Wyoming Staff Member
Dr. Matthew Kauffman
Unit Leader
Phone: (307) 766 - 6404
Email: mkauffman@usgs.gov
Faculty Email: mkauffm1@uwyo.edu
Faculty Website
Education
- Other University of Montana 2004
- Ph D University of California, Santa Cruz 2003
- Other University of California, Santa Cruz 2003
- BA University of Oregon 1992
Biography
Dr. Kauffman grew up in rural southern Oregon, the son of a horse logger and an elementary schoolteacher. He received his B.S. in Biology from the University of Oregon in 1992 and his Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2003. Since 2006, Matt has worked as a USGS researcher with the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and as faculty in the Department of Zoology and Physiology at the University of Wyoming; in 2010 he assumed leadership of the Wyoming Coop Unit. Matt leads a scientific team at the University of Wyoming that studies the long-distance migrations of large ungulates and communicates their importance to the public. His research seeks to understand how and why ungulates migrate, by evaluating the role of forage, movement, fat dynamics, reproduction and survival. Increasingly, he has sought to understand how the persistence of ungulate migration is threatened by landscape change. In 2012, Matt co-founded (and now directs) the Wyoming Migration Initiative (migrationinitiative.org), whose mission is to advance the understanding, appreciation, and conservation of Wyoming's migratory ungulates. He teaches graduate seminars in quantitative analysis of spatial wildlife data, community ecology of wildlife, and migration ecology.
Areas of Expertise
Anthropogenic Impacts, Behavioral Ecology, Climate Change, Energy: Development/Alternative, GIS/Spatial Analysis, Habitat Management, Landscape Ecology, Movement Ecology, Population Dynamics, Predator-Prey Dynamics, Wildlife Management
Taxon Groups Studied
Ungulates
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Zuckerman, G. et al. Diverse migratory portfolios drive inter-annual switching behavior of elk across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem | December 2023 |
| Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States, Volume 4. Kauffman et al. | April 2024 |
| Tucker, M. et al. 2018. Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements. Science 359:466-469. DOI: 10.1126/science.aam9712 | Download | January 2018 |
| Tucker et al. and 150 others. Changes in human presence during COVID-19 lockdowns altered the spatial behavior of terrestrial mammals | June 2023 |
| T.B. Wyckoff et al. The influence of energy and residential development on the migratory behavior of mule deer. | February 2018 |
| Schipper, A.M., H.W.M. Hendriks, M.J. Kauffman, A.J. Hendriks, and M.A.J. Huijbregts. In revision. Density-dependent population responses to multiple toxicants: a case study of peregrine falcons exposed to DDE and PBDEs. Journal of Applied Ecology. | December 2013 |
| Sawyer, H.S., M.J. Kauffman. 2011. Stopover ecology of a migratory ungulate. Journal of Animal Ecology 80, 1078-1087. | Download | August 2011 |
| Sawyer, H.S., M.J. Kauffman, and R.M. Nielson. 2009. Influence of well pad activity on the winter habitat selection patterns of mule deer. Journal of Wildlife Management 73:1052-1061. | Download | September 2009 |
| Sawyer, H.S., M.J. Kauffman, R.M. Nielson and J. Horne. 2009. Identifying and prioritizing ungulate migration routes for landscape-level conservation. Ecological Applications 19:2016-2025. | Download | September 2009 |
| Sawyer, H., M.J. Kauffman, A.D. Middleton, T.A. Morrison, R.M. Nielson, and T.B. Wyckoff. 2013. A framework for understanding semi-permeable barrier effects on migratory ungulates. Journal of Applied Ecology, 50 (1). DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12013 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | February 2013 |
| Sawyer et al. Tradeoffs with utility-scale solar development and ungulates on western rangelands. | April 2022 |
| Sawyer et al. THE EXTRA MILE: UNGULATE MIGRATION DISTANCE ALTERS USE OF SEASONAL RANGE AND EXPOSURE TO ANTHROPOGENIC RISK | October 2016 |
