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Christopher Rota

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304-293-3196 Christopher.Rota@mail.wvu.edu 3313 Agricultural Sciences

Professor and Program Coordinator of Wildlife and Fisheries Resources

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. Tyl, R., C.T. Rota, and C. Lehman. 2025. Factors influencing eastern wild turkey population growth in northeastern South Dakota. Wildlife Society Bulletin 49(S1): e1636. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1636.
  2. Clipp, H.L., C.T. Rota, C. Johnson, and P.B. Wood. 2025. Optimizing management of wildlife openings in forested landscapes for game birds and overall avian diversity. Wildlife Monographs 216:e70000. https://doi.org/10.1002/wmon.70000.
  3. Clipp, H.L., C.T. Rota, S.N. Matthews, M.P. Peters, and P.B. Wood. 2025. Potential resilience of forest birds in the Appalachian Mountains to future climate change during the breeding season. Landscape Ecology 40: article number 62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-025-02068-2.
  4. Nauyoma, L.O., C.T. Rota, F. Lemos, F. Azevedo, F. Sequeira, and E. Fabiano. 2025.Modeling roan and sable patterns of spatial distribution in the Mudumu National Park,Namibia. Wildlife Society Bulletin 49: e1573. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1573.
  5. Clipp, H.C., C.T. Rota, C. Johnson, M. Strager, and P.B. Wood. 2025. Diverging long term avian responses in actively and minimally harvested landscapes in the Central Appalachians, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 578: Article 122450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122450.
  6. Morrison, E.E, C.P. Lehman, B.Y. Neiles, and C.T. Rota. 2025. Resource selection of den sites for bobcats (Lynx rufus) in the Northern Great Plains, USA. Journal of Mammalogy106: 51 – 58. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyae105.
  7. Rooney, B., R. Kays, M.V. Cove, A.J. Jensen, B.R. Goldstein, C. Pate, P. Castiblanco,M.B. Abell, J. Adley, B. Agenbroad, A.A. Ahlers, P.D. Alexander, D. Allen, M.L. Allen,J.M. Alston, M. Alyetama, T.L. Anderson, R.G. Andrade, C. AnhaltDepies, C.L. Appel,L.C. Armendriz, C.R. Ayers, A.B. Baird, C. Bak, G. Bandler, E.E. Barding, E.G.Barr, C. Baruzzi, K. Bashaw, S.A. Beers, J.L. Belant, E. Bell, J.F. Benson, A. Berg,D.L. Bergman, B.C. Bernhardt, M.A. Bethel, T. Bird, A.B. Bishop, D.A. Bogan, L.Brandt, L. Brandt, A.B. Branney, C. Bratton, C. Bresnan, J.M. Brooke, E.K. Buchholtz,F.E. Buderman, A.D. Burnett, E.E. Burns, D. Byrd, S. Cannella, K.A. Carey,W.A. Carlile, K. Carter, B.J. Cassidy, I. Castro-Arellano, S. CendejasZarelli, N. Chatterjee,A.E. Cheeseman, C. Chevalier, M.C. Chitwood, P. Chrysafis, B.A. Collier, D.Collins, J.A. Compton, R.S. Cone, L.M. Conner, B. Cook, O.G. Cosby, S.S. Coster, A.P.Crupi, A.K. Darracq, J.M. Davenport, D. Davis, D.R. Davis, M.L. Davis, R.J. Davis,B.A. DeGregorio, A. Deshwal, K.D. Dougherty, A. Drauglis, C. Durbin, A.J. Edelman,V. Elder, B.M. Eller, E.H. Ellington, S.N. EllisFelege, C.N. Ellison, J. FantleLepczyk,J.J. Farr, Z.J. Farris, S.P. Finnegan, M.C. FisherReid, E.A. Flaherty, G.F. Dri, S.R.Fritts, J. Fuller, T. Gallo, L.S. Ganoe, C.N. Ganong, R. Garibay, B.D. Gerber, F.D.Gerraty, S.T. Giery, S.M. Gilyot, J.L. Glasscock, B. Goldfarb, L.E. Good, G.M. Granados,A.M. Green, J. Grewal, A. Grusenmeyer, J.M. Guthrie, M.T. Hallett, C.P. Hansen,L.P. Hansen, C.L. Hanson, E.J. Harrity, S.C.M. Hasstedt, M. Hebblewhite, D.J. Herrera,A.M. Holland, B.R. Humphreys, H.D. Island, A. Jack, E.P. Johansson, A.M. Johnson,L. Johnson, Y.L. JohnstoneYellin, M.L.S.P. Jorge, W. Kahano, M. Kinsey, B.E. Klossing,T.W. Knowles, M.M. Koeck, J.L. Koprowski, K.M. Kuhn, E.K. Kuprewicz, D.J.R.Lafferty, J.A. LambertonMoreno, T.A. Land, A.L. Langston, S. LaPoint, E.N. Largent,M.A. Lashley, R.G. Lathrop, T.E. Lee, C.A. Lepczyk, D.B. Lesmeister, C.K. Leung, J.V.Lombardi, R.A. Long, R.C. Lonsinger, I. Lord, S.S. Madere, S.P. Maher, J.A. Mallinoff,A. Martnez, D.S. Mason, H.A. Mathewson, A. Mayer, K.P. McCarthy, S.F. McCracken,B. McDonald, B. McGarry, S.T McMurry, L.E. McTigue, B.M. Mena, M. Mercer, M.R.Merz, S. Millar, G.D. Miller, J.J. Millspaugh, R.J. Moll, T.W. Mong, J. Monzn, J.C.Moore, A. Mortelliti, K.W. Mote, K. Mullen, A.M. Mychajliw, C. Nagy, S.A. Neiswenter,D.L.J. Neyland, L. Nicholson, M.T. OMara, B.J. ONeill, E.A. Olson, M. Orgill,G. Palomo-Muoz, S.L. Parsons, L.E. Patrick, J.R. Patterson, D. Pearce, M.E. Pendergast,B.S. Perla, T.R. Petroelje, H. Pliske, M.K.P. Poisson, M.R. Price, M.D. Proctor,N.J. Proudman, J.L. Rachlow, R.A.N. Ramos, M. Reabold, J. Redinger, A. Reed, C.C.RegaBrodsky, E.M. Rehm, K.R. Remine, M.S. Rentz, E. Ridder, D.R. Risch, L.M. Robbins,J.P. Roemer, A. Romero, C.T. Rota, C.M. Schalk, B.D. Scholten, C.L. Scott, B.M.Scurlock, M. Sergeyev, W.J. Severud, J. Sevin, H. Shamon, C. Sharp, M.W. Shaw, V.SiverlsDunham, A.B. Smith, D.S. Smith, M.H. Snider, D.A. Sossover, A.R. Sovie, J.A.Sparks, J. Speiser, M.T. Springer, J.L. Spurlin, E.A. Steinkamp, J.L. Stenglein, J.S.Kloker, C.M. Stitzman, M.K. Stokes, K.A. Stringer, J. Stutzman, D.S. Sullins, C. Sullivan,N.B. Sullivan, E.P. Tanner, A.M. Tanner, E.B. Thornock, J.H. Titus, J. Tleimat, K.Toomey, L.T. Toussaint, M. Uribe, M.v.d. Merwe, D.J.V Parys, J.P. Vanek, J. Varner, B.Walker, C. Wallace, D. Ward, B.H. Warner, D.L. Warren, J.R. Wasdin, S.L. Webb, K.L.Wehr, N.H. Wehr, E. Weigel, T.J. Werdel, L.S. Whipple, C.A. Whittier, C. Wiersema,A. Wilson, M.E. Wilson, A.J. Wolf, J.P. Wolford, D.W. Wolfson, D.J. Woolsey, M.A.Wuensch, G. Xu, K.L. Yurewicz, V. Zancho, M. Zmov, A Zorn, W.J. McShea. 2025.Rota CV 3SNAPSHOT USA 2019 – 2023: The First Five Years of Data From a Coordinated Camera Trap Survey of the United States. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34: e13941. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13941
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