy, MJ<\/strong>, TM Wilson, TM, Lesmeister, D. B., and Epps, C. W.<\/strong> 2019. Effects of trapping effort and trap placement on estimating abundance of Humboldt\u2019s flying squirrels Ed J. Schipper. PeerJ 7, e7783. https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.7717\/peerj.7783<\/a><\/p>\n

Gille, DA, MR Buchalski<\/strong>, D Conrad, ES Rubin, A Munig, BF Wakeling, CW Epps, TG Creech, R Crowhurst<\/strong>, B Holton, R Monello, WM Boyce, MCT Penedo, and HB Ernest.\u00a0 2019. Genetic outcomes of translocation of bighorn sheep in Arizona.\u00a0 The Journal of Wildlife Management, doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jwmg.21653<\/a><\/p>\n

Weldy, MJ, CW Epps<\/strong>, DB Lesmeister, T Manning, MA Linnell<\/strong>, and ED Forsman. 2019. Abundance and ecological associations of small mammals.\u00a0 The Journal of Wildlife Management, 83: 902-915. doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jwmg.21641<\/a><\/p>\n

2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Castillo Vardaro, JA, CW Epps<\/strong>, BW Frable, and C Ray. 2018.\u00a0 Identification of a contact zone and hybridization for two subspecies of the American pika (Ochotona princeps<\/em>) within a single protected area.\u00a0 PLoS ONE, 13:e0199032. doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0199032<\/a><\/p>\n

Rodhouse, TJ, MR Jeffress, KR Sherrill, SR Mohren, NJ Nordensten, ML Magnuson, D Schwalm<\/strong>, JA Castillo, <\/em><\/strong>M Shinderman, and CW Epps<\/strong>. 2018.\u00a0 Geographical variation in the influence of habitat and climate on site occupancy turnover in American pika (Ochotona princeps<\/em>).\u00a0 Biodiversity Research, doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/ddi.12791<\/a><\/p>\n

Epps, CW, RS Crowhurst, <\/strong>and BS Nickerson<\/strong>. 2018.\u00a0 Assessing changes in functional connectivity in a desert bighorn sheep metapopulation after two generations.\u00a0 Molecular Ecology, 27: 2334-2346. doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/mec.14586<\/a><\/p>\n

Masseloux, J<\/strong>, CW Epps<\/strong>, A Duarte, D Schwalm<\/strong>, and M Wykstra. 2018.\u00a0 Using detection\/non-detection surveys and interviews to assess carnivore site use in Kenya.\u00a0 African Journal of Wildlife Research, 48: 013006. doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3957\/056.048.013006<\/a><\/p>\n

Davis, CD, CW Epps<\/strong>, RL Flitcroft, and MA Banks. 2018.\u00a0 Refining and defining riverscape genetics: how rivers influence population genetic structure. WIREs Water, e1269. doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/wat2.1269<\/a><\/p>\n

2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dugovich, BS, MJ Peel, AL Palmer, RA Zielke, AE Sikora, BR Beechler, AE Jolles, CW Epps<\/strong>, and BP Dolan. 2017. Detection of bacterial-reactive natural IgM antibodies in desert bighorn sheep populations. PLoS ONE, 12: e0180415. doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0180415<\/a><\/p>\n

Sanchez, DM, CW Epps<\/strong>, & DS Taylor. Estimating lead fragmentation from ammunition for muzzleloading and black powder cartridge rifles. 2017. <\/em>Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, 7:1-13.<\/p>\n

Moriarty, KM, MA Linnell, <\/strong>BE Chasco, CW Epps<\/strong>, <\/em>and WJ Zielinski. 2017.\u00a0 Using high-resolution short-term location data to describe territoriality in Pacific martens.\u00a0 Journal of Mammalogy, 98: 679-689.\u00a0 doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jmammal\/gyx014<\/a><\/p>\n

Creech, TG<\/strong>, CW Epps<\/strong>, EL Landguth, JD Wehausen, RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, B Holton, and RJ Monello. 2017.\u00a0 Simulating the spread of selection-driven genotypes using landscape resistance models for desert bighorn sheep.\u00a0 PLoS ONE, 12: e0176960.\u00a0 doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0176960<\/a><\/p>\n

Linnell, MA<\/strong>, CW Epps<\/strong>, ED Forsman, and WJ Zielinski. 2017. Survival and predation of weasels (Mustela erminea<\/em>, Mustela frenata<\/em>) in North America.\u00a0 Northwest Science, 91: 15-26.<\/p>\n

Linnell, MA<\/strong>, CW Epps<\/strong>, ED Forsman, and WJ Zielinski. 2017. Space use, movements, and rest site use by short-tailed weasels, Mustela erminea<\/em> in managed forests of western Oregon.\u00a0 Wildlife Biology, doi: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2981\/wlb.00270<\/a><\/p>\n

2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Zeller, KA, TG Creech<\/strong>, KL Millette, RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, RA Long, HH Wagner, N Balkenhol, and EL Landguth. 2016.\u00a0 Using simulations to evaluate Mantel-based methods for assessing landscape resistance to gene flow. Ecology and Evolution, 6: 4115-4128.<\/p>\n

