Peer Reviewed Publications
Rebollada-Merino, A., Chan, T., Guarino, C., Taylor, R., & Hitchener G. (2025). Pyovagina and sepsis due to Streptococcus didelphis in a Virginia opossum. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 37(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/10406387251319266
Turner, H., Fuller, A., Twining, J., Hitchener, G., Fadden, M., Stallknecht, D., Poulson, R., Carter, D., Watson, M., Schuler, K., & Bloodgood, J. (2025). Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus exposure and infection in free-ranging bobcats (Lynx rufus) in New York, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 61(2): 515-521. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-24-00137
Silveira, G., Frair, J., Cohen, J., Watson, M., Tate, P., Royar, K., Bernier, C., & Schuler, K. (2025). Anticoagulant rodenticides may affect fisher population trends in the northeastern United States. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 89(4): e22727. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22727
Schuler, K., Hollingshead, N., Heerkens, S., Kelly, J., Hurst, J., Abbott, R., Hanley, B., Collins, E., & Hynes, K. (2025). A “hazard model” using risk-weighted surveillance for first detection of chronic wasting disease. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 243, 106599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2025.106599
Ponti, M., Russell, M., Clark, C., Cloyed, C., Carmichael, R., Johnson, C., & Bloodgood, J. (2025). Stranded marine mammal detection by the public, trained responders, and drones using decoy carcasses. Marine Mammal Science, 41(1), e13169. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.13169
Grauer, J., Twining, J., Lejeune, M., Frair, J., Schuler, K., Kramer, D., & Fuller, A. (2025). Parasite-mediated competition limits dominant cervid competitor. Ecology Letters, 28(6): e70159. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70159
Dayan, D., Hanley, B., Stiller, J., Richter, W., Gregg, I., Huck, N., Huang, M., Nichols, T., Spliethoff, H., Becker, J., Murphy, L., & Schuler, K. (2025). Environmental contaminants assessment for frequently harvested migratory waterfowl in the northeast Atlantic flyway. Science of the Total Environment, 963:178474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178474
Darish, J., Kaganer, A., Hanley, B., Schuler, K., Schwabenlander, M., Wolf, T., Ahmed, M., Rowden, G., Larsen, P., Kobashigawa, E., Tewari, D., Lichtenberg, .S, Pedersen, J., Zhang, S., & Sreevatsan, S. (2025). Inter-laboratory comparison of real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) for the detection of chronic wasting disease prions in white-tailed deer retropharyngeal lymph nodes. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 37(1):86-93. https://doi.org/10.1177/10406387241285165
Cunningham, S., Frair, J., Jensen, P., & Schuler, K. (2025). Spatiotemporal drivers of rodenticide exposure in a mammalian forest carnivore. Science of The Total Environment, 982, 179605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179605
Booth, J., Hanley, B., Thompson, N., Gonzalez Crespo, C., Christensen, S., Jennelle, C., Caudell, J., Delisle, Z. Guinness, J. Hollingshead, N., Them, C., & Schuler, K. (2025). Management agencies can leverage animal social structure for wildlife disease surveillance. Journal of Wildlife Dieases, 61(2):472–476. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-24-00079
Eleftheriou, A., K. Hynes, M. Clark, and K. Schuler. 2024. Vulnerability to lead toxicosis and bioindicator utility of deer scavengers in New York. Journal of Wildlife Management 88:e22641. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22641
Nolen, R., Prouse, A., Russell, M., Bloodgood, J., Díaz Clark, C., Carmichael, R., Petersen, L., Kaiser, K., Hala, D., & Quigg, A. (2024). Evaluation of fatty acids and carnitine as biomarkers of PFOS exposure in biota (fish and dolphin) from Galveston Bay and the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 276: 109817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2023.109817
Eleftheriou, A., K. Hynes, M. Clark, and K. Schuler. 2024. Vulnerability to lead toxicosis and bioindicator utility of deer scavengers in New York. Journal of Wildlife Management 88:e22641. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22641
Eleftheriou, A., & Schuler, K. (2024). Diving into the wicked discourse of lead ammunition for big game hunting. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 48(3), e1538. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1538
Caserta, L., Frye, E., Butt, S., Laverack, M., Nooruzzaman, M., Covaleda, L., Thompson, A., Prarat Koscielny, M., Cronk, B., Johnson, A., Kleinhenz, K., Edwards, E., Gomez, G., Gavin Hitchener, Martins, M., Kapczynski, D., Suarez, D., Morris, E., Hensley, T., Beeby, J., Lejeune, M., Swinford, A., Elvinger, F., Dimitrov, K., & Diel, D. (2024). Spillover of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus to dairy cattle. Nature, 634:669-676. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07849-4
Munday, M., Russell, M., Díaz Clark, C., Delaney, M., Kinsel, M., Carmichael, R., & Bloodgood, J. (2024). Four cases of severed peduncles in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) along the Alabama coast. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 55(2):521-530. https://doi.org/10.1638/2023-0126
