Megan Owen, Ph.D.
Goldenberg, S.Z., J.M. Parker, S.M. Chege, A.L. Greggor, M. Hunt, N. Lamberski, K.A. Leigh, H.H. Nollens, K.A. Ruppert, C. Thouless, G. Wittemyer, M.A. Owen. 2022. Revisiting the 4 R’s: Improving post-release outcomes for rescued mammalian wildlife by fostering behavioral competence during rehabilitation. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3:910358.Li, M.F., R.R. Swaisgood, M.A. Owen, H. Zhang, G. Zhang, J. Qiu, M.S. Martin. 2022. Consequences of nescient mating: Artificial insemination increases cub rejection in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Applied Animal Behaviour Science 247. 1-9.
Palacios-Ramos, S., R. Montenegro, R.D. Appleton, R.I. Sánchez, D.J. Vallejos, J. Vallejos, M.A. Owen, R.C. Van Horn. 2022. La fenología de Colicodendron scabridum, sapote, en un bosque seco del norte del Perú: The phenology of Colicodendron scabridum, sapote, in a dry forest of northern Peru. Caldasia 44 (3). 469-483.
2021. Using Change Models to Envision Better Applications of Animal Behavior Research in Conservation Management and Beyond. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2. 1-7.
Pilfold, N.W., E.S. Richardson, J. Ellis, E. Jenkins, W.B. Scandrett, A. Hernández-Ortiz, K. Buhler, D. McGeachy, B. Al-Adhami, K. Konecsni, V.A. Lobanov, M.A. Owen, B. Rideout, N.J. Lunn. 2021. Long-term increases in pathogen seroprevalence in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) influenced by climate change. Global Change Biology 27 (19). 4481-4497.
Ruppert, K.A., L. Lenguya, A. Letoluai, I. Limo, M.A. Owen, N.W. Pilfold, P. Wachira, J.A. Glikman. 2021. Avoiding parachute science when addressing conflict over wildlife. Conservation Science and Practice. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.548.
Van Horn, R.C., J.K. Sheppar, R.R. Swaisgood, R.D. Appleton, R.I. Sanchez, D.J. Vallejos, J. Vallejos, M.A. Owen. 2021. Site characteristics influence Andean bear natal-den selection in dry forest habitat. Ursus 32 (4). 1-14.
Charlton, B.D., M.A. Owen, H. Zhang, R.R. Swaisgood. 2020. Scent anointing in giant pandas: functional and motivational insights from giant pandas. Journal of Mammalogy. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa014.
Egna, N., D. O'Connor, J. Stacy‐Dawes, M. Tobler, N. Pilfold, K. Neilson, B. Simmons, E.O. Davis, M. Bowler, J. Fennessy, J. Glikman, L. Larpei, J. Lekalgitele, R. Lekupanai, J. Lekushan, L. Leminani, J. Lemirgishan, D. Lenapia, J. Lenyakopiro, R. Lesipiti, M. Lororua, A. Muneza, S. Rabhayo, S. Masiaine, K. Ruppert, M. Owen. 2020. Camera settings and biome influence the accuracy of citizen science approaches to camera trap image classification. Ecology and Evolution 00. 1-12.
Martin, M.S., M. Owen, N.J.P Wintle, F. Zhang, H. Zhang, R.R. Swaisgood. 2020. Stereotypic behaviour predicts reproductive performance and litter sex ratio in giant pandas. Scientific Reports 10, 7263 (2020).
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.
Tang, J., R.R. Swaisgood, M.A. Owen, X. Zhao, W. Wei, N.W. Pilfold, F. Wei, X. Yang, X. Gu, Z. Yang, Q. Dai, M. Hong, H. Zhou, J. Zhang, S. Yuan, H. Han, Z. Zhang. 2020. Climate change and landscape-use patterns influence recent past distribution of giant pandas. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 287, 20200358.
