Recent Publications

*indicates lab member

In Review

Atuo*, F. A., G. M. Jones*, D. J. Tempel*, B. K. Hobart, S. Whitmore*, W. Berigan*, R. J. Gutiérrez, and M. Z. Peery. In Review. Non-ideal colonization decouples measures of territory quality.

Hucker*, E. M., N. W. Byer*, B. N. Reid*, and M. Z. Peery. The effect of nesting stage on seasonal and daily thermal selection patterns in the Blanding’s turtle, Emydoidea blandingii.

Jones*, G. M., and 25 authors. (M. Z. Peery as senior author). In Review. Spotted owls and forest fire: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence: Comment.

Jones*, G. M., A. R. Keyser, A. L. Westerling, W. J. Baldwin, J. J. Keane, S. C. Sawyer, J. D Clare, R. J. Gutiérrez, M. Z. Peery. In Review. Bioregional-scale forest restoration limits megafires and supports rare species conservation in a changing climate.

Kramer*, H. A., G. M. Jones*, V. R. Kane, B. Bartl-Geller, J. T. Kane, S. Whitmore*, W. J. Berigan*, B. P. Dotters, K. N. Roberts, S. C. Sawyer, J. J. Keane, M. P. North, R. J. Gutiérrez, M. Z. Peery. In Review. Elevational gradients strongly mediate habitat selection patterns in a nocturnal predator.

Kramer*, H. A., G. M. Jones*, S. Whitmore*, J. J. Keane, F. A. Atuo*, B. P. Dotters, S. C. Sawyer, S. L. Stock, R. J. Gutiérrez, M. Z. Peery. In Review.  California spotted owl habitat selection in a fire-managed landscape suggests conservation benefit of restoring historical fire regimes.

Wood*, C. M., C. Zulla*, S. Whitmore*, D. Reid*, H. A. Kramer*, J. J. Keane, S. C. Sawyer, K. Roberts, B. Dotters, H. Klinck, W. Berigan*, M. Z. Peery. In Review. Illuminating the nocturnal habits of owls with emerging tagging technologies.

 

Published or In Press

2020

Byer*, N. W., B. N. Reid*, M. Z. Peery (2020) Genetically-informed population models improve climate change vulnerability assessments. Landscape Ecology, 35: 1215–1228. doi.org/10.1007/s10980-020-01011-x

Hobart*, B. K., H. A. Kramer*, G. M. Jones*, B. P. Dotters, S. A. Whitmore*, J. J. Keane, M. Z. Peery (2020) Stable isotopes reveal unexpected relationships between fire history and the diet of Spotted Owls. Ibis. doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12832

Jones*, G. M., H. A. Kramer*, S. A. Whitmore*, W. J. Berigan*, D. J. Tempel* C. M. Wood*, B. K. Hobart*, T. Erker, F. A. Atuo*, N. K. Pietrunti*, R. Kelsey, R.J. Gutiérrez, M. Z. Peery (2020) Habitat selection by spotted owls after a megafire reflects their adaptation to historical frequent-fire regimes. Landscape Ecology 35: 1199–1213. doi.org/10.1007/s10980-020-01010-y

Stephens, S. L., A. R. Westerling, M. D. Hurteau, M. Z. Peery, C. A. Schultz, S. Thompson (2020) Fire and climate change: Conserving seasonally dry forests is still possible. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. doi.org/10.1002/fee.2218

Wood*, C., R.J. Gutiérrez, J. J. Keane, M. Z. Peery (2020) Early detection of  rapid Barred Owl population growth within the range of the California Spotted Owl advises the Precautionary Principle. The Condor 122: 1-10. doi.org/10.1093/condor/duz058

Wood*, C. M., H. Klinck, M. Gustafson, J. J. Keane, S. C. Sawyer, R. J. Gutiérrez, M. Z. Peery (2020) Using the ecological significance of animal vocalizations to improve inference in acoustic monitoring programs. Conservation Biology. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13516

2019

Atuo*, F. A., K. Roberts, S. Whitmore*, B. P. Dotters, M. G. Raphael, S. C. Sawyer, J. J. Keane, R. J. Gutierrez, M. Z. Peery (2019) Resource selection by GPS-tagged California spotted owls in mixed-ownership forests. Forest Ecology and Management 433: 295-304.

