publications (selected)
2025
J. D. Nichols & E. G. Cooch (2025) Predictive models are indeed useful for causal
inference. Ecology,
106, e4517.
A. L. Koeberle, B. E. Hammers, W. Pearsall, D. Mulhall, A. Haley, S.
J. Grausgruber, M. Chalupnicki, J. E. McKenna, Jr., E. G. Cooch, L. G. Rudstam, & S.
A. Sethi (2025)
Integrating
acoustic telemetry and demographic
modeling to inform cisco (Coregonus artedi) restoration in
Keuka Lake, New York. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences,
82, 1-15.
2023
J. P. Twining, V. L. Springer, E. G. Cooch & A. K. Fuller (2023) Landscape-scale drivers of tayra
abundance
in the Ecuadorian Andes. Biodiversity and Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02636-5
2021
E. G. Cooch, R. T. Alisauskas & F. E. Buderman (2021) Effect of pre-harvest mortality on harvest
rates and derived population estimates. Journal of Wildlife
Management, 85,
228-239.
Robinson, O. J., V. Ruiz-Gutierrez, R. J. Meese, E. E. Graves, M. Holyoak, C. R. Wilson,
A. C. Wyckoff, B. D. Merriell, C. Snyder & E.G. Cooch (2021)
Multi-scale demographic analysis reveals range contraction via pseudo-source and sink
population structure. EcoSphere,
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3521
2019
M. Hooten & E. G. Cooch (2019) Comparing Ecological Models. In, Quantitative
Analysis in Wildlife Science (L.A. Brennan, A.N. Tri & B.C. Marcot, eds.), pp. 63-76.
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.
2018
O.J. Robinson,
V. Ruiz-Gutierrez, D. Fink, R. J. Meese, M. Holyoak & E.G. Cooch (2018) Using citizen science data in
integrated
population models to inform conservation. Biological Conservation, 227,
361-368.
2017
White, G. C. & E. G. Cooch. (2017) Population abundance estimation with
heterogeneous encounter probabilities using numerical integration. Journal of Wildlife
Management, 81, 322-336.
Crum, N.J., A.K. Fuller, C.S. Sutherland, E.G. Cooch & J. Hurst (2017) Estimating occupancy probability of
moose using hunter survey data. Journal of Wildlife Management, 81,
521-534.
2016
Townsend, A. K., E. G. Cooch, T. S. Sillett, N. L. Rodenhouse, R. T. Holmes & M. S. Webster.
(2016) The interacting effects of food, spring temperature, and global climate cycles on
population dynamics of a migratory songbird. Global Change
Biology, 22 544-555.
2014
Carillo-Rubio, E., M. Kery, S. J. Morreale, P. J. Sullivan, B. Gardner, E. G. Cooch
& J. P.
Lassoie.
(2014) Use of multispecies occupancy models to evaluate the response of bird communities to
forest degradation associated with logging. Conservation Biology,
28,1034-1044.
E.G. Cooch, M. Guillemain, G. S. Boomer, J-D. Lebreton
& J.D. Nichols.
(2014)
The effects of harvest on waterfowl populations. Wildfowl (Special Issue), 4,
220-276.
2012
Aubry, L. M., R. F. Rockwell, E. G. Cooch, R. W. Brook, C. P. Mulder & D. N. Koons.
(2012) Climate change, phenology and habitat degradation: drivers of gosling body condition
and juvenile survival in lesser snow geese. Global Change Biology , 19,
149-160.
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.
(2012) Looking for a needle in a haystack: inference about individual fitness components in a
heterogeneous population. Oikos,
doi.10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20532.x
Nichols, J. D., E. G. Cooch, J. M. Nichols & J. R. Sauer (2012) Studying biodiversity: is a new
paradigm really needed? BioScience , 62, 497-502.
Boulanger, J. R., P. D. Curtis, E. G. Cooch & A. J. Denicola (2012) Sterilization
as an alternative deer control technique: a review.
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 6,
273-282.
2011
Alisauskas, R. T., R. F. Rockwell, K. W. Dufour, E. G. Cooch, G. Zimmerman, K. L.
Drake, J. O. Leafloor, T. J. Moser & E. T. Reed (2011) Effect of population
reduction efforts on harvest, survival, and population growth of midcontinent
lesser snow geese.
Wildlife Monographs, 179, 1-42.
