Glass, T.W., R.A. Beausoleil, L.M. Elbroch, B.N. Kertson, B.T. Maletzke, Q. Martins, M.R. Matchett, T. W. Vickers, C.C. Wilmers, H.U. Wittmer, H. Robinson. Limited cougar recolonization of eastern North America predicted by an individual-based model, Biological Conservation,Volume 298, 2024, 110756, ISSN 0006-3207, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110756.
Supple, M.A., Escalona, M., Alexandre, N., Buchalski, M.R., Riley, S.P., Dellinger, J.A., Vickers, T.W., Sahasrabudhe, R., Nguyen, O., Fairbairn, C.W. and Seligmann, W.E., 2024. A chromosome-level genome assembly of the mountain lion, Puma concolor. Journal of Heredity, p.esae063.
O’Malley, W.C., Elbroch, L.M., Zeller, K.A., Beier, P., Beale, M.M., Beausoleil, R.A., Kertson, B., Knopff, K., Kunkel, K., Maletzke, B.T. and Martins, Q., 2024. Machine learning allows for large-scale habitat prediction of a wide-ranging carnivore across diverse ecoregions. Landscape Ecology, 39(5), pp.1-16.
Dougherty, K.D., J.A. Dellinger, B. Cristescu, D.J. Gammons, D.K. Garcelon, Q.E. Martins, S.P.D. Riley, J.A. Sikich, T.R. Stephenson, T.W. Vickers, G.M. Wengert, C.C. Wilmers, H.U. Wittmer, J.F. Benson. A Functional Response in Resource Selection Links Multi-Scale Responses of a Large Carnivore to Human Mortality Risk. Ecology Letters. First published: 31 December 2024 https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70035. Volume 28, Issue 1. January 2025
Winter, S., J. Dellinger, W. Vickers, D.VanVuren. Response of mountain lions to dogs: Is there a differential displacement after capture with hounds versus box traps? Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference, 2024.
Randolph, J.F., J, K. Young, D. C. Stoner, D. K. Garcelon. Impacts of management practices on habitat selection during juvenile mountain lion dispersal. Ecology and Evolution. First published: 01 August 2024 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70097. Volume 14, Issue 8. August 2024
Dellinger, J.A., Basto, A.F., Vickers, T.W., Wilmers, C.C., Sikich, J.A., Riley, S.P., Gammons, D., Martins, Q.E., Wittmer, H.U., Garcelon, D.K. and Allen, M.L., 2023. Evaluation of the effects of multiple capture methods and immobilization drugs on mountain lion welfare. Wildlife Society Bulletin, p.e1494.
Benson, J.F., Dougherty, K.D., Beier, P., Boyce, W.M., Cristescu, B., Gammons, D.J., Garcelon, D.K., Higley, J.M., Martins, Q.E., Nisi, A.C. and Riley, S.P., 2023. The ecology of human-caused mortality for a protected large carnivore. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(13), p.e2220030120.
Barrientos, R., Vickers, W., Longcore, T., Abelson, E.S., Dellinger, J., Waetjen, D.P., Fandos, G. and Shilling, F.M., 2023. Nearby night lighting, rather than sky glow, is associated with habitat selection by a top predator in human-dominated landscapes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378(1892), p.20220370.
Petch, R.; R. Gagne; E. Chiu; C. Mankowski; J. Rudd; M. Roelke-Parker; T. W. Vickers; K. A. Logan; M. Alldredge; D. Clifford; M. Cunningham; D. Onorato; S. Vandewoude. Feline leukemia virus frequently spills over from domestic cats to North American pumas. Journal of Virology. 2022 Dec 14;96(23):e0120122. doi: 10.1128/jvi.01201-22. Epub 2022 Nov 14.
Huffmeyer, A.A., J.A. Sikich, T.W. Vickers. S.P.D. Riley, R.K. Wayne. 2021. First reproductive signs of inbreeding depression in Southern California mountain lions. Theriogenology.
Benson, J. F., P. J. Mahoney, T. W. Vickers, J. A. Sikich, P. Beier, S. P. D. Riley, H. B. Ernest, and W. M. Boyce. 2020. Conserving ecological roles of top predators in isolated mountains. Ecological Applications 30(1):e02029. 10.1002/eap.2029
Elbroch LM, Vickers TW, Quigley HB (2020) Plague, pumas and potential zoonotic exposure in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Environmental Conservation. page 1 of 4. doi:10.1017/S0376892920000065
Dellinger, J.A., B. Cristescu, J. Ewanyk, D.J. Gammons, D. Garcelon, P. Johnston, Q. Martins, C. Thompson, T.W. Vickers, C.C. Wilmers, H.U. Wittmer, and S.G. Torres. 2020b. Using mountain lion habitat selection to inform management. Journal of Wildlife Management.