Berigan*, W. J., G. M. Jones*, S. A. Whitmore*, R. J. Gutiérrez, M. Z. Peery (2019) Cryptic wide‐ranging movements lead to upwardly biased occupancy in a territorial species. Journal of Applied Ecology 56: 470-480.

Byer­*, N. W., B. N. Reid*, M. Z. Peery (2019) Implications of slow pace-of-life for nesting behavior in an armored ectotherm. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73: 47.

Garcés-Restrepo*, M. F., M. Z. Peery, J. N. Pauli (2019) The demography of a resource specialist in the tropics: Cecropia trees and the fitness of three-toed sloths. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286: 2018-2206.

Gutiérrez, R. J., G. Jones*, S. M. Redpath, A. B. Franklin, D. Simberloff, M. G. Turner, V. C. Radeloff, G. C. White, and M. Z. Peery (2019). Reinforcing the concept of agenda‐driven science: a response to Rohlf. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17(10): 556-557.

Hobart*, B. K., Gavin M. Jones*, K. N. Roberts, B. P. Dotters, S. A. Whitmore*, W. J. Berigan*, M. G. Raphael, J. J. Keane, R.J. Gutiérrez, M. Z. Peery (2019) Trophic interactions mediate the response of predator populations to habitat change. Biological Conservation 238: 108217.

Hobart*, B. K., K. N. Roberts, B. P. Dotters, W. J. Berigan*, S. A. Whitmore*, M. G. Raphael, J. J. Keane, R. J. Gutiérrez, M. Z. Peery (2019) Site occupancy and reproductive dynamics of California spotted owls in a mixed-ownership landscape. Forest Ecology and Management 437: 188-200.

Jones, G*. M., R. J. Gutiérrez, H. A. Kramer*, D. J. Tempel, W. J. Berigan*, S. A. Whitmore*, M. Z. Peery (2019) Megafire effects on spotted owls: elucidation of a growing threat and a response to Hanson et al. (2018). Nature Conservation 37: 31-51.

Jones*, G. M. and M. Z. Peery (2019) Phantom interactions: Use odds ratios or risk misinterpreting occupancy models. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 121.1: duy007.

Jusino, M. A., M. T. Banik, J. M. Palmer, A. K. Wray*, L. Xiao, E. Pelton, J. R. Barber, A. Y. Kawahara, C. Gratton, M. Z. Peery, D. L. Lindner (2019) An improved method for utilizing high‐throughput amplicon sequencing to determine the diets of insectivorous animals. Molecular Ecology Resources 19(1): 176-190. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12951

Peery, M. Z., G. M. Jones^*, R. J. Gutiérrez, S. M. Redpath, A. B. Franklin, D. Simberloff, M. G. Turner, V. C. Radeloff, Gary C. White (2019) The conundrum of agenda-driven science in conservation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17: 80-82.

Reid*, B. N., J. M. Kass, S Wollney, E. L. Jensen, M. A. Russello, E. Viola, J. Pantophlet, J. B. Iverson, M. Z. Peery, C. J. Raxworthy, E. Naro-Maciel (2019) Disentangling the genetic effects of refugial isolation and range expansion in a trans-continentally distributed species. Journal of Heredity 122: 441–457.

West*, E. H., K. Brunk*, and M. Z. Peery (2019) When protected areas promote source populations of overabundant species. Biological Conservation 238: 9pp. doi:108220.

