Publications

2026 & In Press

Kupferman, C. A., K. McFadden, J. C. Cumbee, J. Edens. N. Myers, and J. C. Beasley. 2026. Recovery of vegetation following invasive wild pig eradication in a coastal ecosystem. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 13:61–69. Read article  

Love, C. N., S. L. Lance, T. G. Hinton, N. Rochette, J. C. Beasley, D. Shamovich, M. E. Byrne, B. Nadel, S. C. Webster, and S. C. Campbell-Staton. 2026. Signatures of radiation-induced stress and putative selection on immune targets in Chornobyl wolves. Molecular Ecology 35:e70308. Read article 

Saito, R., N. I. Kondo, M. Tamaoki, J. Jo, K. Inami, and J. C. Beasley. 2026. Methodological test of genetic population structure using MIG-seq analysis from noninvasively obtained wild boar (Sus scrofa) feces DNA. Mammal Study 51(3). Read article 

Brewer, S.M., N.P. Snow, and J.C. Beasley 2026. Proximity to bait and social interactions influence individual wild pig (Sus scrofa) visitation at bait sites. The Journal of Wildlife Management e70220. Read article 

Patterson, J.R., S. Périquet-Pearce, M. H. Melton, B. PetersonWood, R. Portas, O. Aschenborn, C. Cloete, L. E. Peirson, D. J. R. Lafferty, and J. C. Beasley. 2026. Revealing seasonal dietary niche overlap among sympatric large carnivores using DNA metabarcoding. Scientific Reports 16:13590. Read article 

Hudson, S.B., E.A. Tillman, M. L. Wahl, P.A. Zollner, C.D. Ross, T.L. DeVault, J.C. Beasley, A. Naveda-Rodríguez, S.A. Rush, N.M. Osterhoudt, J.F. Kelly, A.E. Duerr, L.A. Humberg, B.G. Dunlap, C. Neil, J.T. Forbes, H. Glass, T.L. Guerrant, R.W. Byrd, P.W. Kavouriaris, A.K. Darracq, SM. T., and B.M. Kluever. 2026. Survival of a long-lived avian scavenger: implications of age, season, and landscape composition for mortality risk. Ecology and Evolution 16:e73226. Read article 

Beasley, J.C., Z.H. Olson, T.M. Newsome, J.R. Patterson, and T.L. DeVault. 2026. Ecological role of vertebrate scavengers. In: Carrion Ecology, Evolution and Their Applications, Second Edition. E.M. Benbow, J. Tomberlin, and A. Tarone, eds. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Read book 

Love, C.N., S.L. Lance, N. Rochette, T.G. Hinton, J.C. Beasley, D. Shamovich, M.E. Byrne, B. Nadel, S.C. Webster, and S.C. Campbell-Staton. In Press. Signatures of radiation-induced stress and putative targets of selection on immune targets in Chernobyl wolves. Molecular Ecology 

Hernandez, S.M., M.J. Yabsley, S.C. Webster, E.M. Kierepka, R.R. Beasley, C.L. Landa, H.W. Barron, K. Sloan, H. Milbrandt, and J.C. Beasley. In Press. Use of scat DNA to estimate coyote abundance on a newly colonized barrier island. Human Wildlife Interactions 

Jensen, R., R.A. McKenney, J.C. Beasley, C.C. Cloete, M. Melton, and D.J.R. Lafferty. 2025. Phylogenetic influence on gut microbiome diversity within an African herbivore community. Ecology and Evolution Read article 

Heydinger, J., U. Muzuma, T. Hoth-Hanssen, G. Finerty, N. Borrego, and J. Beasley. 2026. Bottom-up space use with top-down temporal risk buffering in arid herbivore communities. Ecology and Evolution 16:e72836. Read article 

Stoakley, T. E., S. M. Chinn, D. A. Keiter, L. S. Lee, and J. C. Beasley. 2026. Multi-scale predictors of farrowing site selection of wild pigs (Sus scrofa). Applied Animal Behaviour Science 294:106874. Read article

2025

Keja, M., M. Hauptfleisch, T. Nzuma, J. Beasley, C. Cloete, and S. Périquet-Pearce. 2025. A citizen science survey of cheetahs and leopards in Etosha National Park. African Journal of Wildlife Research 55:455-457. Read article 

Périquet-Pearce, S., C. Cloete, J.C. Beasley, B. Wacher, R. Becker, J. Melzheimer, R. Portas, M. Krofel, O. Auschenborn, M. Jago, T. Hoth, K. Uiseb, U. Muzuma, and W. Killian. 2025. The greater Etosha carnivore programme: a large scale collaborative approach. African Journal of Wildlife Research 55:386-389. Read article

Anderson, D., Y. Fujishima, T.G. Hinton, M.P. Johansen, H. Wainwright, G. Steinhauser, M.A. Gusyev, B. Orr, T. Masuda, P.A. Bryant, S. Donaher, Y. Onda, D. Tsumune, A. Sakaguchi, A. Harshman, T. Johnson, J.C. Beasley, T. Aono, S. Yamasaki, D. Oughton, O. Christian Lind, J. Hondros, N.S. Fisher, T. Miura, H. Tazoe, N. Akata, M. Hosoda, and S. Tokonami. 2025. Correspondence on “Fukushima contaminated water risk factor: global implications”. Environmental Science and Technology 59:25113-25115. Read article 

Kanda, L.L., D.A. Bernasconi, and J.C. Beasley. 2025. Virginia Opossum. In: Wild Furbearer Management and Conservation in North America. T.L. Hiller, R.D. Applegate, R.D. Bluett, S.N. Frey, E.M. Gese, and J.F. Organ, Editors. Wildlife Ecology Institute. Read book

Jensen, R., E.A. McKenny, J.C. Beasley, C.C. Cloete, M. Melton, and D.J.R. Lafferty 2025. Interspecific variation in gut microbiome diversity across the Etosha National Park herbivore community. Plos One 20(10): e0333639 Read article 

Patterson, J.R., S. Pѐriquet, M.H. Melton, B. PetersonWood, D. Naha, C. Cloete, and J.C. Beasley. 2025. Effects of tourism on seasonal movements and fine-scale habitat selection of African lions and spotted hyenas in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Global Ecology and Conservation 61:e03681 Read article 

Bontrager, H.L., T.E. Stoakley, T.G. Hinton, J. Hepinstall-Cymerman, K. Okuda, T. Uno, and J.C. Beasley. 2025. Movement ecology of a large ungulate following human abandonment of areas contaminated by the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident. Environment International 202:109616 Read article 

Thanet, D.R, P. Regmi, B.R. Lamichhane, D. Naha, C. Kupferman, J.C. Beasley, M. Pangeni, A. Shrestha, S. Lamichhane, H. Acharya, B. Dhakal, B. R. Dahal, C. Pokheral, and N. Subedi. 2025. Coexistence of sympatric large carnivores: spatio-temporal interactions between tigers and leopards in Parsa National Park, Nepal. Ecology and Evolution 15:e71547 Read article 

Taylor, C. R., K. M. Pepin, R. S. Miller, J. R. Foster, and J. C. Beasley. 2025. Comparison of removal and spatial mark-resight models for estimating wild pig density. Journal of Wildlife Management 89:e70054 Read article 

Adaway, K. A., M. Snider, C. Vinciguerra, C. Kupferman, J. C. Beasley, and B. Morton. 2025. Wild raccoons are more innovative but not bolder than another ecological generalist, the Virginia opossum, on a pull-string task. Animal Behaviour Read article 

Quinlin, K. A., D. Hill, X. Xu., and J. C. Beasley. 2025. Uptake and depuration of 137Cs in aquatic biota inhabiting a contaminated effluent canal. Science of the Total Environment 287:107697 Read article 

Naha, D., J. W. Kilian, C. Goelst, C. Cloete, and J. C. Beasley. 2025. Anthropogenic mortality risk of lions depends on a combination of environmental, climatic, and cultural factors within a Sub-Saharan African ecosystem. Global Ecology and Conservation 59:e03514 Read article 

Stoakley, T. E., Treichler, J. W., K. C. VerCauteren, and J. C. Beasley. 2025. Land cover attributes impact the distribution of rooting damage by wild pigs (Sus scrofa). Journal of Wildlife Management 89:e70032 Read article 

Brewer, S. M., N. P. Snow, and J. C. Beasley. 2025. Influence of bait and habitat on site visitation by wild pigs (Sus scrofa). Pest Management Science 81(8): 4667-4676. Read article 

Saito, R., N. I. Kondo, Y. Nemoto, T. Takeda, K. Kanda, N. Nakajima, J. C. Beasley, and M. Tamaoki. 2025. Exploring the genetic basis of wild boar (Sus scrofa) and its connection to classical swine fever spread. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 2025:9881511 Read article 

Hill, J. E., M. L. Miller, R. B. Chipman, A. T. Gilbert, J. C. Beasley, G. Dharmarajan, and O. E. Rhodes. 2025. Habitat-specific seasonal densities of sympatric raccoons and opossums in the southeastern United States. Journal of Mammalogy 106:683-691 Read article 

Quinlin, K. A., J. C. Beasley, and X. Xu. 2025. Metallothionein expression in Eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) exposed to 137Cs and lead: implications for using metallothionein as a metal exposure biomarker. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 44(5):1322-1333 Read article 

McIlraith, J. R., S. L. Webb, J. C. Beasley, P. E. Schlichting, S. Chinn, R. Boughton, and J. A. Long. 2025. Contact patterns in wild pigs (

) from GPS tracking reveal spatial and temporal dynamics of social behaviour. Canadian Journal of Zoology (103):1-13 Read article 

