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Title A name given to the resource Ellen Brandell, Wildlife Research Scientist Description An account of the resource Current or Recent Research Projects <ul> <li>Wolf ecology <ul> <li>Wolf habitat selection and movement during re establishment in Colorado</li> </ul> </li> <li>Wildlife management <ul> <li>Statistical estimation of wolf abundance</li> <li>Quantifying the effects of management practices and disease on wildlife harvest</li> </ul> </li> <li>Wolf-livestock dynamics <ul> <li>Identifying and examining potential nonconsumptive effects of wolves on cattle</li> </ul> </li> <li>Predator-prey dynamics <ul> <li>Examining wolf and hunter effects on elk movement, space use, and aggregation patterns</li> <li>Quantifying conditions under which predators influence prey diseases</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Areas of Interest and Expertise My background is in terrestrial wildlife ecology with a focus on carnivores (primarily gray wolves) and infectious diseases. I am interested in many facets of wildlife ecology, especially social behaviors, predator-prey interactions, population dynamics, and disease dynamics. My work intersects wildlife ecology, wildlife management, statistics, and disease ecology. Select Publications <ul> <li>Draper, J. P., E. E. Brandell, J. Isabelle, C. Jacques, C. McCoy, E. Michel, D. J. Storm, C. Ott-Conn, B. Wojcik, W. C. Turner, and D. P. Walsh. 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324708">Doe diligence: a regional analysis of antlerless deer harvest regulations in the Midwestern United States of America</a>. PLoS One, 20(6): p.e0324708. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324708</li> <li>Inzalaco, H. N. t., E. E. Brandell, S. P. Wilson, M. Hunsaker, D. R. Stahler, K. Woelfel, D. P. Walsh, T. Nordeen, D. J. Storm, and S. S. Lichtenberg. 2024. <a href="https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/459">Detection of prions from spiked and free-ranging carnivore feces</a>. Scientific Reports 14:3804. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44167-7</li> <li>Cubaynes, S., E. E. Brandell, D. R. Stahler, D. W. Smith, E. S. Almberg, S. Schindler, R. K. Wayne, A. P. Dobson, B. M. vonHoldt, D. R. MacNulty, P. D. Cross, P. J. Hudson, and T. Coulson. 2022. <a href="10.1126/science.abi8745">Disease outbreaks select for mate choice and coat color in wolves</a>. Science 378:300–303; DOI: 10.1126/science.abi8745</li> <li>Meyer, C. J., K. A. Cassidy, E. E. Stahler, E. E. Brandell, C. B. Anton, D. R. Stahler, and D. W. Smith 2022. <a href="https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/378">Parasitic infection increases risk-taking in a social, intermediate host carnivore</a>. Communications Biology 5:1–10; doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04122-0</li> <li>Brandell, E. E., M. K. Jackson, P. C. Cross, A. J. Piaggio, D. R. Taylor, D. W. Smith, B. Boufana, D. R. Stahler, and P. J. Hudson. 2022. <a href="https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/379">Evaluating noninvasive methods for estimating cestode prevalence in a wild carnivore population</a>. PLoS ONE 17(11): e0277420; doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277420</li> <li>Brandell, E. E., D. J. Storm, T. R. Van Deelen, D. P. Walsh, and W. C. Turner. 2022. <a href="https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/380">A call to action: standardizing white-tailed deer harvest data in the Midwestern United States and implicationsfor quantitative analysis and disease management</a>. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution; https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.943411</li> <li>Gilbertson, M. L., E. E. Brandell, M. E. Pinkerton, N. M. Meaux, M.  Hunsaker, D. Jarosinski, W. Ellarson, D. P. Walsh, D. J. Storm, and W. C. Turner. 2022. <a href="https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/381">Cause of death, pathology, and chronic wasting disease status of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) mortalities in Wisconsin, USA.</a> Journal of Wildlife Diseases 54:803–815; DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-21-00202</li> <li>Brandell, E. E., P. C. Cross, D. W. Smith, W. Rogers, N. L. Galloway, D. MacNulty, D. R. Stahler, J. Treanor, and P. J. Hudson. 2022. <a href="https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/388">Examination of the interaction between age‐specific predation and chronic disease in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem</a>. Journal of Animal Ecology. 91:1373-1384, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13661</li> <li>Rogers, W., E. E. Brandell, and P. C. Cross. 2022. <a href="https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/389">Epidemiological differences between sexes affect management efficacy in simulated chronic wasting disease systems.</a> Journal of Applied Ecology 59:1122-1133. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14125</li> <li>Brandell, E.E., D. J. Becker, L. Sampson, and K. M. Forbes. 2021. <a href="https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/390">Demography, education, and research trends in the interdisciplinary field of disease ecology</a>. Ecology and evolution 11:17581-17592, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8466</li> <li>Brandell, E. E., A. P. Dobson, P. J. Hudson, P. C. Cross, and D. W. Smith. 2021. <a href="https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/392">A metapopulation model of social group dynamics and disease applied to Yellowstone wolves</a>. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(10), https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020023118</li> <li>Brandell, E.E., P. C. Cross, M. E. Craft, D. W. Smith, E. J. Dubovi, M. L.  Gilbertson, T. Wheeldon, J. A. Stephenson, S. Barber-Meyer, B. L. Borg, and M. Sorum. 2021. <a href="https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/391">Patterns and processes of pathogen exposure in gray wolves across North America</a>. Scientific reports 11(1):1-14.</li> <li>DeCandia, A. L., E. C. Schrom, E. E. Brandell, D. R. Stahler, and B. M. vonHoldt. 2021. <a href="https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/393">Sarcoptic mange severity is associated with reduced genomic variation and evidence of selection in Yellowstone National Park wolves (Canis lupus)</a>. Evolutionary applications, 14(2):429-445, https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13127</li> <li>Brandell, E. E., N. M. Fountain‐Jones, M. L. Gilbertson, P. C. Cross, P. J. Hudson, D. W. Smith, D. R. Stahler, C. Packer, and M. E. Craft. 2021. <a href="https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/394">Group density, disease, and season shape territory size and overlap of social carnivores</a>. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(1):87-101.</li> </ul> Education <ul> <li>Ph.D., Ecology – Pennsylvania State University, 2021</li> <li>B.S., Wildlife Biology – University of Montana, 2015 </li> </ul> Current or Recent Positions <ul> <li>Wildlife Research Scientist – Colorado Parks and Wildlife, 2022-Present</li> <li>Postdoctoral Associate – Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Dept. of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2020-2022</li> </ul> Contact Information 317 W. Prospect Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80526 Email: <a href="mailto:ellen.brandell@state.co.us">ellen.brandell@state.co.us</a> Phone: 970-698-0252 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Brandell, Ellen Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/">In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted</a>