Dr. Guiming Wang

Sheng, Q., Santos-Rivera, M., Kouba, A. J., Wang, G., Vance, C. K. 2024. Near infrared spectroscopy as a field-based methodology for sex identification from feces of the Giant Panda . Conservation Biology

Wang, G., Shan, X. 2023. Feature-based and shape-match classifications of animal population time series. Ecological Informatics 79:102396.

Wang, G., Wan, X., Chen, L., Shan, X. 2023. Time-varying effective population sizes of group-living small mammals. Diversity 15:1173.

Wang, G., Butler, A., Shan, X. 2023. Inverse relationships between coyote and wild turkey population time series: Implications for future studies of predator-prey interactions . Wildlife Letters https://doi.org/10.1002/wll2.12026.

Marable, M. K., Belant, J., Godwin, D., Wang, G. 2023. Seasonal resource selection and use of hardwood regeneration by translocated wild turkeys in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Diversity 15(9):1007.

Wang, M., Nie, Y., Swaisgood, R., Wei, W., Zhou, W., Zhang, Z., Wang, G., Wei, F. 2023. Stable seasonal migration patterns in giant pandas. Zoological Research 44:341–348.

Ogawa, R., Davis, J. B., King, D. T., Burger, L. W., Strickland, B. K., Sovada, M. A., Wang, G., Cunningham, F. 2022. Migratory movements and home ranges of geographically distinct wintering populations of a soaring bird. Diversity 14:(12):1109.

Cunningham, F. L., Wang, G., King, D. T. 2022. Seasonal habitat selection by American white pelicans. Diversity 14:821.

Wang, G., 2022. Laplace approximation for conditional autoregressive models for spatial data of diseases. MethodsX 9(101872).

Wang, G., Wan, X., Liu, W., Shan, X. 2022. Genetic diversity and relatedness of group-living small mammals on the Mongolian Plateau. Diversity 14(9):732.

King, D. T., Wang, G., Cunningham, F. L. 2022. Seasonal climatic niche and migration movements of Double-crested Cormorants. Ecology and Evolution 12(8):e9153.

Evans, K., Davis, J. B., Wang, G. 2022. Assessing long-term dynamics of non-breeding brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) populations using Christmas Bird Count data. IBIS 165(1):55-68.

Li, X., Tian, H., Piao, Z., Wang, G., Xiao, Z., Sun, Y., Gao, E., Marcel, H. 2022. cameratrapR: an R package for estimating animal density using camera trapping data. Ecological Informatics 69:101597.

King, D. T., Wang, G., Cunningham, F. L. 2022. Large- and small-scale climate influences spring departure probability of American white pelicans. Diversity 14(6).

Illan, J. G., Wang, G., King, D. T., Cunningham, F. L. 2022. Seasonal variation and tracking of climate niche of a migratory bird. Global Ecology and Conservation 37:e02155.

Butler, A., Wang, G. 2022. Connecting hunt outcomes to the demographics, behaviors, and experiences of wild turkey hunters in Mississippi. Wildlife Society Bulletin 42:e1268 .

Taylor, J., Francis, R., Rush, S. A., Strickland, B. K., Wang, G. 2022. Individual trophic niche specialization in American beaver (Castor canadensis). Food Webs 32:e00235 .

Haynes, K. J., Liebhold, A. M., Lefcheck, J. S., Morin, R. S., Wang, G. 2022. Climate affects the outbreaks of a forest defoliator indirectly through its tree hosts. Oecologia 198:407-418.

Wang, G., 2021. Bayesian regression models for ecological count data in PyMC3. Ecological Informatics 63:101301.

Li, G., Wan, X., Yin, B., Wei, W., Hou, X., Zhang, X., Batsuren, E., Zhao, J., Huang, S., Xu, X., Liu, J., Song, Y., Ozgul, A., Dickman, C. R., Wang, G., Krebs, C. J., Zhang, Z. 2021. Timing outweighs magnitude of rainfall in shaping population dynamics of a small mammal species in steppe grassland. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118:e2023691118.

Fowler, N. L., Spady, T. J., Wang, G., Leopold, B. D., Belant, J. L. 2021. Denning, metabolic suppression, and the realization of ecological opportunities in Ursidae. Mammal Review 51(4):465-481.

Long, X., Gu, J., Jiang, G., Holyoak, M., Wang, G., Bao, H., Liu, P., Zhang, M., Ma, J. 2021. Spatial conservation prioritization for the Amur tiger in Northeast China. Ecosphere 12:e03758.