Wilson, E., A. Shipley, B. Zuckerberg, M. Z. Peery, J. N. Pauli (2019) An experimental translocation identifies habitat features that buffer camouflage mismatch in snowshoe hares: conservation in the face of climate change. Conservation Letters 12(2): e12614.

Wood*, C.; R. J. Gutiérrez, M. Z. Peery (2019) Acoustic monitoring reveals a diverse forest owl community, illustrating its potential for basic and applied ecology. Ecology 100(9):e02764.

Wood*, C. M. and G. Jones* (2019) Framing management of social-ecological systems in terms of the cost of failure: the Sierra Nevada, USA as a case study. Environmental Research Letters 14:105004. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab4033.

Wood*, C., V. Popescu, H. Klinck, J. J. Keane, R. J. Gutiérrez, S. C. Sawyer, M. Z. Peery (2019) Detecting small changes in populations at landscape scales: A bioacoustic site-occupancy framework. Ecological Indicators 98: 492-507.

Wood*, C. M., S. M. Schmidt, and M. Z. Peery (2019) Spatiotemporal patterns of the California spotted owl’s territorial vocalizations. Western Birds 50(4): 232-242.

2018

Byer­*, N. W., B. N. Reid*, R. A. Seigel, M. Z. Peery (2018) Applying lessons from the avian ecology to herpetological research: Techniques for analyzing nest survival. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 13: 517-532.

Garcés-Restrepo, M. F.*, J. N. Pauli, M. Z. Peery (2018) Natal dispersal of tree sloths in a human-dominated landscape: Implications for tropical biodiversity conservation. Journal of Applied Ecology 55: 2253-2262.

Fountain, E. D., J. Kang, D. J. Tempel, P. J. Palsboll, J. N Pauli, and M. Z. Peery (2018) Genomics meets applied ecology: Characterizing habitat quality for sloths in a tropical agro-ecosystem. Molecular Ecology 27: 41-53.

Hamilton, C, M., B. L Bateman, J. M. Gorzo, B. N. Reid*, W. E. Thogmartin, M. Z. Peery, P. J. Heglund, V. C Radeloff, and A. M. Pidgeon (2018) Slow and steady wins the race? Future climate and land use change leaves the imperiled Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) behind. Biological Conservation 222: 75-85.

Jones, G. M.*, J. J. Keane, R. J. Gutiérrez, M. Z. Peery (2018) Declining old-forest species as a legacy of large trees lost. Diversity and Distributions 24: 341-351.

Wood, C. M.*, S. A. Whitmore*, R. J. Gutiérrez, S. C. Sawyer, M. Z. Peery (2018) Using metapopulation models to assess species conservation – ecosystem restoration tradeoffs. Biological Conservation 224: 248-257.

Wray, A. K.*, M. A. Jusino, M.T. Banik, J. Palmer, H. Kaarakka, J. P. White, D. L. Lindner, C. Gratton, and M. Z. Peery (2018) Incidence and taxonomic richness of mosquitoes in diets of little brown and big brown bats. Journal of Mammalogy 99: 668-674.

2017

Fountain, E. D., J. N. Pauli, J. E. Mendoza, J. Carlson, M. Z. Peery (2017) Cophylogenetics and biogeography reveal a coevolved relationship between sloths and their symbiont algae. Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics 110: 73-86.

Garcés-Restrepo, M. F.*, M. Z. Peery, B N. Reid, J. N. Pauli (2017) Individual reproductive strategies shape the mating system of tree sloths. Journal of Mammalogy 98(5): 1417–1425.

Gutiérrez, R. J., D. J. Tempel, M. Z. Peery (2017) The spotted owl in southern and central coastal California. Chapter 8 in: The California spotted owl: A synthesis of current scientific information. Gutiérrez, R. J., P. N. Manley, and P. A. Stine (Editors). U. S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, General Technical Report PSW-GTR-254.