| Ruprecht et al. The relationship between body condition and pregnancy in moose at their southern range limit | December 2016 |
| Rodgers, P.A. et al. Rifle hunting alters habitat use but does not trigger migration in mule deer. for Journal of Wildlife Management | December 2021 |
| Rodgers et al. Sex-specific migratory behaviors in a temperate ungulate. for Ecosphere | December 2021 |
| Robb, B. et al. Nowhere to run: pronghorn space use impacted by semi-permeability of barriers | April 2022 |
| Rickbeil et al. Plasticity in elk migration timing is a response to changing environmental conditions. | July 2019 |
| Raithel, J. D., M. J. Kauffman, D. H. Pletscher. 2007. Impact of spatial and temporal variation in calf survival on the growth of elk populations. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:795-803. | May 2007 |
| Ortega, A.C., Dwinnell, S.P.H., LaSharr, T.N., Jakopak, R.P., Denryter, K., Huggler, K., Hayes, M., Aikens, E.O., Verzuh, T., May, A., Kauffman, M.J., and Monteith, K.L. (2020). Effectiveness of Partial Sedation to Reduce Stress in Captured Mule Deer. Journal of Wildlife Management, 84: 1445–1456. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21929. | Abstract | July 2020 |
| Ortega etal. Expenditure of energy in a large herbivore is non-linear over winter | April 2023 |
| Ortega et al. Migrating mule deer compensate en route for phenological mismatches | April 2023 |
| Ortega et al. A test of the frost wave hypothesis in a temperate ungulate | January 2024 |
| Oates, B. et al. Antipredator response diminishes during periods of resource deficit for a large herbivore. | March 2019 |
| Oates and others. Spatially explicit demography reveals disparate influences of resource limitation and predation on population growth of a large herbivore | December 2021 |
| Nunez, T. et al. A statistical framework for modeling migration corridors | September 2022 |
| Noonan, M.J., and many others. Which home range estimator should I use? An analysis of autocorrelation and bias in home range estimation. for Ecological Monographs | November 2018 |
| Noonan et al. Body-size-dependent underestimation of mammalian area requirements. | May 2020 |
| Nelson, A.A., and others. Native prey distribution and migration mediates wolf predation on domestic livestock in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem | June 2016 |
| Nelson, A.A., M.J. Kauffman (and others). 2012. Elk migration patterns and human activity influence wolf habitat selection in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Ecological Applications 22:2293–2307. | December 2012 |
| Mumme et al. (In Review) Wherever I may roam – Human activity alters movements of red deer (Cervus elaphus) and elk (Cervus canadensis) across two continents. Global Change Biology | Abstract | June 2023 |
| Morrison, T. A., Merkle, J. A., Hopcraft, J. G. C., Aikens, E. O., Beck, J. L., Boone, R. B., Courtemanch, A. B., Dwinnell, S. P., Fairbanks, W. S., Griffith, B., Middleton, A.D., Monteith, K.L., Oates, B., Riotte‐Lambert, L., Sawyer, H., Smith, K. T., Stabach, J. A., Taylor, K. T., and Kauffman, M. J. (2021). Drivers of site fidelity in ungulates. Journal of animal ecology, 90(4), 955-966. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13425. | Abstract | April 2021 |
| Monteith, K.L., R.W. Klaver, K.R. Hersey, A.A. Holland, T.P. Thomas, and M.J. Kauffman. 2015. Effects of climate and plant phenology on recruitment of moose at the southern extent of their range. Oecologia 178-1137-1148. | Abstract | March 2015 |
| Monteith, K.L., M.M. Hayes, M.J. Kauffman, H.E. Copeland, and H. Sawyer. Functional attributes of ungulate migration: landscape features facilitate movement and access to forage. Ecological Applications | October 2018 |
| Middleton, A.D., T.A. Morrison, J.K. Fortin, C.T. Robbins, K.M. Proffitt, P.J. White, D.E. McWhirter, T.M. Koel, D.G. Brimeyer, W.S. Fairbanks, and M.J. Kauffman. 2013. Grizzly bear predation links the loss of native trout to the demography of migratory elk in Yellowstone. Proc R Soc B 280: 20130870. | May 2013 |
