Peer-reviewed Publications

N. B. Walker, T. J. Hefley, A. E. Ballmann, R. E. Russell, and D P. Walsh. 2021. Recovering individual-level spatial inference from aggregated binary data. Spatial Statistics.

Rhynd, K. J. R., D. P. Walsh, and L. C. M. Arthur-Banfield. Efficacy of fenbendazole and ivermectin against Trichuris spp. in African green monkeys (Cholorocebus sabaeus) in Barbados West Indies. 2021. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science. 

Russell, R. E., D. P. Walsh, M. D. Samuel, M. D. Grunnill, and T. E. Rocke. 2021. Space matters: incorporating spatial structure into models of plague transmission. Ecological Modeling 443: 109450.

Tabak, M. A., M. S. Norouzzadeh, D. W. Wolfson, E. J. Newton, R. K. Boughton, J. S. Ivan, E. A. Odell, E. S. Newkirk, R. Y. Conrey, J. Stenglein, F. Iannarilli, J. Erb, R. K. Brook, A. J. Davis, J. Lewis, D. P. Walsh, J. C. Beasley, K. C. VerCauteren, J. Clune, and R. S. Miller. Improving the accessibility and transferability of machine learning algorithms for identification of animals in camera trap images: MLWIC2. 2020. Ecology and Evolution 10: 10374– 10383.

Runge, M.C., E. H. C. Grant, J. T. H. Coleman, J. D. Reichard, S. E. J. Gibbs, P. M. Cryan, K. J. Olival, D. P. Walsh, D. S. Blehert, M. C. Hopkins, and J. M. Sleeman. 2020, Assessing the risks posed by SARS-CoV-2 in and via North American bats—Decision framing and rapid risk assessment: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020–1060, 43 p.

Stephenson, T. R., D. W. German, R. C. Cook, M. E. Blum, M. Cox, K. M. Stewart, E. F. Cassirer, D. P. Walsh, and K. L. Monteith. 2020. Linking population performance to nutritional condition in bighorn sheep. Journal of Mammalogy 101: 1244–1256.

White, C. L., J. S. Lankton, D. P. Walsh, J. M. Sleeman, and C. Stephen. 2020. An ecological and conservation perspective. The theory and practice of integrated health approaches. – book chapter

Campbell, L. J., D. P. Walsh, D. S. Blehert and J. M. Lorch. 2020. The causative agent of bat white-nose syndrome, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, is capable of long-term survival at elevated temperatures. Journal of Wildlife Diseases: 56(2):278–287.

D. P. Walsh, T. F. Ma, H. S. Ip, and J. Zhu. 2019. Artificial intelligence and avian influenza: using machine learning to enhance active surveillance for avian influenza. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 66: 2537–2545.

Garwood, T. J., C. P. Lehman, D. P. Walsh, E. F. Cassirer, T. E. Besser, and J. A. Jenks. 2019. Removal of chronic Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae carrier ewes eliminates pneumonia in a bighorn sheep population. Ecology and Evolution 10:3491–3502.

N. Walker, T. Hefley and D. P. Walsh. 2019. Bias correction of bounded location errors in binary data. Biometrics 76: 530–539.

C. J. Bishop, M. W. Alldredge, D. P. Walsh¸ E. J. Bergman, C. R. Anderson, D. Kilpatrick, J. Bakel and C. Febvre. An automated device for remotely collaring and weighing mule deer. 2019. Wildlife Society Bulletin 43: 717–725.

Franklin, A. B., S. N. Bevins, J. W. Ellis, R. S. Miller, S. A. Shriner, J. J. Root, D. P. Walsh, and T. J. Deliberto. 2019. Predicting the initial spread of novel Asian origin influenza A viruses in the continental USA by wild waterfowl. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases: 66: 705–714.