Conlon, C., Brigandi, J., Frair, J., Michaud-LeBlanc, C., Schuler, K., Lejeune, M., & Whipps, C. (2024). Echinococcus multilocularis in New York State wildlife: Distribution and genetic diversity of an emerging pathogen. Journal of Parasitology, 110(6):697–708. https://doi.org/10.1645/24-54
Petersen, E., Memish, Z., Hui, D., Scagliarini, A., Simonsen, L., Simulundu, E., Bloodgood, J., Blumberg, L., Lee, S., Zumla, A. (2024). Avian 'Bird' Flu - undue media panic or genuine concern for pandemic potential requiring global preparedness action? International Society for Infectious Diseases Regions, 11:100367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.100367
Ahmed, M., Hanley, B., Mitchell, C., Abbott, R., Hollingshead, N., Booth, J., Guinness, J., Jennelle, C., Hodel, F., Middaugh, C., Ballard, J., Clemons, B., Killmaster, C., Harms, T., Caudell, J., Benavidez Westrich, K., McCallen, E., Casey, C, O'Brien, L., Trudeau, J., Stewart, C., Carstensen, M., McKinley, W., Hynes, K., Stevens, A., Miller, L., Cook, M., Myers, R., Shaw, J., Tonkovich, M., Kelly, J., Grove, D., Storm, D., & Schuler, K. (2024). Predicting chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer at the county scale using machine learning. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65002-7
Silveira, G., Frair, J., Murphy, L., Ellis, J., Needle, D., Cunningham, S., Watson, A., Facka, A., Tate, P., Webb, S., Royar, K., Bernier, C., Keller, T., & Schuler, K. (2024). Drivers of anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in fishers (Pekania pennanti) across the northeastern United States. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12: 1304659. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2024.1304659
Walter, W., Fameli, A., Russo-Petrick, K., Edson, J., Rosenberry, C., Schuler, K., & Tonkovich, M. (2024). Large-scale assessment of genetic structure to assess risk of populations of a large herbivore to disease. Ecology and Evolution, 14(5): e11347. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11347
Walter, W., Hanley, B., Them, C., Mitchell, C., Kelly, J., Grove, D., Hollingshead, N., Abbott, C., & Schuler, K. (2024). Predicting the odds of chronic wasting disease with Habitat Risk software. Spatio and Spatiotemporal Epidemiology, 49:100650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sste.2024.100650
Western, J., Hieb, E., Russell, M., Díaz Clark, C., Rotstein, D., Perry, S., Ingrisano, A., Carmichael, R., Stacy, N., Bloodgood, J. (2024). Cold stress, heart failure, and esophageal occlusion cause the death of a West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus in Alabama, USA. Diseases of Aquatic Organanisms, 160:57-63. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03824
Kaganer, A., Ossiboff, R., Keith, N., Schuler, K., Comizzoli, P., Hare, M., Fleischer, R., Gratwicke, B., & Bunting, E. (2023). Immune priming of eastern hellbender salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) with killed Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis prior to exposure sheds light on the relationship between host, microbiome, and pathogen. Royal Society Open Science, 10(2):220810. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220810
Siemer, W., Lauber, T., Stedman, R., Hurst, J., Sun, C., Fuller, A., Hollingshead, N., Belant, J., & Kellner, K. (2023). Perception and trust influence acceptance for black bears more than bear density or conflicts. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 4: 1041393. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2023.1041393
Olarte-Castillo, X., Plimpton, L., McQueary, H., Sun, Y., Yu, Y., Cover, S., Richardson, A., Jin, Y., Grenier, J., Cummings, K., Bunting, E., Diuk-Wasser, M., Needle, D., Schuler, K., Stanhope, M., Whittaker, G., & Goodman, L. (2023). Detection and characterization of novel luchacoviruses, genus Alphacoronavirus, in saliva and feces of meso-carnivores in the northeastern United States. Journal of Virology, 97:e00829-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00829-23
Blumberg, L., Abele, B., Salahuddin, N., Le Roux, K., Scagliarini, A., Bloogood, J., Abubakar, A., Petersen, E., & Thumbi, S. (2023). One HealthWorld Rabies Day 2023 – Is an end to human rabies deaths in sight? International Journal on Infectious Diseases One Health, 1:100007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijidoh.2023.100007
Helms Cahan, S., Goodman, P., & Grauer, J. (2023). Ecological and genetic distinctiveness of socially hybridogenetic lineages of Pogonomyrmex harvester ants at regional and local scales. Evolutionary Ecology, 37:645–667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-023-10241-9
Lingham-Soliar, T., Bloodgood, J., Rothschild, & B., Bouveroux, T. (2023) Survival of an Indian Ocean humpback dolphin Sousa plumbea in the wild despite chronic osteologic pathologies. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 154:49-57. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03729
Leong, A., McComas, K., P. Balog-Way, D., & Schuler, K.. (2023). Expanding on behavioral outcomes in the risk information seeking and processing model: Socio-cognitive factors predicting information seeking, sharing, and discussion. Science Communication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470231165489
