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Overview

Kevin L. Monteith is affiliated with the University of Wyoming in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on ecology, wildlife ecology, and conservation.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, their work spans several subfields, such as:

  • Ecology
  • Small Animals
  • Genetics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Monteith's research covers a variety of main topics, including:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

The scientist has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Journal of Wildlife Management
  • Ecosphere
  • Ecology
  • Ecological Applications
  • Functional Ecology

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Monteith include:

  • Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations, 2021, Science
  • Causes, Consequences, and Conservation of Ungulate Migration, 2021, Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • Drivers of site fidelity in ungulates, 2021, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Wave-like Patterns of Plant Phenology Determine Ungulate Movement Tactics, 2020, Current Biology
  • Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns, 2023, Science

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Monteith include:

  • Tayler N. LaSharr
  • Matthew J. Kauffman
  • Samantha P. H. Dwinnell
  • Alyson B. Courtemanch
  • Rhiannon P. Jakopak

Best Publications

  • Is ungulate migration culturally transmitted? Evidence of social learning from translocated animals

    Brett R. Jesmer;Jerod A. Merkle;Jacob R. Goheen;Ellen O. Aikens

  • Large herbivores surf waves of green-up during spring.

    Jerod A. Merkle;Kevin L. Monteith;Ellen O. Aikens;Matthew M. Hayes

  • Life-History Characteristics of Mule Deer: Effects of Nutrition in a Variable Environment

    Kevin L. Monteith;Vernon C. Bleich;Thomas R. Stephenson;Becky M. Pierce

  • The greenscape shapes surfing of resource waves in a large migratory herbivore.

    Ellen O. Aikens;Matthew J. Kauffman;Jerod A. Merkle;Samantha P. H. Dwinnell

  • Risk-sensitive allocation in seasonal dynamics of fat and protein reserves in a long-lived mammal

    Kevin L. Monteith;Kevin L. Monteith;Kevin L. Monteith;Thomas R. Stephenson;Thomas R. Stephenson;Vernon C. Bleich;Vernon C. Bleich;Mary M. Conner

  • Timing of seasonal migration in mule deer: effects of climate, plant phenology, and life‐history characteristics

    Kevin L. Monteith;Kevin L. Monteith;Vernon C. Bleich;Vernon C. Bleich;Thomas R. Stephenson;Thomas R. Stephenson;Becky M. Pierce;Becky M. Pierce

  • Behavior and nutritional condition buffer a large‐bodied endotherm against direct and indirect effects of climate

    Ryan A. Long;R. Terry Bowyer;Warren P. Porter;Paul Mathewson

  • Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations.

    Matthew J. Kauffman;Francesca Cagnacci;Simon Chamaillé-Jammes;Mark Hebblewhite

  • Growth of Male White-Tailed Deer: Consequences of Maternal Effects

    Kevin L. Monteith;Kevin L. Monteith;Lowell E. Schmitz;J Onathan A. Jenks;J Oshua A. Delger

  • Migrating mule deer: effects of anthropogenically altered landscapes.

    Patrick E. Lendrum;Charles R. Anderson;Kevin L. Monteith;Kevin L. Monteith;Jonathan A. Jenks

  • Supplemental feeding alters migration of a temperate ungulate

    Jennifer D. Jones;Matthew J. Kauffman;Kevin L. Monteith;Brandon M. Scurlock

  • Effects of climate and plant phenology on recruitment of moose at the southern extent of their range

    Kevin L. Monteith;Robert W. Klaver;Kent R. Hersey;A. Andrew Holland

  • Spatial memory shapes migration and its benefits: evidence from a large herbivore.

    Jerod A. Merkle;Hall Sawyer;Kevin L. Monteith;Samantha P. H. Dwinnell

  • Mule deer and energy development-Long-term trends of habituation and abundance.

    Hall Sawyer;Nicole M. Korfanta;Ryan M. Nielson;Kevin L. Monteith

  • Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns

    Unknown

  • Causes, Consequences, and Conservation of Ungulate Migration

    Matthew J. Kauffman;Ellen O. Aikens;Ellen O. Aikens;Saeideh Esmaeili;Saeideh Esmaeili;Petra Kaczensky

  • Top-down versus bottom-up forcing: evidence from mountain lions and mule deer

    Becky M. Pierce;Becky M. Pierce;Vernon C. Bleich;Vernon C. Bleich;Kevin L. Monteith;R. Terry Bowyer

  • Effects of harvest, culture, and climate on trends in size of horn‐like structures in trophy ungulates

    Kevin L. Monteith;Ryan A. Long;Vernon C. Bleich;James R. Heffelfinger

  • Drivers of site fidelity in ungulates

    Thomas A. Morrison;Jerod A. Merkle;J. Grant C. Hopcraft;Ellen O. Aikens;Ellen O. Aikens

  • Migratory plasticity is not ubiquitous among large herbivores.

    Hall Sawyer;Jerod A. Merkle;Arthur D. Middleton;Samantha P. H. Dwinnell

  • Wave-like Patterns of Plant Phenology Determine Ungulate Movement Tactics.

    Ellen O. Aikens;Atle Mysterud;Jerod A. Merkle;Francesca Cagnacci

  • Relating the movement of a rapidly migrating ungulate to spatiotemporal patterns of forage quality

    Patrick E. Lendrum;Charles R. Anderson;Kevin L. Monteith;Jonathan A. Jenks

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew J. Kauffman
Matthew J. Kauffman University of Wyoming
R. Terry Bowyer
R. Terry Bowyer University of Alaska Fairbanks
Jonathan A. Jenks
Jonathan A. Jenks South Dakota State University
Hall Sawyer
Hall Sawyer University of Wyoming
Vernon C. Bleich
Vernon C. Bleich University of Nevada Reno
Jeffrey L. Beck
Jeffrey L. Beck University of Wyoming
Jacob R. Goheen
Jacob R. Goheen University of Wyoming
Robert A. Garrott
Robert A. Garrott Montana State University
John G. Kie
John G. Kie Idaho State University
John M. Fryxell
John M. Fryxell University of Guelph

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