William J. Zielinski

CURRICULUM VITAE William J. Zielinski

OFFICE: HOME: USDA Forest Service 1363 Mill Creek Rd. Redwood Sciences Laboratory McKinleyville, CA 95519 1700 Bayview Dr. (707) 839-8447 Arcata, CA 95521 (707) 825-2959 email:[email protected]

EDUCATION: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina Post-doctoral fellow 1987-1991; National Institutes of Health (NIH).

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina PhD 1981-1986 (Zoology)

University of California-Berkeley, California MS 1978-1981 (Wildland Resource Science)

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wisconsin BS 1973-1977 (Biology, Resource Management, Wildlife Ecology)

EXPERIENCE:

2011 – present Research Ecologist. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Experiment Station, Redwood Sciences Laboratory, Arcata, California. Research on the habitat and population ecology of forest carnivores and other mammals of concern. Development of methods to detect, survey and monitor mammal populations. Development of approaches to monitor ecosystem integrity and the effects of management on ecosystem elements.

2003- 2010. Project Leader and Research Ecologist, Wildlife Unit, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Experiment Station, Redwood Sciences Laboratory, Arcata, California. Responsible for the administration of a 3- scientist research unit (30 staff) with focus on wildlife-habitat interactions in forests.

1992-2003 Research Ecologist. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Experiment Station, Redwood Sciences Laboratory, Arcata, California. Research on the habitat and population ecology of forest carnivores and bats. Development of methods to detect fishers (Martes pennanti) and martens (M. americana) and to monitor trends in their populations and habitats. Development of approaches to monitor ecosystem integrity and the effects of mangement on ecosystem elements.

1988-1991 Post-doctoral Research Associate in laboratory of John G. Vandenbergh, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Research on the population ecology and behavioral endocrinology of wild house mice (Mus musculus) .

1986-1988 Visiting Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Responsibilities included teaching Ecology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Human Anatomy and Physiology and advising undergraduate Zoology majors.

1981-1986 Teaching Assistant, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Laboratory instructor in Vertebrate Zoology, Ecology, and Comparative Anatomy. 2

1981-1986 Ph.D. research, "The effect of food availability on circadian foraging behavior of small carnivores"; under the direction of Roger A. Powell, North Carolina State University.

1978-1981 M.S. research, "Foraging ecology of pine marten (Martes americana )"; began under A. S. Leopold and finished under R.H. Barrett, University of California, Berkeley.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

Ecological Society of America, Society for Conservation Biology, American Society of Mammalogists, The Wildlife Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

INVITED PAPERS: -“The Practice of Conservation Biology through the Lens of the Genus Martes (Fishers and Martens)” , Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, Department of Biology, 2010 -“Biodiversity and Effects of Management Actions on Species”, USDA Forest Service National Science Forum, 2010 Planning Rule Workshop, Washington, DC, 2010 “Ecological Inferences from Focal Species: The Epistemological Value of Taxon Obsession”, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, Department of Biology, 2006. -“Plenary Presentation: North American Perspective on Martes Conservation and Management” Fourth International Martes Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal. 2004. -“ The Status and Conservation of Mesocarnivores in the Sierra Nevada”, Sierra Science Symposium, South Lake Tahoe, California. 2003. “Multiple Benefits from Regional Carnivore Surveys: Distributions, Habitat Models, and Population Monitoring” University of Montana, Organismal Biology and Ecology Program, 2000; Oregon State University, 2002. -“Status of Coastal Marten Populations in the Pacific Northwest” Oregon Chapter of The Wildlife Society. 1999. -”Monitoring Populations of Rare Forest Carnivores”. Murray State University, Kentucky. 1997. -"Habitat and Population Ecology of Fishers and Martens in California". University of Wisconsin, 1995. -"Survey Methods for Detecting and Monitoring Mesopredators". University of California, Riverside, 1995. -"Methods for Surveying Forest Mustelids and Bats". Siberian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia; 1993. -"Limitations of Wildlife Habitat Models: Forest Carnivores". University of Nevada, Reno, 1992. -"Field Studies in Behavioral Endocrinology of Mammals". Symposium entitled "Behavioral Endocrinology: Studies in the Field"; Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Wilmington, NC; 1991. -"Field and Laboratory Experiments on the Hormonal Regulation of Aggression". Kenyon College, Ohio. 1991. -"Proximate Mechanisms in the Regulation of Behavior in Selected Vertebrates". University of New Hampshire, Department of Zoology. 1990.