Leong, A., Lauber, T., Siemer, W., Hurst, J., Stedman, R., Schuler, K., & McComas, K. (2023). Social-psychological factors influencing risk perceptions of chronic wasting disease on social media. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 29(6), 611–627. https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2023.2293020
Kaganer, A., Ossiboff, R., Keith, N., Schuler, K., Comizzoli, P., Hare, M., Fleischer, R., Gratwicke, B., & Bunting, E. (2023). Immune priming prior to pathogen exposure sheds light on the relationship between host, microbiome and pathogen in disease. Royal Society Open Science, 10220810. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220810
Hanley, B., Them, C., Hynes, K., Connelly, P., Bunting, E., & Schuler, K. (2023). Population impact to bald eagles by ingested lead in New York State, 1990–2018. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 47(2): e1444. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1444
Bloodgood, J., Deming, A., Colegrove, K., Russell, M., Díaz Clark, C., & Carmichael R. (2023) Causes of death and pathogen prevalence in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus stranded in Alabama, USA, between 2015 and 2020, following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 155:87-102. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03746
Caserta, L., Martins, M., Butt, S., Hollingshead, N., Covaleda, L., Ahmed, S., Everts, M., Schuler, K., & Diel, D. (2023). White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) may serve as a wildlife reservoir for nearly extinct SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. PNAS, 120(6):e2215067120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.221506712
Blumberg, L., Scagliarini, A., Bloodgood, J., & Petersen, E. (2023). A new one health platform for emerging infectious diseases. International Journal of Infectious Diseases One Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijidoh.2023.100005
Balog-Way, D., McComas, K., Leong, A., Brown, D., & Schuler, K. (2023). Towards an evidence-informed strategy for communicating lead ammunition risks. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 47:e1445. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1445
Cronk, B., Caserta, L., Laverack, M., Gerdes, R., Hynes, K., Hopf, C., Fadden M., Nakagun, S., Schuler, K., Buckles, E., Lejeune, M., & Diel, D. (2023). Infection and tissue distribution of highly pathogenic avian influenza A type H5N1 (clade 2.3.4.4b) in red fox kits (Vulpes vulpes). Emerging Microbes & Infections, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2023.2249554
Conlon, C., Schuler, K., Lejeune, M., & Whipps, C. (2023). Novel report of the European variant of Echinococcus multilocularis in coyotes (Canis latrans) in New York State. Journal of Parasitology, 109 (4): 357–361. https://doi.org/10.1645/22-104
Day, C., Gilbert, J., Manlick, P., Grauer, J., Pauli, J., Scribner, K., Williams, B., & Zollner, P. (2022). Evaluating the legacy of multiple introductions of American martens on spatiotemporal patterns of genetic diversity. Journal of Mammalogy, 103(2):303-315. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab107
Kaganer, A., Stapleton, G., Bunting, E., & Hare, M. (2022). Aquatic eDNA can advance monitoring of a small-bodied terrestrial salamander and amphibian pathogen. Environmental DNA, 4(5):1164-1175. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.316
Nesbitt, K., Bloodgood, J., Mullis, M., Deming, A., Colegrove, K., & Reese B. (2022). Draft genome sequences of Erysipelothrix sp. strains isolated from stranded septic bottlenose dolphins in Alabama, USA. Microbiol Resour Announc 11:e00273-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00273-22
Rojas-Sereno, Z., Abbott, R., Hynes, K., Bunting, E., Hurst, J., Heerkens, S., Hanley, B., Hollingshead, N., Martin, P., & Schuler, K. (2022). Occurrence of mange In American black bears (Ursus americanus) in New York state. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 58 (4):847–858. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-22-00010
Hanley, B., Dhondt, A., Forzán, M., Bunting, E., Pokras,M., Hynes,K., Dominguez-Villegas, E., & Schuler, K. (2022). Environmental lead reduces the resilience of bald eagle populations. Journal of Wildlife Management, 86:e22177. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22177
Ufer, D., Christensen, S., Ortega, D., Pinizzotto, N., & Schuler, K. (2022). Stamping out wildlife disease: Are hunter-funded stamp programs a viable option for chronic wasting disease management? Conservation Science and Practice, 4(9): e12779. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12779
Russell, M., Bloodgood, J., & Carmichael, R. (2022). Spatial, temporal and demographic patterns of cetacean strandings in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Journal Cetacean Research and Management, 23. https://doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v23i1.356
Hanley, B., Carstensen, M., Walsh, D., Christensen, S., Storm, D., Booth, J., Guinness, J., Them, C., Ahmed, M., & Schuler, K. (2022). Informing surveillance through the characterization of outbreak potential of chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer. Ecological Modelling, 471:110054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110054
Clarke, L., Mead, D., Ruder, M., Carter, D., Bloodgood, J., & Howerth, E. (2021). Experimental infection of domestic piglets (Sus scrofa) with Rift Valley Fever Virus. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 106(1), 182. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0188
