Publications

Grauer, J.A., J.L. Frair, K.L. Schuler, M. Lejeune, D.W. Kramer, and A. Fuller. 2025. Moose survival and habitat-associated risk of endoparasites. Ecology and Evolution. DOI:10.1002/ece3.72721 

Hansen, J.J., J.C.G. Bloodgood, B.K. Reese, T.B. Waltzek, K. Barry, T. Bouveroux, C. Sinclair, K. Subramaniam, K.D. Mullin, and R.H. Carmichael. 2025. Novel method for collecting skin microbiome samples from free-ranging bottlenose dolphin. Marine Mammal Science, 42(1): e70104. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70104  

Eleftheriou, A., J. Hurst, and K. Schuler. 2024. Identifying drivers of non-lead ammunition use: A survey of hunters in New York, USA. Human Dimensions of Wildlife.  DOI:10.1080/1209.2025.2593880

Navarro, D., A. Tallon, E. Latch, C. Ott-Conn, R. DeYoung, D. Walsh, P. Euclide, G.B. Chandika, W. Larson, A. Seetharam, A. Severin, J. Reecy, Z.L. Hu, J. Cantrell, Jay, M. Carstensen, J. Caudell, C. Killmaster, M. Lockwood, W. McKinley, A. Norton, K. Schuler, D. Storm, J. Sumners, W.D. Walter, and J. Blanchong. 2025. Development of High-throughput Genomic Resources to Inform White-tailed Deer Population and Disease Management. Molecular Ecology Resources. DOI:10.1111/1755-0998.70085

Schuler, K., Hollingshead, N., Heerkens, S., Kelly, J., Hurst, J., Abbott, R., Hanley, B., Collins, E., & Hynes, K. (2025). A “hazard model” using risk-weighted surveillance for first detection of chronic wasting disease. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 243, 106599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2025.106599 

Wang J, Hanley B, Thompson N, Gong Y, Walsh D, Huang Y, Gonzalez-Crespo C, Booth J, Caudell J, Miller L, Schuler K. 2025. Strategic planning of prevention and surveillance for emerging infectious diseases and invasive species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2507202122

Booth, J., Hanley, B., Thompson, N., Gonzalez Crespo, C., Christensen, S., Jennelle, C., Caudell, J., Delisle, Z. Guinness, J. Hollingshead, N., Them, C., & Schuler, K. (2025). Management agencies can leverage animal social structure for wildlife disease surveillance. Journal of Wildlife Dieases, 61(2):472–476. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-24-00079 

Rebollada-Merino, A., Chan, T., Guarino, C., Taylor, R., & Hitchener G. (2025). Pyovagina and sepsis due to Streptococcus didelphis in a Virginia opossum. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 37(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/10406387251319266 

Cunningham, S., Frair, J., Jensen, P., & Schuler, K. (2025). Spatiotemporal drivers of rodenticide exposure in a mammalian forest carnivore. Science of The Total Environment, 982, 179605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179605 

Turner, H., Fuller, A., Twining, J., Hitchener, G., Fadden, M., Stallknecht, D., Poulson, R., Carter, D., Watson, M., Schuler, K., & Bloodgood, J. (2025). Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus exposure and infection in free-ranging bobcats (Lynx rufus) in New York, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 61(2): 515-521. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-24-00137 

Grauer, J., Twining, J., Lejeune, M., Frair, J., Schuler, K., Kramer, D., & Fuller, A. (2025). Parasite-mediated competition limits dominant cervid competitor. Ecology Letters, 28(6): e70159. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70159 

Dayan, D., Hanley, B., Stiller, J., Richter, W., Gregg, I., Huck, N., Huang, M., Nichols, T., Spliethoff, H., Becker, J., Murphy, L., & Schuler, K. (2025). Environmental contaminants assessment for frequently harvested migratory waterfowl in the northeast Atlantic flyway. Science of the Total Environment, 963:178474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178474 

