Articles published or accepted in refereed journals:
Tucker, M. et al. 2023. Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns. Science 380: 1059–1064.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo6499
Vilaça, S.T., M.E. Donaldson, A. Benazzo, T.J. Wheeldon, M.T. Vizzari, G. Bertorelle, B.R. Patterson, and C.J. Kyle. 2023. Tracing eastern wolf origins from whole-genome data in context of extensive hybridization. Molecular Biology and Evolution 40: msad055. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad055
van den Bosch, M., D.E. Beyer Jr, J.D. Erb, M.G. Gantchoff, K.F. Kellner, D.M. MacFarland, D.C. Norton, B.R. Patterson, J.L. Price Tack, B.J. Roell, and J.L. Belant. 2022. Identifying potential gray wolf habitat and connectivity in the eastern USA. Biological Conservation 273: 109708. [PDF]
Irvine, C.C., S.G. Cherry, and B.R. Patterson. 2022. Discriminating grey wolf kill sites using GPS clusters. Journal of Wildlife Management 86: e22163. [PDF]
Marrotte, R.R., B.R. Patterson, and J.M. Northrup. 2022. Harvest and density-dependent predation drive long-term population decline in a northern ungulate. Ecological applications, e2629. [PDF]
McLaren, A.A.D., E.J. Newton, A. Silver, M.R. Allan, K.R. Middel, B.A. Pond, and B.R. Patterson. 2022. Too many to count: Using orthophotography to census an unharvested beaver (Castor canadensis) population in Ontario. Ecosphere 13: e4185. [PDF]
Mitchell, G., P.J. Wilson, M. Manseau, B. Redquest, B.R. Patterson, and L.Y. Rutledge. 2022. DNA metabarcoding of faecal pellets reveals high consumption of yew (Taxus spp.) by caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in a lichen-poor environment. FACETS 7: 701–717. [PDF]
Petroelje, T.R., N.L. Fowler, E.K. Orning, B.R. Patterson, M.C. Romanski, and J.L. Belant. 2022. Interspecific killing of Vulpes vulpes (red fox) kits at a den site by Canis lupus (gray wolf) in Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Northeastern Naturalist 29: N18-N26. [PDF]
Thompson, C.A., J.F. Benson, and B.R. Patterson. 2022. A novel survey design for modeling species distribution of beavers in Algonquin Park, Canada. Wildlife Society Bulletin 46: e1322. [PDF]
Verant, M.L., T.M. Wolf, M.C. Romanski, S. Moore, T. Mayer, U.G. Munderloh, L.D. Price, M. Lejeune, B.R. Patterson, and D.E. Beyer. 2022. Practical application of disease risk analysis for reintroducing gray wolves (Canis lupus) to Isle Royale National Park, USA. Conservation Science and Practice: e12814. [PDF]
Wheeldon, T., and B. Patterson. 2022. Dispelling myths about the origins of wolf–coyote hybrids and related Canis species in Ontario. Canadian Field-Naturalist 136: 139–144. [PDF]
Barber-Meyer, S.M., Wheeldon, T.J., and L.D. Mech. 2021. The importance of wilderness to wolf (Canis lupus) survival and cause-specific mortality over 50 years. Biological Conservation 258: 109145. [PDF]
Brandell, E.E., Cross, P.C., Craft, M.E. et al. 2021. Patterns and processes of pathogen exposure in gray wolves across North America. Scientific Reports 11: 3722. [PDF]
Hervey, S.D., Rutledge, L.Y., Patterson, B.R., Romanski, M.C., Vucetich, J.A., Belant, J.L., Beyer, D.E., Moore, S.A., and K.E. Brzeski. 2021. A first genetic assessment of the newly introduced Isle Royale gray wolves (Canis lupus). Conservation Genetics 22: 913-926. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01373-y. [PDF]
McLaren, A.A.D., Jamieson, S.E., Bond, M., Rodgers, A.R., and B.R. Patterson. 2021. Spring diet of American black bears (Ursus americanus) in a moose (Alces alces) – woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) system in northern Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 99: 721-728. [PDF]