PUBLICATIONS:

Zielinski, W. J. 1981. Food habits, activity patterns and ectoparasites of the pine marten at Sagehen Creek, California. Unpubl. MS thesis, Univ. California-Berkeley. 121 pp.

Powell, R. A. and W. J. Zielinski. 1983. Competition and coexistence in mustelid communities. Acta Zoologica Fennica 174:223-227.

Zielinski, W. J., W. D. Spencer, and R. H. Barrett. 1983. Relationship between food habits and activity patterns of pine martens. Journal of Mammalogy 64:387-396.

Spencer, W. D. and W. J. Zielinski. 1983. Predatory behavior of pine martens. Journal of Mammalogy 64: 715- 717.

Spencer, W. D. , R. H. Barrett, and W. J. Zielinski. 1983. Marten habitat preferences in the northern Sierra Nevada. Journal of Wildlife Management 47:1181-1186.

Zielinski, W. J. 1984. Plague in pine martens and the fleas associated with its occurrence. Great Basin Naturalist 44:170-175. 3

Zielinski, W. J. 1986. Relating marten scat contents to prey consumed. California Fish and Game. 72:110-116.

Zielinski, W. J. 1986. The effect of diel variation in food availability on the circadian activity of small carnivores. Ph.D. dissertation. North Carolina State Univ. 177 pp.

Zielinski, W. J. 1986. The circadian rhythms of small carnivores and the effect of restricted feeding. Physiology and Behavior 38:613-620.

Zielinski, W. J. 1988. The influence of foraging cost on the diel activity patterns of small carnivores. Animal Behaviour 36:239-249.

Barthalmus, G. T. and W. J. Zielinski. 1988. Xenopus skin toxins induce oral- facial movements that promote escape from snakes. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior 30:957-959.

Zielinski, W. J. 1989. Brain size in captive versus wild populations of Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii. Peromyscus Newsletter 7:31-32.

Powell, R. A. and W. J. Zielinski. 1989. Mink respond to ultrasound in the range emitted by prey. Journal of Mammalogy 70:637-638.

Zielinski, W. J. and G. T. Barthalmus. 1989. African clawed frog skin toxins:differential effects on African and North American water snakes. Animal Behaviour 38:1083-85.

Zielinski, W. J. and T. Sharpe. 1990. Guidelines for the maintenance of early-succession communities on highway rights-of-way. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 40 pp.

Zielinski, W. J., J. G. Vandenbergh and M. M. Montano. 1991. Effects of social stress and intrauterine position on sexual phenotype in wild-type house mice (Mus musculus ). Physiology and Behavior 49:117-123.

Zielinski, W. J. and J. G. Vandenbergh. 1991. The effect of intrauterine position and social density on age of first reproduction in wild-type female house mice (Mus musculus ). Journal of Comparative Psychology 105:134- 138.

Zielinski, W. J. 1991. Book review of "The Natural History of Weasels and Stoats"by C. King, Journal of Wildlife Management 55:355-356.

Zielinski, W. J. and J. G. Vandenbergh. 1991. Increased survivorship of testosterone-treated female house mice (Mus musculus ) in high-density field conditions. Animal Behaviour 42:955-967.

Zielinski, W. J. and J. G. Vandenbergh. 1992. The effect of intrauterine position on the survival, reproduction and home range size of female house mice (Mus musculus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 30:185-191.

Zielinski, W. J. and J. G. Vandenbergh. 1993. Testosterone and competitive ability in male house mice, Mus musculus: laboratory and field studies. Animal Behavior 45:873-891.

Zielinski, W. J. 1993. The quest for lambda in an imperfect world: a comment. Martes Newsletter 1:15-16.

