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Guiming Wang

Dale H. Arner Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management

Phone: 662-325-0414  Email: guiming.wang@msstate.edu

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Guiming Wang

2023
Evans, K. O., J. B. Davis, G. Wang. 2023. Assessing long-term dynamics of nonbreeding Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) populations using Christmas Bird Count data. Ibis 165(1):55-68. Download


2022
Butler, A., G. M. Wang. 2022. Connecting hunt outcomes to the demographics, behaviors, and experiences of wild turkey hunters in Mississippi. Wildlife Society Bulletin 42: e1268. Download


2022
Haynes, K .J., A. M. Liebhold, J. Lefcheck, R. Morin, G. M. Wang. 2022. Climate affects the outbreaks of a forest defoliator indirectly through its tree hosts. Oecologia 198: 407-418. Download


2022
Illán, J. G., G.M. Wang, D.T. King, F.L. Cunningham. 2022. Seasonal variation and tracking of climate niche of a migratory bird. Global Ecology and Conservation 37: e02155. Download


2022
King, D. T., G. M. Wang, F. L. Cunningham. 2022. Large- and small-scale climate influences spring departure probability of American white pelicans. Diversity 14: 500. Download


2022
King, D. T., G. M. Wang, F. L. Cunningham. 2022. Seasonal climatic niche and migration movements of double crested cormorants. Ecology and Evolution 12: e9153. Download


2022
Li, X., H. Tian, Z. Piao, G. M. Wang, Z. Xiao, Y. Sun, E. Gao, M. Holyoak. 2022. cameratrapR: an R package for estimating animal density using camera trapping data. Ecological Informatics 69: 101597. Download


2022
Ogawa, R., J. B. Davis, D. T. King, L. W. Burger, B. K. Strickland, M. A. Sovada, G. Wang, F. L. Cunningham. 2022. Migratory movements and home ranges of geographically distinct wintering populations of a soaring bird. Diversity 14(12). Download


2022
Taylor, J., R. Francis, S. Rush, B. Strickland, G. M. Wang. 2022. Individual trophic niche specialization in American beaver (Castor canadensis). Food Webs 32: e00235. Download


2021
Bao, H., G. M. Wang, Y. Yao, Z. Peng, H. Dou, G. Jiang. 2021. Warming-driven shifts in ecological control of fish communities in a large northern Chinese lake over 66 years. Science of the Total Environment 770: 144722. Download


2021
Barela, I. A., L. M. Burger, G. M. Wang, K. O. Evans, Q. Meng, J. D. Taylor. 2021. Spatial transferability of expert opinion models for American beaver habitat. Ecological Informatics 61: 101211. Download


2021
Fowler, N. L., T. J. Spady, G. M. Wang, B. D. Leopold, J. L. Belant. 2021. Denning, metabolic suppression, and the realization of ecological opportunities in Ursidae. Mammalian Review 51: 465-481. Download


2021
Li, G., X. Wan, B. Yin, W. Wei, X. Hou, X. Zhang, E. Batsuren, J. Zhao, S. Huang, X. Xu, J. Liu, Y. Song, A. Ozgu, C. Dickman, G. M. Wang, C. J. Krebs, Z. B. Zhang. 2021. Timing outweighs magnitude of rainfall in shaping population dynamics of a small mammal species in steppe grassland. PNAS 118 (42): e2023691118. Download


2021
Long, Z., J. Gu, G. Jiang, M. Holyoak, G. M Wang, H. Bao, P. Liu, M. Zhang, J. Ma. 2021. Spatial conservation prioritization for the Amur tiger in Northeast China. Ecosphere 12: e03758. Download


2021
Wang, G. M. 2021. Bayesian and frequentist approaches to multinomial count models in ecology. Ecological Informatics 61:101209. Download


2021
Wang, G. M. 2021. Bayesian regression models for ecological count data in PyMC3. Ecological Informatics 63: 101301. Download


