First Name: Derek E.Last Name: LeePublications: YearPublication 2001"Immigration, emigration, stopover duration and volume of black brant migrating through Humboldt Bay, California" in Theses and Dissertations 2002"Population-level analysis and validation of an individual-based cutthroat trout model" in Natural Resource Modeling 2004"Grit-Site Selection of Black Brant: Particle Size of Calcium Content?" in The Wilson Bulletin 2005"Dusky-Footed Woodrat Demography and Prescribed Fire in a California Oak Woodland" in The Journal of Wildlife Management 2006Population Vital Rates for Common Murres (Uria aalge) of Southeast Farallon Island, California 2007"Age-Specific Stopover Ecology of Black Brant at Humboldt Bay, California" in The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 2007"Climate and demography of the planktivorous Cassin's auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus off northern California: implications for population change" in Journal of Animal Ecology 2008"Age-Specific Survival, Breeding Success, and Recruitment in Common Murres (Uria Aalge) of the California Current System" in The Auk 2008"Survival and Abundance Of Three Species Of Mice In Relation to Density Of Shrubs and Prescribed Fire In Understory Of An Oak Woodland In California" in The Southwestern Naturalist 2009"Influence of Pre-Fire Tree Mortality on Fire Severity in Conifer Forests of the San Bernardino Mountains, California" in The Open Forest Science Journal 2009"North Pacific Climate Mediates Offspring Sex Ratio in Northern Elephant Seals" in Journal of Mammalogy 2009"Entanglements of marine mammals and seabirds in central California and the north-west coast of the United States 2001–2005" in Marine Pollution Bulletin 2009"Habitat Use and Selection by California Spotted Owls in a Postfire Landscape" in The Journal of Wildlife Management 2010"Foraging home ranges of Black Brant Branta bernicla nigricans during spring stopover at Humboldt Bay, California, USA" in Wildfowl 2010"Dynamics of White Shark Predation on Pinnipeds in California: Effects of Prey Abundance" in Copeia 2010"Winter Movements by California Spotted Owls in a Burned Landscape" in Western Birds 2011"Effects of environmental variability and breeding experience on northern elephant seal demography" in Journal of Mammalogy 2012"Recruitment of Cassin's Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus): Individual Age and Parental Age Effects" in The Auk 2012"Growth, Age at Maturity, and Age-Specific Survival of the Arboreal Salamander (Aneides lugubris) on Southeast Farallon Island, California" in Journal of Herpetology 2012"Dynamics of Breeding-Season Site Occupancy of the California Spotted Owl in Burned Forests" in The Condor 2012"A computer-assisted system for photographic mark–recapture analysis" in Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2013"Influence of fire and salvage logging on site occupancy of spotted owls in the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California" in The Journal of Wildlife Management 2013"Standing Tall for Giraffes: Research and Conservation of an Overlooked African Icon" in The Wildlife Professional 2013"Diet and Home-Range Size of California Spotted Owls in a Burned Forest" in Western Birds 2013Seasonal Ungulate Distribution and Densities on Manyara Ranch 2012-13 2015"Occupancy of California Spotted Owl sites following a large fire in the Sierra Nevada, California" in The Condor 2015"Previous year's reproductive state affects Spotted Owl site occupancy and reproduction responses to natural and anthropogenic disturbances" in The Condor 2015"Demography of Giraffe in the Fragmented Tarangire Ecosystem" in Dartmouth College Theses and Dissertations 2016"Precision, accuracy, and costs of survey methods for giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis" in Journal of Mammalogy 2016"The Occurrence and Prevalence of Giraffe Skin Disease in Protected Areas of Northern Tanzania" in Journal of Wildlife Diseases 2016"Spatial variation in giraffe demography: a test of 2 paradigms" in Journal of Mammalogy 2016"Foraging habitat selection by California spotted owls after fire" in The Journal of Wildlife Management 2016"Soil Correlates and Mortality from Giraffe Skin Disease in Tanzania" in Journal of Wildlife Diseases 2016"Migratory herds of wildebeests and zebras indirectly affect calf survival of giraffes" in Ecology and Evolution 2016"Giraffe Demography and Population Ecology" in Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences 2016"Giraffa camelopardalis" in The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017"Movements and source–sink dynamics of a Masai giraffe metapopulation" in Population Ecology 2017"A multi-method approach to delineate and validate migratory corridors" in Landscape Ecology 2017"Survival probabilities and movements of harbor seals in central California" in Marine Mammal Science 2017"Season of birth affects juvenile survival of giraffe" in Population Ecology 2017"How many species of giraffe are there?" in Current Biology 2018"Effects of Post-Fire Logging on California Spotted Owl Occupancy" in Nature Conservation 2018"Quantifying the ecological success of a community-based wildlife conservation area in Tanzania" in Journal of Mammalogy 2018"Spotted Owls and forest fire: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence" in Ecosphere 