Publications

• Macdonald, K.R., J.J. Rotella, and W.A. Link. 2025. A comparison of sex-specific senescence patterns in a long-lived marine mammal. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12, 12 pp. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2024.1488373
  
• Levinson, P.M., and J.J. Rotella. 2025. Immigration and emigration in the isolated White Island Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) population. Antarctic Science 37:69-72. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102024000476
• Anderson M.E., P.M. Levinson, and J.J. Rotella. 2025. Leucistic Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) observations in Erebus Bay, Antarctica. Antarctic Science. Published online 2025:1-5. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095410202500001X
• Ainley, D.G., V. Morandini, L. Salas, N. Nur, J. Rotella, K. Barton, P. O'B. Lyver, K.T. Goetz, M. Larue, R. Foster-Dyer, C.L. Parkinson, K.R. Arrigo, G. Van_Dijken, R.S. Beltran, S. Kim, C. Brooks, G. Kooyman, P.J. Ponganis, F. Shanhun, and D.P. Anderson. 2024. Response of indicator species to changes in food web and ocean dynamics of the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 36(5):290-318. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102024000191

• Shields, E., J.J. Rotella, and D. Smith. 2024. Retrospective analysis of Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator decline in Yellowstone National Park, USA. Wildfowl Special Issue 7: 89–114.

• Briggs, M.A., H.C. Glassic, C.S. Guy, S.T. Opitz, J.J. Rotella, and D.A. Schmetterling. 2024.Adapting standardized trout monitoring to a changing climate for the upper Yellowstone River, Montana, USA. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 44, 97-1. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.11026
• Anderson, A.K., P.M. Levinson, A. Conklin, and J.J. Rotella. 2024. Observations of Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) supernumerary nipples. Polar Biology 47:425–429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-024-03228-x 
• Macdonald, K.R., J.J. Rotella, and J.T. Paterson. 2023. Evaluating the importance of individual heterogeneity in reproduction to Weddell seal population dynamics using integral projection models. Journal of Animal Ecology 92:1828-1839. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13975
• Van de Walle, J., R. Fay, J.-M. Gaillard, F. Pelletier, S. Hamel, M. Gamelon, C. Barbraud, F.G. Blanchet, D.T. Blumstein, A. Charmantier, K. Delord, B. Larue, J. Martin, J.A. Mills, E. Milot, F.M. Mayer, J. Rotella, B.-E. Saether, C. Teplitsky, M. van de Pol, D.H. Van Vuren, M.E. Visser, C.P. Wells, J. Yarrall, and S. Jenouvrier. 2023. Individual life histories: neither slow nor fast, just diverse. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290:20230511. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0511
• Rotella, J.J. 2023. Patterns, sources, and consequences of variation in age-specific vital rates: Insights from a long-term study of Weddell seals. Journal of Animal Ecology 92:552-567.  https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13870
• Foster-Dyer, R.T.N., K.T. Goetz, M.H. Pinkerton, T. Iwata, R.R. Holser, S.A. Michael, C. Pritchard, S. Childerhouse, J. Rotella, L. Federwisch, D.P. Costa, and M.A. LaRue. 2023. First observations of Weddell seals foraging in sponges in Erebus Bay, Antarctica. Polar Biology 45:611-621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-023-03149-1
• Kanive, P.E., J.J. Rotella, T.K. Chapple, S.D. Anderson, M. Hoyos-Padilla, A.P. Klimley, F. Galván-Magaña, S. Andrzejaczek, B.A. Block, and S.J. Jorgensen. 2023. Connectivity between white shark populations off Central California, USA and Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Frontiers in Marine Science 10 (9 pgs) - https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1210969
• Lloyd, K. J., W. C. Oosthuizen, J. J. Rotella, M. N. Bester, and P. J. N. de Bruyn. 2023. Density-related reproductive costs and natal conditions predict male life history in a highly polygynous mammal. Animal Behaviour 200:183-197. https://doi-org.proxybz.lib.montana.edu/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.03.006
• Powell, J.H., S.T. Kalinowski, M.L. Taper, J.J. Rotella, C.S. Davis, and R.A. Garrott. 2023. Evidence of an absence of inbreeding depression in a wild population of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii). Entropy 25(3), 403; https://doi.org/10.3390/e25030403
• Petch, S.M., J.J. Rotella, W.A. Link, J.T. Paterson, and R.A. Garrott. 2023. Investigating diverse sources of variation in the amount of time Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) pups spend in the water during the lactation period. Marine Mammal Science 39:6-21. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12955
• Ranglack, D.H., K.M. Proffitt, J.E. Canfield, J.A. Gude, J.J. Rotella, and R.A. Garrott. 2022. Modeling broad-scale patterns of elk summer resource selection in Montana using regional and population-specific models. Ecosphere 13:e4311. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4311
• Fay, R., Hamel, S., van de Pol, M., Gaillard, J.-M., Yoccoz, N.G., Acker, P., M. Authier, B. Larue, C. Le Coeur, K.R. Macdonald, A. Nicol-Harper, C. Barbraud, C. Bonenfant, D.H. Van Vuren, E. Cam, K.Delord, M. Gamelon, M. Moiron, F. Pelletier, J. Rotella, C. Teplitsky, M.E. Visser, C.P. Wells, N.T. Wheelwright, S. Jenouvrier, and B.-E. Sæther. 2022. Temporal correlations among demographic parameters are ubiquitous but highly variable across species. Ecology Letters 25:1640-1654.