Ruggiero, L. F., K. B. Aubry, S. W. Buskirk, L. J. Lyon and W.J. Zielinski (eds.) 1994. The Scientific Basis for Conserving Forest Carnivores: American marten, fisher, lynx, and wolverine in the Western United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-254. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Forest and Experiment Station. 183 pp.

Powell, R. A. and W. J. Zielinski. 1994. The Fisher. In: Ruggiero, L. F., K. B. Aubry, S. W. Buskirk, L. J. Lyon and W.J. Zielinski, eds. The Scientific Basis for Conserving Forest Carnivores: American marten, fisher, lynx, 4

and wolverine in the Western United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-254. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Forest and Experiment Station. pp. 7-37.

Vandenbergh, J. G. and W. J. Zielinski. 1994. Spatial distribution of testosterone-treated male and female mice in the field. Polish Ecological Studies 20:471-479.

Zielinski, W. J. and R. L. Truex. 1995. Distinguishing tracks of marten and fisher at track-plate stations. Journal of Wildlife Management 59:571-579.

Kucera, T. E. and W. J. Zielinski. 1995. The case of forest carnivores: small packages, big worries. Endangered Species Update 12:1-7.

Zielinski, W. J. and T. E. Kucera (eds.). 1995. A Detection Manual for Wolverine, Fisher, Lynx and Marten in the Western United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pacific Southwest Experiment Station, GTR-PSW-157.

Kucera, T. E., A. Soukkala, and W. J. Zielinski. 1995. Photographic Bait Stations. Pages 25-65, In: A Detection Manual for Wolverine, Fisher, Lynx and Marten in the Western United States. Zielinski, W. J. and T. E. Kucera, eds. Gen. Tech. Rep. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pacific Southwest Experiment Station, PSW-GTR-157.

Zielinski, W. J. 1995. Baited Track-plate Stations. Pages 67-89, In: A Detection Manual for Wolverine, Fisher, Lynx and Marten in the Western United States. Zielinski, W. J. and T. E. Kucera, eds. Gen. Tech. Rep. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pacific Southwest Experiment Station, PSW-GTR-157.

Kucera, T. E., W. J. Zielinski, and R. H. Barrett. 1995. The current distribution of American marten, Martes americana, in California. California Fish and Game 81:96-103.

Zielinski, W. J., T. E. Kucera, and R. H. Barrett. 1995. The current distribution of fisher, Martes pennanti, in California. California Fish and Game 81:104-112.

Gellman, S. T. and W. J. Zielinski. 1996. Use by bats of old-growth redwood hollows on the North Coast of California. Journal of Mammalogy 77:255-265.

Zielinski, W. J. and R. T. Golightly, Jr. 1996. The status of marten in redwoods: Is the Humboldt marten extinct? Proceedings of the Conference on Coast Redwood Forest Ecology and Management. Pages 115-119.

Zielinski, W. J. and H. S. Stauffer. 1996. Monitoring Martes populations in California: survey design and power analysis. Ecological Applications 6:1254-1267.

Lewis, J. and W. J. Zielinski. 1997. Historical harvest and incidental capture of fisher in California. Northwest Science 70:291-297.

Zielinski, W. J., R. L. Truex, C. Ogan, and K. Busse. 1997. Detection surveys for fishers and American martens in California, 1989-1994: summary and interpretations. Pages 372-392 in G. Proulx, H.N. Bryant, and P. M. Woodard, (eds.), Martes: taxonomy, ecology, techniques, and management. The Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Krohn, W. B, W. J. Zielinski, and R. B. Boone. 1997. Relations among fishers, snow, and martens in California: results from small-scale spatial comparisons. Pages 211-232 in G. Proulx, H.N. Bryant, and P. M. Woodard, (eds.), Martes: taxonomy, ecology, techniques, and management. The Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Zielinski, W. J. and S. T. Gellman. 1999. The habitat value of residual forest patches: bat use of remnant old-growth redwood. Conservation Biology 13:160-167. 5

Zielinski, W. J., Duncan, N., E. Farmer, R. Truex, A. Clevenger, and R. H. Barrett. 1999. Diet of the fisher at the southernmost extent of its range. Journal of Mammalogy 80:961-971.