Moniz, L. J., J. D. Nichols, J. M. Nichols, E. G. Cooch & L. M. Pecora (2011)
Inferences about coupling from ecological surveillance monitoring: approaches
based on nonlinear dynamics and information theory. In Towards an
Information Theory of Complex Networks: Statistical Methods and
Applications
(M. Dehmer, F. Emmert-Streib, A. Mehler, eds). Birkhauser. pp. 169-198.
2010
Cooch, E. G., P. B. Conn, S. P. Ellner, A. P. Dobson & K. H. Pollock (2010) Disease
dynamics in wild populations:
modelling and estimation - a review.
Journal of Ornithology,
152 (Suppl 2), S485-S509.
Conn, P. B., E. G. Cooch & P. Caley. (2010) Accounting for detection
probability when estimating force-of-infection from animal encounter data.
Journal of Ornithology,
152 (Suppl 2), S511-S520.
Cooch, E. G., E. Cam & H. Caswell. (2010) Incorporating `recruitment' in matrix
projection models: estimation, parameters, and the influence of model
structure. Journal of Ornithology,
152 (Suppl 2), S585-S595.
Zipkin, E. F., C. S. Jennelle & E. G. Cooch. (2010) A primer on the application of
Markov chains to the study of wildlife disease dynamics. Methods in
Ecology & Evolution,
1, 192-198.
2009
Zipkin, E. F., C. E. Kraft, E. G. Cooch & P. J. Sullivan. (2009) When can nuisance and
invasive species control efforts backfire? Ecological Applications,
19, 1585-1595.
Conn, P. B. & E. G. Cooch.
(2009) Multistate capture-recapture analysis under imperfect state observation: an
application to disease models. Journal of Applied Ecology,
46, 486-492.
2008
Zipkin, E. F., P. J. Sullivan, E. G. Cooch, C. E. Kraft, B. J. Shuter & B. C. Weidel.
(2008) Overcompensatory response of a smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
population to harvest: release from competition? Canadian Journal of Fisheries
and
Aquatic Sciences, 65, 2279-2292.
Williams, C. K., M. D. Samuel, V. V. Baranyuk, E. G. Cooch & D. Krage. (2008)
Winter fidelity and apparent survival of lesser snow goose populations in the
Pacific flyway. Journal of Wildlife Management,
72, 209-167.
2007
Moniz, L. J., E. G. Cooch, S. P. Ellner, J. D. Nichols & J. M. Nichols.
(2007) Application
of information theory methods to food web reconstruction. Ecological Modelling,
208, 145-208.
Jennelle, C. S., E. G. Cooch, M. J. Conroy & J. C.
Senar. (2007) State-specific detection probabilities and disease
prevalence. Ecological Applications, 17, 154-167.
Hauser, C. E., M. C. Runge, E. G. Cooch. F. A. Johnson &
W. F. Harvey (2007) Optimal control of Atlantic population Canada
Geese. Ecological Modelling, 201, 27-36.
2006
Hauser, C. E., E. G. Cooch & J.-D. Lebreton (2006) Control of
structured populations by harvest. Ecological Modelling, 196, 462-470.
Merrill, J. A., E. G. Cooch & P. D. Curtis (2006) Managing an
overabundant deer population by sterilization: effects of immigration,
stochasticity, and the capture process. Journal of Wildlife Management,
70, 268-277.
2005
Cam, E., E. G. Cooch & J.-Y. Monnat. (2005) Earlier recruitment or
earlier death? On the assumption of homogenous survival rates in
recruitment studies. Ecological Monographs, 75, 419-434.
Nichols, J. M., L. Moniz, J. D. Nichols, L. M. Pecora & E. G. Cooch.
(2005) Assessing spatial coupling in complex population dynamics using
mutual prediction and continuity statistics. Theoretical Population
Biology, 67, 9-21.
Dhondt, A. A., S. Altizer, E. G. Cooch, A. K. Davis, A. Dobson, M. J. L.
Driscoll, B. K. Hartup, D. M. Hawley, W. M. Hochachka, P. R. Hosseini,
C. S. Jennelle, G. V. Kollias, D. H. Ley, E. C. H. Swarthout & K. V.
Sydenstricker. (2005) Dynamics of a novel pathogen in an avian host:
Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in house finches. Acta Tropica, 94, 77-93.
2004
Faustino, C. R., C. S. Jennelle, V. Connolly, A. K. Davis, E. C.
