Preprints/in review

1. Hooven, N.D., E.C. Breitenbach, P.O. Jensen, E.P. Krausz, and D.H. Thornton. 2025. Speeding by: Modeling animal movement speed does not overcome limitations of a popular camera trap density estimator. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6293639

Peer-reviewed publications

7. Hooven, N.D., K.E. Williams, J.T. Hast, J.R. McDermott, R.D. Crank, M.T. Springer, and J.J. Cox. 2024. Landscape context and behavioral clustering contribute to flexible habitat selection strategies in a large mammal. Mammal Research 69: 329–343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-024-00753-2

6. Hooven, N.D., K.E. Williams, J.T. Hast, J.R. McDermott, R.D. Crank, M.T. Springer, and J.J. Cox. 2024. Correlates of mid-winter pregnancy and early reproductive outcomes in a reintroduced elk (Cervus canadensis) population. Mammalian Biology 104: 277–286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-024-00753-2

5. Hooven, N.D., K.E. Williams, J.T. Hast, J.R. McDermott, R.D. Crank, M.T. Springer, and J.J. Cox. 2023. Multiscale influences on elk (Cervus canadensis) calving site selection across a fragmented Appalachian landscape. Journal of Mammalogy 104(6): 1264–1278. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad091

4. Williams, K.E., N.D. Hooven, J.T. Hast, C.L. Casey, N.M. Nemeth, A. Weyna, M.T. Springer, and J.J. Cox. 2023. Congenital vertebral malformation in a neonatal elk (Cervus canadensis) in Kentucky, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 59(3): 532–535. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-22-00126

3. Hooven, N.D., M.T. Springer, C.K. Nielsen, and E.M. Schauber. 2023. Influence of natal habitat preference on habitat selection during extra-home range movements in a large ungulate. Ecology and Evolution 13: e9794. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9794

2. Hooven, N.D., K.E. Williams, J.T. Hast, J.R. McDermott, R.D. Crank, G. Jenkins, M.T. Springer, and J.J. Cox. 2022. Using low fix-rate GPS telemetry to expand estimates of ungulate reproductive success. Animal Biotelemetry 10: 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-022-00276-0

1. Catenazzi, A., S.V. Flechas, D. Burkart, N.D. Hooven, J. Townsend, and V.T. Vredenburg. 2018. Widespread elevational occurrence of antifungal bacteria in Andean amphibians decimated by disease: a complex role for skin symbionts in defense against chytridiomycosis. Frontiers in Microbiology 9: 465. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00465

Theses

2. Hooven, N.D. 2022. Spatial ecology of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) cows in southeastern Kentucky. MS thesis. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2022.240

1. Hooven, N.D. Effects of weather conditions and date on capture success of wood ducks (Aix sponsa). Undergraduate thesis. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL.