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Robakis, E., M. Watsa, G. Erkenswick. 2018. Classification of producer characteristics in primate long calls using neural networks. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 144 (1). 344-353.

Rode, K.D., R.R. Wilson, D.C. Douglas, V. Muhlenbruch, T.C. Atwood, E.V. Regehr, E.S. Richardson, N.W. Pilfold, A.E. Derocher, G.M. Durner, I. Stirling, S.C. Amstrup, M. St. Martin, A.M. Pagano, K. Simac. 2018. Spring fasting behavior in a marine apex predator provides an index of ecosystem productivity. Global Change Biology 24. 410-423.

Ryder, O.A. 2018. Opportunities and Challenges for Conserving Small Populations: An Emerging Role for Zoos in Genetic Rescue. Pages 255-266 in The Ark and Beyond: The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation. Edited by B.A. Minteer, Jane Maienschein, and J.P. Collins. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.

Salazar, G., M. Mills, D. Veríssimo. 2018. Qualitative Impact Evaluation of a Social Marketing Campaign for Conservation. Conservation Biology. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13218.

Sequeira, A.M.M., J.P. Rodríguez, V.M. Eguíluz, R. Harcourt, M. Hindell, D.W. Sims, C.M. Duarte, D.P. Costa, J. Fernández-Gracia, L.C. Ferreira, G.C. Hays, M.R. Heupel, M.G. Meekan, A. Aven, F. Bailleul, A.M.M. Baylis, M.L. Berumen, C.D. Braun, J. Burns, M.J. Caley, R. Campbell, R.H. Carmichael, E. Clua, L.D. Einoder, A. Friedlaender, M.E. Goebel, S.D. Goldsworthy, C. Guinet, J. Gunn, D. Hamer, N. Hammerschlag, M. Hammill, L.A. Hückstädt, N.E. Humphries, M.A. Lea, A. Lowther, A. Mackay, E. McHuron, J. McKenzie, L. McLeay, C.R. McMahon, K. Mengersen, M.M.C. Muelbert, A.M. Pagano, B. Page, N. Queiroz, P.W. Robinson, S.A. Shaffer, M. Shivii, G.B. Skomal, S.R. Thorrold, S. Villegas-Amtmann, M. Weise, R. Wells, B. Wetherbee, A. Wiebkin, B. Wienecke, M. Thums. 2018. Convergence of marine megafauna movement patterns in coastal and open oceans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115. 3072-3077.

Sustaita, D., M.A. Rubega, S.M. Farabaugh. 2018. Come on baby, let’s do the twist: the kinematics of killing in loggerhead shrikes. Biology Letters. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0321.

Sutton, J.T., M. Helmkampf, C.C. Steiner, M.R. Bellinger, J. Korlach, R. Hall, P. Baybayan, J. Muehling, J. Gu, S. Kingan, B.M. Masuda, O.A. Ryder. 2018. A High-Quality, Long-Read De Novo Genome Assembly to Aid Conservation of Hawaiiʻs Last Remaining Crow Species. Genes 9(8). 393.

Swaisgood, R.R., M.S. Martin-Wintle, M.S. Owen, X. Zhou, H. Zhang. 2018. Developmental stability of foraging behavior: evaluating suitability of captive giant pandas for translocation. Animal Conservation. DOI: 10.1111/acv.12418.

Theng, M., J. Glikman, E. Milner-Gulland. 2018. Exploring saiga horn consumption in Singapore. Oryx 52. 736-743.

Tobler, M.W, R. Garcia Anleu, S.E. Carrillo-Percastegui, G. Ponce Santizo, J. Polisar, A. Zuñiga Hartley, I. Goldstein. 2018. Do responsibly managed logging concessions adequately protect jaguars and other large and medium-sized mammals? Two case studies from Guatemala and Peru. Biological Conservation 220. 245-253.

Tubbs, C.W., C.E. McDonough. 2018. Reproductive Impacts of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals on Wildlife Species: Implications for the Conservation of Endangered Species. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences 6. 287-304.