Kaganer, A., Nagel, L., Youker-Smith, T., Bunting, E., & Hare, M. (2021). Environmental DNA-derived pathogen gene sequences can expand surveillance when pathogen titers are decoupled in eDNA and hosts. Environmental DNA, 3(6):1192-1207. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.240
Becker, M., Brophy, J., Barrett, K., Bronikowski, E., Evans, M., Glassey, E., Kaganer, A., Klocke, B., Lassiter, E., Muletz-Wolz, C., Voigt, C., Fleischer, R., & Gratwicke, B. (2021). Genetically modifying skin microbe to produce violacein and augmenting microbiome did not defend Panamanian golden frogs from disease. ISME Communications, 1(57). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-021-00044-w
Schuler, K., Claymore, M., Schnitzler, H., Dubovi, E., Rocke, T., Perry, M., Bowman, D., & Abbott. R. (2021). Sentinel coyote pathogen survey to assess declining black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) population In South Dakota, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 57(2):264–272. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-20-00015
Zhu, S., Buckles, E., Bunting, E., Hynes, K., & Schuler, K. (2021). Diagnostic evaluation of unknown white-tailed deer morbidity and mortality in New York State: 2011–2017. Wildlife Biology, 2021: wlb.00860. https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.00860
Hanson, M., Hollingshead, N., Schuler, K., Siemer, W., Martin, P., & Bunting, E. (2021). Species, causes, and outcomes of wildlife rehabilitation in New York State. PLOS ONE, 16(9): e0257675. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257675
Bloodgood, J., Kiupel, M., Melotti, J., & Straka, K. (2021). Chronic wasting disease diagnostic discrepancies: The importance of testing both medial retropharyngeal lymph nodes. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 57 (1):194–198. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-20-00007
Bloodgood, J., Hernandez, S., Isaiah, A., Suchodolski, J., Hoopes, L., Thompson, P., Waltzek, T., & Norton, T. (2020). The effect of diet on the gastrointestinal microbiome of juvenile rehabilitating green turtles (Chelonia mydas). PLOS ONE, 15(1): e0227060. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227060
Siemer, W., Lauber, T., Kretser, H., Schuler, K., Verant, M., Herzog, C., & McComas, K. (2020). Predictors of intentions to conserve bats among New York property owners. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 26(3): 275–292. https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2020.1817628
Brownson, K., Chappell, J., Meador, J., Bloodgood, J., Howard, J., Kosen, L., Burnett, H., Gancos-Crawford, T., Guinessey, E., Heynen, N., Mertzlufft, C., Ortiz, S., & Pringle, C. (2020). Land trusts as conservation boundary organizations in rapidly exurbanizing landscapes: A case study from southern Appalachia. Society & Natural Resources, 33(10), 1309–1320. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2020.1731034
Laconi, A., Weerts, E., Bloodgood, J., Deniz Marrero, J., Berends, A., Cocciolo, G., De Wit, J., & Verheije, M. (2020). Attenuated live infectious bronchitis virus QX vaccine disseminates slowly to target organs distant from the site of inoculation. Vaccine, 38(6), 1486-1493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.11.064
Thomas, N.,White, C., Saliki, J., Schuler, K., Lynch, D., Nielsen, O., Dubey, J., & Knowles, S. (2020). Canine distemper virus in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris) population in Washington State, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 56 (4):873–883. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-19-00008
Carmen, J., Stallknecht, D., Leyson, C., Berghaus, R., Jordan, B., Pantin Jackwood, M., Hitchener, G., & Franca, M. (2020). Recombinant hemagglutinin glycoproteins provide insight into binding to host cells by H5 influenza viruses in wild and domestic birds, Virology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2020.08.001
Shields, T., Currylow, A., Hanley, B., Boland, S., Boarman, W., & Vaughn, M. (2019). Novel management tools for subsidized avian predators and a case study in the conservation of a threatened species. Ecosphere, 10(10): e02895. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2895
Ableman, A., Hynes, K., Schuler, K., & Martin, A. (2019). Partnering with taxidermists for improved chronic wasting disease surveillance. Animals, 9(12), 1113. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9121113
Song, H., McComas, K., & Schuler, K. (2019). Hunters’ responses to urine-based scent bans tackling chronic wasting disease. Journal of Wildlife Management, 83:457-466. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21593
Grauer, J., Gilbert, J., Woodford, J., Eklund, D., Anderson, S., & Pauli, J. (2019). Modest immigration can rescue a reintroduced carnivore population. Journal of Wildlife Management, 83(3):567-576. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21634
Hanley, B., & Dennis, B. (2019). Analytical expressions for the eigenvalues, demographic quantities, and extinction criteria arising from a three-stage wildlife population matrix. Natural Resource Modeling, 32(2): e12207. https://doi.org/10.1111/nrm.12207
Sasmal, I., Gould, N., Schuler, K., Chang, Y., Thachil, A., Strules, J., Olfenbuttel, C., Datta, S., & DePerno, C. (2019). Leptospirosis in urban and suburban American Black Bears (Ursus americanus) In western North Carolina, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 55 (1): 74–83. https://doi.org/10.7589/2017-10-263