McLaren, A.A.D., and B.R. Patterson. 2021. There’s no place like home—site fidelity by female moose (Alces alces) in central Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 99: 557-563. [PDF]
McLaren, A.A.D., and B.R. Patterson. 2021. Seasonal space use and movement of a grey wolf (Canis lupus) in a protected archipelago in Lake Superior, Ontario. American Midland Naturalist 185: 249-259. [PDF]
Thompson, C.A., Malcolm, J.R., and B.R. Patterson. 2021. Individual and temporal variation in use of residential areas by urban coyotes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 687504. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.687504. [PDF]
Wolf, J.F., Kriss, K.D., MacAulay, K.M., Munro, K., Patterson, B.R., and A.B.A. Shafer. 2021. Gut microbiome composition predicts summer core range size in two divergent ungulates. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 97: fiab048. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiab048. [PDF]
Found, R., and B.R. Patterson. 2020. Estimating ungulate abundance in temperate North America. Canadian Wildlife Biology and Management 9: 21-42. [PDF]
Fryxell, J.M., Avgar, T., Liu, B., Baker, J.A., Rodgers, A.R., Shuter, J., Thompson, I.D., Reid, D.E.B., Kittle, A.M., Mosser, A., Newmaster, S.G., Nudds, T.D., Street, G.M., Brown, G.S., and B.R. Patterson. 2020. Anthropogenic Disturbance and Population Viability of Woodland Caribou in Ontario. Journal of Wildlife Management 84: 636-650. [PDF]
Keiter, D.A, Patterson, B.R., Dersch, C., Elliott, B., Rodgers, A.R., and J.F. Benson. 2020. Camera Traps Detect Prey of Northern Carnivores. Northeastern Naturalist 27: 28-33. [PDF]
Oliveira, T., Benson, J.F., Thompson, C., and B.R. Patterson. 2020. Resource selection at homesites by wolves and eastern coyotes in a Canis hybrid zone. Ecosphere 11: e03320. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.3320. [PDF]
Priadka, P., Brown, G.S., Patterson, B.R., and F. Mallory. 2020. Sex and age-specific differences in the performance of harvest indices as proxies of population abundance under selective harvesting. Wildlife Biology 2020: wlb.00629. doi: 10.2981/wlb.00629. [PDF]
Keiter, D.A., Patterson, B.R., and J.F. Benson. 2019. Implications of a Beaver Pelt Lining the Natal Chamber of a Wolf Den. Northeastern Naturalist 26: 56-58. [PDF]
Muhly, T.B., Johnson, C.A., Hebblewhite, M., Neilson, E.W., Fortin, D., Fryxell, J.M., Latham, A.D.M., Latham, M.C., McLoughlin, P.D., Merrill, E., Paquet, P.C., Patterson, B.R., Schmiegelow, F., Scurrah, F., and M. Musiani. 2019. Functional response of wolves to human development across boreal North America. Ecology and Evolution 9: 10801-10815. [PDF]
Heppenheimer, E., Harrigan, R.J., Rutledge, L.Y., Koepfli, K.-P., DeCandia, A.L., Brzeski, K.E., Benson, J.F., Wheeldon, T., Patterson, B.R., Kays, R., Hohenlohe, P.A., and B.M. vonHoldt. 2018. Population Genomic Analysis of North American Eastern Wolves (Canis lycaon) Supports Their Conservation Priority Status. Genes 9: 606. doi: 10.3390/genes9120606. [PDF]
Heppenheimer, E., Brzeski, K.E., Hinton, J.W., Patterson, B.R., Rutledge, L.Y., DeCandia, A.L., Wheeldon, T., Fain, S.R., Hohenlohe, P.A., Kays, R., White, B.N., Chamberlain, M.J., and B.M. vonHoldt. 2018. High genomic diversity and candidate genes under selection associated with range expansion in eastern coyote (Canis latrans) populations. Ecology and Evolution 8: 12641-12655. [PDF]
Viejou, R., Avgar, T., Brown, G.S., Patterson, B.R., Reid, D.E., Rodgers, A.R., Shuter, J., Thompson, I.D., and J.M. Fryxell. 2018. Woodland caribou habitat selection patterns in relation to predation risk and forage abundance depend on reproductive state. Ecology and Evolution 8: 5863-5872. [PDF]