• Miller, J.M., E.O. Campbell, J.J. Rotella, K.R. Macdonald, T.S. Gelatt, and C.S. Davis. 2022. Evaluation of novel genomic markers for pedigree construction in an isolated population of Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) at White Island, Antarctica. Conservation Genetics Resources 14:69-80.
• Lehman, C.P., M.J. Yarnall, A.R. Litt, C.T. Rota, and J.J. Rotella.  2022.Factors influencing rate of decline in a Merriam's wild turkey population. Journal of Wildlife Management e22240.
• Paterson, J.T., K.M. Proffitt, and J.J. Rotella. 2022. Incorporating vital rates and harvest into stochastic population models to forecast elk population dynamics. Journal of Wildlife Management 86:e22189.
• Fay, R., M. Authier, S. Hamel, S. Jenouvrier, M. van de Pol, E. Cam, J.-M. Gaillard, N.G. Yoccoz, P. Acker, A. Allen, L.M. Aubry, C. Bonenfant, H. Caswell, C.F.D. Coste, B. Larue, C. Le Coeur, M. Gamelon, K.R. Macdonald, M. Moiron, A. Nicol-Harper, F. Pelletier, J.J. Rotella, C. Teplitsky, L. Touzot, C.P. Wells, and B.-E. Sæther. 2022. Quantifying fixed individual heterogeneity in demographic parameters: Performance of correlated random effects for Bernoulli variables. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 13:91-104.

• LaRue, M., L. Salas, N. Nur, D. Ainley, S. Stammerjohn, J. Pennycook, M. Dozier, J. Saints, K. Stamatiou, L. Barrington, and J. Rotella. 2021. Insights from the first global population estimate of Weddell seals in Antarctica. Science Advances 7:eabh3674.

• Cutting, K.A., J.J. Rotella, E. Grusing, J.A. Waxe, E. Nunlist, and B.F. Sowell. 2021. Nutrient sources for offspring formation: diet–mother and mother–offspring isotope discrimination in domesticated gallinaceous birds. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 57: 553-562.
• Brusa, J.L., J.J. Rotella, K.M. Banner, and P.R. Hutchins. 2021. Challenges and opportunities for comparative studies of survival rates: An example with male pinnipeds. Ecology and Evolution 11:7980–7999.
• Brusa, J.L., J.J. Rotella, and R.A. Garrott. 2021. Influence of age and individual identity in the use of breeding colony habitat by male Weddell seals in Erebus Bay, Antarctica. Marine Mammal Science 37:1277-1291.
• Cutting, K.A., J.J. Rotella, J.A. Waxe, A. O'Harra, S.R.Schroff, L. Berkeley, M. Szczypinski, A.R. Litt, and B.F. Sowell. 2021.Resource allocation effects on the timing of reproduction in an avian habitat specialist. Ecosphere  12(8):e03700.
• Paterson, J. T., K.M. Proffitt, J.J. Rotella, D.E. McWhirter, and R.A. Garrott.  2021.Drivers of variation in the population dynamics of bighorn sheep. Ecosphere12(7):e03679.
• Ainley, D., P. Cziko, N. Nur, J. Rotella, J. Eastman, M. Larue, I. Stirling, and P. Abrams. 2021. Further evidence that Antarctic toothfish are important to Weddell seals. Antarctic Science 33:17-29.
• Kanive, P.E., J.J. Rotella, T.K. Chapple, S.D. Anderson, T.D. White, B.A. Block, S.J. Jorgensen. 2021. Estimates of regional annual abundance and population growth rates of white sharks off central California. Biological Conservation 257: article 109104.
• Proffitt, K.M., A.B. Courtemanch, S.R. Dewey, B. Lowrey, D.E. McWhirter, K.L. Monteith, J.T. Paterson, J.J. Rotella, P.J. White, and R.A. Garrott. 2021.Regional variability in pregnancy and survival rates of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. Ecosphere12:e03410. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3410
• Deane, C.E., J.J. Rotella, J.M. Warren, R.A. Garrott, and D.N. Koons. 2021. Nasal discs and the vital rates of lesser scaup. Journal of Wildlife Management 85:723-729.
• Proffitt, K.M., R. Garrott,  J.A. Gude, M. Hebblewhite, B. Jimenez, J.T. Paterson, and J. Rotella. 2020. Integrated carnivore‐ungulate management: a case study in west‐central Montana. Wildlife Monographs 206:1-28.
