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- Cheeseman AE, JB Cohen, SJ Ryan, CM Whipps. 2020. Is conservation based on best available science creating an ecological trap for an imperiled lagomorph? Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7104
- Whipps, CM, AE Cheeseman, KA Fox, JB Cohen. 2020. Evaluation of cottontail pellets collected in suboptimal conditions for DNA analysis. Wildlife Society Bulletin 44: 182:190. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1073
- Cheeseman, AE, JB Cohen. 2019. Best Management Practices for the New England Cottontail, New York. PDF
- Cheeseman, AE, JB Cohen, CM Whipps, AI Kovach, SJ Ryan. 2019. Hierarchical population structure of a rare lagomorph indicates recent fragmentation has disrupted metapopulation function. Conservation Genetics 20: 1237-1249. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01206-z
- Cheeseman AE, JB Cohen, SJ Ryan, CM Whipps. 2019. Determinants of home range size of imperiled New England and introduced eastern cottontails. Canadian Journal of Zoology 97: 516-523. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2018-0277
- Cheeseman AE, SJ Ryan, CM Whipps, JB Cohen. 2018. Competition alters seasonal resource selection and promotes use of invasive shrubs by an imperiled native cottontail. Ecology and Evolution. 8:11122-11133. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4580
- Ryan, SJ, EJ Gavard, AE Cheeseman, JB Cohen, CM Whipps. 2016. Reference and baseline hematocrit measures for the threatened New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis) and comparison with sympatric eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) rabbits. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 47: 659-662. https://doi.org/10.1638/2015-0157.1