2020
Barela, I., L. M. Burger, J. Taylor, K. O. Evans, R. Ogawa, L. McClintic, G. Wang, 2020. Relationships between survival and habitat suitability of semi-aquatic mammals. Ecology and Evolution 10(11):4867-4875. Download


2020
Hill, J. E., T. L. DeVault, G. M. Wang, J. L. Belant. 2020. Anthropogenic mortality in mammals increases with the human footprint. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 18:13-18. Download


2020
Li, X., B. D. Li, G. M. Wang, M. Holyoak, X. Zhan. 2020. Deeply digging the interaction effect in multiple linear regressions using a fractional-power interaction term. MethodsX 7: 101067. Download


2019
Farrell, A., G. M. Wang, J. A. Martin, J. L. Belant, A. B. Butler, S. Rush, D. Godwin. 2019. Machine learning of large-scale spatial distributions of wild turkeys with high-dimensional environmental data. Ecology and Evolution. Download


2019
Fowler, N., J. L. Belant, G. M. Wang, B. Leopold. 2019. Ecological plasticity of denning chronology by American black bears and brown bears. Global Ecology and Conservation 20: e00750. Download


2019
Palumbo, M. D., F. J. Vilella, G. Wang, B. K. Strickland, D. Godwin, P. G. Dixon, B. D. Rubin, M. A. Lashley. 2019. Latitude and daily-weather effects on gobbling activity of wild turkeys in Mississippi. International Journal of Biometereology 63:1059-1067. Download


2019
Wang, G. M. 2019. Machine learning for inferring animal behavior from location and movement data. Ecological Informatics 49:69-76. Download


2019
Wang, G. M., J. D. Taylor, L. F. McClintic. 2019. Habitat selection by American beaver at multiple spatial scales. Animal Biotelemetry 7:10. Download


2019
Xingan, G. M. Wang. 2018. Spatiotemporal dynamics of mesocarnivore populations. Wildlife Biology. Download


2018
Gantchoff, M., G. M. Wang, D. Beyer, J. L. Belant. 2018. Scale-dependent home range optimality for a solitary omnivore. Ecology and Evolution 8: 12271-12282. Download


2018
Wang, G.M. 2018. Bayesian spatiotemporal dynamic models for regional dynamics of avian populations. Ecological Informatics 45: 31-37. Download


2017
Davis, D., G.M. Wang, J. A. Martin, J. L. Belant, A. B. Butler, S. Rush, D. Godwin. 2017. Landscape-abundance relationships of male Eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) in Mississippi, USA. Acta Ornithologica 52:127-139. Download


2017
Francis, R. A., J. D. Taylor, E. Dibble, B. K. Strickland, V. M. Petro, C. Easterwood, G. Wang. 2017. Restricted cross-scale habitat selection by American beavers. Current Zoology 63:703-710. Download


2017
Illan, J. G., G. Wang, F. L. Cunningham, D. T. Kin. 2017. Seasonal effects of wind conditions on migration patterns of soaring American white pelican. PloS ONE 12:e0186948. Download


2017
Jiang, G., G. Wang, M. Holyoak, Q. Yu, X. Jia, Y. Guan, H. Bao, Y. Hua, M. Zhang, J. Ma. 2017. Land sharing and land sparing reveal social and ecological synergy in big cat conservation. Biological Conservation 211:142-149. Download


2017
King, D.T., G.M. Wang, Z. Yang, J.W. Fischer. 2017. Advances and environmental conditions of spring migration phenology of American White Pelicans. Scientific Reports 7, e40339. Download


2017
King, D.T., J. Fischer, B.K. Strickland, F.L. Cunningham, G.M. Wang. 2016. Winter and summer home ranges of American white pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) captured at loafing sites in the southeastern United States. Waterbirds 39: 287-294. Download


