猎奇重口

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W.A. Franke
College of Forestry and Conservation

Paul M. Lukacs

Senior Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies & Faculty Research Fellow

Contact

Office
DHC 006
Phone
406-243-5675
Email
paul.lukacs@umontana.edu
Office Hours

By appointment, paul.lukacs@umontana.edu

Curriculum Vitae
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Paul M. Lukacs

Personal Summary

Current Duties within the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation & Graduate School

  • Senior Associate Dean of Research & Graduate Studies
  • R-1 Sustainability
  • Graduate contract approvals
  • Assists with Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program
  • UM PI for NSF S-STEM award - Graduate education and scholarships in STEM

Education

Ph.D. 2005. Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

M.S. 2001. Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

B.S. 1999. Wildlife Biology, 猎奇重口, Missoula, MT.

Research Interests

My research interests focus on development and application of quantitative methods to ecological problems, primarily in wildlife population dynamics.  I strive to connect ecological theory to wildlife management problems and in doing so improve wildlife management and test ecological theory.  My work crosses a broad spectrum of taxa from rare seabirds to hunted ungulates.  My current projects include ungulate population dynamics modeling and population ecology of Kittlitz’s murrelets in Icy Bay, AK.

Prior to joining UM, I served as Biometrician for the Colorado Division of Wildlife for more than five years.  In that role I provided statistical support to both research and management biologists.  I developed an understanding of the types of quantitative support wildlife management agencies need and how to convey those ideas to wildlife managers.  I also work closely with wildlife management agencies to develop computer software that brings the forefront of quantitative methods to the fingertips of wildlife managers.

 