Bao, H., Wang, G., Yao, Y., Peng, Z., Dou, H., Jiang, G. 2021. Warming-driven shifts in ecological control of fish communities in a large northern Chinese lake over 66 years. Science of The Total Environment 770:144722.

Wang, G., 2021. Bayesian and frequentist approaches to multinomial count models in ecology. Ecological Informatics 61:101209.

Barela, I. A., Burger, L. M., Wang, G., Evans, K., Meng, Q., Taylor, J. 2021. Spatial transferability of expert opinion models for American beaver habitat. Ecological Informatics 61:101211.

Li, X., Li, B., Wang, G., Zhan, X., Holyoak, M. 2020. Deeply digging the interaction effect in multiple linear regressions using a fractional-power interaction term. MethodsX 7:101067.

Barela, I., Burger, L. M., Taylor, J., Evans, K., Ogawa, R., McClintic, L., Wang, G. 2020. Relationships between survival and habitat suitability of semi-aquatic mammals. Ecology and Evolution 10:4867-4875.

Hill, J., DeVault, T., Wang, G., Belant, J. 2020. Anthropogenic mortality in mammals increases with the human footprint. Frontier in Ecology and the Environment 18(1):13-18.

Fowler, N., Belant, J. L., Wang, G., Leopold, B. D. 2019. Ecological plasticity of denning chronology by American black bears and brown bears. Global Ecology and Conservation 20:e00750.

Palumbo, M. D., Vilella, F. J., Wang, G., Strickland, B. K., Godwin, D., Dixon, P. G., Rubin, B. D., Lashley, M. A. 2019. Latitude and daily-weather effects on gobbling activity of wild turkeys in Mississippi. International Journal of Biometeorology 63(8):1059-1067.

Wang, G., McClintic, L., Taylor, J. 2019. Habitat selection by American beaver at multiple spatial scales. Animal Biotelemetry 7(1):10.

Farrell, A., Wang, G., Rush, S. A., Martin, J. A., Belant, J. L., Butler, A., Godwin, D. 2019. Machine learning of large-scale spatial distributions of wild turkeys with high dimensions of habitat data. Ecology and Evolution 9:5938–5949.

Gantchoff, M., Wang, G., Beyer, D. E., Belant, J. L. 2018. Scale-dependent home range optimality for a solitary omnivore. Ecology and Evolution 8:12271–12282.

Wang, G., 2018. Machine learning for inferring animal behavior from location and movement data. Ecological Informatics 49:69-76.

Xingan, ., Wang, G. 2018. Spatiotemporal dynamics of mesocarnivore populations. Wildlife Biology 2018(1):1-7.

Jones , P. D., Strickland, B. K., Demarais, S., Wang, G., Dacus, C. M. 2018. Nutrition and ontogeny influence weapon development in a long-lived mammal. Canadian Journal of Zoology 96:955-962.

Iglay, R. B., Schwarz, K. B., Belant, J. L., Martin, J. L., Wang, G., DeVault, T. L. 2018. Large mammal use of seminatural grasslands and implications for aviation strike risk. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9(1):222-227.

Campbell, K., Strickland, B. K., Demarais, S., Wang, G., Jones, P. D., Dacus, C. M. 2018. Sensitivity analysis demonstrates limited utility of lactation index for white-tailed deer management. Wildlife Society Bulletin 42(2):8.

Wang, G., 2018. Bayesian spatiotemporal dynamic models for regional dynamics of avian populations. Ecological Informatics 45:31-37.

Davis, A., Wang, G., Martin, J. A., Belant, J. L., Butler, A., Rush, S. A., Godwin, D. 2018. Landscape-abundance relationships of male Eastern Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) in Mississippi, USA. Acta Ornithologica 52(2):127-139.

Francis, R., Taylor, J. D., Dibble, E. D., Strickland, B. K., Vetro, V. M., Easterwood, C., Wang, G. 2017. Restricted cross-scale habitat selection by American beaver in winter and spring. Current Zoology 63(6):703-710.

Wang, G., 2017. Sexual size dimorphism of group-living Mongolian gerbils Meriones unguicutalus (Muridae: Gerbillinae). European Zoological Journal 84(1):536-540.

Michel, E. S., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Wang, G. 2017. Birth Date Promotes a Tortoise or Hare Tactic for Body Mass Development of a Long-lived Male Ungulate. Oecologia 186(1):117-128.

Wang, G., Liu, W., Wang, Y., Wan, X., Zhong, W. 2017. Restricted dispersal determines fine-scale spatial genetic structure of Mongolian gerbils. Current Zoology 63(6):687-691.