2017
Wang, G. 2017. Sexual size dimorphism of group-living Mongolian gerbils Meriones ungulcutalus (Muridae: Gerbillinae). The European Zoological Journal 84:536-540. Download


2017
Wang, G., W. Liu, Y. Wang, X. Wan, W. Zhong. 2017. Restricted dispersal determines fine-scale spatial genetic structure of Mongolian gerbils. Current Zoology 63:687-691. Download


2016
Wan, X., L. Liu, G.M. Wang, Y. Guo. 2016. Litter sizes of Daurian ground squirrels peak at intermediate body sizes. Mammalian Biology 81: 61-65. Download


2016
Zhong, W., G.M. Wang, Q. Zhou, L. Ma, X. Wan, W. Liu. 2016. Spatial niche partitioning of coexisting small mammals in sand dunes. Italian Journal of Zoology 83: 248-254. Download


2015
Chen, L., G. Wang, X. Wan, W. Liu. 2015. Complex and nonlinear effects of weather and density on the demography of small herbivorous mammals. Basic and Applied Ecology 16: 172-179. Download


2015
Conkling, T.J., J.L. Belant, T.L. DeVault, G. Wang, J.A. Martin. 2015. Assessment of variation of nest survival for grassland birds due to method of nest discovery. Bird Study 62:223-231. Download


2015
Davis, J.B., J.N. Straub, G. Wang, R.M. Kaminski, B.D. Leopold. 2015. Simulations of wood duck recruitment from nest boxes in Mississippi and Alabama. The Journal of Wildlife Management 79(6):907-916. Download


2015
Jiang, G., J. Qi, G.M. Wang, Q. Shi, Y. Darman, M. Hebblewhite, D. Miquelle, Z. Li, X. Zhang, J. Gu, Y. Chang, M. Zhang, J. Ma. 2015. New hope for the survival of the Amur leopard in China. Scientific Reports 5: 15475. Download


2015
Li, G., B. Yin, X. Wan, W. Wei, G.M. Wang, C.J. Krebs, Z. Zhang. 2015. Successive sheep grazing reduces population density of Brandt's voles in steppe grassland by altering food resources: a large manipulative experiment. Oecologia 180: 149-159. Download


2015
Marty, J.R., J.B. Davis, R.M. Kaminski, M.G. Brasher, G. Wang. 2015. Waste rice and natural seed abundances in rice fields in the Louisiana and Texas Coastal Prairies. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 2:121-126. Download


2015
Qi, J., Q. Shi, G.M. Wang, Z. Li, Q. Sun, Y. Hua, G. Jiang. 2015. Spatial distribution drivers of Amur leopard density in northeast China. Biological Conservation 191: 258-265. Download


2015
Wang, G.M. 2015. Effects of dry weather and land cover on horse West Nile Virus infection risks in Mississippi, USA. Geospatial Health 10(2):357. Download


2014
Biondi, K.M., J.L. Belant, T.L. DeVault, J.A. Martin, G. Wang. 2014. Integrating mammalian hazards with management at U.S. civil airports: a case study. Human-Wildlife Interactions 8:31-38. Download


2014
Guillaumet, A., B.S. Dorr, G. Wang, T.J. Doyle. 2014. Population dynamics of the double-crested cormorants in the Great Lakes area: The cumulative effects of management. Ibis 156: 141-152. Download


2014
McClintic, L.F., G.M. Wang, J.D. Taylor, J.C. Jones. 2014. Movement characteristics of American beavers (Castor canadensis). Behaviour 151: 1249-1265. Download


2014
McClintic, L.F., J.D. Taylor, J.C. Jones, R.D. Singleton, G.M. Wang. 2014. Effects of spatiotemporal resource heterogeneity on home range size of American beaver. Journal of Zoology (London) 293: 134-141. Download


2014
Palumbo, M.D., F.J. Vilella, G. Wang, B. Strickland, D. Godwin. 2014. Brood surveys and hunter observations used to predict gobbling activity of wild turkey in Mississippi. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 5(1):151-156. Download