Swarthout, A. A. Dhondt & E. G. Cooch (2004) Mycoplasma gallisepticum
infection dynamics in a house finch population: seasonal variation in
survival, encounter and transmission rate. Journal of Animal Ecology,
73, 651-669.
2003
Cooch, E. G., G. Gauthier & R. F. Rockwell (2003) Apparent differences in
stochastic growth rates based on timing of census: a cautionary note.
Ecological Modelling, 209, 133-143.
Merrill, J. A., E. G. Cooch & P. D. Curtis (2003) Time to reduction:
factors influencing management efficacy in sterilizing overabundant
white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Management, 67, 269-281.
Anderson, D. R., E. G. Cooch, R. J. Guttierrez, C. J. Krebs, M. S.
Lindberg, K. H. Pollock, C. A. Ribic & T. M. Shenk. (2003) In my
opinion: Rigorous science: suggestions on how to raise the bar.
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 31, 296-305.
2002
Cooch, E. G. (2002) Fledging size and survival in snow geese: timing is
everything (or is it?) Journal of Applied Statistics, 29, 143-162.
Cooch, E. G., E. Cam & W. A. Link. (2002) Occam's shadow: levels of
analysis in evolutionary ecology - where to next? Journal of Applied
Statistics, 29, 19-48.
Link, W. A., E. G. Cooch & E. Cam. (2002) Model based individual
fitness. Journal of Applied Statistics, 29, 207-224.
R. Barker, E. G. Cooch & C.J. Schwarz. (2002) Comment on paper by
Nichols: Approaches to the direct estimation of λ and related
parameters using capture-recapture data. Journal of Applied Statistics,
29, 569-572.
Cam, E., W. A. Link, E. G. Cooch, J.-Y. Monnat & E. Danchin (2002)
Individual covariation in life-history traits: seeing the trees despite
the forest. American Naturalist, 209, 96-105.
Link, W. A., E. Cam, J. D. Nichols & E. G. Cooch (2002) Of BUGS and birds:
An introduction to Markov Chain Monte Carlo. Journal of Wildlife
Management, 66, 277-291.
2001
Cooch, E. G., R. F. Rockwell & S. Brault. (2001) Retrospective analysis
of demographic responses to environmental change: an example in the
lesser snow goose. Ecological Monographs, 71, 377-400.
Samuel, M. D., D. R. Goldberg, A. E. Smith, V. V. Baranyuk & E. G.
Cooch. (2001). Neck-band retention for lesser snow geese in the
western Arctic. Journal of Wildlife Management, 65, 797-807.
Cooch, E. G. (2001) First steps with Program MARK: Linear models.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Wildlife Conference, Chapter 7, pp.
343-349.
2000
Bertram, D. F., I. L. Jones, E. G. Cooch, H. Knechtel & F. Cooke. (2000)
Estimates of survival rates for Cassin's and Rhinoceros auklets at
Triangle Island, British Columbia. Condor, 102, 205-162.
Cooke, F., C. M. Francis, E. G. Cooch & R. T. Alisauskas. (2000)
Impact of hunting on population growth of mid-continent lesser snow
geese. Occasional Paper 102, CWS Occasional Paper Series, Ottawa,
Ontario.
1999
Cooch, E. G., D. B. Lank, R. F. Rockwell & F. Cooke. (1999) Body size
and recruitment in snow geese. Bird Study, 46, 112-119.
Cooch, E. G. & W. A. Link. (1999) Estimating transition probabilities
in unmarked populations - entropy revisited. Bird Study, 46, 55-61.
Cooch, E. G., Dzubin, A. & R. F. Rockwell. (1999) Using body size to
estimate gosling age. Journal of Field Ornithology, 70, 214-229.
1998
Reed, E., E. G. Cooch, F. Cooke & I. Goudie. (1998) Migration patterns
of black brant in Boundary Bay, BC. Journal of Wildlife Management, 62,
2021-2031.
Reed, E., E. G. Cooch, I. Goudie & F. Cooke. (1998) Site fidelity of
black brant wintering and spring staging in the Strait of Georgia,
British Columbia. Condor, 100, 426-37.
1997
Samuel, M. D., D. R. Goldberg, D. J. Shadduck, J. I. Price & E. G. Cooch.
(1997) Avian cholera bacterium isolated from healthy lesser snow geese.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 33, 332-335.
Cooch, E. G., D. B. Lank, R. J. Robertson & F. Cooke. (1997) Effects of
parental age and environmental change on offspring sex-ratio in a
precocial bird. Journal of Animal Ecology, 66, 189-202.