| Middleton, A.D., M.J. Kauffman, D.E. McWhirter, M.D. Jimenez, J.G. Cook, R.C. Cook, S.E. Albeke, H. Sawyer, and P.J. White. 2013. Linking anti-predator behavior to prey demography reveals limited risk effects of an actively hunting large carnivore. Ecology Letters 16:1023-1030. | December 2013 |
| Middleton, A.D., M.J. Kauffman, D.E. McWhirter, J.G. Cook, R.C. Cook, A.A. Nelson, M.D. Jimenez, and R.W. Klaver. 2013. Animal migration amid shifting patterns of phenology and predation: lessons from a Yellowstone elk herd. Ecology 94:1245-1256. | December 2013 |
| Middleton and others. Green-wave surfing influences fitness in a large migratory herbivore | July 2018 |
| Middleton and others. Conserving ungulate migrations requires transboundary science, policy, and management | December 2019 |
| Merkle, J.A., Monteith, K.L., Aikens, E.O., Hayes, M.M., Hersey, K.R., Middleton, A.D., Oates, B.A., Sawyer, H., Scurlock, B.M. and Kauffman, M.J. (2016). Large herbivores surf waves of green-up in spring. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283:20160456. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.0456. | Abstract | December 2016 |
| Merkle, J. et al. Spatial memory shapes migration and its benefits: evidence from a large herbivore | November 2019 |
| Merkle, J. et al. Migration Mapper: Identifying movement corridors and seasonal ranges for large mammal conservation | September 2022 |
| Merkle et al. Conserving habitat for migratory ungulates: how wide is a migration corridor? | July 2023 |
| Maron, J.L., and M.J. Kauffman. 2006. Habitat-specific impacts of multiple consumers on plant population dynamics. Ecology 87:113-124. | September 2006 |
| Levine et al. Estimating nutritional condition across its full range for moose. | February 2023 |
| Lamont et al. Multi-Scale Habitat Selection of Elk in Response to Beetle-Killed Forest | February 2019 |
| LaSharr et al. Evaluating Risks Associated with Animal Capture and Handling for Individual-Based and Long-Term Research | November 2022 |
| Korfanta, N.M., W.D. Newmark, and M.J. Kauffman. 2012. Long-term demographic consequences of habitat fragmentation to a tropical understory bird community. Ecology 93:2548–2559. | December 2012 |
| Kohl, M. et al. Diel predator activity drives a dynamic landscape of fear. Ecological Monographs | June 2018 |
| Keinath etal. A global analysis of species sensitivity to habitat disturbance | December 2017 |
| Kauffman, M.J., and E.S. Jules. 2006. Understanding spatial heterogeneity is necessary for predicting invasion: host size and environment influence susceptibility to a non-native pathogen. Ecological Applications 16:166-175. | September 2006 |
| Kauffman, M.J., W.F. Frick and J. Linthicum. 2003. Modeling habitat-specific differences in survival, fecundity, and population growth for peregrine falcons in California. Ecological Applications 13:1802–1816. | September 2003 |
| Kauffman, M.J., J.F. Pollock and B. Walton. 2004. Spatial structure, dispersal, and management of a recovering raptor population. American Naturalist 164:582-597. | September 2004 |
| Kauffman, M.J., J. Brodie, and E.S. Jules. 2013. Are wolves saving Yellowstone’s aspen? A landscape-level test of a behaviorally mediated trophic cascade: reply. Ecology 94:1425-1431. | December 2013 |
| Kauffman, M.J., J. Brodie, and E.S. Jules. 2010. Are wolves saving Yellowstone’s aspen? A landscape-level test of a behaviorally mediated trophic cascade. Ecology 91:2742-2755. | September 2010 |
| Kauffman, M.J. and others. Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States. USGS Scientific Investigations Report | October 2020 |
| Kauffman, M.J. and others. Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States, Volume 3. USGS Scientific Investigations Report | December 2022 |
| Kauffman, M.J. and others. Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States, Volume 2. USGS Scientific Investigations Report | April 2022 |
| Kauffman, M. J., and J. L. Maron. 2006. Consumers limit the abundance and dynamics of a perennial shrub with a seed bank. American Naturalist 168:454-470. | October 2006 |