Hanley, B., Bunting, E., & Schuler, K. (2019). How can we augment the few that remain? Using stable population dynamics to aid reintroduction planning of an iteroparous species. PeerJ 7:e6873. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6873
Hanley, B., Connelly, P., & Dennis, B. (2019). Another look at the eigenvalues of a population matrix model. PeerJ 7:e8018. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8018
Hanley, B., Dhondt, A., Dennis, B., & Schuler, K. (2019). Using time series data to assess recent population dynamics of bald eagles in the northeast United States. Ecosphere 10(11):e02963. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2963
Forzán, M., Renshaw, R., Bunting, E., Buckles, E., Okoniewski, J., Hynes, K., Melendez, R., Ableman, A., Laverack, M., Fadden, M., Dastjerdi, A., Schuler, K., & Dubovi, E. (2019). A novel orthoreovirus associated with epizootic necrotizing enteritis and splenic necrosis in American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 55(4):812–822. https://doi.org/10.7589/2019-01-015
Forzán, M., Okoniewski, J., Lejeune, M., Morrissey, S., Zitek, W., Hollingshead, N., & Bunting, E. (2019). Necrotizing enteritis in nesting adult Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) in New York State, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 55(4):889-896. https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-09-223
Pauli, J., Manlick, P., Dharampal, P., Takizawa, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Niccolai, L., Grauer, J., Black, K., Garces Restrepo, M., Perrig, P., Wilson, E., Martin, M., Rodriguez Curras, M., Bougie, T., Thompson, K., Smith, M., & Steffan, S. (2019). Quantifying niche partitioning and multichannel feeding among tree squirrels. Food Webs, 21:e00124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2019.e00124
Lowman, Z., Jurgielewicz, J., Hitchener, G., & Martin, M., (2019). Effects of mycotoxins on meat type Pekin Ducklings: A case report. International Journal of Poultry Science, 18(4):195-200. https://doi.org/10.3923/ijps.2019.195.200
Bloodgood, J., Norton, T., Hoopes, L., Stacy, N., & Hernandez, S. (2019). Comparison of hematological, plasma biochemical, and nutritional analytes of rehabilitating and apparently healthy free-ranging Atlantic Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 50(1): 69-81. https://doi.org/10.1638/2017-0250
Needle, D., Burnell, V., Forzán, M., Dubovi, E., Schuler, K., Bernier, C., Hollingshead, N., Ellis, J., Stevens, B., Tate, P., Anis, E., & Wilkes, R. (2019). Infection of eight mesocarnivores in New Hampshire and Vermont with a distinct clade of canine distemper virus in 2016–2017. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 31(4):562-567. https://doi.org/10.1177/1040638719847510
Needle, D., Gibson, R., Hollingshead, N., Sidor, I., Marra, N., Rothenheber, D., Thachil, A., Stanhope, B., Stevens, B., Ellis, J., Spanswick, S., Murray, M., & Goodman, L. B. (2019). Atypical Dermatophytosis in 12 North American Porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) from the Northeastern United States 2010–2017. Pathogens, 8(4): 171. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8040171
Song, H., McComas, K. A., & Schuler, K. L. (2018). Source Effects on Psychological Reactance to Regulatory Policies: The Role of Trust and Similarity. Science Communication, 40(5), 591-620. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547018791293
Schuler, K., Jenks, J., Klaver, R., Jennelle, C., & Bowyer, R. (2018). Chronic wasting disease detection and mortality sources in semi-protected deer population. Wildlife Biology, 2018(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.00437
Travis, K., Kiviat, E., Tesauro, J., Stickle, L., Fadden, M., Steckler, V., & Lukas, L. (2018). Grazing for bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) habitat management: case study of a New York fen. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 13(3):726–742.
Schuler, K., Baker, B., Mayer, K., Perez-Heydrich, C., Holahan, P., Thomas, N., White, C. (2018). Refining aging criteria for northern sea otters in Washington State. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, 9(1):208–221. https://doi.org/10.3996/052017-JFWM-040
White, C., Lankau, E., Lynch, D., Knowles, S., Schuler, K., Dubey, J., Shearn-Bochsler, V., Isidoro-Ayza, M., & Thomas, N. (2018). Mortality trends in northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) collected from the coasts of Washington and Oregon, USA (2002-2015). Journal Wildlife Diseases, 54 (2): 238–247. doi: https://doi.org/10.7589/2017-05-122
Mahé, F., de Vargas, C., Bass, D., Czech, L., Stamatakis, A., Lara, E., Singer, D., Mayor, J., Bunge, J., Sernaker, S., Siemensmeyer, T., Trautmann, I., Romac, S., Bernery, C., Kozlov, A., Mitchell, E., Seppey, C., Egge, E., Lentendu, G., Wirth, R., Trueba, G., & Dunthorn, M. (2017). Parasites dominate hyperdiverse soil protist communities in Neotropical rainforests. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1:0091. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0091
Grauer, J., Gilbert, J., Woodford, J., Eklund, D., Anderson, S., & Pauli, J. (2017). Unexpected genetic composition of a reintroduced carnivore population. Biological Conservation, 215:246-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.09.016
