Peer-reviewed (scientist from our lab*)
2023
Ahlers AA and Brimhall T. Using learner-generated poetry to help students understand technical scientific literature. Natural Sciences Education 52: e20127.
Haight JD, Hall SJ, Fidino M, Adalsteinsson SA, Ahlers AA, Angstmann J, Anthonysamy WJB, Biro E, Collins MK, Dugelby B, Gallo T, Green AM, Hartley L, Jordan MJ, Kay CAM, Lehrer EW, Long RA, MacDougall B, Magle SB, Minier DE, Mowry C, Murray M, Nininger K, Pendergast ME, Remine KR, Ryan T, Salsbury C, Schell CJ, Şekercioğlu ÇH, Shier CJ, Simon KC, St. Clair CC, Stankowich T, Stevenson CJ, Wayne L, Will D, Williamson J, Wilson L, Zellmer AJ, and Lewis JS. Urbanization, climate and species traits shape mammal communities from local to continental scales. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7: 1654-1666.
Vayer VR, Von Furstenberg R, Larson LR, Peterson MN, Stevenson K, Ahlers AA, Anhalt-Depies C, Bethke T, Clark B, Dayer AA, Ghasemi B, Gigliotti L, Irwin K, Keith SJ, Kelly M, Kyle G, Metcalf E, Needham MD, Poudyal N, Quartuch M, Rodriguez S, Romulo C, Sharp RL, Siemer W, Springer M, Stedman R, Stein T, Van Deelen T, Winkler RL, and Woosnam KM. Can R3 programs create new hunters? Evaluating the impacts of hunting workshops on college students across the United States. Wildlife Society Bulletin 47: e1482.
Day ME, Tang M, Lancaster PA, Presley D, Pendell DL, Fick WH, Doro L, Ahlers AA, and Rickets AW. Simulation of rangeland management strategies on soil health, environmental footprint, and economic impact from grasslands in the Central and Northern Great Plains of the United States. Sustainability 15: 12456.
Bomske CM*, Peek MS, and Ahlers AA. Demographic estimates from a muskrat population in the Flint Hills. Prairie Naturalist 55: 43-49.
Werdel TJ*, Piper CW*, Peek MS, Ricketts AW, and Ahlers AA. Direct and indirect landscape-scale pathways structure carnivore communities in an agro-prairie ecosystem. Journal of Mammalogy. In Press.
Palomo-Munoz G*, Werdel TJ*, Piper CW*, Peek MS, Ricketts AA, and Ahlers AA. Spatiotemporal distributions of mammals occurring in an agro-prairie ecosystem. Ecology. e3945.
Werdel TJ*, Piper CW*, Peek MS, Ricketts AW, Sullins DS, and Ahlers AA. Strategic grassland conservation for swift foxes in multi-use landscapes. Biological Conservation 277: 109864.
2022
Parker NJ, Sullins DS, Haukos DA, Fricke KS, Hagen CA, and Ahlers AA. Demographic effects of a megafire on a declining prairie grouse population in the mixed-grass prairie. Ecology and Evolution 12: e9544
Bauder JM, Allen ML, Ahlers AA, Benson TJ, Miller CA, and Stodola KW. Long-term data reveal equivocal evidence for intraguild suppression among sympatric canids. Biodiversity and Conservation. doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02465-y.
Lancaster PA, Presley D, Fick W, Pendell D, Ahlers AA, Ricketts A, and Tang M. Net nutrient conversion of human-edible nutrients in the beef supply chain. Animals 12: doi.org/10.3390/ani12172170
Werdel TJ*, Piper CW*, Peek MS, Ricketts AW, and Ahlers AA. Scale-specific effects impose range-limiting constraints on the distribution of a prairie-obligate carnivore. Landscape Ecology 37: 2065-2079.
Gallo T, Fidino M, Gerber B, Ahlers AA, Angstmann J, Amaya M, Concilio AL, Drake D, Lehrer EW, Murray MH, Ryan TJ, St. Clair CC, Salsbury CM, Sander HA, Stankowich T, Williamson J, Belaire JA, and Magle SB. Mammals adjust diel activity across gradients of urbanization. eLife 11:e74756.
