The Forest Preserve District of Cook County has long conducted field research and has well established partnerships with academic research institutions. The more than 68,000 acres of natural lands are home to some of the region’s most biologically diverse flora and fauna and inspire scientists and a wide array of students to better understand the natural world. Many researchers from throughout the country depend on District data to add to our knowledge base and improve natural systems that benefit not only people, but also plants and animals.
To learn more about this research, read from a wide selection of peer-reviewed documents listed below.
Please note that article links will take you to the publication’s website; some publications may charge for access to the article.
Bats
Bats
Gehrt, Stanley D. ; Chelsvig, James E. Ecological Applications 14(2)2004. p.625-635
Bat activity in an urban landscape: Patterns at the landscape and microhabitat scale.
Gehrt, Stanley D. ; Chelsvig, James E. Ecological Applications 13(4)2003. p.939-950
Effects of recording media on echolocation data from broadband bat detectors.
White, Ethan P.; Gehrt, Stanley D. . Wildlife Society Bulletin 29(3)2001. p.974-978
Coyote (Canis latrans)
Coyote (Canis latrans)
Is the urban coyote a misanthropic synanthrope?
The case from Chicago Gehrt, Stanley D.; Brown, Justin L.; and Anchor, Chris (2011) “Is the Urban Coyote a Misanthropic Synanthrope? The Case from Chicago,” Cities and the Environment (CATE): Vol. 4: Iss. 1, Article 3.
Home range and landscape use of coyotes in a metropolitan landscape: conflict or coexistence?
Gehrt, Stanley D.; Anchor, Chris; White, Lynsey A. Journal of Mammalogy 90(5)2009. p.1045-1057
Ecology of coyotes in urban landscapes.
Gehrt, Stanley D Proceedings of the 12′~ Wildlife Damage Management Conference (D.L. Nolte, W.M. Arjo, D.H. Stalman, Eds). 2007
Spatial and temporal variation in the diet of coyotes in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Morey, Paul S.; Gese, Eric M.; Gehrt, Stanley. American Midland Naturalist 158(1)2007. p.147-161
Disease
Disease
Pathogen dynamics and morbidity of striped skunks in the absence of rabies.
Gehrt, Stanley D.; Kinsel, Michael J.; Anchor, Chris. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46(2)2010. p.335-347
Backyard raccoon latrines and risk for Baylisascaris procyonis transmission to humans.
Page, L. Kristen; Anchor, Chris; Luy, Ellen; Kron, Sarah; Larson, Grace; Madsen, Lauren; Kellner, Kenneth; Smyser, Timothy J. Emerging Infectious Diseases 15(9)2009. p.1530-1531
The relationship between Baylisascaris procyonis prevalence and raccoon population structure.
Page, L. Kristen; Gehrt, Stanley D. ; Cascione, Andrea; Kellner, Kenneth F. Journal of Parasitology 95(6)2009. p.1314-1320
Columbid herpesvirus-1 in two Cooper’s Hawks (Accipiter cooperii) with fatal inclusion body disease.
Pinkerton, Marie E.; Wellehan, James F. X., Jr.; Johnson, April J.; Childress, April L.; Fitzgerald, Scott D.; Kinsel, Michael J. . Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44(3)2008. p.622-628
Land-use effects on prevalence of raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis).
Page, L. Kristen; Gehrt, Stanley D. ; Robinson, Nathaniel P. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44(3)2008. p.594-599
Lyme disease in urban areas, Chicago.
Jobe, Dean A.; Nelson, Jeffrey A.; Adam, Michael D.; Martin, Stephen A., Jr. Emerging Infectious Diseases 13(11)2007. p.1799-1800
Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis ticks, Chicago area.
Jobe, Dean A.; Lovrich, Steven D.; Nelson, Jeffrey A.; Velat, Tom C.; Anchor, Chris; Koeune, Tad; Martin, Stephen A., Jr. Emerging Infectious Diseases 12(6)2006. p.1039-1041
Page, L. Kristen; Gehrt, Stanley D. ; Robinson, Nathaniel P. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33(4)2005. p.1406-1412
Gehrt, Stanley D. . Journal of Mammalogy 86(6)2005. p.1164-1170
Lednicky, John A.; Meehan, Thomas P.; Kinsel, Michael J.; Dubach, Jean ; Hungerford, Laura L.; Sarich, Nicolene A.; Witecki, Kelley E.; Braid, Michael D.; Pedrak, Casandra; Houde, Christiane M. Journal of Virological Methods 118(2)2004. p.147-157
Raccoon roundworm encephalitis– Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California 2000.