| Kauffman, M. J., N. Varley, D. W. Smith, D. Stahler, D. MacNulty, and M. S. Boyce. 2007. Landscape heterogeneity shapes predation in a newly restored predator-prey system. Ecology Letters 10:690?700. | August 2007 |
| Kauffman, M. J., Cagnacci, F., Chamaillé-Jammes, S., Hebblewhite, M., Hopcraft, J. G. C., Merkle, J. A., et. al. (2021). Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations. Science, 372(6542), 566-569. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf0998. | May 2021 |
| Kauffman, M. J., Aikens, E. O., Esmaeili, S., Kaczensky, P., Middleton, A., Monteith, K. L., Morrison, T., Mueller, T., Sawyer, H., and Goheen, J. R. (2021). Causes, consequences, and conservation of ungulate migration. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 52, 453-78. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-012021011516. | Abstract | October 2021 |
| Kauffman, M. J, M. A. Sanjayan, J. Lowenstein, A. Nelson, R. M. Jeo and K. R. Crooks. 2007. Using remote photography methods and analyses to assess the conservation value of rangelands for Namibian carnivores. Oryx 41:70-78. | January 2007 |
| Kauffman et al. Wild Migrations: Atlas of Wyoming's Ungulates | October 2018 |
| Kauffman et al. Mule deer migration. for forthcoming book on mule deer. | January 2023 |
| Jules, et al. Host heterogeneity influences the impact of a disease invasion on populations of a foundation tree species | September 2014 |
| Jules, E.S., M.J. Kauffman, W.D. Ritts, and A.L. Carroll. 2002. Spread of an invasive pathogen over a variable landscape: a non-native root rot on Port Orford cedar. Ecology 83:3167-3181. | September 2002 |
| Jones, J. and others. Winter feeding alters migration of elk in western Wyoming | October 2014 |
| Jesmer, BR, JR Goheen, KL Monteith, and MJ Kauffman. State-dependent foraging alters endocrine-energy relationships in a free-ranging large herbivore | December 2017 |
| Jesmer, B.R. et al. Life-history theory provides a framework for detecting resource limitation: a test of the Nutritional Buffer Hypothesis. for Ecological Application | December 2021 |
| Jesmer, B. R., Merkle, J. A., Goheen, J. R., Aikens, E. O., Beck, J. L., Courtemanch, A. B., Hurley, M.A., McWhirter, D.E., Miyasaki, H.M., Monteith, K.L., and Kauffman, M. J. (2018). Is ungulate migration culturally transmitted? Evidence of social learning from translocated animals. Science, 361(6406), 1023-1025. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat0985. | Abstract | October 2018 |
| Jesmer et al. A test of the niche variation hypothesis in a ruminant herbivore. | September 2020 |
| Jachowski et al. Integrating physiological stress into the movement ecology of migratory ungulates: a spatial analysis with mule deer. | June 2018 |
| Harris, N. C, M. J. Kauffman, L. S. Mills. 2008. Ungulate population demography and dynamics from age ratios. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1143-1151. | July 2008 |
| Gigliotti, L. C., M. P. Atwood, E. K. Cole, A. Courtemanch, S. Dewey, J. A. Gude, M. Hurley, M. Kauffman, K. Kroetz, B. Leonard, D. MacNulty, E. Maichak, D. McWhirter, T. W. Mong, K. Proffitt, B. Scurlock, D. Stahler, and A. D. Middleton. 2023. Multi-level avoidance thresholds of residential and agricultural land use for elk across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ecology 60(6): 1089-1099. | June 2023 |
| Gigliotti et al. Wildlife migrations highlight importance of both private lands and protected areas in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem | November 2022 |
| Geremia, C. et al. Reply to Joseph M. Craine: Bison redefine what it means to move to find food. for PNAS | April 2020 |
| Geremia et al. Yellowstone bison engineer the green wave. | November 2019 |
| Edmunds et al. Chronic Wasting Disease Drives Population Decline of White-Tailed Deer | August 2016 |
| Dwinnell, S. et al. Short-term responses to a human-altered landscape do not affect fat dynamics of a migratory ungulate. for Functional Ecology | December 2021 |
