Publications of Ellen O. Aikens

Bontekoe, I. D.; Aikens, E. O.; Schlicksupp, A.; Blumenstiel, L.; Honorato, R. G.; Jorzik, I.; Flack, A.: The study of social animal migrations: a synthesis of the past and guidelines for future research. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292 (2049), 20242726 (2025)

Aikens, E. O.; Nourani, E.; Fiedler, W.; Wikelski, M.; Flack, A.: Learning shapes the development of migratory behavior. PNAS 121 (12), e2306389121 (2024)

Aikens, E. O.; Bontekoe, I. D.; Blumenstiel, L.; Schlicksupp, A.; Flack, A.: Viewing animal migration through a social lens. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37 (11), pp. 985 - 996 (2022)

Flack, A.; Aikens, E. O.; Kölzsch, A.; Nourani, E.; Snell, K. R. S.; Fiedler, W.; Linek, N.; Bauer, H.-G.; Thorup, K.; Partecke, J. et al.; Wikelski, M.; Williams, H. J.: New frontiers in bird migration research. Current Biology 32 (20), pp. R1187 - R1199 (2022)

Abrahms, B.; Aikens, E. O.; Armstrong, J. B.; Deacy, W. W.; Kauffman, M. J.; Merkle, J. A.: Emerging perspectives on resource tracking and animal movement ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 36 (4), pp. 308 - 320 (2021)

Aikens, E. O.; Dwinnell, S. P. H.; LaSharr, T. N.; Jakopak, R. P.; Fralick, G. L.; Randall, J.; Kaiser, R.; Thonhoff, M.; Kauffman, M. J.; Monteith, K. L.: Migration distance and maternal resource allocation determine timing of birth in a large herbivore. Ecology 102 (6), e03334 (2021)

Kauffman, M. J.; Aikens, E. O.; Esmaeili, S.; Kaczensky, P.; Middleton, A.; Monteith, K. L.; Morrison, T. A.; Mueller, T.; Sawyer, H.; Goheen, J. R.: Causes, consequences, and conservation of ungulate migration. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 52, pp. 453 - 478 (2021)

Kauffman, M. J.; Cagnacci, F.; Chamaillé-Jammes, S.; Hebblewhite, M.; Hopcraft, J. G. C.; Merkle, J. A.; Mueller, T.; Mysterud, A.; Peters, W.; Roettger, C. et al.; Steingisser, A.; Meacham, J. E.; Abera, K.; Adamczewski, J.; Aikens, E. O.; Bartlam-Brooks, H.; Bennitt, E.; Berger, J.; Boyd, C.; Côté, S. D.; Debeffe, L.; Dekrout, A. S.; Dejid, N.; Donadio, E.; Dziba, L.; Fagan, W. F.; Fischer, C.; Focardi, S.; Fryxell, J. M.; Fynn, R. W. S.; Geremia, C.; González, B. A.; Gunn, A.; Gurarie, E.; Heurich, M.; Hilty, J.; Hurley, M.; Johnson, A.; Joly, K.; Kaczensky, P.; Kendall, C. J.; Kochkarev, P.; Kolpaschikov, L.; Kowalczyk, R.; van Langevelde, F.; Li, B. V.; Lobora, A. L.; Loison, A.; Madiri, T. H.; Mallon, D.; Marchand, P.; Medellin, R. A.; Meisingset, E.; Merrill, E.; Middleton, A. D.; Monteith, K. L.; Morjan, M.; Morrison, T. A.; Mumme, S.; Naidoo, R.; Novaro, A.; Ogutu, J. O.; Olson, K. A.; Oteng-Yeboah, A.; Ovejero, R. J. A.; Owen-Smith, N.; Paasivaara, A.; Packer, C.; Panchenko, D.; Pedrotti, L.; Plumptre, A. J.; Rolandsen, C. M.; Said, S.; Salemgareyev, A.; Savchenko, A.; Savchenko, P.; Sawyer, H.; Selebatso, M.; Skroch, M.; Solberg, E.; Stabach, J. A.; Strand, O.; Suitor, M. J.; Tachiki, Y.; Trainor, A.; Tshipa, A.; Virani, M. Z.; Vynne, C.; Ward, S.; Wittemyer, G.; Xu, W.; Zuther, S.: Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations. Science 372 (6542), pp. 566 - 569 (2021)