• Macdonald, K.R., J.J. Rotella, R.A. Garrott, and W.A. Link. 2020. Sources of variation in maternal allocation in a long-lived mammal. Journal of Animal Ecology 89:1927–1940
• Glassic, H.C., C.S. Guy, J.J. Rotella, C.J. Nagel, D. 2020. Fort Peck paddlefish population survival and abundance in the Missouri River. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 36:559-567.
• Yarnall, M.J., A.R. Litt, C.P. Lehman, and J.J. Rotella. 2020. Precipitation and reproduction are negatively associated with female turkey survival. Journal of Wildlife Management 84:1153-1163.
• Brusa, J.L., J.J. Rotella, R.A. Garrott, J.T. Paterson, and W.A. Link. 2020. Variation of annual apparent survival and detection rates with age, year and individual identity in male Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) from long‐term mark‐recapture data. Population Ecology 62:134–150.
  
• Mosher, B.A., V.A. Saab, M.D. Lerch, M.M. Ellis, and J.J. Rotella. 2019. Forest birds exhibit variable changes in occurrence during a mountain pine beetle epidemic. Ecosphere 10(12): e02935.
• Paterson, J.T., K.M. Proffitt, J.J. Rotella, and R.A. Garrott. 2019. An improved understanding of ungulate population dynamics using count data: Insights from western Montana. PLOS ONE 14(12): e0226492.
• Kanive, P.E., J.J. Rotella, S.J. Jorgensen, T.K. Chapple, J.E. Hines, S.D. Anderson, and B.A. Block. 2019. Size-specific apparent survival rate estimates of white sharks using mark-recapture models. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76: 2027-2034.
  
• Mayfield, M.P., T.E. McMahon, J.J. Rotella, R.E. Gresswell, T. Selch, P. Saffel, J. Lindstrom, and B. Liermann. 2019. Application of multistate modeling to estimate salmonid survival and movement in relation to spatial and temporal variation in metal exposure in a mining-impacted river. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76:2057-2068.
• Paterson, J.T., K. Proffitt, B. Jimenez, J. Rotella, and R. Garrott. 2019. Simulation-based validation of spatial capture-recapture models: A case study using mountain lions. PLOS ONE 14(4): e0215458.
• Cutting, K.A., J.J. Rotella, S.R. Schroff, M.R. Frisina, J.A. Waxe, E. Nunlist, and B.F. Sowell. 2019. Maladaptive nest-site selection by a sagebrush dependent species in a grazing-modified landscape. Journal of Environmental Management 236: 622–30.
• Butler, C. J., W. H. Edwards, J.T. Paterson, K.M. Proffitt, J.E. Jennings-Gaines, H.J. Killion, M.E. Wood, J.M. Ramsey, E.S. Almberg, S.R. Dewey, D.E. McWhirter, A.B. Courtemanch, P.J. White, J.J. Rotella, and R.A. Garrott. 2018. Respiratory pathogens and their association with population performance in Montana and Wyoming bighorn sheep populations. PloS One 13:e0207780.
• Paterson, J.T., J.J. Rotella, W.A. Link, and R.A. Garrott. 2018. Variation in the vital rates of an Antarctic marine predator: the role of individual heterogeneity. Ecology 99:2385-2396.
• Flesch, E.P., J.J. Rotella, J.M. Thomson, T.A. Graves, and R.A. Garrott. 2018. Evaluating samples size to estimate genetic management metrics in the genomics era. Molecular Ecology Resources 18:1077-1091.
• Harmata, A.R., J.M. Marzluff, and J.J. Rotella. 2018. Survival of Montana Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130:305-312.
  
• Butler, C.J., W.H. Edwards, J.E. Jennings-Gaines, H.J. Killion, M.E. Wood, D.E. McWhirter DE, J.T. Paterson, K.M. Proffitt, E.S. Almberg, P.J. White, J.J. Rotella, and R.A. Garrott. 2017. Assessing respiratory pathogen communities in bighorn sheep populations: Sampling realities, challenges, and improvements. PLoS ONE 12: e0180689.
  
• Salas, L., N. Nur, D. Ainley, J. Burns, J. Rotella, and G. Ballard. 2017. Coping with the loss of large, energy-dense prey: A potential bottleneck for Weddell Seals in the Ross Sea. Ecological Applications 27:10-25.
• Ranglack, D.H., K.M. Proffitt, J.E. Canfield, J.A. Gude, J.J. Rotella, and R.A. Garrott.  2017. Security areas for elk during archery and rifle hunting seasons. Journal of Wildlife Management 81:778-791.
• Rotella, J.J. 2017. Book Review: Birds of Montana. Condor 119:172-173.
• Paterson, J.T., J.J Rotella, J.M. Mannas, and R.A. Garrott. 2016. Patterns of age-related change in reproductive effort differ in the prenatal and postnatal periods in a long-lived mammal. J. Animal Ecology 85:1540-1551.