Tubbs, C.W. 2018. Advancing Laboratory-Based Zoo Research to Enhance Captive Breeding of Southern White Rhinoceros. Pages 279-285 in The Ark and Beyond: The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation. Edited by B.A. Minteer, J. Mainschein, and J.P. Collins. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.

Tunstall, T., R. Kock, J. Vahala, M. Diekhans, I. Fiddes, J. Armstrong, B. Paten, O.A. Ryder, C.C. Steiner. 2018. Evaluating recovery potential of the northern white rhinoceros from cryopreserved somatic cells. Genome Research 28. 780-788.

Van der Weyde, L.K., C. Mbisana, R. Klein. 2018. Multi-species occupancy modelling of a carnivore guild in wildlife management areas in the Kalahari. Biological Conservation 220. 21-28.

Wei, W., R.R. Swaisgood, Q. Dai, Z. Yang, S. Yuan, M.A. Owen, N.W. Pilfold, X. Yang, X. Gu, H. Zhou, H. Han. 2018. Giant panda distributional and habitat‐use shifts in a changing landscape. Conservation Letters.

Wei, F., R. Costanza, Q. Dai, N. Stoeckl, X. Gu, S. Farber, Y. Nie, I. Kubiszewski, Y. Hu, R. Swaisgood, X. Yang, M. Bruford, Y. Chen, A. Voinov, D. Qi, M. Owen, L. Yan, D.C. Kenny, Z. Zhang, R. Hou, S. Jiang, H. Liu, X. Zhan, L. Zhang, B. Yang, L. Zhao, X. Zheng, W. Zhou, Y. Wen, H. Gao, W. Zhang. 2018. The value of ecosystem services from giant panda reserves. Current Biology 28. 1-7.

Weissman, Y., V. Demartsev, A. Ilany, A. Barocas, E. Bar-Ziv, I. Shnitzer, E. Geffen, L. Koren. 2018. Acoustic stability in hyrax snorts: vocal tightrope-walkers or wrathful verbal assailants? Behavioral Ecology. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ary141.

Whiteman, J.P. 2018. Out of balance in the Arctic. Science 359. 514-515.

Whytock, R., B.J. Morgan, T.I. Awa, Z. Bekokon, E.A. Abwe, R. Buij, M. Virani, J.A. Vickery, N. Bunnefeld. 2018. Quantifying the scale and socioeconomic drivers of bird hunting in Central African forest communities. Biological Conservation 218. 18-25.

Wibisono, H.T., H.A. Wahyudi, E. Wilianto, I.M.R. Pinondang, M. Primajati, D. Liswanto, M. Linkie. 2018. Identifying priority conservation landscapes and actions for the Critically Endangered Javan leopard in Indonesia: Conserving the last large carnivore in Java Island. PLoS ONE 13:e0198369.

Williams, C.L., K.A. Dill-McFarland, D.L. Sparks, A.J. Kouba, S.T. Willard, G. Suen, A.B. Brown. 2018. Dietary changes during weaning shape the gut microbiota of red pandas (Ailurus fulgens). Conservation Physiology. DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cox075.

Zepeda Mendoza, M.L., Z. Xiong, M. Escalera-Zamudio, A.K. Runge, J. Thézé, D. Streicker, H.K. Frank, E. Loza-Rubio, S. Liu, O.A. Ryder, J.A. Samaniego Castruita, A. Katzourakis, G. Pacheco, B. Taboada, U. Löber, O.G. Pybus, Y. Li, E. Rojas-Anaya, K. Bohmann, A. Carmona Baez, C.F. Arias, S. Liu, A.D. Greenwood, M.F. Bertelsen, N.E. White, M. Bunce, G. Zhang, T. Sicheritz-Pontén, M.P.T. Gilbert. 2018. Hologenomic adaptations underlying the evolution of sanguivory in the common vampire bat. Nature Ecology & Evolution. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0476-8.

Zikovitz, A.E., I.H. Stalis, E.J. Bicknese, B.A. Rideout, G.W. Pye. 2018. Resolution of a localized granuloma caused by Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex on the cere of a Bruce's green pigeon (Treron waalia). Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 32(4). 322-327.