Benson, J. F., P. J. Mahoney, T. W. Vickers, J. A. Sikich, P. Beier, S. P. D. Riley, H. B. Ernest, and W. M. Boyce. 2019. Extinction vortex dynamics of top predators isolated by urbanization. Ecological Applications 00(00):e01868. 10.1002/eap.1868
Reynolds, J.J.H., Carver, S., Cunningham, M.W., Logan, K.A., Vickers, W.,Crooks, K.R. VandeWoude, S., and Craft, M.E. Feline immunodeciency virus in puma: estimation of force of infection reveals insights into transmission. Ecology and Evolution. Sept 2019. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5584
Benson, J.F., P.J. Mahoney, T.W. Vickers, J.A. Sikich, Paul Beier, S.P.D. Riley, H.B. Ernest, W.M. Boyce. Extinction vortex dynamics of top predators isolated by urbanization. Ecological Applications. 2019.
Zeller KA, Jennings MK, Vickers TW, Ernest HB, Cushman SA, Boyce WM. Are all datatypes and connectivity models created equal? Validating common connectivity approaches with dispersal data. DiversDistrib. 2018;00:1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12742
Gustafson, K.D., Gagne, R.B., Vickers, T.W. et al. Genetic source–sink dynamics among naturally structured and anthropogenically fragmented puma populations. Conservation Genetics, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-018-1125-0
Zeller KA, Vickers TW, Ernest HB, BoyceWM (2017) Multi-level, multi-scale resource selection functions and resistance surfaces for conservation planning: Pumas as a case study. PLoS ONE 12(6): e0179570. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179570
Gustafson KD, Vickers TW, Boyce WM, Ernest HB. 2017 A single migrant enhances the genetic diversity of an inbred puma population. R. Soc. open sci. 4: 170115.http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170115
Lee, J, J.L. Malmberg, B.A. Wood, S. Hladky,R.Troyer, M. Roelke, M. Cunningham, R. McBride, W. Vickers, W. Boyce, E. Boydston, L. Serieys, S. Riley, K. Crooks, and S. VandeWoude. Feline immunodeficiency virus crossspecies transmission: Implications for emergence of new lentiviral infections. Journal of Virology. 2016. 10.1128/JVI.02134-16 JVI.02134-16.
Jennings, M., Lewison, R. L., Vickers, T. W., Boyce, W. M. Puma Response to the Effects of Fire and Urbanization. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 80(2):221–234; DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.1018. 2016.
Vickers, T.W., J.N. Sanchez, C.K. Johnson, S.A. Morrison, R. Botta, T. Smith, B.S. Cohen, P.R. Huber, H.B. Ernest, and W.M. Boyce. 2015. Survival and Mortality of Pumas (Puma concolor) in a Fragmented, Urbanizing Landscape. PloS One 10: e0131490. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131490. July 15, 2015.
Zeller, K.D., K. McGarigal, K,P. Beier, P, T. Cushman, T, T.W. Vickers, and W.M. Boyce. 2014. Sensitivity of landscape resistance estimates based on point selection functions to scale and behavioral state: pumas as a case study. Landscape Ecology DOI 10.1007/s10980-014-9991-4. 2014.
Troyer, R.M., J.A. Beatty, K.R. Stutzman-Rodriguez, S. Carver, C.C. Lozano, J.S. Lee, M.R. Lappin, S.P. Riley, L.E. Serieys, ,K.A. Logan,,L.L. Sweanor, LL, W.M. Boyce, T.W. Vickers, R. McBride,K.R. Crooks, ,J.S. Lewis, M.W.Cunningham, J. Rovnak, S.L. Quackenbush, S.L. Vandewoude.. Novel gammaherpesviruses in North American domestic cats, bobcats and pumas: identification, prevalence and risk factors. Journal of virology. 2014 Jan 22, 2014
Lee. J., S. Bevins S,L.E.K. Serieys, LEK,W. Vickers W, K. Logan K, M. Aldredge M, E.E. Boydston EE, L. Lyren L, R. McBride R, M. Roelke-Parker M, J. Pecon-Slattery J, J.L.Troyer JL, S.P.Riley SP, W.M. Boyce WM., K.R. Crooks KR, S. VandeWoude S. Evolution of Puma Lentivirus in Bobcats (Lynx rufus) and Mountain Lions (Puma concolor) in North America. Journal of Virology. 2014. 88(14):7727. DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00473-14. 2014.
Ernest, H.B., T.W. Vickers, S. Morrison, W.M. Boyce. Fractured genetic connectivity threatens a southern California puma (Puma concolor) population. PLoS ONE. 2014, 9(10): e107985. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107985. Oct 8, 2014.
Bevins SN, S. Carver, EE Boydston, LM Lyren, M. Alldredge, KA Logan, SPD Riley, RN Fisher, TW Vickers, WM Boyce, M Salman, MR Lappin, KR Crooks, S VandeWoude. Three Pathogens in Sympatric Populations of Pumas, Bobcats, and Domestic Cats: Implications for Infectious Disease Transmission. PLoS ONE 7(2): e31403. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031403. 2012.
Burdett, C.L., K.R. Crooks, D.M. Theobald, K. Wilson, E.E. Boydston, L.M. Lyren, R.M. Fisher, W. Vickers, W.M. Boyce. Interfacing wildlife-habitat and human-development models to predict the future distribution of puma habitat. EcoSphere, Edition 1, August, 2010.