Range Cattle Research and Education Center

Dr. Hance Ellington

Assistant Professor - Grazinglands Wildlife Specialist

EDIS Publications

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Refereed Journals

Atkinson, M., Love, A. E., Hendrix, J. G., Kusch, J. M., Ellington, E. H., Vander Wal, E., & Webber, Q. M. R. (2025). Sociality and movement change through space and time: implications for anti-predator strategies in caribou. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 103, 1-11. DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2024-0092
Demeny, K. M., Ellington, E. H., Kuhn, K. M., & Lashley, M. A. (2025). Intra-annual variation in oak masting affects wildlife feeding behavior. Current Zoology, 71(1), 79-88. DOI: 10.1093/cz/zoae026.
Diaz, J. M., Lamiño Jaramillo, P., Acevedo, M. A., Campos Krauer, J. M., Gornish, E. S., Romero, A., Ubeda, A. J., & Ellington, E. H. (2025). Extension Interest Assessment: An Evaluation of Hispanics Residents of Florida. The Journal of Extension, 63(4), 12. DOI: https://open.clemson.edu/joe/vol63/iss4/12.
Koen, E. L., Ellington, E. H., Barichivich, W. J., Kochman, H., Enge, K. M., & Walls, S. C. (2025). Persistence of a declining anuran species across its distribution. PLoS One, 20(9), e0332991. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0332991.
Rooney, B., Kays, R., Cove, M. V., Jensen, A., Goldstein, B. R., Pate, C., Castiblanco, P., Abell, M. E., Adley, J., Agenbroad, B., Ahlers, A. A., Alexander, P. D., Allen, D., Allen, M. L., Alston, J. M., Alyetama, M., Anderson, T. L., Andrade, R., Anhalt-Depies, C., Appel, C. L., Armendariz, L., Ayers, C. R., Baird, A. B., Bak, C., Bandler, G., Barding, E. E., Barr, E. G., Baruzzi C., Bashaw, K., Beers, S. C., Belant, J. L., Bell, E., Benson, J. F., Berg, A., Bergaman, D. L, Bernhardt, B. M., Bethel, M. A., Bird, T., Bishop, A. B., Bogan, D. A., Brandt, L., Brandt, L. C., Branney, A. B., Bratton, C., Bresnan, C. E., Brooke, J. M., Buchholtz, E. K., Buderman, F., Burnett, A. D., Burns, E. E., Byrd, D. A., Cannella, S. A., Carey, K. A., Carlile, W. A., Carter, K. L. Cassidy, B. J., Castro-Arellano, I., Cendejas-Zarelli, S., Chatterjee, N., Cheeseman, A. E., Chevalier, C., Chitwood, M. C., Chrysafis, P., Collier, B. A., Collins, D. P., Compton, J. A., Cone, R., Conner, L. M., Cook, B. L., Cosby, O. G., Coster, S. S., Crupi, A. P., Darracq, A. K., Davenport, J. M., Davis, D., Davis, D. R., Davis, M. L., Davis, R. J., DeGregorio, B. A., Deshwal, A., Dougherty, K. D., Drauglis, A., Durbin, C. J., Edelman, A. J., Elder, V., Eller, B., Ellington, E. H., Ellis-Felege, S. N., Ellison, C. N., Fantle-Lepczyk, J. E., Farr, J. J., Farris, Z. J., Finnegan, S. P., Fisher-Reid, M., C., Flaherty, E. A., Dri, G. F., Fritts, S., Fuller, J., Gallo, T., Ganoe, L. S., Ganong, C. N., Garibay, R., Gerber, B. D., Gerraty, F. D., Giery, S. T., Gilyot, S. M., Glasscock, J. L., Goldfarb, B., Good, L. E., Granados, G., Green, A. M., Grewal, J. K., Grusenmeyer, A., Guthrie, J. M., Hallett, M. T., Hansen, C., Hansen, L. P., Hanson, C., Harriety, E. J., Hasstedt, S. C. M., Hebblewhite, M., Herrera, D. J., Holland, A., Humphreys, B. R., Island, H. D., Jack, A. R., Johansson, E. P., Johnson, A. M., Johnson, L., Johnstone-Yellin, T. L., Jorge, M. L. S. P., Kahano, W., Kinsey, M. A., Klossing, B. E., Knowles, T. W., Koeck, M. M., Koprowski, J. L., Kuhn, K. M., Kuprewicz, E. K., Lafferty, D. J. R., Lamberton-Moreno, J. A., Land, T. J., Langston, A. M., LaPoint, S., Largent, E. N., Lashley, M. A., Lathrop, R. G., Lee, Jr., T. E., Lepczyk, C. A., Lesmeister, D. B., Leung, C., Lombardi, J. V., Long, R., Lonsinger, R. C., Lord, I., Madere, S. S., Maher, S. P., Mallinoff, J. A., Martinez, A., Mason, D. S., Mathewson, H. A., Mayer, A. E., McCarthy, K. P., McCracken, S. F., McDonald, B., McGarry, B., McMurry, S. T., McTigue, L. E., Mena, B. M., Mercer, M., Merz, M. R., Millar, S., Miller, G. D., Millspaugh, J. J., Moll, R. J., Mong, T. W., Monzon, J. D., Moore, J. C., Mortelliti, A., Mote, K. W., Mullen, K., Mychajliw, A., Nagy, C., Neiswenter, S. A., Neyland, D. R., Nicholson, L. P., O’Mara, M. T., O’Neill, B. J., Olson, E. A., Orgill, M. J., Palomo-Munoz, G., Parsons, S. M., Parsons, S. M., Patrick, L. E., Patterson, J. R., Pearce, D. L., Pendergast, M. E., Perla, B. S., Petroelje, T. R., Pliske, H., Poisson, M. K. P., Price, M. R., Proctor, M. D., Proudman, N. J., Rachlow, J. L., Ramos, R. E., Reabold, M., Redinger, J., Reed, A. E., Rega-Brodsky, C. C., Rehm, E., Remine, K. R., Rentz, M. S., Ridder, E., Risch, D. R., Robbins, L. L., Roemer, J. P., Romero, A., Rota, C., Schalk, C. M., Scholten, B. D., Scott, C. L., Scurlock, B. M., Sergeyev, M. Severud, W. J., Sevin, J., Shamon, H., Sharp, C., Shaw, M., Siverls-Dunham, V., Smith, A. B., Smith, D. S., Snider, M. H., Sossover, D. A., Sovie, A. R., Sparks, J. A., Speiser, J., Springer, M. T., Spurlin, J. L., Steinkamp, E. A., Stenglein, J., Stewart Kloker, J., Stitzman, C. M., Stokes, M., Stringer, K., Stutzman, J., Sullins, D. S., Sullivan, C., Sullivan, N. B., Tanner, E. P., Tanner, A. M., Thornock, E. B., Titus, J., Tleimat, J. M., Toomey, K., Toussaint, L. T., Uribe, M., Van der Merwe, M., Van Parys, D. J., Vanek, J. P., Varner, J., Walker, B. V., Wallace, C., Ward, D., Warner, B. H., Warren, D. T., Wasdin, J. R., Webb, S. L., Wehr, K. L., Wehr, N. H., Weigel, E. G., Werdel, T. J., Whipple, L. S., Whittier, C. A., Wiersema, C., Wilson, A. M., Wilson, M. F. H., Wolf, A. J., Wolford, J. P., Wolfson, D. W., Woolsey, D. J., Wuensch, M. A., Xu, G., Yurewicz, K. L., Zancho, V., Zimova, M., Zorn, A., & McShea, W. J. (2025). SNAPSHOT USA 2019–2023: The First Five Years of Data From a Coordinated Camera Trap Survey of the United States. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(1), e13941. DOI:10.1111/geb.13941.
Egan, M. E., Gorman, N. T., Crews, S., Eichholz, M. W., Skinner, D., Schlichting, P. E., Rayl, N. D., Bergman, E. J., Ellington, E. H. & Bastille‐Rousseau, G. (2024). Estimating encounter‐habitat relationships with scale‐integrated resource selection functions. Journal of Animal Ecology, 93(8), 1036-1048. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14133.
