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.