2014
Petroelje, T., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, G. Wang, B.D. Leopold. 2014. Population-level response of coyotes to a pulsed resource event. Population Ecology 56:349-358. Download


2014
Schwarz, K.M., J.L. Belant, J.A. Martin, T.L. DeVault, G. Wang. 2014. Behavioral traits and airport type affect mammal incidents with U.S. civil aircraft. Environmental Management 54:908-918. Download


2014
Wan, X., X. Zhang, G. Wang, L. Chen. 2014. Optimal body weight of Brandt's voles for winter survival. Journal of Arid Environments 103: 31-35. Download


2013
Biondi, K.M., J.L. Belant, T.L. DeVault, J.A. Martin, G. Wang. 2013. Bat incidents with U.S. civil aircraft. Acta Chiropterologica. 15:185-192. Download


2013
King, D.T., B.L. Goatcher, J.W. Fischer, J. Standton, J.M. Lacour, S.C. Lemmons, G. Wang. 2013. Home ranges and habitat use of Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Waterbirds 6(4):494-500. Download


2013
Wan, X., X. Zhang, Y. Huo, G. Wang. 2013. Weather entrainment and multispectral diel activity rhythm of desert hamsters. Behavioral Processes 99:62-66. Download


2013
Wang, G., N.T. Hobbs, N.A. Slade, J.F. Merritt, L.L. Getz, M. Hunter, Jr., S.H. Vessey, J. Witham, A. Guillaumet. 2013. Comparative population dynamics of small and large mammals in the Northern Hemisphere. Ecography 36: 439-446. Download


2012
Guillaumet, A. B. Dorr, G. Wang. 2012. Towards optimized population control efficiency in space and time: A modelling framework adapted to a colonial waterbird. Ecological Modelling 235-236: 95-101. Download


2012
Libal, N.S., J.L. Belant, R. Maraj, B.D. Leopold, G. Wang, S. Marshall. 2012. Microscale den-site selection of grizzly bears in southwestern Yukon. Ursus 23:226-230. Download


2012
Marable, M.K., J.L. Belant, D. Godwin, G. Wang. 2012. Effects of resource dispersion and site familiarity on movements of translocated wild turkeys on fragmented landscapes. Behavioral Processes 91: 119-124. Download


2011
Biondi, K.M., J.L. Belant, J.A. Martin, T.L. DeVault, G. Wang. 2011. White-tailed deer incidents with U.S. civil aircraft. Wildlife Society Bulletin 35:303-309.


2011
Guillaumet, A., B. Dorr, G. Wang, J. Taylor, R. Chipman, H. Scherr, J. Bowman, K. Abraham, T. Doyle, E. Cranker. 2011. Determinants of local and migratory movements of Great Lakes double-crested cormorants. Behavioral Ecology 22: 1096-1103. Download


2011
Libal, N.S., J.L. Belant, B.D. Leopold, G. Wang, P.A. Owen. 2011. Despotism and risk of infanticide influence grizzly bear den site selection. PLoS ONE 6:e24133. Download


2011
Liu, W., G. Wang, X. Wan, W. Zhong. 2011. Winter food availability limits overwinter survival and spring reproduction of Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Acta Theriologica 56: 219-227. Download


2011
Martin, J.A., J.L. Belant, T.L. DeVault, L.W. Burger, Jr., B.F. Blackwell, S.K. Riffell, G. Wang. 2011. Wildlife risk to aviation: a multi-scale issue requires a multi-scale solution. Human-Wildlife Interactions 5:198-203. Download


2011
Schummer, M.L., R.B. Allen, G. Wang. 2011. Sizes and long-term trends of duck broods in Maine, 1955-2007. Northeastern Naturalist 18:73-86.