Carroll, C., W. J. Zielinski, and R. Noss. 1999. Using presence-absence data to build and test spatial models for the fisher in the Klamath Region, U.S.A. Conservation Biology 13:1344-1359.

Zielinski, W. J. 2000. Weasels and Martens: Carnivores in Northern Latitudes. In: Activity Patterns in Small Mammals - A Comparative Ecological Approach. S. Halle and N. Chr. Stenseth, eds. Springer-Verlag, Germany.

Cooperrider, A., C. Carroll, B. Marcot, K. Nelson, R. Noss, D. Olson, H. Welsh, and W. J. Zielinski. 2000. Terrestrial Vertebrates. In: R. Noss, editor. Ecology and Conservation of Redwood Ecosystems. Island Press.

Manley, P., W. J. Zielinski, J. Keane, A. Lind and C. Stuart. 2000. A conceptual model for monitoring the ecosystems of the Sierra Nevada. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 64:139-152.

Slauson, K., W. J. Zielinski, and C. Carroll. 2001. Hidden in the shrubs: rediscovery of the Humboldt marten? Mountains and Rivers 1:8-12.

Zielinski, W. J., K. M. Slauson, C. R. Carroll, C. Kent, and D. Kudrna. 2001. Status of American martens in coastal forests of the Pacific states. Journal of Mammalogy 82:478-490.

Dunk, J. R., W. J. Zielinski, K. West, K. Schmidt, J. Baldwin, J. Perrochet, K. Schlick, and J. Ford. 2002. Distributions of selected ‘Survey and Manage’ mollusks relative to Forest Service land allocations in northern California. Northwest Science 76:249-256.

Drew, R., J. Hallett, K. Aubry, Cullings, K. W., Koepf, S., and W. J. Zielinski. 2003. Conservation genetics of the fisher (Martes pennanti) based on mitochondrial DNA sequencing. Journal of Molecular Ecology 12:51-62.

Buskirk, S. W. and W. J. Zielinski. 2003. Small and mid-sized carnivores. Pages 207-249 In: C. Zabel and B. Anthony, editors. Mammal Community Dynamics: Management and Conservation in the Coniferous Forests of Western North America, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Powell, R. A., S. W. Buskirk and W. J. Zielinski. 2003. Fishers and martens. Pages 635 – 649 In: G. Feldhamer, B. Thompson, and J. Chapman, editors. Wild Mammals of North American, 2nd edition., Johns Hopkins Press.

Manley, P. N., W. J. Zielinski, M. D. Schlesinger, and S. R. Mori. 2004. Evaluation of a multiple-species approach to monitoring species at the ecoregional scale. Ecological Applications 14:296-310.

Mazurek, M. J. and W. J. Zielinski. 2004. Individual legacy trees influence vertebrate diversity in commercial forests. Forest Ecology and Management 193:321-334.

Zielinski, W. J. and N. E. Duncan. 2004. Diet of sympatric fishers and American martens in California. Journal of Mammalogy 85:470-477.

Zielinski, W. J. 2004. The status and conservation of mesocarnivores in the Sierra Nevada. Pages 185-193 in: D. Murphy and P. Stine, editors, Proceedings of the Sierra Nevada Science Symposium: Science for Management and Conservation, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, PSW-GTR-193.

Zielinski, W. J., R. L. Truex, G. Schmidt, R. Schlexer and R. H. Barrett. 2004. Resting habitat selection by fishers in California. Journal of Wildlife Management 68:475-492.

Zielinski, W. J., R. L. Truex, G. Schmidt, R. Schlexer and R. H. Barrett. 2004. Home range characteristics of fishers in California. Journal of Mammalogy 85:649-657. 6

Wisely, S. M., S. W. Buskirk, G. A. Russell, K. B. Aubry and W. J. Zielinski. 2004. Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the fisher (Martes pennanti) in a peninsular and peripheral metapopulation. Journal of Mammalogy. 85:640-648.

Proulx, G., K. Aubry, J. Birks, S. Buskirk, C. Fortin, H. Frost, W. Krohn, L. Mayo, V. Monakov, D. Payer, M. Santos-Reis, R. Weir, and W. Zielinski. 2004. World distribution and status of the genus Martes. In: D. Harrison and A. Fuller, editors. Martes in Managed Landscapes, University of Maine Press.

