Publications

Sergeyev M, EP Tanner, MJ Cherry, JV Lombardi, TA Campbell, ME Tewes. 2023. Influence of abiotic factors on habitat selection of ocelots and bobcats: testing the interactive range limit theory. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution Front. Ecol. Evol., 29 November 2023 Sec. Conservation and Restoration Ecology Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1166184

Sergeyev, M, DA Crawford, JD Holbrook, JV Lombardi, ME Tewes, TA Campbell. 2023. Selection in 3D: Assessing individual variation in habitat selection of ocelots, bobcats, and coyotes using LiDAR-derived canopy metrics. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 15 November 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.369

Sergeyev, M, MJ Cherry, EP Tanner, JV Lombardi, ME Tewes, TA Campbell. 2023. Multiscale selection and avoidance of carnivores by endangered ocelots. Scientific Reports Sci Rep 13, 8882 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35271-9

Sergeyev M, JV Lombardi, ME Tewes, TA Campbell. 2023. Ocelots in the moonlight: influence of lunar phase on habitat selection and movement of two sympatric felids. PLOS One Published: November 30, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286393

Lombardi JV, TJ Yamashita, A Blackburn, JH Young Jr, ME Tewes, CJ Anderson. 2023. Examining the Spatial Structure of Woody Cover Within a Highway Road Effect Zone for Ocelots in Texas. Urban Ecosystems Urban Ecosyst 26, 1057–1069. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01350-y

Yamashita TJ, DB Wester, JH Young Jr, ME Tewes, JV Lombardi. 2023. Distinguishing buildings from vegetation in an urban-chaparral mosaic landscape. Remote Sensing 15:1703 https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15061703

Lombardi JV, M Sergeyev, LR Schofield, ME Tewes, RN Wilkins. 2023. Spatial capture recapture and LiDAR-derived canopy metrics reveal high ocelot densities on Texas ranchlands. Frontiers in Conservation Science Front. Conserv. Sci., 14 December 2022 Sec. Animal Conservation Volume 3 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2022.1003044

Lombardi, J.V., T.J. Yamashita, A. Blackburn, J.H. Young, Jr., M.E. Tewes, and C.J. Anderson. 2023. Examining the spatial structure of woody cover within a highway road effect zone for ocelots in Texas. Urban Ecosystems https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01350-y

Blackburn, A., A.M. Veals, M.E. Tewes, D.B. Wester, J.H. Young, Jr., R.W. DeYoung, and H.L. Perotto-Baldivieso. 2022. If you build it, will they come? A comparative landscape analysis of ocelot roadkill locations and crossing structures. PLOS ONE 17(5), e0267630.

Korn, J.M., J.D. Ray, L.M. Thurmond, M.E. Tewes, and R.S. Matlack. 2022. Long dispersal distances of three male bobcats in Texas. The Southwestern Naturalist 66(3):261-264. 

Lombardi J.V., A.M. Haines, G.W. Watts, III, L.I. Grassman Jr., J.E. Janeĉka, A. Caso, S. CarvajalVillareal, Z.M. Wardle, T.J. Yamashita, W.C. Stasey, A.B. Branney, D.G. Scognamillo, T.A. Campbell, J.H. Young, Jr., M.E. Tewes. 2022. Status and distribution of jaguarundi in northeastern Mexico and Texas: making the case for extirpation and recovery in the United States. Ecology and Evolution 12(3), e8642. 

Lombardi J.V., H.L. Perotto-Baldivieso, D.G. Hewitt, D.G. Scognamillo, T.A. Campbell, M.E. Tewes. 2022. Assessment of appropriate species-specific time intervals to integrate GPS telemetry data in ecological niche models. Ecological Informatics 70, 101701.

Lombardi J.V., M. Sergeyev, L.R. Schofield, M.E. Tewes, R.N. Wilkins. 2022. Spatial capturerecapture and LiDAR-derived canopy metrics reveal high ocelot densities on Texas ranchlands. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3, 136. 

Sergeyev M., J.D. Holbrook, J.V. Lombardi, M.E. Tewes, and T.A. Campbell. 2022. Behaviorally mediated coexistence between ocelots, bobcats, and coyotes using hidden Markov models. Oikos 2022:e09480. 

