In Prep:
Published:
Presentations:
Posters:
- Palmer, M. S., S. Miller, & C. Packer. Understanding predator pits: mechanisms underlying the decline of prey animals following lion reintroductions across South Africa. Biological Conservation: (In Prep.)
- Palmer, M. S., K. M. Gaynor, M. Hutchinson, J. Becker, J. Abraham, E. Phillips, P. Bouley, & R. Pringle. Reinstating a landscape of fear: community-wide behavioral responses to predator reintroduction. Science Advances: (In Prep.)
- Valeix, M., C. Packer, S. Creel, N. Owen-Smith, M. S. Palmer, ..., S. Chamaillé-Jammes. Behavioral Ecology of Lion-Prey Interactions. In Loveridge A, Valeix M, Dickman A, Macdonald D (Eds.), The Biology and Conservation of the African Lion. Oxford University Press. (In Prep.)
- Palmer, M. S., K. Snyder, N. Mbise, P. Goodman, & C. Packer. An overview and validation of statistical techniques to produce accurate abundance estimations of unmarked animals from camera trap survey data. Biological Conservation: (In Review)
- Palmer, M. S., A. Swanson, J. Forrester, J. Fieberg, & C. Packer. Temporal changes in predator behavior interact with spatially-structured predation risk to create a “dynamic” landscape of fear. Journal of Animal Behavior: (In Review)
- Anderson, T. M., S. A. Hepler, R. M. Holdo, J. E. Donaldson, M. S. Palmer, …, C. Packer. Body-size dependent grazing during migration generates facilitation and promotes savanna stability. Nature: (In Review)
Published:
- Palmer, M. S., K. M. Gaynor, J. L. Becker, J. O. Abraham, M. A. Mumma, & R. M. Pringle. Schedules of fear: Temporal dynamism within a landscape of predation risk and prey response. Trends in Ecology and Evolution: (Accepted)
- Isbell, F., M S. Palmer, et al. Expert estimates of biodiversity loss and its drivers and consequences. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: (Accepted)
- Palmer, M. S., J. Pluncinski, C. Wang, & R. Pringle. BoomBox: An Automated Behavioural Response Camera Trap Module for Wildlife Playback Experiments. Methods in Ecology and Evolution: (Accepted) https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13789
- Palmer, M. S., N. Borrego, & C. Packer. Social Strategies of the African Lion. In Srinivasan M, Wursing B (Eds.), Social Strategies of Carnivorous Mammalian Predators - Hunting and Surviving as Families. Springer-Nature. (Accepted)
- Miao, Z., Z. Liu, K. Gaynor, M. S. Palmer, S. Yu, & W. Getz (2021). Iterative human and automated identification of wildlife images. Nature Machine Learning: 3:885–895. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-021-00393-0
- Palmer, M. S. & C. Packer (2021). Reactive anti-predator behavioral strategy shaped by predator characteristics. PLOS ONE: 16(8): e0256147. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256147
- Palmer, M. S., S. E. Huebner, M. Willi, L. Fortson, &. C. Packer (2021). Citizen science, computing, and conservation: How can "Crowd AI" change the way we tackle large-scale ecological challenges? Human Computation: 8(2): 54-75 DOI: 10.15346/hc.v8i2.123
- Suraci, J. P, K. M. Gaynor, M. L. Allen, M. S. Palmer, ..., & C. Wilmers (2021). Anthropogenic disturbance type and species life histories predict mammal responses to humans. Global Change Biology: 27(16), 3718-3731 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15650
- Palmer, M. S., C. Portales, D. Mech, & F. Isbell (2021). Spatiotemporal sensitivity to risk attenuates predator effects in an experimental test of a behaviorally-mediated trophic cascade. Oecologica: 195(1), 235-248 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04816-4 (full-text view-only can be accessed: https://rdcu.be/ccXWq)
- Pardo, L. E., S. Bombaci, S. E. Huebner, M. Somers, M. S. Palmer, ... & J. A. Venter (2021). Snapshot Safari: a large-scale collaborative to monitor Africa’s remarkable biodiversity. South African Journal of Science: 117(1/2) https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2021/8134