Black, J. M., E. G. Cooch, M. J. J. E. Loonen & M. Owen. (1997) Body size
variation in barnacle goose colonies: evidence for local saturation of
habitats. In Research on Arctic Geese - Proceedings of the Svalbard
Goose Symposium (Eds. F. Mehlum, J.M. Black, and J. Madsen). Norsk
Polarinstitutt, Olso. pp. 129-140.
Rockwell, R. F., E. G. Cooch & S. Brault. (1997) Dynamics of the
mid-continent population of lesser snow geese: projected impacts of
reductions in survival and fertility on population growth rates. In
Arctic Goose Habitat Working Group Report (Ed. B. Batt). pp. 73-100.
1996
Cooch, E. G., D. B. Lank & F. Cooke. (1996) Intraseasonal variation in
the development of sexual size dimorphism in a precocial bird: evidence
from the lesser snow goose. Journal of Animal Ecology, 65, 439-450.
Williams, T. D. & E. G. Cooch. (1996) Egg size, temperature and laying
sequence: why do snow geese lay big eggs when its cold? Functional
Ecology, 10, 112-118.
1995
Viallefont, A, E. G. Cooch & F. Cooke. (1995) Estimation of trade-offs
with capture-recapture models: a case study on the lesser snow goose.
Journal of Applied Statistics, 22, 847-861.
Pradel, R., E. G. Cooch & F. Cooke. (1995) Transient animals in a
resident population of snow geese: local emigration or heterogeneity?
Journal of Applied Statistics, 22, 695-710.
1994
Cooch, E. G. & R. E. Ricklefs. (1994) Do variable environments
significantly influence optimal reproductive effort in birds? Oikos,
69, 447-459.
Robertson, G. J., E. G. Cooch, D. B. Lank, R. F. Rockwell & F. Cooke.
(1994) Female age and egg size in the lesser snow goose. Journal of
Avian Biology, 25, 149-205.
1993
Cooch, E. G., R. L. Jefferies, R. F. Rockwell & F. Cooke. (1993)
Environmental change and the cost of philopatry: An example in the
lesser snow goose. Oecologia, 93, 128-138.
Williams, T. D., E. G. Cooch, R. L. Jefferies & F. Cooke. (1993)
Environmental degradation, food limitation and reproductive output:
juvenile survival in lesser snow geese. Journal of Animal Ecology, 62,
766-777.
Rockwell, R. F., E. G. Cooch, C. B. Thompson & F. Cooke. (1993) Age and
reproductive success in female lesser snow geese: experience,
senescence, and the cost of philopatry. Journal of Animal Ecology, 62,
323-333.
Williams, T. D., F. Cooke, E. G. Cooch & R. F. Rockwell. (1993) Body
condition and gosling survival in mass-banded lesser snow geese.
Journal of Wildlife Management, 57, 555-562.
1992
Cooch, E. G., D. B. Lank, R. F. Rockwell & F. Cooke. (1992) Is there a
positive relationship between body size and fecundity in lesser snow
geese? Auk, 109, 667-673.
Dzubin, A. & E. G. Cooch. (1992) Measurements of Geese: General Field
Methods. California Waterfowl Association. Sacramento, CA. 20pp.
1991
Cooch, E. G., D. B. Lank, R. F. Rockwell & F. Cooke. (1991). Longterm
decline in body size in a snow goose population: evidence of
environmental degradation? Journal of Animal Ecology, 60, 483-496.
Cooch, E. G., D. B. Lank, A. Dzubin, R. F. Rockwell & F. Cooke. (1991).
Body size variation in lesser snow geese: environmental plasticity in
gosling growth rates. Ecology, 72, 503-512.
Cooch, E. G. & F. Cooke. (1991). Demographic changes in a snow goose
population - biological and management implications. In Bird Population
Studies: Their Relevance to Conservation and Management. (Eds: C.
Perrins, J. Lebreton & G. Hirons). Oxford University Press, Oxford. pp.
168-189.
1989
Cooch, E. G. D. B. Lank, R. F. Rockwell & F. Cooke. (1989). Longterm
decline in fecundity in a snow goose population: evidence of
density-dependence? Journal of Animal Ecology, 58, 711-726.
Lank, D.B., E. G. Cooch, R. F. Rockwell & F. Cooke. (1989).
Environmental and demographic correlates of intraspecific nest
parasitism in lesser snow geese. Journal of Animal Ecology, 58, 29-45.