N= 65; Citations: 3663, h-index: 27.
*represents a supervised or mentored student or post-doctoral researcher
65. Bell*, E., J.T. Fisher, H. Hill, C. Darimont, and C. Bone. 2023. Influence of heterospecifics on mesocarnivore behaviour at shared scavenging opportunities in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Scientific Reports, In press.
64. Fisher, J.T. 2023. Camera trapping in ecology: A new section for wildlife research. [Editorial]. Ecology and Evolution 13(3): e9925.
63. Steenweg, R., M. Hebblewhite, A.C. Burton, J. Whittington, N. Heim*, J.T. Fisher, W. Lowe, T. Muhly, J. Paczkowski, and M. Musiani. 2023. Testing umbrella species and food-web properties of large carnivores in the Rocky Mountains. Biological Conservation 278: 109888.
62. Khan*, P., L. Eliuk*, S. Frey*, C. Bone, and J.T. Fisher. 2023. Shifts in diel activity of Rocky Mountain mammal communities in response to anthropogenic disturbance and sympatric invasive white-tailed deer. Global Ecology and Conservation 41: e02355.
61. Sun, C., J.M. Burgar, J.T. Fisher, and A.C. Burton. 2022. A cautionary tale comparing spatial count and partial identity models for estimating densities of threatened populations. Global Ecology and Conservation 38: e02268.
60. Jahid*, M.; H.N. Steeves, J.T. Fisher, S.J. Bonner, S. Muthukumarana, and L.L.E. Cowen. 2022. Shooting for abundance: Comparing integrated multi-sampling models for camera trap data. Environmetrics, 34(2), p.e2761.
59. Burton, A.C.; Beirne, C.; Sun, C.; Granados, A.; Procko, M.; Chen, C.; Fennell, M.; Constantinou, A.; Colton, C.; Tjaden-McClement, K.; Fisher, J.T.; Burgar, J.M. 2022. Behavioral “bycatch” from camera trap surveys yields insights on prey responses to human-mediated predation risk. Ecology and Evolution 12: e9108.
58. Boucher*, N., M. Anderson, A. Ladle*, C. Procter, S. Marshall, G. Kuzyk, B. Starzomski, and J.T. Fisher. 2022. Cumulative effects of widespread landscape change alter predator-prey dynamics. Scientific Reports 12: 11692.
57. Fuller*, H.W., S. Frey*, and J.T. Fisher. 2022. Integration of aerial surveys and resource selection analysis indicates human land-use supports boreal deer expansion. Ecological Applications, e2722.
56. Broekman, M., J.P. Hilbers, M.A.J. Huijbregts, T. Mueller, A.H. Ali, H. Andrén, J. Altmann, M. Aronsson, N. Attias, H.L.A. Bartlam-Brooks, F.M. van Beest, J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, L. Bidner, N. Blaum, R.B. Boone, M.S. Boyce, M.B. Brown, F. Cagnacci, R. Černe, S. Chamaillé-Jammes, N. Dejid, J. Dekker, A.L.J. Desbiez, S.L. Díaz-Muñoz, J. Fennessy, C. Fichtel, C. Fischer, J.T. Fisher, et al. 2022. Evaluating expert-based habitat suitability information with GPS tracking data of terrestrial mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31: 1526– 1541.
55. Tejero, D.*; S. Frey*, K. Baillie-David*, A.C. Burton, and J.T. Fisher. 2022. Predator control alters wolf interactions with prey and competitor species over the diel cycle. Oikos, e08821.
54. Fisher, J.T., and A. Ladle*. 2022. Syntopic species interact with large boreal mammals' response to anthropogenic landscape change. Science of the Total Environment 822: 153432
Media coverage: The Revelator
53. Chen, C., J.F. Brodie, R. Kays, T.J. Davies, R. Liu, J.T. Fisher, J. Ahumada, W. McShea, D. Sheil, 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. Guimarães Moreira 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. Klees van Bommel, H. Young, and A.C. Burton. 2022. Global camera trap synthesis highlights the importance of protected areas in maintaining mammal diversity. Conservation Letters, e12865.
Media coverage: Pique News Magazine
52. Fisher, J.T., S. Murray, M. Barrueto, K. Carroll, A.P. Clevenger, D. Hausleitner, W. Harrower, N. Heim, K. Heinemeyer, A.L. Jacob, T.S. Jung, A. Kortello, A. Ladle, R. Long, P. MacKay, and M.A. Sawaya. 2022. Wolverines (Gulo gulo) in a changing landscape and warming climate: A decadal synthesis of global conservation ecology research. Global Ecology and Conservation 34: e02019.
Media coverage: The Revelator, Wildlife.org
51. Pauli, J. N., Manlick, P. J., Tucker, J. M., Smith, G. B., Jensen, P. G., & Fisher, J. T. 2022. Competitive overlap between martens Martes americana and Martes caurina and fishers Pekania pennanti: a rangewide perspective and synthesis. Mammal Review, early view.
50. Darlington*, S., A.C. Burton, A. Ladle*, J.P. Volpe, and J.T. Fisher. 2022. Cumulative effects of human footprint best predict seasonal resource selection by a range expanding ungulate. Scientific Reports 12(1072).
