2022
Winkel, B.M, C.K. Nielsen, E.M. Hillard, R. Sutherland, M.A. LaRue. Potential cougar habitat and dispersal corridors in Eastern North America. In press, Landscape Ecology.
Rodofili, E., V. Lecours, M. A. LaRue. 2022. Automated analysis of satellite and unoccupied aerial systems imagery for marine mammal detection: review and future directions. PeerJ, DOI 10.7717/peerj.13540.
Aves, AR, L.E. Revell, S. Gaw, H.C. Ruffell, N.E. Wotherspoon, M.A. LaRue, A.J. McDonald. 2022. First evidence of microplastics in Antarctic snow. The Cryosphere, in press.
2021
Howell, L., S. Flangan, M.A. LaRue. 2021. Environmental DNA as a tool for monitoring Antarctic vertebrates. New Zealand Journal of Zoology doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2021.1900299.
2020
Jenouvrier, S., D. Iles, S. Labrousse, L. Landrum, J. Garnier, H. Caswell, C. Barbraud, H. Weimerskirch, M.A. LaRue, M. Holland. 2019. Future declines of emperor penguins. Global Change Biology https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14864.
2019
LaRue, M.A., L. Salas, N. Nur, D.G. Ainley, S.S. Stammerjohn, J. Pennycook, L. Barrington, K. Stamatiou, J. Saints, M. Dozier, H. Nakamura. 2019. Physical and ecological factors explain the distribution of Ross Sea Weddell seals during the breeding season. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 612:193–208.
2018
LaRue, M.A. and S. Stapleton. 2018. Estimating the abundance of polar bears on Wrangel Island during late summer using high-resolution satellite imagery: a pilot study. Polar Biology 41:2621–2626.
2017
LaRue, M.A., S. Stapleton, M. Anderson. 2016. Feasibility of using high-resolution satellite imagery to assess wildlife vertebrate populations. Conservation Biology, 31:213–220.
2016
LaRue, M.A. and C.K. Nielsen. 2016. Population viability of recolonizing cougars in midwestern North America. Ecological Modelling 321:121–129.
2015
LaRue, M.A., S.S. Stapleton, C.C. Porter, T. Atwood, N. Lecomte, and S. Atkinson. 2015. Testing methods for using high-resolution satellite imagery to monitor polar bear abundance and distribution. Wildlife Society Bulletin 39:772–779.
Withrana, C., M.A. LaRue, and H.J. Lynch. 2015. Benchmarking of data fusion algorithms in support of earth observation based Antarctic wildlife monitoring. Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 113:124–143.
Ainley, D.G., M.A. LaRue, S.E. Stammerjohn, I. Stirling, D.B. Siniff. 2015. Apparent decline of Weddell seal numbers along the Northern Victoria Land Coast. Marine Mammal Science 31:1338–1361.
LaRue, M.A., G. Kooyman, H.J. Lynch, and P.T. Fretwell. 2015. Emigration in emperor penguins: Implications for interpretation of long-term studies. Ecography 38:114–120.
2014
LaRue, M.A. and J. Knight. 2014. Applications of very high resolution imagery in the study and conservation of predators in the Southern Ocean. Conservation Biology 28:1731–1735.
Lynch, H.J. and M.A. LaRue. 2014. The first global census of the Adélie penguin. The Auk 31:457–466.
Stapleton, S., M.A. LaRue, N. Lecomte, S. Atkinson, D. Garshelis, C. Porter, T. Atwood. 2014. Polar bears from space: Assessing satellite imagery as a tool to monitor Ursus maritimus. PLoS ONE DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101513.
LaRue, M.A., H.J. Lynch, P. Lyver, K. Barton, D.G. Ainley, A.M. Pollard, G. Ballard. 2014. A method for estimating colony sizes of Adélie penguins using remote sensing imagery. Polar Biology 37:507–517.
2013
2012
LaRue, M.A., C.K. Nielsen, M. Dowling, K. Miller, B. Wilson, H. Shaw, and C. Anderson. 2012. Cougars are recolonizing the Midwest: Analysis of cougar confirmations during 1990-2008. Journal of Wildlife Management 76:1364–1369.
2011 and prior
LaRue, M.A., J. Rotella, B. Garrott, D.B. Siniff, D.G. Ainley, G.E. Stauffer, C. Porter, and P.J. Morin. 2011. Satellite imagery can be used to detect variation in abundance of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in Erebus Bay, Antarctica. Polar Biology 34:1727–1737.
Henaux, V., L.A. Powell, K.A. Hobson, C.K. Nielsen, and M.A. LaRue. 2011. Tracking large carnivore dispersal using isotopic clues in claws: an application to cougars across the Great Plains. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2:489–499.
LaRue, M.A., and C.K. Nielsen. 2010. Modelling potential habitat for cougars in midwestern North America. Ecological Modelling 22:897–900.
LaRue, M.A., and C.K. Nielsen. 2008. Modelling potential dispersal corridors for cougars in midwestern North American using least-cost path methods. Ecological Modelling 212:372–381.
Popular Media & Blogs
America's cat is on the comeback - American Scientist, 2018
Counting seals from space - Oceanographic Magazine, 2020 (authored by Dr. Mia Wege)