Veals, A.M., J.D. Holbrook, A. Blackburn, C.J. Anderson, R.W. DeYoung, T.A. Campbell, J.H. Young, Jr., and M.E. Tewes. 2022. Multiscale habitat relationships of a habitat specialist over time: the case of ocelots in Texas from 1982 to 2017. Ecosphere 13(8), e4204. 

Veals, A.M., J.D. Holbrook, M.J. Cherry, T.A. Campbell, J.H Young, Jr., and M.E. Tewes. 2022. Landscape connectivity for an endangered carnivore: habitat conservation and road mitigation for ocelots in the US. Landscape Ecology 1-19.

Blackburn, A. L.J. Heffelfinger, A.M. Veals, M.E. Tewes, J.H. Young, Jr., 2021. Cats, cars, and crossings: the consequences of road networks for the conservation of an endangered felid. Global Ecology and Conservation 27 https://doi.org/10.1016/i/gecco/.2021.01582

Blackburn, A., C.J. Anderson, A.M. Veals, M.E. Tewes, D.B. Wester, J.H. Young Jr., R.W. DeYoung, and H.L. Perotto-Baldivieso. 2021. Landscape patterns of ocelot-vehicle collision sites. Landscape Ecology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-020-01153-y

Lombardi, J.V., H.L. Perotto-Baldivieso, M. Sergeyev, A.M. Veals, L. Schofield, J.H. Young, and M.E. Tewes. 2021. Landscape structure of woody cover patches for endangered ocelots in southern Texas. Remote Sensing 13, 4001: 13pp. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13194001

MacKenzie, D.J., J.V. Lombardi, and M.E. Tewes. 2021. A note on investigating co-occurrence patterns and dynamics for many species, with imperfect detection and a log-linear modeling parameterization. Ecology and Evolution 11:8507-8515

Leonard, J.P., M.E. Tewes, J.V. Lombardi, D.B. Wester, and T.A. Campbell. 2020. Effect of sun angle, temperature, and moon phase on sympatric ocelots and bobcats in South Texas, PLoS One 15: e0231732.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231732

Lombardi, J.V., D.I. MacKenzie, M.E. Tewes, H.L. Perotto-Baldivieso, J.M. Mata, and T.A. Campbell. 2020. Co-occurrence patterns of bobcats, coyotes, and ocelots in Texas. Ecology and Evolution 10:4903-4917.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6242

Lombardi, J.V., H.L. Perotto-Baldivieso, and M.E. Tewes. 2020. Land cover trends in South Texas 1987-2050: Implications for wild felids. Remote Sensing 12:659.DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12040659

Lombardi, J.V., M.E. Tewes, H.L. Perotto-Baldivieso, J.M. Mata, and T.A. Campbell. 2020. Spatial structure of woody cover affects habitat use patterns of ocelots in Texas. Mammal Research 65:555-563.DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13364-020-00501-2

Tewes, M.E. 2019. The conservation status of the endangered ocelot: A 35-year perspective. 37th Annual Faculty Lecture, Texas A&M University-Kingsville. (recognized as a publication) 

Janecka, J.E., M.E. Tewes, I.A. Davis, A.M. Haines, A. Caso, T.L. Blankenship, and R.L. Honeycutt. 2016. Genetic differences in the response to landscape fragmentation by a habitat generalist, the bobcat, and a habitat specialist, the ocelot. Conservation Genetics DOI 10.1007/s 1059 2-016-0846-1 

Janecka, J.E., M.E. Tewes, L.L. Laack, A. Caso, L.I. Grassman, and R.L. Honeycutt. 2014. Loss of genetic diversity among ocelots in the United States during the 20th century linked to human induced population reductions. PLOS One DOI: 10.1371/journal pone 0089384. 

Harveson, P.M., L.A. Harveson, L. Hernandez-Santin, M.E. Tewes, N.J. Silvy, and J.T. Pittman. 2012. Characteristics of two mountain lion (Puma concolor) populations in Texas. Wildlife Biology 18:58-66. 

Holbrook, J.D., R. DeYoung, J.E. Janecka, M.E. Tewes, R.L. Honeycutt, and J.H. Young. 2012. Genetic diversity, population structure, and movements of mountain lions, Puma concolor, in Texas. Journal of Mammalogy 93:989-1000. 

