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PUBLICATIONS

2023

Abrahms, B., Carter, N.H., Clark-Wolf, T.J. et al. 2023. Climate change as a global amplifier of human–wildlife conflict. Nature Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01608-5

Carter, N.H. and Linnell, J.D., 2023. Building a Resilient Coexistence with Wildlife in a More Crowded World. PNAS Nexus, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad030

Carter, N.H., Zuckerwise, A., Pradhan, N.M.B., Subedi, N., Lamichhane, B.R., Hengaju, K.D., Acharya, H.B. and Kandel, R.C., 2023. Rapid behavioral responses of endangered tigers to major roads during COVID-19 lockdown. Global Ecology and Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02388

Easter, T., Trautmann, J., Gore, M. and Carter, N., 2023. Media portrayal of the illegal trade in wildlife: The case of turtles in the US and implications for conservation. People and Nature, https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10448

2022

Carter N.H., Pradhan N., Hengaju K., Sonawane C., Sage A.H., and V. Grimm. 2022. Forecasting effects of transport infrastructure on endangered tigers: a tool for conservation planning. PeerJ 10:e13472 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13472

Sage, A.H., Hillis, V., Graves, R.A., Burnham, M. and N.H. Carter. 2022. Paths of coexistence: Spatially predicting acceptance of grizzly bears along key movement corridors. Biological Conservation 266 p.109468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109468

2021

An, L., Bohnett, E., Battle, C., Dai, J., Lewison, R., Jankowski, P., Carter, N., Ghimire, D., Dhakal, M., Karki, J. and Zvoleff, A., 2021. Sex-Specific Habitat Suitability Modeling for Panthera tigris in Chitwan National Park, Nepal: Broader Conservation Implications. Sustainability, 13(24), p.13885. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413885

Magliocca, N., Torres, A., Margulies, J., McSweeney, K., Arroyo-Quiroz, I., Carter, N., Curtin, K., Easter, T., Gore, M., Hübschle, A. and Massé, F., 2021. Comparative analysis of illicit supply network structure and operations: cocaine, wildlife, and sand. Journal of Illicit Economies and Development 3: 50–73. http://doi.org/10.31389/jied.76

Chinmay, C., Gidey, Y., and N.H. Carter. Public health and economic benefits of spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) in a peri-urban system. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14024

Bruskotter, J.T., Vucetich, J.A., Gilbert, S., Carter, N.H., and K.A George. 2021. Tragic trade-offs accompany carnivore coexistence in the modern world. Conservation Letters. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12841

Ditmer, M.A., Francis, C.D., Barber, J.R., Stoner, D.C., Seymoure, B.M., Fristrup, K.M., and N.H. Carter. 2021. Assessing the Vulnerabilities of Vertebrate Species to Light and Noise Pollution: Expert Surveys Illuminate the Impacts on Specialist Species. Integrative and Comparative Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab091

Carter, N.H., Nelson, P., and Easter, T.S., 2021. A call for a national collaborative predator coexistence programme. People and Nature. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10245

Wilson, A.A., Ditmer, M.A., Barber, J.R., Carter, N.H., Miller, E.T., Tyrrell, L.P. and Francis, C.D., 2021. Artificial night light and anthropogenic noise interact to influence bird abundance over a continental scale. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15663

Ditmer, M.A., Stoner, D.C. and Carter, N.H., 2021. Estimating the loss and fragmentation of dark environments in mammal ranges from light pollution. Biological Conservation, 257, p.109135.

Cove, M.V., Kays, R., ...Carter, N.H., and many others. 2021. SNAPSHOT USA 2019: a coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3353

Gilbert, S., Carter, N.H., and R. Naidoo. 2021. Predation services: quantifying societal effects of predators and their prey. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2336

König, H. J., Carter, N.H., Ceaușu, S., Lamb, C., Ford, A.T., and C. Kiffner. 2021. Human-wildlife coexistence in science and practice. Conservation Science and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.401

Keys, P.W., Barnes, E.A. and Carter, N.H., 2021. A machine-learning approach to human footprint index estimation with applications to sustainable development. Environmental Research Letters 16: 044061. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abe00a