Dunk, J. R., W. J. Zielinski, and H. K. Preisler. 2004. Predicting the occurrence of rare mollusks in northern California forests. Ecological Applications 14:713-729.

Slauson, K. M. and W. J. Zielinski. 2005. Conservation status of American martens and fishers in the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion. Proceedings of the 2nd Klamath-Siskiyou Science Conference. Cave Junction, Oregon.

Zielinski, W.J, R. L. Truex, F. V. Schlexer, L. A. Campbell, and C. Carroll. 2005. Historical and contemporary distributions of carnivores in forest of the Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.A. Journal of Biogeography 32:1385-1407.

Zielinski, W. J. and M. J. Mazurek. 2005. The reproductive ecology and home range of the Point Arena Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa nigra). Final Report to US Fish and Wildlife Service, USDA Forsest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Arcata, California.

Truex, R. L. and W. J. Zielinski. 2006. Short-term Effects of Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatments on fisher habitat in the Sierra Nevada. Final Report – Joint Fire Science Program.

Zielinski, W. J., R. L. Truex, J. R. Dunk, and T. Gaman. 2006. Using forest inventory data to assess fisher resting habitat suitability in California. Ecological Applications 16:1010-1025.

Pilgrim, K. L., W. J. Zielinski, M. J. Mazurek, F. V. Schlexer, and M. K. Schwartz. 2006. Development and characterization of microsatellite markers in the Point Arena Mountain beaver Aplodontia rufa nigra. Molecular Ecology Notes 6:800-802.

Welsh, H.H., Jr., Dunk, J.R., Zielinski, W.J. 2006. Developing and applying habitat models using forest inventory data: an example using a terrestrial salamander. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:671-681.

Dunk, J. R., W. J. Zielinski and H. Welsh Jr. 2006. Evaluating reserves for species richness and representation in northern California. Diversity and Distributions 12: 434-442.

Pilgrim, K. L., W. J. Zielinski, M. J. Mazurek, F. V. Schlexer, and M. K. Schwartz. 2006. Development and characterization of microsatellite markers in the Point Arena mountain beaver Aplodontia rufa nigra. Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 800-802.

Golightly, R. T. T. F. Penland, W. J. Zielinski, and J. M. Higley. 2006. Fisher diet in the Klamath/North Coast Bioregion. Final Report to USFWS. Department of Wildlife, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California

Zielinski, W. J., C. Carroll, and J. R. Dunk. 2006. Using landscape suitability models to reconcile conservation planning for two key forest predators. Biological Conservation 133:409-430.

Weller, T. J. and W. J. Zielinski. 2006. Using an internet questionnaire to characterize bat survey efforts in the United States and Canada. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34: 1000-1008.

Manley, P. N., B. Van Horne, J. K. Roth, W. J. Zielinski, M. M. McKenzie, M. M.; T. J. Weller, F. W. Weckerly, and C. Hargis. 2006. Multiple Species Inventory and Monitoring technical guide. Gen. 7

Tech. Rept. GTR-WO. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington Office, Washington, D.C.

Zielinski, W. J., F. V. Schlexer, K. L. Pilgrim, and M. K. Schwartz. 2006. The efficacy of wire and glue hair snares in identifying mesocarnivores. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:1152-1161.

Slauson, K. M, W. J. Zielinski, and J. P. Hayes. 2007. Habitat selection by American martens in coastal California. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:458-468.

Herzog, C. J., R. W. Kays, J. C. Ray, M. E. Gompper, W. J. Zielinski, R. Higgins, M. Tymeson. 2007. Using patterns in track-plate footprints to identify individual fishers. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:955-963.

Zielinski, W.J., J. Zinck, and M. J. Mazurek. 2007. Identifying the species of bats roosting in redwood basal hollows using genetic methods. Northwest Science 81:155-162.

