Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Dr. Alberto Fameli

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Email: ajf6443@psu.edu

Research Publications Publication Date
Walter, W.D., A. Fameli, K. Russo-Petrick, J.E. Edson, C.S. Rosenberry, K.L. Schuler, M.J. Tonkovich. Large-scale assessment of genetic structure to assess risk of populations of a large herbivore to chronic wasting disease. Ecology and Evolution 14, e11347. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11347. | Abstract May 2024
Schwabenlander, M.D., J.C. Bartz, M. Carstensen, A. Fameli, L. Glaser, R.J. Larsen, M. Li, R. Shoemaker, G. Rowden, S. Stone, W.D. Walter, T.M. Wolf, P.A. Larsen. 2024. Prion forensics: a multidisciplinary approach to investigate CWD at an illegal deer carcass disposal site. Prion, 18(1):72-86; DOI: 10.1080/19336896.2024.2343298.

| Abstract 		April 2024
Fameli, A, J. Edson, J.E. Banfield, C.S. Rosenberry, W.D. Walter. 2022. Variability in prion protein genotypes by spatial unit to inform susceptibility to chronic wasting disease. Prion 16 (1):254–264. | Abstract October 2022
Project Completion Date
Landscape genetics of white-tailed deer to assess population structure for surveillance of chronic wasting disease June 2017
Parturition timing and calf survival in Pennsylvania elk June 2023
Linking Genetics to Movements of White-tailed deer to Assist Surveillance for CWD Epidemiology August 2024
Presentations Presentation Date
Walter, W.D., C.S. Rosenberry, A. Fameli, and J. Edson. 2022. Associations of white-tailed deer with and without chronic wasting disease. Wildlife Disease Association Meeting, Madison, WI, 23-29 July 2022 July 2022
Walter, W.D., C.S. Rosenberry, A. Fameli, and J. Edson. 2022. Associations of white-tailed deer with and without chronic wasting disease. 6- 10 November 2022, The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA. November 2022
Schwabenlander, M.D., J.C. Bartz, M. Carstensen, A. Fameli, L. Glaser, R.J. Larsen, M. Li, L.L. Lindsey, J.D. Oliver, R. Shoemaker, G. Rowden, S. Stone, W.D. Walter, T.M. Wolf, P.A. Larsen. 2023. Prion Forensics: a multidisciplinary approach to investigate chronic wasting disease at a deer carcass disposal site. 4th International Chronic Wasting Disease Symposium 31 May-2 June 2023. May 2023
Schwabenlander, M.D., J.C. Bartz, M. Carstensen, A. Fameli, L. Glaser, R.J. Larsen, M. Li, L.L. Lindsey, J.D. Oliver, R. Shoemaker, G. Rowden, S. Stone, W.D. Walter, T.M. Wolf, P.A. Larsen. 2022. Implementing a veterinary forensics approach to investigate chronic wasting disease at a deer carcass disposal site. Southeast Deer Study Group, Baton Rouge, LA, 26-28 February 2023. December 2022
Russo-Petrick, K, A. Fameli, C.S. Rosenberry, K.L. Schuler, M.J. Tonkovich, J.E. Edson, and W.D. Walter. 2023. Large-scale assessment of spatial genetic structure to assess risk of white-tailed deer populations to chronic wasting disease. 4th International Chronic Wasting Disease Symposium, Denver, CO, 31 May-2 June, 2023. May 2023
Fameli, A., K. Russo-Petrick, C.S. Rosenberry, K.L. Schuler, M.J. Tonkovich, J.E. Edson, and W.D. Walter. 2023. Large-scale assessment of genetic structure of white-tailed deer: applications to genetic assignment tests. The 30th Annual Conference of the Wildlife Society, Louisville, KY, 5-9 November 2023. November 2023
Fameli, A., J. Edson, C. Jennelle, and W.D. Walter. 2022. Relatedness of white-tailed deer from culling efforts within a disease management zone in Minnesota. Wildlife Disease Association Meeting, Madison, WI, 23-29 July 2022. July 2022
Fameli, A., J. Edson, C. Jennelle, and W.D. Walter. 2022. Relatedness of white-tailed deer from culling efforts within a disease management zone in Minnesota. 6- 10 November 2022, The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA. November 2022
Fameli, A., C.S. Rosenberry, K.L. Schuler, M.J. Tonkovich, J.E. Edson, and W.D. Walter. 2024. Large-scale assessment of genetic structure of white-tailed deer: applications to genetic assignment tests. Joint Meeting of The Pennsylvania Chapter of Wildlife Society and the Pennsylvania Biological Survey, State College, PA, 22-23 March 2024. March 2024
Fameli, A., A. Corondi, J. Banfield, J. Edson, and W.D. Walter. Evaluating heterozygosity-fitness correlation in a highly inbred elk population. The 31st Annual Conference of the Wildlife Society, Baltimore, Maryland, 19 – 23 October 2024. October 2024
Type Citation Publication Date
Software Release Walter, W.D., Fameli, A.F., Russo-Petrick, K. and Edson, J.E. 2023. Microsatellite genotypes and metadata for white-tailed deer samples from the Mid-Atlantic region of USA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P965MK53. October 2023
Data Release Fameli, A.F., Edson, J., and Walter, W.D. 2024, White-tailed deer from culling efforts in Minnesota: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13BGPFC. October 2023