2024

Serieys, L.E.K., Leighton, G.R.M., et al. 2024. Denning and maternal behavior of caracals (Caracal caracal). Mammalian Bioliology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-024-00429-z

Kyriazis, C.C., Serieys, L.E.K., et al. 2024. The influence of gene flow on population viability in an isolated urban caracal population. Molecular Ecology 33(9): e17346.

Yovovich, V., Serieys, L.E.K., Pearce, T., Kupar, C., Stratton, A., Bayrakcismith, R., Sager-Fradkin, K., Bergman, D., Ackerman, B., Phillips, K., Jones, G., Elbroch, L.M. In Press. Wild felid anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in rural Washington. Canadian Wildlife Biology & Management.

Kraberger, S., Serieys, L.E.K., et al. 2024. Two lineages of Papillomaviruses identified from caracals (Caracal caracal) in South Africa. Viruses 16(5): 701.

Leighton, G.R.M., Froneman, P.W., Serieys, L.E.K., Bishop, J.M. 2024. Sustained use of marine subsidies promotes niche expansion in a wild felid. Science of the Total Environment 914: 169912.

Dunford, C.E., et al. 2024. Factors affecting Asiatic caracal occupancy and activity in an arid landscape; vegetation, prey and predator presence are key. Global Ecology and Conservation: e03002.

Stiegler, J. et al. 2024. Mammals show faster recovery from capture and tagging in human-disturbed landscapes. Nature Communications 15: 8079

Serieys, L.E.K., Bishop, J.M., et al. 2023. Anthropogenic activities and age class mediate carnivore habitat selection in a human-dominated landscape. iScience 26(7): 107050.

Ratnayaka, A.A.W., Serieys, L.E.K., et al. 2023. Plastic ingestion by fishing cats suggests trophic transfer in urban wetlands. Environmental Pollution 316(2): 120694.

Leighton, G.R.M., Froneman, W., Serieys, L.E.K., Bishop, J.M. 2023. Trophic downgrading of an adaptable carnivore in an urbanising landscape. Scientific Reports 13(1): 21582.

Kraberger, S., Serieys, L.E.K., et al. 2023. Novel polyomaviruses identified in fecal samples from four carnivore species. Archives of Virology 168(1): 18.

Cerna, G.M., Serieys, L.E.K., et al. 2023. A circovirus and cycloviruses identified in feces of bobcats (Lynx rufus) in California. Archives of Virology 168(1)23.

Parker, K.H., Bishop, J.M., Serieys, L.E.K., et al. 2023. A heavy burden: Metal exposure across the land-ocean continuum in an adaptable carnivore. Environmental Pollution 327: 121585.

Kozakiewicz, C.P. et al. 2023. Habitat connectivity and host relatedness influence virus spread across an urbanising landscape in a fragmentation-sensitive carnivore. Virus Evolution 9(1): veac122.

Leighton, G.R.M., Bishop, J.M., Merondun, J., Winterton, D.J., O’Riain, M.J., Serieys, L.E.K. 2022. Hiding in plain sight: risk mitigation by a cryptic carnivore foraging at the urban edge. Animal Conservation 25(2): 244-258.

Leighton, G.R.M., Bishop, J.M., Camerero, P.R., Mateo, R., O’Riain, M.J., Serieys, L.E.K., 2022. Poisoned chalice: Use of transformed landscapes associated with increased persistent organic pollutant concentrations and potential immune effects for an adaptable carnivore. Science of the Total Environment 822: 153581.

Ratnayaka, A.A.W., Serieys, L.E.K., et al. 2022. Urban habitat use and home ranges of fishing cats in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Mammalian Biology 102(1): 271-277.

Sacks, B.N., Statham, M.J., Serieys, L.E.K., Riley, S.P.D. 2022. Population genetics of California gray foxes clarify origins of the island fox. Genes 13(10): 1859.

Serieys, L.E.K., Rogan, M.S., Matsushima, S.S., Wilmers, C.C. 2021. Road-crossings, vegetative cover, land use and poisons interact to influence corridor effectiveness. Biological Conservation 253: 108930.

Kraberger, S., Serieys, L.E.K., et al. Complex evolutionary history of felid anelloviruses. Virology 562: 176-189.

Leighton, G.R.M., Bishop, J.M., …Serieys, L.E.K. 2020. An integrated dietary assessment increases feeding event detection in an urban carnivore. Urban Ecosystems 23: 569-583.

Viljoen, S., O’Riain, M.J., Penzhorn, B.L., Drouilly, M., Serieys, L.E.K., et al. 2020. Molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in caracals (Caracal caracal) living in human-modified landscapes of South Africa. Parasites and Vectors 13: 1-16.

Kozkiewicz, C.P., et al., 2020. Does the virus cross the road? Viral phylogeographic patterns among bobcat populations reflect of history of urban development. Evolutionary Applications 13(8): 1806-1817.

Smith, J.G. et al. 2020. Carnivore population structure across an urbanization gradient: a regional genetic analysis of bobcats in southern California. Landscape Ecology 35: 659-674.