Standiford, R. B., G. A. Giusti, Y. Valachovic, W. J Zielinski, and M. J. Furniss, technical editors. 2007. Proceedings of the Redwood Region Forest Science Symposium: What Does the Future Hold? PSW- GTR-194. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 553 p. http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr194/

Mazurek, M. J. and W. J. Zielinski. 2007. Individual legacy trees influence wildlife diversity in commercial forests. Pages 237 – 240 in Standiford, R. B., G. A. Giusti, Y. Valachovic, W. J Zielinski, and M. J. Furniss, technical editors. Proceedings of the Redwood Region Forest Science Symposium: What Does the Future Hold? PSW-GTR-194. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 553 p.

Slauson, K. M. and W. J. Zielinski. 2007. The relationship between the understory shrub component of coastal forests and the conservation of forest carnivores. Pages 241 – 244 in Standiford, R. B., G. A. Giusti, Y. Valachovic, W. J Zielinski, and M. J. Furniss, technical editors. Proceedings of the Redwood Region Forest Science Symposium: What Does the Future Hold? PSW-GTR-194. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 553 p.

Long, R. A., T. M. Donovan, P. MacKay, W. J. Zielinski and J. S. Buzas. 2007a. Effectiveness of scat detection dogs for detecting forest carnivores. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:2007-2017.

Long, R. A., T. M. Donovan, P. MacKay, W. J. Zielinski and J. S. Buzas. 2007b. Comparing scat detection dogs, cameras, and hair snares for surveying carnivores. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:2018- 2025.

Davis, F. W., C. Seo, and W. J. Zielinski. 2007. Regional variation in home-range-scale habitat models for fisher (Martes pennanti) in California. Ecological Applications. 17:2195-2213.

Long, R. A., P. MacKay, W. J. Zielinski, and J. C. Ray, editors. 2008. Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores. Island Press, Washington, D.C., USA.

Long, R. A. and W. J. Zielinski. 2008. Designing effective noninvasive carnivore surveys. Pages 8-44 in Long, R. A., P. MacKay, W. J. Zielinski, and J. C. Ray, editors. Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores. Island Press, Washington, D.C., USA.

Campbell, L. A., R. A. Long, and W. J. Zielinski. 2008. Integrating multiple methods to achieve survey objectives. Page 223-237 in Long, R. A., P. MacKay, W. J. Zielinski, and J. C. Ray, editors. Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores. Island Press, Washington, D.C., USA. 8

Ray, J. C. and W. J. Zielinski. 2008. Track stations. Pages 75-109 in Long, R. A., P. MacKay, W. J. Zielinski, and J. C. Ray, editors. Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores. Island Press, Washington, D.C., USA.

MacKay, P., W. J. Zielinski, R. A. Long, and J. C. Ray. 2008. Noninvasive research and carnivore conservation. Pages 1-7 in Long, R. A., P. MacKay, W. J. Zielinski, and J. C. Ray, editors. Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores. Island Press, Washington, D.C., USA.

Long, R. A., P. MacKay, J. C. Ray, and W. J. Zielinski. 2008. Synthesis and future research needs. Pages 313-326 in Long, R. A., P. MacKay, W. J. Zielinski, and J. C. Ray, editors. Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores. Island Press, Washington, D.C., USA.

Zielinski, W. J., K. M. Slauson, and A. E. Bowles. 2008. The effect of off-highway vehicle use on the American marten in California, USA. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1558-1571.

Slauson, K. M., R. L. Truex and W. J. Zielinski. 2008. Determining the gender of American martens and fishers at track plate stations. Northwest Science 82:185-198.

Slauson, K. M. and W. J. Zielinski. 2009. Characteristics of summer and fall resting habitat used by American martens in coastal northwestern California. Northwest Science 83:35-45.

Slauson, K. M., W. J. Zielinski, and K. D. Stone. 2009. Characterizing the molecular variation among American marten (Martes americana) subspecies from Oregon and California. Conservation Genetics.

Kirk, T. and W. J. Zielinski. 2009. Developing and Testing a Landscape Habitat Suitability Model for the American Marten (Martes americana) in the Cascades Mountains of California. Landscape Ecology 24:759-773.

Moriarty, K. M, W. J. Zielinski, A. G. Gonzales, T. E. Dawson, K. M. Boatner, C. A. Wilson, F. V. Schlexer, K. L. Pilgrim, J. P. Copeland, M. K. Schwartz. 2009. Wolverine confirmation in California after nearly a century: native or long-distance immigrant? Northwest Science 83:154-162.