Kupferman, C. A., N. P. Snow, K. C. VerCauteren, M. H. Melton, W. J. Gann, and J. C. Beasley. 2025. Seasonal changes in occupancy and activity patterns in native Collared Peccary and non-native wild pig and Common Warthog in southern Texas, the United States. Journal of Mammalogy 106:671-682 Read article 

Holland, K. E., T. D. Tuberville, and J. C. Beasley. 2025. Accumulation of trace elements in soil and fauna within a site historically contaminated with coal combustion residues. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 44(4):1039-1050 Read article 

Patterson, J. R., N. Ndlovu, J. C. Beasley, and S. Periquet. 2025. Effects of human presence on African mammal waterhole attendance and temporal activity patterns. Journal of Zoology 325: 210-223 Read article

Taylor, C. R., L. Buxton, and J. C. Beasley. 2025. Evaluation of common trap types for capturing wild pigs. Wildlife Society Bulletin 49:e1567 Read article 

Leaphart, J. C., S. M. Chinn, and J. C. Beasley. 2025. Impacts of developmental methylmercury exposure on avian embryonic development, hatchling growth, and survival. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 44(2):432-443 Read article 

Holiaka, D., S. Levchuk, V. Kashparov, V. Yoschenko, P. Hurtevent, F. Coppin, and J. C. Beasley. 2025. 90Sr and 137Cs distribution in Chornobyl forests: 30 years after the nuclear accident. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 282:107616 Read article 

Davis, A., W. Dixon, R. B. Chipman, A. T. Gilbert, Hill, J., J. C. Beasley, O. E. Rhodes, Jr., and G. Dharmarajan. 2025. Raccoon density estimation from camera traps for rabies management. Journal of Wildlife Management 89:e22701 Read article 

Benson, J. F., D. A. Keiter, P. J. Mahoney, B. L. Allen, L. Allen, F. Alvares, M. L. Anderson, S. M. Barber-Meyer, A. Barocas, J. C. Beasley, L. Behrendorff, J. L. Belant, D. E. Jr. Beyer, L. Boitani, B. L. Borg, S. Boutin, E. E. Boydston, J. L. Brown, J. K. Bump, J. D. Cepek, ... B. R. Patterson. 2025. Intrinsic and environmental drivers of pairwise cohesion in wild Canis social groups. Ecology 106:e4492 Read article 

2024

Beasley, J. C. 2024. History, Management, and Future of Invasive Wild Pigs. 31st Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference. Read article 

Kruis, F. E., L. M. Conner, J. C. Beasley, and M. T. Mengak. 2024. Determining Body Mass of Wild Pigs from Body Measurements. Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 11:151-157. Read article

Hinton, T. G., D. Anderson, E. Baek, J. C. Beasley, H. L. Bontrager, O. C. Lind, K. Okuda, and B. Salbu. 2024. A primer on wildlife dosimetry: Lessons learned from field measurements of external dose. Pages 215-225 In: Introduction to Environmental Radioactivity. T. Wada, H. Takata, and K. Namba, editors. National University Corporation, Fukushima University. Rekishi Shunji Publishing Co. ISBN 978-4-86762-040-3 (in Japanese) 

Xiaolong, L., B. M. Parker, R. K. Boughton, J. C. Beasley, T. J. Smyser, J. D. Austin, K. M. Pepin, R. S. Miller, K. C. Vercauteren, and S. M. Wisely. 2024. Torque Teno sus virus 1: a potential surrogate pathogen to study pig-transmitted transboundary animal diseases. Viruses 16:1397 Read article  

Hinton, T. G., D. Anderson, E. Baek, V. C. Baranwal, J. C. Beasley, H. L. Bontrager, D. Broggio, J. Brown, M. E. Byrne, H. C. Gerke, H. Ishiniwa, S. L. Lance, O. C. Lind, C. N. Love, H. Nagata, K. Nanba, K. Okuda, B. Salbu, D. Shamovich, L. Skuterud, F. Trompier, S. C. Webster, and V. Zabrotski. 2024. Fundamentals of wildlife dosimetry and lessons learned from a decade of measuring external dose rates in the field. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 278:107472 Read article 

Kays, R., M. H. Snider, G. Hess, M. V. Cove, A. Jensen, H. Shamon, W. J. McShea, B. Rooney, M. L. Allen, C. E. Pekins, C. C. Wilmers, M. E. Pendergast, A. M. Green, J. Suraci, M. S. Leslie, S. Nasrallah, D. Farkas, M. Jordan, M. Grigione, M. C. LaScaleia, M. L. Davis, C. Hansen, J. Millspaugh, J. S. Lewis, M. Havrda, R. Long, K. R. Remine, K. J. Jaspers, D. J. R. Lafferty, T. Hubbard, C. E. Studds, E. L. Barthelmess, K. Andy, A. Romero, B. J. O'Neill, M. T. R. Hawkins, J. V. Lombardi, M. Sergeyev, M. C. Fisher-Reid, M. S. Rentz, C. Nagy, J. M. Davenport, C. C. Rega-Brodsky, C. L. Appel, D. B. Lesmeister, S. T. Giery, C. A. Whittier, J. M. Alston, C. Sutherland, C. Rota, T. Murphy, T. E. Jr. Lee, A. Mortelliti, D. L. Bergman, J. A. Compton, B. D. Gerber, J. Burr, K. Rezendes, B. A. DeGregorio, N. H. Wehr, J. F. Benson, M. T. O'Mara, D. S. Jachowski, M. Gray, D. E. Jr. Beyer, J. L. Belant, R. V. III Horan, R. C. Lonsinger, K. M. Kuhn, S. C. M. Hasstedt, M. Zimova, S. M. Moore, D. J. Herrera, S. Fritts, A. J. Edelman, E. A. Flaherty, T. R. Petroelje, S. A. Neiswenter, D. R. Risch, F. Iannarilli, M. van der Merwe, S. P. Maher, Z. J. Farris, S. L. Webb, D. S. Mason, M. A. Lashley, A. M. Wilson, J. P. Vanek, S. R. Wehr, L. M. Conner, J. C. Beasley, H. L. Bontrager, ... A. Parsons (2024). Climate, food and humans predict communities of mammals in the United States. Diversity and Distributions 30:e13900 Read article 

Hill, J. E., M. L. Miller, R. B. Chipman, A. T. Gilbert, J. C. Beasley, G. Dharmarajan, and O. E. Rhodes. 2024. Influence of habitat and baiting strategy on oral rabies vaccine bait uptake by raccoons in the southeastern United States. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 277:10632 Read article 

Canright, V. R., A. J. Piaggio, and J. C. Beasley. 2024. Invasive wild pig (Sus scrofa) diets on barrier islands in the southeastern United States. Pest Management Science 80(8):3901-3911 Read article 

Webster, S. C., J. W. Hinton, M. J. Chamberlain, J. J. Murphy, and J. C. Beasley. 2024. Land cover and space use influence coyote carnivory: evidence from stable-isotope analysis. PeerJ 12:17457 Read article 

Yabsley, M.J., K.B. Garrett, A.T. Thompson, E.K. Box, M.R. Giner, E. Haynes, H. Barron, R.M. Schneider, S.M. Coker, J.C. Beasley, E.J. Borchert, R. Tumlison, A. Surf, C.G. Dukes, C. Olfenbuttel, J.D. Brown, L. Swanepoel, and C.A. Cleveland. 2024. Otterly diverse – A high diversity of Dracunculus species (Spirurida: Dracunculoidea) in North American river otters (Lontra canadensis). International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 23:100922 Read article 

Bontrager, H. L., T. G. Hinton, K. Okuda, and J. C. Beasley. 2024. The impact of sampling scale: A comparison of methods for estimating external contaminant exposure in free-ranging wildlife. Science of the Total Environment 921:171012 Read article 

Saito, R., Y. Nemoto, N. Ito Kondo, K. Kanda, T. Takeda, J.C. Beasley, and M. Tamaoki. 2024. Study on the relationship between the of dispersal of wild boar (Sus scrofa) and the associated variability of Cesium-137 concentrations in its muscle post-Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Science of the Total Environment 917:170328 Read article 

Hoynes, K, A.E. Holland, A.L. Bryan, C.A. Kupferman, and J.C. Beasley. 2024. Trace elements and heavy metals in black vultures (Coragyps atratus) and turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) in the southeastern United States. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 31(6):9000-9010 Read article 

2023

Canright, V.R., A.J. Piaggio, S.M. Chinn R.M. Giglio, J.M. Craine, and J.C. Beasley. 2023. DNA metabarcoding reveals consumption of diverse community of amphibians by invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) in the southeastern United States. Scientific Reports 13:20889. Read article

Hill, J.E., D.A. Bernasconi, R.B. Chipman, A.T. Gilbert, J.C. Beasley, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and G. Dharmarajan. 2023. Home range and resource selection of Virginia opossums in the rural Southeastern United States. Mammal Research doi.org/10.1007/s13364-023-00733-y. Read article

Hill, J.E., D.A. Bernasconi, Miller, M., J. Helton, R.B. Chipman, A.T. Gilbert, J.C. Beasley, G. Dharmarajan, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2023. Raccoon spatial ecology in the Southeastern United States. Plos One e0293133. Read article

Patterson, J.R., N. Szabo, and J.C. Beasley. 2023. Effects of urbanization on the efficiency and composition of vertebrate scavengers. Food Webs 37:e00317. Read article

Hill, J.E., J. Helton, D.A. Bernasconi, W. Dixon, M.T. Hamilton, R.B. Chipman, A.T. Gilbert, J.C. Beasley, G. Dharmarajan, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2023. Raccoon densities across four rural habitats in the Southeastern United States. Journal of Wildlife Management 87:e22480. Read article