49. Chow-Fraser*, G., N. Heim*, J. Paczkowski, J.P. Volpe, J.T. Fisher. 2022. Evidence of synergistic effects of landscape change and shifting competitive dynamics between sympatric Nearctic carnivores. Biological Conservation 266: 109435.
Media coverage: Radio, Globe and Mail, CBC Edmonton, Global News, CTV Edmonton, CHEK News, and scores of affiliates coast to coast.
48. Roberts, D., D. Beausoleil, R. Hazewinkel, A. Mahaffey, D. Sayanda, F. Wyatt, E. Bayne, J. Dennett, J.T. Fisher, and M. Dubé. 2021. A decadal synthesis of terrestrial biological monitoring in the Alberta oil sands region. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, early view.
Media coverage: CBC News
47. Beirne, C; C. Sun*, E. Tattersall*, J. Burgar*, J.T., Fisher, and A.C. Burton. 2021. Multispecies modelling reveals potential for habitat restoration to re-establish boreal vertebrate community dynamics. Journal of Applied Ecology 58(12): 2821-2832.
46. Sun, C.*, C. Beirne, J.M. Burgar*, T. Howey, J.T. Fisher, and A.C. Burton. 2021. Simultaneous monitoring of vegetation dynamics and wildlife activity with camera traps to assess habitat change. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 7(4): 666-684.
45. Fisher, J.T., F. Grey, J. Amerongen Maddison*, N. Anderson, J. Sawan, N. Anderson, S. Chai, L. Nolan, A. Underwood, H. Fuller*, and S. Frey*. 2021. Indigenous-led Camera-trap Research on the Effects of Landscape Change on Nearctic Boreal Mammals on Traditional Territories. FACETS 6: 1266-1284.
Media coverage: Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, Dispatches 19(8): 428-431.
44. Francis, A*, J.T. Fisher, C. Procter, and G. Kuzyk. 2021. Female moose prioritize forage over mortality risk in harvested landscapes. Journal of Wildlife Management 85(1): 156-168.
43. Wittische, J., S. Heckbert, P.M.A. James, A.C. Burton, and J.T. Fisher. 2021. Community-level modelling of boreal forest mammals in an oil sands landscape reveals how human disturbance, natural habitat, and predation shape mammal distribution. Science of the Total Environment 75(2): 142500.
42. Fisher, J.T., and A.C. Burton. 2021. Spatial structure of reproductive success infers mechanisms of ungulate invasion in Nearctic boreal landscapes. Ecology & Evolution 11(2): 900-911.
41. Fisher, J.T., A.C. Burton, L. Nolan, and L. Roy. 2020. Influences of landscape change and winter severity on invasive ungulate persistence in the Nearctic boreal forest. Scientific Reports 10: 8742.
Media coverage: CBC, Canada News Media, International Affiliates
40. Frey, S*., J.P. Volpe, N. Heim*, J. Paczkowski, and J.T. Fisher. 2020. Move to nocturnality not a universal trend in carnivore species on disturbed landscapes. Oikos 129: 1128-1140.
Media coverage: Rocky Mountain Outlook, CBC Radio, CTV News, CTV News online, Outside Magazine
39. Caravaggi, A., A. Cole Burton, D.A. Clark, J.T. Fisher, A. Grass, S. Green, C. Hobaiter, T.R. Hofmeester, A.K. Kalan, D. Rabaiotti, and D. Rivet. 2020. A review of potential impacts on animal behaviour to consider when using camera traps to inform wildlife ecology and conservation. Conservation Science and Practice 2(8): 239.
38. Tattersall, E.R., J.M. Burgar*, J.T. Fisher & A.C. Burton. 2020. Boreal predator co‐occurrences reveal shared use of seismic lines in a working landscape. Ecology and Evolution, 10(3), 1678-1691.
37. Tattersall, E.R., J.M. Burgar*, J.T. Fisher, and A. Cole Burton. 2020. Mammal seismic line use varies with restoration: applying habitat restoration to species at risk conservation in a working landscape. Biological Conservation 241: 108295.
Media coverage: CBC, 150 International Affiliates, ScienMag, Phys.org.
36. Turner*, C., T. Lantz, and J.T. Fisher. 2020. Muskrat distributions in a changing Arctic Delta are explained by patch composition and configuration. Arctic Science 6(2): 77-94.
35. Stewart*, F.E.C., J.P. Volpe, D. Vujnovic, G. Hood, and J.T. Fisher. 2019. Protected areas alone rarely predict mammalian biodiversity across spatial scales in an Albertan working landscape. Biological Conservation 240, 108252.
34. Stewart*, F.E.C., S. Darlington*, J.P. Volpe, M. McAdie, and J.T. Fisher. 2019. Corridors best facilitate functional connectivity across a protected area network. Scientific Reports 9: 10852.
Media coverage: Mongabay, Wildlife.org, ALERT, Saanich News, University of Victoria
Altmetric: 96% percentile.
