Publications

Flawed analysis invalidates claim of a strong Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction: A comment on Ripple et al. (2025)

Article: Global Ecology and Conservation, Vol. 63, e03899

Date: November 2025

Authors: MacNulty, D.M.; Cooper, D.; Procko, Michael; Clark-Wolf T.J.

Quantifying impacts of recreation on elk (Cervus canadensis) using novel modeling approaches

Article: Ecosphere, 15(6), e4873

Date: June 18, 2024

Authors: Procko, Michael; Winder, Samantha G.; Wood, Spencer A.; Sevigny, Michael; Collins, Dylan G.; Alves, Molly; Prugh, Laura R.

Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape

Article: Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8, 924-935

Date: March 18, 2024

Authors: Burton, A. C., Beirne, C., Gaynor, K., Sun, C., Granados, A., Allen, M. L., Alston, J. M., Alvarenga, G. C., Álvarez Claderón, F. S., Amir, Z., Anhalt-Depies, C., Appel, C., Arroyo-Arce, S., Babic, N. L., Balme, G., Bar-Massada, A., Barcelos, D., […] Procko, Michael, […] Kays., R. 

Mammalian predator and prey responses to recreation and land use across multiple scales provide limited support for the human shield hypothesis

Article: Ecology and Evolution 13(10):ece3.10464

Date: Sept. 14, 2023

Authors: Granados, Alys; Sun, Catherine; Fisher, Jason; Ladle, Andrew; Dawe, Kimberly; Beirne, Christopher; Boyce, Mark; Chow, Emily ; Fennell, Mitchell; Heim, Nicole; Klees van Bommel, Joanna; Naidoo, Robin; Procko, Michael; Stewart, Frances; Burton, Cole

Human presence and infrastructure impact wildlife nocturnality differently across an assemblage of mammalian species

Article: PLoS ONE 18(5): e0286131

Date: May 25, 2023

Authors: Procko, Michael; Naidoo, Robin; LeMay Valerie; Burton, A. Cole.

Behavioral “bycatch” from camera trap surveys yields insights on prey responses to human-mediated predation risk

Article: Ecology and Evolution, e9108.

Date: July 17, 2022

Authors: Burton, A. Cole; Beirne, Chris; Sun, Catherine; Granados, Alys; Procko, Michael; Chen, Cheng; Fennell, Mitchell; Constantinou, Alexia; Colton, Chris; Tjaden-McClement, Katie, Fisher, Jason T.; Burgar, Joanna

Human impacts on mammals in and around a protected area before, during, and after COVID-19 lockdowns

Article: Conservation Science and Practice, e12743.

Date: June 7, 2022

Authors: Procko, Michael; Naidoo, Robin; LeMay Valerie; Burton, A. Cole.

Canadian private protected areas are located in regions of higher vertebrate species richness than government protected areas

Article: Facets, Vol. 6, January 2021

Date: Aug. 12, 2021

Authors: Custode, Leonardo; Guzzo, Matthew; Bush, Natasha; Ewing, Claire; Procko, Michael; Knight, Samantha; Rousseau-Clair, Marie-Michele; Norris, Ryan