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Anthony Pagano, Ph.D.

Owen, M.A., A.M. Pagano, S.S. Wisdom, B. Kirschhoffer, A.E. Bowles, C. O'Neill. 2020. Estimating the Audibility of Industrial Noise to Denning Polar Bears. The Journal of Wildlife Management 1–13. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21977.

Williams, T.M., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, A.M. Pagano, C.M. Bryce. 2020. Hunters versus hunted: New perspectives on the physiological costs of survival at the top of the food chain. Functional Ecology 34. 2015-2029.

Pagano, A.M., T.M. Williams. 2019. Estimating the energy expenditure of free‐ranging polar bears using tri‐axial accelerometers: A validation with doubly labeled water. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5053.

Pagano, A.M., A.M. Carnahan, C.T. Robbins, M.A. Owen, T. Batson, N. Wagner, A. Cutting, N. Nicassio-Hiskey, A. Hash, T.M. Williams. 2018. Energetic costs of locomotion in bears: Is plantigrade locomotion energetically economical? Journal of Experimental Biology 221.

Pagano, A.M., G.M. Durner, K.D. Rode, T.C. Atwood, S.N. Atkinson, E. Peacock, D.P. Costa, M.A. Owen, T.M. Williams. 2018. High-energy, high-fat lifestyle challenges an Arctic apex predator, the polar bear. Science 359. 568-572.

Pagano, A.M., A. Cutting, N. Nicassio-Hiskey, A. Hash, T.M. Williams. 2018. Energetic costs of aquatic locomotion in a subadult polar bear. Marine Mammal Science. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12556.

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.

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.

Pagano, A.M., K.D. Rode, S.N. Atkinson. 2017. Evaluating methods to assess the body condition of female polar bears. Ursus 28. 171-181.

Pagano, A.M., K.D. Rode, A. Cutting, M.A. Owen, S. Jensen, J.V. Ware, C.T. Robbins, G.M. Durner, T.C. Atwood, M.E. Obbard, K.R. Middel, G.W. Thiemann, T.M. Williams. 2017. Using tri-axial accelerometers to remotely identify wild polar bear behaviors. Endangered Species Research 32. 19-33.

Ware, J.V., K.D. Rode, J.F. Bromaghin, D.C. Douglas, R.R. Wilson, E.V. Regehr, S.C. Amstrup, G.M. Durner, A.M. Pagano, J. Olson, C.T. Robbins, H.T. Jansen. 2017. Habitat degradation affects the summer activity of polar bears. Oecologia 184. 87-99.

Wiig, Ø., E.K. Born, K.L. Laidre, R. Dietz, M.V. Jensen, G.M. Durner, A.M. Pagano, E. Regehr, M. St. Martin, S. Atkinson, M. Dyck. 2017. Performance and retention of lightweight satellite radio tags applied to the ears of polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Animal Biotelemetry 5:9.

Ware, J.V., K.D. Rode, A.M. Pagano, J. Bromaghin, C.T. Robbins, J. Erlenbach, S. Jensen, A. Cutting, N. Nicassio-Hiskey, A. Hash, M. Owen, H.T. Jansen. 2015. Validation of mercury tip-switch and accelerometer activity sensors for identifying resting and active behavior in bears. Ursus 26. 8-18.

Pagano, A.M., E. Peacock, M.A. McKinney. 2014. Remote biopsy darting and marking of polar bears. Marine Mammal Science 30. 169-183.

Pagano, A.M., C.L. Amundson, M.R. Pieron, T.W. Arnold, T.C. Kimmel. 2014. Using sightability-adjusted brood-to-pair ratios to estimate waterfowl productivity. Wildlife Society Bulletin 38. 566-573.

Rode, K.D., A.M. Pagano, J.F. Bromaghin, T.C. Atwood, G.M. Durner, K.S. Simac, S.C. Amstrup. 2014. Effects of capturing and collaring on polar bears: Findings from long-term research on the southern Beaufort Sea population. Wildlife Research 41. 311-322.

Pagano, A.M., G.M. Durner, S.C. Amstrup, K.S. Simac, G.S. York. 2012. Long-distance swimming by polar bears of the southern Beaufort Sea during years of extensive open water. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90. 663-676.

Pagano, A.M., T.W. Arnold. 2009. Estimating detection probabilities of waterfowl broods from ground-based surveys. Journal of Wildlife Management 73. 686-694.

Pagano, A.M., T.W. Arnold. 2009. Detection probabilities for ground-based breeding waterfowl surveys. Journal of Wildlife Management 73. 392-398.

Arnold, T.W., A.M. Pagano, J.H. Devries, R.B. Emery, D.W. Howerter, B.L. Joynt. 2008. Social indices of breeding productivity in parkland mallards. Journal of Wildlife Management 72. 224-230.

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