33. Heim*, N, J.T. Fisher, J.P. Volpe, A. Clevenger, J. Paczkowski. 2019. Mountain carnivore community response to anthropogenic landscape change: species-specificity foils generalizations. Landscape Ecology 34(11): 2493-2507.
Media coverage: Rocky Mountain Outlook
32. Bulger*, D., J.T Fisher, and J.P. Volpe. 2019. Differences in fish communities on natural versus artificial temperate reefs: Groundfish conservation applications in British Columbia. Marine Environmental Research 152: 104788.
Media coverage: Vancouver Sun, Canada News Media, VicNews, UVIC.ca.
31. Stewart*, F.E.C., J.T. Fisher, and J.P. Volpe. 2019. The debate about bait: a red herring in wildlife research. Journal of Wildlife Management 83(4): 985-992.30.
30. Fisher, J.T., and A.C. Burton. 2018. Wildlife winners and losers in an oil sands landscape. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, 16(6): 323-328.
Media coverage: National Post, CBC, CBC Radio, The Star, Global News, Affiliates coast to coast; Canadian Wildlife Magazine
29. Fortin, J.*, J. Rhemtulla, J.T. Fisher, and E. Higgs. 2018. Estimates of landscape composition from terrestrial oblique photographs suggest homogenization of Rocky Mountain landscapes over the last century. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 2:100.
Media coverage: MOTHERBOARD.
28. Burgar, J.M.*, J.P. Volpe, J.T. Fisher, and A.C. Burton. 2018. The importance of considering multiple interacting species for conservation of species at risk. Conservation Biology, 33(3): 709-715.27.
27. Burgar, J.M.*, Stewart, F.E.C.*, Volpe, J.P., Fisher, J.T., and Burton, A.C. 2018. Estimating density for species conservation: Comparing camera trap spatial count models to genetic spatial capture-recapture models. Global Ecology and Conservation 15: e00411.
26. Burton, A.C., J.T. Fisher, P. Adriaens, J. Treweek, D. Paetkau, M. Wikstrom, A.Callender, R. Vardanyan, A. Stepanyan. 2018. Density and distribution of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) within the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Mammalogy 99(5): 1249–1260.
25. Stewart*, F.E.C., J.T. Fisher, A.C. Burton, and J.P. Volpe. 2018. Species occurrence data reflect the magnitude of animal movements better than the proximity of animal space use. Ecosphere 9(2): e02112.
24. Heim*, N.A., A.P. Clevenger, J. Paczkowski, J.P. Volpe, and J.T. Fisher. 2017. Cumulative effects of climate and landscape change drive spatial distribution of Rocky Mountain wolverine. Ecology and Evolution 7(21): 8903-8914.
Media coverage: BBC Earth, Science Borealis, CBC Radio Canada, Canadian Rockies Annual
23. Stewart*, F.E.C., J.P. Volpe, J.S. Taylor, and J.T. Fisher. 2017. Distinguishing reintroduction from recolonization with genetic testing. Biological Conservation 214: 242-249.
Media coverage: CBC News, Huffington Post, Science Borealis, Nature Conservancy, Bioscience
*Featured in Article: Wilson, N. 2018. Reintroduction or Recolonization? How the Fisher Came Back. BioScience 68(3): 232.
22. Frey*, S., J.T. Fisher, and A.C. Burton. 2017. Investigating animal activity patterns and temporal niche partitioning using camera trap data: Challenges and opportunities. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation August 2017: 1-10. DOI: 10.1002/rse2.60
Media coverage: CBC Radio, CTV News, CTV News online, Outside Magazine, Rocky Mountain Outlook
*RSEC Top20 Paper 2017*
21. Torres-Romero, E.J., S. Varela, J.T. Fisher, and M. Olalla-Tárraga. 2017. The relationship between mammal faunas and climatic instability since the Last Glacial Maximum: a Nearctic vs. Western Palearctic comparison. Acta Oecologica 82: 10-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2017.05.004
20. Steenweg*, R., M. Hebblewhite, R. Kays, J. Ahumada, J.T. Fisher, C. Burton, S.E. Townsend, C. Carbone, J. M. Rowcliffe, J. Whittington, J. Brodie, J. A. Royle, A. Switalski, A.P. Clevenger, N. Heim, and L.N. Rich. 2017. Scaling up camera traps — monitoring the planet's biodiversity with networks of remote sensors. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 15(1): 26-34. DOI: 10.1002/fee.1448.
Media coverage: ScienMag, Science News, Lonely Planet, Global News, CBC News, The Wildlife Society, Phys.org, NaturalSciences.org, Canadian Wildlife Magazine
*Frontiers in Ecology & Environment Top20 Paper 2017*
19. J.T. Fisher, N. Heim*, S. Code, and J. Paczkowski. 2016. Grizzly bear noninvasive genetic tagging surveys: estimating the magnitude of missed detections. PloS One 11(9): e0161055.
Media coverage: The Colbert Report, CBC, National Post, Toronto Sun, Sun Journal Affiliates, MacLean’s Magazine, Digital Journal, Traveller.com.