Ditmer, M.A., Stoner, D.C., Francis, C.D., Barber, J.R., Forester, J.D., Choate, D.M., Ironside, K.E, Longshore, K.M., Hersey, K.R., Larsen, R.T., McMillan, B.R., Olson, D.D., Andreasen, A.M., Beckmann, J.P., Brandon Holton, P., Messmer, T.A. and N.H. Carter. 2020. Artificial nightlight alters the predator-prey dynamics of an apex carnivore. Ecography. doi: 10.1111/ecog.05251

2020

Senzaki M., JR Barber, JN Phillips, NH Carter, CB Cooper, MA Ditmer, KM Fristrup, CJW McClure, DJ Mennitt, LP Tyrrell, J Vukomanovic, AA Wilson, & CD Francis. 2020. Sensory pollutants alter bird phenology and fitness across a continent. Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2903-7

Killion, A.K., Ramirez, J.M., and N.H. Carter. 2020. Human adaptation strategies are key to cobenefits in human-wildlife systems. Conservation Letters. DOI: 10.1111/conl.12769

Ditmer, M.A., Iannarilli, F., Tri, A.N., Garshelis, D.L. and Carter, N.H. 2020. Artificial night light helps account for observer bias in citizen science monitoring of an expanding large mammal population. Journal of Animal Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365‐2656.13338

Lute, M.L., Carter, N.H., López-Bao, J.V., and J.D.C. Linnell. 2020. Conservation professionals' views on governing for coexistence with large carnivores. Biological Conservation 248. 108668

Easter, T., Bouley, P., and N.H. Carter. 2020. Intraguild dynamics of understudied carnivores in a human-altered landscape. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6290

Dominoni DM, W Halfwerk, E Baird, RT Buxton, E Fernandez-Juricic, KM Fristrup, MF McKenna, DJ Mennit, EK Perkin, BM Seymoure, DC Stoner, JB Tennessen, CA Toth, LP Tyrell, A Wilson, CD Francis, NH Carter & JR Barber. 2020. Why conservation biology can benefit from sensory ecology. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1135-4

Carter, N.H., Killion, A., Easter, T., Brandt, J., and Ford, A. 2020. Road development in Asia: range-wide risks to tigers. Science Advances. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz9619.

Belote, T., Faurby, S, Brennan, A, Carter, N, Dietz, M, Hahn, B, McShea, WJ, and Gage. J. 2020. Mammal species composition reveals new insights into Earth’s remaining wilderness. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2192.

Carter, N.H., Baeza, A., and N. Magliocca. 2020. Emergent conservation outcomes of shared risk perception in human-wildlife systems. Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13473.

Lute, M.L. and N.H. Carter. 2020. Are We Coexisting with Carnivores in the American West? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8:48. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00048

2019

Carter, N.H., Williamson, M.A., Gilbert, S., Lischka, S., Prugh, L.R., Lawler, J., Metcalf, A.L., Jacob, A., Beltran, B.J., Castro, A.J., Sage, A., and Burnham, M. 2019. Integrated spatial analysis for human-wildlife coexistence in the American West. Environmental Research Letters. 15: 021001

Expósito-Granados, M., Castro, A.J., Lozano, J., Aznar-Sanchez, J.A., Carter, N.H., Requena-Mullor, J.M., Malo, A.F., Olszańska, A., Morales-Reyes, Z., Moleon, M. and Sánchez-Zapata, J.A. 2019. Human-carnivore relations: conflicts, tolerance and coexistence in the American West. Environmental Research Letters. 14: 123005.

Marescot, L., Lyet, A., Singh, R., Carter, N.H., and O. Gimenez. 2019. Inferring wildlife poaching in southeast Asia with multispecies dynamic occupancy models. Ecography. doi: 10.1111/ecog.04536

Jones, K., Abrams, J., Belote, T., Beltran, B.J., Brandt, J., Carter, N.H., Castro, A.J., Chaffin, B.C., Metcalf, A.L., Roche-McNally, G. and Wallen, K.E., 2019. The American West as a social-ecological region: Drivers, dynamics and implications for nested social-ecological systems. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab4562

Carter, N.H., Grimm, V., and S. Levin. 2019. Effects of human-induced prey depletion on large carnivores in protected areas: lessons from modelling tiger populations in stylized spatial scenarios. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5632.

