K. M. F.
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Published (Peer-reviewed)

*Indicates shared first-authorship, ^indicates undergraduate mentee
36) Lessard, E., D. Albrecht^, J.G. Hendrix, Q.M.R. Webber, E. Vander Wal, and K.M. Ferraro. (2026) Scale-dependent Spatial Predictability of Carbon and Nitrogen in Boreal forage species. (Accpeted at Ecosphere). 

35)  K.M. Ferraro*, A .Corradini*,   V. Hawkinson, O. Chanel, C. Figuières, Y. Bramoullé, C. Vanderlocht, F. Ossi, D. Righetti, O.J. Schmitz, F. Cagnacci. (2026). Elements on the Move: How Ungulate Migration Expands Alpine Biogeochemical Footprints. (Accpeted at Journal of Animal Ecology).

34)  Ferraro, K.M. and A. C. Thresher. (2026). Why environmental scientists need ethics training more than ever before. PNAS. 

33)  Trepel, J., R. Buitenwerf, K.M. Ferraro, E. Le Roux, E. Lundgren, B. Maitner, T. Strydom, J. Svenning, and M. R. Kerr.
 (2026). Reevaluating introduced herbivores in conservation. Conservation Biology.​

32) Ferraro, K.M., E. Forbes, A.J. Abraham, and J.M. Monk. (2026). Hot spots or hot moments? Contextualizing the spatio-temporal scale of research on zoogeochemical inputs. Ecography.


2025

31) Love, A., J. Fox, J.G. Hendrix, S. Jackson,  K.M. Ferraro, E. Vander Wal, Q.M.R. Webber. (2025). Addled by antlers: Synchronous disruption to female caribou antler phenology. Ecosphere. 
  • Featured in Quirks and Quarks and CBC

​​30) Funk, K., K.M. Ferraro, I. Albrecht, and E. Vander Wal. (in press ) Bridging Reproductive Management and Ecosystem Function: Behavioural Pathways Linking Contraception to Zoogeochemistry. Canadian Journal of Zoology.

29) Ferraro, K.M., S. Leroux, O. J. Schmitz, M. A. Bradford, and E. Vanderwal. (2025). Zoogoechemical Niche Construction: How animal-mediated biogeochemistry affects evolution.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
DOI: 
 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2025.07.009

​28) Ferraro, K.M. and T. Whitehead. (2023) Rewilding Relationships: Principles for forging relationships in novel social-ecological systems.  Ambio.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02238-1 

27) Ferraro, K.M. and G. Adam Meyer. (2025). Leaving Heroes and Villains Behind in Ecology and Conservation Science. Bioscience.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf085 
  • Featured in the BioScience Talks Podcast , The Conversation and Emerging Environments Podcast

26) Ferraro, K.M. and J. Lienau.  (2025). Of all shapes and sizes: A theoretical framework for animal-mediated terrestrial heterogeneity across scales. Ecography. 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecog.08006

25) Ferraro, K.M., A. Ferraro, E. Forbes, and J. Monk. (2025).  Outdated Reproductive Norms, the Naturalistic Fallacy, and Misunderstandings of Welfare in Recent Call for Zoo Breed-and-Feed Programs.  PNAS.
DOI: https://doi/10.1073/pnas.2504225122 

24)  Ferraro, K.M., A. Ferraro, E. Lundgren, and N.R. Sommer. (2025).  The use and abuse of Ecosystem Service concepts and terms.  Biological Conservation.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111218

23) Barrio I., K.E.M. Vuorinen, L. Barbero-Palacios, M. Defourneaux, M. Petit Bon, E. Greer, H.B. Anderson, T. Horstkotte, N. Lecomte, T. Windirsch, K.M. Ferraro, B.C. Forbes, ... and S. Kamenova. (2025). Emerging priorities in terrestrial herbivory research in the Arctic. Arctic Science.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2024-0080
  • Awarded: Editors Choice