Zimkus, B.M., C.K. Hassapakis, M.L. Houck. 2018. Integrating current methods for the preservation of amphibian genetic resources and viable tissues to achieve best practices for species conservation. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 12(2). 1-27.

Adams, D.B., J. Rehg, M. Watsa. 2017. Observations of termitarium geophagy by Rylands’ bald-faced saki monkeys (Pithecia rylandsi) in Madre de Dios, Peru. Primates 58 (3). 449-459.

Bennett, N.J., R. Roth, S.C. Klain, K. Chan, P. Christie, D.A. Clark, G. Cullman, D. Curran, T.J. Durbin, G. Epstein, A. Greenberg, M.P. Nelson, J. Sandlos, R. Stedman, T.L. Teel, R. Thomas, D. Veríssimo, C. Wyborn. 2017. Conservation social science: Understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation. Biological Conservation 205. 93-108.

Bennett, N.J., R. Roth, S.C. Klain, K.M.A Chan, D.A. Clark, G. Cullman, G. Epstein, M.P. Nelson, R. Stedman, T.L. Teel, R.E.W. Thomas, C. Wyborn, D. Curran, A. Greenberg, J. Sandlos, D. Veríssimo. 2017. Mainstreaming the social sciences in conservation. Conservation Biology 31. 56-66.

Bergstrom, M.L., M. Emery Thompson, A.D. Melin, L.M. Fedigan. 2017. Using urinary parameters to estimate seasonal variation in the physical condition of female white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus imitator). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23239.

Bergstrom, M.L. 2017. Dominance in females. The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. DOI: 10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0324.

Burgess, T.L., C.L. Witte, B.A. Rideout. 2017. Early-life exposures and Johne’s disease risk in zoo ruminants. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. DOI: 10.1177/1040638717735350.

Burns, R.E., P.M. Gaffney, K.P.R. Nilsson, A.G. Armien, A.P. Pessier. 2017. Systemic Amyloidosis in an African Tiger Snake (Telescopus semiannulatus). Journal of Comparative Pathology 157. 135-140.

Burns, R.E., P.M. Gaffney, K.P.R. Nilsson, A.G. Armien, A.P. Pessier. 2017. Systemic Amyloidosis is an African Tiger Snake (Telescopus semiannulatus). Journal of Comparative Pathology 157. 2-3.

Calatayud, N.E., A.C. Mullen, C.J. Langhorne. 2017. Induction of reproductive behaviors by exogenous hormones in captive southern rocky mountain boreal toads, Anaxyrus boreas boreas. bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/131763.

Chock, R.Y., T.W. Wey, L.A. Ebensperger, L.D. Hayes. 2017. Evidence for a behavioural syndrome and negative social assortment by exploratory personality in the communally nesting rodent, Octodon degus. Behaviour 154 (5). 541-562.

Demartsev, V., A. Ilany, A. Kershenbaum, Y. Geva, O. Margalit, I. Schnitzer, A. Barocas, E. Bar-Ziv, L. Koren, E. Geffen. 2017. The progression pattern of male hyrax songs and the role of climactic ending. Scientific Reports 7: 2794. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-03035-x.

Donati, G., L. Santini, T.M. Eppley, S.J. Arrigo-Nelson, M. Balestri, S. Boinski, A. Bollen, L.L. Bridgeman, M. Campera, V. Carrai, M.K. Chalise, A. Derby Lewis, G. Hohmann, M.F. Kinnaird, A. Koenig, M. Kowalewski, P. Lahann, M.R. McLennan, K.A.I. Nekaris, V. Nijman, I. Norscia, J. Ostner, S.Y. Polowinsky, O. Schülke, C. Schwitzer, P.R. Stevenson, M.G. Talebi, C. Tan, E.R. Vogel, P.C. Wright, J.U. Ganzhorn. 2017. Low Levels of Fruit Nitrogen as Drivers for the Evolution of Madagascar’s Primate Communities. Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13906-y.