M. C. Hopkins, C. M. Carlson, P. C. Cross, C. J. Johnson, B. J. Richards, R. E. Russell, M. D. Samuel, G. A. Sargeant, D. P. Walsh, and W. D. Walter. 2019. Chronic Wasting Disease— Research and Technical Assistance by the U.S. Geological Survey and Partners (Open File Report)

Huyvaert, K. P., R. E. Russell, K. A. Patyk, M. E. Craft, P. C. Cross, M. G. Garner, M. K. Martin, P. Nol, P, and D. P. Walsh. 2018. Challenges and opportunities developing mathematical models of shared pathogens of domestic and wild animals. Veterinary Sciences 5: 92.

Lukacs, P. M., M. S. Mitchell, M. Hebblewhite, B. K. Johnson, H. Johnson, M. Kauffman, K. M. Proffitt, P. Zager, J. Brodie, K. Hersey, A. A. Holland, M. Hurley, S. McCorquodale, A. Middleton, M. Nordhagen, J. J. Nowak, D. P. Walsh and P. J. White. 2018. Factors influencing elk recruitment across ecotypes in the Western United States. Journal of Wildlife Management 82: 697–710.

Jennelle, C. S., D. P. Walsh, E. E. Osnas, M. D. Samuel, R. Rolley, J. A. Langenburg, J. Powers, R. J. Monello, E. D. Demarest, R. Gubler, D. M. Heisey. 2018. Application of a Bayesian weighted surveillance approach for chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer. Journal of Applied Ecology 55: 2944–2953.

D. P. Walsh, A. S. Norton, D. J. Storm, P. C. Cross, T. R. Van Deelen, and D. M. Heisey. 2018. Accommodating uncertainty in cause-of-death assignments for modeling of causespecific mortality using expert knowledge. Ecology and Evolution. 8:509–520.

Hwang, J., K. Lee, D. P. Walsh, S. Kim, J. M. Sleeman, and H. Lee. 2017. Semiquantitative assessment of disease risks at the human, livestock, wildlife interface for the Republic of Korea using a nationwide survey of experts: a model for other countries. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 65: e155– e164.

Carlson, C., M. C. Hopkins, N T. Nguyen , B. J. Richards, D. P. Walsh, and W. D. Walter. Chronic wasting disease—Status, science, and management support by the U.S. Geological Survey. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1138.

Hefley, T.J., M.B. Hooten, R.E. Russell, D.P. Walsh, J.A., Powell. 2017. When mechanism matters: Bayesian forecasting using models of ecological diffusion. Ecology Letters 20: 640–650.

Hefley, T.J., M.B. Hooten, E.M. Hanks, R.E. Russell, D.P. Walsh. 2017. Dynamic spatiotemporal models for spatial data. Spatial Statistics 20: 206–220.

Hefley, T.J., M.B. Hooten, E.M. Hanks, R.E. Russell, D.P. Walsh. 2017. The Bayesian group lasso for confounded spatial data. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 22:42–59.

Russell, R. E., Katz, R. A., Richgels, K., Walsh, D. P., & E. Grant. 2017. A Framework for Modeling Emerging Diseases to Inform Management. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23(1), 1-6.

Hefley, T. J., M. B. Hooten, J. M. Drake, R. E. Russell, D. P. Walsh. 2016. When can the cause of population decline be determined? Ecology Letters 19:1353–1362.

D. P. Walsh, E. F. Cassirer, M. D. Bonds, D. R. Brown, W. H. Edwards, G. C. Weiser, M. L. Drew, R. E. Briggs, K. A. Fox, M. W. Miller, S. Shanthalingam, S. Srikumaran, and T. E. Besser. 2016. Concordance in diagnostic testing for respiratory pathogens of bighorn sheep. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 40: 634–642.

D. A. Grear, R. J. Dusek, D. P. Walsh, and J. S. Hall. 2016. No evidence of infection or exposure to highly pathogenic avian influenzas in peridomestic wildlife on an affected poultry facility. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 53: 37–45.