- Palmer, M. S., C. Willis, K. Barrie, C. Packer, A. Moe, & D. Wassenberg (2020). Using camera trap data to make authentic ecological inquiries. CourseSource: https://doi.org/10.24918/cs.2020.49
- Beaudrot, L., M. S. Palmer, T. M. Anderson, & C. Packer (2020). Mixed-species groups of Serengeti grazers: a test of the stress gradient hypothesis. Ecology: 101(11), e03163. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3163
- Nominated for ESA George Mercer Award for Early-Career Researchers
- Smith, J. A., J. P. Suraci, J. S. Hunter, K. M. Gaynor, C. B. Keller, M. S. Palmer, et al. (2020). Zooming in on mechanistic predator-prey ecology: Integrating camera traps with experimental methods reveals the drivers of interactions between predators and prey. Journal of Applied Ecol. 89(4), 1997-202: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13264
- Palmer, M. S. & J. Krueger (2019). Bats join the ranks of oxpeckers and cleaner fish as partners in a pest-reducing mutualism. Ethology: 125(3): 170-175. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.12840
- Muneza, A., W. Calo III, C. Packer, J. Cusack, T. Jones, M. Palmer, A. Swanson, M. Kosmala, A. Dickman, D. Macdonald, & R. Montgomery. Assessing wildlife disease ecology via photogrammetry analysis of camera trap data. Journal of Wildlife Disease: 55(4), 770-781. doi.org/10.7589/2018-06-149
- Palmer, M. S., A. Swanson, M. Kosmala, T. Arnold, & C. Packer (2018). Evaluating relative abundance indices for terrestrial herbivores from large-scale camera trap surveys. African Journal of Ecology: 56(4), 791–803. doi.org/10.1111/aje.12566
- Norouzzadeh, M. S., A. Nguyen, M. Kosmala, A. Swanson, M. Palmer, C. Packer, & J. Clune. Automatically identifying, counting, and describing wild animals in camera-trap images with deep learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: 201719367. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1719367115
- Palmer, M. S. & C. Packer (2018). Giraffe bed and breakfast: camera traps reveal Tanzanian yellow-billed oxpeckers roosting on their large mammalian hosts. African Journal of Ecology.: 2018;00:1–3. doi:10.1111/aje.12505
- Palmer, M. S. & A. Gross* (2018). Eavesdropping in an African large mammal community: anti-predator responses to alarm calls vary according to the reliability of the signaler. Animal Behaviour: 137, 1-9. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.12.018
- Palmer, M. S., J. Fieberg, A. Swanson, M. Kosmala, & C. Packer (2017). A ‘dynamic’ landscape of fear: prey responses to spatiotemporal variation in predation risk across the lunar cycle. Ecology Letters: 20(11), 1364-1373. doi:10.1111/ele.12832
- Anderson, T. M., S. White, B. Davis, R. Erhardt, M. S. Palmer, & C. Packer (2016). Spatio-temporal distribution of African savannah herbivores: species associations and habitat occupancy in a landscape context. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society – Series B: 371, 20150314. doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0314
- Hankison, S. J. & M. S. Palmer (2016). Assays to detect UV-reflecting structures and determine their importance in mate preference using the sailfin molly Poecilia latipinna. Journal of Visualized Experiments: 115, e54453, doi:10.3791/54453
- Ord, T.J., G.K. Charles, M. Palmer, and J.A. Stamps (2016). Plasticity in social communication and its implications for the colonization of novel habitats. Behavioral Ecology: 27(1), 341-351. doi:10.1093/beheco/arv165
- Palmer, M. S. and S. J. Hankison (2014).Use of ultraviolet cues in female mate preference in the sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna. Acta Ethologica: 18, 153. doi:10.1007/s10211-014-0195-3
- Willink, B., M. S. Palmer, T. Landberg, J. R. Vonesh, and K. M. Warkentin (2014). Predator identity and prey size-structure shape immediate and cumulative costs of risk-induced early hatching. Evolutionary Ecology: 28, 103. doi:10.1007/s10682-013-9661-z