Duquesnel, J.A., J. Maschinski, R. McElderry, G.D. Gann, K. Bradley, E. Cowan. 2017. Sequential augmentation reveals life history and suitable conditions for colonization of the rare mahogany mistletoe in South Florida. Restoration Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/rec.12485.

Duthie, E., D. Veríssimo, A. Keane, A.T. Knight. 2017. The effectiveness of celebrities in conservation marketing. PloS One 12 (7) e0180027.

Eppley, T.M., J. Watzek, K. Hall, G. Donati. 2017. Climatic, social, and reproductive influences on behavioural thermoregulation in a female-dominated lemur. Animal Behavior 134. 25-34.

Eppley, T.M., C.L. Tan, S.J. Arrigo-Nelson, G. Donati, D.J. Ballhorn, J.U. Ganzhorn. 2017. High energy or protein concentrations in food as possible offsets for cyanide consumption by specialized bamboo lemurs in Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology 38(5). 881-899.

Eppley, T.M., J. Watzek, K.H. Dausmann, G. Donati, J.U. Ganzhorn. 2017. Huddling is more important than rest site selection for thermoregulation in southern bamboo lemurs. Animal Behaviour 127. 153-161.

Eppley, T.M., M. Balestri, M. Campera, J. Rabenantoandro, B. Ramanamanjato, F. Randriatafika, J.U. Ganzhorn, G. Donati. 2017. Ecological flexibility as measured by the use of pioneer and exotic plants by two lemurids:Eulemur collaris and Hapalemur meridionalis. International Journal of Primatology 38(2). 338-357.

Eppley, T.M., G. Donati. 2017. Hypomelanism among collared brown lemurs (Eulemur collaris) in littoral forest fragments. Lemur News 20. 4-6.

Eppley, T.M., J. Watzek, J.U. Ganzhorn, G. Donati. 2017. Predator avoidance and dietary fibre predict diurnality in the cathemeral folivore Hapalemur meridionalis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71(1). 4.

Erkenswick, G.A., M. Watsa, M.A. Pacheco, A.A. Escalante, P.G. Parker. 2017. Chronic Plasmodium brasilianum infections in wild Peruvian tamarins. PloS one 12(9) p.e0184504.

Erkenswick, G.A., M. Watsa, N. Dmytryk, A. S. Gozalo, P. Parker. 2017. Temporal and demographic blood parasite dynamics in two free-ranging neotropical primates. International Journal for Parasitology: Wildlife and Diseases 6 (2). 59-68.

Ganzhorn, J.U., S.J. Arrigo-Nelson, V. Carrai, M.K. Chalise, G. Donati, I. Droescher, T.M. Eppley, M.T. Irwin, A. Koch, A. Koenig, M.M. Kowalewski, C.B. Mowry, E.R. Patel, C. Pichon, J. Ralison, C. Reisdorff, B. Simmen, E. Stalenberg, D. Starrs, J. Terboven, P.C. Wright, W.J. Foley. 2017. The importance of protein in leaf selection of folivorous primates. American Journal of Primatology 79(4): e22550.

Germano, J.M., M.G. Nafus, J.A. Perry, D.B. Hall, R.R. Swaisgood. 2017. Predicting translocation outcomes with personality for desert tortoise. Behavioral Ecology. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arx064.

Goldenberg, S.Z., G. Wittemyer. 2017. Orphaned female elephant social bonds reflect lack of access to mature adults. Scientific Reports 7:14408.

Goldenberg, S.Z., I. Douglas-Hamilton, D. Daballen, G. Wittemyer. 2017. Challenges of using behavior to monitor anthropogenic impacts on wildlife: a case study on illegal killing of African elephants. Animal Conservation 20. 215-224.

Greggor, A.L., A. Thornton, N.S. Clayton. 2017. Harnessing learning biases is essential for applying social learning in conservation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71(16).

Greggor, A.L., K.A. Spencer, N.S. Clayton, A. Thornton. 2017. Wild jackdaws’ reproductive success and their offspring’s stress hormones are connected to provisioning rate and brood size, not to parental neophobia. General and Comparative Endocrinology 243. 70-77.

