PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
† equal contributions
- 2025 -
Shawler, A. L., Barker, K. J. † , Xu, W. † , Mills, K. J., Mong, T. W., & Middleton, A. D. (2025). Wolves use diverse tactics to track partially migratory prey. Current Biology, 35(16), 4035-4042. (open access)
Butt, B., & Xu, W. (2025). Reply to Ogutu et al.: Cattle–wild herbivore interaction studies warrant new lenses from community ecology and environmental justice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(23), e2505717122. (pdf)
Aikens, E. O., Merkle, J. A., Xu, W., & Sawyer, H. (2025). Pronghorn movements and mortality during extreme weather highlight the critical importance of connectivity. Current Biology, 35(8), 1927-1934. (pdf)
Han, Y., Xu, W., Wang, K., Wang, D., & Mei, Z. (2025). Effects of Freshwater Protected Areas on Survival of a Critically Endangered Cetacean. Conservation Letters, 18(1), e13081. (open access)
- 2024 -
Xu, W., & Butt, B. (2024). Rethinking livestock encroachment at a protected area boundary. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(38), e2403655121.(pdf)
Science Magazine: Cattle may pose little threat to iconic wildlife in Kenya park
Mongabay: Can cattle and wildlife co-exist in the Maasai Mara? A controversial study says yes
Africa Geographic: Livestock, wildlife, and the future of the Maasai Mara
Nation.Africa: Can cattle and wildlife co-exist in the Mara?
Wilkinson, C. E., Xu, W., Luneng Solli, A., Brashares, J. S., Chepkisich, C., Osuka, G., & Kelly, M. (2024). Social–ecological predictors of spotted hyena navigation through a shared landscape. Ecology and Evolution, 14(4), e11293. (open access)
- 2023 -
Serota, M. W., Barker, K. J., Gigliotti, L. C., Maher, S. M. L., Shawler, A. L., Zuckerman, G. R., Xu, W., Verta, G., Templin, E., Andreozzi, C., Middleton, A. D. Incorporating human dimensions is associated with better wildlife translocation outcomes. Nature communications, 14(1), 2119. (open access)
Xu, W., Giglioti, L., Royauté, R., Sawyer, H., Middleton, A. Fencing amplifies individual differences in movement with implications on survival for two migratory ungulates. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(3), 677-689. (pdf)
Han, Y., Xu, W., Liu, J., Zhang, X., Wang, K., Wang, D., Mei, Z. (2023). Ecological impact of unsustainable sand mining: urgent lessons learned from a critically endangered freshwater cetacean. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 290 (1990), 20221786. (pdf)
- 2022 -
Xu, W., Huntsinger, L. (2022). Minding the boundary: social-ecological contexts for fence ecology and management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 20(7):405-412. (open access)
Gigliotti, L. C., Xu, W., Zuckerman, G. R., Atwood, M. P., Cole, E. K., Courtemanch, A., ... & Middleton, A. D. (2022). Wildlife migrations highlight importance of both private lands and protected areas in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Biological Conservation, 275, 109752. (open access)
- 2021 -
Barker, K.J., Xu, W., Van Scoyoc, A., Serota, M., Moravek, J., Shawler, A., Ryan, R., Middleton., A. D., A. (2021). Toward a new framework for restoring lost wildlife migrations. Conservation Letters. e12850. (open access)
Kauffman, M. J., Cagnacci, F., Chamaille-Jammes, S., Hebblewhite, M., Hopcraft, G., Merkle, J., Mueller, T., ..., Xu, W., Zuther, S. Mapping out a future for ungulate migraitons. Science. 372.6542 (2021): 566-569. (pdf)
CMS: International Experts Launch First Global Initiative to Map Ungulate Migrations