Silva, A.E., R.J. Speakman, B.F. Barnes, D.R. Coyle, J.C. Leaphart, E.F. Abernethy, K.L. Turner, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., J.C. Beasley, and K.J. Gandhi. 2023. Bioaccumulation of contaminants in Scarabaeidae and Silphidae beetles at sites polluted by coal combustion residuals and radiocesium. Science of the Total Environment 904:166821. Read article

Kudrenko, S., J. Vollering, A. Zedrosser, N. Selva, K. Ostapowicz, V. Fenchuk, J.C. Beasley, M. Heurich. 2023. Walking on the dark side: anthropogenic factors limit suitable habitat for gray wolf (Canis lupus) in a large natural area covering Belarus and Ukraine. Global Ecology and Conservation 46:e02586. Read article

Treichler, J.W., K.C. VerCauteren, C.R. Taylor, and J.C. Beasley. 2023. Changes in wild pig (Sus scrofa) population size, crop damage, and environmental impacts in response to management. Pest Management Science 79:4765-4773. Read article

Hill, J.E., J. Helton, R.B. Chipman, A.T. Gilbert, J.C. Beasley, G. Dharmarajan, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2023. Spatial ecology of translocated raccoons and implications for rabies virus transmission. Scientific Reports 13:10447. Read article

Saito, R., Y. Wakiyama, H. Bontrager, K. Namba, and J.C. Beasley. 2023. Alteration of the Cesium 137 soil profile by wild boar rooting after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Environmental Challenges 12:100728. Read article

Baek, E., T.G. Hinton, L. Skuterud, J.C. Beasley, B. Salbu, V.C. Baranwal, and O.C. Lind. 2023. Empirical evidence that mean soil contaminant concentration does not provide a conservative indicator of external exposure to wildlife. Ecological Indicators 152:110359. Read article

Clontz, L.M., A. Yang, S.M. Chinn, K.M. Pepin, K.C. VerCauteren, G. Wittemyer, R.S. Miller, and J.C. Beasley. Jr. In Press. Role of social structure in establishment of an invasive large mammal after translocation. Pest Management Science. Read article

Naha, D., S. Périquet, J.W. Kilian, C. Kupferman, T. Hoth-Hanssen, and J.C. Beasley. 2023. Fencing affects movement patterns of two large carnivores in Southern Africa. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11:1031321. Read article

Chinn, S.M., T.J. Smyser, and J.C. Beasley. 2023. Variance in offspring sex ratio and maternal allocation in a highly invasive mammal. Ecology and Evolution 13:e10136. Read article

Dixon, W.C., R.B. Chipman, A.J. Davis, A.T. Gilbert, J.C. Beasley, J.E. Hill, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and G. Dharmarajan. 2023. Interspecific oral rabies vaccine bait competition in the Southeast United States. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 261:105897. Read article

Hill, J.E., K.L. Turner, J.B. Smith, T.L. DeVault, W.C. Pitt, J.C. Beasley, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2023. Scavenging dynamics on Guam and implications for invasive species management. Biological Invasions 25:1845-1858. Read article

Smith, J.B., D.A. Keiter, S.J. Sweeney, R.S. Miller, P.E. Schlichting, and J.C. Beasley. 2023. Habitat quality influences trade-offs in animal movement along the exploration- exploitation continuum. Scientific Reports 13:4814. Read article

Yang, A., M. Wilber, K. Manlove, R.S. Miller, R. Boughton, J.C. Beasley, J. Northrup, K.C. VerCauteren, G. Wittemyer, and K. Pepin. 2023. Deriving spatially explicit direct and indirect interaction networks from animal movement data. Ecology and Evolution 13:e9774. Read article

Helton, J., J. Hill, D.A. Bernasconi, W. Dixon, R.B. Chipman, A.T. Gilbert, J.C. Beasley, G. Dharmarajan, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2023. Assessment of habitat-specific competition for Oral rabies vaccine baits between raccoons and opossums. Journal of Wildlife Management 87:e22398. Read article

Chinn, S.M., J. Hepinstall-Cymerman, and J.C. Beasley. 2023. Reproduction drives changes in space use and habitat selection in a highly adaptable invasive mammal. Journal of Mammalogy 104:479-495. Read article

2022

Butler-Valverde, M.J., TL. DeVault, O.E. Rhodes Jr., and J.C. Beasley. 2022. Carcass appearance does not influence scavenger avoidance of carnivore carrion. Scientific Reports 12:18842. Read article

Pepin, K.M., V.R. Brown, A. Yang, J.C. Beasley, R. Boughton, K.C. VerCauteren, R.S. Miller, and S.N. Bevins. 2022. Optimizing response to an introduction of African swine fever in wild pigs. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. doi: 10.1111/tbed.14668. Read article

Chinn, S.M., P.E. Schlichting, T.J. Smyser, C. F. Pierce, and J.C. Beasley. 2022. Factors influencing pregnancy, litter size, and reproductive parameters of invasive wild pigs. Journal of Wildlife Management 86:e22304. doi: 10.1002/jwmg.22304. Read article.

Snow, N.P, C.A. Kupferman, M.J. Lavelle, K.M. Pepin, M.H. Melton, W. Gann, K.C. VerCauteren, and J.C. Beasley. 2022. No panacea attractant for wild pigs, but season and location matter. Applied Animal Behavior 254:105705. Read article

Leaphart, J.C., S.A. Abercrombie, E.J. Borchert, A.L. Bryan, and J.C. Beasley. 2022. Bioaccumulation of mercury and radiocesium in waterfowl introduced to a site with legacy contamination. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 41(10):2479-2487. doi: 10.1002/etc.5444.

Patterson, J.R., T.L. DeVault, and J.C. Beasley. 2022. Integrating scavenging ecology into contemporary wildlife conservation and management. Ecology and Evolution 12:e9122. Read article

Kays, R. M.V. Cove, A. Maximilian, J. Diaz, K. Todd, C. Bresnan, M. Snider, T.E. Lee, Jr., J.G. Jasper, B. Douglas, A.P. Crupi, K.C.B. Weiss, H. Rowe, T. Sprague, J. Schipper, C.A. Lepczyk, J.E. Fantle-Lepczyk, J. Davenport, M. Zimova, Z. Farris, J. Williamson, M.C. Fisher- Reid, D. Rezendes, D. King., P. Chrysafis, A.J. Jensen, D.S. Jachowski, K.C. King, D.J. Herrera, S. Moore, M. van der Merwe, J.V. Lombardi, M. Sergeyev, M. Tewes, R.V. Horan III, M.S. Rentz, A. Driver, L.S.E. Brandt, C. Nagy, P. Alexander, S.P. Maher, A.K. Darracq, E.G. Barr, G. Hess, S.L. Webb, M.D. Proctor, J.P. Vanek, D.J.R. Lafferty, T. Hubbard, J. Jimenez, C. McCain, J. Favreau, J. Fogarty, J. Hill, S. Hammerich, M. Halbur, M. Gray, C.C. Rega-Brodsky, C. Durbin, E.A. Flaherty, J. Brooke, S.S. Coster, R.G. Lathrop, K. Russell, D.A. Bogan, H. Shamon, B. Rooney, A. Rockhill, R.C. Lonsinger, M.T. O'Mara, J.A. Compton, E.L. Barthelmess, J.L. Belant, N. Wehr, D.E. Beyer, Jr., D.G. Scognamillo, C. Schalk, K. Day, C.N. Ellison, B. Nunley, S. Fritts, C.A. Whittier, S.A. Neiswenter, R. Pelletier, B.A. DeGregorio, M.L. Davis, C. Baruzzi, B. McDonald, L.S. Whipple, J.H. Sperry, E. Alexander, P. Wolff, R.H. Hagen, A. Mortelliti, A. Bolinjcar, A.M. Wilson, S. Van Norman, C. Powell, H. Coletto, M. Schauss, H. Bontrager, J.C. Beasley, S.N. Ellis-Felege, S.R. Wehr, S. Giery, C.E. Pekins, S.H. LaRose, R.S. Revord, C.P. Hansen, J.J. Millspaugh, A. Zorn, B.D. Gerber, K. Rezendes, J. Adley, J. Sevin, A.M. Green, Ç.H. Şekercioğlu, M.E. Pendergast, K. Mullen, T. Bird, A.J. Edelman, A. Romero, B.J. O'Neill, N. Schmitz, R.A Vandermus, J. M. Alston, K.M. Kuhn, S.C. Hasstedt, D.B. Lesmeister, C.L. Appel, C. Rota, J.L. Stenglein, C. Anhalt-Depies, C. Nelson, R.A. Long, K.R. Remine, M.J. Jordan, M. Elbroch, D. Bergman, S. Cendejas-Zarelli, K. Sager-Fradkin, M. Conner, G. Morris, E. Parsons, C. Ruthven, E. Kuprewicz, M.A. Lashley, D. Mason, D. Risch, H. Hernández-Yáñez, W.J. McShea, and K. Andy. 2022. SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ecology. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3775. Read article

Bernasconi, D.A., R.B. Chipman, A.T. Gilbert, M. T. Hamilton, J.C. Beasley, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and G. Dharmarajan. 2022. Influence of landscape attributes on Virginia opossum density. Journal of Wildlife Management, p.e22280. Read article