Watsa, M., G. Erkenswick, S. Prost, E.O. Davis, C. Moore, S. Kubiski, C. Witte, R. Ogden, A. Meredith, O.A. Ryder, C.C. Steiner, J.A. Phillips, M.A. Owen. 2020. Rigorous wildlife disease surveillance. Science 369 (6500). 145-147.
Wei, W., R.R. Swaisgood, N.W. Pilfold, M.A. Owen, Q. Dai, F. Wei, H. Han, Z. Yang, X. Yang, X. Gu, J. Zhang, S. Yuan, M. Hong, J. Tang, H. Zhou, K. He, Z. Zhang. 2020. Assessing the Effectiveness of China’s Panda Protection System. Current Biology 30 (7). 1280-1286.
Charlton, B.D., M.A. Owen, R.R. Swaisgood. 2019. Coevolution of vocal signal structure and hearing sensitivity in mammals. Nature Communications 10:2778.
Charlton, B.D., M.A. Owen, X. Zhou, H. Zhang, R.R. Swaisgood. 2019. Influence of season and social context on male giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) vocal behaviour. PLoS One 14, e0225772.
Goldenberg, S.Z., M.A. Owen, J.L. Brown, G. Wittemyer, Z.M. Oo, P. Leimbruber. 2019. Increasing conservation translocation success by building social functionality in released populations. Global Ecology and Conservation e00604.
Martin-Wintle, M.S., D.C. Kersey, N.J.P. Wintle, C. Aitken-Palmer, M.A. Owen, R.R. Swaisgood. 2019. Comprehensive Breeding Techniques for the Giant Panda. Pages 275-308 in Reproductive Sciences in Animal Conservation. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1200. Edited by P. Comizzoli, J. Brown, and W. Holt. Springer Nature, Switzerland.
Pilfold, N., A. Letoluai, K. Ruppert, J. Glikman, J. Stacy-Dawes, D. O'Connor, M. Owen. 2019. Confirmation of black leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) living in Laikipia County, Kenya. African Journal of Ecology 57(2). 270-273.
Van Horn, R.C., M. Sutherland-Smith, A.E. Bracho Sarcos, G. Thomas, J.A. Shanks, M.A. Owen. 2019. The Andean bear alopecia syndrome may be caused by social housing. Zoo Biology (38). 434-441.
Wei, W., R.R. Swaisgood, M.A. Owen, N.W. Pilfold, Z. Zhou, H. Han, M. Hong, H. Zhou, F. Wei, Y. Nie, Z. Zhang. 2019. The role of den quality in giant panda conservation. Biological Conservation 231. 189-196.
Yan, X., H. Zhang, D. Li, D. Wu, S. Zhou, M. Sun, H. Hu, X. Liu, S. Mou, S. He, M.A. Owen, H. Yan. 2019. Acoustic recordings provide detailed information regarding the behavior of cryptic wildlife to support conservation translocations. Scientific Reports.
Charlton, B.D., M.A. Owen, J.L. Keating, M.S. Martin-Wintle, Z. Hemin, R.R. Swaisgood. 2018. Sound transmission in a bamboo forest and its implications for information transfer in giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) bleats. Scientific Reports 8:12754.
Charlton, B.D., M.S. Martin, M.A. Owen, Z. Hemin, R.R. Swaisgood. 2018. Vocal behaviour predicts mating success in giant pandas. Royal Society of Open Science. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.181323.
Khadpekar, Y., J.P. Whiteman, B.S. Durrant, M.A. Owen, S. Prakash. 2018. Approaches to studying behavior in captive sloth bears through animal keeper feedback. Zoo Biology. DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21455.