Holbrook, J.D., R. DeYoung, M.E. Tewes, and J.H. Young. 2012. Demographic history of an elusive carnivore: using museums to inform management. Evolutionary Applications 5:619-628. 

Holbrook, J.D., R. DeYoung, A. Caso, M.E. Tewes, and J.H. Young. 2012. Hog-nosed skunks (Conepatus leuconotus) along the Gulf of Mexico: population status and genetic diversity. Southwestern Naturalist 57:223-225. 

Gilad, O., J.E. Janecka, F. Armstrong, M.E. Tewes, And R.L. Honeycutt. 2011. Mountain lions in Guadalupe Mountains National Park: estimates of occurrence and distribution through DNA analyses. The Southwestern Naturalist 56:297-304. 

Janecka, J.E., M.E. Tewes, L.L. Laack, A. Caso, L.I. Grassman Jr., A.M. Haines, D. B. Shindle, W.J. Murphy, R.L. Honeycutt. 2011. Reduced genetic diversity and isolation of remnant ocelot populations occupying a severely fragmented landscape in southern Texas. Animal conservation 14:608-619. 

Young, J.H., M.E. Tewes, A.M. Haines, G. Guzman, and S.J. DeMaso. 2010. Survival and mortality of cougars in the Trans-Pecos Region. The Southwestern Naturalist 55:412-419. 

Horne, J.S., A.M. Haines, M.E. Tewes, and L.L. Laack. 2009. Habitat partitioning by sympatric ocelots and bobcats: implications for recovery of ocelots in southern Texas. The Southwestern Naturalist 54:119-126. 

Janecka, J.E., M.E. Tewes, L.L. Laack, L.I Grassman Jr., A.M. Haines, and R.L. Honeycutt. 2008. Small effective population sizes of two remnant ocelot populations (Leopardus pardalis albescens) in the United States. Conservation Genetics 9:869-878. 

Janecka, J.E., T.L. Blankenship, D.H. Hirth, C.W. Kilpatrick, L.I. Grassman, and M.E. Tewes. 2007. Evidence for male-biased dispersal in bobcats using relatedness analysis. Wildlife Biology 13:38-47. 

Janecka, J.E., C.W. Walker, M.E. Tewes, A. Caso, L.L. Laack, and R.L. Honeycutt. 2007. Phylogenetics of ocelot from the Tamaulipan Biotic Province and implications for ocelot recovery. The Southwestern Naturalist 52:89-96. 

Blankenship, T.L., A.M. Haines, M.E. Tewes, and N.J. Silvy. 2006. Comparing survival and cause specific mortality between resident and transient bobcats Lynx rufus. Wildlife Biology 12:297-303. 

Haines, A.M., J.E. Janecka, M.E. Tewes, L.I. Grassman, and P. Morton. 2006. The importance of private lands for ocelot Leopardus pardalis conservation in the United States. Oryx 40:90-94. 

Haines, A.M., L.I. Grassman, M.E. Tewes, and J.E. Janecka. 2006. Results of the first ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) monitored with GPS telemetry. European Journal of Wildlife Research 52:216-218.

Haines, A.M., M.E. Tewes, L.L. Laack, J.S. Horne, and J.H. Young. 2006. Corrigendum: Habitat based population viability analysis of ocelots in southern Texas. Biological Conservation 136:326-327. 

Haines, A.M., M.E. Tewes, L.L. Laack, J.S. Horne, and J.H. Young. 2006. Habitat based population viability analysis of ocelots in southern Texas. Biological Conservation 132:424-436. 

Heilbrun, R.D., N.J. Silvy, M.J. Peterson, M.E. Tewes. 2006. Estimating bobcat abundance using automatically triggered cameras. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:69-73. 

Janecka, J.E., T.L. Blankenship, D.H. Hirth, M.E. Tewes, C.W. Kilpatrick, and L.I. Grassman Jr. 2006. Kinship and social structure of bobcats (Lynx rufus) inferred from microsatellite and radio-telemetry data. Journal of Zoology ( London) 269:494-501. 

Haines, A.M., M.E. Tewes, and L.L. Laack. 2005. Survival and sources of mortality in ocelots. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:255-263. 

Haines, A.M., M.E. Tewes, L.L. Laack, w.E. Grant, and J.H. Young. 2005. Evaluating recovery strategies for an ocelot population in the United States. Biological Conservation 126:512-522. 