- Lardner, B., R.N. Reed, A.A.Y. Adams, M.J. Mazurek, T.J. Hinkle, P.M. Levasseur, M. S. Palmer, and J.A. Savidge (2013). Selective predation by feral cats on a native skink on Guam. International Reptile Conservation Foundation’s Amphibians and Reptiles: Conservation and Natural History: 20(1), 16–19. link
Presentations:
- M. S. Palmer (2022). Camera traps, computing, and conservation. Computer Vision for Animal Tracking and Modeling (keynote speaker)
- M. S. Palmer (2022). Navigating a multi-predator landscape of fear: behavioral tactic of large herbivores to avoid predation. University of Vienna (invited speaker)
- M. S. Palmer (2021). Predator-prey relationships in a dynamic, recovering ecosystem. Parque National da Gorongosa Seminário de Ciências (invited speaker)
- M. S. Palmer (2021). How do I support capacity building efforts in conservation tech? WILDLABS Tech Tutors (invited speaker)
- M. S. Palmer, K. M. Gaynor, M. Hutchinson, J. Becker, J. Abraham, E. Phillips, P. Bouley, & R. Pringle (2021). Reinstating a landscape of fear: community-wide behavioral responses to predator reintroduction. International Congress for Conservation Biology (talk)
- M. S. Palmer, K. M. Gaynor, M. Hutchinson, J. Becker, J. Abraham, E. Phillips, P. Bouley, & R. Pringle (2021). Reinstating a landscape of fear: community-wide behavioral responses to predator reintroduction. IAnimal Behavior Society (talk)
- M. S. Palmer (2021). Carnivores, camera traps, and conservation: the past, present, and future of African ecology. National Classical Education Symposium (invited speaker)
- M. S. Palmer (2021). Carnivores and camera traps: large-scale monitoring to tackle conservation crises. University of Illinois INHS (invited speaker)
- M. S. Palmer (2019). Navigating a landscape of fear: anti-predator decision making and its ecological impacts. Princeton University EEB Seminar Series: Colloquium on the Biology of Populations (invited speaker)
- M. S. Palmer, K. Snyder, N. Mbise, P. Goodman, & C. Packer (2019). Estimating abundance of unmarked herbivores from camera trap data. International Symposium of Integrative Zoology (invited speaker)
- M. S. Palmer (2019). Survival in a landscape of fear. OWU Zoology Research Seminar Series (invited speaker)
- M. S. Palmer (2019). Into the wild: the adventures and misadventures of a professional zoologist. OWU Sagan National Colloquium “Our World Needs You!” (invited speaker)
- M. S. Palmer, K. Snyder, N. Mbise, P. Goodman, & C. Packer. An overview and validation of statistical techniques to produce accurate abundance estimations of unmarked animals from camera trap survey data. International Symposium of Integrative Zoology (invited speaker)
- M. S. Palmer & S. Petersen (2019). Computing, camera traps, and conservation: how can machine learning inform ecology? Deep Learning Indaba (invited speaker)
- M. S. Palmer & R. Pringle (2019). Emergent multiple predator effects: examining the mechanisms that structure predator-prey interactions in multi-predator communities. Savanna Science Network Meeting
- M. S. Palmer, J. Fieberg, & C. Packer (2018). Daily predator activity drives dynamic changes in fear topography. Predator-Prey Interactions Gordon Research Conference (invited speaker)
- M. S. Palmer, L. Fortson, N. Krevans, E. Roberts, & A. Simenstad (2017). From ancient lives to lions in the Serengeti: Using citizen science to research 21st century questions. UMN Citizen Science Workshop (invited speaker)
- M. S. Palmer, A. Swanson, M. Kosmala, & C. Packer (2017). Camera trapping as a tool for applied management: An overview of statistical techniques to produce accurate abundance estimations from survey data. Symposium for Contemporary Conservation Practice (invited speaker; video link below)
- M. S. Palmer & C. Packer (2017). Snapshot Safari: Cameras, science, conservation. Citizen Science Association Conference
- M. S. Palmer & C. Packer (2015). Adaptive ungulate anti-predator behaviors. 6th Annual Diamond Route Research Conference
- M. S. Palmer & C. Packer (2015). Adaptive ungulate anti-predator behaviors. South African Lion Managers Forum Annual Meeting
