Vucetich Publications
2009
Beyer, DE, RO Peterson, JA Vucetich, & JH Hammill. 2009. Wolf Population Changes in Michigan. In: Wydeven, A.P., VanDeelen, T. R., and Heske, E.J. (eds.) Recovery of Gray wolves in the Great Lakes Region of the United States: An Endangered Species Success Story. Springer Press, New York, NY.
Bump, JK, K Tischler, A Schrank, R Peterson, & JA Vucetich. 2009. Large herbivores & aquatic-terrestrial links in southern boreal forests. J Anim Ecol., 78:338-345. [.pdf]
Bump JK, Peterson RO, Vucetich JA, Smith DW. 2009. Wolves influence heterogeneity of soil macronutrients and foliar nitrogen by configuring the distribution of ungulate carcasses.
MacNulty, DR, DW Smith, JA Vucetich, LD Mech, DR Stahler, C Packer. 2009. Predatory senescence in aging wolves. Ecology Letter 12 (in press) [pdf].
Nelson, MP & JA Vucetich. 2009. Preservation. Pages 180-184 in Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, Edited by: J. Baird Callicott and R. Frodeman (Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan). [pdf]
Nelson, MP & JA Vucetich. 2009. On Advocacy by Environmental Scientists, What, Whether, Why, & How. Cons. Biol. 23: 1090-1101. [pdf]
Räikkönen, J., Vucetich, J.A., Peterson, R.O., Nelson, M.P., 2009. Congenital bone deformities and the inbred wolves (Canis lupus) of Isle Royale. Biological Conservation 142 (5): 1027-1033. [pdf]
Schwartz MK and JA Vucetich. 2009. Distinctness of the Great Lakes Wolf. Molecular Ecology 18(11): 2307-2309 (Invited Commentary). [pdf]
Vucetich JA, PM Outridge, RO Peterson, R Eide, & R Isrennd. 2009. Trends for mercury, lead & lead isotope ratios in the teeth of moose (Alces alces) from Isle Royale, U.S. Upper Midwest, from 1952 to 2002. J Environ. Mon. 11(7): 1352-1359.
Vucetich JA and RO Peterson. 2009. Dynamics of wolf and moose on Isle Royale In: Wydeven, A.P., VanDeelen, T. R., and Heske, E.J. (eds.) Recovery of Gray wolves in the Great Lakes Region of the United States: An Endangered Species Success Story. Springer Press, New York, NY.
2008
Vucetich, JA & MP Nelson. 2008. Distinguishing experiential and physical conceptions of wilderness. In: Nelson MP & JB Callicott (eds.) The Wilderness Debate Rages on: Continuing the Great New Wilderness Debate. University of Georgia Press
Nelson, MP, RO Peterson, JA Vucetich. 2008. The Isle Royale Wolf-Moose Project: 50 Years of Challenge and Insight. George Wright Society 25(2): [Invited Essay]
2007
Nelson, M.P., M. Phillips, & J. A. Vucetich. 2007. Normativity and the meaning of endangered: a comment on Waples et al. 2007. Cons Biology 21(6):1646–1648. [pdf]
Bump, JK & JA Vucetich. 2007. Pyramid of ideas: the art of generating novel
Bump, JK, K. Fox-Dobbs, JL. Bada, PL. Koch, RO Peterson and J.A. Vucetich 2007. Stable isotopes, ecological integration and environmental change: wolves record atmospheric carbon isotope trend better than tree rings. Proc R. Soc, Lond B. [pdf] [journalism]
Vucetich, JA & MP Nelson. 2007. What are 60 warblers worth?: killing in the name of conservation. Oikos 116:1267-1278 [pdf]
2006
Brodeur-Campbell, S, JA Vucetich, DL Richter, TA Waite, JN Rosemier, C.-J. Tsai. 2006. Insect herbivory on low-lignin transgenic aspen. Environ Entomology 35(6): 1696-1701. [pdf]
Vucetich, JA, MP Nelson, & MK Phillips. 2006. The normative dimension and legal meaning of ‘endangered’ and ‘recovery’ within the United States’ Endangered Species Act. Conservation Biology, 20(5): 1383-1390 [pdf]
Wilmers, CC, ES Post, RO Peterson, & JA Vucetich. 2006. Disease mediated switch from top-down to bottom-up control exacerbates climatic effects on moose population dynamics. Ecology Letters, 9(4): 383-389. [pdf]
Theberge JA, Theberge, MT, JA Vucetich, & PC Paquet. 2006. Pitfalls of Applying Adaptive Management to a Wolf Population in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. J Environ Management,37(4): 451-460. [pdf]
2005
Waite, T. A., Vucetich, J., Saurer, T., Kroninger, M., Vaughn, E., Field, K. & Ibargüen, S., 2005. Minimizing extinction risk through genetic rescue. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 28(2): 121–130. [pdf]
Potvin, MJ, T Drummer, J. A. Vucetich, D. E. Beyer, R. O. Peterson, J. H. Hammill. 2005. Monitoring and habitat analysis for wolves in Upper Michigan. J. Wildl Manag. 69(4) [pdf]
Vucetich, JA, DW Smith, & DR Stahler. 2005. Influence of harvest, climate, and wolf predation on Yellowstone elk, 1961-2004. Oikos, 111(2):259-270. [pdf]
Jost, C, G Devulder, JA Vucetich, R Peterson, & R Arditi. 2005. The wolves of Isle Royale display scale-invariant satiation and density dependent predation on moose. J. Anim. Ecol., 74 (5): 809-816. [pdf]
2004
Potvin, MJ, RO Peterson, & JA Vucetich. 2004. Wolf Homesite Attendance Patterns. Can. J. Zool 82:1512-1518. [pdf]