• Chapple, T.K., T. Chambert, P.E. Kanive, S.J. Jorgensen, J.J. Rotella, S.D. Anderson, A.B. Carlisle and B.A. Block. 2016. A novel application of multi-event modeling to estimate class segregation in a highly migratory oceanic vertebrate. Ecology 97:3494–3502.
• Rotella, J.J., J.T. Paterson, and R.A. Garrott. 2016. Birth dates vary with fixed and dynamic maternal features, offspring sex, and extreme climatic events in a high-latitude marine mammal. Ecology & Evolution 6:1930-1941.
  
• Skone, B.R., J.J. Rotella, and J. Walker. 2016. Waterfowl production from winter wheat fields in North and South Dakota. Journal of Wildlife Management 80:127-137.
• Brummer, T.J., K.T. Taylor, J.J. Rotella, B.D. Maxwell, L.J. Rew, M. Lavin. 2016. Drivers of Bromus tectorum abundance in the western North American sagebrush steppe. Ecosystems 19:986-1000. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-016-9980-3.
• DeVoe, J.D., R.A. Garrott, J.J. Rotella, S.R. Challender, P.J. White, M. O'Reilly, and C.J. Butler. 2015. Summer range occupancy modeling of non-native mountain goats in the greater Yellowstone area. Ecosphere 6:art217.
• Stadum, J., J.M. Warren, and J.J. Rotella. 2015. Breeding season occupancy of long-billed curlews and sandhill cranes in grazed habitats at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Montana. Intermountain Journal of Sciences 21:15-28.
• Paterson, J.T., J.J. Rotella, K.R. Arrigo, and R.A. Garrott. 2015. Tight coupling of primary production and marine mammal reproduction in the Southern Ocean. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282: 20143137.
• Kanive, P.E., J.J. Rotella, S.J. Jorgensen, T.K. Chapple, S.D. Anderson, A.P. Klimley, and B.A. Block. 2015. Estimating apparent survival of sub-adult and adult white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in central California using mark-recapture methods. Frontiers in Marine Science: 2 (19 pages).
  
• Chambert, T.C., J.J. Rotella, R.A. Garrott. 2015.  Female Weddell seals show flexible strategies of colony attendance related to varying environmental conditions. Ecology 96:479–488.
• Koons, D.N., G. Gunnarsson, J.A. Schmutz, and J.J. Rotella. 2014. Drivers of waterfowl population dynamics: from teal to swans. Wildfowl Special Issue 4:169-191. 
• Stauffer, G.E., J.J. Rotella, R.A. Garrott, and W.L. Kendall. 2014. Environmental correlates of temporary emigration for female Weddell seals and consequences for recruitment. Ecology 95:2526-2536.
• Péron, G., J. Walker, J.J. Rotella, J.E. Hines, J.D. Nichols. 2014.  Estimating nest abundance while accounting for time-to-event processes and imperfect detection. Ecology 95:2548-2557. 
• Chambert, T.C., J.J. Rotella, R.A. Garrott. 2014. An evolutionary perspective on reproductive individual heterogeneity in a marine vertebrate. Journal of Animal Ecology 84:1158-1168.
• Johnson, O.W., P.M. Johnson, & J.J. Rotella. 2014. Survival of Pacific Golden-Plovers at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific – an urban wintering ground on Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Wader Study Group Bulletin 121:18-22.
• Chambert, T., J.J. Rotella, and M.D. Higgs.  2014. Use of posterior predictive checks as an inferential tool for investigating individual heterogeneity in animal population vital rates. Ecology & Evolution 4:1389-1397.
• Cutting, K., K.A. Hobson, J.J. Rotella, J.M. Warren, J.Y. Takekawa, S.E.W. DeLa Cruz, and M. Parker.  2014. Relative contributions of lipid sources to eggs of lesser scaup. J. Avian Biology 45:197-201. 
• Oliveria-Filho, A., R. T. Pennington, J. Rotella, M. Lavin. 2014. Exploring evolutionarily meaningful vegetation definitions in the tropics: a community phylogenetic approach. Pages 239-260 in D.A. Coomes, D.F.R.P. Burslem, and W.D. Simonson, eds.  Forests and Global Change. Cambridge University Press, UK.
• Walker, J., J.J. Rotella, S.E. Stephens, M.S. Lindberg, J.K. Ringelman, C.M. Hunter, and A.J. Smith. 2013. Time-lagged variation in pond density and primary productivity affects duck nest survival in the Prairie Pothole Region. Ecological Applications 23:1061-1074.
• Chambert, T., J.J. Rotella, M.D. Higgs, and R.A. Garrott. 2013. Individual heterogeneity in reproductive rates and cost of reproduction in a long-lived vertebrate. Ecology and Evolution 3:2047-2060.
• Stauffer, G.E., J.J. Rotella, and R.A. Garrott. 2013. Birth-year and current-year influences on survival and recruitment rates of female Weddell seals. Population Ecology 55:405-415.