- M. S. Palmer & E. H. Burtt, Jr. (2010). Plumage microbial community as a force driving the evolution of maintenance behavior. 25th International Ornithological Congress (presented by E. H. Burtt)
Posters:
- M. S. Palmer, K. M. Gaynor, M. Hutchinson, J. Becker, J. Abraham, E. Phillips, P. Bouley, & R. Pringle (2021) Reinstating a landscape of fear: community-wide behavioral responses to predator reintroduction. Ecological Society of America
- M. S. Palmer, K. M. Gaynor, M. Hutchinson, J. Becker, J. Abraham, E. Phillips, P. Bouley, & R. Pringle (2021). Reinstating a landscape of fear: community-wide behavioral responses to predator reintroduction. International Congress of Zoology
- M. S. Palmer, D. Mech, & F. Isbell (2018). Wolf recovery and the restoration of ecological systems? 2018 International Wolf Symposium
- M. S. Palmer & C. Packer (2018). Multi-predator interactions shape a dynamic landscape of fear. Minnesota Supercomputing Institute 2018 Research Exhibition (poster competition winner)
- M. S. Palmer & C. Packer (2017). Survival in a landscape of fear: Prey behavioral responses to multi-dimensional predation risk. Ecology, Evolution, & Behavior Department 50th Anniversary Symposium (invited poster)
- M. S. Palmer, J. Fieberg, A. Swanson, M. Kosmala, & C. Packer (2017). Ungulate responses to fluctuating temporal predation risk. Savanna Science Network Meeting
- M. S. Palmer & C. Packer (2016). Snapshot Safari: Cameras, science, conservation. 7th Annual Diamond Route Research Conference
- T. Arnold, M. Palmer, M. Kosmala, A. Swanson, E. Erhart, J. Forester, & C. Packer (2016). Separating signal from noise in citizen-science data: Using hierarchical models to estimate relative abundances from camera-trap data. International Statistical Ecology Conference
- M. S. Palmer, J. Fieberg, A. Swanson, M. Kosmala, & C. Packer (2016). Ungulate responses to fluctuating temporal predation risk. Predator-Prey Interactions Gordon Research Conference
- M. S. Palmer, J. Fieberg, A. Swanson, M. Kosmala, & C. Packer (2016). Ungulate responses to fluctuating temporal predation risk. Minnesota Supercomputing Institute Research Exhibition
- M. S. Palmer, A. Swanson, & C. Packer (2014). Impact of predator intimidation on herbivore spatiotemporal distributions in the Serengeti. Predator-Prey Interactions Gordon Research Conference
- M. S. Palmer & S. J. Hankison (2012). UV mate choice decision in mollies. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
- M. S. Palmer & S. J. Hankison (2012). UV mate choice decision in mollies. Indiana University Animal Behavior Conference
- M. S. Palmer & S. J. Hankison (2011). UV mate choice decision in mollies. Indiana University Animal Behavior Conference (poster competition winner)
- M. S. Palmer, B. Willink, T. Landberg, J. R. Vonesh & K. M. Warkentin (2011). Costs of hatching early: vulnerability and period of exposure to predators. Ohio Academy of Science
- M. S. Palmer, B. Willink, T. Landberg, J. R. Vonesh & K. M. Warkentin (2011). Costs of hatching early: vulnerability and period of exposure to predators. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
- M. S. Palmer & S. J. Hankison (2010). Behavioral syndromes in Three-spine stickleback. Ohio Academy of Science
- M. S. Palmer & E. H. Burtt, Jr. (2009). Plumage microbial community as a force driving the evolution of maintenance behavior. American Ornithologists’ Union
- M. S. Palmer, R. Deatsman, & E. H. Burtt, Jr. (2009). Dominance interactions among Neotropical hummingbirds. Wilson Ornithological Society
- M. S. Palmer, S. Lindshield, & K. Dingess (2008). Seed dispersal: comparison between Mantled howler monkeys and Black-handed spider monkeys. Midwest Primate Interest Group
- M. Rodrigues, M. S. Palmer, & M. Larson (2008). Play behavior in juvenile spider monkeys. Midwest Primate Interest Group
- M. S. Palmer & E. H. Burtt, Jr. (2008). Effects of copper pigmentation in Turaco feathers on bacterial degradation. Wilson Ornithological Society
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