18. Stewart*, F.E.C., N.A. Heim*, A.P. Clevenger, J. Paczkowski, J.P. Volpe, and J.T. Fisher. 2016. Wolverine behaviour varies spatially with anthropogenic footprint: implications for conservation and inferences about declines. Ecology & Evolution 6(5): 1493-1503. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1921
Media coverage: BBC Earth, CBC News, Calgary Herald, Canadian Rockies Annual, Science Borealis
17. Burton, C., E. Neilson, D. Moreira, A. Ladle, R. Steenweg*, J.T. Fisher, E. Bayne, and S. Boutin. 2015. Wildlife camera trapping: a review and recommendations for linking surveys to ecological processes. Journal of Applied Ecology 52(3): 675-685. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12432.
Media coverage: Journal of Applied Ecology Blog.
16. F. Jean*, A. Branzan Albu, D. Capson, E. Higgs, J.T. Fisher, and B.M. Starzomski. Visualizing category-specific changes in oblique photographs of mountain landscapes. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Visualization in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis), May 25-29, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, 2015.
15. F. Jean*, A. Branzan-Albu, D. Capson, E. Higgs, J.T. Fisher, and B.M. Starzomski. 2015. The mountain habitats segmentation and change detection dataset. Proceedings of the IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) 2015.
14. Fisher, J.T., C. Pasztor, A. Wilson*, J.P. Volpe, and B. Anholt. 2014. Recolonizing sea otters spatially segregate from pinnipeds on the Canadian Pacific coastline: The implications of segregation for species conservation. Biological Conservation 177: 148-155.
Media Coverage: Knowledge Network (TV): The Sea Otters’ Return; Canadian Wildlife Federation
13. Fisher, J.T., and S. Bradbury. 2014. Quantifying bias in noninvasive genetic tagging studies with multi-state hierarchical models. Journal of Wildlife Management 78(6): 1087-1095.
12. Fisher, J.T., M. Wheatley, and D. MacKenzie. 2014. Spatial patterns of breeding success of grizzly bears derived from hierarchical multistate models. Conservation Biology 28(5): 1249-1259.
*Integrated into a textbook: MacKenzie, D. I., Nichols, J. D., Royle, J. A., Pollock, K. H., Bailey, L., & Hines, J. E. (2017). Occupancy estimation and modeling: inferring patterns and dynamics of species occurrence. 2nd Edition. Elsevier.
*Integrated into a popular book: Kays, R. (2016). Candid creatures: how camera traps reveal the mysteries of nature. JHU Press.
11. Fisher, A.C., J.P. Volpe and J.T. Fisher. 2014. Occupancy dynamics of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon in Canadian Pacific coastal salmon streams. Biological Invasions 2014: 1-10.
Media coverage: CBC Radio North, Living Oceans Society
10. Fisher, J.T., S. Bradbury, M. Wheatley, B. Anholt, L. Roy, J.P. Volpe, and L. Nolan. 2013. Wolverines on the Rocky Mountain slopes: natural heterogeneity and landscape alteration as predictors of distribution. Canadian Journal of Zoology 91: 706-716.
Media coverage: Canadian Geographic; Globe & Mail; All CanWest journals (Full colour centre spread); CBC Radio Program Sounds Like Canada.
9. Fisher, J.T., M.T. Wheatley, S. Bradbury, B. Anholt, and J.P. Volpe. 2012. Spatial segregation of sympatric marten and fishers: the influence of landscapes and species-scapes. Ecography 36(2): 240-248.
8. Fisher, J.T., B. Anholt, and J.P. Volpe. 2011. Body mass explains characteristic scales of habitat selection in terrestrial mammals. Ecology and Evolution 1(4): 517-528.
7. Fisher, J.T., and S. Bradbury. 2006. Understorey protection harvest expedites recolonisation of boreal forest stands by North American red squirrels. Forest Ecology and Management 234: 40-47.
6. Fisher, J.T., and L. Wilkinson. 2005. The response of mammals to forest fire and timber harvesting in the North American boreal forest. Mammal Review 35(1): 51-81.
5. Fisher, J.T., S. Boutin, and S.J. Hannon. 2005. The protean relationship between boreal forest landscape structure and red squirrel distribution at multiple spatial scales. Landscape Ecology 20: 73-82.
4. Fisher, J.T., C. Twitchell, E. Jenson, W. Barney, and J. Sharpe. 2005. Utilizing behavioral biophysics to mitigate accidental mortality of snared endangered Newfoundland marten. Journal of Wildlife Management 69(4): 1743-1746.
Media coverage: CBC News
3. Wheatley, M., J.T. Fisher, J. Litke, K.W.L. Larsen, and S. Boutin. 2005. Using GIS to relate small mammal abundance and landscape structure at multiple spatial extents: Northern flying squirrels in Alberta, Canada. Journal of Applied Ecology 42: 577-586.
2. Fisher, J.T., and G. Merriam. 2000. Resource patch array use by two squirrel species in an agricultural landscape. Landscape Ecology 15(4): 333-338.
1. Chauret, C., N. Armstrong, J. Fisher, R. Sharma, S. Springthorpe, and S. Sattar. 1995. Correlating Cryptosporidium and Giardia with microbial indicators. J. American Waterworks Association 87: 76-84.