Killion, A.K., Dixon, A., Gilbert, J., Torralba, M., Greiner, P.T. and A.P. Behrer. 2019. Designing spatiotemporal multifunctional landscapes to support dynamic wildlife conservation. Journal of Land Use Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2019.1601780

Easter, T., Bouley, P., and N.H. Carter. 2019. Opportunities for biodiversity conservation outside of Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique: A multispecies approach. Biological Conservation 232: 217-227

Bouyer, J., Carter, N.H, Batavia, C., and M. P. Nelson. 2019. The ethics of eradicating harmful species – the case of the tsetse fly. BioScience. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biy155 (February issue cover).

2018

Killion, A. K., K. Sterle, E. Bondank, J. Drabik, A. Bera, S. Alian, K. Goodrich, M. Hale, R. A. Myer, Q. Phung, A. M. Shew, and A. W. Thayer. 2018. Preparing the next generation of sustainability scientists. Ecology and Society 23(4):39. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10395-230439

Ceausu, S., Graves, R., Killion, A., Svenning, J., and N.H. Carter. 2018. Governing trade-offs in ecosystem services and disservices to achieve human-wildlife coexistence. Conservation Biology. ​https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13241

Killion, A., Lindquist, E., Melvin, T.A., and N.H. Carter. 2018. Tracking a half-century of media reporting on gray wolves. Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13225

Bouley, P., M. Poulos, R. Branco, and N.H. Carter. 2018. Post-war recovery of the African lion in response to large-scale ecosystem restoration. Biological Conservation 227: 233-242.


​Guerrero, A. M., N. J. Bennett, K. A. Wilson, N. Carter, D. Gill, M. Mills, C. D. Ives, M. J. Selinske, C. Larrosa, S. Bekessy, F. A. Januchowski-Hartley, H. Travers, C. A. Wyborn, and A. Nuno. 2018. Achieving the promise of integration in social-ecological research: a review and prospectus. Ecology and Society 23(3):38. 

Gaynor, K.M., Hojnowski, C.E., Carter, N.H., and J.S. Brashares. 2018. The influence of human disturbance on wildlife nocturnality. Science 360: 1232-1235

Carter, N.H., Bouley, P., Moore, S., Poulos, M., Bouyer, J., and S. Pimm. 2018. Climate change, disease range shifts, and the future of the Africa lion. Conservation Biology. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13102 

Easter, T., Killion, A., and N.H. Carter. 20
18. Climate change, cattle, and the challenge of sustainability in a telecoupled system in Africa. Ecology and Society. 23(1): 10. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09872-230110

O’Bryan, C., Beyer, H.L., Braczkowski, A.R., Carter, N.H., Watson, J.E.M., and E. McDonald-Madden. 2018. The contribution of predators and scavengers to human health and well-being. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 229–236

Lute, M.L., Carter, N.H., López-Bao, J.V. and Linnell, J.D. 2018. Conservation professionals agree on challenges to coexisting with large carnivores but not on solutions. Biological Conservation 218: 223-232.

2017

Bruskotter, J. T., J. A. Vucetich, G. Karns, M. J. Manfredo, C. Wolf, K. Ard, N. H. Carter, J. Lopez-Bao, S. Gehrt, and W. J. Ripple. 2017. Modernization, risk and conservation of the world’s largest carnivores. BioScience. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/bix049.

Carter, N.H. 2017. Evolution and complexity in biotic systems and human cultures. Review of Book "Complexity" in BioScience 67: 92-95.

Carter, N.H., J.V. López-Bao, J.T. Bruskotter, M. Gore, G. Chapron, A. Johnson, Y. Epstein, M. Shrestha, J. Frank, O. Ohrens, and A. Treves. 2017. A conceptual framework for understanding illegal killing of large carnivores. AMBIO 46: 251-264.
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2016

Carter, N.H. and J.D.C. Linnell. 2016. Mainstreaming Coexistence with Wildlife: Reply to Gallagher. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.08.007

Carter, N.H. and T. Allendorf. 2016. Gendered perceptions of tigers in Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Biological Conservation 202: 69-77.

Carter, N.H. and J.D.C. Linnell. 2016. Co-adaptation is key to coexisting with large carnivores. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.05.006.

Inskip, C., N.H. Carter, S.J. Riley, Z. Fahad, T. Roberts, and D. MacMillan. 2016. Towards human-carnivore coexistence: understanding tolerance for tigers in Bangladesh. PLoS One. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145913.