Darish, J., Kaganer, A., Hanley, B., Schuler, K., Schwabenlander, M., Wolf, T., Ahmed, M., Rowden, G., Larsen, P., Kobashigawa, E., Tewari, D., Lichtenberg, .S, Pedersen, J., Zhang, S., & Sreevatsan, S. (2025). Inter-laboratory comparison of real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) for the detection of chronic wasting disease prions in white-tailed deer retropharyngeal lymph nodes. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 37(1):86-93. https://doi.org/10.1177/10406387241285165 

Silveira, G., Frair, J., Cohen, J., Watson, M., Tate, P., Royar, K., Bernier, C., & Schuler, K. (2025). Anticoagulant rodenticides may affect fisher population trends in the northeastern United States. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 89(4): e22727. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22727 

Eleftheriou, A., K. Hynes, M. Clark, and K. Schuler. 2024. Vulnerability to lead toxicosis and bioindicator utility of deer scavengers in New York. Journal of Wildlife Management 88:e22641. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22641

Ahmed, M., Hanley, B., Mitchell, C., Abbott, R., Hollingshead, N., Booth, J., Guinness, J., Jennelle, C., Hodel, F., Middaugh, C., Ballard, J., Clemons, B., Killmaster, C., Harms, T., Caudell, J., Benavidez Westrich, K., McCallen, E., Casey, C, O'Brien, L., Trudeau, J., Stewart, C., Carstensen, M., McKinley, W.,  Hynes, K., Stevens, A., Miller, L., Cook, M., Myers, R., Shaw, J., Tonkovich, M., Kelly, J., Grove, D., Storm, D., & Schuler, K. (2024). Predicting chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer at the county scale using machine learning. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65002-7 

Eleftheriou, A., & Schuler, K. (2024). Diving into the wicked discourse of lead ammunition for big game hunting. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 48(3), e1538. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1538 

Eleftheriou, A., K. Hynes, M. Clark, and K. Schuler. 2024. Vulnerability to lead toxicosis and bioindicator utility of deer scavengers in New York. Journal of Wildlife Management 88:e22641. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22641

Caserta, L., Frye, E., Butt, S., Laverack, M., Nooruzzaman, M., Covaleda, L., Thompson, A., Prarat Koscielny, M., Cronk, B., Johnson, A., Kleinhenz, K., Edwards, E., Gomez, G., Gavin Hitchener, Martins, M., Kapczynski, D., Suarez, D., Morris, E., Hensley, T., Beeby, J., Lejeune, M., Swinford, A., Elvinger, F., Dimitrov, K., & Diel, D. (2024). Spillover of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus to dairy cattle. Nature, 634:669-676. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07849-4  

Petersen, E., Memish, Z., Hui, D., Scagliarini, A., Simonsen, L., Simulundu, E., Bloodgood, J., Blumberg, L., Lee, S., Zumla, A. (2024). Avian 'Bird' Flu - undue media panic or genuine concern for pandemic potential requiring global preparedness action? International Society for Infectious Diseases Regions, 11:100367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.100367 

Walter, W., Hanley, B., Them, C., Mitchell, C., Kelly, J., Grove, D., Hollingshead, N., Abbott, C., & Schuler, K. (2024). Predicting the odds of chronic wasting disease with Habitat Risk software. Spatio and Spatiotemporal Epidemiology, 49:100650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sste.2024.100650 

Conlon, C., Brigandi, J., Frair, J., Michaud-LeBlanc, C., Schuler, K., Lejeune, M., & Whipps, C. (2024). Echinococcus multilocularis in New York State wildlife: Distribution and genetic diversity of an emerging pathogen. Journal of Parasitology, 110(6):697–708. https://doi.org/10.1645/24-54 

Silveira, G., Frair, J., Murphy, L., Ellis, J., Needle, D., Cunningham, S., Watson, A., Facka, A., Tate, P., Webb, S., Royar, K., Bernier, C., Keller, T., & Schuler, K. (2024). Drivers of anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in fishers (Pekania pennanti) across the northeastern United States. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12: 1304659. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2024.1304659 

Walter, W., Fameli, A., Russo-Petrick, K., Edson, J., Rosenberry, C., Schuler, K., & Tonkovich, M. (2024). Large-scale assessment of genetic structure to assess risk of populations of a large herbivore to disease. Ecology and Evolution, 14(5): e11347. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11347 