Meehan, T.D., S.P. Saunders, W.V. DeLuca, N.L. Michel, J. Grand, J.L. Deppe, M.F. Jimenez, E. Knight, N. Seavy, M. Smith, L. Taylor, C. Witko, M.E. Akresh, D.R. Barber, E.M. Bayne, J.C. Beasley, J.L. Belant, R.O. Bierregaard, T.J. Boves, J.N. Brzorad, S.P. Campbell, A. Celis- Murillo, H.A. Cooke, R. Domenech, L. Goodrich, E. Gow, A. Haines, M.T. Hallworth, J.M. Hill, A.E. Holland, S. Jennings, R. Kays, D.T. King, K.P. MacFarland, S.A. Mackenzie, P.P. Marra, R.A. McCabe, M.J. McGrady, R. Melcer Jr., D.R. Norris, R.E. Norvell, O.E. Rhodes Jr., C.C. Rimmer, A.L. Scarpignato, J.L. Watson, and C.B. Wilsey. 2022. Integrating data types to estimate spatial patterns of avian migration across the Western Hemisphere. Ecological Applications e2629. Read article

Gerke, H.C., T.G. Hinton, K. Okuda, and J.C. Beasley. 2022. Increased abundance of a common scavenger affects allocation of carrion but not efficiency of carcass removal in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone. Scientific Reports 12:8903. Read article

De Marco, A, P. Sicard, Z. Feng, E. Agathokleous, R. Alonso, V. Araminiene, A. Augustaitis, O. Badea, J.C. Beasley, C. Branquinho, V. Bruckman, R. David-Schwartz, M. Domingos, E. Du, H.G. Gomez, S. Hashimoto, Y. Hoshika, T. Jakovljevic, S. McNulty, E. Oksanen, Y.O. Khaniabadi, A.K. Prescher, C.J. Saitanis, H. Sase, A. Schmitz, G. Voigt, M. Wantanabe, M.D. Wood, M.V. Kozlov, A. Collalti, and E. Paoletti. 2022. Strategic roadmap to assess forest vulnerability under air pollution and climate change. Global Change Biology 28:5062-5085. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16278. Read article

Sawyer, J.J., M.D. Eubanks, J.C. Beasley, B.T. Barton, R.T. Puckett, J.M. Tome&cbreve;ek, and J.K. Tomberlin. 2022. Vertebrate and invertebrate competition for carrion in human-impacted environments depends on abiotic factors. Ecosphere 13:e4151. Read article

Titus, C.L., C.F. Bowden, T.J. Smyser, S.L. Webb, and J.C. Beasley. 2022. Genomic tools reveal complex social organization of an invasive large mammal (Sus scrofa). Biological Invasions 24:3199-3216. doi: 10.1007/s10530-022-02840-4. Read article

Anderson, D, S. Kaneko, A. Harshman, K. Okuda, T. Toshito, S.M. Chinn, J.C. Beasley, K. Namba, H. Ishiniwa, and T.G. Hinton. 2022. Radiocesium accumulation and germline mutations in chronically exposed wild boar from Fukushima, with radiation doses to human consumers of contaminated meat. Environmental Pollution 306:119359. Read article

Butler-Valverde, M.J., T.L. DeVault, and J.C. Beasley. 2022. Trophic interactions at avian carcasses: do scavengers feed on vulture carrion? Food Webs 31:e00230. doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2022.e00230 Read article

Webster, S.C., J.C. Beasley, J.W. Hinton, and M.J. Chamberlain. 2022. Resident and transient coyotes exhibit differential movement patterns and habitat selection in the southeastern United States. Ecology and Evolution 12:e8725. Read article

Garrett, K., A. Halseth, M.G. Ruder, J.C. Beasley, B. Shock, A.J. Birkenheuer, M. Gabriel, C. Fiorello, M.M. Haire, C. Olfenbuttel, M.K. Keel, and M.J. Yabsley. 2022. Prevalence and genetic characterization of a Babesia microti-like species in the North American river otter (Lontra canadensis). Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports 29:100696. doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2022.100696 Read article

Clontz, L.M., K.M. Pepin, K.C. VerCauteren, and J.C. Beasley. 2022. Influence of biotic and abiotic factors on home range size and shape of invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa). Pest Management Science 78:914-928. doi.org/10.1002/ps.6701 Read article

2021

Turner, K.L., L.M. Conner, and J.C. Beasley. 2021. Effects of red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) control on carrion use by vertebrate scavengers. Food Webs 29:e00212 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2021.e00212 Read article 

Kilgo, J.C., J.E. Garabedian, M. Vukovich, P.E. Schlichting, M.E. Byrne, and J.C. Beasley. 2021. Food resources affect territoriality of wild pig sounders with implications for control. Scientific Reports 11:18821. Read article

Thomas, J.C., T.J. Kieran, J.W. Finger, Jr., N. Bayona-Vasquez, A. Oladeinde, J.C. Beasley, J.C. Seaman, J.V. McArthur, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and T.C. Glenn. 2021. Unveiling the gut microbiota and resistome of wild cotton-mice, Peromyscus gossypinus, from heavy metal and radionuclide-contaminated sites in the Southeastern US. Microbiology Spectrum 9:e00097-21. Read article

Street, G.M., J.R. Potts, L. Börger, J.C. Beasley, S. Demarais, J.M. Fryxell, P.D. McLoughlin, E.H. Merrill, K.L. Monteith, C.M. Prokopenko, M.C. Ribeiro, A.R. Rodgers, B.K. Strickland, F.M. van Beest, D.A. Bernasconi, L.T. Beumer, G. Dharmarajan, S.P. Dwinnell, M.L.S.P. Jorge, D.A. Keiter, A. Keuroghlian, L.J. Newediuk, J.E.F. Oshima, O.E. Rhodes Jr., P.E. Schlichting, N.M. Schmidt, and E. Vander Wal. 2021. Solving the sample size problem for species distribution models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12:2421–2431. Read article

Yang, A., R.K. Boughton, R.S. Miller, B. Wight, W.M. Anderson, J.C. Beasley, K.C. VerCauteren, K.M. Pepin, and G. Wittemyer. 2021. Spatial variation in direct and indirect contact rates at the wildlife-livestock interface for informing disease management. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 194:105423. Read article 

Sebastián-González, E., Z. Morales-Reyes, F. Botella, L. Naves-Alegre, J.M. Pérez-García, P. Mateo-Tomás, P.P. Olea, M. Moleón, J.M. Barbosa, F. Hiraldo, E. Arrondo, J.A. Donázar, A. Cortés-Avizanda, N. Selva, S.A. Lambertucci, A. Bhattacharjee, A. Brewer, E. Abernethy, K. Turner, J.C. Beasley, T.L. DeVault, H. Gerke, O.E. Rhodes Jr, A. Ordiz, C. Wikenros, B. Zimmermann, P. Wabakken, C.C. Wilmers, J.A. Smith, C.J. Kendall, D. Ogada, E. Frehner, M.L. Allen, S. Dirksen-Adlai, H.U. Wittmer, J.R.A. Butler, J.T. du Toit, A. Margalida, P. Olivia-Vidal, D. Wilson, K. Jerina, M. Krofel, R. Kostecke, R. Inger, E. Per, Y. Ayhan, M. Sanci, Ü. Yilmazer, A. Inagaki, S. Koike, A. Samson, P.L. Perrig, E. Spencer, T.M. Newsome, M. Heurich, J.D. Anadón, E.R. Beuchley, C. Gutiérrez-Cánovas, M.L. Elbroch, and J.A. Sánchez-Zapata. 2021. Functional traits driving species role in the structure of terrestrial vertebrate scavenger networks. Ecology 102: e03519. Read article

Chinn, S.M., J.C. Kilgo, M. Vukovich, and J.C. Beasley. 2021. Influence of intrinsic and extrinsic attributes on neonate survival in an invasive large mammal. Scientific Reports 11:11033. Read article

Cunningham, K., T.G. Hinton, J.J. Luxton, A. Bordman, K. Okuda, L.E. Taylor, J. Hayes, H.C. Gerke, S.M. Chinn, D. Anderson, M.L. Laudenslager, T. Takase, Y. Nemoto, H. Ishiniwa, J.C. Beasley, and S.M. Bailey. 2021. Evaluation of DNA damage and stress in wildlife chronically exposed to low dose, low dose rate radiation from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident. Environment International 155:106675. Read article

Clontz, L.M., K.M. Pepin, K.C. VerCauteren, and J.C. Beasley. 2021. Connecting the dots: behavioral state resource selection in wild pigs in the southeast United States. Scientific Reports 11:6924. Read article

Beasley, J.C., L.M. Clontz, A. Rakowski, N. Snow, and K.C. VerCauteren. 2021. Evaluation of a warfarin bait for controlling invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa). Pest Management Science 77:3057-3067. Read article

Tisdale, C.A., J.A. Martin, and J.C. Beasley. 2021. Lead contamination differences in the muscle of wild turkeys harvested with lead and copper-plated lead shot. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 12:250-256. Read article

Naha, D., S.K. Dash, C. Kupferman, J.C. Beasley, and S. Sathyakumar. 2021. Movement behavior of a solitary large carnivore within a hotspot of human-wildlife conflicts in India. Scientific Reports 11:3862. Read article

Gerke, H.C., T.G. Hinton, and J.C. Beasley. 2021. Movement behavior and habitat selection of snakes (Elaphe spp.) in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone. Ichthyology and Herpetology 109:549-556. Read article

Webster, S.C., M.J. Chamberlain, J.W. Hinton, and J.C. Beasley. 2021. Isotope analysis reveals dietary overlap among sympatric canids. Journal of Mammalogy 102:1222–1234. Read article

Yang, A., P. Schlichting, B. Wight, W.M. Anderson, S.M. Chinn, M.Q. Wilber, J.C. Beasley, R.K. Boughton, K.C. VerCauteren, G. Wittemyer, and K.M. Pepin. 2021. Effects of social structure and management on risk of disease establishment in wild pigs. Journal of Animal Ecology 90:820-833. Read article