Publications

Journal articles published or in press

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  • Kissling, M. K., McDevitt, M.C.; J. Felis, W. Crisci, Z. Pohlen, R. Ongtowasruk, D. Perret, Lukacs, P. M.; J. Johnson. Accepted. Nesting ecology and movements of an ice-associated seabird, the Kittlitz’s Murrelet, at the northern edge of its range. Wildlife Society Bulletin.
  • Gould, M. J., J. G. Clapp, M. A. Haroldson, C. M. Costello, J. Joshua Nowak, H. W. Martin, M. R. Ebinger, D. D. Bjornlie, D. J. Thompson, J. A. Dellinger, M. A. Mumma, P. M. Lukacs, and F. T. van Manen. 2024. A unified approach to long-term population monitoring of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Global Ecology and Conservation 54: e03133.
  • Coltrane, J., N. J. DeCesare, J. S. Horne, and P. M. Lukacs. 2024. Comparative counts of bighorn sheep using cameras, aerial survey and ground survey. Journal of Wildlife Management.
  • Kissling, M.L., Lukacs, P.M., Pendleton, G.W., Felis, J.J., Gende, S.M., and Lewis, S.B. Accepted. Ecological correlates of reproduction of a bet-hedging seabird, the Kittlitz’s murrelet. Marine Ornithology
  • Sells, S. N., C. M. Costello, P. M. Lukacs, L. L. Roberts, and M. A. Vinks. 2023. Predicted connectivity pathways between grizzly bear ecosystems in Western 猎奇重口.  Biological Conservation 284:110199. .
  • Schorr, R. A., K. A. Pitcher, R. A. Aldredge, and P. M. Lukacs. 2023. Patterns of Florida bonneted bat occupancy at the northern extent of its range. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 14: 294-302.
  • Helm, J., S. M. Gende, and P. M. Lukacs. 2023. Quantifying behavior and collision risk of humpback whales near large ships: implications for detection and avoidance.  Endangered Species Research 51: 115-126.
  • Sells, S. N., C. M. Costello, P. M. Lukacs, F. T. van Manen, M. Harldson, W. Kasworm, J. Teisberg, M. A. Vinks, and D. Bjornlie. 2023. Grizzly bear movement models predict habitat use for nearby populations. Biological Conservation 279:109940.
  • Londe, D. W., A. K. Moeller, P. M. Lukacs, S. D. Fuhlendorf, C. A. Davis, R. D. Elmore, and M. C. Chitwood. 2023. Review of range-wide vital rates quantifies Eastern Wild Turkey population trajectory.  Ecology and Evolution
  • Sells, S. N., C. M. Costello, P. M. Lukacs, L. L. Roberts, and M. A. Vinks. 2022. Grizzly bear habitat selection across the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem. Biological Conservation 276:109813 .
  • Moeller, A. K., S. J. Waller, N. J. DeCesare, M. C. Chitwood, and P. M. Lukacs. 2023. Best practices to account for capture probability and viewable area in camera-based abundance estimation.  Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 9:152-164. DOI:
  • Ausband, D. E., P. M. Lukacs, M. Hurley, S. Roberts, K. Strickfaden, and A. K. Moeller. 2022. Estimating wolf abundance from cameras. Ecosphere 13 (2): e3933. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3933.
  • Ventura, F., J. P. Granadeiro, P. M. Lukacs, and P. Catry.  2021. Environment drives inter-annual variability of divorce rates in monogamous albatrosses.  Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 288: 20212112. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2112.
  • Bell, D. A., R. P. Kovach, C. C. Muhlfeld, R. Al-Chokhachy, T. J. Cline, D. C. Whited, D. A. Schmetterling, P. M. Lukacs, and A. R. Whiteley. 2021. Climate change and expanding invasive species drive widespread declines of native trout in the northern Rocky Mountains, USA. Science Advances 7:eabj5471.
  • Krohner, J. M., P. M. Lukacs, R. Inman, J. D. Sauder, J. A. Gude, C. Mosby, J. A. Coltrane, R. A. Mowry, and J. J. Millspaugh. 2022. Finding fishers: determining fisher occupancy in the Northern Rocky Mountains. Journal of Wildlife Management 86(2): e22162. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.22162
  • Krohner, J., J. Sauder, R. Inman, J. Gude, P. Lukacs, and J. Millspaugh. 2021. In search of a ghost: a collaborative effort monitors fishers in the Northern Rockies.  Wildlife Professional 15(4): 33-36.
  • Moeller, A. K., and P. M. Lukacs. 2021. spaceNtime: an R package for estimating abundance of unmarked animals using camera-trap photographs. Mammalian Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-021-00181-8