| Do Bark-Beetle Affected Forests Provide Elk a Refuge to Elude Hunters? | January 2020 |
| Devivo et al. Endemic Chronic Wasting Disease Causes Mule Deer Population Decline in Wyoming | October 2017 |
| Danner, E. M., M. J. Kauffman, and R. L. Brownell. 2006. Industrial whaling in the North Pacific Ocean 1952-1978: spatial patterns of harvest and decline. Pages 134-144 in J. A Estes, D. P. DeMaster, D. F. Doak, T. M. Williams, and R. L. Brownell, editors. Whales, Whaling and Ocean Ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkely, CA. | January 2007 |
| Courtemanch et al. Alternative foraging strategies enable a mountain ungulate to persist after migration loss. | June 2017 |
| Copeland, H. and others. Conserving migratory mule deer through the umbrella of sage-grouse | October 2014 |
| Christianson, D., R.W. Klaver, A. Middleton, and M. Kauffman. 2013. Confounded winter and spring phenoclimatology on large herbivore ranges. Landscape Ecology 28:427–437. | January 2013 |
| Brodie, J., H. Johnson, M. Mitchell, P. Zager, K. Proffitt, M. Hebblewhite, M. Kauffman, B. Johnson, J. Bissonette, C. Bishop, J. Gude, J. Herbert, K. Hersey, M. Hurley, P.M. Lukacs, S. McCorquodale, E. McIntire, J. Nowak, H. Sawyer, D. Smith, and P.J. White. 2013. Relative influence of human harvest, carnivores, and weather on adult female elk survival across western North America. Journal of Applied Ecology 50:295–305. | March 2013 |
| Bidder et al. Forage senescence and disease influence elk pregnancy across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. for Ecosphere | December 2023 |
| Barclay, J. H., N. M. Korfanta, M. J. Kauffman. 2011. Long-Term Population Dynamics of a Managed Burrowing Owl Colony. The Journal of Wildlife Management 75(6):1295-1306. | Download | February 2011 |
| Armstrong, J.B., G.T. Takimoto, D.E. Schindler, M.M. Hayes, and M.J. Kauffman. Phenological diversity and resource waves: landscape-level constraints and opportunities in consumer-resource interactions | December 2016 |
| Ali, AH, MJ Kauffman, A Raja, A Kibara, J King, D Mallon, C Musyoki and J Goheen. Demographic drivers of a refugee species: large-scale experiments guide strategies for reintroductions of hirola antelope | March 2018 |
| Aikens, E.O., Wyckoff, T.B., Sawyer, H., and Kauffman, M.J. (2022). Industrial energy development decouples ungulate migration from the green wave. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6(11):1733-1741. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01887-9. | Abstract | November 2022 |
| Aikens, E.O., Mysterud, A., Merkle, J.A., Cagnacci, F., Rivrud, I.M., Hebblewhite, M., et. al. (2020). Wave-like patterns of plant phenology determine ungulate movement tactics. Current Biology, 30(17): 3444–3449.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.032. | Abstract | September 2020 |
| Aikens, E.O., Monteith, K.L., Merkle, J.A., Dwinnell, S.P., Fralick, G.L., and Kauffman, M. J. (2020). Drought reshuffles plant phenology and reduces the foraging benefit of green‐wave surfing for a migratory ungulate. Global Change Biology, 26(8), 4215-4225. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15169. | Abstract | June 2020 |
| Aikens, E. and others. Migratory tactic structures while resource allocation refines timing of birth for a large herbivore. for Ecology | June 2021 |
| Aikens E.O., Kauffman M.J., Merkle J.A., Dwinnell S.P.H., Fralick G.L., and Monteith K.L. (2017). The greenscape shapes surfing of resource waves in a large migratory herbivore. Ecology Letters, 20(6): 741-750. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12772. | Abstract | June 2017 |
| Abrahms, B., Aikens, E. O., Armstrong, J. B., Deacy, W. W., Kauffman, M. J., and Merkle, J. A. (2021). Emerging perspectives on resource tracking and animal movement ecology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 36(4), 308-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.018. | Abstract | November 2020 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Wyckoff, T., M. Kauffman, S. Albeke, and H. Sawyer. 2014. EVALUATING THE INFLUENCE OF DEVELOPMENT ON MULE DEER MIGRATIONS | August 2014 |
