| Large herbivores surf waves of green-up during spring JA Merkle, KL Monteith, EO Aikens, MM Hayes, KR Hersey, AD Middleton, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283 (1833), 20160456, 2016 | 199 | 2016 |
| Is ungulate migration culturally transmitted? Evidence of social learning from translocated animals BR Jesmer, JA Merkle, JR Goheen, EO Aikens, JL Beck, AB Courtemanch, ... Science 361 (6406), 1023-1025, 2018 | 172 | 2018 |
| The greenscape shapes surfing of resource waves in a large migratory herbivore EO Aikens, MJ Kauffman, JA Merkle, SPH Dwinnell, GL Fralick, ... Ecology Letters 20 (6), 741-750, 2017 | 132 | 2017 |
| A memory‐based foraging tactic reveals an adaptive mechanism for restricted space use JA Merkle, D Fortin, JM Morales Ecology Letters 17 (8), 924–931, 2014 | 130 | 2014 |
| Food availability and foraging near human developments by black bears JA Merkle, HS Robinson, PR Krausman, P Alaback Journal of Mammalogy 94 (2), 378-385, 2013 | 95 | 2013 |
| Interference competition between gray wolves and coyotes in Yellowstone National Park JA Merkle, DR Stahler, DW Smith Canadian Journal of Zoology 87 (1), 56-63, 2009 | 95 | 2009 |
| Green‐wave surfing increases fat gain in a migratory ungulate AD Middleton, JA Merkle, DE McWhirter, JG Cook, RC Cook, PJ White, ... Oikos, 2018 | 60 | 2018 |
| Adjustments in habitat selection to changing availability induce fitness costs for a threatened ungulate CL Losier, S Couturier, MH St‐Laurent, P Drapeau, C Dussault, ... Journal of Applied Ecology 52 (2), 496-504, 2015 | 58 | 2015 |
| Predicting spatial distribution of human–black bear interactions in urban areas JA Merkle, PR Krausman, NJ Decesare, JJ Jonkel The Journal of Wildlife Management 75 (5), 1121-1127, 2011 | 56 | 2011 |
| To follow or not? How animals in fusion–fission societies handle conflicting information during group decision‐making JA Merkle, M Sigaud, D Fortin Ecology Letters 18 (8), 799-806, 2015 | 51 | 2015 |
| Bison distribution under conflicting foraging strategies: site fidelity vs. energy maximization JA Merkle, SG Cherry, D Fortin Ecology 96 (7), 1793-1801, 2015 | 50 | 2015 |
| Migratory plasticity is not ubiquitous among large herbivores H Sawyer, JA Merkle, AD Middleton, SPH Dwinnell, KL Monteith Journal of Animal Ecology 88 (3), 450-460, 2019 | 46 | 2019 |
| Collective decision‐making promotes fitness loss in a fusion‐fission society M Sigaud, JA Merkle, SG Cherry, JM Fryxell, A Berdahl, D Fortin Ecology Letters 20 (1), 33-40, 2017 | 44 | 2017 |
| Migrating bison engineer the green wave C Geremia, JA Merkle, DR Eacker, RL Wallen, PJ White, M Hebblewhite, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (51), 25707-25713, 2019 | 40 | 2019 |
| Energy benefits and emergent space use patterns of an empirically parameterized model of memory‐based patch selection JA Merkle, JR Potts, D Fortin Oikos 126 (2), 185-196, 2017 | 40 | 2017 |
| Spatial memory shapes migration and its benefits: evidence from a large herbivore JA Merkle, H Sawyer, KL Monteith, SPH Dwinnell, GL Fralick, ... Ecology letters 22 (11), 1797-1805, 2019 | 36 | 2019 |
| Plasticity in elk migration timing is a response to changing environmental conditions GJM Rickbeil, JA Merkle, G Anderson, MP Atwood, JP Beckmann, ... Global change biology 25 (7), 2368-2381, 2019 | 35 | 2019 |
| Determinants of elephant foraging behaviour in a coupled human‐natural system: Is brown the new green? PS Branco, JA Merkle, RM Pringle, J Pansu, AB Potter, A Reynolds, ... Journal of Animal Ecology 88 (5), 780-792, 2019 | 30 | 2019 |
| Experimentally Derived δ13C and δ15N Discrimination Factors for Gray Wolves and the Impact of Prior Information in Bayesian Mixing Models JJ Derbridge, JA Merkle, ME Bucci, P Callahan, JL Koprowski, JL Polfus, ... PLoS ONE 10 (3), e0119940, 2015 | 29 | 2015 |
| Behavioral and attitudinal change of residents exposed to human–bear interactions JA Merkle, PR Krausman, MM Booth Ursus 22 (1), 74-83, 2011 | 28 | 2011 |
Matthew J. KauffmanAssoc. Prof. of Zoology, USGS Wyoming Coop Unit, University of WyomingVerified email at uwyo.edu