• Walker, J., J.J. Rotella, C, Loesch, R.W. Renner, J.K. Ringelman, M.S. Lindberg, R. Dell, and K.E. Doherty.  2013.  An integrated strategy for grassland easement acquisition in the Prairie Pothole Region, USA. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 4:267-279.
• Oliveria-Filho, A., D. Cardoso, B. Schrire, G. Lewis, T. Pennington, T.J. Brummer, J. Rotella, and M. Lavin. 2013. Stability structures tropical woody plant diversity more than seasonality: Insights into the ecology of high legume-succulent-plant biodiversity. South African Journal of Botany 89:42-57.
• Stauffer, G.E., J.J. Rotella, and R.A. Garrott. 2013. Variability in temporary emigration rates of individually marked female Weddell seals prior to first reproduction. Oecologia 172:129-140.
• Walker, J., J.J. Rotella, J.S. Schmidt, C.R. Loesch, R.E. Reynolds, M.S. Lindberg, J.K. Ringelman, S.E. Stephens. 2013. Distribution of duck broods relative to habitat characteristics in the Prairie Pothole Region. Journal of Wildlife Management 77:392-404.
• Cam, E., O. Gimenez, R. Alpizar-Jara, L.M. Aubry, M. Authier, E.G. Cooch, D.N. Koons, W.A. Link, J.-Y. Monnat, J.D. Nichols, J.J. Rotella, J.A. Royle, R. Pradel. 2013. Looking for a needle in a haystack: inference about individual fitness components in a heterogeneous population. Oikos 122:739-753. 
• Chambert, T.C., J.J. Rotella, R.A. Garrott. 2012.  Environmental extremes versus ecological extremes: Impact of a massive iceberg on the population dynamics of a high-level Antarctic marine predator.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279:4532-4541.
• Wilson,M.W., B. O'Donhughe, B. O'Mahony, C. Cullen, T. O'Donohughe, G. Oliver,G. B. Ryan, P. Troake, S. Irwin, T.C. Kelly, J.J.  Rotella, and J. O'Halloran.  2012. Mismatches between breeding success and habitat preferences in Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus breeding in forested landscapes. Ibis 154:578-589. 
• Rotella, J.J., W.A. Link, T. Chambert, G.E. Stauffer, and R.A. Garrott.  2012. Evaluating the demographic buffering hypothesis with vital rates estimated for Weddell seals from 30 years of mark-recapture data.  Journal of Animal Ecology 81:162-173.
• Garrott, R.A., J.J. Rotella, D.B. Siniff, C.L. Parkinson, and G.E. Stauffer.  2012. Environmental variation and cohort effects in an Antarctic predator.  Oikos 121:1027-1040.
• Cutting, K.A., K.A. Hobson, J.J. Rotella, J.M. Warren, S.E. Wainwright-de la Cruz, and J.Y. Takekawa.  2011.  Endogenous contributions to egg protein formation in lesser scaup. Journal of Avian Biology 42:505-513.
• Saab, V.A., R.E. Russell, J. J. Rotella, and J.G. Dudley.  2011.  Modeling nest survival of cavity-nesting birds in relation to postfire salvage logging.  Journal of Wildlife Management 75:794-804.
• Sawaya, M.A., T.K. Ruth, S. Creel, J.J. Rotella, J.B. Stetz, H.B. Quigley, and S.T. Kalinowski.  2011. Evaluation of noninvasive genetic sampling methods for cougars in Yellowstone National Park.  Journal of Wildlife Management 75:612-622.
• LaRue, M.A., J.J. Rotella, R.A. Garrott, D.B. Siniff, D. Ainley, G.E. Stauffer, C.C. Porter, and P.J. Morin. 2011. Satellite imagery can be used to detect spatial and temporal variation in abundance of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in Erebus Bay, Antarctica.  Polar Biology 34:1727-1737.
• Proffitt, K.M., J.J. Rotella, and R.A. Garrott. 2010. Effects of pup age, maternal age, and birth date on pre-weaning survival of Weddell seals in Erebus Bay, Antarctica.  Oikos 119:1255-1264.
• Creel, S. & J.J. Rotella. 2010. Meta-analysis of relationships between human offtake, total mortality and population dynamics of gray wolves (Canis lupus). PLoS One 5(9):e12918. 
• McMahon, T., J. Robison-Cox, J. Rotella, T. Horton, and B. Kerans. 2010. Trout population responses to whirling disease epizootics in Montana rivers. Pages 195-202 in Proceedings of the Wild Trout X Symposium, Sept 2010, West Yellowstone, MT. 
• Rotella, J.J., W.A. Link, J.D. Nichols, G.L. Hadley, R.A. Garrott, and K.M. Proffitt. 2009. An evaluation of density-dependent and -independent influences on population growth rates in Weddell seals.  Ecology 90:975-984.
• Russell, R.E., V.A. Saab, J.J. Rotella, and J.G. Dudley. 2009. Detection probabilities of woodpecker nests in mixed conifer forests in Oregon. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121:82-88.