  • McDevitt, M. C., E. F. Cassirer, S. B. Roberts, P. M. Lukacs. 2021. A novel sampling approach to estimating abundance of a low-density and observable species. Ecosphere 12(11):e03815.
  • Dyck, M. G., P. M. Lukacs, J. V. Ware. 2021. Recovery from reduction: the M’Clintock Channel polar bear Subpopulation, Nunavut, Canada.  Arctic 74:509-524.
  • Ventura, F., P. M. Lukacs, J. P. Granadeiro, R. Matano, and P. Catry.  2021. Demographic responses to environmental change of the black-browed albatross, sentinel of the Patagonian Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 668: 107-120.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13743
  • Day, C. C., E. L. Landguth, R. K. Simmons, W. P. Baker, A. R. Whiteley, P. M. Lukacs, K. Davenport, and A. Bearlin. 2021. Evaluation of management factors affecting the relative success of a Brook Trout eradication program using YY male fish and electrofishing suppression.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Loonam, K. E., P. M. Lukacs, D. E. Ausband, M. S. Mitchell, and H. S. Robinson.  2021.  Assessing the robustness of time-to-event models for estimating unmarked wildlife abundance using remote cameras.  Ecological Applications doi: 10.1002/eap.2388.
  • Moeller, A. K., J. Nowak, L. Neufeld, M. Bradley, M. Manseau, P. Wilson, S. McFarlane, P. M. Lukacs, M. Hebblewhite. 2021. Integrating counts, telemetry, and non-invasive DNA data to improve demographic monitoring of an endangered species. Ecosphere .
  • Loonam, K. E., D. E. Ausband, P. M. Lukacs, M. S. Mitchell, and H. S. Robinson.  2020. Estimating abundance of an unmarked, low-density species using camera traps.  Journal of Wildlife Management 85: 87–96.
  • Lukacs, P. M., D. Evans Mack, R. Inman, J. A. Gude, J. S. Ivan, R. P. Lanka, J. C. Lewis, R. A. long, R. Sallabanks, Z. Walker, S. Courville, S. Jackson, R. Kahn, M. K. Schwartz, S. C. Torbit, J. S. Waller, and K. Carroll.  2020. Wolverine occupancy, spatial distribution, and monitoring design. Journal of Wildlife Management 84: 841–851.
  • Monterroso, P., F. Diaz-Ruiz, P. M. Lukacs, P. C. Alves, and P. Perreras. 2020. Ecological traits and the spatial structure of competitive coexistence among carnivores.  Ecology 101(8):e03059. 10.1002/ecy.3059.
  • Day, C., E. Landguth, R. Simmons, B. Baker, A. Whiteley, P. M. Lukacs, and A. Bearlin. 2020. Simulating effects of fitness and dispersal on the use of Trojan sex chromosomes for invasive species management. Journal of Applied Ecology 57: 1413-1425.
  • Bergman, E. J., F. P Hayes, P. M. Lukacs, and C. J. Bishop.  2020. Moose calf detection probabilities: quantification and evaluation of a ground-based survey technique. Wildlife Biology doi: 10.2981/wlb.00599.
  • Lonsinger, R. C., P. M. Lukacs, E. M. Gese, and L. P. Waits. 2019. Empirical comparisons of abundance estimators for two sympatric carnivores using noninvasive genetic sampling. Wildlife Biology doi: 10.2981/wlb.00534.
  • Bassing, S. B., D. E. Ausband, M. S. Mitchell, P. M. Lukacs, A. Keever, G. Hale, and L. Waits.  2019.  Stable pack abundance and distribution in a harvested wolf population.  Journal of Wildlife Management 87: 577-590.
  • Tabak, M. A., N. S. Norouzzadeh, D. W. Wolfson, S. J. Sweeney, K. C. Vercauteren, N. P. Snow, J. M. Halseth, P. A. Di Salvo, J. S. Lewis, M. D. White, B. Teton, J. C. Beasley, P. E. Schlichting, R. K Boughton, B. Wrightm E. S. Newkirk, J. S. Ivan, E. A. Odell, R. K. Brook, P. M. Lukacs, A. K. Moeller, E. G. Mandeville, J. Clune, R. S. Miller. 2019. Machine learning to classify animal species in camera trap images: applications in ecology.  Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10: 585-590.
  • Moeller, A. K, P. M. Lukacs, and J. S. Horne. 2018. Three novel methods to estimate abundance of unmarked animals using remote cameras. Ecosphere 9(8):e02331. 10.1002/ecs2.2331.
  • J臋drzejewski, W., H. S. Robinson, M. Abarca, K. A. Zeller, G. Velasquez, E. Paemelaere, J. F. Goldberg, E. Payan, R. Hoogesteijn, E. O. Boede, K. Schmidt, M. Lampo, Á. L. Viloria, R. Carreño, N. Robinson, P. M. Lukacs, J. J. Nowak, R. Salom-Pérez,  F. Castañeda, V. Boron, H. Quigley. 2018. Estimating large carnivore populations at global scale based on spatial predictions of density and distribution – application to the jaguar (Panthera onca). PlosONE 13(3): e0194719.