*represents a supervised or mentored student or post-doctoral researcher
65. Bell*, E., J.T. Fisher, H. Hill, C. Darimont, and C. Bone. 2023. Influence of heterospecifics on mesocarnivore behaviour at shared scavenging opportunities in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Scientific Reports, In press.
64. Fisher, J.T. 2023. Camera trapping in ecology: A new section for wildlife research. [Editorial]. Ecology and Evolution 13(3): e9925.
63. Steenweg, R., M. Hebblewhite, A.C. Burton, J. Whittington, N. Heim*, J.T. Fisher, W. Lowe, T. Muhly, J. Paczkowski, and M. Musiani. 2023. Testing umbrella species and food-web properties of large carnivores in the Rocky Mountains. Biological Conservation 278: 109888.
62. Khan*, P., L. Eliuk*, S. Frey*, C. Bone, and J.T. Fisher. 2023. Shifts in diel activity of Rocky Mountain mammal communities in response to anthropogenic disturbance and sympatric invasive white-tailed deer. Global Ecology and Conservation 41: e02355.
61. Sun, C., J.M. Burgar, J.T. Fisher, and A.C. Burton. 2022. A cautionary tale comparing spatial count and partial identity models for estimating densities of threatened populations. Global Ecology and Conservation 38: e02268.
60. Jahid*, M.; H.N. Steeves, J.T. Fisher, S.J. Bonner, S. Muthukumarana, and L.L.E. Cowen. 2022. Shooting for abundance: Comparing integrated multi-sampling models for camera trap data. Environmetrics, 34(2), p.e2761.
59. Burton, A.C.; Beirne, C.; Sun, C.; Granados, A.; Procko, M.; Chen, C.; Fennell, M.; Constantinou, A.; Colton, C.; Tjaden-McClement, K.; Fisher, J.T.; Burgar, J.M. 2022. Behavioral “bycatch” from camera trap surveys yields insights on prey responses to human-mediated predation risk. Ecology and Evolution 12: e9108.
58. Boucher*, N., M. Anderson, A. Ladle*, C. Procter, S. Marshall, G. Kuzyk, B. Starzomski, and J.T. Fisher. 2022. Cumulative effects of widespread landscape change alter predator-prey dynamics. Scientific Reports 12: 11692.
57. Fuller*, H.W., S. Frey*, and J.T. Fisher. 2022. Integration of aerial surveys and resource selection analysis indicates human land-use supports boreal deer expansion. Ecological Applications, e2722.
56. Broekman, M., J.P. Hilbers, M.A.J. Huijbregts, T. Mueller, A.H. Ali, H. Andrén, J. Altmann, M. Aronsson, N. Attias, H.L.A. Bartlam-Brooks, F.M. van Beest, J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, L. Bidner, N. Blaum, R.B. Boone, M.S. Boyce, M.B. Brown, F. Cagnacci, R. Černe, S. Chamaillé-Jammes, N. Dejid, J. Dekker, A.L.J. Desbiez, S.L. Díaz-Muñoz, J. Fennessy, C. Fichtel, C. Fischer, J.T. Fisher, et al. 2022. Evaluating expert-based habitat suitability information with GPS tracking data of terrestrial mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31: 1526– 1541.
55. Tejero, D.*; S. Frey*, K. Baillie-David*, A.C. Burton, and J.T. Fisher. 2022. Predator control alters wolf interactions with prey and competitor species over the diel cycle. Oikos, e08821.
54. Fisher, J.T., and A. Ladle*. 2022. Syntopic species interact with large boreal mammals' response to anthropogenic landscape change. Science of the Total Environment 822: 153432
Media coverage: The Revelator
53. Chen, C., J.F. Brodie, R. Kays, T.J. Davies, R. Liu, J.T. Fisher, J. Ahumada, W. McShea, D. Sheil, 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. Guimarães Moreira 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. Klees van Bommel, H. Young, and A.C. Burton. 2022. Global camera trap synthesis highlights the importance of protected areas in maintaining mammal diversity. Conservation Letters, e12865.
Media coverage: Pique News Magazine
52. Fisher, J.T., S. Murray, M. Barrueto, K. Carroll, A.P. Clevenger, D. Hausleitner, W. Harrower, N. Heim, K. Heinemeyer, A.L. Jacob, T.S. Jung, A. Kortello, A. Ladle, R. Long, P. MacKay, and M.A. Sawaya. 2022. Wolverines (Gulo gulo) in a changing landscape and warming climate: A decadal synthesis of global conservation ecology research. Global Ecology and Conservation 34: e02019.
Media coverage: The Revelator, Wildlife.org
51. Pauli, J. N., Manlick, P. J., Tucker, J. M., Smith, G. B., Jensen, P. G., & Fisher, J. T. 2022. Competitive overlap between martens Martes americana and Martes caurina and fishers Pekania pennanti: a rangewide perspective and synthesis. Mammal Review, early view.
50. Darlington*, S., A.C. Burton, A. Ladle*, J.P. Volpe, and J.T. Fisher. 2022. Cumulative effects of human footprint best predict seasonal resource selection by a range expanding ungulate. Scientific Reports 12(1072).
