All of my papers are available below. If you have questions or can’t find a copy, please email me or the corresponding author!
Undergraduate authors are noted with *, and their papers are also listed here.
2025
[53] Ng, E, CM Wood, HA Kramer, J Winiarski, K McGinn, SA Whitmore, J Eisman, K Kelly, MZ Peery. Severe fire has impacted populations of the California spotted owl more than fuels management or drought-related tree mortality. Forest Ecology and Management (in press).
[52] Wood, CM. Suggestions for extending, expanding, and integrating passive acoustic monitoring programs. Ecological Indicators (in press)
2025
[51] Winiarski, J, SA Whitmore, CM Wood, J Eisman, E Netoskie, M Beiber, HA Kramer, K Kelly, K McGinn, C Thompson, SC Sawyer, S Kahl, H Klinck, MZ Peery. Passive acoustic monitoring provides insights into occupancy dynamics and the effects of environmental disturbances for an at-risk species. Ecological Applications (in press).
[50] McGinn, K, GM Jones, HA Kramer, SA Whitmore, JM Winiarski, EM Ng, CM Wood, SC Sawyer, C Thompson, and MZ Peery. Fuels management mitigates megafires to the benefit of old forest species. Forest Ecology and Management (in press).
[49] Barry, JM, CM Wood, GM Jones, KA McGinn, KG Kelly, HA Kramer, DF Hofstadter, S Kahl, H Klinck, NF Kryshak, BP Dotters, KN Roberts, JJ Keane, E Ng, and MZ Peery. Divergent responses of native predators to severe wildfire and biological invasion are mediated by life history. Ecological Applications 35(7): e70135.
[48] Sanderlin, J, GM Jones, BE Strohmeyer, CM Wood, VS Foster, R Guaderrama, A Chavez, P Handley, S Kahl, R Kirby, KE Norman, and J Williams. Expanding biodiversity monitoring in the southwestern United States with passive acoustic monitoring. Southwestern Naturalist 69(4): 1-11.
[47] Gustafson, ML, K McGinn, JA Heys, SC Sawyer, and CM Wood. Rapid implementation and adaptive design of a large-scale monitoring program for a declining species. Biological Conservation 311: 111442.
[46] Gustafson, ML and CM Wood. A first report on Mexican Whip-poor-will distribution and detectability across Southern California. The Southwestern Naturalist, 69(3): 1-4.
[45] Brunk, KB, HA Kramer, S Kahl, MZ Peery, and CM Wood. Assessing spatial variability and efficacy of surrogate species at an ecosystem scale. Conservation Biology 39(5): e7058.
[44] Brunk, KB, C Maxwell, MZ Peery, GM Jones, L Gallagher, J Goldberg, HA Kramer, AL Westerling, JJ Keane, S Kahl, and CM Wood. Bioregional-scale acoustic monitoring can support fire-prone forest restoration planning. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 23(7): e2843.
[43] Erickson-Harris, G*, CM Wood, and KB Brunk. A simple, quantitative determination of the appropriate duration of site closure to improve occupancy modeling for nomadic species. Diversity and Distributions 31(3): e70011.
[42] McGinn, KA, B Zuckerberg, GM Jones, CM Wood, S Kahl, KG Kelly, SA Whitmore, HA Kramer, JM Barry, E Ng, and MZ Peery. Frequent, heterogeneous fire supports a forest owl assemblage. Ecological Applications. 35:e3080.
2024
[41] Bielski, L* and CM Wood. Trading places: opposite colonization and extinction responses of the hermit warbler and western bluebird to the 2021 Dixie Fire. California Fish and Wildlife Journal 110:e14.
[40] Wood, CM, F Günther, A Rex, DF Hofstadter, H Reers, S Kahl, MZ Peery, and H Klinck. Real-time acoustic monitoring facilitates the proactive management of biological invasions. Biological Invasions. doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03426-y
[39] De León-Girón, G, T Gaona-Melo, G Ruiz-Campos, SA Eyes, and CM Wood. Vocalization recordings of the Spotted Owl in California (Strix occidentalis) in the Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Mexico. Western North American Naturalist 84 (1): 153-157.
[38] Wood, CM and S Kahl. Guidelines for the appropriate use of BirdNET output scores and other detector outputs. Journal of Ornithology. doi: 10.1007/s10336-024-02144-5.
[37] Wood, CM, JB Socolar, S Kahl, MZ Peery, P Chaon, K Kelly, R Koch, SC Sawyer, H Klinck. A scalable and transferable approach to combining emerging conservation technologies to identify biodiversity change after large disturbances. Journal of Applied Ecology 61:797-808.
[36] Bielski*, L, K McGinn, CA Cansler, MZ Peery, and CM Wood. Can the Hermit Warbler serve as an old-forest indicator species in the Sierra Nevada? Journal of Field Ornithology 95(1): 4.