North, M., P. Stine, K. O’Hara, W. Zielinski, and S. Stephens. 2009. An ecosystem management strategy for Sierran mixed-conifer forests. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-220, Pacific Southwest Research Station, 49 p.

Zielinski, W. J. and F. V. Schlexer. 2009. Inter-observer variation in identifying mammals from their tracks on enclosed track plate stations. Northwest Science 83:299-307.

Zielinski, W. J., J. E. Hunter, R. Hamlin, K. M. Slauson and M. J. Mazurek. 2010. Habitat characteristics at den sites of the Point Arena mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa nigra). Northwest Science 84:119- 130.

Kirk, T. A. and W. J. Zielinski. 2010. Functional Habitat Connectivity of the American Marten (Martes americana) in Northeastern California Using Least-cost Corridor Modeling. USDA Pacific Southwest Research Station and Lassen National Forest, California. 59 p.

Buskirk, S. W., C. M. Raley, K. B. Aubry, W. J. Zielinski, M. K. Schwartz, R. T. Golightly, K. L. Purcell, R. D. Weir and J. S. Yaeger. 2010. Meta-analysis of resting site selection by the fisher in the Pacific coastal states and provinces. Report to the USFWS and USDA Forest Service, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 30 p.

Carroll, C., D. S. Johnson, J. R. Dunk and W. J. Zielinski. 2010. Hierarchical bayesian spatial models for multi-species conservation planning and monitoring. Conservation Biology 24:1538-1548. 9

Zielinski, W.J., J. R. Dunk, J. S. Yaeger, and D. W. LaPlante. 2010. Developing and testing a landscape habitat suitability model for fisher (Martes pennanti) in forests of interior northern California. Forest Ecology and Management 260:1579-1591.

North, M., P. Stine, W. J. Zielinski, K. O’Hara, and S. Stephens. 2010. Harnessing fire for wildlife. The Wildlife Professional. Spring: 30- 33

North, M., P. Stine, W. J. Zielinski, K. O’Hara, and S. Stephens. 2010. Response to DellaSalla et al. The Wildlife Professional.

Slauson, K. M. and W. J. Zielinski 2010. The Effect of Ski Resorts on Population Dynamics of the American Marten in the Lake Tahoe Region of California. Progress Report I. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Arcata, California.

Zielinski, W. J., A. Gray, J. R. Dunk, C. Keyser, J. Sherlock and G. Dixon. 2010. Using forest inventory and analysis (FIA) data and the forest vegetation simulator (FVS) to predict wildlife habitat suitability: resting habitat for the fisher (Martes pennanti). USDA Pacific Southwest Research Station, General Technical Report. PSW-GTR-232, 31 p.

Long , R. A., T. M. Donovan, P. MacKay, W. J. Zielinski , and J. S. Buzas. 2010. Predicting carnivore occurrence with noninvasive survey data and occupancy modeling. Landscape Ecology. DOI 19.1007/s10980-010-9547-1

Spencer, W. D., H. Rustigian-Romsos, J. R. Strittholt, R. Scheller, W. J. Zielinski, and R. Truex. 2011. Using occupancy and population models to assess habitat conservation opportunities for an isolated carnivore population. Biological Conservation 144:788-803.

Moriarty, K. M, W. J. Zielinski, and E. Forsman. 2011. Decline in American marten occupancy rates at Sagehen Experimental Forest, California. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:1774-1787.

Zielinski, W. J. 2011. Changing distribution of a montane forest carnivore, the American marten (Martes Americana), in the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades of Northern California. Mountain Views 5:21-26

Thompson, C. M., W. J. Zielinski, and K. L. Purcell. 2011. Evaluating management risks using landscape trajectory analysis: A case study of California fisher. The Journal of Wildlife Management 75:1164- 1176.

Purcell, K.L., C.M. Thompson, and W.J. Zielinski. 2012. Chapter 4: Fishers and American Martens. In: Managing Sierra Nevada Forests, M. North, editor. Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, CA, USA.