Sanchez, DM, CW Epps<\/strong>, and DS Taylor.\u00a0 2016. Estimating lead fragmentation from ammunition for muzzleloading and black powder cartridge rifles. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, 7: 467-479 doi: 10.3996\/092015-JFWM-086<\/a><\/p>\n

Moriarty, KM, CW Epps<\/strong>, and WJ Zielinski. 2016.\u00a0 Forest thinning changes movement patterns and habitat use by Pacific marten.\u00a0 Journal of Wildlife Management, 80: 621-633.<\/p>\n

Creech, TG, CW Epps<\/strong>, RJ Monello, and JD Wehausen. 2016.\u00a0 Predicting diet quality and genetic diversity of a desert-adapted ungulate with NDVI.\u00a0 Journal of Arid Environments, 127: 160-170.<\/p>\n

Schwalm, D, CW Epps<\/strong>, TJ Rodhouse, WB Monahan, JA Castillo<\/strong>, C Ray, and MR Jeffress. 2016.\u00a0 Habitat availability and gene flow influence diverging local population trajectories under scenarios of climate change: a place-based approach.\u00a0 Global Change Biology, 22: 1572-1584.<\/p>\n

Epps, CW, TG Creech, <\/strong>RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, JD Wehausen, WB Sloan, S Holt, JR Jaeger, KM Longshore, and RJ Monello.\u00a0 2016. Fifty years after Welles and Welles: distribution and genetic structure of desert bighorn sheep in Death Valley National Park.\u00a0 Proceedings:\u00a0 Natural History Conference.\u00a0 Death Valley Natural History Association.<\/p>\n

Castillo, JA, CW Epps,<\/strong> MR Jeffress, C Ray, TJ Rodhouse, and D Schwalm<\/strong>. 2016. Replicated landscape genetic and network analyses reveal wide variation in functional connectivity for American pikas. Ecological Applications, 26: 1660-1676.<\/p>\n

2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Epps, CW<\/strong>, & N Keyghobadi. 2015.<\/em> Landscape genetics in a changing world: disentangling historical and contemporary influences and inferring change. Molecular Ecology, 24: 6021-6040.<\/p>\n

Moriarty, KM, CW Epps<\/strong>, MG Betts, DJ Hance, JD Bailey, and WJ Zielinski. 2015.\u00a0 Experimental evidence that simplified forest structure interacts with snow cover to influence functional connectivity for Pacific martens.\u00a0 Landscape Ecology, 30: 1865-1877.<\/p>\n

Moriarty, KM, and CW Epps<\/strong>. 2015. Retained satellite information influences performance of GPS devices in a forested ecosystem.\u00a0 Wildlife Society Bulletin, 39: 349-357.<\/p>\n

Epps, CW<\/strong>, K Nowak, BM Mutayoba. 2015. Unfenced reserves, unparalleled biodiversity, and a rapidly-changing landscape: roadways and wildlife in East Africa. Chapter 39e in<\/em> R. van der Ree, D. Smith, & C. Grilo, eds. Road Ecology<\/em>. Wiley-Blackwell. Hoboken, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

2014<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Castillo, JA, CW Epps, AR Davis<\/strong>, and SA Cushman. 2014. Landscape effects on gene flow for a climate-sensitive montane species, the American pika. Molecular Ecology, 23: 843-856.<\/p>\n

Creech, TG, CW Epps<\/strong>, RJ Monello, JD Wehausen. 2014. Using network theory to prioritize management in a desert bighorn sheep metapopulation.\u00a0 Landscape Ecology, 29: 605-619.<\/p>\n

Epps, CW<\/strong> 2014.\u00a0 Considering the switch: challenges of transitioning to non-lead hunting ammunition.\u00a0 The Condor, 116: 429-434.<\/p>\n

Wilder, BT, JL Betancourt, CW Epps, RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, JI Mead, and E Ezcurra. 2014.\u00a0 Local extinction and unintentional rewilding of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis<\/em>) on a desert island.\u00a0 PLOSOne<\/em>, doi: 10.1371\/journal.pone.0091358<\/a><\/p>\n

2013<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Epps, CW<\/strong>, SK Wasser, JL Keim, BM Mutayoba, and JS Brashares. 2013.<\/em> Quantifying past and present connectivity illuminates a rapidly changing landscape for the African elephant. Molecular Ecology, 22: 1574-1588.<\/p>\n

Epps, CW, JA Castillo,<\/strong> A Schmidt-K\u00fcntzel, P du Preez, G Stuart-Hill, M Jago, and R Naidoo. 2013. Contrasting historical and recent gene flow among African buffalo herds in the Caprivi Strip of Namibia. Journal of Heredity, 104: 172-181.<\/p>\n

Crowhurst, RS<\/strong>, TD Mullins, BM Mutayoba, and CW Epps<\/strong>. 2013. Characterization of eight polymorphic loci for Maasai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi<\/em>) using non-invasive genetic samples. Conservation Genetics Resources, 5: 85-87.<\/p>\n