Prokopenko, C. M., Ellington, E. H., Robitaille, A., Aubin, J. A., Balluffi-Fry, J., Laforge, M., Webber, Q. M. R., Zabihi-Seissan, S. & Wal, E. V. (2024). Friends because of foes: synchronous movement within predator–prey domains. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 379(1912), 20230374. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0374.
Shamon, H., Maor, R., Cove, M. V., Kays, R., Adley, J., Alexander, P. D., Allen, D. N., Allen, M. L., Appel, C. L., Barr, E., Barthelmess, E. L., Baruzzi, C., Bashaw, K., Bastille-Rousseau, G., Baugh, M. E., Belant, J., Benson, J. F., Bespoyasny, B. A., Bird, T., Bogan, D. A., Brandt, L. S. E., Bresnan, C. E., Brooke, J. M., Buderman, F. E., Buzzell, S. G., Cheeseman, A. E., Chitwood, M. C., Chrysafis, P., Collins, M. K., Collins, D. P., Compton, J. A., Conner, L. M., Cosby, O. G., Coster, S. S., Crawford, B., Crupi, A. P., Darracq, A. K., Davis, M. L., DeGregorio, B. A., Denningmann, K. L., Dougherty, K. D., Driver, A., Edelman, A. J., Ellington, E. H., Ellis-Felege, S. N., Ellison, C. N., Fantle-Lepczyk, J. E., Farris, Z. J., Favreau, J., Fernandez, P., Fisher-Reid, M. C., Fitzpatrick, M. C., Flaherty, E. A., Forrester, T. D., Fritts, S. R., Gallo, T., Gerber, B. D., Giery, S. T., Glasscock, J. L., Gonatas, A. D., Grady, A. C. Green, A. M., Gregory, T., Griffin, N., Hagen, R. H., Hansen, C. P., Hansen, L. P. Hasstedt, S. C., Hernández-Yáñez, H., Herrera, D. J., Horan, R. V., Jackson, V. L. Johnson, L., Jordan, M. J., Kahano, W., Kiser, J., Knowles, T. W., Koeck, M. M., Koroly, C., Kuhn, K. M., Kuprewicz, E. K., Lafferty, D. J. R., LaPoint, S. D., Lashley, M., Lathrop, R. G., Lee, T. E., Lepczyk, C. A., Lesmeister, D. B., Lombardi, J. V., Long, R. A., Lonsinger, R. C., MacKay, P., Maher, S. P., Mason, D. S., Millspaugh, J. J., Moll, R. J., Moon, J. B., Mortelliti, A., Mychajliw, A. M., Nagy, C. M., Neiswenter, S. A., Nelson, D. L., Nemes, C. E., Nielsen, C. K., Olson, E., O'Mara, M. T., O'Neill, B. J., Page, B. R., Parsons, E., Pease, B. S., Pendergast, M. E., Proctor, M., Quick, H., Rega-Brodsky, C. C., Rentz, M. S., Rezendes, K., Rich, D., Risch, D. R., Romero, A., Rooney, B. R., Rota, C. T., Samples, C. A., Schalk, C. M., Sekercioğlu, C. H., Sergeyev, M., Smith, A. B., Smith, D. S., Sperry, J. H., Stenglein, J. L., Stokes, M. K., Stutzman, J. S., Todd, K. R., Vanek, J. P., Varga, W., Wardle, Z. M., Webb, S. L., Wehr, N. H., Whipple, L. S., Whittier, C. A., Widness, J. S., Williamson, J., Wilson, A. M., Wolf, A. J., Zimova, M., Zorn, A. S., & McShea, W. J. (2024). SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A third coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology, 105(6), e4318. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4318.
Robertson, K. E., Ellington, E. H., Tonra, C. M., & Gehrt, S. D. (2023). Stress in the city? Coyote hair cortisol varies with intrinsic and extrinsic factors within a heavily urbanized landscape. Science of The Total Environment, 901, 165965. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165965.
