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Published (Peer-reviewed)
2023
Ferraro, K.M., A. Ferraro, A. Andis, and N.R. Sommer. (accepted). Revisiting Two Dogmas of Conservation Science. Conservation Biology.
2022
Ferraro, K.M., O.J. Schmitz and M.A. McCary. (2022). Effects of ungulate density and sociality on landscape heterogeneity: a mechanistic modeling approach. Ecography.
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.06039
Sommer, N.R and K.M. Ferraro. (2022). An ethical framework for behavioural training in wildlife management. Conservation Science and Practice.
DOI:10.1111/csp2.616
Webber, Q.M.R., K.M. Ferraro, J.G. Hendrix, and E. Vander Wal. (2022). What do caribou eat? A review of the literature on caribou diet. Canadian Journal of Zoology.
DOI:10.1139/cjz-2021-0162
Abraham, A., E. Duval, K.M. Ferraro, A Webster, C. Doughty, E. le Roux, D. Ellis-Soto. (2022). Understanding anthropogenic impacts on zoogeochemistry is essential for ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology.
DOI:10.1111/rec.13778
2021
Ferraro, K.M., A.L Ferraro, N.R. Sommer. (2021). Challenges facing cross-disciplinary collaboration in conservation ethics. Conservation Science and Practice. 3(11): e523
DOI: 10.1111/csp2.523
Ellis-Soto, D.,* K.M. Ferraro,* M. Rizzuto, E. Briggs, J.M Monk and O.J. Schmitz (2021). A methodological roadmap to quantify animal-mediated nutrient subsidies. Journal of Animal Ecology. 90(7):1605-1622.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13538
Winner of the Sidnie Manton Award
*Indicates shared first-authorship
In Press/Review
Ferraro, K.M., L. Welker, E.B. Ward, O.J. Schmitz, M. A. Bradford. Mycorrhizal association mediates the zoogeochemical effects of a calving subsidy by forest ungulates. (in revision).
Orrick, K., F. Rowland, N.R. Sommer, K.M. Ferraro. Disentangling the role of predator hunting strategy, spatial domain size, and habitat complexity: An agent-based examination of consumptive and nonconsumptive effects. (in revision).
Burak, M.K., K.M. Ferraro, K.D. Orrick, D. Ellis-Soto, J.D. Monk, N.R. Sommer, O.J. Schmitz. Rewilding to Animate the Carbon Cycle. (in review).
Orrick, K., F. Rowland, N.R. Sommer, K.M. Ferraro. Disentangling the role of predator hunting strategy, spatial domain size, and habitat complexity: An agent-based examination of consumptive and nonconsumptive effects. (in revision).
Burak, M.K., K.M. Ferraro, K.D. Orrick, D. Ellis-Soto, J.D. Monk, N.R. Sommer, O.J. Schmitz. Rewilding to Animate the Carbon Cycle. (in review).