Griffith, S.C., O.L. Crino, S.C. Andrew, F.Y. Nomano, E. Adkins‐Regan, C. Alonso‐Alvarez, I.E. Bailey, S.S. Bittner, P.E. Bolton, W. Boner, N. Boogert, I.C.A. Boucaud, M. Briga, K.L. Buchanan, B.A. Caspers, M. Cichon, D.F. Clayton, S. Deregnaucourt, W. Forstmeier, L.M. Guillette, I.R. Hartley, S.D. Healy, D.L. Hill, M. Holveck, L.L. Hurley, M. Ihle, E.T. Krause, M.C. Mainwaring, V. Marasco, M.M. Mariette, M.S. Martin-Wintle, L.S.C. McCowan, M. McMahon, P. Monaghan, R.G. Nager, M. Naguib, A. Nord, D.A. Potvin, N.H. Prior, K. Riebel, A.A. Romero-Haro, N.J. Royle, J. Rutkowska, W. Schuett, J.P. Swaddle, M. Tobler, L. Trompf, C.W. Varian-Ramos, C. Vignal, A.S. Villain, T.D. Williams. 2017. Variation in Reproductive Success Across Captive Populations: Methodological Differences, Potential Biases and Opportunities. Ethology 123(1). 1-29.

Hall, K., M.W. Oram, M.W. Campbell, T.M. Eppley, R.W. Byrne, F.B.M. de Waal. 2017. Chimpanzee uses manipulative gaze cues to conceal and reveal information to foraging competitor. American Journal of Primatology 79(3):e22622.

Hendricks, S., B. Epstein, B. Schönfeld, C. Wiench, R. Hamede, M. Jones, A. Storfer, P. Hohenhohe. 2017. Conservation implications of limited genetic diversity and population structure in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii). Conservation Genetics 18. 977-982.

Hendricks, S., S. Koblmuller, R. Harrigan, J. Leonard, R. Schweizer, B. vonHoldt, R. Kays, R. Wayne. 2017. Defense of an Expanded Historical Range for the Mexican Wolf: A Comment to Heffelfinger et al. Journal of Wildlife Management. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21336.

Houck, M.L., T.L. Lear, S.J. Charter. 2017. Animal cytogenetics. Pages 1055-1102 in The AGT Laboratory Manual, Fourth Edition. Edited by M. Arsham, M. Barch, and H. Lawce. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.

Householder, E., J. Janovec, M.W. Tobler, F. Wittmann. 2017. A Diversity of Biogeographies in an Extreme Amazonian Wetland Habitat. Pages 145-157 in Forest structure, function and dynamics in Western Amazonia. Edited by R.W. Myster. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,, Chichester, UK.

Hu, Y., Y. Nie, W. Wei, T. Ma, R. Van Horn, X. Zheng, R.R. Swaisgood, Z. Zhou, W. Zhou, L. Yan, Z. Zhang, F. Wei. 2017. Inbreeding and inbreeding avoidance in wild giant pandas. Molecular Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/mec.14284.

Jordan, N.R., C. Buse, A.M. Wilson, K.A. Golabek, P.J. Apps, J.C. Lowe, L.K. Van der Weyde, J. Weldon McNutt. 2017. Dynamics of direct inter-pack encounters in endangered African wild dogs. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71 (8).

Kalbitzer, U., M.L. Bergstrom, S.D. Carnegie, E.C. Wikberg, S. Kawamura, F.A. Campos, K.M. Jack, L.M. Fedigan. 2017. Female sociality and sexual conflict shape offspring survival in a Neotropical primate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1608625114.

Karanth, K.U., J.D. Nichols, J.M. Goodrich, G.V. Reddy, V.B. Mathur, H.T. Wibisono, S. Sunarto, A. Pattanavibol, M.T. Gumal. 2017. Role of Monitoring in Global Tiger Conservation. Pages 1-13 in Methods for Monitoring Tiger and Prey Populations. Edited by K.U. Karanth, and J.D. Nichols. Springer Nature Singapore Private Limited, Singapore.

