three female elk standing in a river

Bishop Wildlife Research Lab

Text Book

  1. Gomez, E., C. J. Bishop, J. Organ, and T. J. Ryder, editors.  2023.  Introduction to Wildlife Management and Conservation in North America.  Great River Learning, Dubuque, Iowa.

Peer-reviewed 

  1. Bergman, E.J., and C.J. Bishop.  2023.  Colorado Plateau Ecoregion.  Pages 275-287 In J.R. Heffelfinger and P.R. Krausman, editors.  Ecology and Management of Black-tailed and Mule Deer of North America.  CRC Press.   
  2. Monteith, K.L., T.N. LaSharr, C.J. Bishop, T.R. Stephenson, K.M. Stewart, and L.A. Shipley. 2023.  Digestive physiology and nutrition.  Pages 71-94 In J.R. Heffelfinger and P.R. Krausman, editors.  Ecology and Management of Black-tailed and Mule Deer of North America.  CRC Press.
  3. Anton, C.B., N.J. DeCesare, C.J. Peterson, T.A. Hayes, and C.J. Bishop.  2022.  Climate, habitat interactions, and mule deer resource selection on winter landscapes.  Journal of Wildlife Management 86:e22299.  https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22299.
  4. Berl, R.E.W., M.J. Manfredo, M. Gasta, D. Smith, L. Sullivan, C.A. Jacobson, C. Bishop, J. Camuso, T. Eason, J.P. Hayes, R. Jacobson, C. Melcher, J. Newmark, P. Novotny, S.P. Pauley, C. Smith, C. Sparks, K. Stoner, J.D. Strong, and J. Ver Steeg.  2022.  Building a systems framework to facilitate adaptive organizational change in state fish and wildlife agencies.  Conservation Science and Practice 4:e591; doi.org/10.1111/csp2.591
  5. Branch, J.V., J. Karlen, J. Organ, C. Bishop, M. Mitchell, R. Regan, and J.J. Millspaugh.  2022.  Echoes of 1937: Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would bring wildlife conservation funding full circle.  Conservation Letters e12890; doi.org/10.1111/conl.12890 
  6. Hayes, F.P., J.J. Millspaugh, E.J. Bergman, R.M. Callaway, and C.J. Bishop.  2022.  Effects of willow nutrition and morphology on calving success of moose.  Journal of Wildlife Management 86:e22175; doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22175
  7. Hayes, T.A., N.J. DeCesare, C.J. Peterson, C.J. Bishop, and M.S. Mitchell.  2022. Trade-offs in forest disturbance management for plant communities and ungulates.  Forest Ecology and Management 506:119972
  8. Peterson, C.J., N.J. DeCesare, T.A. Hayes, C.J. Bishop, and M.S. Mitchell.  2022.  Consequences of migratory strategy on habitat selection by mule deer.  Journal of Wildlife Management 86:e22135; doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22135
  9. Teel, T.L., B. Bruyere, A. Dayer, K.E. Stoner, C. Bishop, J. Bruskotter, S. Freeman, J. Newmark, C. Jager, and M.J. Manfredo.  2022.  Reenvisioning the university education needs of wildlife conservation professionals in the United States.  Conservation Science and Practice 4:e610; doi.org/10.1111/csp2.610
  10. Bishop, C.J., L.P. Waits, and J.R. Mawdsley.  2021.  A place for universities on the roadmap: for agencies to become more relevant, universities must also change.  The Wildlife Professional 15:43-47
  11. Peterson, C.J., M.S. Mitchell, N.J. DeCesare, C.J. Bishop, and S.S. Sells.  2021.  Habitat selection by wolves and mountain lions during summer in western Montana.  PLOS ONE 16:e0254827; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254827
  12. Bergman, E.J., F.P. Hayes, P.M. Lukacs, and C.J. Bishop.  2020.  Moose calf detection probabilities: quantification and evaluation of a ground-based survey technique.  Wildlife Biology; DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00599
  13. Bishop, C.J., M.W. Alldredge, D.P. Walsh, E.J. Bergman, C.R. Anderson, Jr., D. Kilpatrick, J. Bakel, and C. Febvre.  2019.  A non-invasive automated device for remotely collaring and weighing mule deer.  Wildlife Society Bulletin; DOI: 10.1002/wsb.1034
  14. Maestas, J.D., C.A. Hagen, J.T. Smith, J.D. Tack, B.W. Allred, T. Griffiths, C.J. Bishop, K.M. Stewart, and D.E. Naugle.  2019.  Mule deer juniper use is an unreliable indicator of habitat quality: comments on Coe et al. (2018).  Journal of Wildlife Management 83:755-761; DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21614
  15. Burkholder, E. N., A. F. Jakes, P. F. Jones, M. Hebblewhite, and C. J. Bishop.  2018.  To jump or not to jump: mule deer and white-tailed deer fence crossing decisions.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 42:420-429; DOI:  10.1002/wsb.898
  16. Odell, E. A., J. R. Heffelfinger, S. S. Rosenstock, C. J. Bishop, S. Liley, A. Gonzalez-Bernal, J. A. Velasco, and E. Martinez-Meyer.  2018.  Reply to Hedrick et al.: The role of genetic rescue in Mexican wolf recovery.  Biological Conservation 224:368-369; DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.05.010.
  17. Odell, E. A., J. R. Heffelfinger, S. S. Rosenstock, C. J. Bishop, S. Liley, A. Gonzalez-Bernal, J. A. Velasco, and E. Martinez-Meyer.  2018.  Perils of recovering the Mexican wolf outside of its historical range.  Biological Conservation 220:290-298; DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.01.020. 
  18. Bishop, C. J., and M. W. Hubbard.  2018.  The role of field research in state wildlife management.  In T. J. Ryder, editor.  State Wildlife Management and Conservation.  The Wildlife Society scientific book series, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.   
  19. Bergman, E. J., C. R. Anderson, Jr., C. J. Bishop, A. A. Holland, and J. M. Northrup.  2018.  Variation in ungulate body fat: individual versus temporal effects.  Journal of Wildlife Management 82:130-137. 
  20. Searle, K. R., M. B. Rice, C. R. Anderson, C. Bishop, and N. T. Hobbs.  2015.  Asynchronous vegetation phenology enhances winter body condition of a large mobile herbivore.  Oecologia 179:377-391.
  21. Anderson, C. R., Jr., and C. J. Bishop.  2014.  Migration patterns of adult female mule deer in response to energy development.  Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 79:47-50.
  22. Bergman, E. J., P. F. Doherty, Jr., C. J. Bishop, L. L. Wolfe, and B. A. Banulis.  2014.  Herbivore body condition response in altered environments: mule deer and habitat management.  PLoS ONE 9:e106374.
  23. Bergman, E. J., C. J. Bishop, D. J. Freddy, G. C. White, and P. F. Doherty, Jr.  2014.  Habitat management influences overwinter survival of mule deer fawns in Colorado.  Journal of Wildlife Management 78:448-455.
  24. Brodie, J., H. Johnson, M. Mitchell, P. Zager, K. Proffitt, M. Hebblewhite, M. Kauffman, B. Johnson, J. Bissonette, C. Bishop, J. Gude, J. Herbert, K. Hersey, M. Hurley, P. M. Lukacs, S. McCorquodale, E. McIntire, J. Nowak, H. Sawyer, D. Smith, and P. J. White.  2013.  Relative influence of human harvest, carnivores, and weather on adult female elk survival across western North America.  Journal of Applied Ecology 50:295-305.
  25. Bishop, C. J., C. R. Anderson, Jr., 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. 
  26. Bergman, E. J., B. E. Watkins, C. J. Bishop, P. M. Lukacs, and M. Lloyd.  2011.  Biological and socio-economic effects of statewide limitation of deer licenses in Colorado.  Journal of Wildlife Management 75:1443-1452.
  27. Dulberger, J., N. T. Hobbs, H. M. Swanson, C. J. Bishop, and M. W. Miller.  2010.  Estimating chronic wasting disease effects on mule deer recruitment and population growth.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46:1086-1095.
  28. Bishop, C. J., G. C. White, D. J. Freddy, B. E. Watkins, and T. R. Stephenson.  2009.  Effect of enhanced nutrition on mule deer population rate of change.  Wildlife Monographs 172:1-28. 
  29. Bishop, C. J., B. E. Watkins, L. L. Wolfe, D. J. Freddy, and G. C. White.  2009.  Evaluating mule deer body condition using serum thyroid hormone concentrations.  Journal of Wildlife Management 73:462-467. 
  30. Bishop, C. J., G. C. White, and P. M. Lukacs.  2008.  Evaluating dependence among mule deer siblings in fetal and neonatal survival analyses.  Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1085-1093.
  31. Schultheiss, P. C., H. Van Campen, T. R. Spraker, C. J. Bishop, L. L. Wolfe, and B. Podell.  2007.  Malignant catarrhal fever associated with ovine herpesvirus-2 in free-ranging mule deer in Colorado.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43:533-537.
  32. Bishop, C. J., D. J. Freddy, G. C. White, B. E. Watkins, T. R. Stephenson, and L. L. Wolfe.  2007.  Using vaginal implant transmitters to aid in capture of mule deer neonates.  Journal of Wildlife Management 71:945-954.
  33. Bishop, C. J., J. W. Unsworth, and E. O. Garton.  2005.  Mule deer survival among adjacent populations in southwest Idaho.  Journal of Wildlife Management 69:311-321.
  34. Bishop, C. J., G. C. White, D. J. Freddy, and B. E. Watkins.  2005.  Effect of limited antlered harvest on mule deer sex and age ratios.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 33:662-668.
  35. Bishop, C. J., E. O. Garton, and J. W. Unsworth.  2001.  Bitterbrush and cheatgrass quality on 3 southwest Idaho winter ranges.  Journal of Range Management 54:595–602