Illan, J. G., Wang, G., Cunningham, F. L., King, D. T. 2017. Seasonal effects of wind conditions on migration patterns: fine resolution tests for soaring American White Pelican. PLoS ONE 12:e0186948.

Michel, E. S., Flinn, E. B., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Wang, G., Dacus, C. M. 2017. Protocol for Assessing the Relative Effects of Environment and Genetics on Antler and Body Growth for a Long-lived Cervid. Journal of Visual Experimentation 126:e56059.

Jiang, G., Wang, G., Holyoak, M., Yu, Q., Jia, X., Guan, Y., Bao, H., Hua, Y., Zhang, M., Ma, J. 2017. Land sharing and land sparing reveal social and ecological synergy in big cat conservation. Biological Conservation 211(Part A):142-149.

King, D. T., Wang, G., Yang, Z., Fischer, J. W. 2017. Advances and environmental conditions of spring migration phenology of American White Pelicans. Scientific Reports 7:40339.

Campbell, K. L., Strickland, B. K., Demarais, S., Jones, P. D., Wang, G., Dacus, C. M., Cook, C., Knox, W. M. 2016. Adjusting for seasonal harvest bias in the lactation index for white-tailed deer management. Wildlife Society Bulletin 40(4):754-757.

Michel, E., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Wang, G., Dacus, C. M. 2016. Improved nutrition cues a switch from efficiency to luxury phenotypes for male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Ecology and Evolution 6(20):7276-7285.

Zhong, W., Wang, G., Zhou, Q., Ma, L., Wan, X., Liu, W. 2016. Spatial niche partitioning of coexisting small mammals in sand dunes. Italian Journal of Zoology 83(2):248-254.

Li, G., Yin, B., Wan, X., Wei, W., Wang, G., Krebs, C. J., Zhang, Z. 2016. Successive sheep grazing reduces population density of Brandt’s voles in steppe grassland by altering food resources: a large manipulative experiment. Oecologia 180(1):149-159.

King, D. T., Fischer, J. W., Strickland, B. K., Walter, W. D., Cunningham, F. L., Wang, G. 2016. Winter and summer home ranges of American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) captured at loafing sites in the Southeastern United States. Waterbirds 39(3):287-294.

Wan, X., Liu, L., Wang, G., Guo, Y. 2016. Litter sizes of Daurian ground squirrels peak at intermediate body sizes. Mammalian Biology 81(1):61-65.

Wang, G., 2015. Effects of weather and landscape on horse West Nile Virus infection risks in Mississippi, USA. Geospatial Health 10(2):357.

Jiang, G., Qi, J., Wang, G., Shi, Q., Darman, Y., Hebblewhite, M., Miquelle, D. G., Li, Z., Zhang, X., Gu, J., Chang, Y., Zhang, M., Ma, J. 2015. New hope for the survival of the Amur leopard in China. Scientific Reports 5(15475).

Qi, J., Shi, Q., Wang, G., Li, Z., Sun, Q., Hua, Y., Jiang, G. 2015. Spatial distribution drivers of Amur leopard density in northeast China. Biological Conservation 191:258-265.

Davis, J. B., Straub, J. N., Wang, G., Kaminski, R. M., Leopold, B. D. 2015. Simulations of wood duck recruitment from nest boxes in Mississippi and Alabama. Journal of Wildlife Management 79(6):907-916.

Chen, L., Wang, G., Wan, X., Liu, W. 2015. Complex and nonlinear effects of weather and density on the demography of small herbivorous mammals. Basic and Applied Ecology 16(2):172-179.

Conkling, T. J., Belant, J. L., DeVault, T. L., Wang, G., Martin, J. A. 2015. Assessment of variation of nest survival for grassland birds due to method of nest discovery. Bird Study 62(2):223-231.

Biondi, K. M., Belant, J. L., Martin, J. A., DeVault, T. L., Wang, G. 2014. Integrating mammalian hazards with management at U.S. civil airports: A case study. Human-Wildlife Interactions 8(1):4.

Schwarz, K. B., Belant, J. L., Martin, J. A., DeVault, T. L., Wang, G. 2014. Behavioral Traits and Airport Type Affect Mammal Incidents with U.S. Civil Aircraft. Environmental Management 54:908-918.

McClintic, L. F., Wang, G., Taylor, J. D., Jones, J. C. 2014. Movement characteristics of American beavers (Castor canadensis). Behaviour 151(9):1249-1265.

Palumbo, M. D., Vilella, F. J., Strickland, B. K., Wang, G., Godwin, D. 2014. Brood Surveys and Hunter Observations Used to Predict Gobbling Activity of Wild Turkeys in Mississippi. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 5(1):151-156.