Knott, K.K., G.F. Mastromonaco, M.A. Owen, A.J. Kouba. 2017. Urinary profiles of progestin and androgen metabolites in female polar bears during parturient and non-parturient cycles. Conservation Physiology 2017; 5(1). DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cox023.

Lacey, E.A., T.T. Hammond, R.E. Walsh, K.C. Bell, S.V. Edwards, E.R. Ellwood, R. Guralnick, S.M. Ickert-Bond, A.R. Mast, J.E. McCormack, A.K. Monfils, P.S. Soltis, D.E. Soltis, J.A. Cook. 2017. Climate change, collections and the classroom: using big data to tackle big problems. Evolution: Education & Outreach 10(1). 2.

Lazenby, B.T., M.W. Tobler, W.E. Brown, C.E. Hawkins, G.J. Hocking, F. Hume, S. Huxtable, P. Iles, M.E. Jones, C. Lawrence, S. Thalmann, P. Wise, H. Williams, S. Fox, D. Pemberton. 2017. Density trends and demographic signals uncover the long-term impact of transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils. Journal of Applied Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13088.

Li, Y., R.R. Swaisgood, W. Wei, Y. Nie, Y. Hu, X. Yang, X. Gu, Z. Zhang. 2017. Withered on the stem: is bamboo a seasonally limiting resource for giant pandas? Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8746-6.

Li, D., N.J.P Wintle, G. Zhang, C. Wang, B. Luo, M.S. Martin-Wintle, M.A. Owen, R.R. Swaisgood. 2017. Analyzing the past to understand the future: Natural mating yields better reproductive rates than artificial insemination in the giant panda. Biological Conservation 216. 10-17.

Love, D., R. Madrigal, S. Cerveny, J. Raines, B. Rideout, N.P. Lung. 2017. CASE SERIES: CLINICAL SALMONELLOSIS IN FOUR BLACK RHINOCEROS (DICEROS BICORNIS) CALVES. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 48. 466-475.

Luskin, M.S., W.R. Albert, M.W. Tobler. 2017. Sumatran tiger survival threatened by deforestation despite increasing densities in parks. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01656-4.

Martin-Wintle, M.S., D. Shepherdson, G. Zhang, Y. Huang, B. Luo, R.R. Swaisgood. 2017. Do opposites attract? Effects of personality matching in breeding pairs of captive giant pandas on reproductive success. Biological Conservation 207. 27-37.

Maschinski, J., M.A. Albrecht. 2017. Center for Plant Conservation’s Best Practice Guidelines for the reintroduction of rare plants. Plant Diversity 39. 390-395.

Megias, D.A., S.C. Anderson, R.J. Smith, D. Veríssimo. 2017. Investigating the impact of media on demand for wildlife: A case study of Harry Potter and the UK trade in owls. PloS One 12 (10) e0182368.

Melin, A.D., K.L. Chiou, E.R. Walco, M.L. Bergstrom, S. Kawamura, L.M. Fedigan. 2017. Trichromacy increases fruit feeding rates of wild capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1705957114.

Mfossa, D., E. Abwe, B. Morgan. 2017. Conserving the Ebo gorillas through community collaboration. Gorilla Journal 55. 16-20.

Moss, J.B., M.E. Welch, F.J. Burton, M.V. Vallee, E.W. Houlcroft, T. Laaser, G.P. Gerber. 2017. First evidence for crossbreeding between invasive Iguana iguana and the native rock iguana (Genus Cyclura ) on Little Cayman Island. Biological Invasions. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-017-1602-2.

Nafus, M.G., J.M. Germano, R.R. Swaisgood. 2017. Cues from a common predator cause survival-linked behavioral adjustments in Mojave desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71:158. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-017-2387-0.

Nguyen, L., N.W. Pilfold, A.E. Derocher, I. Stirling, A.M. Bohart, E. Richardson. 2017. Ringed seal (Pusa hispida) tooth annuli as an index of reproduction in the Beaufort Sea. Ecological Indicators 77. 286-292.

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