[35] Hack*, B, CA Cansler, MZ Peery, and CM Wood. Fine-scale forest structure, not management regime, drive occupancy of a declining songbird, the Olive-sided Flycatcher, in the core of its range. Ornithological Applications 126:1-9.
[34] Sossover*, D, K Burrows*, S Kahl, and CM Wood. Using the BirdNET algorithm to identify wolves, coyotes, and potentially their interactions in a large audio dataset. Mammal Research 69: 159-165.
2023
[33] Kramer, HA, KG Kelly, SA Whitmore, WJ Berigan, DS Reid, CM Wood, H Klinck, S Kahl, P Manley, SC Sawyer, and MZ Peery. Using bioacoustics to enhance the efficiency of spotted owl surveys and facilitate forest restoration. Journal of Wildlife Management 88 (2): e22533
[32] Kelly, KG, CM Wood, KA McGinn, HA Kramer, SC Sawyer, SA Whitmore, DS Reid, S Kahl, A Reiss, J Eiseman, W Berigan, JJ Keane, P Shaklee, L Gallagher, H Klinck, RJ Gutiérrez, and MZ Peery. Estimating population size for California spotted owls and barred owls across the Sierra Nevada with bioacoustics. Ecological Indicators 154: 110851.
[31] Watson, WA, CM Wood, KG Kelly, DF Hofstadter, KF Kryshak, CJ Zulla, V O’Rourke, JJ Keane, RJ Gutiérrez, and MZ Peery. Passive acoustic indicates Barred Owls are established in northern coastal California and management intervention is warranted. Ornithological Applications 125(3): duad017.
[30] Wood, CM, A Barceinas Cruz, and S Kahl. Pairing a user-friendly machine learning animal sound detector with passive acoustic surveys for occupancy modeling of an endangered primate. American Journal of Primatology e23507.
[29] Wood, CM, S Kahl, R Van Horne, and C Brown. Passive acoustic surveys and a novel machine learning tool reveal detailed spatiotemporal variation in the vocal activity of two Anurans. Bioacoustics. doi: 10.1080/09524622.2023.2211544.
[28] Wood, CM, J Champion, C Brown, W Brommelsiek, I Laredo, R Rogers, and P Chaopricha. Challenges and opportunities for bioacoustics in the study of rare species in remote environments. Conservation Science and Practice e12941.
[27] Brunk, KM, RJ Gutiérrez, CA Cansler, MZ Peery, and CM Wood. Quail on fire: Changing fire regimes may benefit mountain quail in fire-adapted forests. Fire Ecology 19:19
[26] Ross, S RPJ, DP O’Connell, M Bolgan, JL Deichmann, C Desjonquéres, A Gasc, JN Phillips, SS Sethi, CM Wood, Z Burivalova. Passive acoustic monitoring provides a fresh perspective on fundamental ecological questions. Functional Ecology 00:1-17.
[25] McGinn, K, S Kahl, H Klinck, MZ Peery, and CM Wood. Feature embeddings from the BirdNET algorithm provide insights into avian ecology. Ecological Informatics 74: 101995.
2022
[24] Kryshak, NF, ED Fountain, DF Hofstadter, BP Dotters, KN Roberts, CM Wood, KG Kelly, IF Schwarcz, PJ Kulzer, AK Wray, HA Kramer, JP Dumbacher, JJ Keane, PA Shaklee, RJ Gutierrez, MZ Peery. DNA metabarcoding reveals the threat of rapidly expanding barred owl populations to native wildlife in western North America. Biological Conservation 273: 109678.
[ 23 ] CM Wood and MZ Peery. 2022. What does “occupancy” mean in passive acoustic surveys? Ibis 164(4): 1295-1300.
[ 22 ] CM Wood, S Kahl, A Rahaman, and H Klinck. 2022. The machine learning-powered BirdNET App reduces barriers to global bird research by enabling citizen science participation. PLoS Biology 20(6): e3001670.
[ 21 ] Reid, D, CM Wood, SA Whitmore, WJ Berigan, HA Kramer, N Kryshak, JJ Keane, SC Sawyer, RJ Gutiérrez, H Klinck, MZ Peery. 2022. Breeding status shapes territoriality and vocalization patterns in spotted owls. Journal of Avian Biology e02952.
[ 20 ] Hofstadter, DF, NF Kryshak, CM Wood, BP Dotters, KN Roberts, KG Kelly, JJ Keane, SC Sawyer, PA Shaklee, HA Kramer, RJ Gutiérrez, and MZ Peery. 2022. Arresting the spread of invasive species in continental systems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. doi: 10.1002/fee.2458.
2021
[ 19 ] Hofstadter, DF, NF Kryshak, MW Gabriel, CM Wood, GM Wengert, BP Dotters, KN Roberts, ED Fountain, KG Kelly, JJ Keane, SA Whitmore, WJ Berigan, MZ Peery. 2021. High rates of anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in California Barred Owls are associated with the wildland-urban interface. Ornithological Applications 123: 1-13.
