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Abrahms B.A., Rafiq K., Nisi A.C., Jordan N.R., Wilson A.M., Loveridge A.J., Kotze R., Sousa L.L., McNutt J.W. Intraguild competition mediates human avoidance in an endangered African large carnivore. Proc. R. Soc. B (2025) DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.2835
Nisi A.C., Welch H., Brodie S., Leiphardt C., Rhodes R., Hazen E.L., Redfern J.V., Branch T.A., Barreto A.S., Calambokidis J., Clavelle T., Dares L., de Vos A., Gero S., Jackson J.A., Kenney R.D., Kroodsma D., Leaper R., McCauley D.J., Moore S., Ovsyanikova E., Panigada S., Robinson C.V., White T., Wilson J., Abrahms B. Ship collision risk threatens whales across the world’s oceans. Science (2024). DOI: 10.1126/science.adp1950
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Oliver R.Y., Chapman M., Emery N., Gillespie L., Gownaris N., Leiker S., Nisi A.C., Ayers D., Breckheimer I., Blondin H., Hoffman A.M., Pagniello C., Raisle M., Zimmerman N. Opening a conversation on responsible environmental data science in the age of generative AI. Environmental Data Science (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/eds.2024.12
Clark-Wolf T.J., Holt K.A., Johansson E., Nisi A.C., Rafiq K., West L., Boersma P.D., Hazen E.L., Moore S.E., Abrahms B.The capacity of sentinel species to detect changes in environmental conditions and ecosystem structure. Journal of Animal Ecology (2024). DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14669
Benson J.F., Dougherty K.D., Beier P., Boyce W.M., Critescu B., Gammons D.J., Garcelon D.K., Higley J.M., Martins Q.E., Nisi A.C., Riley S.P.D., Sikich J.A., Stephenson T.R., Vickers T.W., Wengert G.M., Wilmers C.C., Wittmer H.U., Dellinger J.A. The Ecology of Human-Caused Mortality for a Protected Large Carnivore. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2220030120
Nisi A.C., Benson J.F., King R., Wilmers C.C. Habitat fragmentation reduces survival and drives source-sink dynamics for a large carnivore. Ecological Applications (2023). DOI: 10.1002/eap.2822
- Recognized as a Top Cited Article in Ecological Applications
Abrahms B., Carter N.H., Clark-Wolf T., Gaynor K.M., Johansson E., McInturff A., Nisi A.C., Rafiq K., West L. Climate change as a global amplifier of human–wildlife conflict. Nature Climate Change (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41558-023-01608-5
Nisi A.C., Benson J.F., Wilmers C.C. Puma responses to unreliable human cues suggest an ecological trap in a fragmented landscape. Oikos (2022). DOI: 10.1111/oik.09051
- Cover article, recognized as Top Downloaded Article in Oikos
Armstrong J., Nisi A.C., Millard-Ball A. A disciplinary divide in the framing of urbanization’s environmental impacts. Conservation Science and Practice (2022). DOI: 10.1111/csp2.624
Nisi A.C., Suraci J.P., Ranc N., Frank L.G., Oriol-Cotterill A., Ekwanga S., Williams T.M., Wilmers C.C. The temporal scale of habitat selection in large carnivores: balancing energetics, risk, and finding prey. Journal of Animal Ecology (2022).DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13613
- Recognized as a Top Cited Article in Journal of Animal Ecology
Wilmers C.C., Nisi A.C., Nathan R.COVID-19 suppression of human mobility releases mountain lions from a landscape of fear. Current Biology (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.050
Nickel B.A., Suraci J.P., Nisi A.C., Wilmers C.C. Energetics and fear of humans constrain the spatial ecology of pumas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2004592118
Nisi A.C., Hernández DL, English LP, Rogers E. Patterns of selective herbivory on five prairie legume species. American Midland. Naturalist (2015). DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-173.1.110
Witmer HU, Cristescu B, Spitz DB, Nisi A.C., Wilmers C.C. Final Report: Siskiyou Deer-Puma Study (2015-2020). A report to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (2020)