  • Lonsinger, R. C., P. M. Lukacs, E.M. Gese, R.N. Knight, and L.P. Waits. 2018.  Estimating densities for sympathetic kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis) and coyotes (Canis latrans) using noninvasive genetic sampling.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 96:1080-1089.
  • Nowak, J. J., P. M. Lukacs, M. A. Hurley, A. J. Lindbloom, K. A. Robling, J. A. Gude, and H. Robinson. 2018. Customized Software to Streamline Routine Analyses for Wildlife Management. Wildlife Society Bulletin 42: 144-149.
  • Barfoot, C. A., L. A. Evarts, and P. M. Lukacs. 2018. Long-term trends in abundance and size of sport fishes in the Flathead River, 猎奇重口, following changes in hydroelectric dam operations. Northwest Science 92: 92-106.
  • Lukacs, P. M., M. S. Mitchell, M. Hebblewhite, B. K. Johnson, H. Johnson, M. Kauffman, K. M. Proffitt, P. Zager, K. Hersey, A. A. Holland, M. Hurley, S McCorquodale, A. Middleton, M. Nordhagen, J. J. Nowak and D. P. Walsh. 2017. Factors Influencing Elk Recruitment across Three Ecotypes in the Western USA. Journal of Wildlife Management 81: 364-378.
  • Woodruff, S. P., P. M. Lukacs, and L. P. Waits. 2018. Comparing performance of multiple noninvasive genetic capture-recapture methods for abundance estimation: a case study from Sonoran pronghorn.  Oryx doi:10.1017/S003060531800011X.
  • Steenweg, R., M. Hebblewhite, J. Whittington, P. M. Lukacs, and K. McKelvey. 2018. Sampling scales define occupancy and underlying occupancy-abundance relationships in animals. Ecology 99: 172-183.
  • Oyler-McCance, S. J., J. A. Fike, P. M. Lukacs, D. W. Sparks, T. J. O’Shea, J. O. Whitaker Jr. 2017. Genetic mark-recapture improves estimates of maternity colony size for Indiana bats. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9: 25-35.
  • Pavlacky, D. C., P. M. Lukacs, J. A. Blakesley, R. C. Skorkowsky, D. S. Klute, B. A. Hahn, V. J. Dreitz, T. L. George, and D. J. Hanni. 2017. A statistically rigorous sampling design to integrate avian monitoring and management within Bird Conservation Regions.  PlosONE 12 (10) e0185924.
  • Henderson, C R., M. S. Mitchell, W. L. Myers, P. M. Lukacs, and G. P. Nelson. 2018. Seasonal home range attributes influence choice of migratory in white-tailed deer. Journal of Mammalogy 99: 89-96.
  • Hurley, M. A., M. Hebblewhite, P. M. Lukacs, J. J. Nowak, J.-M. Gaillard, C. Bonefant. 2017. Generality and precision of regional-scale models for predicting overwinter survival of juvenile ungulates.  Journal of Wildlife Management 81: 364-378. Selected as the feature article for the April 2017 issue.
  • Eacker, D. R., P. M. Lukacs, K. M. Proffitt, and M. Hebblewhite. 2017. Assessing the importance of demographic parameters for population dynamics using Bayesian integrated population modeling. Ecological Applications 27:1280-1293.
  • Dreitz, V. J., L. T. Stinson, B. A. Hahn, J. D. Tack, and P. M. Lukacs. 2017 A large-scale perspective for managing prairie avifauna assemblages across the western US: influences of habitat landownership and latitude.  PeerJ 5 e2879.
  • Borg, N. J., M. S. Mitchell, P. M. Lukacs, C. M. Mack, L. P. Waits, P. R. Krausman. 2017. Behavioral connectivity among groups of bighorn sheep suggests potential for disease spread. Journal of Wildlife Management 81: 38-45.
  • Lipsey, M. K., D. E. Naugle, J. J. Nowak, and P. M. Lukacs. 2017. Extending utility of hierarchical models to multi-scale habitat selection. Diversity and Distributions 23: 783-793.
  • McCaffery, R. M. and P. M. Lukacs. 2016. A generalized integrated population model to estimate greater sage-grouse population dynamics.  Ecosphere 7(11):e01585. 10.1002/ecs2.1585.
  • Williams, S. H., S. M. Gende, P. M. Lukacs, and K. Webb. 2016. Factors affecting whale detection from large ships in Alaska with implications for whale avoidance. Endangered Species Research 30: 209-223.
  • McCaffery, R. M., J. J. Nowak, and P. M. Lukacs. 2016. Improved analysis of lek count data using N-mixture models. Journal of Wildlife Management 80: 1011-1021.
  • Steenweg, R., J. Whittington, M. Hebblewhite, A. Forshner, B. Johnston, D. Petersen, B. Shepherd and P. M. Lukacs. 2016. Camera-based occupancy monitoring at large scales: power to detect trends in grizzly bears across the Canadian Rockies. Biological Conservation 201: 192-200.
  • Kissling, M. K., S. B. Lewis, P. M. Lukacs, J. N. Waite, and S. M. Gende. 2016. Breeding decisions of Kittlitz’s murrelets, Icy Bay, Alaska.  Marine Ornithology 44: 171-182.