CDC – MMWR Weekly January 4, 2002/ 50(51);1153-5
High prevalence of antibodies to Neospora caninum in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).
Dubey, J. P.; Hollis, K. ; Romand, S.; Thulliez, P.; Kwok, O. C. H.; Hungerford, L.; Anchor, C.; Etter, D. International Journal for Parasitology 29(10)1999. p.1709-1711
Picken, Roger N.; Cheng, Yu; Han, Dongmei; Nelson, Jeffrey A.; Reddy, A. Giridher; Hayden, Mary K.; Picken, Maria M.; Strle, Franc; Bouseman, John K.; Trenholme, Gordon M. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 33(9)1995. p.2304-2315
Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Behavioral and genetic aspects of the raccoon mating system.
Hauver, Stephanie A.; Gehrt, Stanley D. ; Prange, Suzanne; Dubach, Jean. Journal of Mammalogy 91(3)2010. p.749-757
Maternal response to conspecific visits at natal dens in raccoons (Procyon lotor).
Hauver, Stephanie A.; Gehrt, Stanley D. ; Prange, Suzanne. American Midland Naturalist 163(2)2010. p.374-387
The influence of anthropogenic resources on multi-scale habitat selection by raccoons.
Bozek, Clare K.; Prange, Suzanne; Gehrt, Stanley D. . Urban Ecosystems 10(4)2007. p.413-425
Influences of anthropogenic resources on raccoon (Procyon lotor) movements and spatial distribution.
Prange, Suzanne; Gehrt, Stanley D. ; Wiggers, Ernie P. Journal of Mammalogy 85(3)2004. p.483-490
Demographic factors contributing to high raccoon densities in urban landscapes.
Prange, Suzanne; Gehrt, Stanley D. ; Wiggers, Ernie P. Journal of Wildlife Management 67(2)2003. p.324-333
Drug effects on recaptures of raccoons.
Gehrt, Stanley D. ; Hungerford, Laura L.; Hatten, Suzanne. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29(3)2001. p.833-837
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Behavior and survival of white-tailed deer neonates in two suburban forest preserves.
Piccolo, B. P.; Van Deelen, T. R.; Hollis-Etter, K.; Etter, D. R.; Warner, R. E.; Anchor, C. Canadian Journal of Zoology 88(5)2010. p.487-495
Survival and movements of white-tailed deer in suburban Chicago, Illinois.
Etter, Dwayne R.; Hollis, Karmen M.; Van Deelen, Timothy R.; Ludwig, Daniel R.; Chelsvig, James E.; Anchor, Chris L.; Warner, Richard E. Journal of Wildlife Management 66(2)2002. p.500-510
Sex affects age determination and wear of molariform teeth in white-tailed deer.
Van Deelen, Timothy R.; Hollis, Karmen M.; Anchor, Chris; Etter, Dwayne R. Journal of Wildlife Management 64(4)2000. p.1076-1083
Overabundant deer: Better management through research.
Etter, Dwayne R. Van Deelen, T. R.; Ludwig, Daniel R.; Hollis, Karmen M.; Warner, R. E.; Chelsvig, James E. Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings Year 2000
Radio-telemetry and geographical information systems to assess urban deer zoonoses.
Karmen M.; Anchor, Chris L.; Chelsvig, James E.; Etter, Dwayne R.; Dubey, J. P.; Warner, R. E.; Hungerford, Laura L. Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings Year 2000
Piccolo, B. P.; Van Deelen, T. R.; Hollis, K.; Etter, D. R.; Warner, R. E.; Anchor, C. Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings Year 2000
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Response of skunks to a simulated increase in coyote activity.
Prange, Suzanne; Gehrt, Stanley D. . Journal of Mammalogy 88(4)2007. p.1040-1049
Gehrt, Stanley D. ; Prange, Suzanne. Behavioral Ecology 18(1)2007. p.204-214
New radiocollars for the detection of proximity among individuals.
Prange, Suzanne; Jordan, Trevor; Hunter, Colin; Gehrt, Stanley D. . Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(5)2006. p.1333-1344
Changes in mesopredator-community structure in response to urbanization.
Prange, Suzanne; Gehrt, Stanley D. . Canadian Journal of Zoology 82(11)2004. p.1804-1817
Raccoons, coyotes, and reflections on the mesopredator release hypothesis.
Gehrt, Stanley D. ; Clark, William R. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31(3)2003. p.836-842
Books
Books
Urban Carnivores: Ecology, Conflict, and Conservation. Stanley D. Gehrt, Seth P.D. Riley, Brian L. Cypher, ed. 2010. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Websites
Websites
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