Laack, L.L., M.E. Tewes, A.M. Haines, and J. Rappole. 2005. Reproductive life history of ocelots Leopardus pardalis in southern Texas. Acta Theriologica 50:505-514. 

Harveson, P.M., M.E. Tewes, G.L. Anderson, and L.L. Laack. 2004. Habitat use by ocelots in south Texas: implications for restoration. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32:948-954. 

Cain, A.T., V.R. Tuovila, D.G. Hewitt, and M.E. Tewes. 2003. Effects of a highway and mitigation projects on bobcats in southern Texas. Biological Conservation 114:189-197. 

Heilbrun, R.D., N.J. Silvy, M.E. Tewes, M.J. Peterson. 2003. Using automatically-triggered cameras to individually identify bobcats. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31:748-755. 

Pence et al. 2003. Helminths of the ocelot from southern Texas. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39:683-689. 

Harveson, L.A., M.E. Tewes, N.J. Silvy, and J. Rutledge. 2000. Prey use by mountain lions in southern Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 45:472-476. 

Shindle, D.B., and M.E. Tewes. 2000. Immobilization of wild ocelots with tiletamine and zolazepam in southern Texas. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36:546-550. 

Walker, C.W., L.A. Harveson, M.T. Pittman, M.E. Tewes, and R.L. Honeycutt. 2000. Microsatellite variation in two populations of mountain lions (Puma concolor) in Texas. The Southwestern Naturalist 45:196-203. 

Shindle, D.B., and M.E. Tewes. 1998. Woody species composition of habitats used by ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) in the Tamaulipan Biotic Province. Southwestern Naturalist 43:273- 279. 

Beltran, J.F., and M.E. Tewes. 1995. Immobilization of ocelots and bobcats with ketamine hydrochloride and xylazine hydrochloride. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 31:43-48. 

Pence, D.B., M.E. Tewes, D.B. Shindle, and D.M. Dunn. 1995. Notoedric mange in an ocelot (Felis pardalis) from southern Texas. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 31:558-561. 

Bluett, R.D., M.E. Tewes, and B.C. Thompson. 1989. Geographic distribution of commercial bobcat harvests in Texas, 1978-1986. Texas Journal of Science 41:379-385. 

Tewes, M.E. 1984. Opportunistic feeding by white-tailed hawks at prescribed burns. Wilson Bulletin 96:135-136. 

Smith, J.H., D.S. Folse, E.G. Long, J.D. Christi, D.T. Crouse, M.E. Tewes, and others. 1983. Leprosy in wild armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) of the Texas Gulf Coast: epidemiology and mycobacteriology. Journal of Reticuloendothelial Society 34:75-88.

Kays R., M.V. Cove, J. Diaz, ...J.V. Lombardi, M. Sergeyev, M.E. Tewes, et al. 2022. SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ecology 103(10), e3775. 

Holbrook, J. D., R. DeYoung, M.E. Tewes, J. Young, J. Mays, and E. Meyers. 2011. Natural dispersal or illegal pets? Limitations on assigning origin to road-killed ocelots in the southwestern United States. Wildlife Society Bulletin 35:504-507. 

Janecka, J.E., L.I Grassman Jr., R.L. Honeycutt, W. Eiadthong, and M.E. Tewes. 2007. The use of whole genome amplified DNA for sequencing and applications to conservation genetics. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:1357-1360. 

Janecka, J.E., L.I. Grassman Jr., J.N. Derr, R.L. Honeycutt, W. Eiadthong, and M.E. Tewes. 2006. Rapid whole genome amplification of DNA from felids: applications for conservation genetics. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:1134-1141. 

Harveson, L.A., B. Route, F. Armstrong, N.J. Silvy, and M.E. Tewes. 1999. Trends in populations of mountain lion in Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Southwestern Naturalist 44:490-494. 8 

Tewes, M.E. 1984. Ground-nesting by barn owls. Raptor Research 18:36. 