McClintic, L., Taylor, J. D., Jones, J. C., Singleton, R. D., Wang, G. 2014. Effects of spatiotemporal resource heterogeneity on home range size of American beaver. Journal of Zoology 293(2):134-141.

Wan, X., Zhang, X., Wang, G., Chen, L. 2014. Optimal body weight of Brandt's voles for winter survival. Journal of Arid Environments 103:31-35.

Petroelje, T. R., Belant, J. L., Beyer Jr., D. E., Wang, G., Leopold, B. D. 2014. Population-level response of coyotes to a pulsed resource event. Population Ecology 56(2):349-358.

Guillaumet, A., Dorr, B. S., Wang, G., Doyle, T. J. 2014. The cumulative effects of management on the population dynamics of the Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus in the Great Lakes. IBIS 156(1):141-152.

McConnell, E., Shi, S. Q., Chen, H., Wang, G. 2014. Differences observed in data analysis techniques: An example using natural fibers' diameters and absorption times. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 30(1):55-58.

King, D. T., Goatcher, B. L., Fischer, J. W., Stanton, J., Lacour, J. M., Lemmons, S. C., Wang, G. 2013. Home Ranges and Habitat Use of Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Waterbirds 36(4):494-500.

Wan, X., Zhang, X., Huo, Y., Wang, G. 2013. Weather entrainment and multispectral diel activity rhythm of desert hamsters. Behavioural Processes 99:62-66.

Biondi, K., Belant, J. L., Devault, T. L., Martin, J. A., Wang, G. 2013. Bat Incidents with U.S. Civil Aircraft. Acta Chiropterologica 15(1):185-192.

Wang, G., Hobbs, N. T., Slade, N. A., Merritt, J. F., Getz, L. L., Hunter, M., Vessey, S. H., Witham, J., Guillaumet, A. 2013. Comparative population dynamics of large and small mammals in the Northern Hemisphere: deterministic and stochastic forces. Ecography 36(4):439-446.

Libal, N., Belant, J. L., Maraj, R., Leopold, B. D., Wang, G., Marshall, S. 2012. Microscale den-site selection of grizzly bears in southwestern Yukon. Ursus 23(2):226-230.

Iglay, R. B., Miller, D. A., Leopold, B. D., Wang, G. 2012. Carabid beetle response to prescribed fire and herbicide in intensively managed, mid-rotation pine stands in Mississippi. Forest Ecology and Management 281:41-47.

Marable, M. K., Belant, J. L., Godwin, D., Wang, G. 2012. Effects of resource dispersion and site familiarity on movements of translocated wild turkeys on fragmented landscapes. Behavioural Processes 91(1):119-124.

Guillaumet, A., Dorr, B., Wang, G. 2012. Towards optimized population control efficiency in space and time: A modelling framework adapted to a colonial waterbird. Ecological Modelling 235-236:95-101.

Wang, G., Getz, L. L., Linzey, A., Slade, N. A., Kesner, M. H. 2012. Fast and slow dynamics of northern small mammal populations. Ecological Modelling 225:95-102.

Libal, N. S., Belant, J. L., Leopold, B. D., Wang, G., Owen, P. 2011. Despotism and Risk of Infanticide Influence Grizzly Bear Den-Site Selection. PLoS ONE 6(9):e24133.

Guillaumet, A., Dorr, B., Wang, G., Taylor, II, J. D., Chipman, R. B., Scherr, H., Bowman, J., Abraham, K. F., Doyle, T. J., Cranker, E. 2011. Determinants of local and migratory movements of Great Lakes double-crested cormorants. Behavioral Ecology 22(5):1096-1103.

Wang, Y., Liu, W., Wang, G., Zhong, W., Wan, X. 2011. Genetic Consequences of Group Living in Mongolian Gerbils. Journal of Heredity 102(5):554-561.

Biondi, K. M., Belant, J. L., Martin, J. A., DeVault, T. L., Wang, G. 2011. White-tailed deer incidents with U.S. civil aircraft. Wildlife Society Bulletin 35:303-309.

Lu, W., Wang, G., Wan, X., Zhong, W. 2011. Winter food availability limits winter survival of Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Acta Theriologica 56:219-227.

Zhang, Y., He, C., Dudgeon, D., Zhang, Z., Wang, G. 2011. Mountain Ridge and Sea: Geographic-Barrier Effects on Genetic Diversity and Differentiation of the Hong Kong Newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis) Revealed by AFLP. Annales Zoologici Fennici 48(2):119-127.

