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Overview

Todd K. Fuller is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology and ecological subfields. Their work spans several related disciplines, including Ecological Modeling, Genetics, Social Psychology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics of their research cover Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies.

Fuller's recent published papers include the following:

  • Fisheries science and marine education catalyze the renaissance of traditional management (rahui) to improve an artisanal fishery in French Polynesia, 2020, Marine Policy
  • Human dimensions of human-lion conflict: a pre- and post-assessment of a lion conservation programme in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, 2020, Environmental Conservation
  • Influence of sea turtle nesting on hunting behavior and movements of jaguars in the dry forest of northwest Costa Rica, 2020, Biotropica
  • Effects of camera trap placement on photo rates of jaguars, their prey, and competitors in northwestern Costa Rica, 2023, Wildlife Society Bulletin
  • Snow leopard - human conflict as a conservation challenge - a review, 2022, Snow Leopard Reports

Frequent co-authors of Fuller include:

  • Carolina Sáenz-Bolaños
  • Eduardo Carrillo
  • Víctor Montalvo
  • Juan C. Cruz-Díaz
  • Nereyda Falconi

Fuller has contributed regularly to a range of publication venues, notably:

  • Biotropica
  • Journal of Mammalogy
  • Animals
  • Neotropical Biology and Conservation
  • African Journal of Wildlife Research

Best Publications

  • A southern California freeway is a physical and social barrier to gene flow in carnivores.

    Seth P. D. Riley;John P. Pollinger;Raymond M. Sauvajot;Raymond M. Sauvajot;Eric C. York

  • Evaluation of survival and cause-specific mortality rates using telemetry data

    Dennis M. Heisey;Todd K. Fuller

  • Effects of Urbanization and Habitat Fragmentation on Bobcats and Coyotes in Southern California

    Seth P. D. Riley;Raymond M. Sauvajot;Todd K. Fuller;Eric C. York

  • Competition and intraguild predation among three sympatric carnivores

    Jose M. Fedriani;Todd K. Fuller;Raymond M. Sauvajot;Eric C. York

  • Research Techniques In Animal Ecology: Controversies And Consequences

    Douglas H. Johnson;Luigi Boitani;Todd K. Fuller

  • 6. Wolf Population Dynamics

    Todd K. Fuller;L. David Mech;Jean Fitts Cochrane

  • Does availability of anthropogenic food enhance densities of omnivorous mammals? An example with coyotes in southern California

    Jose M. Fedriani;Todd K. Fuller;Raymond M. Sauvajot

  • Noninvasive survey methods for carnivores

    Todd K. Fuller;Sean M. Matthews;Sadie S. Stevens;Nathaniel D. Rayl

  • Pathogens, Nutritional Deficiency, and Climate Influences on a Declining Moose Population

    Dennis L. Murray;Eric W. Cox;Warren B. Ballard;Heather A. Whitlaw

  • Wolf population dynamics and prey relationships in northeastern Alberta.

    Todd K. Fuller;Lloyd B. Keith

  • In search of forage: predicting dynamic habitats of Mongolian gazelles using satellite-based estimates of vegetation productivity

    Thomas Mueller;Thomas Mueller;Kirk A. Olson;Kirk A. Olson;Todd K. Fuller;George B. Schaller

  • Carnivore demography and the consequences of changes in prey availability

    TK Fuller;PR Sievert

  • How landscape dynamics link individual- to population-level movement patterns: A multispecies comparison of ungulate relocation data

    Thomas Mueller;Thomas Mueller;Kirk A. Olson;Gunnar Dressler;Peter Leimgruber

  • Infectious disease and the conservation of free-ranging large carnivores

    Dennis L. Murray;Cynthia A. Kapke;James F. Evermann;Todd K. Fuller

  • A HISTORY AND CURRENT ESTIMATE OF WOLF DISTRIBUTION AND NUMBERS IN MINNESOTA

    Todd K. Fuller

  • Movements and activities of snow leopards in Southwestern Mongolia

    Thomas M. McCarthy;Todd K. Fuller;Bariusha Munkhtsog

  • Assessing remotely triggered cameras for surveying carnivore distribution

    Trina L. Moruzzi;Todd K. Fuller;Richard M. Degraaf;Robert T. Brooks

  • Population Dynamics of African Wild Dogs

    Todd K. Fuller;Pieter W. Kat;John B. Bulger;Anthony H. Maddock

  • Do pellet counts index white-tailed deer numbers and population change?

    Todd K. Fuller

  • Assessing Estimators of Snow Leopard Abundance

    Kyle P. Mccarthy;Todd K. Fuller;Ma Ming;Thomas M. Mccarthy

  • Woodland caribou population dynamics in Northeastern Alberta

    Todd K. Fuller;Lloyd B. Keith

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Mueller
Thomas Mueller Goethe University Frankfurt
Peter Leimgruber
Peter Leimgruber Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
George B. Schaller
George B. Schaller Wildlife Conservation Society
Lisette P. Waits
Lisette P. Waits University of Idaho
Dennis L. Murray
Dennis L. Murray Trent University
William F. Fagan
William F. Fagan University of Maryland, College Park
Richard M. DeGraaf
Richard M. DeGraaf University of Massachusetts Amherst
Robert K. Wayne
Robert K. Wayne University of California, Los Angeles
Lloyd B. Keith
Lloyd B. Keith University of Wisconsin–Madison
Petra Kaczensky
Petra Kaczensky Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

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