Other Publications

  1. Bishop, C. J., and P. M. Lukacs.  2017.  Review of Nevada Department of Wildlife mule deer management program.  Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, Missoula.
  2. Bishop, C.J.  2016.  Role of habitat treatments and related mitigation strategies to offset impacts of altered feedground management.  Pages 21-23 in S. Kallin, editor.  Proceedings: Jackson Hole Chronic Wasting Disease Forum.  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jackson, WY.
  3. Bishop, C. J., and P. M. Lukacs.  2016.  Review of survey and analysis procedures used by the Arizona Game and Fish Department to inform management of bighorn sheep, deer, elk, and pronghorn.  Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, Missoula.
  4. White, G. C., and C. J. Bishop.  2010.  A bountiful harvest for science: how conservation science benefits from studying game species.  The Wildlife Professional (Fall 2010):42-46.
  5. Watkins, B. E., C. J. Bishop, E. J. Bergman, A. Bronson, B. Hale, B. F. Wakeling, L. H. Carpenter, and D. W. Lutz.  2007.  Habitat guidelines for mule deer: Colorado Plateau shrubland and forest ecoregion.  Mule Deer Working Group, Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
  6. Gill, R. B., T. D. I. Beck, C. J. Bishop, D. J. Freddy, N. T. Hobbs, R. H. Kahn, M. W. Miller, T. M. Pojar, and G. C. White.  2001.  Declining mule deer populations in Colorado: reasons and responses.  Colorado Division of Wildlife Special Report Number 77, Denver, Colorado, USA.