Schummer, M. L., Allen, R. B., Wang, G. 2011. Sizes and Long-Term Trends of Duck Broods in Maine, 1955–2007. Northeastern Naturalist 18(1):73-86.

Wang, Y., Liu, W., Wang, G., Wan, X., Zhong, W. 2011. Home-range sizes of social groups of Mongolian gerbils Meriones unguiculatus. Journal of Arid Environments 75(2):132-137.

Weegman, M. D., Kaminski, R. M., Wang, G., Schummer, M. L., Ezell, A. W., Leininger, T. 2010. Sweep-Net Sampling Acorns in Forested Wetlands. Journal of Wildlife Management 74(8):1931-1933.

Hou, Y. J., Wan, X. R., Wolff, J. O., Wang, G., Thomas, S., Iglay, R. B., Leopold, B. D., Liu, W. 2010. Multiple paternities increase genetic diversity of offspring in Brandt’s voles. Bahavioral Processes 84(3):745-749.

Wang, G., Minnis, R. B., Belant, J. L., Wax, C. L. 2010. Dry weather induces outbreaks of human West Nile virus infections. BMC Infectious Diseases 10:38.

Webb, S. L., Gee, K. L., Wang, G. 2010. Survival and fidelity of an enclosed white-tailed deer population using capture–recapture-reporting data. Population Ecology 52(1):81-88.

Wang, G., 2009. Signal extraction from long-term ecological data using Bayesian and non-Bayesian state-space models. Ecological Informatics 4(2):69-75.

Haynes, K. J., Liebhold, A. M., Fearer, T. M., Wang, G., Norman, G. W., Johnson, D. M. 2009. Spatial synchrony propagates through a forest food web via consumer-resource interactions. Ecology 90(11):2974-2983.

Liu, W., Wang, G., Wang, Y., Zhong, W., Wan, X. 2009. Population Ecology of Wild Mongolian Gerbils Meriones unguiculatus. Journal of Mammalogy 90(4):832-840.

Liu, W., Wang, G., Wan, X. R., Zhong, W. Q. 2009. Effects of supplemental food on the social organization of Mongolian gerbils during the breeding season. Journal of Zoology 278(3):249-257.

Wang, G., Wolff, J. O., Vessey, S. H., Slade, N. A., Witham, J. W., Merritt, J. F., Hunter Jr., M. L., Elias, S. P. 2009. Comparative population dynamics of Peromyscus leucopus in North America: Influences of climate, food, and density dependence. Population Ecology 51(1):133-142.

Wang, G., Hobbs, N. T., Twombly, S., Boone, R. B., Illius, A. W., Gordon, I. J., Gross, J. E. 2009. Density dependence in northern ungulates: Interactions with predation and resources. Population Ecology 51(1):123-132.

Wang, G., Li, X. 2008. Population Dynamics and Recovery of Endangered Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon ) in Central China. Waterbirds 31(3):489-494.

Zhong, W., Wang, G., Zhou, Q., Wan, X., Wang, G. 2008. Effects of winter food availability on the abundance of Daurian pikas (Ochotona dauurica) in Inner Mongolian grasslands. Journal of Arid Environments 72(7):1383-1387.

Wang, G., 2007. On the latent state estimation of nonlinear population dynamics using Bayesian and non-Bayesian state-space models. Ecological Modeling 200:521-528.

Wang, G., Getz, L. L. 2007. State-space models for stochastic and seasonal fluctuations of vole and shrew populations in east-central Illinois. Ecological Modelling 207(2-4):189-196.

Boone, R. B., Wang, G. 2007. Cattle dynamics in African grazing systems under variable climates. Journal of Arid Environments 70(3):495-513.

Parton, W. J., Morgan, J. A., Wang, G., Del Grosso, S. 2007. Projected ecosystem impact of the Prairie Heating and CO2 Enrichment experiment. New Phytologist 174(4):823-834.

Twombly, S., Wang, G., Hobbs, N. T. 2007. Composite forces shape population dynamics of copepod crustaceans. Ecology 88(3):658-670.

Zhong, W., Wang, G., Zhou, Q., Wang, G. 2007. Communal food caches and social groups of Brandt's voles in the typical steppes of Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Arid Environments 68(3):398-407.

Wang, G., Zhong, W. 2006. Mongolian gerbils and Daurian pikas responded differently to changes in precipitation in the Inner Mongolian grasslands. Journal of Arid Environments 66(4):648-656.

Wang, G., Hobbs, N. T., Boone, R. B., Illius, A. W., Gordon, I. J., Gross, J. E., Hamlin, K. L. 2006. Spatial and temporal variability modify density dependence in populations of large herbivores. Ecology 87(1):95-102.