2021
Larson LR, Peterson MN, Von Furstenberg RV, Vayer VR, Jerry Lee K, Choi DY, Stevenson K, Ahlers AA, Anhalt-Depies C, Bethke T, Bruskotter J, Chizinski C, Clark B, Dayer AA, Ghasemi B, Gigliotti L, Graefe A, Irwin K, Keith SJ, Kelly M, Kyle G, Metcalf E, Morse W, Needham MD, Poudyal N, Quartuch M, Rodriguez S, Romulo C, Sharp RL, Siemer W, Springer M, Stayton B, Stedman R, Stein T, Van Deelen T, Whiting J, Winkler RL, and Woosnam KM. The future of wildlife conservation funding: what options do U.S. college students support? Conservation Science and Practice 3: e505.
Magle SB, Fidino M, Sander HA, Rohnke AT, Larson KL, Gallo T, Kay CAM, Adalsteinsson SA, Ahlers AA, Anthonysamy WJB, Green AM, Jordan MJ, Lewis JS, Long RA, MacDougall B, Pendergast ME, Remine K, Simon KC, St. Clair CC, Shier CJ, Stankowich T, Stevenson CJ, Zellmer AJ, and Schell CJ. Wealth and urbanization shape medium and large terrestrial mammal communities. Global Change Biology 27: 5446-5459.
Ahlers AA, Lyons TP, and Heske EJ. 2021. Population dynamics of muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) and American mink (Neovison vison): investigating contemporary patterns in a classic predator-prey system. Canadian Journal of Zoology 99: 681-688. Selected by editors to be featured in 'Editor's Choice' section of this issue
Matykiewicz BR*, Windels SK, Olson BT, Plumb RT, Wolf TM, and Ahlers AA. 2021. Assessing translocation effects on the spatial ecology and survival of muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus). Wildlife Biology 2: 1-11.
Vayer V, Larson LR, Peterson MN, Lee KJ, Von Furstenberg R, Choi D, Stevenson K, Ahlers AA, Anhalt-Depies C, Bruskotter J, Chizinski C, Dayer A, Farmer J, Ghasemi B, Gigliotti L, Graefe A, Irwin K, Deith S, Kelly M, Kyle G, Metcalf E, Morse W, Needham M, Poudyal N, Quartuch M, Rodriguez S, Romulo C, Sharp RL, Siemer W, Springer M, Stedman R, Stein T, Van Deelen T, Whiting J, Winkler R, and Woosnam K. 2021. Diverse university students across the United States reveal promising pathways to hunter recruitment and retention. Journal of Wildlife Management 85: 1017-1030.
Aarrestad O, Matykiewicz BR*, Windels SK, Ahlers AA, Olson BT, Rendahl A, Burton E, and Wolf TM. 2021. Baseline physiologic and hematologic health in wild-caught muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) from a near-pristine ecosystem in northern Minnesota. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 52: 698-703.
Fidino M, Gallo T, Lehrer EW, Murray MH, Kay C, Sander AA, MacDougall B, Salsbury CM, Ryan TJ, Angstmann JL, Belaire JA, Dugelby B, Schell C, Stankowich T, Amaya M, Drake D, Hursh SH, Ahlers AA, Williamson J, Hartley LM, Zellmer AJ, Simon K, and Magle SB. 2021. Landscape-scale differences among cities alter common species’ responses to urbanization. Ecological Applications 31: e02253.
Jackson S, Sharp R, Mailey E, and Ahlers AA. 2021. Exercise and stress levels associated with a visit to Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Parks Stewardship Forum 37: 253-264.
Bomske CM* and Ahlers AA. 2021. How do muskrats affect ecosystems? A review of evidence. Mammal Review 51: 40-50.
2020
Bauder JM, Allen ML, Ahlers AA, Benson TJ, Miller CA, and Stodola KW. 2020. Identifying and controlling for variation in canid harvest data. Journal of Wildlife Management 84: 1234-1245.
Ahlers AA, Wolf TM, Aarrestad O, Windels SK, Olson BT, Matykiewicz BR*, and Dubey JP. 2020. Survey of Toxoplasma gondii exposure in muskrats in a relatively pristine ecosystem. Journal of Parasitology 106: 346-349.