Peltier, S., Brown, J., Ternent, M., Niedringhaus, K., Schuler, K., Bunting, E., Kirchgessner, M., & Yabsley, M. (2017). Genetic characterization of Sarcoptes scabiei from black bears (Ursus americanus) and other hosts in the Eastern United States. Journal of Parasitology, 103 (5):593–597. https://doi.org/10.1645/17-26
Alger, K., Bunting, E., Schuler, K., & Whipps, C. (2017). Risk factors for and spatial distribution of Lymphoproliferative disease virus (LPDV) in wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in New York State, USA. Journal Wildlife Diseases, 53 (3): 499–508. https://doi.org/10.7589/2016-06-137
Schuler, K., Wetterau, A., Bunting, E., & Mohammed, H. (2016). Exploring perceptions about chronic wasting disease risks among wildlife and agriculture professionals and stakeholders. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 40(1):32-40. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.625
Schuler, K., Wetterau, A., Bunting, E., & Mohammed, H. (2016). Exploring perceptions about chronic wasting disease risks among wildlife and agriculture professionals and stakeholders. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 40:32-40. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.625
Justice-Allen, A., Orr, K., Schuler, K., McCarty, K., Jacobson, K., & Meteyer, C. (2016). Bald eagle nestling mortality associated with Argas radiatus and Argas ricei Tick infestation and successful management with nest removal in Arizona, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 52 (4): 940–944. https://doi.org/10.7589/2015-10-271
Decker, D., Smith, C., Forstchen, A., Hare, D., Pomeranz, E., Doyle-Capitman, C., Schuler, K., & Organ, J. (2016). Governance principles for wildlife conservation in the 21st century. Conservation Letters, 9:290-295. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12211
Decker, D., Schuler,K., Forstchen, A., Wild, M., & Siemer, W. (2016). Wildlife health and the public trust responsibilities for wildlife resources. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 52 (4): 775–784. https://doi.org/10.7589/2016-03-066
Alger, K., Bunting, E., Schuler, K., Jagne, J., & Whipps, C. (2015). Diagnosing Lymphoproliferative disease virus in live wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) using whole blood. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 46(4): 806-814. https://doi.org/10.1638/2015-0037.1
Schuler, K.L., Schroeder, G.M., Jenks, J.A. and Kie, J.G. (2014), Ad hoc smoothing parameter performance in kernel estimates of GPS-derived home ranges. Wildlife Biology, 20: 259-266. https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.12117
Evans, T., Schuler, K., & Walter, W. (2014). Surveillance and monitoring of white-tailed deer for chronic wasting disease in the northeastern United States. Journal of Fish and Wildlife, 5(2): 387–393. https://doi.org/10.3996/032014-JFWM-021
White, C., Schuler, K., Thomas, N., Webb, J., Saliki, J., Ip, H., Dubey, J., & Frame, E. (2013). Pathogen exposure and blood chemistry in the Washington, USA population of northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 49 (4): 887–899. https://doi.org/10.7589/2013-03-053
Bildfell, R., Rumbeiha, W., Schuler, K., Meteyer, C., Wolff, P., & Gillin, C. (2013). A review of episodes of zinc phosphide toxicosis in wild geese (Branta spp.) in Oregon (2004–2011). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 25(1):162-167. https://doi.org/10.1177/1040638712472499
Burco, J., Myers, A., Schuler, K., & Gillin, C. (2012). Acute lead toxicosis via ingestion of spent ammunition in a free-ranging cougar (Puma concolor). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 48(1): 216-219. https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-48.1.216
Schuler, K., Green, D., Justice-Allen, A., Jaffe, R., Cunningham, M., Thomas, N., Spalding, M., & Ip, H. (2012). Expansion of an exotic species and concomitant disease outbreaks: pigeon paramyxovirus in free-ranging Eurasian Collared Doves. EcoHealth, 9:163–170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-012-0758-6
Haith, D., Hollingshead, N., Bell, M., Kreszewski, S., & More, S. (2012). Nutrient loads to Cayuga Lake, New York: watershed modeling on a budget. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 138(5). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.000019
Casey, J., Wilson, M., Hollingshead, N., & Haskell, D. (2009). The effects of exurbanization on bird and macroinvertebrate communities in deciduous forests on the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee. International Journal of Ecology, 2009(1), 539417. https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/539417
Schuler, K., Leslie, D., Shaw, J., & Maichak, E. (2006). Temporal–Spatial Distribution of American Bison (Bison bison) in a Tallgrass Prairie Fire Mosaic, Journal of Mammalogy, 87(3):539–544. https://doi.org/10.1644/05-MAMM-A-115R2.1
Schuler, K., Jenks, J., DePerno, C., Wild, M., & Swanson, C. (2005). Tonsillar biopsy test for chronic wasting disease: Two sampling approaches in mule deer and white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 41(4):820–824. https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-41.4.820
Maichak, E., Schuler, K., & Payton, M. (2004). Daily and seasonal behavior of bison on an Oklahoma tallgrass prairie. Prairie Naturalist, 36(2).