• Garrott, R.A., P.J. White, and J.J. Rotella. 2009. The Madison Headwaters elk herd: stability in an inherently variable environment.  Chapter 11 in R.A. Garrott, P.J. White, and F.G.R. Watson, editors, The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone: Sixteen Years of Integrated Field Studies.  Volume 3 in the Academic Press Terrestrial Ecology Series, San Diego, CA. 
• Garrott, R.A., P.J. White, and J.J. Rotella. 2009. The Madison Headwaters elk herd: transitioning from bottom–up regulation to top–down limitation.  Chapter 23 in R.A. Garrott, P.J. White, and F.G.R. Watson, editors, The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone: Sixteen Years of Integrated Field Studies.  Volume 3 in the Academic Press Terrestrial Ecology Series, San Diego, CA. 
• Rotella, J.J. 2009. Estimating reproductive costs with multi-state mark recapture models, multiple observable states, and temporary emigration.  Pages 157-174 in: Thompson, D. L., E.G. Cooch, and M.J. Conroy (Eds.).  Modeling demographic processes in marked populations. Monograph Series in Environmental and Ecological Statistics, Vol. 3.  Springer.
• Howerter, D.W., J.J. Rotella, M.G. Anderson, L.M. Armstrong, and J.H. Devries.  2008. Mallard nest-site selection in an altered environment: Predictions and patterns.  Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 54:437-460.
• Warren, J., J.J. Rotella, J. Thompson. 2008. Contrasting effects of cattle grazing intensity on upland-nesting duck production at nest and field scales in the Aspen Parkland, Canada.  Avian Conservation and Ecology - Écologie et conservation des oiseaux 3(2):6 [15 pages online].
• Proffitt, K.M., R.A. Garrott, and J.J. Rotella. 2008. Variation in offspring sex ratio among individual Weddell seal females of different quality.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62:1679-1687.
• Proffitt, K.M., R.A. Garrott, and J.J. Rotella. 2008. Long-term evaluation of body mass at weaning and post-weaning survival rates of Weddell seals in Erebus Bay, Antarctica. Marine Mammal Science 24:677-689.
• Hadley, G.L., J.J. Rotella, and R.A. Garrott. 2008. Spatial variation in age-specific probabilities of first reproduction for Weddell seals.  Oikos 117:1165-1174.
• Proffitt, K.M., R.A. Garrott, J.J. Rotella, and S. Lele. 2008. Using form analysis techniques to improve photogrammetric mass-estimation methods. Marine Mammal Science 24:147-158.
• Siniff, D.B., R. A. Garrott, J.J. Rotella, W.R. Fraser, and D.G. Ainley.  2008. Projecting the effects of environmental change on Antarctic seals.  Antarctic Science 20:425-435.
• Proffitt, K.M., R.A. Garrott, J.J. Rotella, and K.E. Wheatley. 2007. Environmental and senescent related variations in Weddell seal body mass: implications for age-specific reproductive performance.  Oikos 116:1683-1690.
• Hadley, G.L., J.J. Rotella, and R.A. Garrott. 2007. Evaluation of reproductive costs for Weddell Seals in Erebus Bay, Antarctica.  Journal of Animal Ecology 76:448-458.
• Proffitt, K. M., R. A. Garrott, J. J. Rotella, D. B. Siniff, and J. W. Testa. 2007. Exploring linkages between abiotic oceanographic processes and a top-trophic predator in an Antarctic ecosystem. Ecosystems 10:119-126.
• Hadley, G.L., J.J. Rotella, and R.A. Garrott. 2007. Influence of maternal characteristics and oceanographic conditions on survival and recruitment probabilities of Weddell seals. Oikos 116:601-613.
• Proffitt, K. M., R. A. Garrott, J. J. Rotella, and J. Banfield. 2007.  The importance of considering prediction variance in analyses using photogrammetric mass estimates.  Marine Mammal Science 23:65-76.
• Moynahan, B.J., M.S. Lindberg, J. J. Rotella, and J.W. Thomas. 2007.  Factors affecting nest survival of greater sage-grouse in northcentral Montana.  Journal of Wildlife Management 71:1773-1783.
• Rotella, J.J.  2007.  Modeling nest-survival data: recent improvements and future directions.  Studies in Avian Biology 34:145-148.
• Rotella, J.J., M.L. Taper, S.E. Stephens, M.S. Lindberg.  2007.  Extending methods for modeling heterogeneity in nest-survival data using generalized mixed models.  Studies in Avian Biology 34:34-44.
• Sturdivant, R.X., J.J. Rotella, R.E. Russell. 2007. A smoothed residual based goodness-of-fit statistic for nest-survival models.  Studies in Avian Biology 34:45-54.
• Hadley, G.L., J.J. Rotella, R.A. Garrott, and J.D. Nichols. 2006. Variation in probability of first reproduction of Weddell seals.  Journal of Animal Ecology 75:1058-1070.