  • Woodruff, S. P., P. M. Lukacs, D. Christianson, and L. P. Waits. 2016. Estimating endangered Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis) abundance and survival using fecal DNA and capture-recapture methods. Conservation Biology 30: 1102-1111.

  • DeCesare, N. J., M. Hebblewhite, P. M. Lukacs, D. Hervieux. 2016. Evaluating common sources of censoring and truncation in telemetry-based survival data. Journal of Wildlife Management 80: 138-148.

  • Lukacs, P. M., A. Seglund, S. Boyle. 2015. Effects of Gunnison Sage-Grouse habitat treatment efforts on associated avifauna and vegetation structure. Avian Conservation and Ecology 10:7 http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ACE-00799-100207.

  • Goldberg, J. F., T. Tempa, N. Norbu, M. Hebblewhite, L. S. Mills, T. Wangchuk and P. M. Lukacs. 2015. Examining temporal sample scale and model choice with spatial capture-recapture models in the common leopard, Panthera pardus. PlosONE 10 e0140757. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140757.

  • Schaefer, A. L., P. M. Lukacs, and M. L. Kissling. 2015. Testing factors influencing identification rates of similar species during abundance surveys.  Condor 117: 460-472.

  • Riordan, M. M., P. M. Lukacs, K. P. Hayveart, and V. J. Dreitz. 2015. Does the skewed sex ratio in the Mountain Plover population begin in the early life stages? Avian Conservation and Ecology 10(2):3. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ACE-00772-100203.

  • Divoky, G. J., P. M. Lukacs, and M. L. Druckenmiller. 2015. Effects of recent decreases in arctic sea ice on an ice-associated marine bird. Progress in Oceanography – Synthesis of Arctic Research. 136: 151-161.

  • Kissling, M. L., S. M. Gende, S. B. Lewis, and P. M. Lukacs. 2015. Reproductive performance of Kittlitz's Murrelet in a glaciated landscape landscape, Icy Bay, Alaska, USA.  Condor 117: 237-248.

  • Proffitt, K. M., N. Anderson, P. M. Lukacs, M. M. Riordan, J. A. Gude, J. Shamhart. 2015. Effects of elk density on elk aggregation patterns and exposure to brucellosis.  Journal of Wildlife Management 79: 373-383.

  • Sells, S. N., M. S. Mitchell, J. J. Nowak, P. M. Lukacs, N. J. Anderson, J. M. Ramsey, J. A. Gude, and P. R. Krausman. 2015. Modeling Risk of Pneumonia Epizootics in Bighorn Sheep. Journal of Wildlife Management. Journal of Wildlife Management 79: 195-210. Featured on the cover of JWM February 2015.

