National Zoological Park
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
NZP CRC MRC 551
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
mcsheaw@si.edu
Current Research Projects
White-tailed deer impacts on natural resources. White-tailed deer movements across protected area boundaries. Contraception as a management tool for white-tailed deer. Ecology of turkeybeard, a fire-dependent plant. Ecology of asiatic black bears in Tangjiahe Reserve, China. Survey of large mammals in reserves in MinShan mountains, China Ecology of Eld's deer in Southeast Asia Survey of Large Mammals in Sarawak, Malaysia, Citizen scientist surveys in Clarke County, Virginia.
Recent Publications
Bourg, N. A., W. J. McShea, and D. E. Gill. 2005. Putting a cart before the search: successful habitat prediction for a rare forest herb. Ecology (In press).
Koy, K., W. J. McShea, P. Leimgruber, B. N. Haack, and M. Aung. 2005. Percent canopy-cover -using Landsat imagery to delineate habitat for Myanmar's endangered Eld's deer (Cervus eldi). Animal Conservation 8:289-296.
McShea, W. J., K. Koy, T. Clements, A. Johnson, C. Vongkhamheng, M. Aung. 2005. Finding a needle in the haystack: Regional analysis of suitable Eld's deer (Cervus eldi) forest in Southeast Asia. Biological Conservation 125:101-111.
McShea, W. J. 2005. Forest Ecosystems without Carnivores: When ungulates rule the world. Pages 138-153 In Large Carnivores and the Conservation of Biodiversity.
J. C. Ray, K. Redford, R. S. Stenbeck, and J. Berger editors. Island Press. Vega Rivera, J. H., W. J. McShea, and J. H. Rappole. 2003. Comparison of breeding and post-breeding movements and habitat requirements for the scarlet tanager. The Auk 120: 632-644.
Demaria, M. R., W. J. McShea, K. Koy, and N. O. Maceira. 2003. Pampas deer conservation with respect to habitat loss and protected area considerations in San Luis, Argentina. Biological Conservation 115: 121-130.
McShea, W. J., J. Pagels, J. Orrock, E. Harper, and K. Koy. 2003. Mesic deciduous forest as patches of small mammal richness within an Appalachian mountain forest. Journal of Mammalogy 84:627-643.
McShea, W. J., and W. M. Healy. 2002. Oaks and acorns as the basis for ecosystem management. Pages 1-12 In Oak Forest Ecosystems: ecology and management for wildlife. Edited by William J. McShea and W. M. Healy. John Hopkins University Press.
Leimgruber, P., W. J. McShea, C. J. Brookes, Bolor-Erdene, C. Wemmer, and C. Larson. 2001. Spatial patterns in relative primary productivity and gazelle migration in the Eastern Steppes of Mongolia. Biological Conservation. 102:205-212.
Fletcher, J. D., L. A. Shipley, W. J. McShea, and D. L. Shumway. 2001. Wildlife herbivory and rare plants: the effects of white-tailed deer, rodents and insects on growth and survival of Turk's Cap Lily. Biological Conservation. 101:229-238.
McShea, W. J., M. Aung, D. Poszig, C. Wemmer, and S. Monfort. 2001. Forage, habitat use and sexual segregation by a tropical deer species (Cervus eldi thamin) in a dipterocarp forest. Journal of Mammalogy 82:848-857.
Aung, M., W. J. McShea, S. Htung, A. Than, T. M. Soe, S. Monfort, and C. Wemmer. 2001. Ecology and social organization of a tropical deer (Cervus eldi thamin). Journal of Mammalogy 82:836-847.
Fletcher, J. D., W. J. McShea, L. A. Shipley, and D. Shumway. 2001. Use of common forest forbs to measure browsing pressure by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman) in Virginia, USA. Natural Areas Journal. 21:172-176.
Vega Rivera, J. H., C. A. Haas, J. H. Rappole, and W. J. McShea. 2000. Parental care of fledgling Wood Thrushes. Wilson Bulletin 112:233-237.
Orrock, J. L., J. L. Pagels, W. J. McShea, and E. K. Harper. 2000. Predicting presence and abundance of a small mammal species: the effect of scale and resolution. Ecological Applications. 10:1356-1366.
McShea, W. J. and J. H. Rappole. 2000. Managing the abundance and diversity of breeding bird populations through manipulation of deer populations. Conservation Biology 14:1161-1170.
McShea, W. J. 2000. The influence of acorn crops on annual variation in rodent and bird populations. Ecology 81:228-238.
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