Mugerwa, B., et al. 2020. Are we doing enough to protect the World’s small cats? Cat News 71 (Spring): 41-47.

Serieys, L.E.K, et al. 2019. Widespread anticoagulant exposure in predators in a rapidly growing South African city. Science of the Total Environment 666: 581-590.

Serieys, L.E.K. et al. 2019. High seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in an urban caracal (Caracal caracal) population in South Africa. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 55(4): 951-953.

Kraberger, S., Serieys, L.E.K, Fountain-Jones, N., Packer, C., Riley, S.P.D., Varsani, A. 2019. Novel smacoviruses identified in the faeces of two wild felids: North American bobcat and African lion. Archives of Virology 164: 2395-2399.

Kozakiewicz, C.P., et al. 2019. Urbanization reduces genetic connectivity in bobcats (Lynx rufus) at both intra- and interpopulation spatial scales. Molecular Ecology 28(23): 5068-5085.

Serieys, L.E.K., et al. 2018. Urbanization and anticoagulant poisons promote immune dysfunction in bobcats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285(1871): 20172533.

Serieys, L.E.K., et al. 2019. Widespread anticoagulant poison exposure is linked with immune dysregulation and severe notoedric mange in urban bobcats. Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference 28(28).

Fraser, D., Mouton, A., Serieys, L.E.K., et al. 2018. Genome-wide expression reveals multiple systemic effects associated with detection of anticoagulant poisons in bobcats (Lynx rufus). Molecular Ecology 27(5): 1170-1187.

Thomassen, H.A., Harrigan, R.J., Semple Delaney, K., Riley, S.P.D., Serieys, L.E.K., et a. 2018. Determining the drivers of population structure in a highly urbanized landscape to inform conservation planning. Conservation Biology 32(1): 148-158.

Lee. J. et al. 2017. Feline immunodeficiency virus cross-species transmission: implications for emergence of new lentiviral infections. Journal of Virology 91(5); 10.1128/jvi 02134-16

Foley, J., Serieys, L.E.K., et al. 2016. A synthetic review of notoedres species mites and mange. Parasitology 143(14): 1847-1861.

Benson, J.F., Mahoney, P.J., Sikih, J.A., Serieys, L.E.K., et al. 2016. Interactions between demography, genetics, and landscape connectivity increase extinction probability for a small populatiion of large carnivires in a major metropolitan area. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283(1837): 20160957

Carver, S. et al. 2016. Pathogen exposure varies widely among sympatric populations of wild and domestic felids across the United States. Ecological Applications 26(2): 367-381.

Serieys, L.E.K. et al. 2015. Anticoagulant rodenticides in urban bobcats: exposure, risk factors, and potential effects based on a 16-year study. Ecotoxicology 24: 844-862.

Serieys, L.E.K., Lea, A., Pollinger, J.P., Riley, S.P.D., Wayne, R.K. 2015. Disease and freeways drive genetic change i n urban bobcat populations. Evolutionary Applications 8(1): 75-92.

Riley, S.P.D, Serieys, L.E.K., et al. 2014. Individual behaviors dominate the dynamics of an urban mountain lion population isolated by roads. Current Biology 24(17): 1989-1994.

Riley, S.P.D., Serieys, L.E.K., Moriarty, J. 2014. Infectious disease and contaminants in urban wildlife: unforeseen and often overlooked threats. Pages 175-216 in McCleery, R.A., Moorman, C. and Peterson, N. editors. Urban Wildlife Science: Theory and Practice. Springer, New York, NY.

Lee, J.S., Bevins, S.N., Serieys, L.E.K., et al. 2014. Evolution of puma lentivirus in bobcats (Lynx rufus) and mountain lions (Puma concolor) in North America. Journal of Virology 88(14): 7727-7737.

Troyer, R.M. et al. 2014. Novel gammaherpesviruses in North American domestic cats, bobcats, and pumas: identification, prevalence, and risk factors. Journal of Virology 88(8): 3914-3924.

Serieys, L.E.K. et al. 2013. Serum chemistry, hematologic, and post-mortem findings in free-ranging bobcats (Lynx rufus) with notoedric mange. The Journal of Parasitology 99(6): 989-996.

Stephenson, N., Clifford, D., Worth, S.J., Serieys, L.E.K., Foley, J. 2013. Development and validation of a fecal PCR assay for Notoedres cati and application to notoedric mange cases in bobcats (Lynx rufus) in Northern California, U.S.A. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 49(2): 303-311.

Schwochow, D., Serieys, L.E.K., Wayne, R.K., Thalmann, O. 2012. Efficient recovery of whole blood RNA-a comparison of commercial RNA extraction protocols for high-throughput applications in wildlife species. BMC Biotechnology 12: 1-12.

Moriarty, J.G., Riley, S.P.D., Serieys, L.E.K., et al. 2012. Exposure of wildlife to anticoagulant rodenticides at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: from mountain lions to rodents. Proceddings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference 25(25).