  • Kissling, M. L., P. M. Lukacs, S. M. Gende, S. B. Lewis. 2015. Multi-state mark-recapture model to estimate survival of a dispersed-nesting seabird, the Kittlitz’s Murrelet. Journal of Wildlife Management. 79: 20-30.
  • Schorr, R. A., P. M. Lukacs, J. A. Gude. 2014. The 猎奇重口 deer and elk hunting population: the importance of cohort group, license price, and population demographics on hunter retention, recruitment, and population change. Journal of Wildlife Management 78: 944–952.
  • Whittington, J., K. Heuer, B. Hunt, M. Hebblewhite, and P. M. Lukacs. 2014. Estimating occupancy using spatially and temporally replicated snow surveys. Animal Conservation 18: 92-101.
  • Schorr, R. A., L. E. Ellison, and P. M. Lukacs. 2014. Efficacy of bat banding studies to estimate decline of migratory bat populations. Acta Chiropterologica 16: 231-239.
  • Zimova, M., L. S. Mills, P. M. Lukacs, and M. S. Mitchell. 2014. Snowshoe hares display limited phenotypic plasticity to mismatch in seasonal camouflage. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20140029.  Featured on the cover of PRSB May 7, 2014
  • Nehring, R. B., P. M. Lukacs, D. V. Baxa, M. E. T. Stinson, B. Poole, and A. Horton. 2014. Susceptibility to Myxobolus cerebralis among Tubifex tubifex populations from ten major drainage basins in Colorado where cutthroat trout are endemic. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 26: 19-32.
  • Devineau, O., W. L. Kendall, P. F. Doherty Jr., T. M. Shenk, G. C. White, and P. M. Lukacs. 2014. Increased flexibility for modelling telemetry and nest survival data using the multistate framework.  Journal of Wildlife Management 78: 224-230.

  • Walters, D. M., R. E. Zuellig, H. J. Crockett, J. F. Bruce, P. M. Lukacs, and R. M. Fitzpatrick. 2014. Barriers impede upstream spawning migration of flathead chub. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 143: 17-25.

  • Mills, L. S., M. Zimova, J. Oyler, S. Running, J. Abatzoglou, and P. M. Lukacs. 2013. Camouflage mismatch in seasonal coat color due to decreased snow duration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110: 7360-7365. Featured on the cover of PNAS April 30, 2013.

  • Brodie, J., H. Johnson, M. Mitchell, P. Zager, K. Proffitt, M. Hebblewhite, M. Kauffman, B. Johnson, J. Bissonette, C. Bishop, J. Gude, J. Herbert, K. Hersey, M. Hurley, P. M. Lukacs, S. McCorquodale, E. McIntire, J. Nowak, H. Sawyer, D. Smith, and P.J. White. 2013. Relative influence of human harvest, carnivores, and weather on adult female elk survival across western North America.  Journal of Applied Ecology 50: 295-305.

  • Pavlacky, D. C., J. A. Blakesley, G. C. White, D. J. Hanni, and P. M. Lukacs. 2012. Hierarchical multi-scale occupancy for monitoring wildlife populations.  Journal of Wildlife Management. 76:154-162.

  • Lukacs, P. M., J. A. Gude, R. E. Russell, and B. B. Ackerman.  2011.  Evaluating cost- efficiency and accuracy of hunter harvest survey designs.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 35: 430–437.

  • Bergman, E. J., B. E. Watkins, C. J. Bishop, P. M. Lukacs, and M. Lloyd.  2011. Biological and socio-economic effects of statewide limitation of deer licenses in Colorado.  Journal of Wildlife Management 75: 1443–1452.

  • Kissling, M. L, P. M. Lukacs, S. B. Lewis, S. M. Gende, K. J. Kuletz, N. R. Hatch, S. K. Schoen, and S. Oehlers. 2011. Distribution, abundance, and changes in populations of the Kittlitz’s Murrelet in Southeast Alaska. Marine Ornithology 39: 3–11.

  • Lukacs, P. M., M. L. Kissling, M. Reid, S. M. Gende, and S. B. Lewis.  2010.  Testing assumptions of distance sampling on a pelagic seabird.  Condor 112: 455–459.

  • Wolfe, L. L., M. M. Conner, C. L. Bidwell, P. M. Lukacs, and M. W. Miller. 2010. Select liver mineral concentrations and chronic wasting disease status in mule deer from northcentral Colorado.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46: 1029–1034.