Larreur M*, Windels SK, Olson BT, and Ahlers AA. 2020. Cross-scale interactions and non-native cattails affect the spatial distribution of a wetland-obligate species. Landscape Ecology 35: 59-68.
Wait KR* and Ahlers AA. 2020. Virginia opossum distributions are influenced by non-native landscapes and water availability. Journal of Mammalogy 101: 216-225. (Corrigendum included on page 318 of the same issue)
2019
Ahlers AA and Miller CA. 2019. Testing waterfowl hunters' waterfowl identification skills. Wildfowl 69: 206-220.
Ahlers AA. 2019. Waterfowl and watercolors: enhancing undergraduate students' waterfowl identification skills. Natural Sciences Education 48: 1-4.
Magle SB, Fidino M, Lehrer EW, Gallo T, Mulligan MP, Rios MJ, Ahlers AA, Angstmann J, Belaire A, Dugelby B, Gramza A, Hartley L, MacDougall B, Ryan T, Salsbury C, Sander H, Schell C, Simon K, St Onge S, and Drake D. 2019. Advancing urban wildlife research through a multi-city collaboration. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17: 232-239.
2018
Becker TA, Ahlers AA, Haukos DA, and Hesting S. 2018. Spatiotemporal distribution of waterfowl disease outbreaks in Kansas. The Prairie Naturalist 50: 4-14.
Wait KR*, Ricketts AW, and Ahlers AA. 2018. Land-use change structures carnivore communities in remaining tallgrass prairie. Journal of Wildlife Management 82: 1491-1502.
Wesche SL*, O'Neal BJ, Windels SK, Olson BT, Larreur M, and Ahlers AA. 2018. Influence of invasive hybrid cattails on habitat use by common loons. Wildlife Society Bulletin 42: 166-171.
2017
Ahlers AA and Heske EJ. 2017. Empirical evidence for declines in muskrat populations across the United States. Journal of Wildlife Management 81. 1408-1416.
Miller CA and Ahlers AA. 2017. Do waterfowl hunters know where their money goes? Awareness of federal duck stamp fund expenditures among Illinois waterfowl hunters. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 22: 291-294.
Sharp RL and Ahlers AA. 2017. Undergraduates’ understanding of agricultural impacts on wildlife: a case for wildlife conservation education. Natural Sciences Education 46: 1-5.
2016
Ahlers AA, Miller CA, and Heske EJ. 2016. Economic influences on trapper participation and per capita harvest of muskrats. Wildlife Society Bulletin 40: 548-553.
Heske EJ and Ahlers AA. 2016. Raccoon (Procyon lotor) activity is predicted better by availability of water than by land cover in a moderately fragmented landscape. Northeastern Naturalist 23: 352-363.
Ahlers AA, Heske EJ, and Schooley RL. 2016. Prey distribution, potential landscape supplementation, and urbanization affect occupancy dynamics of American mink in streams. Landscape Ecology 31:1601-1613.
2015
Ahlers AA, Cotner LA, Wolff PJ, Mitchell MA, Heske EJ, and Schooley RL. 2015. Summer precipitation predicts the spatial distribution of semiaquatic mammals. PLoS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135036.
Fischer JD, Schneider SH, Ahlers AA, and Miller JR. 2015. Categorizing wildlife responses to urbanization and conservation implications of terminology. Conservation Biology 29: 1246-1248.
Ahlers AA, Mitchell MA, Dubey JP, Schooley RL, and Heske EJ. 2015. Risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii exposure in semiaquatic mammals in a freshwater ecosystem. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 51: 488-492.
Before 2015
Schooley RL, Cotner LA, Ahlers AA, Heske EJ, and Levengood JM. 2012. Monitoring site occupancy for American mink in its native range. Journal of Wildlife Management 76: 824-831.
Ahlers AA, Mitchell MA, Schooley RL, Heske EJ, and Levengood JM. 2011. Hematologic and blood chemistry reference values for free-ranging riparian muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 47: 685-689.
Ahlers AA, Heske EJ, Schooley RL, and Mitchell MA. 2010. Home ranges and space use of muskrats Ondatra zibethicus in restricted linear habitats. Wildlife Biology 16: 400-408.
Ahlers AA, Schooley RL, Heske EJ, and Mitchell MA. 2010. Effects of flooding and riparian buffers on survival of muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) across a flashiness gradient. Canadian Journal of Zoology 88: 1011-1020.