2011
Wang, G., L.L. Getz, A.V. Linzey, N.A. Slade, M.H. Kesner. 2011. Slow and fast dynamics of small mammal populations. Ecological Modeling 225:95-102. Download


2011
Wang, Y., W. Liu, G. Wang, W. Zhong, X. Wan. 2011. Genetic consequences of group living in Mongolian gerbils. Journal of Heredity 102: 554-561. Download


2011
Wang, Y., W. Liu, G. Wang, X. Wan, W. Zhong. 2011. Home-range sizes of social groups of Mongolian gerbils Meriones unguiculatus. Journal of Arid Environments 75:132-137. Download


2011
Zhang, Y., C. He, D. Dudgeon, Z. Zhang, G. Wang. 2011. Mountain ridge and sea: Geographic barrier effects on genetic diversity and differentiation of Hong Kong Newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis) populations. Annales Zoologici Fennici 48:119-127. Download


2010
Huo, Y., X. Wan, J.O. Wolff, G. Wang, S. Thomas, R.L. Iglay, B.L. Leopold, W. Liu. 2010. Multiple paternities increase genetic diversity of offspring in Brandt’s voles. Behavioral Processes 84(3):745-749. Download


2010
Wang, G., R.B. Minnis, J.L. Belant, C.L. Wax. 2010. Dry weather induces outbreaks of human West Nile virus infections. BMC Infectious Diseases 10:38. Download


2010
Webb, S.L., K.L. Gee, G. Wang. 2010. Survival and fidelity of an enclosed white-tailed deer population using capture-recapture-reporting data. Population Ecology 52(1):81-88. Download


2010
Weegman, M.D., R.M. Kaminski, G. Wang, M.L. Schummer, A.W. Ezell, T.D. Leininger. 2010. Sweep-net sampling acorns in forested wetlands. Journal of Wildlife Management 74(8):1931-1933. Download


2009
Haynes, K.J., A.M. Liebhold, T.M. Fearer, G. Wang, G.W. Norman, D.M. Johnson. 2009. Spatial synchrony propagates through a forest food web via consumer-resource interactions. Ecology 90(11):2974-2983. Download


2009
Liu, W., G. Wang, X. Wang, W. Zhong. 2009. Effects of supplemental food on social organizaiton of Mongolian gerbils during the breeding season. Journal of Zoology 278(3):249-257. Download


2009
Liu, W., G. Wang, Y. Wang, W. Zhong, X. Wan. 2009. Population ecology of wild Mongolian gerbils Meriones Unguiculates. Journal of Mammalogy 90(4):832-840. Download


2009
Wang, G. 2009. Signal extraction from long-term ecological data using Bayesian and non-Bayesian state-space models. Ecological Informatics 4:69-75. Download


2009
Wang, G., J.O. Wolff, S.H. Vessey, N.A. Slade, J.W. Witham, J.F. Merritte, M.L. Hunter Jr., S.P. Elias. 2009. Comparative population dynamics of Peromyscus leucopus in North America: Influences of climate, food, and density dependence. Population Ecology 51(1):133-142. Download


2009
Wang, G., N.T. Hobbs, S. Twombly, R.B. Boone, A.W. Illius, I.J. Gordon, J.E. Gross. 2009. Density dependence in northern ungulates: interactions with predation and resources. Population Ecology 51(1):123-132. Download


2008
Wang, G., X. Li. 2008. Recovery and population dynamics of endangered crested ibis. Waterbirds 31:489-494.


2007
Boone, R.B., G. Wang. 2007. Cattle dynamics in African grazing systems under variable climate. Journal of Arid Environments 70:495-513. Download


2007
Parton, W.J., J.A. Morgan, G. Wang, S. Del Grosso. 2007. Projected ecosystem impact of the Prairie Heating and CO2 Enrichment experiment. New Phytologist 174: 823-834. Download


2007
Twombly, S., G. Wang, N.T. Hobbs. 2007. Composite forces shape population dynamics of copepod crustaceans. Ecology 88:658-670. Download


