Rota, Christopher

Dr. Rota’s research addresses diverse questions in applied vertebrate ecology.  A common link throughout his research is the application and development of modern statistical techniques that capture many of the myriad processes giving rise to ecological data sets.

Publications

1. Roche, D.P., S.H. Stoleson, C.T. Rota, W.K. Oldland, and C.M. Lituma. 2024. Host plants pecies affect the abundance of spotted wing Drosophila and fruit parasitism across the Allegheny National Forest differentially at variable spatial scales. Forest Ecology and Management 568: Article 122131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122131 
2. Kays, R., M.H. Snider, G. Hess, M.V. Cove, A. Jensen, H. Shamon, W.J. McShea, B. Rooney, M.L. Allen, C.E. Pekins, C.C. Wilmers, M.E. Pendergast, A.M. Green, J. Suraci, M.S. Leslie, S. Nasrallah, D. Farkas, M. Jordan, M. Grigione, M.C. LaScaleia, M.L. Davis, C. Hansen, J. Millspaugh, J.S. Lewis, M. Havrda, R. Long, K.R. Remine, K.J. Jaspers, D.J.R. Lafferty, T. Hubbard, C.E. Studds, E.L. Barthelmess, K. Andy, A. Romero, B.J. O’Neill, M.T.R. Hawkins, J.V. Lombardi, M. Sergeyev, M.C. Fisher-Reid, M.S. Rentz,C. Nagy, J.M. Davenport, C.C. Rega-Brodsky, C.L. Appel, D.B. Lesmeister, S.T. Giery,C.A. Whittier, J.M. Alston, C. Sutherland, C. Rota, T. Murphy, T.E. Lee, A. Mortelliti, D.L. Bergman, J.A. Compton, B.D. Gerber, J. Burr, K. Rezendes, B.A. DeGregorio, N.H. Wehr, J.F. Benson, M.T. O’Mara, D.S. Jachowski, M. Gray, D.E. Beyer, J.L. Belant, R.V. Horan, R.C. Lonsinger, K.M. Kuhn, S.C.M. Hasstedt, M. Zimova, S.M. Moore, D.J. Herrera, S. Fritts, A.J. Edelman, E.A. Flaherty, T.R. Petroelje, S.A. Neiswenter, D.R.Risch, F. Iannarilli, M. van der Merwe, S.P. Maher, Z.J. Farris, S.L. Webb, D.S. Mason, M.A. Lashley, A.M. Wilson, J.P. Vanek, S.R. Wehr, L.M. Conner, J.C. Beasley, H.L. Bontrager, C. Baruzzi, S.N. Ellis-Felege, M.D. Proctor, J. Schipper, K.C.B. Weiss, A.K. Darracq, E.G. Barr, P.D. Alexander, C¸ .H. S¸ekercio˘glu, D.A. Bogan, C.M. Schalk, J.E. Fantle-Lepczyk, C.A. Lepczyk, S. LaPoint, L.S. Whipple, H.I Rowe, K. Mullen, T. Bird,A. Zorn, L. Brandt, R.G. Lathrop, C. McCain, A.P. Crupi, J. Clark and A. Parsons.2024. Climate, food and humans predict communities of mammals in the United States. Diversity and Distributions 30:313900. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13900
3. Skelly, B.P., C.T. Rota, J.L. Kolar, B.A. Stillings, J.W. Edwards, M.A. Foster, R.M. Williamson, and J.J. Millspaugh. 2024. Mule deer mortality in the northern great plains in a landscape impacted by oil and natural gas extraction. Journal of Wildlife Management 88:e22619. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22619
4. Miller, M.L., C.T. Rota, and A. Welsh. 2024. Transforming gastrointestinal helminth parasite identification in vertebrate hosts with metabarcoding: a systematic review.2024. Parasites & Vectors 17: Article number 211. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06388-1
5. Price, L. E., B. P. Skelly, E. E. Morrison, C. P. Carpenter, C. W. Ryan, and C. T. Rota. 2024. Female black bear home range and resource selection in relation to West Virginia mine lands. Wildlife Society Bulletin 48:e1522. DOI:10.1002/wsb.1522