Siemer, W., Lauber, T., Stedman, R., Hurst, J., Sun, C., Fuller, A., Hollingshead, N., Belant, J., & Kellner, K. (2023). Perception and trust influence acceptance for black bears more than bear density or conflicts. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 4: 1041393. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2023.1041393  

Blumberg, L., Abele, B., Salahuddin, N., Le Roux, K., Scagliarini, A., Bloogood, J., Abubakar, A., Petersen, E., & Thumbi, S. (2023). One HealthWorld Rabies Day 2023 – Is an end to human rabies deaths in sight? International Journal on Infectious Diseases One Health, 1:100007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijidoh.2023.100007   

Cronk, B., Caserta, L., Laverack, M., Gerdes, R., Hynes, K., Hopf, C.,  Fadden M., Nakagun, S., Schuler, K., Buckles, E., Lejeune, M., & Diel, D. (2023). Infection and tissue distribution of highly pathogenic avian influenza A type H5N1 (clade 2.3.4.4b) in red fox kits (Vulpes vulpes). Emerging Microbes & Infections, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2023.2249554 

Hanley, B., Them, C., Hynes, K., Connelly, P., Bunting, E., & Schuler, K. (2023). Population impact to bald eagles by ingested lead in New York State, 1990–2018. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 47(2): e1444. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1444 

Balog-Way, D., McComas, K., Leong, A., Brown, D., & Schuler, K. (2023). Towards an evidence-informed strategy for communicating lead ammunition risks. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 47:e1445. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1445 

Conlon, C., Schuler, K., Lejeune, M., & Whipps, C. (2023). Novel report of the European variant of Echinococcus multilocularis in coyotes (Canis latrans) in New York State. Journal of Parasitology, 109 (4): 357–361. https://doi.org/10.1645/22-104 

Leong, A., McComas, K., P. Balog-Way, D., & Schuler, K.. (2023). Expanding on behavioral outcomes in the risk information seeking and processing model: Socio-cognitive factors predicting information seeking, sharing, and discussion. Science Communication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470231165489 

Leong, A., Lauber, T., Siemer, W., Hurst, J., Stedman, R., Schuler, K., & McComas, K. (2023). Social-psychological factors influencing risk perceptions of chronic wasting disease on social media. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 29(6), 611–627. https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2023.2293020 

Olarte-Castillo, X., Plimpton, L., McQueary, H., Sun, Y., Yu, Y., Cover, S., Richardson, A., Jin, Y., Grenier, J., Cummings, K., Bunting, E., Diuk-Wasser, M., Needle, D., Schuler, K., Stanhope, M., Whittaker, G., & Goodman, L. (2023). Detection and characterization of novel luchacoviruses, genus Alphacoronavirus, in saliva and feces of meso-carnivores in the northeastern United States. Journal of Virology, 97:e00829-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00829-23 

Caserta, L., Martins, M., Butt, S., Hollingshead, N., Covaleda, L., Ahmed, S., Everts, M., Schuler, K., & Diel, D. (2023). White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) may serve as a wildlife reservoir for nearly extinct SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. PNAS, 120(6):e2215067120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.221506712 

Kaganer, A., Ossiboff, R., Keith, N., Schuler, K., Comizzoli, P., Hare, M., Fleischer, R., Gratwicke, B., & Bunting, E. (2023). Immune priming of eastern hellbender salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) with killed Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis prior to exposure sheds light on the relationship between host, microbiome, and pathogen. Royal Society Open Science, 10(2):220810. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220810 

Kaganer, A., Ossiboff, R., Keith, N., Schuler, K., Comizzoli, P., Hare, M., Fleischer, R., Gratwicke, B., & Bunting, E. (2023). Immune priming prior to pathogen exposure sheds light on the relationship between host, microbiome and pathogen in disease. Royal Society Open Science, 10220810. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220810 

Ufer, D., Christensen, S., Ortega, D., Pinizzotto, N., & Schuler, K. (2022). Stamping out wildlife disease: Are hunter-funded stamp programs a viable option for chronic wasting disease management? Conservation Science and Practice, 4(9): e12779. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12779 