Extension/Outreach/Trade articles
Ahlers AA. 2020. Using paragraph puzzles to teach scientific writing. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Journal, Teaching Tips/Notes (https://www.nactateachers.org/images/TeachingTips/TT_2020-0268.pdf).
Hiller TL and Ahlers AA. 2019. Trapping’s past, present and future. The Wildlife Professional 13: 28-31.
Ahlers AA. 2019. My best worst bowhunt. Kansas! Outdoors. February Issue: 48-49.
Larson LR, Stayton B, Sharp RL, Ahlers AA, and Downer B. 2017. Turning college students on to hunting: why campuses are ideal targets for R3 efforts. The Wildlife Professional 11: 44-46.
Stayton B, Larson LR, Sharp RL, Ahlers AA, and Downer B. 2017. Colleges and universities: prime habitat for hunter recruitment and retention? In Responsive Management & National Shooting Sports Foundation (Eds.), Hunting, Fishing, Sport Shooting, and Archery Recruitment, Retention, and Reactivation: A Practitioner’s Guide (pp. 441-444). Harrisonburg, VA: Responsive Management.
Ahlers AA. 2016. Knowledge is the most effective tool of all. North American Gamebird Association News (Focus on Education). November/December. 16-17.
Ahlers AA. 2016. The science behind predator management. North American Gamebird Association News (Focus on Education). September/October. 14-16.
Ahlers AA. 2016. Mentoring the next generation of outdoor entrepreneurs. North American Gamebird Association News (Focus on Education). July/August. 22-23.
Ahlers AA. 2016. Teaching millennials to carry on our outdoor traditions. North American Gamebird Association News (Focus on Education). May/June. 22-23.
Ahlers AA, Wolff PA, Schooley RL, and Heske EJ. 2015. Think mink. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Reports. No. 412.
Technical reports
Heske EJ and Ahlers AA. 2014. Survey of the Fieldstone subdivision berm site, Savoy, IL, for the state-threatened Franklin’s ground squirrel, Poliocitellus franklinii. Final Report. Farnsworth Group, Champaign, IL.
2023
Ahlers AA and Brimhall T. Using learner-generated poetry to help students understand technical scientific literature. Natural Sciences Education 52: e20127.
Haight JD, Hall SJ, Fidino M, Adalsteinsson SA, Ahlers AA, Angstmann J, Anthonysamy WJB, Biro E, Collins MK, Dugelby B, Gallo T, Green AM, Hartley L, Jordan MJ, Kay CAM, Lehrer EW, Long RA, MacDougall B, Magle SB, Minier DE, Mowry C, Murray M, Nininger K, Pendergast ME, Remine KR, Ryan T, Salsbury C, Schell CJ, Şekercioğlu ÇH, Shier CJ, Simon KC, St. Clair CC, Stankowich T, Stevenson CJ, Wayne L, Will D, Williamson J, Wilson L, Zellmer AJ, and Lewis JS. Urbanization, climate and species traits shape mammal communities from local to continental scales. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7: 1654-1666.
Vayer VR, Von Furstenberg R, Larson LR, Peterson MN, Stevenson K, Ahlers AA, Anhalt-Depies C, Bethke T, Clark B, Dayer AA, Ghasemi B, Gigliotti L, Irwin K, Keith SJ, Kelly M, Kyle G, Metcalf E, Needham MD, Poudyal N, Quartuch M, Rodriguez S, Romulo C, Sharp RL, Siemer W, Springer M, Stedman R, Stein T, Van Deelen T, Winkler RL, and Woosnam KM. Can R3 programs create new hunters? Evaluating the impacts of hunting workshops on college students across the United States. Wildlife Society Bulletin 47: e1482.
Day ME, Tang M, Lancaster PA, Presley D, Pendell DL, Fick WH, Doro L, Ahlers AA, and Rickets AW. Simulation of rangeland management strategies on soil health, environmental footprint, and economic impact from grasslands in the Central and Northern Great Plains of the United States. Sustainability 15: 12456.
Bomske CM*, Peek MS, and Ahlers AA. Demographic estimates from a muskrat population in the Flint Hills. Prairie Naturalist 55: 43-49.