Koen, E. L., Newton, E. J., & Ellington, E. H. (2021). Evaluating potential sources of invasive wild pigs in Ontario. Ecology and evolution, 11(21), 14744-14757. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8160
Ellington, E. H., Lewis, K. P., Koen, E. L. & Vander Wal, E. (2020). Divergent estimates of herd‐wide caribou calf survival: Ecological factors and methodological biases. Ecology and Evolution, 10(15), 8476-8505. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6553
Ellington, E. H., Muntz, E. M. & Gehrt, S. D. (2020). Seasonal and daily shifts in behavior and resource selection: how a carnivore navigates costly landscapes. Oecologia, 194(1), 87-100. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04754-1
Wurth, AM, EH Ellington, SD Gehrt (2020) Golf courses as a potential habitat for coyotes. Wildlife Society Bulletin 44, 333-341.
Koen, EL, EH Ellington, J Bowman (2019) Mapping landscape connectivity for large spatial extents. Landscape Ecology 34, 2421-2433.
Ellington, EH, SD Gehrt (2019) Behavioral responses by an apex predator to urbanization. Behavioral Ecology 30, 821-829.
Ellington, EH, PD Flournoy, CP Dwyer, MD Witt, SD Gehrt (2018) Assessment of river otter abundance following reintroduction. Wildlife Research 45, 490-499.
Bonar, M, EH Ellington, K Lewis, E Vander Wal (2018). Evaluating a model for inferring parturition and calf survival. PLoS One 13, e0192204.
Bastille-Rousseau, G, JA Schaefer, MJL Peers, EH Ellington, MA Mumma, ND Rayl, SP Mahoney, DL Murray (2018). Climate change can alter predator-prey dynamics and population viability of prey. Oecologia 186, 141-150.
Ellington, EH, SW Gess, EL Koen, JE Duchamp, MJ Lovallo, MR Dzialak, JL Larkin (2017) Influence of landscape pattern on fisher space use in the central Appalachian Mountains. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 8, 365-376.
Bastille-Rousseau, G, ND Rayl, EH Ellington, […], DL Murray (2016) Temporal variation in habitat use, co-occurrence, and risk among generalist predators and a shared prey. Canadian Journal of Zoology 94, 191-198.
Bastille-Rousseau, G, JR Potts, CB Yackulic, JL Frair, EH Ellington, S Blake (2016) Flexible characterization of animal movement pattern using net squared displacement and a latent state model. Movement Ecology 4:15.
Bastille-Rousseau, G, JA Schaefer, K Lewis, M Mumma, EH Ellington, ND Rayl, SP Mahoney, D Pouliot, DL Murray (2016) Phase-dependent climate-predator interactions explain three decades of variation in neonatal caribou survival. Journal of Animal Ecology 85, 445-456.
Ellington, EH, DL Murray (2015) Influence of hybridization on animal space use: A case study using coyote range expansion. Oikos 124, 535-542.
Ellington, EH, G Bastille-Rousseau, C Austin, KN Landolt, BA Pond, EE Rees, N Robar, DL Murray (2015) Using multiple imputation to estimate missing data in meta-analysis. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6, 153-163.
Ferreira, C, G Bastille-Rousseau, AM Bennett, EH Ellington, […], DL Murray (2015) The evolution of peer review as a basis for publication in ecology: Directional selection towards a robust discipline? Biological Reviews 91, 597-610.
Bastille-Rousseau, G, JR Potts, JA Schaefer, MA Lewis, EH Ellington, ND Rayl, SP Mahoney, TK Fuller, JF Organ, DL Murray (2015) Unveiling tradeoffs in resource selection of migratory caribou using a mechanistic movement model of availability. Ecography 38, 1049-1059.
Gess, SW, EH Ellington, MR Dzialak, JE Duchamp, M Lovallo, JL Larkin (2013) Rest‐site selection by fishers (Martes pennanti) in the eastern deciduous forest. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37, 805-814.