49. Chow-Fraser*, G., N. Heim*, J. Paczkowski, J.P. Volpe, J.T. Fisher. 2022. Evidence of synergistic effects of landscape change and shifting competitive dynamics between sympatric Nearctic carnivores. Biological Conservation 266: 109435.
Media coverage: Radio, Globe and Mail, CBC Edmonton, Global News, CTV Edmonton, CHEK News, and scores of affiliates coast to coast.
48. Roberts, D., D. Beausoleil, R. Hazewinkel, A. Mahaffey, D. Sayanda, F. Wyatt, E. Bayne, J. Dennett, J.T. Fisher, and M. Dubé. 2021. A decadal synthesis of terrestrial biological monitoring in the Alberta oil sands region. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, early view.
Media coverage: CBC News
47. Beirne, C; C. Sun*, E. Tattersall*, J. Burgar*, J.T., Fisher, and A.C. Burton. 2021. Multispecies modelling reveals potential for habitat restoration to re-establish boreal vertebrate community dynamics. Journal of Applied Ecology 58(12): 2821-2832.
46. Sun, C.*, C. Beirne, J.M. Burgar*, T. Howey, J.T. Fisher, and A.C. Burton. 2021. Simultaneous monitoring of vegetation dynamics and wildlife activity with camera traps to assess habitat change. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 7(4): 666-684.
45. Fisher, J.T., F. Grey, J. Amerongen Maddison*, N. Anderson, J. Sawan, N. Anderson, S. Chai, L. Nolan, A. Underwood, H. Fuller*, and S. Frey*. 2021. Indigenous-led Camera-trap Research on the Effects of Landscape Change on Nearctic Boreal Mammals on Traditional Territories. FACETS 6: 1266-1284.
Media coverage: Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, Dispatches 19(8): 428-431.
44. Francis, A*, J.T. Fisher, C. Procter, and G. Kuzyk. 2021. Female moose prioritize forage over mortality risk in harvested landscapes. Journal of Wildlife Management 85(1): 156-168.
43. Wittische, J., S. Heckbert, P.M.A. James, A.C. Burton, and J.T. Fisher. 2021. Community-level modelling of boreal forest mammals in an oil sands landscape reveals how human disturbance, natural habitat, and predation shape mammal distribution. Science of the Total Environment 75(2): 142500.
42. Fisher, J.T., and A.C. Burton. 2021. Spatial structure of reproductive success infers mechanisms of ungulate invasion in Nearctic boreal landscapes. Ecology & Evolution 11(2): 900-911.
41. Fisher, J.T., A.C. Burton, L. Nolan, and L. Roy. 2020. Influences of landscape change and winter severity on invasive ungulate persistence in the Nearctic boreal forest. Scientific Reports 10: 8742.
Media coverage: CBC, Canada News Media, International Affiliates
40. Frey, S*., J.P. Volpe, N. Heim*, J. Paczkowski, and J.T. Fisher. 2020. Move to nocturnality not a universal trend in carnivore species on disturbed landscapes. Oikos 129: 1128-1140.
Media coverage: Rocky Mountain Outlook, CBC Radio, CTV News, CTV News online, Outside Magazine
39. Caravaggi, A., A. Cole Burton, D.A. Clark, J.T. Fisher, A. Grass, S. Green, C. Hobaiter, T.R. Hofmeester, A.K. Kalan, D. Rabaiotti, and D. Rivet. 2020. A review of potential impacts on animal behaviour to consider when using camera traps to inform wildlife ecology and conservation. Conservation Science and Practice 2(8): 239.
38. Tattersall, E.R., J.M. Burgar*, J.T. Fisher & A.C. Burton. 2020. Boreal predator co‐occurrences reveal shared use of seismic lines in a working landscape. Ecology and Evolution, 10(3), 1678-1691.
37. Tattersall, E.R., J.M. Burgar*, J.T. Fisher, and A. Cole Burton. 2020. Mammal seismic line use varies with restoration: applying habitat restoration to species at risk conservation in a working landscape. Biological Conservation 241: 108295.
Media coverage: CBC, 150 International Affiliates, ScienMag, Phys.org.
36. Turner*, C., T. Lantz, and J.T. Fisher. 2020. Muskrat distributions in a changing Arctic Delta are explained by patch composition and configuration. Arctic Science 6(2): 77-94.
35. Stewart*, F.E.C., J.P. Volpe, D. Vujnovic, G. Hood, and J.T. Fisher. 2019. Protected areas alone rarely predict mammalian biodiversity across spatial scales in an Albertan working landscape. Biological Conservation 240, 108252.
34. Stewart*, F.E.C., S. Darlington*, J.P. Volpe, M. McAdie, and J.T. Fisher. 2019. Corridors best facilitate functional connectivity across a protected area network. Scientific Reports 9: 10852.
Media coverage: Mongabay, Wildlife.org, ALERT, Saanich News, University of Victoria
Altmetric: 96% percentile.