22) ​de Silva, S., N. Jacewicz, K. Kovaka, K.M. Ferraro, C. Callender, D. Jamieson, and A. Prakash. (2025). Navigating trade-offs between climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. npj Biodiversity.
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-025-00092-8
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21) Peterson, M., J. Bradham, K.M. Ferraro, M. Guillet,  A. Keuroghlian, M. Ribeiro, M.L. Jorge. (2025). Modeling animal movement patterns to identify thresholds of functional connectivity in fragmented landscapes. Biological Conservation.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111177
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20) Hawkinson, V., O.J. Schimtz, and K.M. Ferraro. (2025). Understanding contingency in human-wolf conflict across a mosaic of land uses: An agent-based modeling approach.  People and Nature.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70002



​2024

19) Ferraro, K.M., D. Albrecht, J.G. Hendrix, E. Vander Wal, Q.M.R Webber, O.J. Schimtz, and M.A. Bradford. (2024). The Biogeochemical Boomerang: Site fidelity creates nutritional hotspots that may promote recurrent calving site reuse.  Ecology Letters.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14491

18) Ferraro, K.M. (2024). An individuals-oriented approach to conservation.  Animal Senteince.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1848 

17) Jacquet, J., B. Franks, P. Godfrey-Smith, W. Sanchez-Suarez, P. Abrams ... K.M. Ferraro, ... R. York. (2024). Support for the US OCTOPUS Act.  Science.
DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adq1980​

16) Ferraro, K.M. and C. Hirst. (2024). Missing Carcasses, Lost Nutrients: Quantifying nutrient losses from deer culling practices in Scotland. Ecological Solutions and Evidence.
​DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12356
  • Covered by The Times and The Scotsman
  • Awarded the Georgina Mace Prize 

15) Gadsden, G.I., K.M. Ferraro, and N. C. Harris. (2024). Energy efficient homes for rodent control across cityscapes. Environmental Research Letters.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad5ab5
  • Covered by The Yale School of the Environment
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14) Orrick, K.D.*, K.M. Ferraro*, and N.R. Sommer. (2024). Individuals as the ecological and ethical center of human-wildlife conflict.  Biological Conservation.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110614

​13) Orrick, K.D., F. Rowland, N.R. Sommer, and K.M. Ferraro.  (2024). Predator-prey interactions across hunting mode, spatial domain size, and habitat complexity. Ecology.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4316

12) Trepel, J., E. Lundgren, A. Abraham, K.M. Ferraro, C. Fl.jgaard, L. Haugaard, P. Sunde, R. Pedersen, M. Tietje, J, Kamp, and E. Le Roux. (2024). Zoogeochemistry of a protected area: driven by anthropogenic impacts and animal behaviour. Conservation Science and Practice.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13107

​11) Burak, M.K.*, K.M. Ferraro*, K.D. Orrick*, N.R. Sommer, D. Ellis-Soto, and O.J. Schmitz. (2024). Context matters when rewilding for climate change. People and Nature.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10609 
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10) Welker, L.^, E.B. Ward, M.A. Bradford, and K.M. Ferraro. (2024). Mycorrhizal functional types shape nitrogen availability in a regenerating forest. Plant and Soil.
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-024-06483-3



2023

9) Ferraro, K.M., L. Welker^, E.B. Ward, O.J. Schmitz, M.A. Bradford. (2023). Mycorrhizal association mediates the zoogeochemical effects of a calving subsidy by forest ungulates. Journal of Animal Ecology.  
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14002​
  • Awarded: The Bormann Prize
  • Highlighted in the Journal of Animal Ecology and covered by The Yale School of the Environment

8) Barbero-Palacios, Laura, K. M. Ferraro, I. C. Barrio, et al. (2023). Faecal nutrient deposition of domestic and wild herbivores in an alpine grassland. Science of The Total Environment.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166616

7) Ferraro, K.M., A. L. Ferraro, A. Z. Andis, and N.R. Sommer. (2023).  Revisiting two dogmas of conservation science. Conservation Biology.​
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14101
  • Awarded: NYU Wild Animal Welfare Workshop Award
  • ​Covered by Physcology Today and RainCoast 

​​6) Abraham, A., E. Duval, K.M. Ferraro, A Webster, C. Doughty, E. le Roux, D. Ellis-Soto. (2023). Understanding anthropogenic impacts on zoogeochemistry is essential for ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology.
DOI:10.1111/rec.13778