Werdel TJ*, Piper CW*, Peek MS, Ricketts AW, and Ahlers AA. Direct and indirect landscape-scale pathways structure carnivore communities in an agro-prairie ecosystem. Journal of Mammalogy. In Press.
Palomo-Munoz G*, Werdel TJ*, Piper CW*, Peek MS, Ricketts AA, and Ahlers AA. Spatiotemporal distributions of mammals occurring in an agro-prairie ecosystem. Ecology. e3945.
Werdel TJ*, Piper CW*, Peek MS, Ricketts AW, Sullins DS, and Ahlers AA. Strategic grassland conservation for swift foxes in multi-use landscapes. Biological Conservation 277: 109864.
2022
Parker NJ, Sullins DS, Haukos DA, Fricke KS, Hagen CA, and Ahlers AA. Demographic effects of a megafire on a declining prairie grouse population in the mixed-grass prairie. Ecology and Evolution 12: e9544
Bauder JM, Allen ML, Ahlers AA, Benson TJ, Miller CA, and Stodola KW. Long-term data reveal equivocal evidence for intraguild suppression among sympatric canids. Biodiversity and Conservation. doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02465-y.
Lancaster PA, Presley D, Fick W, Pendell D, Ahlers AA, Ricketts A, and Tang M. Net nutrient conversion of human-edible nutrients in the beef supply chain. Animals 12: doi.org/10.3390/ani12172170
Werdel TJ*, Piper CW*, Peek MS, Ricketts AW, and Ahlers AA. Scale-specific effects impose range-limiting constraints on the distribution of a prairie-obligate carnivore. Landscape Ecology 37: 2065-2079.
Gallo T, Fidino M, Gerber B, Ahlers AA, Angstmann J, Amaya M, Concilio AL, Drake D, Lehrer EW, Murray MH, Ryan TJ, St. Clair CC, Salsbury CM, Sander HA, Stankowich T, Williamson J, Belaire JA, and Magle SB. Mammals adjust diel activity across gradients of urbanization. eLife 11:e74756.
2021
Larson LR, Peterson MN, Von Furstenberg RV, Vayer VR, Jerry Lee K, Choi DY, Stevenson K, Ahlers AA, Anhalt-Depies C, Bethke T, Bruskotter J, Chizinski C, Clark B, Dayer AA, Ghasemi B, Gigliotti L, Graefe A, Irwin K, Keith SJ, Kelly M, Kyle G, Metcalf E, Morse W, Needham MD, Poudyal N, Quartuch M, Rodriguez S, Romulo C, Sharp RL, Siemer W, Springer M, Stayton B, Stedman R, Stein T, Van Deelen T, Whiting J, Winkler RL, and Woosnam KM. The future of wildlife conservation funding: what options do U.S. college students support? Conservation Science and Practice 3: e505.
Magle SB, Fidino M, Sander HA, Rohnke AT, Larson KL, Gallo T, Kay CAM, Adalsteinsson SA, Ahlers AA, Anthonysamy WJB, Green AM, Jordan MJ, Lewis JS, Long RA, MacDougall B, Pendergast ME, Remine K, Simon KC, St. Clair CC, Shier CJ, Stankowich T, Stevenson CJ, Zellmer AJ, and Schell CJ. Wealth and urbanization shape medium and large terrestrial mammal communities. Global Change Biology 27: 5446-5459.
Ahlers AA, Lyons TP, and Heske EJ. 2021. Population dynamics of muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) and American mink (Neovison vison): investigating contemporary patterns in a classic predator-prey system. Canadian Journal of Zoology 99: 681-688. Selected by editors to be featured in 'Editor's Choice' section of this issue
Matykiewicz BR*, Windels SK, Olson BT, Plumb RT, Wolf TM, and Ahlers AA. 2021. Assessing translocation effects on the spatial ecology and survival of muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus). Wildlife Biology 2: 1-11.