33. Heim*, N, J.T. Fisher, J.P. Volpe, A. Clevenger, J. Paczkowski. 2019. Mountain carnivore community response to anthropogenic landscape change: species-specificity foils generalizations. Landscape Ecology 34(11): 2493-2507.
Media coverage: Rocky Mountain Outlook
32. Bulger*, D., J.T Fisher, and J.P. Volpe. 2019. Differences in fish communities on natural versus artificial temperate reefs: Groundfish conservation applications in British Columbia. Marine Environmental Research 152: 104788.
Media coverage: Vancouver Sun, Canada News Media, VicNews, UVIC.ca.
31. Stewart*, F.E.C., J.T. Fisher, and J.P. Volpe. 2019. The debate about bait: a red herring in wildlife research. Journal of Wildlife Management 83(4): 985-992.30.
30. Fisher, J.T., and A.C. Burton. 2018. Wildlife winners and losers in an oil sands landscape. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, 16(6): 323-328.
Media coverage: National Post, CBC, CBC Radio, The Star, Global News, Affiliates coast to coast; Canadian Wildlife Magazine
29. Fortin, J.*, J. Rhemtulla, J.T. Fisher, and E. Higgs. 2018. Estimates of landscape composition from terrestrial oblique photographs suggest homogenization of Rocky Mountain landscapes over the last century. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 2:100.
Media coverage: MOTHERBOARD.
28. Burgar, J.M.*, J.P. Volpe, J.T. Fisher, and A.C. Burton. 2018. The importance of considering multiple interacting species for conservation of species at risk. Conservation Biology, 33(3): 709-715.27.
27. Burgar, J.M.*, Stewart, F.E.C.*, Volpe, J.P., Fisher, J.T., and Burton, A.C. 2018. Estimating density for species conservation: Comparing camera trap spatial count models to genetic spatial capture-recapture models. Global Ecology and Conservation 15: e00411.
26. Burton, A.C., J.T. Fisher, P. Adriaens, J. Treweek, D. Paetkau, M. Wikstrom, A.Callender, R. Vardanyan, A. Stepanyan. 2018. Density and distribution of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) within the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Mammalogy 99(5): 1249–1260.
25. Stewart*, F.E.C., J.T. Fisher, A.C. Burton, and J.P. Volpe. 2018. Species occurrence data reflect the magnitude of animal movements better than the proximity of animal space use. Ecosphere 9(2): e02112.
24. Heim*, N.A., A.P. Clevenger, J. Paczkowski, J.P. Volpe, and J.T. Fisher. 2017. Cumulative effects of climate and landscape change drive spatial distribution of Rocky Mountain wolverine. Ecology and Evolution 7(21): 8903-8914.
Media coverage: BBC Earth, Science Borealis, CBC Radio Canada, Canadian Rockies Annual
23. Stewart*, F.E.C., J.P. Volpe, J.S. Taylor, and J.T. Fisher. 2017. Distinguishing reintroduction from recolonization with genetic testing. Biological Conservation 214: 242-249.
Media coverage: CBC News, Huffington Post, Science Borealis, Nature Conservancy, Bioscience
*Featured in Article: Wilson, N. 2018. Reintroduction or Recolonization? How the Fisher Came Back. BioScience 68(3): 232.
22. Frey*, S., J.T. Fisher, and A.C. Burton. 2017. Investigating animal activity patterns and temporal niche partitioning using camera trap data: Challenges and opportunities. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation August 2017: 1-10. DOI: 10.1002/rse2.60
Media coverage: CBC Radio, CTV News, CTV News online, Outside Magazine, Rocky Mountain Outlook
*RSEC Top20 Paper 2017*
21. Torres-Romero, E.J., S. Varela, J.T. Fisher, and M. Olalla-Tárraga. 2017. The relationship between mammal faunas and climatic instability since the Last Glacial Maximum: a Nearctic vs. Western Palearctic comparison. Acta Oecologica 82: 10-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2017.05.004
20. Steenweg*, R., M. Hebblewhite, R. Kays, J. Ahumada, J.T. Fisher, C. Burton, S.E. Townsend, C. Carbone, J. M. Rowcliffe, J. Whittington, J. Brodie, J. A. Royle, A. Switalski, A.P. Clevenger, N. Heim, and L.N. Rich. 2017. Scaling up camera traps — monitoring the planet's biodiversity with networks of remote sensors. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 15(1): 26-34. DOI: 10.1002/fee.1448.
Media coverage: ScienMag, Science News, Lonely Planet, Global News, CBC News, The Wildlife Society, Phys.org, NaturalSciences.org, Canadian Wildlife Magazine
*Frontiers in Ecology & Environment Top20 Paper 2017*
19. J.T. Fisher, N. Heim*, S. Code, and J. Paczkowski. 2016. Grizzly bear noninvasive genetic tagging surveys: estimating the magnitude of missed detections. PloS One 11(9): e0161055.
Media coverage: The Colbert Report, CBC, National Post, Toronto Sun, Sun Journal Affiliates, MacLean’s Magazine, Digital Journal, Traveller.com.
