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Publications
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2026
Herrera DJ, Abedin L, Palomo G, Collins M., Chowdhury J, Shires, K, Gallo T. 2026. Reduced visibility and audibility prompt anti-predator behavior even in a relatively predator-free environment. Animal Behaviour 231: e123420. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123420
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2025
Williams TD, Herrera DJ, Estien CO, Wilkinson CE, Brashares J, Schell CJ. 2025. Median income and housing proximity are associated with spatiotemporal patterns of domestic cats (Felis catus) in regionally protected shorelines. Urban Ecosystems 11(1): juaf017. DOI: 10.1093/jue/juaf017
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Herrera DJ, Schalk CM, Gray A, Woodbridge M, Olson DH, Cove MV. 2025. Leveraging US Forest Inventory Analysis data to project mature and old-growth forest conditions across the United States for ecological research. Forest Ecology and Management 596: e123085. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123085
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Herrera DJ, Schalk C, Jensen AJ, Goldstein BR, Rooney BR, Kays R, McShea WJ, Cove MV. 2025. iNaturalist and structured mammal surveys reflect similar species richness but capture different species pools across the United States. Ecology and Evolution 15: e71805. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.71805
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Rooney, B, […], Herrera DJ, et al. 2025. SNAPSHOT USA 2019–2023: The First Five Years of Data From a Coordinated Camera Trap Survey of the United States. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(1): e13941. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13941
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2024
Herrera DJ, Levy D, Green AM, Fagan WF. 2024. Estimating prey activity curves using a quantitative model based on a priori activity distributions and predator detections. Target journal: Ecological Modelling 498: e110868. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110868.
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Herrera DJ, Fidino M, Luther D, Mullinax JM, Gallo T. 2024. Historical park planning drives modern day patterns of bird diversity in cities. Landscape and Urban Planning 249(105132): 1-12.
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Shamon, H, […], Herrera DJ, et al. 2024. SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A third coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology. e4318. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4318.
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2023
Anderson TA, Herrera DJ, Mireku F, Barner K, Kokkinakis A, Dao H, Webber A, Diaz Merida A, Gallo T, Pierobon M. 2023. Geographical variation in social determinants of female breast cancer mortality across US counties. JAMA [Journal of the American Medical Association] Network Open 6(9): e2333618. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.33618
Weiss KCB, Green AM, Herrera DJ, Hubbard T, Rega-Brodsky CC, Allen ML. In Review. Plasticity in demographic traits facilitates urban exploitation in mammal species. Ecology 104(7): e4055. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4055
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Rega-Brodsky CC, Weiss KCB, Green AM, Iannarilli F, Tleimat J, Fritts S, Herrera DJ, Fisher-Reid MC, Compton JA, Lafferty DJR. 2023. Human intensity and climate drive functional differentiation of mammal communities at varying spatial scales across the USA. Urban Ecosystems DOI: 10.1007/s11252-023-01338-8
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Cove MV, Herrmann V, Herrera DJ, Augustine BC, Flockhart DT, McShea WJ. 2023. Counting the capital’s cat’s: Estimating the drivers of the occupancy and abundance of free-roaming domestic cats (Felis catus) in an urban mosaic. Ecological Applications 33(2): e2790. DOI: 10.1002/eap.2790
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2022
Herrera DJ, Cove MV, McShea WJ, Decker S, Flockhart DTT, Moore SM, Gallo T. 2022. Spatial and temporal overlap of domestic cats (Felis catus) and native urban wildlife. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: e1048585. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.1048585
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Kays R, […], Herrera DJ, et al. 2022. SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ecology 103(10): e3775. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3775
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Herrera DJ, Dixon JD, Cove MV. 2022. Long-term monitoring reveals the value of continuous trapping to curtail the effects of free-roaming cats in protected areas. Global Ecology and Conservation 40: e02334. DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02334
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Flockhart DTT, Lipsey L, Herrera DJ, Belsley J, Decker ST, Moore SM, Robinson E, Kilgour J, Gramza A, McShea W, Cove MV, Haston R, Slater MR, Bays D, Boone JD. 2022. Estimates of domestic cats in urban areas using interdisciplinary science: The Washington DC Cat Count. Society & Animals 2022: 1-18. DOI: 10.1163/15685306-BJA10097
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Herrera DJ, Cove MV, McShea WJ, Flockhart DT, Decker S, Moore SM, Gallo T. 2022. Prey selection and predation behavior of free-roaming domestic cats (Felis catus) in an urban ecosystem: implications for urban cat management. Biological Conservation 268: e109503. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109503
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2021
Cove MV, […], Herrera DJ, et al. 2021. SNAPSHOT USA 2019: a coordinated national camera trap survey in the United States. Ecology 102(6): e03353.
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Herrera DJ, Moore SM, Herrmann V, McShea WJ, Cove MV. 2021. A shot in the dark: White and infrared LED flash camera traps yield similar detection probabilities for common urban mammal species. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 32(1).
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Herrera DJ, Moore S, Flockhart DTT, McShea WJ, Cove MV. 2021. Thinking outside the park: Best practices for using camera traps within the urban matrix. Journal of Urban Ecology 6(1): 1-13
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2020
Herrera DJ & Cove MV. 2020. Camera trap serendipity and citizen science point to broader impacts of urban heat islands. Foodwebs 25: e00176.
Burns MK, Herrera D, Brosius T, Muir TJ. 2020. Depressed supercooling point and increased glycerol concentration in overwintering adult tiger beetles (Cicindelida). CryoLetters 41(4): np.