Benson, J.F., Loveless, K.M., Rutledge, L.Y., and B.R. Patterson. 2017. Ungulate predation and ecological roles of wolves and coyotes in eastern North America. Ecological Applications 27: 718-733. [PDF]
Found, R., McLaren, A.A.D, Rodgers, A.R., and B.R. Patterson. 2017. Diet of Grey Wolves (Canis lupus) during calving in a Moose–Caribou system in northern Ontario. Canadian Field-Naturalist 131: 215-220. https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v131i3.1822. [PDF]
Hohenlohe, P.A, Rutledge, L.Y., Waits, L.P., Andrews, K.R., Adams, J.R., Hinton, J.W., Nowak, R.M., Patterson, B.R., Wydeven, A.P., Wilson, P.A., and B.N. White. 2017. Comment on "Whole-genome sequence analysis shows two endemic species of North American wolf are admixtures of the coyote and gray wolf". Science Advances 3: e1602250. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1602250. [PDF]
Kittle, A.M., Anderson, M., Avgar, T., Baker, J.A., Brown, G.S., Hagens, J., Iwachewski, E., Moffatt, S., Mosser, A., Patterson, B.R., Reid, D.E.B., Rodgers, A.R., Shuter, J., Street, G.M., Thompson, I.D., Vander Vennen, L.M., and J.M. Fryxell. 2017. Landscape-level wolf space use is correlated with prey abundance, ease of mobility and the distribution of prey habitat. Ecosphere 8: e01783. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1783. [PDF]
McLaren, A.A.D., Benson, J.F., and B.R. Patterson. 2017. Multiscale habitat selection by cow moose (Alces alces) at calving sites in central Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 95: 891-899. [PDF]
Mech, L.D., Barber-Meyer, S., Blanco, J.C., Boitani, L., Carbyn, L., Delgiudice, G., Fritts, S.H., Huber, D., Liberg, O., Patterson, B.R., and R.R. Thiel. 2017. An unparalleled opportunity for an important ecological study. BioScience 67: 875-876. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix095. [PDF]
Newton, E.J., Patterson, B.R., Anderson, M.L., Rodgers, A.R., Vander Vennen, L.M., and J.M. Fryxell. 2017. Compensatory selection for roads over natural linear features by wolves in northern Ontario: Implications for caribou conservation. PLoS ONE 12: e0186525. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186525. [PDF]
Obbard, M.E., Newton, E.J., Potter, D., Orton, A., Patterson, B.R., and B.D. Steinberg. 2017. Big enough for bears? American black bears at heightened risk of mortality during seasonal forays outside Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. Ursus 28: 182-194. [PDF]
Olson, E.R., Crimmins, S.M., Beyer Jr, D.E., MacNulty, D.R., Patterson, B.R., Rudolph, B.A., Wydeven, A.P., and T.R. Van Deelen. 2017. Flawed analysis and unconvincing interpretation: a comment on Chapron and Treves 2016. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20170273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0273. [PDF]
Wheeldon, T.J., and B.R. Patterson. 2017. Comment on “northeastern coyote/coywolf” taxonomy and admixture. Canid Biology and Management 20: 14-15. [PDF]
Patterson, B.R., Mills, K.J., Middel, K.R., Benson, J.F., and M.E. Obbard. 2016. Predation may influence the seasonal and diel synchrony in moose calving in central Ontario. PLoS ONE 11: e0150730. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150730. [PDF]
Rutledge, L.Y., Desy, G., Fryxell, J., Middel, K., White, B.N., and B.R. Patterson. 2016. Patchy distribution and low effective population size raise concern for an at-risk top predator. Diversity & Distributions 23: 79-89. [PDF]
Vander Vennen, L., Patterson, B.R., Rodgers, A.R. Moffatt, S., Anderson, M., and J. Fryxell. 2016. Diel movement patterns influence daily variation in wolf kill rates on moose. Functional Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12642. [PDF]