  • Devineau, O., T. M. Shenk, G. C. White, P. F. Doherty Jr., P. M. Lukacs, and R. H. Kahn.  2010. Evaluating the lynx reintroduction programme in Colorado: patterns in mortality.  Journal of Applied Ecology 47: 524–531.  Paper selected as the Editor’s Choice for the issue.

  • Lukacs, P. M., K. P. Burnham, and D. R. Anderson. 2010. Model selection bias and Freedman’s paradox.  Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics: Special Issue of AISM in Honor of Dr. Hirotugu Akaike.62: 117–125. Cited >100 times.

  • Lukacs, P. M., G. C. White, B. E. Watkins, R. H. Kahn, B. A. Banulis, D. J. Finley, A. A. Holland, J. A. Martens, and J. Vayhinger.  2009. Separating components of variation in survival of mule deer in Colorado.  Journal of Wildlife Management 73: 817–826.

  • Dreher, B. P., G. J. M. Rosa, P. M. Lukacs, K. T. Scribner, and S. R. Winterstein. 2009. Interaction between genotyping error and subsampling non-invasive hair samples affects estimates of black bear abundance.  Journal of Wildlife Management 73: 1184–1188.

  • Schorr, R. A., P. M. Lukacs, and G. L. Florant. 2009.  Body mass and winter severity as predictors of overwinter survival in Preble's meadow jumping.  Journal of Mammalogy 90: 17–24.

  • Miller, M. W., H. M. Swanson, L. L. Wolfe, F. G. Quatarone, S. L. Huwer, C. H. Southwick, and P. M. Lukacs.  2008.  Lions and prions and deer demise.  PLoS ONE 3: e4019.

  •  Bishop, C. J., G. C. White, and P. M. Lukacs.  2008.  Evaluating dependence among mule deer siblings in fetal and neonatal survival analyses. Journal of Wildlife Management 72: 1085–1093.

  • George, J. L., D. J. Martin, P. M. Lukacs, and M. W. Miller.  2008.  Epidemic pasteurellosis in a bighorn sheep population coinciding with the appearance of a domestic sheep.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44: 388–403.

  • Lukacs, P. M., L. S. Eggert, and K. P. Burnham.  2007.  Estimating population size from dung-based DNA capture-recapture data.  Wildlife Biology in Practice 3: 83–92.

  • Kissling, M. K., M. Reid, P. M. Lukacs, S. M. Gende, and S. B. Lewis. 2007. Understanding abundance patterns of a declining seabird:  implications for monitoring.  Ecological Applications 17: 2164–2174.

  • Schorr, R. A, J. L. Siemers, P. M. Lukacs, J. R. Sovell, R. J. Rondeau, J. P. Gionfriddo, and M. B. Wunder.  2007. Comparisons of prairie rodent survival in xeric shrublands of south-central Colorado.  Southwest Naturalist 54: 552–563.

  • Dreher, B. P., S. R. Winterstein, K. T. Scribner, P. M. Lukacs, D. R. Etter, G. J. M. Rosa, V. A. Lopez, S. Libants and K. B. Filcek. 2007. Non-invasive estimation of black bear abundance in Michigan incorporating genotyping errors and harvested bears. Journal of Wildlife Management 71: 2684–2693.

  • Lukacs, P. M. 2007. Development and analysis of joint internet-telephone hunter surveys.  Human Dimensions of Wildlife 12: 263–273.

  • Lukacs, P. M., W. L. Thompson, W. R. Gould, W. L. Kendall, P. F. Doherty Jr., K. P. Burnham, and D. R. Anderson.  2007.  Concerns regarding a call for pluralism. Journal of Applied Ecology 44: 456–460.

  • Dreitz, V. J., P. M. Lukacs, and F. L. Knopf.  2006.  Monitoring low density avian species: the example of Mountain Plovers.  Condor 108: 700–706.