Rojas-Sereno, Z., Abbott, R., Hynes, K., Bunting, E., Hurst, J., Heerkens, S., Hanley, B., Hollingshead, N., Martin, P., & Schuler, K. (2022). Occurrence of mange In American black bears (Ursus americanus) in New York state. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 58 (4):847–858.  https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-22-00010 

Hanley, B., Dhondt, A., Forzán, M., Bunting, E., Pokras,M., Hynes,K., Dominguez-Villegas, E., & Schuler, K. (2022). Environmental lead reduces the resilience of bald eagle populations. Journal of Wildlife Management, 86:e22177. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22177 

Kaganer, A., Stapleton, G., Bunting, E., & Hare, M. (2022). Aquatic eDNA can advance monitoring of a small-bodied terrestrial salamander and amphibian pathogen. Environmental DNA, 4(5):1164-1175. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.316 

Hanley, B., Carstensen, M., Walsh, D., Christensen, S., Storm, D., Booth, J., Guinness, J., Them, C., Ahmed, M., & Schuler, K. (2022). Informing surveillance through the characterization of outbreak potential of chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer. Ecological Modelling, 471:110054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110054 

Hanson, M., Hollingshead, N., Schuler, K., Siemer, W., Martin, P., & Bunting, E. (2021). Species, causes, and outcomes of wildlife rehabilitation in New York State. PLOS ONE, 16(9): e0257675. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257675  

Becker, M., Brophy, J., Barrett, K., Bronikowski, E., Evans, M., Glassey, E., Kaganer, A., Klocke, B., Lassiter, E., Muletz-Wolz, C., Voigt, C., Fleischer, R., & Gratwicke, B. (2021). Genetically modifying skin microbe to produce violacein and augmenting microbiome did not defend Panamanian golden frogs from disease. ISME Communications, 1(57). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-021-00044-w 

Zhu, S., Buckles, E., Bunting, E., Hynes, K., & Schuler, K. (2021). Diagnostic evaluation of unknown white-tailed deer morbidity and mortality in New York State: 2011–2017. Wildlife Biology, 2021: wlb.00860. https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.00860 

Kaganer, A., Nagel, L., Youker-Smith, T., Bunting, E., & Hare, M. (2021). Environmental DNA-derived pathogen gene sequences can expand surveillance when pathogen titers are decoupled in eDNA and hosts. Environmental DNA, 3(6):1192-1207. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.240

Schuler, K., Claymore, M., Schnitzler, H., Dubovi, E., Rocke, T., Perry, M., Bowman, D., & Abbott. R. (2021). Sentinel coyote pathogen survey to assess declining black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) population In South Dakota, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 57(2):264–272. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-20-00015 

Siemer, W., Lauber, T., Kretser, H., Schuler, K., Verant, M., Herzog, C., & McComas, K. (2020). Predictors of intentions to conserve bats among New York property owners. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 26(3): 275–292. https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2020.1817628  

Needle, D., Gibson, R., Hollingshead, N., Sidor, I., Marra, N., Rothenheber, D., Thachil, A., Stanhope, B., Stevens, B., Ellis, J., Spanswick, S., Murray, M., & Goodman, L. B. (2019). Atypical Dermatophytosis in 12 North American Porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) from the Northeastern United States 2010–2017. Pathogens, 8(4): 171. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8040171  

Hanley, B., Bunting, E., & Schuler, K. (2019). How can we augment the few that remain? Using stable population dynamics to aid reintroduction planning of an iteroparous species. PeerJ 7:e6873. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6873 

Sasmal, I., Gould, N., Schuler, K., Chang, Y., Thachil, A., Strules, J., Olfenbuttel, C., Datta, S., & DePerno, C. (2019). Leptospirosis in urban and suburban American Black Bears (Ursus americanus) In western North Carolina, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 55 (1): 74–83. https://doi.org/10.7589/2017-10-263  

Ableman, A., Hynes, K., Schuler, K., & Martin, A. (2019). Partnering with taxidermists for improved chronic wasting disease surveillance. Animals, 9(12), 1113. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9121113 

