Barker, K.J., Cole, E., Courtemanch, A., Dewey, S., Gustine, D., Mills, K., Stephenson, J., Wise, B., & Middleton, A. D. 2023. Large carnivores avoid humans while prioritizing prey acquisition in anthropogenic areas. Journal of Animal Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13900
Serota, M. W., Barker, K. J., Gigliotti, L. C., Maher, Samantha M. L.,Shawler, A. L., Zuckerman, G. R., Xu, W., Verta, G., Templin. E., Andreozzi, A., & Middleton, A.D. 2023. Incorporating Human Dimensions Improves Wildlife Translocation Outcomes. Nature Communications in press
Zuckerman, G. R, Barker, K. J., Gigliotti, L. C., Gude, J. A., Hurley, M. A, Kauffman, M. J., Lutz, D., MacNulty, D. R., Maichak, E. J., McWhirter, D., Mong, T. W., Proffitt, K., Scurlock, B. M., Stahler, D. R., Wise, B., & Middleton, A. D. 2023. Diverse migratory portfolios drive inter-annual switching behavior of elk across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Ecosphere in press
Maher, S. M. L., Barker, K. J., Kroetz, K., Leonard, B., Middleton, A. 2013. Assessing the ecosystem services and disservices provided by migratory wildlife across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Biological Conservation in press
Von Scoyoc, A., Smith, J. A., Gaynor, K. M., Barker, K. J., & Brashares, J. S. The influence of human activity on predator–prey spatiotemporal overlap. 2023. Journal of Animal Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13892.
Reinking, A. K., Pedersen, S. H., Elder, K., Boelman, N. T., Glass, T. W., Oates, B. A., Bergen, S., Roberts, S., Prugh, L. R., Brinkman, T. J., Coughenour, M. B., Feltner, J. A., Barker, K. J., Bentzen, T. W., Pedersen, Å. Ø., Schmidt, N. M., & Liston, G. E. 2022. Collaborative wildlife–snow science: Integrating wildlife and snow expertise to improve research and management. Ecosphere, 13(6). DOI:10.1002/ecs2.4094
Barker, K. J., W. Xu, A. Van Scoyoc. M. Serota, J. Moravek, A. Shawler, R. Ryan, A. Middleton. 2021. Toward a new framework for restoring lost wildlife migrations. Conservation Letters. DOI:10.1111/conl.12850
Xu, W, K. Barker, A. Shawler, A. Van Scoyoc; J. Smith, T. Mueller, H. Sawyer, C. Andreozzi, O. Bidder, H. Karandikar, S. Mumme, E. Templin, A. Middleton. 2021. Ecology, early view. The plasticity of ungulate migration in a changing world. DOI:10.1002/ecy.3293
Loe, L.E., G. Liston, G. Pigeon, K. Barker, N. Horvitz, A. Stein, M. Forchhammer, W. Getz, et al. 2021. Global Change Biology 27, 993-1002. The neglected season: warmer autumns counteract harsher winters and promote population growth in Arctic reindeer. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15458.
Barker, K., M. Mitchell, and K. Proffitt. 2019. Native forage mediates influence of irrigated agriculture on migratory behavior of elk. Journal of Animal Ecology 88, 1100-1110. DOI:10.1111/1365-2656.12991
Barker, K., M. Mitchell, K. Proffitt, and J. DeVoe. 2019. Land management alters traditional nutritional benefits of migration for elk. Journal of Wildlife Management 83(1), 167-174. DOI:10.1002/jwmg.21564
Proffitt, K., J. DeVoe, K. Barker, R. Durham, T. Hayes, M. Hebblewhite, C. Jourdonnais, P. Ramsey, J. Shamhart. 2019.A century of changing fire management alters ungulate forage in a wildfire-dominated landscape. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research. DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpz017
DeVoe, J., K. Proffitt, M. Mitchell, C. Jourdonnais, and K. Barker. 2019. Elk forage and risk tradeoffs during the fall archery season. Journal of Wildlife Management early view. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21638
Mitchell, M., S. Sells, K. Barker, S. Bassing, S. Forshee, A. Keever, J. Goerz. 2018. Testing A Priori Hypotheses Improves the Reliability of Wildlife Research. Journal of Wildlife Management 82: 1568-1571
Sells, S., S. Bassing, K. Barker, S. Forshee, A. Keever, J. Goerz, and M. Mitchell. 2018. Increased scientific rigor will improve reliability of research and efficacy of management. Journal of Wildlife Management 82:485-494.