Jeffress, M.R., TJ Rodhouse, C Ray, S Wolff, and CW Epps<\/strong>.\u00a0 2013.\u00a0 The idiosyncrasies of place: geographic variation in the climate-distribution relationships of the American pika. Ecological Applications, 23: 864-878.<\/p>\n

2012<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rudnick, D, S Ryan, P Beier, S Cushman, CW Epps<\/strong>, L Gerber, J Hartter, J Jenness, J Kintsch, A Merenlander, R Perkl, D Preziozi, & S Trombulak. 2012. Emerging principles in understanding landscape connectivity: practical tools for conservation decision-making. Issues in Ecology Report No. 16.<\/p>\n

Cordero, AG<\/strong>, and CW Epps<\/strong>. 2012. From desert to rainforest: morphological variation in the bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea<\/em>) is associated with a prominent climatic gradient. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 19: 135-153.<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Epps, CW<\/strong>, BM Mutayoba, LE Gwin, & JS Brashares. 2011.<\/em> An empirical evaluation of the African elephant as a focal species for connectivity planning in East Africa. Diversity and Distributions, 17: 603-612.<\/p>\n

Haig, SM, WM Bronaugh, RS Crowhurst<\/strong>, J D’Elia, CA Eagles-Smith, CW Epps<\/strong>, B Knaus, MP Miller, ML Moses, S Oyler-McCance, WD Robinson, and B Sidlauskas. 2011. Genetic Applications in Avian Conservation. The Auk, 128: 205-229.<\/p>\n

Sawyer, SC, CW Epps<\/strong>, and JS Brashares. 2011. Placing linkages among fragmented habitats: Do least-cost path models reflect how animals use landscapes? Journal of Applied Ecology, 48: 668-678.<\/p>\n

2010<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Epps, CW<\/strong>, JD Wehausen, PJ Palsboll, and DR McCullough. 2010. Using genetic tools to track desert bighorn sheep colonizations. Journal of Wildlife Management, 74: 522-531.<\/p>\n

Flesch, AD, CW Epps<\/strong>, JW Cain III, M Clark, PR Krausman, and JR Morgart. 2010. Potential effects of the United States-Mexico border fence on wildlife. Conservation Biology, 24: 171-181.<\/p>\n

Brashares, JS, LR Prugh, CJ Stoner, and CW Epps.<\/strong> 2010. Ecological and conservation implications of mesopredator release. Pages 221-240 in<\/i> J. Terborgh & M. Soule, eds. Trophic Cascades: predators, prey, and the changing dynamics of nature<\/i>. Island Press, Washington D.C., USA.<\/p>\n

2009<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Prugh, LR, CJ Stoner, CW Epps<\/strong>, WT Bean, WJ Ripple, AS Laliberte, and JS Brashares. 2009. The rise of the mesopredator. Bioscience, 59: 779-789.<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Epps, CW<\/strong>, JD Wehausen, VC Bleich, SG Torres, and JS Brashares. 2007. Optimizing dispersal and corridor models using landscape genetics. Journal of Applied Ecology, 44: 714-724.<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Epps, CW<\/strong>, PJ Palsb\u00f8<\/span>ll, JD Wehausen, GK Roderick, and DR McCullough. 2006.\u00a0 Elevation and connectivity define genetic refugia for mountain sheep as climate warms.\u00a0 Molecular Ecology, 15: 4295-4302.<\/p>\n

Ramey II, RR,\u00a0 JD Wehausen, H-P Liu, CW Epps<\/strong>, and LM Carpenter. 2006. Should hypothesis testing or selective posthoc interpretation of results guide the allocation of conservation effort? Animal Conservation, 9: 244-247.<\/p>\n

Ramey II, RR, JD Wehausen, H-P Liu, CW Epps<\/strong>, and LM Carpenter. How King et al. <\/em>(2006) define an \u201cevolutionarily distinct\u201d subspecies: a response. Molecular Ecology, 16: 3518-3521.<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Epps, CW<\/strong>, PJ Palsb\u00f8<\/span>ll, JD Wehausen, GK Roderick, RR Ramey II, and DR McCullough. 2005. Highways block gene flow and cause a rapid decline in genetic diversity of desert bighorn sheep. Ecology Letters, 8: 1029-1038.<\/p>\n

Ramey II, RR, H-P Liu, CW Epps<\/strong>, JD Wehausen, and LM Carpenter. 2005. Genetic relatedness of the Preble\u2019s meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei<\/em>) to nearby subspecies of Z. hudsonius<\/em> as inferred from variation in cranial morphology, mitochondrial DNA, and microsatellite data: implications for taxonomy and conservation. Animal Conservation, 8: 329-346.<\/p>\n

2004<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Wehausen, JD, RR Ramey II, and CW Epps<\/strong>. 2004. Experiments in DNA extraction and PCR amplification from bighorn sheep feces: the importance of DNA extraction method. Journal of Heredity, 95: 503-509.<\/p>\n

Epps, CW<\/strong>, DR McCullough, JD Wehausen, VC Bleich, and JR Rechel. 2004. Effects of climate change on population persistence of desert-dwelling mountain sheep in California. Conservation Biology, 18: 102-113.<\/p>\n\n\n

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