M. C. Harris, J. M. Pearce, D. J. Prosser, C. L. White, A. K. Miles, J. M. Sleeman, C. J. Brand, J. P. Cronin, S. De La Cruz, C. L. Densmore, T. W. Doyle, R. J. Dusek, C. A. EaglesSmith, Jo. P. Fleskes, P. L. Flint, G. F. Guala, J. S. Hall, G. Herring, L. E. Hubbard, R. J. Hunt, H. S. Ip, R. A. Katz, K. W. Laurent, M. P. Miller, M. D. Munn, A. M. Ramey, K. D. Richards, R. E. Russell, J. P. Stokdyk, J. Y. Takekawa, D. P. Walsh. 2016. USGS Science Strategy for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wildlife and the Environment (2016-2020). United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1121.

Manlove KR, Walker JG, Craft ME, Huyvaert KP, Joseph MB, Miller RS, Nol P, Patyk KA, O’Brien D, Walsh DP, and Cross PC. 2016. “One Health” or Three? Publication Silos Among the One Health Disciplines. PLoS Biol 14(4): e1002448.doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002448.

D. P. Walsh, V. J. Dreitz, and D. M. Heisey. 2015. Integrated survival analysis using an event time approach in a Bayesian framework. Ecology and Evolution 5: 769–780.

Alldredge, M. W., D. P. Walsh, L. L. Sweanor, R. B. Davies, A. Trujillo. 2015. Movement, behavior, and survival of translocated black bears in south-central Colorado. Wildlife Society Bulletin. doi: 10.1002/wsb.526.

White, C. L., H. Ip, C. Meteyer, D. P. Walsh, J. Hall, M. Carstensen, and P. Wolf. 2014. Spatial and temporal patterns of avian paramyxovirus-1 outbreaks in double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) in the United States. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 51: 101–112.

Heisey D. M., C. S. Jennelle, R. E. Russell, D. P. Walsh. 2014. Using auxiliary information to improve wildlife disease surveillance when infected animals are not detected: a Bayesian approach. PLoS ONE 9(3): e89843. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089843

Smith, J. B., D. P. Walsh, E. J. Goldstein, Z. D. Parsons, R. C. Karsch, J. R. Stiver, J. W. Cain III, K. J. Raedeke, and J. A. Jenks. 2014. Techniques for capturing bighorn sheep lambs. Wildlife Society Bulletin 38: 165–174.

Walsh, D. P., L. L. Wolfe, M. E. P. Vieira, and M. W. Miller. 2012. Detection probability and Pasteurellaceae surveillance in bighorn sheep. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 48: 593–602.

Sirochman, M. A., K. J. Woodruff, J. L. Grigg, D. P. Walsh, K. P. Huyvaert, M. W. Miller, and L. L. Wolfe. 2012. Evaluation of management treatments intended to increase lamb recruitment in a bighorn sheep herd. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 48:781–784

Davis, M. J., S. Thokala, X. Xing, N. T. Hobbs, D. P. Walsh, R. Y. Han, and S. Mishra. 2012. Developing a data transfer model for WildSense: a wildlife tracking network. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36:820–827.

Walsh, D. P., and M. D. Samuel. 2012. Risk factors for chronic wasting disease: a deer is not a deer is not a deer. Pages 1–9 in D. P. Walsh, editor. Enhanced Surveillance Strategies for Detecting and Monitoring Chronic Wasting Disease in Free-Ranging Cervids. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1036. 42p.

Walsh, D. P., and D. L. Otis. 2012. Disease surveillance: incorporating available information to enhance disease detection efforts. Pages 11–23 in D. P. Walsh, editor. Enhanced Surveillance Strategies for Detecting and Monitoring Chronic Wasting Disease in Free-Ranging Cervids. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1036. 42p.

J. A. Langenberg, D. O’Brien, D. P. Walsh, L. Creekmore, J. Powers, and M. W. Miller. 2012. Monitoring surveillance: disease investigations in CWD-positive areas. Pages 23–42 in D. P. Walsh, editor. Enhanced Surveillance Strategies for Detecting and Monitoring Chronic Wasting Disease in Free-Ranging Cervids. United States Geological Survey OpenFile Report 2012-1036. 42p.