Avgar, T., Baker, J.A., Brown, G.S., Hagens, J., Kittle, A.M., Mallon, E.E., McGreer, M., Mosser, A., Newmaster, S.G., Patterson, B.R., Reid, D.E.B., Rodgers, A.R., Shuter, J., Street, G.M., Thompson, I.D., Turetsky, M., Wiebe, P.A., and J.M. Fryxell. 2015. Space-use behavior of woodland caribou based on a cognitive movement model. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 1059-1070. [PDF]
Benson, J.F., Mahoney, P.J., and B.R. Patterson. 2015. Spatiotemporal variation in selection of roads influences mortality risk for canids in an unprotected landscape. Oikos 124: 1664-1673. [PDF]
Benson, J.F., Mills, K.J., and B.R. Patterson. 2015. Resource selection by wolves at dens and rendezvous sites in Algonquin Park, Canada. Biological Conservation 182: 223-232. [PDF]
Kittle, A.M., Anderson, M., Avgar, T., Baker, J.A., Brown, G.S., Hagens, J., Iwachewski, E., Moffatt, S., Mosser, A., Patterson, B.R., Reid, D.E.B., Rodgers, A.R., Shuter, J., Street, G.M., Thompson, I.D., Vander Vennen, L.M., and J.M. Fryxell. 2015. Wolves adapt territory size, not pack size to local habitat quality. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 1177-1186. [PDF]
McAlpine, D.F., Soto, D.X., Rutledge, L.Y., Wheeldon, T.J., White, B.N., Goltz, J.P., and J. Kennedy. 2015. Recent occurrences of wild-origin wolves (Canis spp.) in Canada south of the St. Lawrence River revealed by stable isotope and genetic analysis. Canadian Field-naturalist 129: 386-394. [PDF]
McLaren, A.A.D., Crawshaw, G.J., and B.R. Patterson. 2015. Carbon and nitrogen discrimination factors of wolves and accuracy of diet inferences using stable isotope analysis. Wildlife Society Bulletin 39: 788-796. [PDF]
McGreer, M.T., Mallon, E.E, Vander Vennen, L.M., Wiebe, P.A., Baker, J.A., Brown, G.S., Avgar, T., Hagens, J., Kittle, A.M., Mosser, A., Street, G.M., Reid, D.E.B., Rodgers, A.R., Shuter, J.R., Thompson, I.D., Turetsky, M.J., Newmaster, S.G., Patterson, B.R., and J.M. Fryxell. 2015. Selection for forage and avoidance of risk by woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) at coarse and local scales. Ecosphere 12: 1-11. [PDF]
Benson, J., Patterson, B.R., and P.J. Mahoney. 2014. A protected area influences genotype-specific survival and the structure of a Canis hybrid zone. Ecology 95: 254-264. [PDF]
Benson, J.F., and B.R. Patterson. 2014. Spatial overlap, proximity, and habitat use of individual wolves within the same packs. Wildlife Society Bulletin. doi: 10.1002/wsb.506 [PDF]
Garvey, M.E., and B.R. Patterson. 2014. Evaluation of Cable Restraints to Live-capture Coyotes (Canis latrans) in Southern Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Wildlife Biology and Management 3: 22-29. [PDF]
Rosatte, R., Buchanan, T., Davies, C., Middel, K., Patterson, B.R., Bruce, L., Gibson, M., Bennett, K., Silver, A., Taylor, S., Stevenson, B., Donovan, D., Heydon, C., Ojkic, D., and B. Tapscott. 2014. Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance Program and Proactive Response Plan for Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Wildlife Biology and Management 3: 52-68. [PDF]
Benson, J.F., Mills, K.J., Loveless, K.M., and B.R. Patterson. 2013. Genetic and environmental influences on pup mortality risk for wolves and coyotes within a Canis hybrid zone. Biological Conservation 166: 133-141. [PDF]
Benson, J., and B.R. Patterson. 2013. Inter-specific territoriality in a Canis hybrid zone: spatial segregation between wolves, coyotes, and hybrids. Oecologia. doi: 10.1007/s00442-013-2730-8 [PDF]