| Rediscovering Big Game Migrations | April 2015 |
| Ortega, A.C., Burke, P. and Kauffman, M.J. 2017. Understanding the maintenance of partial migration: a test of the fitness-balancing hypothesis with mule deer in south-central Wyoming. TWS 24th Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM. | September 2017 |
| Oates, B.A., J.R. Goheen, M.J. Kauffman, G.L. Fralich, and K.L. Monteith. 2014. COMPARATIVE DEMOGRAPHY OF TWO MOOSE POPULATIONS WITH CONTRASTING PREDATOR DENSITIES | August 2014 |
| Nuñez, T., M. Hurley, J. Fattebert, J. Merkle, A. Ortega, H. Sawyer, T. Graves, M. Kauffman. 2020. Predicting migration corridors: using maximum likelihood to fit corridor models to movement data. 27<sup>th</sup> Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society. Louisville, KY, Sept. 27 – Oct. 1, 2020 | September 2020 |
| Nuñez, T., M. Hurley, J. Fattebert, J. Merkle, A. Ortega, H. Sawyer, M. Kauffman. 2020. Predicting migration corridors: using maximum likelihood to fit corridor models to movement data. 2020 North America Congress for Conservation Biology. Denver, Colorado, July 26-31, 2020. | July 2020 |
| Merkle, J.A., and Kauffman, M.J. 2017. Sustaining ungulate migrations: new tools to identify and conserve corridors across multiple-use landscapes. 24th Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico. | September 2017 |
| Merkle, J.A., Sawyer, H., and Kauffman, M.J. 2017. Memory shapes mammalian migration and its benefits. Gordon Research Conference: Movement Ecology of Animals, March 2017, Ventura, CA. | March 2017 |
| Kauffman et al. A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO MAP UNGULATE MIGRATIONS AND ADVANCE THEIR CONSERVATION ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES | November 2022 |
| Jesmer, B.R., Goheen, J.R., Monteith, K.L, and M.J. Kauffman. 2014. LINKING HABITAT AND NUTRITION WITH POPULATION PERFORMANCE IN MOOSE | August 2014 |
| CONSERVING MIGRATORY MULE DEER THROUGH THE UMBRELLA OF SAGE-GROUSE | August 2014 |
| Aikens EO, Kauffman MJ, Merkle JA, Dwinnell SP, Fralick GL, and Monteith KL. 2017. The greenscape shapes surfing of resource waves in a large migratory herbivore. Gordon Research Conference on the Movement Ecology of Animals, Ventura, CA, March 20th, 2017. | March 2017 |
| Technical Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Sawyer, H., and M.J. Kauffman. 2008. Identifying mule deer migration routes in the Atlantic Rim Project Area. Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Laramie, Wyoming 82071. Prepared for the Wildlife Heritage Foundation of Wyoming. | June 2008 |
| Sawyer, H., and M.J. Kauffman. 2008. Identifying mule deer migration routes along the Pinedale Front. Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Laramie, Wyoming 82071. Prepared for the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust. | June 2008 |
| Keinath, D.A., M. J. Kauffman and G.P. Beauvais. 2008. Assessment of Wildlife Vulnerability to Energy Development (AWVED): 2008 Progress Report. September 15, 2008. | Download | September 2008 |
| Keinath, D.A., M. Andersen, and G.P. Beauvais. 2010. Range maps for Wyoming’s Species of Greatest Conservation Need. January 19, 2010. | Download | January 2010 |
| Keinath, D.A., M. Andersen, and G.P. Beauvais. 2010. Range and modeled distribution of Wyoming’s Species of Greatest Conservation Need. August 20, 2010. | Download | August 2010 |
| Kauffman, M.J., and B. Keitt. 1998. Biological Assessment of The Clark County Desert Conservation Plan (Desert Tortoise). Report to the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Working Group on Habitat Conservation Plans. | September 1998 |
| Kauffman, M.J., Courtemanch, A.B., and A.B. Rutledge. 2009. Resource selection and group association of translocated bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in north-central Wyoming: does source herd matter? Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. University of Wyoming. | April 2009 |
| Kauffman, M.J. and others. Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States. USGS Scientific Investigations Report | Download | April 2020 |