2007
Wang, G. 2007. On the latent state estimation of nonlinear population dynamics using Bayesian and non-Bayesian state-space models. Ecological Modelling 200:521-528. Download


2007
Wang, G., L.L. Getz. 2007. State-space models for stochastic and seasonal fluctuations of voles and shrews in east central Illinois. Ecological Modelling 207:189-196. Download


2006
Smith, B. L., E. S. Williams, K. C. McFarland, T. L. McDonald, G. Wang, T. D. Moore. 2006. Neonatal mortality of elk in Wyoming: environmental, population, and predator effects. U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Technical Publication, BTP-R6007-2006, Washington, DC.


2006
Wang, G., N.T. Hobbs, R.B. Boone, A.W. Illius, I.J. Gordon, J.E. Gross, K.L. Hamlin. 2006. Spatial and temporal variability modify density dependence in populations of large herbivores. Ecology 87: 95-102 Download


2006
Wang, G., W. Zhong. 2006. Mongolian gerbils and Daurian pikas responded differently to changes in precipitation in the Inner Mongolian grasslands. Journal of Arid Environments 66: 648-656. Download


2006
Zhong, W., G. Wang, Q. Zhou, G. Wang. 2006. Communal food caches and social groups of Brandt’s voles in the typical steppes of Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Arid Environments 68: 398-407. Download


2003
Wang, G., Q. Zhou, W. Zhong, Z. Wang. 2003. Spatial overlap of sympatric Microtus brandti and Ochotona daurica in the steppes of Inner Mongolia. Mammalia 67: 349-354.


2003
Wang, G., W. Zhong, Q. Zhou, Z. Wang. 2003. Soil water condition and small mammal spatial distribution in Inner Mongolian Steppes, China. Journal of Arid Environments 54:729-737. Download


2002
Wang, G., N.T. Hobbs, F.J. Singer, D.S. Ojima, B. Lubow. 2002. Impacts of climate changes on elk population dynamics in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA. Climatic Change 54: 205-223. Download


2002
Wang, G., N.T. Hobbs, H. Galbraith, K.M. Giesen. 2002. Relationship between climate and population dynamics of white-tailed ptarmigan at Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA. Climate Research 23: 81-87. Download


2002
Wang, G., N.T. Hobbs, H. Galbraith, K.M. Giesen. 2002. Signatures of large-scale and local climates on the demography of white-tailed ptarmigan in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA. International Journal of Biometeorology 46: 197-201. Download


2002
Wolff, J.O., W.D. Edge, G. Wang. 2002. Effects of skewed adult sex ratios on recruitment of juvenile gray-tailed voles, Microtus Canicaudus. Journal of Mammalogy 83: 947-956. Download


2001
Sheffield, L.M., J.R. Crait, W.D. Edge, G. Wang. 2001. American kestrel and gray-tailed voles response to vegetation height and perch supplementation. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79: 380-385. Download


2001
Wang, G., Q. Zhou, W. Zhong, C. Sun, Z. Chen. 2001. Species richness-primary productivity relationship of plants and small mammals in Inner Mongolian steppes, China. Journal of Arid Environments 49: 477-484. Download


2001
Wang, G., Q. Zhou, W. Zhong, D. Wang. 2001. Comparative food preference of Microtus brandti and Ochotana daurica in grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde 66: 312-316.


2001
Wang, G., W.D. Edge, J.O. Wolff. 2001. Demographic uncertainty in ecological risk assessments. Ecological Modelling 136: 95-102. Download


2001
Wang, G., W.D. Edge, J.O. Wolff. 2001. Rainfall and Guthion 2S affect gray-tailed vole demography. Ecological Applications 11: 928-933. Download


2001
Wang, G., W.D. Edge, J.O. Wolff. 2001. Response of bobwhite quail and gray-tailed vole to granular and flowable diazinon applications. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 20(2):406-411. Download


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