Lewis, J. C., R. A. Powell, and W. J. Zielinski. 2012. Carnivore translocations and conservation: insights from population models and field data for fishers (Martes pennanti). PLoS Biology 7:15 pp.

Zielinski, W. J., J. R. Dunk and A. N. Gray. 2012. Estimating habitat value using forest inventory data: the fisher (Martes pennanti) in northwestern California. Forest Ecology and Management. 275:35-42.

Zielinski, W. J., F. V. Schlexer, S. Parks, K. L. Pilgrim, and M. K. Schwartz. 2012. Small geographic range but not panmictic: how forests structure the endangered Point Arena mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa nigra). Conservation Genetics DOI 10.1007/s10592-012-0387-1

Pilgrim, K. L., W. J. Zielinski, F. V. Schlexer, and M.K. Schwartz. 2012. Development of a reliable method for determining sex for a primitive rodent, the Point Arena mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa nigra). Conservation Genetic Resources 4:975–977 10

Aubry, K. B., W. J. Zielinski, M. G. Raphael, G. Proulx, and S. W. Buskirk. (eds). 2012. Biology and Conservation of Martens, Fishers, and Sables: A New Synthesis, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, USA.

Slauson, K. M., J. A. Baldwin, and W. J. Zielinski. 2012. Occupancy estimation and modeling in Martes research and monitoring. Pages 343-368 in Biology and conservation of martens, sables, and fishers: a new synthesis. K.B. Aubry, W.J. Zielinski, M.G. Raphael, G. Proulx, and S.W. Buskirk, editors. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, USA. 580 pp..

Zielinski, W. J., J. A. Baldwin, R. L. Truex, J. M. Tucker, and P. A. Flebbe. 2012. Estimating trend in occupancy for the population of fishers (Martes pennanti) in the southern Sierra Nevada. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. http://fwspubs.org/doi/pdf/10.3996/012012-JFWM-002

Long, J., C. Skinner, M. North, P. Winter, W. Zielinski, C. Hunsaker, B. Collins, J. Keane, F. Lake, J. Wright, E. Moghaddas, A. Jardine, K. Hubbert, K. Pope, A. Bytnerowicz, M. Fenn, M. Busse, S. Charnley, T. Patterson, L. Quinn-Davidson and H. Safford. 2013. Science Synthesis to Support Forest Plan Revision in the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 504 p.

Zielinski, W.J. 2013. The Forest Carnivores: Fisher and Marten. Chapter 7.1 in: Long, J., C. Skinner, M. North, P. Winter, W. Zielinski, C. Hunsaker, B. Collins, J. Keane, F. Lake, J. Wright, E. Moghaddas, A. Jardine, K. Hubbert, K. Pope, A. Bytnerowicz, M. Fenn, M. Busse, S. Charnley, T. Patterson, L. Quinn-Davidson and H. Safford. 2013. Science Synthesis to Support Forest Plan Revision in the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 504 p.

Truex, R. L. and W. J. Zielinski. 2013. Short-term effects of fire and fire surrogate treatments on fisher habitat in the Sierra Nevada. Forest Ecology and Management 293:85-91.

Zielinski, W. J., F. V. Schlexer, T. L. George, K. L. Pilgrim, and M. K. Schwartz. 2013. Estimating population size and survival in the endangered Point Arena mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa nigra) using noninvasive genetic methods. Northwest Science 87:126-139.

Aubry, K.B., C. M. Raley, S.W. Buskirk, W. J. Zielinski, M.K. Schwartz, R.T. Golightly and K. L. Purcell. In press. Meta-analysis of resting habitat selection by the fisher in the Pacific coastal states and provinces. Journal of Wildlife Management.

Zielinski, W. J., T. Kirk, K. Moriarty, and K. Slauson. In prep. The effect of season on the detection of American martens in California and the implications for conservation planning. Conservation Biology

Zielinski, W. J. In prep. Trends in US Forest Service management activities in mixed conifer and red fir vegetation: relationship to historic disturbance regimes and habitat for forest carnivores.

Zielinski, W. J. and C. M. Thompson. In prep. Proportions of fisher home ranges with evidence of recent management activity: a guide for tolerance by fishers for disturbance.