Vayer V, Larson LR, Peterson MN, Lee KJ, Von Furstenberg R, Choi D, Stevenson K, Ahlers AA, Anhalt-Depies C, Bruskotter J, Chizinski C, Dayer A, Farmer J, Ghasemi B, Gigliotti L, Graefe A, Irwin K, Deith S, Kelly M, Kyle G, Metcalf E, Morse W, Needham M, Poudyal N, Quartuch M, Rodriguez S, Romulo C, Sharp RL, Siemer W, Springer M, Stedman R, Stein T, Van Deelen T, Whiting J, Winkler R, and Woosnam K. 2021. Diverse university students across the United States reveal promising pathways to hunter recruitment and retention. Journal of Wildlife Management 85: 1017-1030.
Aarrestad O, Matykiewicz BR*, Windels SK, Ahlers AA, Olson BT, Rendahl A, Burton E, and Wolf TM. 2021. Baseline physiologic and hematologic health in wild-caught muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) from a near-pristine ecosystem in northern Minnesota. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 52: 698-703.
Fidino M, Gallo T, Lehrer EW, Murray MH, Kay C, Sander AA, MacDougall B, Salsbury CM, Ryan TJ, Angstmann JL, Belaire JA, Dugelby B, Schell C, Stankowich T, Amaya M, Drake D, Hursh SH, Ahlers AA, Williamson J, Hartley LM, Zellmer AJ, Simon K, and Magle SB. 2021. Landscape-scale differences among cities alter common species’ responses to urbanization. Ecological Applications 31: e02253.
Jackson S, Sharp R, Mailey E, and Ahlers AA. 2021. Exercise and stress levels associated with a visit to Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Parks Stewardship Forum 37: 253-264.
Bomske CM* and Ahlers AA. 2021. How do muskrats affect ecosystems? A review of evidence. Mammal Review 51: 40-50.
2020
Bauder JM, Allen ML, Ahlers AA, Benson TJ, Miller CA, and Stodola KW. 2020. Identifying and controlling for variation in canid harvest data. Journal of Wildlife Management 84: 1234-1245.
Ahlers AA, Wolf TM, Aarrestad O, Windels SK, Olson BT, Matykiewicz BR*, and Dubey JP. 2020. Survey of Toxoplasma gondii exposure in muskrats in a relatively pristine ecosystem. Journal of Parasitology 106: 346-349.
Larreur M*, Windels SK, Olson BT, and Ahlers AA. 2020. Cross-scale interactions and non-native cattails affect the spatial distribution of a wetland-obligate species. Landscape Ecology 35: 59-68.
Wait KR* and Ahlers AA. 2020. Virginia opossum distributions are influenced by non-native landscapes and water availability. Journal of Mammalogy 101: 216-225. (Corrigendum included on page 318 of the same issue)
2019
Ahlers AA and Miller CA. 2019. Testing waterfowl hunters' waterfowl identification skills. Wildfowl 69: 206-220.
Ahlers AA. 2019. Waterfowl and watercolors: enhancing undergraduate students' waterfowl identification skills. Natural Sciences Education 48: 1-4.
Magle SB, Fidino M, Lehrer EW, Gallo T, Mulligan MP, Rios MJ, Ahlers AA, Angstmann J, Belaire A, Dugelby B, Gramza A, Hartley L, MacDougall B, Ryan T, Salsbury C, Sander H, Schell C, Simon K, St Onge S, and Drake D. 2019. Advancing urban wildlife research through a multi-city collaboration. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17: 232-239.
2018
Becker TA, Ahlers AA, Haukos DA, and Hesting S. 2018. Spatiotemporal distribution of waterfowl disease outbreaks in Kansas. The Prairie Naturalist 50: 4-14.
Wait KR*, Ricketts AW, and Ahlers AA. 2018. Land-use change structures carnivore communities in remaining tallgrass prairie. Journal of Wildlife Management 82: 1491-1502.
Wesche SL*, O'Neal BJ, Windels SK, Olson BT, Larreur M, and Ahlers AA. 2018. Influence of invasive hybrid cattails on habitat use by common loons. Wildlife Society Bulletin 42: 166-171.
2017
Ahlers AA and Heske EJ. 2017. Empirical evidence for declines in muskrat populations across the United States. Journal of Wildlife Management 81. 1408-1416.
Miller CA and Ahlers AA. 2017. Do waterfowl hunters know where their money goes? Awareness of federal duck stamp fund expenditures among Illinois waterfowl hunters. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 22: 291-294.
Sharp RL and Ahlers AA. 2017. Undergraduates’ understanding of agricultural impacts on wildlife: a case for wildlife conservation education. Natural Sciences Education 46: 1-5.