Gutiérrez, R. J., D. J. Tempel, M. Z. Peery (2017) The biology of the California spotted owl. Chapter 2 in: The California spotted owl: A synthesis of current scientific information. Gutiérrez, R. J., P. N. Manley, and P. A. Stine (Editors). U. S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, General Technical Report PSW-GTR-254.

North, M., J. Kane, V. Kane, G. Asner, V. Berigan*, D. Churchill, S. Conway, R. J. Gutiérrez, S. Jeronimo, J. Keane, A. Koltunov, T. Mark, M. Moskal, T. Munton, M. Z. Peery, C. Ramirez, R. Sollmann, A. White, S. Whitmore (2017) Cover of tall trees best predicts California spotted owl habitat. Forest Ecology and Management 405: 166–178.

Pauli, J. N., C. C. Carey, M. Z. Peery (2017) Green sloths and brown cows: the role of dominant mammalian herbivores in carbon emissions for tropical agro-ecosystems. Mammal Review 47 (2): 164–168.

Peery, M. Z., R. J. Gutiérrez, P. N. Manley, P. A. Stine, M. P. North (2017) Synthesis and interpretation of California spotted owl research within the context of public forest management. Chapter 9 in: The California spotted owl: A synthesis of current scientific information. Gutiérrez, R. J., P. N. Manley, and P. A. Stine (Editors). U. S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, General Technical Report PSW-GTR-254.

Reid, B. R.*, D. M. Mladenoff, M. Z. Peery (2017) Genetic effects of history and life history on a turtle community inhabiting a changed landscape. Molecular Ecology 26 (3): 781–798.

Tempel, D. J., R. J. Gutiérrez, M. Z. Peery (2017) Population distribution and trends of California spotted owls. Chapter 4 in: The California spotted owl: A synthesis of current scientific information. Gutiérrez, R. J., P. N. Manley, and P. A. Stine (Editors). U. S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, General Technical Report PSW-GTR-254.

West, E. H.*, E. K. Hofmeister, M. Z. Peery (2017) Sero-survey for West Nile virus antibodies in Steller’s jays (Cyanocitta stelleri) captured in coastal California.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 53 (3): 582-585.

West, E. H.* and M. Z. Peery (2017) Behavioral mechanisms leading to improved fitness in a subsidized predator. Oecologia 184(4): 787-798.

2016

Dill-McFarland, K. A, P. J. Weimer, J. N. Pauli, M. Z. Peery, and G. Suen (2016) Diet specialization selects for an unusual and simplified gut microbiota in two- and three-toed sloths. Environmental Microbiology 18(5): 1391–1402.

Fountain, E. D., J. N. Pauli, P. J. Palsbøll, M. Z. Peery (2016) Finding the right coverage: The impact of read depth and sequence quality on SNP genotyping error rates. Molecular Ecology Resources 16(4): 966–978.

Jones, G. M.*, R. J. Gutiérrez, D. J. Tempel, S. A. Whitmore*, W. J. Berigan*, M. Z. Peery (2016) Megafires: an emerging threat to old-forest species. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 14(6): 300–306.

Jones, G. M.*, R. J. Gutiérrez, D. J. Tempel, B. Zuckerberg, M. Z. Peery (2016) Using dynamic occupancy models to inform climate change adaptation strategies for California spotted owls. Journal of Applied Ecology 53: 895–905.

Pauli, J. N., M. Z. Peery, E. D. Fountain, W. H. Karasov (2016) Arboreal folivores limit their energetic output, all the way to slothfulness. The American Naturalist 188(2): 196–204.

Reid, B. N.*, R. P. Theil, P. J. Palsbøll, M. Z. Peery (2016) Linking genetic kinship and demographic analyses to characterize natal and breeding dispersal in Blanding’s Turtle. Journal of Heredity 107 (7): 603-614.

Reid, B. N.*, R. P. Thiel, M. Z. Peery (2016) Population dynamics of endangered Blanding’s turtles in a restored area. Journal of Wildlife Management 80(3): 553–562.

