Vucetich Publications
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 [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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