  • Steenhof, K., K. K. Bates, M. R. Fuller, M. N. Kochert, J. O. McKinley, and P. M. Lukacs.  2006.  Effects of radio marking on prairie falcons: attachment failures provide insights about survival.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 34: 116–126.

  • Lukacs, P. M., and K. P. Burnham.  2005.  Review of capture-recapture methods applicable to DNA-based noninvasive sampling.  Molecular Ecology 14: 3909–3919.

  • Lukacs, P. M., and K. P. Burnham.  2005.  Estimating population size from DNA-based closed population capture–recapture data incorporating genotyping error.  Journal of Wildlife Management 69: 396–403.

  • Lukacs, P. M., D. R. Anderson, and K. P. Burnham.  2005.  Evaluation of trapping-web designs.  Wildlife Research 32: 103–110.

  • Cooney, S. J., A. P. Covich, P. M. Lukacs, A. L. Harig, and K. D. Fausch.  2005. Modeling global warming scenarios in greenback cutthroat trout (Onchorhynchus clarki stomias):  implications for species recovery.  Western North American Naturalist 65: 371–381.

  • Lukacs, P. M., V. J. Dreitz, F. L. Knopf, and K. P. Burnham.  2004.  Estimating survival probabilities of unmarked dependent young when detection is imperfect.  Condor 106: 927–932.

  • Ellingson, A. R., and P. M. Lukacs.  2003.  Improving methods for regional landbird monitoring: a reply to Hutto and Young. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31: 896–902.

  • Lukacs, P. M.  2002.  WebSim: Simulation software to assist in trapping web design. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30: 1259–1261.

     

    Book chapters

     

  • Lukacs, P. M. and J. J. Nowak. 2023. Modeling populations dynamics of black-tailed and mule deer. Pages 95-102 in: Ecology and Management of Black-tailed and Mule Deer of North America. J. Heffelfinger and P. Krausman (eds.). CRC Press.

  • Nowak, J. J., M. A. Hurley, P. M. Lukacs, D. Walsh, and C. L. White. 2023.  Population monitoring. Pages: 291-306. in: Ecology and Management of Black-tailed and Mule Deer of North America. J. Heffelfinger and P. Krausman (eds.). CRC Press.

  • Hebblewhite, M., M. A. Hurley, P. M. Lukacs, and J. J. Nowak. 2018. Predicting mule deer harvests in real time: integrating satellite remote sensing measures of forage quality and climate in Idaho, United States. Pages 194-228. In: Satellite remote sensing for conservation action: case studies from aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. A. K. Leidner and G. M. Buchanan (eds.).

  • Lukacs, P. M. and V. J. Dreitz. 2009.  Young survival from marked adults. In: A gentle introduction to MARK. E. G. Cooch and G. C. White (eds).

  • Lukacs, P. M., K. P. Burnham, B. P. Dreher, K. T. Scribner, and S. R. Winterstein.  2008. Extending the robust design for DNA-based capture-recapture data incorporating genotyping error and multiple data sources.  Pages 711-726.  In: Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations: Environmental and Ecological Statistics, Vol. 3 Thomson, David L.; Cooch, Evan G.; Conroy, Michael J. (Eds.).

  • Royle, J. A., T. R. Stanley, and P. M. Lukacs.  2008.  Statistical modeling and inference from carnivore survey data. pages. 293-312 In: Noninvasive survey methods for North American carnivores. R. A. Long, P. MacKay, J. C. Ray and W. J. Zielinski (eds). Island Press, Washington D. C., USA

  • Lukacs, P. M. 2005.  Closed population capture-recapture models.  In: A gentle introduction to MARK. E. G. Cooch and G. C. White (eds).

  • Lukacs, P. M., A. B. Franklin, and D. R. Anderson.  2004.  Passive approaches to detection in distance sampling. pages 260–280, In: Advanced distance sampling. S. T. Buckland, D. R. Anderson, K. P. Burnham, J. L. Laake, D. L. Borchers, and L. Thomas (eds). Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.

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