[ 18 ] Reid, D, CM Wood, SA Whitmore, WJ Berigan, JJ Keane, SC Sawyer, PA Shaklee, HA Kramer, KG Kelly, A Reiss, RJ Gutiérrez, H Klinck, MZ Peery. 2021. Noisy neighbors and reticent residents: Distinguishing resident from non-resident individuals to improve passive acoustic monitoring. Global Ecology and Conservation. e01710.
[ 17 ] Wood, CM. Optimizing landscape-scale monitoring programmes to detect the effects of megafires on vertebrate populations. Diversity and Distributions 28:279-492.
[ 16 ] Wood, CM, S Kahl, P Chaon, MZ Peery, and H Klinck. Survey coverage, recording duration, and species composition affect observed species richness in passive acoustic surveys. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12:885-896.
[ 15 ] Wood, CM, N Kryshak, M Gustafson, DF Hofstadter, BK Hobart, SA Whitmore, B Dotters, K Roberts, JJ Keane, SC Sawyer, Gutiérrez, and MZ Peery. Density dependence influences competition and hybridization at an invasion front. Diversity and Distributions 27:901-912.
[ 14 ] Kahl, S, CM Wood, M Eibel, and H Klinck. BirdNET: a deep learning solution for avian diversity monitoring. Ecological Informatics 61:101236.
[ 13 ] Wood, CM1, C Zulla1, SA Whitmore1, D Reid1, HA Kramer, JJ Keane, SC Sawyer, K Roberts, B Dotters, H Klinck, WJ Berigan, RJ Gutiérrez, and MZ Peery. Using emerging tagging technology to illuminate the nocturnal habits of owls. Wildlife Society Bulletin. DOI: 10.1002/wsb.1156. 1contributed equally
2020
[ 12 ] Wood, CM, H Klinck, M Gustafson, JJ Keane, S. Sawyer, RJ Gutiérrez, and MZ Peery. Using the ecological significance of animal vocalizations to improve inference in acoustic monitoring programs. Conservation Biology 35(1): 336-345.
[ 11 ] Jones, GM, HA Kramer, SA Whitmore, WJ Berigan, DJ Tempel, CM Wood, BK Hobart, T Erker, FA Atuo, NF Pietrunti, R Kelsey, RJ Gutiérrez, and MZ Peery. Habitat selection by spotted owls after a megafire reflects their adaptation to historical frequent-fire regimes. Landscape Ecology 35:1199-1213.
[ 10 ] Wood, CM, ZG Loman, ST McKinney, and CS Loftin. Testing prediction accuracy in short-term ecological studies. Basic and Applied Ecology 43: 77-85.
[ 9 ] Wood, CM, RJ Gutiérrez, JJ Keane, and MZ Peery. Early detection of rapid Barred Owl population growth within the range of the California Spotted Owl advises the Precautionary Principle. The Condor 122: 1-10.
2019
[ 8 ] Wood, CM, SM Schmidt*, and MZ Peery. Spatiotemporal patterns of the California Spotted Owl’s territorial vocalizations. Western Birds 50: 232-242.
[ 7 ] Wood, CM and GM Jones. 2019. Framing management of social-ecological systems in terms of the cost of failure: the Sierra Nevada, USA as a case study. Environmental Research Letters 14 (10): 105004.
[ 6 ] Wood, CM, RJ Gutiérrez, and MZ Peery. Acoustic monitoring reveals a diverse forest owl community, illustrating its potential for basic and applied ecology. Ecology 100 (9): e02764.
[ 5 ] Wood, CM1, VD Popescu1, H Klinck, JJ Keane, RJ Gutiérrez, SC Sawyer, and MZ Peery. Detecting small changes in populations at landscape scales: A bioacoustic site-occupancy framework. Ecological Indicators 98: 492-507. 1contributed equally
2018 and earlier
[ 4 ] Wood, CM, SA Whitmore, RJ Gutiérrez, SC Sawyer, JJ Keane, and MZ Peery. 2018. Using metapopulation models to assess species conservation – ecosystem restoration trade-offs. Biological Conservation 224: 248-257.
[ 3 ] Wood, CM, ST McKinney, and CS Loftin. 2017. Intraspecific functional diversity of common species enhances community stability. Ecology and Evolution 7: 1553-1560.
[ 2 ] Wood, CM, JW Witham, and ML Hunter Jr. 2016. Climate-driven range shifts are a stochastic process at a local level: two flying squirrel species in Maine. Ecosphere 7: 1-9.
[ 1 ] Wood, CM and ST McKinney. 2015. Record long-distance movement of a Deer Mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, in a New England montane boreal forest. Canadian Field-Naturalist 129: 181-182.
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