Tisdale, C.A., J.A. Martin, and J.C. Beasley. 2021. Accumulation of contaminants by wild turkeys and potential for consumer exposure. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 40:1222-1231. Read article

Bastille-Rousseau, G., P.E. Schlichting, D.A. Keiter, J.B. Smith, J.C. Kilgo, G. Wittemyer, K.C. VerCauteren, J.C. Beasley, KM Pepin. 2021. Multi-level movement response of invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) to removal. Pest Management Science 77:85-95. Read article

2020

Kheidorova, E.E., K.V. Homel, M.E. Nikiforov, A.V. Shpak, V. Dombrovski, M.S. Shkvyrya, P.E. Schlichting, J.C. Beasley, D.A. Vishnevsky, and Y.B. Yakovlev. 2020. Genetic diversity of the free-living population of Przewalski's horses in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Theriologia Ukrainica 20:58–66 Read article

Tabak, M.A., M.S. Norouzzadeh, D.W. Wolfson, E.J. Newton, R.K. Boughton, J.S. Ivan, E.A. Odell, E.S. Newkirk, R.Y. Conrey, J.L. Stenglein, F. Iannarilli, J. Erb, R.K. Brook, A.J. Davis, J.S. Lewis, D.P. Walsh, J.C. Beasley, K.C. VerCauteren, J. Clune, and R.S. Miller. 2020. Improving the accessibility and transferability of machine learning algorithms for identification of animals in camera trap images: MLWIC2. Ecology and Evolution 10:10374–10383. DOI:10.1002/ece3.6692 Read article

Boyce, C.M., K.C. VerCauteren, and J.C. Beasley. 2020. Timing and extent of crop damage by wild pigs (Sus scrofa) to corn and peanut fields. Crop Protection 133:105131. Read article

Lyons, P.C., K. Okuda, M. Hamilton, T.G. Hinton, and J.C. Beasley. 2020. Rewilding of Fukushima’s human evacuation zone in the presence of radioactive stressors. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 18(3):127-134. Read article

 Silva, A.E., B.F. Barnes, D.R. Coyle, E.F. Abernethy, K.L. Turner, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., J.C. Beasley, and J.K. Gandhi. 2020. Effects of industrial disturbances on biodiversity of carrion-associated beetles. Science of the Total Environment 709:135158. Read article

 Davis, A.J., D.A. Keiter, E. Kierepka, C. Slootmaker, A.J. Piaggio, J.C. Beasley, and K.M. Pepin. 2020. The cost of good information: Trade-offs between cost and quality of common population density estimators. Scientific Reports 10:2047. Read article

 McRae, J., P. Schlichting, N.P. Snow, A.J. Davis, K.C. VerCauteren, J.C. Beasley, D.A. Keiter, J.C. Kilgo, and K.M. Pepin. 2020. Factors affecting visitation by wild pigs to bait sites: The area of influence of baits. Wildlife Society Bulletin 44(2)362-371. Read article

 Schlichting, P.E., J.C. Beasley, R.K. Boughton, A.J. Davis, K.M. Pepin, M.P. Glow, R.S. Miller, K.C. VerCauteren, and J.E. Lewis. 2020. A rapid population assessment method for wild pigs using baited camera sites. Wildlife Society Bulletin 44(2)372-382. Read article

 VerCauteren, K.C., J.C. Beasley, S.S. Ditchkoff, J.J. Mayer, G. Roloff, and B.K. Strickland. Invasive Wild Pigs in North America: Ecology, Impacts, and Management. 2020. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. 479 pp. TWS Publication Award (edited book) 2020. Read book

Beasley, J.C., M.J. Lavelle, D.A. Keiter, K.M. Pepin, A.J. Piaggio, J.C. Kilgo, and K.C. VerCauteren. 2020. Research Methods for Wild Pigs. Pages 199-227 In: Invasive Wild Pigs in North America: Ecology, Impacts, and Management. K.C. VerCauteren, J.C. Beasley, S.S. Ditchkoff, J.J. Mayer, G.J. Roloff, and B.K. Strickland, editors. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. 479 pp. Read book

Mayer, J.J., J.C. Beasley, R. K. Boughton, and S.S. Ditchkoff. 2020. Wild Pigs in the Southeast. Pages 369-402 In: Invasive Wild Pigs in North America: Ecology, Impacts, and Management. K.C. VerCauteren, J.C. Beasley, S.S. Ditchkoff, J.J. Mayer, G.J. Roloff, and B.K. Strickland, editors. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. 479 pp. Read book

Snow, N., J.C. Beasley, R. Miller, and K. Pepin. 2020. Population Dynamics. Pages 57-82 In: Invasive Wild Pigs in North America: Ecology, Impacts, and Management. K.C. VerCauteren, J.C. Beasley, S.S. Ditchkoff, J.J. Mayer, G.J. Roloff, and B.K. Strickland, editors. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. 479 pp. Read book

Gray, S.M., G.J. Roloff, R.A. Montgomery, J.C. Beasley, and K.M. Pepin. 2020. Spatial Ecology and Behaviors. Pages 33-56 In: Invasive Wild Pigs in North America: Ecology, Impacts, and Management. K.C. VerCauteren, J.C. Beasley, S.S. Ditchkoff, J.J. Mayer, G.J. Roloff, and B.K. Strickland, editors. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. 479 pp. Read book

VerCauteren, K.C., J.J. Mayer, J.C. Beasley, S.S. Ditchkoff, G. Roloff, and B.K. Strickland. 2020. Introduction. Pages 1-5 In: Invasive Wild Pigs in North America: Ecology, Impacts, and Management. K.C. VerCauteren, J.C. Beasley, S.S. Ditchkoff, J.J. Mayer, G.J. Roloff, and B.K. Strickland, editors. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. 479 pp. Read book

Ditchkoff, S.S., J.C. Beasley, J.J. Mayer, G.J. Roloff, B.K. Strickland, and K.C. VerCauteren. 2020. The Future of Wild Pigs in North America. Pages 465-469 In: Invasive Wild Pigs in North America: Ecology, Impacts, and Management. K.C. VerCauteren, J.C. Beasley, S.S. Ditchkoff, J.J. Mayer, G.J. Roloff, and B.K. Strickland, editors. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. 479 pp. Read book

Schlichting, P.E., J.C. Beasley, and K.C. VerCauteren. 2020. The Naturalized Niche of Wild Pigs in North America. Pages 127-141 In: Invasive Wild Pigs in North America: Ecology, Impacts, and Management. K.C. VerCauteren, J.C. Beasley, S.S. Ditchkoff, J.J. Mayer, G.J. Roloff, and B.K. Strickland, editors. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. 479 pp. Read book

Wilber, M.Q., S.M. Chinn, J.C. Beasley, R.K. Boughton, R.K. Brook, S.S. Ditchkoff, J.W. Fischer, S.B. Hartley, L.K. Holmstrom, J.C. Kilgo, J.S. Lewis, R.S. Miller, N.P. Snow, K.C. VerCauteren, S.M. Wisely, C.T. Webb, and K.M. Pepin. 2020. Predicting functional responses in agro-ecosystems from animal movement data to improve management of invasive pests. Ecological Applications 30(1): e02015 Read article

Schlichting, P.E., V. Dombrovski, and J.C. Beasley. 2020. Use of abandoned buildings by Przewalski’s wild horses and other wildlife in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Mammal Research 65:161-165. Read article

Turner, K.L., L.M. Conner, and J.C. Beasley. 2020. Effect of mammalian mesopredator exclusion on vertebrate scavenging communities. Scientific Reports 10:2644 Read article

Pederson, S.L., M.C. Li Puma, J.M. Hayes, K. Okuda, C.M. Reilly, J.C. Beasley, L.C. Li Puma, T.G. Hinton, T.E. Johnson, and K.S. Freeman. 2020. Effects of chronic low-dose radiation on cataract prevalence and characterization in wild boar (Sus scrofa) from Fukushima, Japan. Scientific Reports 10:4055. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59734-5 Read article

Leaphart, J.C., R.E. Oldenkamp, A.L. Bryan, R.A. Kennamer, and J.C. Beasley. 2020. Patterns of trace element accumulation in waterfowl restricted to impoundments holding coal combustion waste. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 39(5)1052-1059. Read article

Thomas, J.C., A. Oladeinde, T.J. Kieran, J.W. Finger, Jr., N. Bayona-Vasquez, J.C. Cartee, J.C. Beasley, J.C. Seaman, J.V. McArthur, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and T.C. Glenn. 2020. Co-occurrence of antibiotic, biocide, and heavy metal resistance genes on bacteria from metal and radionuclide contaminated soils at the Savannah River Site. Microbial Biotechnology 13(4)1179-1200. Read article

Sebastián-González, E., Z. Morales-Reyes, F. Botella, L. Naves-Alegre, J.M. Pérez-García, P. Mateo-Tomás, P.P. Olea, M. Moleón, J.M. Barbosa, F. Hiraldo, E. Arrondo, J.A. Donázar, A. Cortés-Avizanda, N. Selva, S.A. Lambertucci, A. Bhattacharjee, A. Brewer, E. Abernethy, K. Turner, J.C. Beasley, T.L. DeVault, H. Gerke, O.E. Rhodes Jr, A. Ordiz, C. Wikenros, B. Zimmermann, P. Wabakken, C.C. Wilmers, J.A. Smith, C.J. Kendall, D. Ogada, E. Frehner, M.L. Allen, H.U. Wittmer, J.R.A. Butler, J.T. du Toit, A. Margalida, P. Olivia-Vidal, D. Wilson, K. Jerina, M. Krofel, R. Kostecke, R. Inger, E. Per, Y. Ayhan, H. Ulusoy, D. Vural, A. Inagaki, S. Koike, A. Samson, P.L. Perrig, E. Spencer, T.M. Newsome, M. Heurich, J.D. Anadón, E.R. Beuchley, and J.A. Sánchez-Zapata. 2020. Network structure of vertebrate scavenger assemblages at the global scale: drivers of ecosystem functioning implications. Ecography 43:1-13. doi:10.1111/ecog.05083 Read article