• Koons, D. N., J. J. Rotella, D. W. Willey, M. Taper, R. G. Clark, S. Slattery, R. W. Brook, R. M. Corcoran, and J. R. Lovvorn. 2006. Lesser Scaup population dynamics: what can be learned from available data?. Avian Conservation and Ecology - Écologie et conservation des oiseaux 1(3):6 [online].
• Russell, R. E., V. A. Saab, J. Dudley, and J. J. Rotella. 2006. Snag longevity in relation to wildfire and postfire salvage logging.  Forest Ecology and Management 232:179-187.
• Ireland, D., R. A. Garrott, J. J. Rotella, and J. Banfield. 2006. Development and application of a mass-estimation method for Weddell seals.  Marine Mammal Science 22:361-378.
• Rotella, J.J. 2006. Nest survival. Chapter 17 in Cooch, E., & White, G., editors. Program MARK: a gentle introduction. Available in. pdf format for free download at http://www.phidot.org/software/mark/docs/book/
• Stephens, S.E., J. J. Rotella, M.S. Lindberg, M.L. Taper, and J.K. Ringelman. 2005. Duck nest survival in the Missouri Coteau of North Dakota: landscape effects at multiple spatial scales. Ecological Applications 15:2137-2149
• Sedinger, J., and J. Rotella. 2005. Effect of harvest on sage-grouse Centrocercus urophasianus populations: what can we learn from the current data? Wildlife Biology 11:371-375.
• Rotella, J.J., and J.E. Hines. 2005.  Effects of tag loss on direct estimates of population growth rate.  Ecology 86:821-827.
• Rotella, J.J., S. J. Dinsmore, T.L. Shaffer.  2004.  Modeling nest-survival data: a comparison of recently developed methods that can be implemented in MARK and SAS.  Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 27:187-204.
• Walker, J., S.S. Stephens, M.S. Lindberg, and J.J. Rotella.  2004.  Duck nesting success in North Dakota road rights-of-way: are all small grassland patches ecological traps?  Prairie Naturalist 36:1-10.
• Stephens, S.S, D.N. Koons, J.J. Rotella, and D. W. Willey.  2004.  Effects of habitat fragmentation on avian nesting success: a review of the evidence at multiple spatial scales.  Biological Conservation 115:101-110.
• Koons, D.N., and J.J. Rotella. 2003. Have lesser scaup, Aythya affinis, reproductive rates declined in parkland Manitoba? Canadian Field Naturalist 117:582-588.
• Rotella, J.J., R.G. Clark, and A.A. Afton.  2003.  Survival of female Lesser Scaup: effects of body size, age, and reproductive effort.  Condor 105:340-351.
• Creel S., G. Spong, J.L. Sands, J.J. Rotella, J.L. Zeigle, K. Murphy, and D. Smith.  2003.  Population size estimation in Yellowstone wolves with error-prone noninvasive microsatellite genotypes.  Molecular Ecology 12:2003-2009.
• Koons D.N., and J.J. Rotella. 2003.  Comparative nesting success of sympatric lesser scaup and ring-necked duck.  Journal of Field Ornithology 74:222-229.
• Garrott, R.A., L.L. Eberhardt, P.J. White, and J. J. Rotella.  2003.  Climate-induced variation in vital rates of an unharvested large-herbivore population.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 81:1-13.
• Podruzny, K.M., J.H. Devries, L. Armstrong, and J.J. Rotella.  2002.  Long-term responses of northern pintails to wetlands and agriculture in the Canadian prairie parklands.  Journal of Wildlife Management 66:993-1010.
• Hansen A.J. and J.J. Rotella. 2002.  Rural Development and Biodiversity: A Case Study from Greater Yellowstone.  Levitt, J. ed. Conservation in the Internet Age.  Island Press. New York, NY.
• Hansen A.J. and J.J. Rotella. 2002.  Biophysical factors, land use, and species viability in and around nature reserves. Conservation Biology 16:1112-1122.
• Hansen, A.J., R. Rasker, B. Maxwell, J.J. Rotella, J. Johnson, A. Wright Parmenter, U. Langner, W.B. Cohen, R.L. Lawrence, and M.P.V. Kraska.  2002.  Ecological causes and consequences of demographic change in the New West.  BioScience 52:151-162.
• Johnson, O.W., P.L. Bruner, J.J. Rotella, P.M. Johnson, and A.E. Bruner.  2001.  Long-term study of apparent survival in pacific golden-plovers at a wintering ground on Oahu, Hawaiian Islands .  Auk 118:342-351.
• Lavin, M.L., M.F Wojiciechowski, A. Richman, J.J. Rotella, M.J. Sanderson, and A.B. Metos.  2001.  Identifying Tertiary radiations of Fabaceae in the Greater Antilles: alternatives to cladistic vicariance analysis.  International Journal of Plant Sciences 162(6 Suppl.):S53-S76.