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​2022

​5) 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

4) 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

​​3) 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
  • Awarded: Editors Choice


2021

​2) Ferraro, K.M., A.L Ferraro, N.R. Sommer. (2021). Challenges facing cross-disciplinary collaboration in conservation ethics. Conservation Science and Practice. 
DOI: 10.1111/csp2.523

1) 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.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13538
  • ​Awarded: Journal of Animal Ecology Sidnie Manton Award



In Press/Review

*Indicates shared first-authorship
​Castello, P. and K.M. Ferraro. A review of the concept of biodiversity and of its application. (in review). 
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Kusch, J.M., K.M. Ferraro, and E. Vander Wal. Social tethers: density-dependent social tethers inhibit fitness. (in review).

 K.M. Ferraro,  A. Meyer, J. Roman, D. Orr, S. Leroux, A. Subalusky, E. Duvall, J. Monk, J. Gewirtzman, M. Rizzuto, A. Koltz, C. Owens, A.J.  Abraham, C. Doughty, O.J. Schmitz, E. Forbes. A Practical Primer on Analytical Approaches for Zoogeochemistry: Essential Biogeochemical Methods for Animal Ecologists. (in review).

Abraham, A., J. Trepel, J. Kristensen, P. Ambus, J. Bump, D. Burkepile, C. Doughty, E. Duvall, M. Elbroch,
 K.M. Ferraro, M. Gahbauer, U. Gelin, N. Lemoine, J. Monk, J. Müller, M. Peziol, C. Reed, J. Schimel, I. Smit, D. Thompson, J. du Toit, M. Heurich, and E. le Roux. Predators and humans shape local-scale nutrient heterogeneity by altering carcass deposition rates. (in revision).

le Roux, E., A. Subalusky, J. Kristensen, A. Abraham, E. Bakker, C. Bello, F. Berzaghi, J. Bump, C. Doughty, C. Dutton, E. Duvall, K.M. Ferraro, E. Forbes, U. Gelin, A. González, D. Hawlena, R. Jaafar, F.X. Joly, A. Koltz, A. Larsen, J. Larsen, S. Leroux, M. Losada, M. McCary,  G. A. Meyer, H. olde Venterink, D. Orr, C. Owens, L. Ribeiro, M. Rizzuto, J. Roman, O. Schmitz, M. Sobral, D. Ellis Soto, Diego; J. Svenning, C. Twining, J. Trepel, M. Veldhuis, B. Wijas, A. Zanne, N. Villar, Nacho J. Schoelynck. Zoogeochemistry: the role of animals in biogeochemical cycles. (in revision).

Hendrix, J.G., K.M. Ferraro, A. E. Love, J. M. Kusch, D. Albrecht, S. Leroux, Q. M. R. Webber, and E. Vander Wal. Shifting forage selection subsidizes seasonal resource scarcity. (in revision).

K.M. Ferraro, K. Foote, J. Kusch, O. Leach, P. McNie.Need curiosity kill the cat? Considering individual animal welfare within ecology and conservation methods. (in review).

McLeod A.M., H. Harris, A. Amyntas, G. A. Meyer,T. Peller,  M. Rizzuto, K.M. Ferraro. The community wide consequences of primary producer movement. (in review).

 K.M. Ferraro, K. Gahm, J. Bump, J, Lienau, S. Leroux. Death's Afterlife: A One Health Approach to Carrion Ecology and Carcass Management. (submitted).

Interviews, Blog Posts, and Popular Articles

Emerging Environments Podcast, 2026

The Conversation,
2026

Bioscience Talks Podcast, 2025

The Telegram and CBC, 2025

The Scotsman, The Times, and British Ecological Press Release, 2024

Interview with Yale School of the Environment, 2024

Interview with Psychology Today, 2023

Highlight in Raincoast Blog, 2023

Interview with Sierra Magazine, 2023

Interview with the Yale Environmental Humanities Program, 2022

Blog Post in Animal Ecology in Focus​, 2021.
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