6. Shamon, H., R. Maor, M.C. Cove, R. Kays, J. Adley, P.D. Alexander, D.N. Allen, M.L. Allen, C.L. Appel, E. Barr, E.L. Barthelmess, C. Baruzzi, K. Bashaw, G. Bastille-Rousseau, M.E. Baugh, J. Belant, J.F. Benson, B.A. Bespoyasny, T. Bird, D.A. Bogan, L.S.E. Brandt, C.E. Bresnan, J.M. Brooke, F.E. Buderman, S.G. Buzzell, A.E. Cheeseman,M.C. Chitwood, P. Chrysafis, M.K. Collins, D.P. Collins, J.A. Compton, L.M. Conner, O.G. Cosby, S.S. Coster, B. Crawford, A.P. Crupi, A.K. Darracq, M.L. Davis, B.A. De-Gregorio, K.L. Denningmann, K.D. Dougherty, A. Driver, A.J. Edelman, E.H. Ellington,S.N. Ellis-Felege, C.N. Ellison, J.E. Fantle-Lepczyk, Z.J. Farris, J. Favreau, P. Fernandez, M.C. Fisher-Reid, M.C. Fitzpatrick, E.A. Flaherty, T.D. Forrester, S.R. Fritts, T.Gallo, B.D. Gerber, S.T. Giery, A.D. Gonatas, A.C. Grady, A.M. Green, T.Gregory1,N. Griffin, R.H. Hagen, C.P. Hansen, L.P. Hansen, S.C. Hasstedt, H. Hern´andez-Y´a˜nez,D.J. Herrera, R.V. Horan III, V.L. Jackson, L. Johnson, M.J. Jordan, W. Kahano, J.Kiser, T.W. Knowles, M.M. Koeck, C. Koroly, K.M. Kuhn, E.K. Kuprewicz, D.J.R. Lafferty, S.D. LaPoint, M. Lashley, R.G. Lathrop, T.E. Lee, Jr., C.A. Lepczyk, D.B. Lesmeister, J.V. Lombardi, R.A. Long, R.C. Lonsinger, P. MacKay, S.P. Maher, D.S.Mason, J.J. Millspaugh, R.J. Moll, J.B. Moon, A. Mortelliti, A.M. Mychajliw, C.M.Nagy, S.A. Neiswenter, D.L. Nelson, C.E. Nemes, C.K. Nielsen, E. Olson, M.T. O’Mara, B.J. O’Neill, B.R. Page, E. Parsons, B.S. Pease, M.E. Pendergast, M. Proctor, H. Quick,C.C. Rega-Brodsky, M.S. Rentz, K. Rezendes, D. Rich, D.R. Risch, A. Romero, B.R. Rooney, C.T. Rota, C.A Samples, C.H. Sekercioglu, M. Sergeyev, A.B. Smith, D.S. Smith, J.H. Sperry, J.L. Stenglein, M.K. Stokes, J.S. Stutzman, K.R. Todd, J.P. Vanek, W. Varga, Z.M. Wardle, S.L. Webb, N.H. Wehr, L.S. Whipple, C.A. Whittier, J.S. Widness,J. Williamson, A.M. Wilson, A.J. Wolf, M. Zimova, A.S. Zorn, W.J. McShea. 2024.SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A third coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology 105:e4318. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4318
7. Chen, C., A. Granados, J.F. Brodie, R. Kays, T.J. Davies, R. Liu, J.T. Fisher, J. Ahumada,W. McShea, D. Sheil, J. Mohd-Azlan, B. Agwanda, M.H. Andrianarisoa, R.D. Appleton, R. Bitariho, S. Espinosa, M.M. Grigione, K.M. Helgen, A. Hubbard, C.M. Hurtado, P.A. Jansen, X. Jiang, A. Jones, E.L. Kalies, C. Kiebou-Opepa, X. Li, M.G.M. Lima, E. Meyer, A.B. Miller, T. Murphy, R. Piana, R.C. Quan, C.T. Rota, F. Rovero, F. Santos,S. Schuttler, A. Uduman, J.K. van Bommel, H. Young, and A.C. Burton. 2024. Combining camera trap surveys and IUCN range maps to improve knowledge of species distributions. Conservation Biology 38:e14221. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14221
8. Lehman, C.P., E.E. Morrison, B.Y. Neiles, and C.T. Rota. 2024. Factors influencing growth in a bobcat population. Journal of Wildlife Management 88:e22561. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22561
9. Keplinger, B., and C. T. Rota. 2024. Effects of poor recruitment on riverine small mouth bass population dynamics. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 44:247–261. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10994
10. Noe, K.L., C.T. Rota, M.W. Frantz, and J.T. Anderson. 2024. Restored wetland size and age influence small mammal communities in West Virginia, USA. Wetlands 44:48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-024-01799-3