Coop, J., K. Barker, A. Knight, and J. Pecharich. 2014. Aspen (Populus tremuloides) stand dynamics and understory plant community changes over 46 years near Crested Butte, Colorado, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 318:1-12
Selected presentations
*invited speaker
*Wolves prioritize acquiring prey over avoiding humans in the US Intermountain West. October 2022. Fondazione Edmund Mach. Trentino, Italy.
Wolves in the Anthropocene: Adjusting migratory behavior to navigate diverse human influences. October 2022. Gordon Research Conference on Predator-Prey Interactions. Lucca, Italy.
How can lost migrations be restored? Key drivers of success across taxa and ecosystems. August 2022. Ecological Society of America annual conference. Montreal, Canada.
Humans alter the risk of wolf predation on native ungulates. May 2022. Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Bozeman, MT.
Using kill site data to reveal how humans change predation risk for native ungulates. April 2022. Wyoming Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting. Jackson, WY.
*Big game and the value of open space. February 2022. Jackson Hole Land Trust, Jackson, WY. Virtual.
How do humans alter wolf predation on native ungulates? November 2021. The Wildlife Society National Meeting. Virtual.
*Predators and People: Defining our relationship with predators in the West. March 2021. Panel Discussion. Alexander Blewett III School of Law. University of Montana. Missoula, MT.
*Wolves, plants, and people: Changing elk migrations in the Intermountain West. November 2019. University of California, Berkeley Wildlife Seminar. Berkeley, CA.
The tangled web we weave: Incorporating humans into predator-prey dynamics. October 2019. The Wildlife Society National Meeting. Reno, NV.
Quality and predictability of native forage mediate influence of irrigated agriculture on elk migration. September 2018. Tracking the Human Footprint: Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Big Sky, MT.
*Effects of fire on elk forage and migratory behavior: Estimation methods and management implications. May 2018. Stakeholder and management agency meeting, Missoula, MT.
Understanding variation in migratory behavior of elk across Montana. March 2018. MPG Ranch Annual Conference, Missoula, MT
Summer forage quality differs for migrants and residents in a partially migratory population of elk. September 2017. The Wildlife Society National Meeting, Albuquerque, NM
Nutritional consequences of varying elk migratory behaviors. May 2017. Western Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies Deer and Elk Workshop, Sun Valley, ID
Nutritional and demographic consequences of varying elk migratory behaviors. March 2017. Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Helena, MT
Different migratory behaviors provide elk access to different qualities of forage during summer. February 2017. MPG Ranch Annual Conference, Missoula, MT
Comparing methods of assessing partial migration. October 2016. The Wildlife Society National Meeting poster symposium, Raleigh, NC
Red fox home range overlap and third-order habitat selection. September 2012. Guild of Rocky Mountain Ecologists and Evolutionary Biologists, Nederland, CO
Home range characteristics of red fox. July 2012. Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory poster symposium, Gothic, CO
*Movements, home ranges, and third-order habitat selection of red fox in Gunnison. April 2012. Natural and Environmental Sciences Friday Seminar Series, Gunnison, CO
Movements, home ranges, and third-order habitat selection of red fox in an arid intermountain basin of southwestern Colorado. March 2012. National Council on Undergraduate Research, Weber State University, Ogden, UT
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