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Paul Cross' Publications
PUBLICATIONS
*individuals in red are students and post-docs that I supervised. Note: student theses are available on the student's page
Submitted
Bar-David S, I Bar-David, PC Cross, SJ Ryan, CU Knechtel, WM Getz. Submitted. Methods for assessing movement path recursion with application to African buffalo in South Africa. Ecology.
Cross, PC, D Heisey, J Bowers, CT Hay, J Wolhuter, P Buss, M Hofmeyr, A Michel, TLF Bird, JT Du Toit & WM Getz. Submitted. Monitoring known individuals to study a chronic disease bovine tuberculosis in African buffalo of the Kruger National Park. Jounral of Applied Ecology
Wolhuter, J., RG Bengis, BK Reilly, PC Cross. In revision. Clinical demodicosis in African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Kruger National Park. Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
Maichak, EJ, BM Scurlock, JD Rogerson, WH Edwards, A Barbknecht, PC Cross. In prep. Effects of density, time, and generalist scavenging on risk of brucellosis transmission in feedground elk of western Wyoming. For Journal of Wildlife Management
2008
Conner, M. M., M. R. Ebinger, J.A. Blanchong, and P. C. Cross. 2008. Infectious disease in cervids of North America: data, models, and management challenges. The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology. 1134: 146-172. (Available at www.blackwell-synergy.com)
Cross, PC, J Drewe, V Patrek, G Pearce, MD Samuel & RJ Delahay. In press. Host population structure and implications for disease management. In RJ Delahay, GC Smith, & MR Hutchings (eds.) Management of Disease in Wild Mammals. Springer-Verlag Tokyo, Inc. Tokyo.
Hay, CT, PC Cross, & P Funston. Published Online. Tradeoffs of predation and foraging explain sexual segregation in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). Journal of Animal Ecology. * authors contributed equally
Maichak, EJ, BM Scurlock, JD Rogerson, WH Edwards, A Barbknecht, PC Cross. In press. Effects of density, time, and generalist scavenging on risk of brucellosis transmission in feedground elk of western Wyoming. Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
Oosthuizen, C, PC Cross, JA Bowers, CT Hay, MR Ebinger, P Buss, M Hofmeyr, EZ Cameron. In press. Chemical immobilization of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Kruger National Park: Evaluating effects on survival and reproduction. For Journal of Wildlife Management.
Winnie, JA Jr., PC Cross, WM Getz. 2008. Habitat quality and heterogeneity influences distribution, individual and herd behavior in African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer). Ecology. 89: 1457-1468.
2007
Conner, MM, JE Gross, PC Cross, DT McKinnon, MM Miller, MR Ebinger. In review. Scale-dependent approaches to modeling spatial epidemiology of chronic wasting disease. E-book publication. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. http://wildlife.utah.gov/diseases/cwd/e-book/
Cross, PC, WH Edwards, B Scurlock, E Machaik, & J Rogerson. 2007. Effects of management and climate on elk brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Ecological Applications 17(4):957-964. [PDF, Appendices]
Cross, PC, PLF Johnson, JO Lloyd-Smith, & WM Getz. 2007. Utility of R0 as a predictor of disease invasion in structured populations. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 4: 315-324. [PDF, Appendices]
Cross, PC, G Plumb. 2007. Disease ecology of the Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone Science. 15(2)4:7. http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/yellsci-issues.htm
Getz, WM, S Fortmann-Roe, PC Cross, AJ Lyons, SJ Ryan, CC Wilmers. 2007. LoCoH: Non-parameteric kernel methods for constructing home ranges and utilization distributions. PLoS One 2(2): e207. [PDF]
Hines, AM, VO Ezenwa, PC Cross, & JR Rogerson. 2007. Effects of supplemental feeding on gastrointestinal parasite infection in Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus elaphus). Veterinary Parasitology. 148:350-355
2006
Cross, PC & WM Getz. 2006. Combining data and models of bovine Tb in African buffalo to assess research directions and management options. Ecological Modelling 196:494-504. [Draft]
Getz, WM, JO Lloyd-Smith, PC Cross, S Bar-David, PLF Johnson, TC Porco, & MS Sánchez. 2006. Modeling the invasion and spread of contagious disease in heterogeneous populations. In Feng, Z., Dieckmann, U., Levin, S.A. (eds.) Disease Evolution: Models, Concepts, and Data Analysis, AMS/DIMACS Vol. 71:113-144
Michel, AL, RG Bengis, DF Keet, M Hofmeyer, LM de Klerk, PC Cross, AE Jolles, D Cooper, IJ Whyte, & P Buss. 2006. Wildlife tuberculosis in South African game reserves: implications and challenges. Veterinary Microbiology 112:91-100. [PDF]
2005
Lloyd-Smith, JO, PC Cross, CJ Briggs, M Daugherty, WM Getz, J Latto, M Sanchez, A Smith, A Swei. 2005. Population thresholds for disease invasion and persistence in natural populations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 20(9):511-519. [PDF]
Cross, PC, JO Lloyd-Smith, PLF Johnson, & WM Getz. 2005. Duelling timescales of host mixing and disease spread determine invasion of disease in structured populations. Ecology Letters. 8:587-595. [PDF]
Cross, PC, JO Lloyd-Smith, & WM Getz. 2005. Disentangling individual associations in fission and fusion societies. Animal Behaviour 69(2):499-506. [PDF]
2004 and earlier
Macandza, V, N Owen-Smith, PC Cross. 2004. Forage selection by African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) through the dry season in two landscapes of the Kruger National Park. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 34(2):113-121. [PDF]
Cross, PC, JO Lloyd-Smith, J Bowers, CT Hay, M Hofmeyr, & WM Getz. 2004. Integrating association data and disease dynamics: an illustration using African Buffalo in Kruger National Park. Annales Zoologici Fennici 41:879-892. [PDF]
Caron, A, PC Cross, & JT du Toit. 2003. Ecological implications of bovine tuberculosis in African Buffalo herds. Ecological Applications 13(5):1338-1345. [PDF]
Cross, PC & SR Beissinger. 2001. Using logistic regression to analyze the sensitivity of PVA models: a comparison of methods based on African Wild Dogs. Conservation Biology. 15(5):1335-1346. [PDF]
In Preparation (PDF files available upon request)
None at this time.
Grey Literature Reports
Cross, PC, S Creel, WH Edwards, V Ezenwa, E Maichak, B Scurlock, J. Rogerson. 2006. Ecology and epidemiology of elk brucellosis. In 2005 Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee Annual Report. Pg 14-15. http://gyibc.com