Gerke, H.C., T.G. Hinton, T. Takase, D. Anderson, K. Nanba, and J.C. Beasley. 2020. Radiocesium concentrations and GPS-coupled dosimetry in Fukushima snakes. Science of the Total Environment 734:139389. Read article

Leaphart, J.C., A.M. Korotasz, A.L. Bryan Jr., and J.C. Beasley. 2020. Environmental fate of radiocesium in biota inhabiting a contaminated ecosystem on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 222:106321 Read article

Rhodes Jr., O.E., F. Bréchignac, C. Bradshaw, T.G. Hinton, C. Mothersill, J.A. Arnone III, D.P. Aubrey, L.W. Barnthouse, J.C. Beasley, A. Bonisoli Alquati, L.R. Boring, A.L. Bryan, K.A. Capps, B. Clément, A. Coleman, C. Condon, F. Coutelot, T. DeVol, G. Dharmarajan, D. Fletcher, W. Flynn, G. Gladfelder, T. Glenn, S. Hendricks, E. Hobbie, K. Ishida, T. Jannik, L. Kapustka, U. Kautsky, R. Kennamer, W. Kuhne, S. Lance, G. Laptyev, C. Love, L. Manglass, N. Martinez, T. Mathews, A. McKee, W. McShea, S. Mihok, G. Mills, B. Parrott, B. Powell, E. Pryakhin, A. Rypstra, D. Scott, J. Seaman, C. Seymour, M. Shkvyria, A. Towns, A. Ward, D. White, M. Wood, and J. Zimmerman. 2020. Integration of Ecosystem Science into Radioecology: A Consensus Perspective. Science of the Total Environment 740:140031. Read article

2019

Webster, S.C., and J.C. Beasley. 2019. Influence of lure choice and survey duration on efficacy of scent stations for multi-species carnivore surveys. Wildlife Society Bulletin 43(4):661-668. Read article

Benbow, E.M., P. Barton, M. Ulyshen, J.C. Beasley, T.L. DeVault, M. Strickland, J. Tomberlin, J. Pechal. 2019. The Necrobiome: A unifying framework for understanding decomposer community structure and function. Ecological Monographs 89: e01331, pp. 1-29 Read article

Schlichting, P.E., C.N. Love, S.C. Webster, and J.C. Beasley. 2019. Efficiency and composition of vertebrate scavengers at the land-water interface in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Food Webs 18:e00107 Read article

Tabak, M.A., M.S. Norouzzadeh, D.W. Wolfson, S.J. Sweeney K.C. VerCauteren, N.P. Snow, J.B. Halseth, P.A. Di Salvo, J.S. Lewis, M.D. White, B. Teton, J.C. Beasley, P.E. Schlichting, R.K. Boughton, B. Wight, E.S. Newkirk, J.S. Ivan, E.A. Odell, R.K. Brook, P.M. Lukacs, A.N. Moeller, E.G. Mandeville, J. Clune, and R.S. Miller. 2019. Machine learning to classify wildlife in camera trap images: applications in ecology. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 10:585-590 Read article

Fulghum, C.M., E.R. DiBona, J.C. Leaphart, A.M. Korotasz, J.C. Beasley, and A.L. Bryan. 2019. Radiocesium (137Cs) accumulation by fish within a legacy reactor cooling canal system on the Savannah River Site. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 126:216-221 Read article

Eckert, K.D., D.A. Keiter, and J.C. Beasley. 2019. Animal visitation to wallows and implications for disease transmission. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 55(2):488-493 Read article

Byrne, M.E., A.E. Holland, K.L. Turner, A.L. Bryan, and J.C. Beasley. 2019. Using multiple data sources to investigate foraging niche partitioning in sympatric obligate avian scavengers. Ecosphere 10:e02548 Read article

Webster, S.C., Z.H. Olson, and J.C. Beasley. 2019. Occupancy and abundance of free-roaming cats in a fragmented agricultural ecosystem. Wildlife Research 46(4):277-284 Read article

Leaphart, J.C., K.C. Wilms, A.L. Bryan, Jr., and J.C. Beasley. 2019. Bioaccumulation of 137Cs in anuran larvae utilizing a contaminated effluent canal on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 203:25-29 Read article

Borchert, E.J., J.C. Leaphart, A.L. Bryan, Jr., and J.C. Beasley. 2019. Ecotoxicoparasitology of mercury and trace elements in semi-aquatic mammals and their endoparasite communities. Science of the Total Environment 679:307-316 Read article

Kierepka, E.M., R. Juarez, K. Turner, J. Smith, M. Hamilton, P. Lyons, M.A. Hall, J.C. Beasley, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2019. Population Genetics of invasive brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis) on Guam, USA. Herpetologica 75(3):208-217 Read article

Sebastián-González, E., J.M. Barbosa, J.M. Pérez-García, Z. Morales-Reyes, F. Botella, P.P. Olea, P. Mateo-Tomás, M. Moleón, F. Hiraldo, E. Arrondo, J.A. Donázar, A. Cortés-Avizanda, N. Selva, S.A. Lambertucci, A. Bhattacharjee, A. Brewer, J.D. Anadón, E. Abernethy, O.E. Rhodes Jr, K. Turner, J.C. Beasley, T.L. DeVault, A. Ordiz, C. Wikenros, B. Zimmermann, P. Wabakken, C.C. Wilmers, J.A. Smith, C.J. Kendall, D. Ogada, E.R. Buechley, E. Frehner, M.L. Allen, H.U. Wittmer, J.R.A. Butler, J.T. du Toit, J. Read, D. Wilson, K. Jerina, M. Krofel, R. Kostecke, R. Inger, A. Samson, J.A. Sánchez-Zapata. 2019. Scavenging in the Anthropocene: human impact drives vertebrate scavenger species richness at a global scale. Global Change Biology 25(9):3005-3017 Read article

Garrett, K.B., S.M. Hernandez, G. Balsamo, H. Barron, J.C. Beasley, J.D. Brown, H. Farid, M. Gabriel, B. Groves, S. Hamer, J. Hill, Kjemtrup, A., M. Lewis, K. McManners, N. Nemeth, P. Oesterle, J. Sebastian Ortiz, L. Peshock, R. Schnellbacher, R. Schott, and M.J. Yabsley. 2019. Prevalence, distribution, and diversity of cryptic piroplasm infections in raccoons from selected areas of the United States and Canada. International Journal for Parasitology 9:224-233 Read article

Hinton, T.G., M.E. Byrne, S.C. Webster, C.N. Love, D. Broggio, F. Trompier, D. Shamovich, S. Horloogin, S.L. Lance, J. Brown, M. Dowdall, and J.C. Beasley. 2019. GPS-coupled contaminant monitors on free-ranging Chernobyl wolves challenge a fundamental assumption in exposure assessments. Environment International 133:105152 Read article

Holland, A.E., M.E. Byrne, J. Hepinstall-Cymerman, A.L. Bryan, T.L. DeVault, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and J.C. Beasley. 2019. Evidence of niche differentiation for two sympatric vulture species in the southeastern United States. Movement Ecology 7:31 Read article

Beasley, J.C., Z.H. Olson, N. Selva, and T.L. DeVault. 2019. Ecological functions of vertebrate scavenging. In: Carrion Ecology and Management. P.P. Olea, P. Mateo-Tomas, and J. Sanchez-Zapata. Springer. Read book | ResearchGate

2018

Smith, J.B., T.D. Tuberville, and J.C. Beasley. 2018. Hunting and consumption patterns of southeastern USA hunters and anglers. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9(1):1-9, e1944-687X. doi:10.3996/032017-JFWM-028 Read article

Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, J.C. Beasley, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2018. Effects of vulture exclusion on carrion consumption by facultative scavengers. Ecology and Evolution 8(5): 2518-2526 Read article

Yabsley, M.J., R.E. Vanstreels, E.S. Martinsen, A.G. Wickson, A.E. Holland, S.M. Hernandez, A.T. Thompson, S.L. Perkins, C.J. West, A.L. Bryan, C.A. Cleveland, E. Jolly, J.D. Brown, D. McRuer, S. Behmke, and J.C. Beasley. 2018. Molecular characterization of Haemoproteus catharti from New World vultures (Cathartidae) reveals a novel clade of Haemosporida. Malaria Journal 17:12 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-2165-5 Read article

Beasley, J.C., S.S. Ditchkoff, J.J. Mayer, M.D. Smith, and K.C. VerCauteren. 2018. Research priorities for managing invasive wild pigs in North America. Journal of Wildlife management 82(4): 674-681 Read article

Nigenda, S.F., Y. Hu, J.C. Beasley, H. Ruiz-Pina, D. Valenzuela-Galvan, and R.K. Wayne. 2018. Transcriptomics of skin pigmentation variation in the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana). Molecular Ecology 27:2680-2697 Read article

Byrne, M.E., S.C. Webster, S.L. Lance, C.N. Love, T.G. Hinton, D. Shamovich, and J.C. Beasley. 2018. Evidence of long-distance dispersal of a gray wolf from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. European Journal of Wildlife Research 64:39.1-5. DOI: 10.1007/s10344-018-1201-2 Read article