Xu, W., Barker, K. †, Shawler, A. †, Van Scoyoc, A. †, Smith, J., Mueller, T., Sawyer, H., Andreozzi, C., Bidder, O., Mumme, S., Karandikar, H., Templin, E., & Middleton, A. Migratory Plasticity of Ungulate in a Changing World. Ecology. 102(4), e03293. (pdf)
Xu, W., Nandintsetseg, D., Sawyer, H., Middleton, A. (2021). Barrier Behavior Analysis (BaBA) reveals extensive effects of fencing on wide-ranging animals. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58.4 (2021): 690-698. (pdf)
WyoFile: New Study reveals how fences hinder migratory wildlife in the west
Berkeley News: New study reveals how fences hinder migratory wildlife in the west
Wyoming Public Media: New study helps pinpoint the fences that causes problems for wildlife
The Daily California: UC Berkeley researchers find fences in Wyoming impact deer migration
- 2020 -
Parker-Shames, P., Xu, W., Rich, L., Brashares, J.S. (2020). Coexisting with cannabis: wildlife response to marijuana cultivation. California Fish and Game. 106(2): 91-106. (pdf)
McInturff, A., Xu, W., Wilkinson, C., Nandintsetseg D., Brashares, J.S. (2020). Fence Ecology: Frameworks for Understanding the Ecological Effects of Fences BioScience. Biaa103 (open access)
The Conversation: Fences have big effects on land and wildlife around the world that are rarely measured
Yale E360: Unnatural Barriers: How the Boom in Fences Is Harming Wildlife
The Economist: Fences are bad for wildlife
Anthropocene Magazine: We’ve built enough fences to stretch to the sun
Berkeley News: New research outlined new field of fence ecology
BioScience podcast: Often understudied fences pose ecological threats
Americon Institute of Biological Sciences: Chronically understudied, fences hold grave ecological threats
Cosmos magazine: The ecological impact of fences: Scientists highlight a neglected but serious issue
Treehugger: Fences Can Cause 'Ecological Meltdown,' Study Finds
- 2019 -
Sawyer, H., LeBeau, C. W., McDonald, T. L., Xu, W., & Middleton, A. D. (2019). All routes are not created equal: An ungulate's choice of migration route can influence its survival. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56(8), 1860-1869. (pdf).
Xu, W., Huang, Q., Stabach, J., Hoshino, B., & Leimgruber, P. (2019). Railway Underpass Location Affects Migration Distance in Tibetan Antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii). PLoS ONE 14.2. (open access)
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute News: Chinese Railway Underpass Prolongs Tibetan Antelope’s Migration
OTHER ARTICLES
Monk, J. D., Barker, K. J., Maher, S. M., Serota, M. W., Shawler, A. L., Verta, G., Xu, W., Middleton, E. D., & Gherardi, L. A. (2024). Wild vs. domestic ungulate ecosystem impacts: understanding functional differences requires greater focus on mechanisms. EcoEvoRxiv. [preprint]
Pei, J., Wang, L., Xu, W., Kurz, D. J., Geng, J., Fang, H., Guo, X., Niu, Z. (2019). Tibetan Antelope Again Under Threat. Science 366, no. 6462: 194-194. [Letter]
Bernardes, S., Madden, M., Astuti, I., Chuvieco, E., Cotten, D., Dennison, P. E., Dronova, I., Gitas, I., Gong, P., Franch-Gras, B., Hancher, M., Hirano, A., Howard, A., Hu, X., Huete, A., Jordan, T., Justice, C., Lawrence, R. L., Lu, L., Mishra, D. R., Mishra, S., Miura, T., Mountrakis, G., Pal, M., Remillard, C., Roberts, D. A., Roger, J., Singh, K. K., Somers, B., Stavrakoudis, D., Sun, W., Sun, G., Thau, D., Tits, L., Usery, E. L., Vermote, E., Wang, C., Wang, M., Weng, Q., Xu, W., Yao T., Yoshioka, H., Zhang, L., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Z. (2019). Processing and Analysis Methods. In Manual of Remote Sensing, 4th Edition. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 631-868. [Book chapter]