Maichak, E., & Schuler, K. (2004). Applicability of viewshed analysis to wildlife population estimation. The American Midland Naturalist, 152(2):277-285. https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031(2004)152[0277:AOVATW]2.0.CO;2
Published Software
Hanley, B.J., Booth, J.G., Hodel, F.H., Thompson, N.E., Reeder, A.A., Bloodgood, J.C.G., Dion, J.P., Van de Berg, S., Gonzalez-Crespo, C., Huang, Y., Wang, J., Miller, L.A., Hollingshead, N.A., Peaslee, J., & Schuler, K.L. 2025. Efficient Sample Size Calculator [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons. DOI: 10.7298/smzr-1a70
Them, E., Hanley, B., Connelly, P., Hynes, K., Bunting, E., & Schuler, K. (2023). NYDensiPOPd Web Interactive Version 2: Software to investigate the population-scale impacts of lead in New York State from 1990-2018. https://doi.org/10.7298/z3ym-1357.2
Them, C., Hanley, B., Mitchell, C., Abbott, R., Hollingshead, N., & Schuler, K. L. (2023). Wildlife Disease Hazard Software Version 2 [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/w4rn-xq85.2
Them, C., Hanley, B., Connelly, P., Hynes, K., Bunting, E., & Schuler, K. (2023). NYClosedDensiPOPd Version 2 [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/dm2c-kb03.2
Them, C., Hanley, B., Connelly, P., Hynes, K., Bunting, E., & Schuler, K. (2023). NYClosedDensiPOPd Version 2 [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/dm2c-kb03.2
Them, C., Hanley, B., Connelly, P., Hynes, K., Bunting, E., & Schuler, K. (2023). NYClosedCounterPOPd V2 Web Interactive: Software to investigate the population-scale impacts of lead in New York State from 1990-2018 [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/ewr7-xj09.2
Hanley, B., Connelly, P., Hynes, K., Them, C., Bunting, E., & Schuler, K. (2023). NYPlastiPOPdV2 Web Interactive: Software to investigate the population scale impacts of lead in New York State from 1990-2018 [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/ptfv-y690.2
Hanley, B., Dhondt, A., Forzán, M., Pokras, M., Hynes, K., Dominquez-Villegas, E., & Schuler, K. (2023). Raptor Health V4: Software to assess the population-scale impact of mortality in raptors [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/0dm3-tf51.4
Hanley, B., Mitchell, C., Abbott, R., Hollingshead, N., Carstensen, M., Walsh, D., Christensen, S., Storm, D., Kelly, J., Them, C., Ahmed, M., Miller, L., & Schuler, K. (2022). Regional wildlife disease hazard software [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/hqg5-ac08
Mitchell, C., Hanley, B., Abbott, R., Hollingshead, N., Kelly, J., Miller, L., & Schuler, K. (2022). Wildlife disease positives software [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/sf7q-8q61
Mitchell, C., Hanley, B., Abbott, R., Hollingshead, N., Kelly, J., Miller, L., & Schuler, K. (2022). Regional wildlife disease positives software [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/mchw-3e31
Hanley, B., Them, C., Connelly, P., Hynes, K., Bunting, E., & Schuler, K. (2022). NYCounterPOPd Version 2 [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/rsse-e634.2
Hanley, B., Mitchell, C. Walter, W., Walsh, D., Jennelle, C., Hollingshead, N., Abbott, R., Kelly, J., Grove, D., Williams, D., Them, C., Ahmed, S., Miller, L., & Schuler, K. (2022). Chronic wasting disease surveillance optimization software [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/p21r-q845
Hanley, B., Mitchell, C., Walter, W., Them, C., Kelly, J., Abbott, R., Hollingshead, N., Miller, L., & Schuler, K. (2021). Habitat Risk Software Version 2 [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/rcz8-nw50.2
Mitchell, C., Walter, W., Hollingshead, N., & Schuler, K. (2021). Processing of geospatial data for the Habitat Risk Software [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/2tt1-yy48
Shields, T., Currylow, A., Hanley, B., Boland, S., Boarman, W., & Vaughn, M. (2021). StallPOPdV4 Web Interactive: Software to compute population control treatments of a subsidized predator [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/sk2e-0c38.4
Connelly, P., Hanley, B., Frair, J., & Schuler, K. (2020). MoosePOPd Web Interactive: Software to investigate the demography of moose in New York, USA from 2015-2019 [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/k033-va79
Connelly, P., Hanley, B., Frair, J., & Schuler, K. (2020). MooseCounterPOPd Web Interactive: Software to investigate the population scale impact of brain worm and liver fluke in moose in New York, USA from 2015-2019 [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/kxme-kq04
Connelly, P., Hanley, B., Bunting, E., & Schuler, K. (2020). NYEaglePackage Web Interactive: Software to investigate the population scale impacts of lead in New York State from 1990-2018. [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/67x6-ef86
Hanley, B., Dhondt, A., Bunting, E., Pokras, M., Hynes, K., Forzán, M., & Schuler, K. (2019). CounterPOPd Web Interactive: Software to investigate the population scale impact of lead in bald eagles in the Northeast United States from 1990-2018 [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/0v1k-wq39.2
Hanley, B., Dennis, B., Kramer, D., & Schuler, K. (2019). OptiPOPd: Software to estimate elements of a population matrix model using adult time series data. Validation using simulated trajectories of Northern Spotted Owl [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/a416-v747
Hanley, B., Connelly, P., & Dennis, B. (2019). IsoPOPdAnnualEagle: Interactive software code to understand how elements in the annual population matrix of Bald Eagle influence the asymptotic population growth rate [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/0qcp-6f27
Hanley, B., Connelly, P., & Dennis, B. (2019). IsoPOPd: Interactive software to understand how elements in a population matrix model influence the asymptotic population growth rate [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/bcmg-7w08