Branney AB, S Carvajal, Lombardi JV, WC Stasey, ME Tewes, A Caso. 2023. Community structure, spatial and temporal overlap of a diverse carnivore guild in the Sierra Tamaulipas, Mexico. Global Ecology and Conservation. Volume 44, August 2023, e02493 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02493

Branney, A.B., S. Carvajal, J.V. Lombardi, W.C. Stasey, M.E. Tewes, A. Caso. 2023. Jaguars, ocelots, coatimundis…oh my: species composition and temporal overlap of a diverse carnivore guild in the Sierra of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Global Ecology and Conservation 44, e02493

Lombardi, J.V., M.E. Tewes, W.C. Stasey, A. Caso, and S. Carvajal-Villareal. 2021. Ocelot density and habitat use in tropical deciduous forests in the Sierra Tamaulipas, Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 103:57-67. 

Borries, C., L.I. Grassman Jr., E. Larney, M.E. Tewes, and A. Koning. 2015. Survival of a wild female marbled cat to at least 10 years of age. Cat News, No. 62. 

Holbrook, J.D., A. Caso, R.W. DeYoung, and M.E. Tewes. 2013. Population genetics of jaguarundis in Mexico: implications for future research and conservation. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37:336-341. 5 

Carvajal-Villarreal, S., A. Caso, P. Downey, A. Moreno, M.E. Tewes, L.I. Grassman Jr. 2012. Spatial patterns of the margay (Leopardus wiedii; Felidae, Carnivora) at “El Cielo” Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Mammalia 76:237-244. 

Austin, S.C., L.I. Grassman Jr., M.E. Tewes, and N.J. Silvy. 2007. Ecology and conservation of the leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis and clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Acta Zoologica Sinica 53:1-14. 

Austin, S.C., L.I. Grassman Jr., M.E. Tewes, and N.J. Silvy. 2007. Road ecology of the leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Acta Zoologica Sinica 53:373-377. 

Grassman, L.I., A.M. Haines, J.E. Janecka, and M.E. Tewes. 2007. Activity periods of photocaptured mammals in north central Thailand. Mammalia 70:306-309. 

Grassman, L.I., J.E. Janecka, S.C. Austin, M.E. Tewes, and N.J. Silvy. 2006. Chemical immobilization of free-ranging dhole (Cuon alpinus), binturong (Arctis binturong), and yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula) in Thailand. European Journal of Wildlife Research 55:297-300. 

Grassman, L.I.,Jr., M.E. Tewes, N.J. Silvy, K. Kreetiyutanont. 2005. Ecology of three sympatric felids in a mixed evergreen forest in north-central Thailand. Journal of Mammalogy 86:29-38. 

Grassman, L.I., Jr. M.E. Tewes, N.J. Silvy, and K. Kreetiyutanont. 2005. Spatial organization and diet of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) in north-central Thailand. Journal of Zoology, London 266:45-54. 

Grassman, L.I., Jr., M.E. Tewes, and N.J. Silvy. 2005. Ranging, habitat use and activity patterns of binturong Arctictis binturong and yellow-throated marten Martes flavigula in northcentral Thailand. Wildlife Biology 11:49-57

Grassman, L.I., Jr., M.E. Tewes, N.J. Silvy, and K. Kreetiyutanont. 2005. Spatial ecology and diet of the dhole Cuon alpinus (Canidae, Carnivora) in north central Thailand. Mammalia 69:11-20. 

Grassman, L.I., Jr., M.E. Tewes, and N.J. Silvy. 2005. Armoring the Camtrakker camera-trap in a tropical Asian forest. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33:349-352. 

Grassman, L.I., Jr., A.M. Haines, M.E. Tewes, and N.J. Silvy. 2005. Stouffer wildlife timers as an index of vertebrate activity periods in a tropical forest. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33:1174- 1177. 

Grassman, L.I., Jr. N. Sarataphan, M.E. Tewes, N.J. Silvy, and T. Nakanakrat. 2004. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing wild carnivores in Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. Journal of Parasitology 90:657-659. 

Grassman, L.I., Jr., K. Kreetiyutanont, M.E. Tewes, and N.J. Silvy. 2004. Translocation of a captive-raised leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) in north central Thailand. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 52:49-54. 

Grassman, L.I., Jr., S. C. Austin, M.E. Tewes, and N.J. Silvy. 2004. Comparative immobilization of wild felids in Thailand. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 40:575-578. 

Haines, A.M., L.I. Grassman, and M.E. Tewes. 2004. Survival of radiocollared adult leopard cats Prionailurus bengalensis in Thailand. Acta Theriologica 49:349-356.