Carter, N., An, L., and Liu, J. 2016. Cross-site synthesis of complexity in coupled human and natural systems, in: Liu, J., Hull, V., Yang, W., Viña, A., Ouyang, Z., and Zhang, H. (Eds.), Pandas and People: Coupling Human and Natural Systems for Sustainability. Oxford University Press, Oxford, p. 278.

Liu, J., Hull, V., Yang, W., Viña, A., An, L., Carter, N., Chen, X., Liu, W, Ouyang, Z., and Zhang, H. 2016. Lessons from local studies for global sustainability, in: Liu, J., Hull, V., Yang, W., Viña, A., Ouyang, Z., and Zhang, H. (Eds.), Pandas and People: Coupling Human and Natural Systems for Sustainability. Oxford University Press, Oxford, p. 278.

Liu, J., Hull, V., Carter, N., Viña, A., and Yang, W., 2016. Framing sustainability of coupled human and natural systems, in: Liu, J., Hull, V., Yang, W., Viña, A., Ouyang, Z., and Zhang, H. (Eds.), Pandas and People: Coupling Human and Natural Systems for Sustainability. Oxford University Press, Oxford, p. 278.

2015

Carter, N.H., S. Levin, A. Barlow, and V. Grimm. 2015. Modeling tiger population and territory dynamics using an agent-based approach. Ecological Modelling 312: 347-362.

Carter, N.H., M. Jasny, B. Gurung, and J. Liu. 2015. Impacts of people and tigers on leopard spatiotemporal activity patterns in a global biodiversity hotspot. Global Ecology and Conservation. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2014.11.013.

2014

Carter, N.H., A. Viña, V. Hull, W. McConnell, W. Axinn, D. Ghimire, and J. Liu. 2014. Coupled human and natural systems approach to wildlife research and conservation. Ecology and Society 19(3):43.

Carter, N.H., S.J. Riley, A. Shortridge, B. Shrestha, and J. Liu. 2014. Spatial assessment of attitudes toward tigers in Nepal. AMBIO 43: 125-137. (March cover issue)

2013

Carter, N.H., B. Gurung, A. Viña, H. Campa III, J. Liu, and J. Karki. 2013. Assessing spatiotemporal changes in tiger habitat across different land management regimes. Ecosphere 4:art124.  

Carter, N.H., B. Shrestha, J. Karki, N. Pradhan, and J. Liu. 2013. Reply to Goswami et al., Karanth et al., and Harihar et al.: Fine-scale interactions between tigers and people. PNAS. doi:10.1073/pnas.1217414110.

2012

Carter, N.H., B. Shrestha, J. Karki, N. Pradhan, and J. Liu. 2012. Coexistence between wildlife and humans at fine spatial scales. PNAS 109: 15360-15365. (Highlight in Nature 489:181 and recommended by Faculty of 1000). 

Carter, N.H., S.J. Riley, J. Liu. 2012. Utility of a psychological framework for carnivore conservation. Oryx 46: 525-535.

2010

Carter, N.H., Brown, D.G., Etter, D.R., and L.G. Visser. 2010. American black bear habitat selection in northern Lower Peninsula, Michigan, USA, using discrete-choice modeling. URSUS 21: 57-71.



OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS

Carter, N.H. 2012. Small Numbers – Large Impacts: Conserving Tigers in Nepal. Box 13.1, page 178 in Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management. 
Decker, D. J., Riley, S. J., & Siemer, W. F. (Eds.). Johns Hopkins Univ. Press.

Carter, N.H. 2012. Coupled human and natural systems approach to tiger conservation in Chitwan National Park, Nepal and beyond. Final report for NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship Program project No. NNX09AO34H.

Carter, N.H., J. Liu. 2012. Coupled human and natural systems approach to tiger conservation in Chitwan National Park, Nepal and beyond. Final report for USFWS Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund project No. F10AP00320.

Carter, N.H. 2011. Tiger Tales: Evaluating wildlife acceptance capacity in Nepal. MSU Fisheries and Wildlife SPOTLIGHT. Issue 7. Pages 17 – 19. 



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  • About
  • People
  • Research
    • Coexisting with Wildlife
    • Conserving Endangered Species
    • Spatial Conservation Planning
    • Reducing Wildlife Trafficking
  • Publications
  • Prospective Students
  • Projects
    • Coexistence with Leopards
    • Railway and Biodiversity