Pagano, A.M., G.M. Durner, K.D. Rode, T.C. Atwood, S.N. Atkinson, E. Peacock, 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., C.T. Robbins, T. Carnahan, M.A. Owen, T. Batson, N. Wagner, A. Cutting, N. Nicassio, A. Hash, T.M. Williams. 2018. Costs of locomotion in two large plantigrade carnivores: polar bears and grizzly bears. Journal of Experimental Biology. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.175372.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Owen, M.A., R.R. Swaisgood, D.T. Blumstein. 2017. Contextual influences on animal decision‐making: Significance for behavior‐based wildlife conservation and management. Integrative Zoology 12. 32-48.
Owen, M.A. 2017. Ecological Economics and Sustainability: Pandas and People: Coupling Human and Natural Systems for Sustainability. The Quarterly Review of Biology 92. 460.
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 identify wild polar bear behaviors. Endangered Species Research 32. 19-33.
Steinman, K.J., J.K. O’Brien, G.A. Fetter, E. Curry, T.L. Roth, M.A. Owen, T.R. Robeck. 2017. An improved method for enzyme immunoassay analysis for androgens in polar bear (Ursus maritimus) urine using enzyme hydrolysis. Aquatic Mammals 43(3). 245-253.
Berger-Tal, O., R.N. Blumstein, S.L. Fisher, S.L. Mesnick, M.A. Owen, D. Saltz, C.C. St. Claire, R.R. Swaisgood. 2016. A systematic survey of the integration of behavior into wildlife conservation and management. Conservation Biology 30. 744-753.
Gilad, O., R.R. Swaisgood, M.A. Owen, X. Zhou. 2016. Odor cues for long-lasting mother-daughter recognition in the giant panda. Current Zoology 1. 1-4.
Greggor, A.L., O. Berger-Tal, D.T. Blumstein, L. Angeloni, C. Bessa-Gomes, B.F. Blackwell, C. Cassady St Clair, K. Crooks, S. de Silva, E. Fernández-Juricic, S.Z. Goldenberg, S.L. Mesnick, M.A. Owen, C.J. Price, D. Saltz, C.J. Schell, A.V. Suarez, R.R. Swaisgood, C.S. Winchell, W.J. Sutherland. 2016. Research priorities from animal behaviour for maximising conservation progress. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31. 954-964.
Greggor, A.L., O. Berger-Tal, D.T. Blumstein, L. Angeloni, C. Bessa-Gomes, B. Blackwell, C.C. St Clair, K. Crooks, S. de Silva, E. Fernández-Juricic, S.Z. Goldenberg, S. Mesnick, M. Owen, C.J. Price, D. Saltz, C.J. Schell, A. Suarez, R.R. Swaisgood, C.S. Winchell, W.J. Sutherland. 2016. Research priorities from animal behavior for maximizing conservation progress. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31(12). 953-964.
Owen, M.A., R.R. Swaisgood, X. Zhou, D.T. Blumstein. 2016. Signalling behaviour is influenced by transient social context in a spontaneously ovulating mammal. Animal Behaviour 111. 157-165.
Owen, M.A., J.L. Keating, S.L. Denes, K. Hawk, A. Fiore, J. Thatcher, J. Becerra, S. Hall, R.R. Swaisgood. 2016. Hearing sensitivity in context: Conservation implications for highly vocal endangered species. Global Ecology and Conservation 6. 121-131.
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.A. Owen, H.T. Jansen. 2016. Validation of mercury tip-switch and accelerometer activity sensors for identifying resting versus active behavior in bears. Ursus 26. 86-96.
Zheng, X., M.A. Owen, Y. Nie, Y. Hu, R.R. Swaisgood, L. Yan, F. Wei. 2016. Individual identification of wild giant pandas from camera trap photos – a systematic and hierarchical approach. Journal of Zoology. DOI: doi:10.1111/jzo.12377.
Berger-Tal, O., D.T. Blumstein, S. Carroll, R.N. Fisher, S.L. Mesnick, M.A. Owen, D. Saltz, C. Cassady St. Claire, R.R. Swaisgood. 2015. A systematic survey of the integration of behavior into conservation. Conservation Biology 30. 744-753.