Benson, J.F., and B.R. Patterson. 2013. Moose (Alces alces) predation by eastern coyotes (Canis latrans) and eastern coyote × eastern wolf (Canis latrans × Canis lycaon) hybrids. Canadian Journal of Zoology 91: 1-5. [PDF]
Patterson, B.R., Benson, J.F., Middel, K.R., Mills, K.J., Silver, A., and M.E. Obbard. 2013. Moose calf mortality in Central Ontario, Canada. Journal of Wildlife Management. doi: 10.1002/jwmg.516. [PDF]
Wheeldon, T.J., Rutledge, L.Y., Patterson, B.R., White, B.N., and P.J. Wilson. 2013. Y-chromosome evidence supports asymmetric dog introgression into eastern coyotes. Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1002/ece3.693 [PDF]
Benson, J.F., Patterson, B.R., and T.J. Wheeldon. 2012. Spatial genetic and morphologic structure of wolves and coyotes in relation to environmental heterogeneity in a Canis hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology 21: 5934-5954. [PDF]
Godwin, C., Schaefer, J.A., Patterson, B.R., and B.A. Pond. 2012. Contribution of dogs to hunting success of white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Management. doi: 10.1002/jwmg.474. [PDF]
Murray, D.L., Hussey, K., Finnegan, L., Lowe, S.J., Price, G., Benson, J., Loveless, K., Middel, K., Mills, K.J., Potter, D., Silver, A., Fortin, M.-J., Patterson, B.R., and P.J. Wilson. 2012. Assessment of the status and viability of a moose population at its southern range limit in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90: 422-434. [PDF]
Rutledge, L.Y., Wilson, P.J., Klütsch, C.F.C., Patterson, B.R., and B.N. White. 2012. Conservation genomics in perspective: a holistic approach to understanding Canis evolution in North America. Biological Conservation 155: 186-192. [PDF]
Stronen, A.V., Tessier, N., Jolicoeur, H., Paquet, P., Hénault, M., Villemure, M., Patterson, B.R., Sallows, T., Goulet, G., and F.-J. Lapointe. 2012. Canid hybridization: contemporary evolution in human-modified landscapes. Ecology and Evolution 2: 2128-2140. [PDF]
Wheeldon, T., Patterson, B.R., and D.E. Beyer. 2012. Coyotes in wolves’ clothing. American Midland Naturalist 167: 416-420. [PDF]
Wheeldon, T.J., and B.R. Patterson. 2012. Genetic and morphological differentiation of wolves (Canis lupus) and coyotes (Canis latrans) in northeastern Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90: 1221-1230. [PDF]
Wilson, P.J., Rutledge, L.Y., Wheeldon, T.J., Patterson, B.R., and B.N. White. 2012. Y-chromosome evidence supports widespread signatures of three-species Canis hybridization in eastern North America. Ecology and Evolution 2: 2325-2332. [PDF]
Finnegan, L.A., Wilson, P.J., Price, G.N., Lowe, S.J., Patterson, B.R., Fortin, M.-J., and D.L. Murray. 2011. The complimentary role of genetic and ecological data in understanding population structure: a case study using moose (Alces alces). European Journal of Wildlife Research. doi: 10.1007/s10344-011-0590-2. [PDF]
McLoughlin, P.D., Vander Wal, E., Lowe, S.J., Patterson, B.R., and D.L. Murray. 2011. Seasonal shifts in habitat selection of a large herbivore and the influence of human activity. Basic and Applied Ecology 12: 654-663. [PDF]
Rutledge, L.Y., White, B.N., Row, J.R., and B.R. Patterson. 2011. Intense harvesting of eastern wolves facilitated hybridization with coyotes. Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1002/ece3.61. [PDF]
Lowe, S.J., Patterson B.R., and J.A. Schaefer. 2010. Lack of behavioural responses of moose (Alces alces) to high ambient temperature near the southern periphery of their range. Canadian Journal of Zoology 88: 1032-1041. [PDF]
Maxie, A.J., Hussey, K.F., Lowe, S.J., Middel, K.R., Pond, B.A., Obbard, M.E., and B.R. Patterson. 2010. A comparison of forest resource inventory, provincial land cover maps and field surveys for wildlife habitat analysis in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Forest. Forestry Chronicle 86: 77-86. [PDF]