Tempel, D. J., J. J. Keane, R. J. Gutiérrez, J. D. Wolfe, G. M. Jones*, A. Koltunov, C. M. Ramirez, W. J. Berigan*, C. V. Gallagher, T. E. Munton, P. A. Shaklee, S. A. Whitmore*, M. Z. Peery (2016) Meta-analysis of California spotted owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) territory occupancy in the Sierra Nevada: habitat associations and their implications for forest management. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 118: 747-765.

West, E. H.*, W. R. Henry, W. Goldenberg, M. Z. Peery (2016) Influence of food subsidies on the foraging ecology of a synanthropic species in protected areas. Ecosphere 7(10): 1-15.

2015

Mendoza, J.*, M. Z. Peery, G. A. Gutiérrez, G. Herrera, and J. N. Pauli (2015) Resource use by two- and three-toed sloths differ in a shade-grown agro-ecosystem. Journal of Tropical Ecology 31: 49–55.

Stoelting, R.*, R. J. Gutiérrez, W. L. Kendall, and M. Z. Peery (2015) Life history trade-offs and reproductive cycles in Spotted Owls. The Auk 132: 46–64.

Tempel, D. J., R. J. Gutiérrez, J. J. Battles, D. L. Fry, Q. Guo, M. J. Reetz, S. A. Whitmore*, G. M. Jones*, B. M. Collins, S. L. Stephens, M. Kelly, W. J. Berigan*, and M. Z. Peery (2015) Evaluating short- and long-term impacts of fuels treatments and simulated wildfire on an old-forest species. Ecosphere 6(12): 1–18.

2014

Pauli, J. N., J. E. Mendoza*, S. A. Steffan, C. Carey, P. J. Weimer, and Peery, M. Z. (2014) A syndrome of mutualism reinforces the life-history of a sloth. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281.

Peery, M. Z., and J. N. Pauli (2014) Shade-grown cacao supports a self-sustaining population of two-toed but not three-toed sloths. Journal of Applied Ecology 51: 162–170.

Reid, B. R.*, and M. Z. Peery (2014) Land use patterns skew sex ratios, decrease genetic diversity, and trump the effects of recent climate change in an endangered turtle. Diversity and Distributions 20: 1425–1437.

Tempel, D. J., R. J. Gutiérrez, S. Whitmore*, M. Reetz, W. Berigan*, R. *Stoelting, M. E. Seamans, and M. Z. Peery (2014) Effects of forest management on California Spotted Owls: Implications for reducing wildfire risk in fire-prone forests. Ecological Applications 24: 2089–2106.

Tempel, D. J., M. Z. Peery, and R. J. Gutiérrez (2014) Using integrated population models to improve conservation monitoring: California spotted owls as a case study. Ecological Modelling 289: 86–95.

Vasquez-Carrillo, C.*, V. L Friesen, L. A. Hall, and M. Z. Peery (2014) Variation at MHC class II B genes in marbled murrelets: Implications for delineating conservation units. Animal Conservation 17: 244–255.

2013

Palsbøll, P.J., M. Z. Peery, M.T. Olsen, S.R. Beissinger, and M. Bérubé (2013) Inferring recent historic abundance from current genetic diversity. Molecular Ecology 22: 22–40. Invited Review.

Peery, M. Z., B. N. Reid*, R. Kirby, R. Stoelting*, E. Doucet-Bëer*, S. J. Robinson, C. Vasquez-Carrillo*, J. N. Pauli, and P. J. Palsbøll (2013) More precisely biased: increasing the number of markers is not a silver bullet in genetic bottleneck testing. Molecular Ecology 22: 3451–3467.

Peery, M. Z. and R. J. Gutiérrez (2013) Life-history trade-offs in Spotted Owls: Implications for assessments of territory quality. The Auk 130: 132–140. Featured as “Editor’s Choice”.