Walsh, D. P., H. Campa III, D. E. Beyer Jr., and S. R. Winterstein. 2011. Measurement error and survey design in sightability model development. Journal of Wildlife Management 75: 1228–1235.

Bishop, C. J., C. R. Anderson, D. P. Walsh, E. J. Bergman, P. Kuechle, and J. Roth. 2011. Effectiveness of a redesigned vaginal implant transmitter in mule deer. Journal of Wildlife Management 75: 1797–1806.

Walter, W. D., D. P. Walsh, M. L. Farnsworth, D. L. Winkleman, and M. W. Miller. 2011. Soil clay content underlies prion infection odds. Nature Communications 2:200 doi: 10.1038 / ncomms1203.

Walsh, D. P., and M. W. Miller. 2010. A weighted surveillance approach for detecting chronic wasting disease foci. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46: 118–135.

Walsh, D. P., J. R. Stiver, G. C. White, T. E. Remington, and A. D. Apa. 2010. Population estimation techniques for lekking species. Journal of Wildlife Management 74: 1607–1613.

Griffin, K. A., D. J. Martin, L. E. Rosen, M. A. Sirochman, D. P. Walsh, L. L. Wolfe, and M. W. Miller. 2010. Detection of Yersinia pestis DNA in prairie dog-associated fleas by polymerase chain reaction assay of purified DNA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46: 636–643.

Martin, D. J., B. R. McMillan, J. D. Erb, T. A. Gorman, and D. P. Walsh. 2010. Diel activity patterns of river otters (Lontra canadensis) in southeastern Minnesota. Journal of Mammalogy 91: 1213–1224.

Wolfe, L. L., B. Diamond, T. R. Spraker, M. A. Sirochman, D. P. Walsh, C. M. Machin, D. J. Bade, and M. W. Miller. 2010. A bighorn sheep die-off in southern Colorado involving a Pasteurellaceae strain that may have originated from syntopic Cattle. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46: 1262–1269.

Rosen, L. E., D. P. Walsh, L. L. Wolfe, C. L. Bedwell, and M. W. Miller. 2009. Effects of selenium supplementation and sample storage time on blood indices of selenium status in bighorn sheep. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45: 795–801.

Walsh, D. P., C. F. Page, H. Campa III, S. R. Winterstein, and D. E. Beyer Jr. 2009. Incorporating estimates of group size in sightability models for wildlife. Journal of Wildlife Management 73: 136–143.

Felix, A. B., D. P. Walsh, B. D. Hughey, H. Campa III, and S. R. Winterstein. 2006. Applying landscape-scale habitat-potential models to understand deer spatial structure and movement patterns. Journal of Wildlife Management 71: 804–810.

Walsh, D. P., G. C. White, T. E. Remington, and D. C. Bowden. 2004. Evaluation of the lek-count index for greater-sage grouse. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32: 56–68.

Technical Reports

D. P. Walsh. 2016. Ecological and sociological investigations of mule deer management in Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

D. P. Walsh. 2016. Efficacy of test and cull management strategies for Chronic Wasting Disease in mule deer. Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Sleeman, J. S., H. Lee, J. Hwang, K. Lee, Y. Kim, S. Kim, and D. P. Walsh. 2016. Wildlife Disease Risk Assessment for the Republic of Korea. Final Report for the Ministry of Environment. 272 pp.

Walsh, D. P.¸ D. Blehert, and M. Bonds. 2015. Results of the Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and Pasteurellaceae ring test: phase II for the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA).

Walsh, D. P.¸ D. Blehert, and M. Bonds. 2014. Results of the Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae ring test for the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA).

Walsh, D. P. and A. B. Felix. 2006. Durkee Lake Land Company White-tailed Deer Habitat and Population Assessment.