Hanley, B., Bunting, E., & Schuler, K. (2019). StaPOPd Web Interactive: Interactive software code to "How do we augment the few that remain? Using stable population dynamics to aid reintroduction planning of an iteroparous species" [Software]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/d9hg-wa84
Published Data
Dayan, D., Hanley, B., & Schuler, K. (2024). Ecotoxicology data package: Contaminants in migratory waterfowl of the northeastern United States [Data]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/0sss-m363
Schuler, K., Hanley, B., Abbott, R., Dayan, D., Hollinghsead, N., Ballard, J., Middaugh, C., Cunningham, M., Clemons, B., Sayler, K., Kelly, J., Killmaster, C., Harms, T., Ruden, R., Caudell, J., Westrich, M., McCallen, E., Casey, C., O'Brien, L., Trudeau, J., Straka, K., Stewart, C., Carstensen, M., McKinley, W., Hynes, K., Ableman, A., Miller, L., Cook, M., Myers, R., Shaw, J., Van de Berg, S., Tonkovich, M., Grove, D., & Storm, D. (2024). North American wildlife agency CWD testing and ancillary Data (2000 – 2022) [Data]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/7txw-2681.2
Hanley, B., Dhondt, A., Bunting, E., Pokras, M., Hynes, K., Forzán, M., Dominguez-Villegas, E., Ponce Cosio, A., & Schuler, K. (2021).Veterinary Data Package: Lead in Bald Eagles in the Northeast United States [Data]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/3p9p-j249
Hanley, B., Dhondt, A., Forzán, M., Bunting, E., Pokras, M., Hynes, K., Dominguez-Villegas, E., Ponce Cosio, A., & Schuler, K. (2021). Time Series Data Package: Lead in Bald Eagles in the Northeast United States [Data]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/wr25-4m46
Hanley, B., Dhondt, A., & Schuler, K. (2020). BandingPOPd: Software to investigate the USGS bald eagle banding and encounter data in the Northeast United States. [Dataset]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/1n7f-xs53
Other Publications
Carmichael, R., Russell, M., Hieb, E., Clark, C., Cloyed, C., Hodanbosi, M., DaCosta, K., Bloodgood, J., Hala, D., & Rayna, N. (2024). The reciprocal links among marine mammal, ecosystem, and human health in coastal waters. American Geophysical Union, The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) 2024, held in New Orleans, LA, 18-23 February 2024, Session: Marine Ecology and Biodiversity / Indicators into Action: Operationalizing Sentinel Species in Research and Management I Oral.
Balog-Way, D., Leong, A., Schuler, K., & Brown, D. (2022). A summary report: Opinions on lead and nonlead hunting ammunition. Technical Report. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.35541.40167
Lauber, T., Leong, A., Hurst, J., Stedmen, R., Schuler, K., McComas, K., Stevens, S., & Bober, B. (2022). Hunter responses to digital media messages about chronic wasting disease. Center for Conservation Social Sciences Publ. Series 22-7. Dept. of Nat. Resources and the Environ, Coll. Agric. and Life Sci, Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY. 36 pp.
Schuler, K., Hollingshead, N., Abbott, R., & Killmaster, C. (2022). Risk-weighted surveillance for chronic wasting disease in Georgia. Cornell Wildlife Health Lab. Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
Schuler, K., Hollingshead, N., Abbott, R., Miller, L., Hurst, J., & Hynes, K. (2022). Risk-weighted surveillance for chronic wasting disease in New York. Cornell Wildlife Health Lab. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Perleberg, A., Hanley, D. Kuhn, G., Robinson, D., & Hanley, B. (2021). Davenport living snow fence demonstration: Fifteen-year survival and growth update. Washington State University Extension Report.
Siemer, W., Lauber, T., Stedman, R., Hurst, J., Schuler, K., & Kreinheder, D. (2021). Hunter beliefs and behaviors related to chronic wasting disease in 2021. Research report. Center for conservation social sciences, Cornell University.
Hitchener, G., (2021). Riemerella anatipestifer: Chapter: Merck Veterinary Manual, Online publication.
Schuler, K., Hollingshead, N., Kelly, J., & Applegate, R. (2018). Risk-based surveillance for chronic wasting disease in Tennessee. Cornell Wildlife Health Lab. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
Bunge, J., & Sernaker, S. (2017). Estimating the population size via the empirical probability generating function. In: Capture-Recapture Methods for the Social and Medical Sciences. Bohning, D., van der Heijden, G., & Bunge, J. (Eds.) Chapman and Hall/CRC, pgs. 109-120. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315151939
McNamara, T., McLean, R., Saito, E., Wolff, P., Gillin, C., Fischer, J., Ellis, J., French, R., Martin, P., Schuler, K., McRuer, D., Clark, E., Hines, M., Marsh, C., Szewczyk, V., Sladky, K., Yon, L., Hannant, D., & Siemer, W. Lessons from the West Nile virus outbreak. In: Surveillance of wildlife diseaes. Eds: Atlas R., and Maloy, S., pgs. 237-251. https://doi.org/10.1128/9781555818432.ch16
Wetterau, A. (2014). Prevalence, burden, and diversity of chytrid fungus in eastern hellbender salamanders. The Vector 8 (Summer 2014): 2. Print.
Nevins, H., Miller, M., Henkel, L., Jessup, D., Carion, N., Meteyer, C., Schuler, K., St Leger, J., Woods, L., Skoglund, J., & Jaques, D. (2011). Summary of unusual stranding events affecting brown pelican along the US Pacific coast during two winters, 2008–2009 and 2009–2010. California Department of Fish and Wildlife. iii, 2011
Russell, D., Goldberg, C., Sprague, L., Waits, L., Green, E., Schuler, K., & Rosenblum, E. (2011). Ranavirus outbreaks in amphibian populations of northern Idaho. Herpetological Review. USGS Publication.
Hofmeister, E., Rogall, G., Wesenberg, K., Abbott, R., Work, T., Schuler, K., Sleeman, J., & Winton, J. (2010). Climate change and wildlife health: direct and indirect effects. U.S. Geological Survey. 2010. https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20103017