• Hansen, A.J. and J.J. Rotella. 2001. Nature Reserves and Land Use: Implications of the "Place" Principle. In Dale, V. and R. Haeuber, eds. Applying Ecological Principles to Land Management. Springer Verlag, New York, NY.  In Press.
• Rotella, J.J., M.L. Taper, and A.J. Hansen.  2000.  Correcting nesting success estimates for possible observer effects: maximum likelihood estimates of daily survival rates with reduced bias.  Auk 117:92-109.
• Hansen, A.J., and J.J. Rotella.  2000.  Bird response to forest fragmentation.  Pp. 201-219 in R. L. Knight, F.W. Smith, S.W. Buskirk, W.H. Romme, and W.L. Baker, eds.  Forest Fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. University Press of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
• Hansen, A.J., J.J. Rotella, M.L. Kraska and D. Brown. 2000. Spatial patterns of primary productivity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Landscape Ecology. 15:505-522.
• Rotella, J.R., E.M. Madden, and A.J. Hansen.  1999.  Sampling considerations for estimating abundance of passerines in grasslands. In Ecology and Conservation of Grassland Birds in the Western Hemisphere (P. Vickery and J. Herkert, eds.).  Studies in Avian Biology 19:237-243.
• Hansen, A.J., and J.J. Rotella.  1999.  Environmental gradients and biodiversity.  Pp. 161-209 in M. Hunter, ed.  Managing forests for biodiversity.  Cambridge University Press, London, U.K.
• Hansen, A.J., A. Gallant, J.J. Rotella, D. Brown. 1999.  Natural and human drivers of biodiversity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Pgs. 61-70 in Land use history of North America: Providing a context for understanding environmental change. T. Sisk, (ed.),  Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.
• Hansen, A.J., J.J. Rotella, M.L. Kraska, and D. Brown.  1999.  Dynamic habitat and population analysis: An approach to resolve the biodiversity manger’s dilemma.  Ecological Applications 9:1459-1476.
• Bacon, L.M., and J.J. Rotella.  1998. Breeding ecology of interior least terns on the unregulated Yellowstone River, Montana. J. Field Ornithol. 69:391-401.
• Bousquet, K.R., and J.J. Rotella.  1998.  Reproductive success of sharp-tailed grouse in central Montana.  Prairie Naturalist.  30:63-70.
• Butler, M.A., and J.J. Rotella.  1998. Validity of using artificial nests to assess duck-nest success.  J. Wildl. Manage. 62:163-171.
• Clawson, M.R., and J.J. Rotella. 1998. Success of artificial nests in CRP fields, native vegetation, and field borders in southwestern Montana. J. Field Ornith. 69:180-191.
• Zelenak, J.R., and J.J. Rotella. 1997.  Nest success and productivity of ferruginous hawks in northern Montana. Can. J. Zool. 75:1035-1041.
• Zelenak, J.R., J.J. Rotella, and A.R. Harmata. 1997. Survival of fledgling Ferruginous Hawks in northern Montana. Can. J. Zool. 75:152-156.
• Mitchell, C.D., and J.J. Rotella. 1997. Brood amalgamation of trumpeter swans. Wildfowl 48:1-5.
• Rotella, J.J., J. T. Ratti, K.P. Reese, M.L. Taper, and B. Dennis. 1996. Long-term population analysis of gray partridge in eastern Washington. J. Wildl. Manage. 60:817-825.
• Rotella, J. J., J. H. Devries, and D. W. Howerter. 1995. Evaluation of methods for estimating density of breeding female mallards. J. Field Ornithol. 66:391 399.
• Rotella, J. J., D. W. Howerter, T. P Sankowski, and J. H. Devries. 1993. Nesting effort by wild mallards with three types of radio transmitters. J. Wildl. Manage. 57:690 695.
• Amold, T. W. M. D. Sorenson, and J. J. Rotella. 1993. Relative success of overwater and upland mallard nests in southwestern Manitoba. J. Wildl. Manage. 57:578 581.
• Rotella, J. J., and J. T. Ratti. 1992. Mallard brood movements and wetland selection in southwestern Manitoba. J. Wildl. Manage. 56:508 515. 
• Rotella, J. J., and J. T. Ratti. 1992. Mallard brood survival and wetland habitat conditions in southwestern Manitoba. J. Wildl. Manage. 56:499 507.
• Rotella, J. J., and J. T. Ratti. 1990. Use of methoxyflurane to reduce nest abandonment of mallards. J. Wildl. Manage. 54:627 628.
• Ratti, J. T., and J. J. Rotella. 1989. Test of a density index assumption for gray partridge: a reply. J. Wildl. Manage. 53:1133 1134.
• Rotella, J. J., and J. T. Ratti. 1988. Seasonal variation in gray partridge vocal behavior. Condor 90:304 310.
• Rotella, J. J., and J. T. Ratti. 1986. Test of a critical density index assumption: a case study with gray partridge. J. Wildl. Manage. 50:532 539.

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