Owen, M.A., R.R. Swaisgood, C. Slocomb, S.C. Amstrup, K. Simac, G. Durner, A.P. Pessier. 2014. An experimental investigation of chemical communication in the polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Journal of Zoology 295. 36-43.
Schakner, Z.A., M.B. Patelle, O. Berger-Tal, M.A. Owen, D.T. Blumstein. 2014. Developing effective tools for conservation behaviorists: Reply to Greggor et al. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.008.
Owen, M.A., S. Hall, L. Bryant, R.R. Swaisgood. 2013. The influence of ambient noise on maternal behavior in a Bornean sun bear (Helarctos malayanus euryspilus). Zoo Biology 33. 49-53.
Owen, M.A., R.R Swaisgood, L.M. McGeehan, Z. Xiaoping, D.G. Lindburg. 2013. The dynamics of male-female multi-modal signaling and behaviour in the giant panda. Ethology. DOI: 10.111/etb.12128.
Shier, D.M., A.J. Lea, M.A. Owen. 2012. Beyond masking: Endangered Stephen’s kangaroo rats respond to traffic noise with footdrumming. Biological Conservation 150. 53-58.
Owen, M.A., A.E. Bowles. 2011. Auditory psychophysics and the management of threatened large carnivore, the polar bear (Ursus maritimus.). International Journal of Comparative Psychology 24. 244-254.
Owen, M.A., J.L. Keating, S.K. Denes, K. Hawk, J. Boroski, A. Fiore, R.R. Swaisgood. 2011. Behavioral audiogram of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca.): Preliminary results. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 130. 2460.
Shier, D.M., A.J. Lea, M.A. Owen. 2011. Endangered Stephen’s kangaroo rats respond to road noise with footdrumming. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 130. 2320.
Bowles, A.F., M.A. Owen. 2010. From psychophysics to management of noise-disturbance in a large, Arctic carnivore, the polar bear. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 127. 1757.
Bowles, A.E., M.A. Owen, S.L. Denes, S.K. Graves, J.L. Keating. 2008. Preliminary results of a behavioral audiometric study of the polar bear. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 123. 3509.
Owen, M.A., R.R. Swaisgood. 2008. On thin ice: Climate change and the future of Polar Bears. Biodiversity 9. 123-129.
Peters, G., M.A. Owens, L. Rogers. 2007. Humming in bears: a peculiar sustained mammalian vocalization. Acta Theriologica 52. 379-389.
Swaisgood, R.R., M.A. Owen, N.M. Czekala, N. Mauroo, K. Hawk, J.C.L. Tang. 2006. Evaluating stress and well-being in the giant panda: a system for monitoring. Pages 299-314 in Giant pandas: biology, veterinary medicine and management. Edited by D.E. Wildt, A. Zhang, H. Zhang, D.L. Janssen, and S. Ellis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Owen, M.A., R.R. Swaisgood, N.M. Czekala, D.G. Lindburg. 2005. Enclosure choice and well being in giant pandas: Is it all about control? Zoo Biology 24. 475-481.
Owen, M.A., N.M. Czekala, R.R. Swaisgood, K. Steinman, D.L. Lindburg. 2005. Seasonal and diurnal dynamics of glucocorticoids and behavior in giant pandas. Ursus 16. 208-221.
Owen, M.A., R.R. Swaisgood, N.M. Czekala, K. Steinman, D.L. Lindburg. 2004. Monitoring stress in captive giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca.): Behavioral and hormonal responses to ambient noise. Zoo Biology 23. 147-164.
Swaisgood, R.R., D.L. Lindburg, X. Zhou, M.A. Owen. 2000. The effects of sex, reproductive condition and context on discrimination of conspecifics odors by giant pandas. Animal Behaviour 57. 1045-1053.
Robertson, G.J., M.A. Owen, R.F. Rockwell. 1995. Responses of snow geese to artificially induced hatching asynchrony and increased clutch size. Auk 112. 790-794.