Lotts, KC, TA Waite, & JA Vucetich. 2004. Reliability of absolute and relative predictions of population persistence based on time series. Conservation Biology 18(5):1224-1232. [pdf]
Vucetich, JA & RO Peterson. 2004. The influence of prey consumption and demographic stochasticity on population growth rate of Isle Royale wolves (Canis lupus). Oikos 107:309-320. [pdf]
Vucetich, JA, & RO Peterson. 2004. The influence of top-down, bottom-up, and abiotic factors on the moose (Alces alces) population of Isle Royale. Proceeding Royal Soc Lond, B 271:183-189. [pdf]
Vucetich, JA, RO Peterson, & TA Waite. 2004. Raven scavenging favours group foraging in wolves. Animal Behaviour 67:1117-1126. [pdf]
Vucetich, JA & RO Peterson. 2004. Long-term population and predation dynamics of wolves on Isle Royale. Pages 281-292 in Biology and Conservation of Wild Canids, edited by D. Macdonald & C. Sillero-Zubiri, Oxford University Press. [pdf]
2003
Peterson, RO, JA Vucetich, RE Page, & A Chouinard. 2003. Temporal and spatial aspects of predator-prey dynamics. Alces, 39:215-232. [pdf]
Vucetich, JA & TA Waite. 2003. Spatial patterns of demography and genetic processes across the species' range: Null hypotheses for landscape conservation genetics. Conservation genetics 4(5): 639-645. [pdf]
Nagel, LM, JA Vucetich, DD Reed, GD Mroz, & H Parn. 2003. Woody biomass and annual production across a latitudinal gradient in northern Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forests. Polish J Ecology 51(4):471-479. [pdf]
Oelfke J, RO Peterson, JA Vucetich, & LM Vucetich. 2003. Wolf handling at Isle Royale: Can we find another approach? George Wright Society 20(3):50-58.
2002
Post ES, N.-C. Stenseth, RO Peterson, JA Vucetich & Ellis. 2002. Phase dependence and population cycles in a large mammal predator-prey system. Ecology 83(11): 2997-3002. [pdf]
Vucetich, JA, RO Peterson, & CL Schaefer. 2002. The effect of prey and predator densities on wolf predation. Ecology 83(11): 3003-3013. [pdf]
Krzys, G, TA Waite, M Stapanian, & JA Vucetich. 2002. Assessing avian richness in remnant wetlands: towards an improved methodology. Wetlands 22(1):186-190. [pdf]
2001
Vucetich, JA & TA Waite. 2001. Migration and inbreeding: the importance of recipient population size for genetic management. Conservation Genetics 2(2):167-171. [pdf]
Vucetich, LM, Vucetich, JA, Cleckner, LB, Gorski, PR, & RO Peterson. 2001. Mercury concentrations in deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) tissues from Isle Royale National Park. Environmental Pollution 14(1):113-118. [pdf]
Vucetich, LM, Vucetich, JA, Waite, TA, Joshi, CP, & RO Peterson. 2001. Genetic (RAPD) diversity in Peromyscus maniculatus in a naturally fragmentation landscape. Molecular Ecology 10(1):35-40. [pdf]
2000
Vucetich, JA & TA Waite. 2000. Is one migrant per generation sufficient for the genetic management of fluctuating populations? Animal Conservation 3:261-266. [pdf]
Vucetich, JA, TA Waite, L Qvarnemark, & S Ibarguen. 2000. Population variability and extinction risk. Conservation Biology 14(6):1704-1714. [pdf]
Vucetich, JA, DD Reed, A Breyermeyer, M Degorski, GD Mroz, J Solon, E Roo-Zielinska, & R Noble. 2000. Carbon pools and ecosystem properties along a latitudinal gradient in high latitude Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forests. Forest Ecology & Management 136:135-145. [pdf]
1999
Vucetich, JA, & S Creel. 1999. Ecological interactions, social organization, and extinction risk in African wild dogs. Conservation Biology. 13(5): 1172-1182. [pdf]
Vucetich, JA & TA Waite. 1999. Erosion of heterozygosity in fluctuating populations. Conservation Biology 13(4):860-868. [pdf]
1998
Vucetich, JA & TA Waite. 1998. On the interpretation and application of mean times to extinction. Biodiversity and Conservation. 7:1539-1547. [pdf]
Vucetich, JA & TA Waite. 1998. The number of censuses required for demographic estimation of the effective population size. Conservation Biology 12:1023-1030. [pdf]
Peterson, RO, NJ Thomas, JM Thurber, JA Vucetich, & TA Waite. 1998. Population limitation and the wolves of Isle Royale. Journal of Mammalogy 79(3):487-841. [pdf]
1997
Vucetich, JA, TA Waite, & L Nunney. 1997. Fluctuating population size and the ratio of effective to census population size (Ne/N). Evolution 51(6):2017-2021. [pdf]
Vucetich, JA, RO Peterson, & TA Waite. 1997. Effects of social structure and prey dynamics on extinction risk in gray wolves. Conservation Biology 11:957-965. [pdf]
1992
Thurber, JM, RO Peterson, JD Woolington, & JA Vucetich. 1992. Coyote coexistence with wolves on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Canadian Journal of Zoology 70:2494-2498.
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