2016
Ahlers AA, Miller CA, and Heske EJ. 2016. Economic influences on trapper participation and per capita harvest of muskrats. Wildlife Society Bulletin 40: 548-553.
Heske EJ and Ahlers AA. 2016. Raccoon (Procyon lotor) activity is predicted better by availability of water than by land cover in a moderately fragmented landscape. Northeastern Naturalist 23: 352-363.
Ahlers AA, Heske EJ, and Schooley RL. 2016. Prey distribution, potential landscape supplementation, and urbanization affect occupancy dynamics of American mink in streams. Landscape Ecology 31:1601-1613.
2015
Ahlers AA, Cotner LA, Wolff PJ, Mitchell MA, Heske EJ, and Schooley RL. 2015. Summer precipitation predicts the spatial distribution of semiaquatic mammals. PLoS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135036.
Fischer JD, Schneider SH, Ahlers AA, and Miller JR. 2015. Categorizing wildlife responses to urbanization and conservation implications of terminology. Conservation Biology 29: 1246-1248.
Ahlers AA, Mitchell MA, Dubey JP, Schooley RL, and Heske EJ. 2015. Risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii exposure in semiaquatic mammals in a freshwater ecosystem. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 51: 488-492.
Before 2015
Schooley RL, Cotner LA, Ahlers AA, Heske EJ, and Levengood JM. 2012. Monitoring site occupancy for American mink in its native range. Journal of Wildlife Management 76: 824-831.
Ahlers AA, Mitchell MA, Schooley RL, Heske EJ, and Levengood JM. 2011. Hematologic and blood chemistry reference values for free-ranging riparian muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 47: 685-689.
Ahlers AA, Heske EJ, Schooley RL, and Mitchell MA. 2010. Home ranges and space use of muskrats Ondatra zibethicus in restricted linear habitats. Wildlife Biology 16: 400-408.
Ahlers AA, Schooley RL, Heske EJ, and Mitchell MA. 2010. Effects of flooding and riparian buffers on survival of muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) across a flashiness gradient. Canadian Journal of Zoology 88: 1011-1020.
Extension/Outreach/Trade articles
Ahlers AA. 2020. Using paragraph puzzles to teach scientific writing. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Journal, Teaching Tips/Notes (https://www.nactateachers.org/images/TeachingTips/TT_2020-0268.pdf).
Hiller TL and Ahlers AA. 2019. Trapping’s past, present and future. The Wildlife Professional 13: 28-31.
Ahlers AA. 2019. My best worst bowhunt. Kansas! Outdoors. February Issue: 48-49.
Larson LR, Stayton B, Sharp RL, Ahlers AA, and Downer B. 2017. Turning college students on to hunting: why campuses are ideal targets for R3 efforts. The Wildlife Professional 11: 44-46.
Stayton B, Larson LR, Sharp RL, Ahlers AA, and Downer B. 2017. Colleges and universities: prime habitat for hunter recruitment and retention? In Responsive Management & National Shooting Sports Foundation (Eds.), Hunting, Fishing, Sport Shooting, and Archery Recruitment, Retention, and Reactivation: A Practitioner’s Guide (pp. 441-444). Harrisonburg, VA: Responsive Management.
Ahlers AA. 2016. Knowledge is the most effective tool of all. North American Gamebird Association News (Focus on Education). November/December. 16-17.
Ahlers AA. 2016. The science behind predator management. North American Gamebird Association News (Focus on Education). September/October. 14-16.
Ahlers AA. 2016. Mentoring the next generation of outdoor entrepreneurs. North American Gamebird Association News (Focus on Education). July/August. 22-23.
Ahlers AA. 2016. Teaching millennials to carry on our outdoor traditions. North American Gamebird Association News (Focus on Education). May/June. 22-23.
Ahlers AA, Wolff PA, Schooley RL, and Heske EJ. 2015. Think mink. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Reports. No. 412.
Technical reports
Heske EJ and Ahlers AA. 2014. Survey of the Fieldstone subdivision berm site, Savoy, IL, for the state-threatened Franklin’s ground squirrel, Poliocitellus franklinii. Final Report. Farnsworth Group, Champaign, IL.