18. Stewart*, F.E.C., N.A. Heim*, A.P. Clevenger, J. Paczkowski, J.P. Volpe, and J.T. Fisher. 2016. Wolverine behaviour varies spatially with anthropogenic footprint: implications for conservation and inferences about declines. Ecology & Evolution 6(5): 1493-1503. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1921
Media coverage: BBC Earth, CBC News, Calgary Herald, Canadian Rockies Annual, Science Borealis
17. Burton, C., E. Neilson, D. Moreira, A. Ladle, R. Steenweg*, J.T. Fisher, E. Bayne, and S. Boutin. 2015. Wildlife camera trapping: a review and recommendations for linking surveys to ecological processes. Journal of Applied Ecology 52(3): 675-685. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12432.
Media coverage: Journal of Applied Ecology Blog.
16. F. Jean*, A. Branzan Albu, D. Capson, E. Higgs, J.T. Fisher, and B.M. Starzomski. Visualizing category-specific changes in oblique photographs of mountain landscapes. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Visualization in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis), May 25-29, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, 2015.
15. F. Jean*, A. Branzan-Albu, D. Capson, E. Higgs, J.T. Fisher, and B.M. Starzomski. 2015. The mountain habitats segmentation and change detection dataset. Proceedings of the IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) 2015.
14. Fisher, J.T., C. Pasztor, A. Wilson*, J.P. Volpe, and B. Anholt. 2014. Recolonizing sea otters spatially segregate from pinnipeds on the Canadian Pacific coastline: The implications of segregation for species conservation. Biological Conservation 177: 148-155.
Media Coverage: Knowledge Network (TV): The Sea Otters’ Return; Canadian Wildlife Federation
13. Fisher, J.T., and S. Bradbury. 2014. Quantifying bias in noninvasive genetic tagging studies with multi-state hierarchical models. Journal of Wildlife Management 78(6): 1087-1095.
12. Fisher, J.T., M. Wheatley, and D. MacKenzie. 2014. Spatial patterns of breeding success of grizzly bears derived from hierarchical multistate models. Conservation Biology 28(5): 1249-1259.
*Integrated into a textbook: MacKenzie, D. I., Nichols, J. D., Royle, J. A., Pollock, K. H., Bailey, L., & Hines, J. E. (2017). Occupancy estimation and modeling: inferring patterns and dynamics of species occurrence. 2nd Edition. Elsevier.
*Integrated into a popular book: Kays, R. (2016). Candid creatures: how camera traps reveal the mysteries of nature. JHU Press.
11. Fisher, A.C., J.P. Volpe and J.T. Fisher. 2014. Occupancy dynamics of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon in Canadian Pacific coastal salmon streams. Biological Invasions 2014: 1-10.
Media coverage: CBC Radio North, Living Oceans Society
10. Fisher, J.T., S. Bradbury, M. Wheatley, B. Anholt, L. Roy, J.P. Volpe, and L. Nolan. 2013. Wolverines on the Rocky Mountain slopes: natural heterogeneity and landscape alteration as predictors of distribution. Canadian Journal of Zoology 91: 706-716.
Media coverage: Canadian Geographic; Globe & Mail; All CanWest journals (Full colour centre spread); CBC Radio Program Sounds Like Canada.
9. Fisher, J.T., M.T. Wheatley, S. Bradbury, B. Anholt, and J.P. Volpe. 2012. Spatial segregation of sympatric marten and fishers: the influence of landscapes and species-scapes. Ecography 36(2): 240-248.
8. Fisher, J.T., B. Anholt, and J.P. Volpe. 2011. Body mass explains characteristic scales of habitat selection in terrestrial mammals. Ecology and Evolution 1(4): 517-528.
7. Fisher, J.T., and S. Bradbury. 2006. Understorey protection harvest expedites recolonisation of boreal forest stands by North American red squirrels. Forest Ecology and Management 234: 40-47.
6. Fisher, J.T., and L. Wilkinson. 2005. The response of mammals to forest fire and timber harvesting in the North American boreal forest. Mammal Review 35(1): 51-81.
5. Fisher, J.T., S. Boutin, and S.J. Hannon. 2005. The protean relationship between boreal forest landscape structure and red squirrel distribution at multiple spatial scales. Landscape Ecology 20: 73-82.
4. Fisher, J.T., C. Twitchell, E. Jenson, W. Barney, and J. Sharpe. 2005. Utilizing behavioral biophysics to mitigate accidental mortality of snared endangered Newfoundland marten. Journal of Wildlife Management 69(4): 1743-1746.
Media coverage: CBC News
3. Wheatley, M., J.T. Fisher, J. Litke, K.W.L. Larsen, and S. Boutin. 2005. Using GIS to relate small mammal abundance and landscape structure at multiple spatial extents: Northern flying squirrels in Alberta, Canada. Journal of Applied Ecology 42: 577-586.
2. Fisher, J.T., and G. Merriam. 2000. Resource patch array use by two squirrel species in an agricultural landscape. Landscape Ecology 15(4): 333-338.
1. Chauret, C., N. Armstrong, J. Fisher, R. Sharma, S. Springthorpe, and S. Sattar. 1995. Correlating Cryptosporidium and Giardia with microbial indicators. J. American Waterworks Association 87: 76-84.