Publications

Evaluating commonly used tools to quantify human activity in protected areas for park management

Article: People and Nature, 00, 1–13.

Date: April 25, 2026

Authors: Granados, A.; Beirne, C.; Kearney, S.; Sun, C.; Hughes, C.; Marion, S.; Loosen, A.; Hubbs, A.; Farr, D.; Fennell, M.; Procko, M.; Percy, M.; Paczkowski, J.; Hoffman, K.; Kohlhardt, R.; Whittington, J.; Curry, B.; Burton, A. C.

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, M.; 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, M.; Winder, S. G.; Wood, S. A.; Sevigny, M.; Collins, D. G.; Alves, M.; Prugh, L. R.

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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, M.; […] 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, A.; Sun, C.; Fisher, J.; Ladle, A.; Dawe, K.; Beirne, C.; Boyce, M.; Chow, E. ; Fennell, M.; Heim, N.; Klees van Bommel, J.; Naidoo, R.; Procko, M.; Stewart, F.; Burton, A. C.

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, M.; Naidoo, R.; LeMay V.; Burton, A. C.

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. C.; Beirne, C.; Sun, C.; Granados, A.; Procko, M.; Chen, C.; Fennell, M.; Constantinou, A.; Colton, C.; Tjaden-McClement, K., Fisher, J. T.; Burgar, J.