Morrison, T. A.; Merkle, J. A.; Hopcraft, J. G. C.; Aikens, E. O.; Beck, J. L.; Boone, R. B.; Courtemanch, A. B.; Dwinnell, S. P.; Fairbanks, W. S.; Griffith, B. et al.; Middleton, A. D.; Monteith, K. L.; Oates, B.; Riotte-Lambert, L.; Sawyer, H.; Smith, K. T.; Stabach, J. A.; Taylor, K. L.; Kauffman, M. J.: Drivers of site fidelity in ungulates. Journal of Animal Ecology 90 (4), pp. 955 - 966 (2021)

Aikens, E. O.; Monteith, K. L.; Merkle, J. A.; Dwinnell, S. P. H.; Fralick, G. L.; Kauffman, M. J.: Drought reshuffles plant phenology and reduces the foraging benefit of green-wave surfing for a migratory ungulate. Global Change Biology 26 (8), pp. 4215 - 4225 (2020)

Aikens, E. O.; Mysterud, A.; Merkle, J. A.; Cagnacci, F.; Rivrud, I. M.; Hebblewhite, M.; Hurley, M. A.; Peters, W.; Bergen, S.; De Groeve, J. et al.; Dwinnell, S. P. H.; Gehr, B.; Heurich, M.; Hewison, A. J. M.; Jarnemo, A.; Kjellander, P.; Kroschel, M.; Licoppe, A.; Linnell, J. D. C.; Merrill, E. H.; Middleton, A. D.; Morellet, N.; Neuteid, L.; Ortega, A. C.; Parker, K. L.; Pedrotti, L.; Proffitt, K. M.; Said, S.; Sawyer, H.; Scurlock, B. M.; Signer, J.; Stent, P.; Sustr, P.; Szkorupa, T.; Monteith, K. L.; Kauffiman, M. J.: Wave-like patterns of plant phenology determine ungulate movement tactics. Current Biology 30 (17), pp. 3444 - 3449 (2020)

Abrahms, B.; Hazen, E. L.; Aikens, E. O.; Savoca, M. S.; Goldbogen, J. A.; Bograd, S. J.; Jacox, M. G.; Irvine, L. M.; Palacios, D. M.; Mate, B. R.: Memory and resource tracking drive blue whale migrations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116 (12), pp. 5582 - 5587 (2019)

Jesmer, B. R.; Merkle, J. A.; Goheen, J. R.; Aikens, E. O.; Beck, J. L.; Courtemanch, A. B.; Hurley, M. A.; MeWhicter, D. E.; Miyasaki, H. M.; Monteith, K. L. et al.; Kauffman, M. J.: Is ungulate migration culturally transmitted? Evidence of social learning from translocated animals. Science 361 (6406), pp. 1023 - 1025 (2018)

Aikens, E. O.; Kauffman, M. J.; Merkle, J. A.; Dwinnell, S. P. H.; Fralick, G. L.; Monteith, K. L.: The greenscape shapes surfing of resource waves in a large migratory herbivore. Ecology Letters 20 (6), pp. 741 - 750 (2017)

Merkle, J. A.; Monteith, K. L.; Aikens, E. O.; Hayes, M. M.; Hersey, K. R.; Middleton, A. D.; Oates, B. A.; Sawyer, H.; Scurlock, B. M.; Kauffman, M. J.: Large herbivores surf waves of green-up during spring. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283 (1833), 0456 (2016)

Jenks, K. E.; Aikens, E. O.; Songsasen, N.; Calabrese, J.; Fleming, C.; Bhumpakphan, N.; Wanghongsa, S.; Kanchanasaka, B.; Songer, M.; Leimgruber, P.: Comparative movement analysis for a sympatric dhole and golden jackal in a human-dominated landscape. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63, pp. 546 - 554 (2015)

Straub, C. S.; Simasek, N. P.; Dohm, R.; Gapinski, M. R.; Aikens, E. O.; Nagy, C.: Plant diversity increases herbivore movement and vulnerability to predation. Basic and Applied Ecology 15 (1), pp. 50 - 58 (2014)

Straub, C. S.; Simasek, N. P.; Gapinski, M. R.; Dohm, R.; Aikens, E. O.; Muscella, S.: Influence of nonhost plant diversity and natural enemies on the potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae, and pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, in alfalfa. Journal of Pest Science 86 (2), pp. 235 - 244 (2013)