Needle, D., Burnell, V., Forzán, M., Dubovi, E., Schuler, K., Bernier, C., Hollingshead, N., Ellis, J., Stevens, B., Tate, P., Anis, E., & Wilkes, R. (2019). Infection of eight mesocarnivores in New Hampshire and Vermont with a distinct clade of canine distemper virus in 2016–2017. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 31(4):562-567. https://doi.org/10.1177/1040638719847510 

Song, H., McComas, K., & Schuler, K. (2019). Hunters’ responses to urine-based scent bans tackling chronic wasting disease. Journal of Wildlife Management, 83:457-466. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21593 

Forzán, M., Renshaw, R., Bunting, E., Buckles, E., Okoniewski, J., Hynes, K., Melendez, R., Ableman, A., Laverack, M., Fadden, M., Dastjerdi, A., Schuler, K., & Dubovi, E. (2019). A novel orthoreovirus associated with epizootic necrotizing enteritis and splenic necrosis in American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos). Journal of Wildlife Diseases,  55(4):812–822. https://doi.org/10.7589/2019-01-015 

Hanley, B., Dhondt, A., Dennis, B., & Schuler, K. (2019). Using time series data to assess recent population dynamics of bald eagles in the northeast United States. Ecosphere 10(11):e02963. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2963 

Forzán, M., Okoniewski, J., Lejeune, M., Morrissey, S., Zitek, W., Hollingshead, N., & Bunting, E. (2019). Necrotizing enteritis in nesting adult Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) in New York State, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 55(4):889-896. https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-09-223 

Song, H., McComas, K. A., & Schuler, K. L. (2018). Source Effects on Psychological Reactance to Regulatory Policies: The Role of Trust and Similarity. Science Communication, 40(5), 591-620. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547018791293

Travis, K., Kiviat, E., Tesauro, J., Stickle, L., Fadden, M., Steckler, V., & Lukas, L. (2018). Grazing for bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) habitat management: case study of a New York fen. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 13(3):726–742.

Peltier, S., Brown, J., Ternent, M., Niedringhaus, K., Schuler, K., Bunting, E., Kirchgessner, M., & Yabsley, M. (2017). Genetic characterization of Sarcoptes scabiei from black bears (Ursus americanus) and other hosts in the Eastern United States. Journal of Parasitology, 103 (5):593–597. https://doi.org/10.1645/17-26 

Alger, K., Bunting, E., Schuler, K., & Whipps, C. (2017). Risk factors for and spatial distribution of Lymphoproliferative disease virus (LPDV) in wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in New York State, USA. Journal Wildlife Diseases, 53 (3): 499–508. https://doi.org/10.7589/2016-06-137 

Schuler, K., Wetterau, A., Bunting, E., & Mohammed, H. (2016). Exploring perceptions about chronic wasting disease risks among wildlife and agriculture professionals and stakeholders. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 40(1):32-40. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.625 

Decker, D., Smith, C., Forstchen, A., Hare, D., Pomeranz, E., Doyle-Capitman, C., Schuler, K., & Organ, J. (2016). Governance principles for wildlife conservation in the 21st century. Conservation Letters, 9:290-295. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12211 

Schuler, K., Wetterau, A., Bunting, E., & Mohammed, H. (2016). Exploring perceptions about chronic wasting disease risks among wildlife and agriculture professionals and stakeholders. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 40:32-40. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.625 

Decker, D., Schuler,K.,  Forstchen, A., Wild, M., & Siemer, W. (2016). Wildlife health and the public trust responsibilities for wildlife resources. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 52 (4): 775–784. https://doi.org/10.7589/2016-03-066 

Alger, K., Bunting, E., Schuler, K., Jagne, J., & Whipps, C. (2015). Diagnosing Lymphoproliferative disease virus in live wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) using whole blood. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 46(4): 806-814. https://doi.org/10.1638/2015-0037.1 

Evans, T., Schuler, K., & Walter, W. (2014). Surveillance and monitoring of white-tailed deer for chronic wasting disease in the northeastern United States. Journal of Fish and Wildlife, 5(2): 387–393. https://doi.org/10.3996/032014-JFWM-021 

Maichak, E., Schuler, K., & Payton, M. (2004). Daily and seasonal behavior of bison on an Oklahoma tallgrass prairie. Prairie Naturalist, 36(2).