| Kauffman, M.J. and E.S. Jules. 1999. The biology and spread of Port Orford cedar root rot: what we know and what we can do. Voice of the Wild Siskiyou, Spring 1999 Issue. | September 1999 |
| Jules, E.J., M.J. Kauffman, A.L. Carroll, and D. Ritts. 2004. Assessing the landscape spread of the fatal Port Orford cedar root rot. Pages 13-20 in K.L. Mergenthaler, J.E. Williams, and E.S. Jules (editors). Proceedings of the Second Conference on Klamath-Siskiyou Ecology. Siskiyou Field Institute, Cave Junction, Oregon. | September 2004 |
| Jackson Moose Project - GTNP 2009 Annual Report | Download | June 2009 |
| Jackson Moose Project - GTNP 2008 Annual Report | Download | June 2008 |
| Elk Nutritional Condition Project - 2012 Annual Report | Download | July 2012 |
| Elk Nutritional Condition Project - 2011 Annual Report | Download | January 2011 |
| Elk Nutritional Condition Project - 2010 Annual Report | Download | June 2010 |
| Elk Monitoring Project - 2011 Annual Report | Download | August 2011 |
| Bowen, Z.H., Aldridge, CL.., Anderson, P.J., Chong, G.W., Drummond, M.A., Homer, C., Johnson, R.C., Kauffman, M.J., Knick, S.T., Kosovich, J.J., Miller, K.A., Owens, T., Shafer, S., Schenck, C.J., and Sweat, M.J., 2007, U.S. Geological Survey Science Plan for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative: Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, 32 p. | July 2007 |
| Bowen, Z.H., Aldridge, C.L., Anderson, P.K., Assal, T., Baer, L.A., Bristol, S., Carr, N.B., Chong, G.W., Diffendorfer, J.E., Fedy, B.C., Garman, S.L., Germaine, S., Grauch, R.I., Homer, C., Manier, D., Kauffman, M.J., Latysh, N., Melcher, C.P., Miller, K.A., Montag, J., Nutt, C.J., Potter, C., Sawyer, H., Smith, D.B., Sweat, M.J., and Wilson, A.B., 2009, U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2008 Annual Report: Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-XXX, 96 p. | December 2009 |
| Absaroka Elk Ecology Project - 2010 Annual Report | Download | December 2010 |
| Absaroka Elk Ecology Project - 2008 Annual Report | Download | June 2008 |
| Absaroka Elk Ecology - 2009 Annual Report | Download | December 2009 |
| 5. Carleton, SA. 2012. Using biomarkers to determine natal origins of shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus), channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), Yellowstone cutthroat (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri), and kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Final Report to Wyoming Department of Game and Fish. | June 2012 |
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| 2013 Annual Report - Wyoming Range Mule Deer Study | Download | December 2012 |
| 2012 Progress Report - WY Migration Initiative (6.13) | Download | June 2013 |
| 2012 Final Report - Elk Survival (Multi-state) | Download | December 2012 |
| 2012 Final - Shiras Moose Demography Project | Download | December 2012 |
| 2012 Annual Report - Teton Bighorn Sheep Project | Download | December 2012 |
| 2012 Annual Report - Sublette Moose Demography and Habitat Use | Download | December 2012 |
| 2012 Annual Report - Statewide Moose Habitat Study | Download | December 2013 |
| 2012 Annual Report - Shiras Moose Demography Project | Download | December 2012 |
| 2012 Annual Report - Migration Corridors and Landscape Connectivity Project | Download | December 2012 |
| 2011 Annual Report - Teton Bighorn Sheep Project | Download | December 2011 |
| 2011 Annual Report - Shiras Moose Demography | Download | December 2011 |
| 2010 Annual Report - Teton Bighorn Sheep Project | Download | December 2010 |
| 2009 Annual Report - Teton Bighorn Sheep Project | Download | March 2009 |
| 2009 Annual Report - Mule Deer Migration and Energy Development | Download | November 2009 |
| 2008 Annual Report - Teton Bighorn Sheep Project | Download | December 2008 |
| 2008 Annual Report - Mule Deer Migrations and Energy Development | Download | December 2008 |
| 2007 Annual Report - Teton Bighorn Sheep Project | Download | December 2007 |