2018"Seeing spots: quantifying mother-offspring similarity and assessing fitness consequences of coat pattern traits in a wild population of giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)" in PeerJ 2018"Evaluating conservation effectiveness in a Tanzanian community wildlife management area" in The Journal of Wildlife Management 2018"Reply to Brehony et al." in Journal of Mammalogy 2018"Initial growth of northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) colonies at the South Farallon, San Miguel, and Bogoslof Islands" in Journal of Mammalogy 2019"An automated program to find animals and crop photographs for individual recognition" in Ecological Informatics 2019"Correlates of home range sizes of giraffes, Giraffa camelopardalis" in Animal Behaviour 2019"Giraffa camelopardalis ssp. tippelskirchi" in The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019"Fission–fusion dynamics of a megaherbivore are driven by ecological, anthropogenic, temporal, and social factors" in Oecologia 2019"Population Dynamics of Browsing and Grazing Ungulates in the Anthropocene" in The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing II 2019"We refute the 'conundrum of agenda-driven science' with documentation: A comment on Peery et al. 2019" in Wild Nature Communications 2020"Simultaneous multiple-calf allonursing by a wild Masai giraffe" in African Journal of Ecology 2020"Giraffe translocation population viability analysis" in Endangered Species Research 2020"Spotted owls and forest fire: Reply" in Ecosphere 2020"Giraffe translocations: A review and discussion of considerations" in African Journal of Ecology 2021"Proximity to humans affects local social structure in a giraffe metapopulation" in Journal of Animal Ecology 2021"Projecting long-term impacts of a mortality event on vertebrates: incorporating stochasticity in population assessment" in Ecosphere 2021"Disentangling Post-Fire Logging and High-Severity Fire Effects for Spotted Owls" in Birds 2021"Socially Defined Subpopulations Reveal Demographic Variation in a Giraffe Metapopulation" in The Journal of Wildlife Management 2021"Social connectedness and movements among communities of giraffes vary by sex and age class" in Animal Behaviour 2021"Leaving by staying: Social dispersal in giraffes" in Journal of Animal Ecology 2021"Sociability increases survival of adult female giraffes" in Proceedings of the Royal Society B 2021"When scientists are attacked: strategies for dissident scientists and whistleblowers" in Conservation Science and Advocacy for a Planet in Peril: Speaking Truth to Power 2022"Forage selection by Masai giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) at multiple spatial scales" in Journal of Mammalogy 2022"Using spot pattern recognition to examine population biology, evolutionary ecology, sociality, and movements of giraffes: a 70-year retrospective" in Mammalian Biology 2022"Trophic processes constrain seasonal ungulate distributions at two scales in an East African savanna" in Journal of Mammalogy 2022Tarangire: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in a Fragmented Ecosystem 2022"Human-Wildlife Interactions in the Tarangire Ecosystem" in Tarangire: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in a Fragmented Ecosystem 2022"Ungulate Populations in the Tarangire Ecosystem" in Tarangire: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in a Fragmented Ecosystem 2022"Giraffe Metapopulation Demography" in Tarangire: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in a Fragmented Ecosystem 2022"Towards Human-Wildlife Coexistence in the Tarangire Ecosystem" in Tarangire: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in a Fragmented Ecosystem 2022"Effects of winter storms and oceanographic conditions on survival to weaning: a 37 year study of northern elephant seals on the Farallon Islands" in Marine Ecology Progress Series 2022"Phenotypic matching by spot pattern potentially mediates female giraffe social associations" in Journal of Zoology 2023"Genetic evidence of population subdivision among Masai giraffes separated by the Gregory Rift Valley in Tanzania" in Ecology and Evolution 2023"Effect of local climate anomalies on giraffe survival" in Biodiversity and Conservation 2023"Giraffes could go extinct – the 5 biggest threats they face" in The Conversation 2023"Masai giraffe population change over 40 years in Arusha National Park" in African Journal of Ecology 2023"Extinction risks and mitigation for a megaherbivore, the giraffe, in a human-influenced landscape under climate change" in Global Change Biology 2023"Biofluorescence and predator avoidance in the giraffe" in African Journal of Ecology 2024"The contribution of community-based conservation models to conserving large herbivore populations" in Scientific Reports 2024"Sexual dimorphisms in body proportions of Masai giraffes and the evolution of the giraffe’s neck" in Mammalian Biology 2024"Anthropogenic and climatic drivers of population densities in an African savanna ungulate community" in Population Ecology 2025"Demographic drivers of population dynamics reveal subpopulation-specific conservation needs for giraffes in the Serengeti Ecosystem" in The Journal of Wildlife Management 2025"Comparative life-cycle analyses reveal interacting climatic and biotic drivers of population responses to climate change" in PNAS Nexus