11. Augustine, S.H., M.T. Strager, and C.T. Rota. 2024. Appalachians to the Andes: Potential population connectivity and loop migration of Canada Warblers (Cardellina canadensis) revealed by light-level geolocators. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 136:77–88. https://doi.org/10.1676/23-00039
12. Clipp, H.L., S.M. Pesi, M.L. Miller, L.C. Gigliotti, B.P. Skelly, and C.T. Rota. 2024. White-tailed deer detection rates increase when coyotes are present. Ecology and Evolution14:e11149. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11149
13. Burton, A.C., C. Beirne, K.M. Gaynor, C. Sun, A. Granados, M.L. Allen, J.M. Alston, G.C. Alvarenga, F.S.´A. Calder´on, Z. Amir, C. Anhalt-Depies, C. Appel, S. Arroyo-Arce, G.Balme, A. Bar-Massada, D. Barcelos, E. Barr, E.L. Barthelmess, C. Baruzzi, S.M. Basak,N. Beenaerts, J. Belmaker, O. Belova, B. Bezarevi´c, T. Bird, D.A. Bogan, N. Bogdanovi´c,A. Boyce, M. Boyce, L. Brandt, J.F. Brodie, J. Brooke, J.W. Bubnicki, F. Cagnacci, B.S.Carr, J. Carvalho, J. Casaer, R. ˇCerne, R. Chen, E. Chow, M. Churski, C. Cincotta, D.´Cirovi´c, T.D. Coates, J. Compton, C. Coon, M.V. Cove, A.P. Crupi, S.D. Farra, A.K. Darracq, M. Davis, K. Dawe, V. De Waele, E. Descalzo, T.A. Diserens, J. Drimaj, M. Dula, S. Ellis-Felege, C. Ellison, A. Ert¨urk, J. Fantle-Lepczyk, J. Favreau, M. Fennell,P. Ferreras, F. Ferretti, C. Fiderer, L. Finnegan, J.T. Fisher, M.C. Fisher-Reid, E.A.Flaherty, U. Fleˇzar, J. Flousek, J.M. Foca, A. Ford, B. Franzetti, S. Frey, S. Fritts, ˇS.Fr´ybov´a, B. Furnas, B. Gerber, H.M. Geyle, D.G. Gim´enez, A.J. Giordano, T. Gomercic,M.E. Gompper, D.M. Gr¨abin, M. Gray, A. Green, R. Hagen, R. Hagen, S. Hammerich,C. Hanekom, C. Hansen, S. Hasstedt, M. Hebblewhite, M. Heurich, T.R. Hofmeester, T.Hubbard, D. Jachowski, P.A. Jansen, K.J. Jaspers, A. Jensen, M. Jordan, M.C. Kaizer,M.J. Kelly, M.T. Kohl, S. Kramer-Schadt, M. Krofel, A. Krug, K.M. Kuhn, D.P.J. Kuijper,E.K. Kuprewicz, J. Kusak, M. Kutal, D.J.R. Lafferty, S. LaRose, M. Lashley, R.Lathrop, T.E. Lee Jr, C. Lepczyk, D.B. Lesmeister, A. Licoppe, M. Linnell, J. Loch, R.Long, R.C. Lonsinger, J. Louvrier, M.S. Luskin, P. MacKay, S. Maher, B. Manet, G.K.H.Mann, A.J. Marshall, D. Mason, Z. McDonald, T. McKay, W.J. McShea, M. Mechler, C.Miaud, J.J. Millspaugh, C.M. Monteza-Moreno, D. Moreira-Arce, K. Mullen, C. Nagy,R. Naidoo, I. Namir, C. Nelson, B. ONeill, M.T. OMara, V. Oberosler, C. Osorio, F.Ossi, P. Palencia, K. Pearson, L. Pedrotti, C.E. Pekins, M. Pendergast, F.F. Pinho, R.Plhal, X. Pocasangre-Orellana, M. Price, M. Procko, M.D. Proctor, E.E. Ramalho, N.Ranc, S. Reljic, K. Remine, M. Rentz, R. Revord, R. Reyna-Hurtado, D. Risch, E.G. Ritchie, A. Romero, C. Rota, F. Rovero, H. Rowe, C. Rutz, M. Salvatori, D. Sandow,C.M. Schalk, J. Scherger, J. Schipper, D.G. Scognamillo, C¸ .H. S¸ekercioˇglu, P. Semenzato, J. Sevin, H. Shamon, C. Shier, E.A. Silva-Rodr´ıguez, M. Sindicic, L.K. Smyth, A. Soyumert, T. Sprague, C.C. St. Clair, J. Stenglein, P.A. Stephens, K.M. St¸epniak, M. Stevens, C. Stevenson, B. Ternyik, I. Thomson, R.T. Torres, J. Tremblay, T. Urrutia, J.P. Vacher, D. Visscher, S.L. Webb, J. Weber, K.C.B. Weiss, L.S. Whipple, C.A. Whittier, J. Whittington, I. Wierzbowska, M. Wikelski, J. Williamson, C.C. Wilmers, T. Windle, H.U. Wittmer, Y. Zharikov, A. Zorn, R. Kays. 2024. Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02363-2

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