Patterson, B.R., 2010. Book Review: Yellowstone Wolves: A Chronicle of the Animal, the People, and the Politics. Journal of Wildlife Management 74: 188-189. [PDF]
Poole, K.G., Gunn, A., Patterson, B.R., and M. Dumond. 2010. Sea Ice and Migration of the Dolphin and Union Caribou Herd in the Canadian Arctic: An Uncertain Future. Arctic 63: 414-428. [PDF]
Rutledge, L.Y., Garroway, C.J., Loveless, K.M., and B.R. Patterson. 2010. Genetic differentiation of eastern wolves in Algonquin Park despite bridging gene flow between coyotes and grey wolves. Heredity 105: 520-531. [PDF]
Rutledge, L.Y., Patterson, B.R., Mills, K.J., Loveless, K.M., Murray, D.L., and B.N. White. 2010. Protection from harvesting restores the natural social structure of eastern wolf packs. Biological Conservation 143: 332-339. [PDF]
Rutledge, L.Y., Patterson, B.R., and B.N. White. 2010. Analysis of Canis mitochondrial DNA demonstrates high concordance between the control region and ATPase genes. Evolutionary Biology 10: 1-12. [PDF]
Way, J.G., Rutledge, L., Wheeldon, T., and B.N. White. 2010. Genetic characterization of eastern “coyotes” in eastern Massachusetts. Northeastern Naturalist 17: 189-204. [PDF]
Wheeldon, T.J., Patterson, B.R., and B.N. White. 2010. Colonization history and ancestry of northeastern coyotes. Biology Letters 6: 246-247. [PDF]
Wheeldon, T.J., Patterson, B.R., and B.N. White. 2010. Sympatric wolf and coyote populations of the western Great Lakes region are reproductively isolated. Molecular Ecology 19: 4428-4440. [PDF]
Rutledge, L.Y., Holloway, J.J., Patterson, B.R., and B.N. White. 2009. An improved field method to obtain DNA for individual identification from wolf scat. Journal of Wildlife Management 73: 1430-1435. [PDF]
Rutledge, L.Y., Wilson, P.J., Kyle, C.J., Wheeldon, T.J., Patterson, B.R., and B.N. White. 2009. How the gray wolf got its color. Science (Letter to the editor) 325: 33-34. [PDF]
Wheeldon, T., and B. White. 2009. Genetic analysis of historical western Great Lakes region wolf samples reveals early Canis lupus ⁄ lycaon hybridization. Biology Letters 5: 101-104. [PDF]
Argue, A., Mills, K.J., and B.R. Patterson. 2008. Behavioural response of eastern wolves (Canis lycaon) to disturbance at homesites and its effects on pup survival. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 400-406. [PDF]
Kyle, C.J., Johnson, A.R., Patterson, B.R., Wilson, P.J., and B.N. White. 2008. The conspecific nature of eastern and red wolves: conservation and management implications. Conservation Genetics 9: 699-701. [PDF]
Mills, K.J., Patterson, B.R., and D.L. Murray. 2008. Direct estimation of early survival and movements in eastern wolf pups. Journal of Wildlife Management 72: 949-954. [PDF]
Patterson, B.R., and D.L. Murray. 2008. Flawed population viability analysis can lead to misleading population status assessment: a case study for wolves in Algonquin Park, Canada. Biological Conservation 141: 669-680. [PDF]
Crawshaw, G.J., Mills, K.J., Mosley, C., and B.R. Patterson. 2007. Field Implantation of Intraperitoneal radiotransmitters in eastern wolf (Canis lycaon) pups using inhalation anesthesia with sevoflurane. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43: 711-718. [PDF]
Vors, L.S., Schaefer, J.A., Pond, B.A., Rodgers, A.R., and B.R. Patterson. 2007. Woodland caribou extirpation and anthropogenic landscape disturbance in Ontario. Journal of Wildlife Management 71: 1249-1256. [PDF]
Heisey, D.M., and B.R. Patterson. 2006. A review of methods to estimate cause-specific mortality in presence of competing risks. Journal of Wildlife Management 70: 1544-1555. [PDF] * Glen Sargeant of the USGS has adapted our code to R: https://code.usgs.gov/npwrc-r/mort