Dombrovsky V.C., P. Schlichting, and J.C. Beasley. 2018. The relative abundance and daily activity of large and medium sized species of mammals of the Polesie State Radiation Ecological Reserve (Belarus) as revealed by camera traps. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Modern Problems and perspectives of territories affected by the Chernobyl disaster", July 26-27, 2018 – Khoiniki, Belarus, p.30-34. Read article

Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, J.C. Beasley, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2018. Roads do not increase carrion use by a vertebrate scavenging community. Scientific Reports 8:16331. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-34224-x Read article

Pitt, W.C., J.C. Beasley, and G.W. Witmer. 2018. Ecology and Management of Terrestrial Invasive Species in the United States. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. Read book | ResearchGate

Witmer, G.W., J.C. Beasley, and W.C. Pitt. 2018. Conclusions, Challenges, and Research Needs. In: Ecology and Management of Terrestrial Vertebrate Invasive Species in the United States. W.C. Pitt, J.C. Beasley, and G.W. Witmer, editors. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. Read chapter

Witmer, G.W., J.C. Beasley, and W.C. Pitt. 2018. Introduction. In: Ecology and Management of Terrestrial Vertebrate Invasive Species in the United States. W.C. Pitt, J.C. Beasley, and G.W. Witmer, editors. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. Read book | ResearchGate

Mayer, J.J., and J.C. Beasley. 2018. Wild Pigs. In: Ecology and Management of Terrestrial Vertebrate Invasive Species in the United States. W.C. Pitt, J.C. Beasley, and G.W. Witmer, editors. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. Read book | ResearchGate

2017

Webster, S.C., F.L. Cunningham, J.C. Kilgo, M. Vukovich, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and J.C. Beasley. 2017. Minimum effective dose and persistence of Rhodamine-B in wild pig (Sus scrofa) vibrissae. Wildlife Society Bulletin 41(4): 764-769.

DeVault, T.L., T. Seamans, K. Linnell, D. Sparks, and J.C. Beasley. 2017. Scavenger removal of bird carcasses at simulated wind turbines: does carcass type matter? Ecosphere 8(11):e01994

Abernethy, E.F., K.L. Turner, J.C. Beasley, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2017. Scavenging dynamics of reptile and amphibian carrion in a temperate ecosystem. Ecosphere 8(11):e01989

Smith, J.B., L.J. Laatsch, and J.C. Beasley. 2017. Spatial complexity of carcass location influences vertebrate scavenger efficiency and species composition. Scientific Reports 7:10250, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10046-1.

Keiter, D.A., A.J. Davis, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., F.L. Cunningham, J.C. Kilgo, K.M. Pepin, and J.C. Beasley. 2017. Comparison of wildlife population density estimators under field and simulated conditions. Scientific Reports 7:9446, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09746-5.

Turner, K.L., E.F. Abernethy, L.M. Conner, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and J.C. Beasley. 2017. Abiotic and biotic factors modulate carrion fate and scavenging community dynamics. Ecology 98(9):2413-2424.

Oldenkamp, R.E., A.L. Bryan, Jr., R.A. Kennamer, J.C. Leaphart, S.C. Webster, and J.C. Beasley. 2017. Trace elements and radiocesium in game species near contaminated sites. Journal of Wildlife Management 81: 1338–1350. Featured Article

Holland, A.E., M.E. Byrne, A.L. Bryan, T.L. DeVault, O. Rhodes, Jr. and J.C. Beasley. 2017. Fine-scale assessment of monthly home ranges and activity patterns of resident Black (Coragyps atratus) and Turkey (Cathartes aura) Vultures. PLoS One 12(7): e0179819.

Schlichting, P, A. Holland, J.C. Beasley, A. Bryan, R. Kennamer, T. DeVault, B. Blackwell, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2017. Efficacy of an acoustic hailing device as an avian dispersal tool. Wildlife Society Bulletin 41(3):453-460.

Kay, S, J. Fischer, A. Monaghan, J.C. Beasley, R. Boughton, T. Campbell, S. Cooper, S. Ditchkoff, S. Hartley, J. Kilgo, S. Wisely, C. Wyckoff, K. Vercauteren, and K. Pepin. 2017. Quantifying drivers of wild pig movement across multiple spatial and temporal scales. Movement Ecology 5(14): 1-15.

Byrne, M.E., A.E. Holland, A.L. Bryan, and J.C. Beasley. 2017. Influence of environmental conditions and animal behavior on performance of solar-powered GPS/GSM avian transmitters. Condor 119(3)389-404.

Keiter, D.A., J.C. Kilgo, M.A. Vukovich, F.L. Cunningham, and J.C. Beasley. 2017. Development of known-fate survival monitoring techniques for juvenile wild pigs (Sus scrofa). Wildlife Research 44(2)165-173.

Kennamer, R., R. Oldenkamp, J.C. Leaphart, J. King, A.L. Bryan, and J.C. Beasley. 2017. Radiocesium in migratory aquatic game birds using contaminated U.S. Department of Energy reactor-cooling reservoirs: a long-term perspective. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 171:189-199.

Hernandez, F., R. Oldenkamp, S. Webster, J.C. Beasley, L.L. Farina, and S.M. Wisely. 2017. Raccoons (Procyon lotor) as sentinels of trace element contamination and physiological effects of exposure to coal fly ash. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 72:235-246.

Keiter, D.A., and J.C. Beasley. 2017. Hog heaven? Challenges of managing introduced wild pigs in natural areas. Natural Areas Journal 37(1): 6-16. (Invited Paper)

2016

Smith, J.B., K.L. Turner, J.C. Beasley, W.C. Pitt, T.L. DeVault, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2016. Location of brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis) carcasses following exposure to acetaminophen. Ecotoxicology 25:1556-1562.

Abernethy, E., K. Turner, J. Beasley, T. DeVault, W. Pitt, and O. Rhodes, Jr. 2016. Scavenging rates on a range of invasive species carcasses reveals functional dominance of invasive scavengers within an island ecosystem. Ecosphere 7(10) e01496.

Webster, S.C., M. Hamilton, J.C. Beasley. 2016. ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS (American Alligator) DIET. Herpetological Review 47(2):291-292.

Brechignac, F., D. Oughton, C. Mays, L. Barnthouse, J.C. Beasley, A. Bonisoli-Alquati, C. Bradshaw, J. Brown, S. Dray, S. Geraskin, T. Glenn, K. Higley, K. Ishida, L. Kapustka, U. Kautsky, W. Kuhne, M. Lynch, T. Mappes, S. Mihok, A. Moller, C. Mothersill, T.A. Mousseau, J. Otaki, E. Prayakhin, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., B. Salbu, P. Strand, and H. Tsukada. 2016. Addressing ecological effects of radiation on populations and ecosystems to improve protection of the environment against radiation. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 158-159:21-29.

Kierepka, E.M., S.D. Unger, D.A. Keiter, J.C. Beasley, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., F.L. Cunningham, A.J. Piaggio. 2016. Identification of robust microsatellite markers for wild pig fecal DNA in humid climates. Journal of Wildlife Management 80(6):1120-1128.

Beatty, W.S., J.C. Beasley, Z.H. Olson, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2016. Effects of within-patch, patch, and landscape variables on a generalist mesopredator. Canadian Journal of Zoology 94:411-419.

Keiter, D, F.L. Cunningham, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., B.J. Irwin, and J.C. Beasley. 2016. Optimization of scat detection methods for social ungulates and evaluation of factors affecting human detection of scat: Wild pigs as a case study. PlosOne 11(5): e0155615.

Tannenbaum, L.V., and J.C. Beasley. 2016. Validating mammalian resistance to stressor-mediated reproductive impact using rodent sperm analysis. Ecotoxicology 25(3):584-593.

Olson, Z.H., J.C. Beasley, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2016. Carcass type affects local scavenger guilds more than habitat connectivity. PlosOne 11(2):e0147798.

Keiter, D, J.J. Mayer, and J.C. Beasley. 2016. What’s in a “common” name? A call for consistent terminology for referring to non-native Sus scrofa. Wildlife Society Bulletin 40(2):384-387.

Webster, S.C., M.E. Byrne, S.L. Lance, C.L. Love, T. Hinton, D. Shamovich, and J.C. Beasley. 2016. Where the wild things are: Influence of radiation on the distribution of mammalian species within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 14(4):1-6.

Dharmarajan, G., J.C. Beasley, W.S. Beatty, Z.H. Olson, J.A. Fike, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2016. Genetic co-structuring in host-parasite systems: Empirical data from raccoons (Procyon lotor) and raccoon ticks (Ixodes texanus). Ecosphere 7(3):e01269.

Pepin, K.M., A.J. Davis, J.C. Beasley, R. Boughton, T. Campbell, S.M. Cooper, W. Gaston, S. Hartley, J.C. Kilgo, S.M. Wisely, C. Wyckoff, and K.C. VerCauteren. 2016. Contact heterogeneities in feral swine: implications for disease management and future research. Ecosphere 7(3): e01230.

DeVault, T.L., J.C. Beasley, Z.H. Olson, M. Moleón, J.A. Sánchez-Zapata, M. Carrete, and A. Margalida. 2016. Ecosystem services provided by avian scavengers. In: Why Do Birds Matter? Birds’ Ecological Functions and Ecosystem Services. C. H. Şekercioğlu, D. G. Wenny, and C. J. Whelan, eds. University of Chicago Press. pp. 235-270.

Beasley, J.C. 2016. Human Diseases from Wildlife. Book Review. Journal of Wildlife Management 80(1):181-182.