Vasquez-Carrillo, C.*, R. W. Henry, L. Henkel, and M. Z. Peery (2013) Integrating population and genetic monitoring to understand changes in the abundance of a threatened seabird. Biological Conservation 167: 173–178.

2012

Moss, W. E.*, M. Z. Peery, G.A. Gutiérrez-Espeleta, C. Vaughan, G. Herrera, and J.N. Pauli (2012) Isolation and characterization of 18 microsatellite markers for the brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus. Conservation Genetics Resources 4: 1037–1039.

Pauli, J. N., and M. Z. Peery (2012) Unexpected strong polygyny in the brown-throated three-toed sloth. PLoS ONE 7: e51389.

Peery, M. Z., R. J. Gutiérrez, R. Kirby, O. E. LeDee, and W. S. LaHaye (2012) Climate change and spotted owls: potentially contrasting responses in the southwestern United States. Global Change Biology 18 :865–880.

Peery, M. Z., R. Kirby, B. N. Reid*, R.Stoelting*, E. Doucet-Bëer*, S. J. Robinson,C. Vasquez-Carrillo*, J. N. Pauli, and P. J. Palsbøll (2012) Reliability of genetic bottleneck tests for detecting recent population declines. Molecular Ecology 21: 3403–3418. Invited Review.

Peery, M. Z. and J. N. Pauli (2012) The mating system of a “lazy” mammal, Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth. Animal Behaviour 84: 555–562.

Popescu, V. D., P. de Valpine, D. J. Tempel, and M. Z. Peery (2012) Estimating population impacts via dynamic occupancy analysis of Before-After Control-Impact studies. Ecological Applications 22: 1389–1404.

2011 and prior

Moss*, W. E., J. N. Pauli, G. A. Gutiérrez, A. Young, C. Vaughan, G. Herrera, and M. Z. Peery (2011) Development and characterization of 16 microsatellites for Hoffman’s two-toed sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni. Conservation Genetics Resources 3: 625–627.

Palsbøll, P. J, M. Z. Peery^, and M. Bérubé (2010) Detecting populations in the “ambiguous” zone: kinship-based estimation of population structure at low genetic divergence. Molecular Ecology Resources 10: 797–805. Invited Review.

Peery, M. Z., L. A. Hall*, A. Sellas, S. R. Beissinger, C. Moritz, M. Bérubé, M. G. Raphael,S. K. Nelson, R. T. Golightly, L. McFarlane-Tranquilla, S. Newman, and P. J. Palsbøll (2010) Genetic analyses of historic and modern marbled murrelets suggest decoupling of migration and gene flow after habitat fragmentation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277: 697–706.

Peery, M. Z. and R. W. Henry (2010) Recovering marbled murrelets via corvid management: A population viability analysis approach. Biological Conservation 143: 2414–2424.

Hall*, L. A., S. R. Beissinger, P. J. Palsbøll, J. T. Harvey, M. Bérubé, M. G. Raphael, S. K. Nelson, R. T. Golightly, S. Newman, L. McFarlane-Tranquilla, and M. Z. Peery (2009) Characterizing dispersal patterns of a threatened seabird with limited genetic structure. Molecular Ecology 18: 5074–5085.

Peery, M. Z., S. H. Newman, C. Storlazzi, and S. R. Beissinger (2009) Meeting reproductive demands in a dynamic upwelling system: foraging strategies of a pursuit-diving seabird, the Marbled Murrelet. Condor 111: 120–134.

Peery, M. Z., L. A. Henkel, S. H. Newman, B. H. Becker, J. T. Harvey, C. Thompson, and S. R. Beissinger (2008) Effects of rapid flight-feather molt on postbreeding dispersal in a pursuit-diving seabird. The Auk 125: 113–123.

Peery, M. Z., S. R. Beissinger, R. F. House, M. Bérubé, L. A. Hall*, A. Sellas, and P. J. Palsbøll (2008) Characterizing source-sink dynamics with genetic parentage assignments. Ecology 89: 2746–2759.