Kyle, C.J., Johnson, A.R., Patterson, B.R., Wilson, P.J., Shami, K., Grewal, S., and B.N. White. 2006. Genetic nature of eastern wolves: past, present and future. Conservation Genetics 7: 273-287. [PDF]
Mills, K.J., Patterson, B.R., and D.L. Murray. 2006. Effects of variable sampling frequencies on GPS transmitter efficiency and estimated wolf home range size and movement distance. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34: 1463-1469. [PDF]
Murray, D.L., and B.R. Patterson. 2006. Wildlife Survival Estimation: Recent Advances and Future Directions. Journal of Wildlife Management 70: 1499-1503. [PDF]
Chappell, D.E., Van Den Bussche, R.A., Krizan, J., and B.R. Patterson. 2004. Contrasting levels of genetic differentiation among populations of wolverines (Gulo gulo) from northern Canada revealed by nuclear and mitochondrial loci. Conservation Genetics 5: 759-767. [PDF]
Muntz, E.M., and B.R. Patterson. 2004. Evidence for the Use of Vocalization to Coordinate the Killing of a White-Tailed Deer by Eastern Coyotes. Canadian Field Naturalist 118: 278-280. [PDF]
Patterson, B.R., Quinn, N.W.S., Becker, E.F., and D.B. Meier. 2004. Estimating wolf densities in forested areas using network sampling of tracks in snow. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32: 938-947. [PDF]
Patterson, B.R., Olsen, B., and D.O. Joly. 2004. Population estimate for the Bluenose-east caribou herd using post calving photography. Arctic 57: 47-58. [PDF]
Joly, D.O., and B.R. Patterson. 2003. Use of selection indices to model the functional response of predators. Ecology 84: 1634-1639. [PDF]
Patterson, B.R., and F. Messier. 2003. Age and condition of deer killed by coyotes in Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81: 1894-1891. [PDF]
Patterson, B.R., MacDonald, B.A., Lock, B.A., Anderson, D.A., and L.K. Benjamin. 2002. Proximate factors limiting population growth of white-tailed deer in Nova Scotia. Journal of Wildlife Management 66: 511-521. [PDF]
Patterson, B.R., and V.A. Power. 2002. Contributions of forage competition, harvest, and climate fluctuation to changes in population growth of northern white-tailed deer. Oecologia 130: 62-71. [PDF]
Smith, P.A., Schaefer, J.A., and B.R. Patterson. 2002. Variation at high latitudes: the geography of body size and cranial morphology of the muskox, Ovibos moschatus. Journal of Biogeography 29: 1089-1094. [PDF]
Patterson, B.R., and F. Messier. 2001. Social organization and space-use of coyotes in Eastern Canada relative to prey distribution and abundance. Journal of Mammalogy 82: 463-477. [PDF]
Patterson, B.R., Benjamin, L.K., and F. Messier. 2000. Winter nutritional condition of eastern coyotes in relation to prey density. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78: 420-427. [PDF]
Patterson, B.R., and F. Messier. 2000. Factors influencing killing rates of white-tailed deer by coyotes in eastern Canada. Journal of Wildlife Management 64: 721-732. [PDF]
Patterson, B.R., Bondrup-Nielsen, S., and F. Messier. 1999. Activity patterns and daily movements of the coyote, Canis latrans, in Nova Scotia. Canadian Field-Naturalist 113: 251-257. [PDF]
Patterson, B.R., Benjamin, L.K., and F. Messier. 1998. Prey switching and the feeding habits of eastern coyotes in relation to snowshoe hare and white-tailed deer densities. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76: 1885-1897. [PDF]
Patterson, B.R. 1994. Surplus killing of white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, by coyotes, Canis latrans, in Nova Scotia. Canadian Field-Naturalist 108: 484-487. [PDF]