2015

Vukovich, M, K.L. Turner, T. Grazia, T. Mims, J.C. Beasley, and J.C. Kilgo. 2015. Monitoring of wintering golden eagles on the coastal plain of South Carolina. Journal of Field Ornithology 86(4):337-344.

Deryabina, T.G., S.V. Kuchmel, L.L. Nagorskaya, T.G. Hinton, J.C. Beasley, A. Lerebours, and J.T. Smith. 2015. Long term census data reveal thriving mammal populations at Chernobyl. Current Biology 25:R811-R826.

Abernathy, E.F., K.L. Turner, J.C. Beasley, T.L. DeVault, W.C. Pitt, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2015. Impacts of invasive species on ecosystem energy flow on the big island of Hawai’i: Excuse me but are you going to eat that cane toad? Proceedings of the 26th Annual Vertebrate Pest Conference.

Beasley, J.C., Z.H. Olson, and T.L. DeVault. 2015. Ecological role of vertebrate scavengers. In: Carrion Ecology, Evolution and Their Applications. E.M. Benbow, J. Tomberlin, and A. Tarone, eds. CRC Press.

Hinton, T.G., M. Byrne, P. Fort, P. Martin, R. Schuman, S. Webster, and J.C. Beasley. 2015. Quantifying the spatial and temporal variation in dose from external exposure to radiation: A new tool for use on free-ranging wildlife. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 145:58-65.

Beasley, J.C., G. Dharmarajan, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2015. Melding genetics and demography to elucidate source and sink habitats in fragmented landscapes. Ecosphere 6(4):1-16.

Beasley, J.C., S.C. Webster, O.E. Rhodes, Jr. and F.L. Cunningham. 2015. Evaluation of Rhodamine B as a biomarker for assessing bait acceptance in wild pigs. Wildlife Society Bulletin 39(1): 188-192.

Hennessy, C., C.C. Tsai, J.C. Beasley, W.S. Beatty, P.A. Zollner, and O. E. Rhodes, Jr. 2015. Comparing genetic signatures of broad scale connectivity between two synanthropic mesopredators (raccoons and Virginia opossums). Journal of Wildlife Management 79:112-121.

Beasley, J.C., T. Atwood, M.E. Byrne, K.C. Vercauteren, S.R. Johnson, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2015. A behaviorally-explicit approach for delivering baits to mesopredators to control epizootics in fragmented landscapes. PlosOne 10(1): e0113206

2014

Tan, C.G., G. Dharmarajan, J.C. Beasley, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., G. Moore, C.C. Wu, and T.L. Lin. 2014. Neglected leptospirosis in raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Indiana, USA. Veterinary Quarterly 34:1-10.

Beatty, W.S., J.C. Beasley, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2014. Analysis of space and resource use by a generalist mesopredator near its historical range boundary. Canadian Journal of Zoology 92:41-48.

Dharmarajan, G., J.C. Beasley, J.A. Fike, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2014. The effects of landscape, demographic and behavioral factors on kin-structure: Testing ecological predictions in a mesopredator with high dispersal capability. Animal Conservation 17:225-234.

2013

Beasley, J.C., Eagan, T.S. II, L.K. Page, C.H. Hennessy, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2013. Baylisascaris procyonis infection in white-footed mice: predicting patterns of infection from landscape habitat attributes. Journal of Parasitology 99(5):743-747.

Beasley, J.C., T.E. Grazia, P.E. Johns, and J.J. Mayer. 2013. Characterization of habitat attributes associated with wild pig-vehicle collision locations. Wildlife Research 40:654-660.

Beasley, J.C., Z.H. Olson, W.S. Beatty, G. Dharmarajan, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2013. Effects of culling on raccoon population dynamics. PlosOne 8: e58982

2012

Dharmarajan, G., J.C. Beasley, J.A. Fike, E.A. Raizman, C.C. Wu, R.M. Pogranichniy, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2012. Effects of kin-structure on disease dynamics in raccoons (Procyon lotor) inhabiting a fragmented landscape. Basic and Applied Ecology 13:560-567.

Beasley, J.C., and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2012. Are raccoons limited by the availability of breeding resources? Evidence of variability in fecundity at fine spatial scales. Journal of Wildlife Management 76:1718-1724.

Beasley, J.C., W.S. Beatty, T. Attwood, S. Johnson, O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2012. A Comparison of Methods for Estimating Raccoon Abundance: Implications for Disease Vaccination Programs. Journal of Wildlife Management 76:1021-1026.

Beasley, J.C., Z.H. Olson, and T.L. DeVault. 2012. Carrion cycling in food webs: comparisons among terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Oikos 121:1021-1026.

Beatty, W.S., J.C. Beasley, G. Dharmarajan, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2012. Genetic structure of the Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) inhabiting a fragmented agricultural ecosystem. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90(1):101-109.

Olson, Z.H., J.C. Beasley, T.L. DeVault, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2012. Scavenging community response to the removal of a dominant scavenger. Oikos 121:77-84.

2011

Beasley, J.C., Z.H. Olson, G. Dharmarajan, T.S. Eagan, II., and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2011. Spatio-temporal variation the demographic attributes of a generalist mesopredator. Landscape Ecology 26(7):937-950.

Eagan, T.L., J.C. Beasley, Z.H. Olson, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2011. Response of small-mammal populations to the removal of a generalist mesopredator. Canadian Journal of Zoology 89(8):724-731.

Page, L.K., J.C. Beasley, Z.H. Olson, T.J. Smyser, M. Downey, K.F. Kellner, S.E. McCord, T.S. Eagan, II, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2011. Evaluation of an in situ experimental prevention method for raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) via anthelmintic baiting: Implications for the management of Infectious diseases. Emerging Infectious Diseases 17(1):90-93.

DeVault, T.L., Z.H. Olson, J.C. Beasley, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2011. Mesopredators dominate competition for carrion in an agricultural landscape. Basic and Applied Ecology 12(3):268-274.

Dharmarajan, G., J.C. Beasley, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2011. Heterozygote deficiencies in parasite component populations: An evaluation of interrelated hypotheses in the raccoon tick, Ixodes texanus. Heredity 106(2):253-260.

2010

Dharmarajan, G., J.C. Beasley, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2010. Spatial and temporal factors affecting the sampling of parasite genotypes by hosts: Empirical data from American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) parasitizing a wildlife host. International Journal for Parasitology 40(7):787-795.

Beasley, J.C., and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2010. Influence of landscape attributes on the spatial dynamics of raccoons in agriculturally fragmented landscapes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 88(2):161-169.

Smyser, T.J., J.C. Beasley, Z.H. Olson, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2010. Interspecific competition limits mitigation of wildlife disease: Use of Rhodamine B to reveal patterns of bait acceptance. Journal of Wildlife Management 74(6):1405-1416.

Beasley, J.C., W.S. Beatty, Z.H. Olson, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2010. A genetic analysis of the Virginia opossum mating system: evidence of multiple paternity in a highly fragmented landscape. Journal of Heredity 101(3):368-373.

2009

Dharmarajan, G., J.C. Beasley, J.A. Fike, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2009. The population genetic structure of raccoons (Procyon lotor) inhabiting a highly fragmented landscape. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87(9):814-824.

Fike, J.A., J.C. Beasley, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2009. Isolation of twenty-one polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana). Molecular Ecology Resources 9(4):1200-1202.

Raizman, E.A., G. Dharmarajan, J.C. Beasley, C.C. Wu, R.M. Pogranichniy, L. Glickman, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2009. Serological survey for select infectious diseases in raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Indiana, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45(2):531-536.

Dharmarajan, G., J.A. Fike, J.C. Beasley, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2009. Development and characterization of 14 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the raccoon tick (Ixodes texanus). Molecular Ecology Resources 9(1):296-298.

Dharmarajan, G., J.A. Fike, J.C. Beasley, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2009. Development and characterization of 12 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis). Molecular Ecology Resources 9(1):131-133.

2008

DeVault, T.L., B.J. MacGowan, J.C. Beasley, L.A. Humberg, M.I. Retamosa, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2008. Evaluation of corn and soybean damage by wildlife in northern Indiana. Proceedings of the 12th Wildlife Damage Management Conference, D. Nolte, ed. Corpus Christi, TX.

Retamosa, M.I., L.A. Humberg, J.C. Beasley and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2008. Modeling wildlife damage to crops in northern Indiana. Human-Wildlife Conflicts 2(2):225-239.

Beasley, J.C., and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2008. Relationship between raccoon abundance and crop damage. Human-Wildlife Conflicts 2(2):248-259.

2007

DeVault, T.L., J.C. Beasley, L.A. Humberg, B.J. MacGowan, M.I. Retamosa and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2007. Intrafield patterns of wildlife damage to corn and soybean in northern Indiana. Human-Wildlife Conflicts 1(2):205-213.

Beasley, J.C., T.L. DeVault, M.I. Retamosa, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2007. A hierarchical analysis of habitat selection by raccoons in northern Indiana. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(4):1125-1133.

Fike, J.A., A.M. Drauch, J.C. Beasley, G. Dharmarajan, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2007. Development of fourteen multiplexed microsatellite loci for raccoons (Procyon lotor). Molecular Ecology Notes 7(3):525-527.

Beasley, J.C., T.L. DeVault, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2007. Home range attributes of raccoons in a fragmented agricultural region of northern Indiana. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(3):844-850.

Beasley, J.C., and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2007. Effect of tooth removal on recaptures of raccoons. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(1):266-270.

Humberg, L.A., T.L. DeVault, B.J. MacGowan, J.C. Beasley, and O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2007. Crop depredation by wildlife in northcentral Indiana. Pages, 199-205 in the Proceedings of the Ninth National Wild Turkey Symposium, A. Stewart, ed., Grand Rapids, Michigan.