PUBLICATIONS

In review/prep

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Mills, Kirby L., E. Bennitt, H. Bartlam-Brooks, T. Hubel, A. Wilson, N. H. Carter, and N. J. Sanders. Resource availability underpins human-carnivore conflict in the Makgadikgadi ecosystem of Botswana. In review for Journal of Applied Ecology.

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Hale, Kayla R. S., J. D. Curlis, G. G. Auteri, S. Bishop, R. French, L. Jones, K. L. Mills, B. G. Schlotens, M. Simons, D. Swanson, J. Tourville, F. S. Valdovinos. The most resolved multiplex network reveals the structural role of insects and plants in terrestrial ecosystems. In revision for Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.

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Published

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Boldorini, Gabriel X., M. A. McCary, G. Q. Romero, K. L. Mills, N. J. Sanders, P. B. Reich, R. Michalko, T. Gonçalves-Souza. Predators control pests and increase yield across crop types and climates: a meta-analysis. In press for Proceedings of the Royal Academy of Sciences B.

 

Mills, Kirby L., J. L. Belant, M. Beukes, E. Dröge, K. T. Everatt, R. Fyumagwa, D. S. Green, M. W. Hayward, K. E. Holekamp, F. G. T. Radloff, G. Spong, J. P. Suraci, L. K. Van der Weyde, C. C. Wilmers, N. H. Carter, and N. J. Sanders. 2023. Tradeoffs between resources and risks shape the responses of a large carnivore to human disturbance. Communications Biology 6, 986. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05321-z

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Cheng, Susan J., K. M. Gaynor, A. C. Moore, K. Darragh, C. O. Estien, J. W. Hammond, C. Lawrence, K. L. Mills, M. D. Baiz, D. Ignace, L. Khadempour, M. A. McCary, M. M. Rice, S. J. Tumber-Dávila, J. A. Smith. 2023. Championing inclusive terminology in ecology and evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 38(5), 381-384. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.12.011

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Gamez, Siria, A. Potts, K. L. Mills, A. A. Allen, A. Holman, P. M. Randon, O. Linson, N. C. Harris. 2022. Downtown Diet: a global meta-analysis of urbanization on consumption patterns of vertebrate predators. Proceedings of the Royal Academy of Sciences B 289(1970), 20212487. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2487

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Mills, Kirby L., N. C. Harris. 2020. Humans disrupt access to prey for large African carnivores. eLife 9, e60690. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.60690

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Mills, Kirby L., Y. Harrisou, I. T. Gnoumou, Y. I. Abdel-Naseer, B. Doamba, and N. C. Harris. 2020. Comparable space use by lions between hunting concessions and national parks in West Africa. Journal of Applied Ecology 57, 975-984. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13601

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Harris, Nyeema C., K. L. Mills, Y. Harrisou, E. M. Hema, I. T. Gnoumou, J. VanZoeren, Y. I. Abdel-Naseer, B. Doamba. 2019. First camera survey in Burkina Faso and Niger reveals human pressures on mammal communities within the largest protected area complex in West Africa. Conservation Letters 5(12), e12667. DOI: 10.1111/conl.12667 

 

Preprints

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Harris, Nyeema C., K. L. Mills. Fear not: avoidance behavior missing in species sympatric with the critically endangered West African lion. bioRxiv preprint. DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.09.142604