Selected Publications

• Blount, J.D., Green, A.M., Chynoweth, M., Çoban, E., Kusak, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. 2025. Combining N-mixture and occupancy analysis offers a more complete picture of carnivore habitat selection in northeastern Türkiye. PLoS One: In press.
• Storch, I., Tallian, A., Boitani, L., Bernardi, C.D., Kusak, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç., Smith, D., Vucetich, J., Zimmermann, B. 2024. Wolves across borders. Wildlife Biology: e01417.
• Naderi, M., Çoban, E., Caceres, F.C., Blount, J.D., Çoban, A., Kusak, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. 2024. Brown bear denning habits in northeastern Türkiye. Global Ecology and Conservation 54: e03156.
• Blount, J.D., Green, A.M., Chynoweth, M., Kittelberger, K.D., Hipolito, D., Bojarska, K., Çoban, E., Kusak, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. 2024. Seasonal activity patterns and home range sizes of wolves in the human-dominated landscape of northeast Türkiye. Wildlife Biology: e01257.
• Aytekin, M.Ç.K., Kusak, J., Chynoweth, M., Çoban, E., Çoban, A., Naderi, M., Kavaklı, İ.H., Sağlam, İ.K., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. 2023. Genetic changes influence behavioral shifts of brown bears in response to human-dominated landscapes in Eastern Türkiye. Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3332392/v1
• Belić, M., Klobučar, A., Faraguna, S., Turk, R., Vince, S., Çoban, E., Çoban, A., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H., Kusak, J. 2022. Hematological findings of free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos) from eastern Turkey, obtained by blood film evaluation. Veterinarski Arhiv 92: 633-642.
• Naderi, M., Kusak, J., Bojarska, K., Chynoweth, M., Green, A., Şekercioğlu. Ç.H. 2021. Hares, humans, and lynx activity rhythms: who avoids whom? Hystrix 32: 147-152.
• Kusak, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H., 2021. Large carnivores and livestock in northeast Turkey: a pragmatic coexistence. Carnivore Damage Prevention News 21: 1-9.
• Naderi, M., Çoban, E., Kusak, J., Kemahlı Aytekin, M.Ç., Chynoweth, M., Ağırkaya, İ.K., Güven, N., Çoban, A., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. 2020. The first record of raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 44: 209-213.
• Capitani, C., Chynoweth, M., Kusak, J., Çoban, E., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. 2016. Wolf diet in an agricultural landscape of north-eastern Turkey. Mammalia 80: 329-334.
• Cozzi, G., Chynoweth, M., Kusak, J., Çoban, E., Çoban, A., Ozgul, A., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. 2016. Anthropogenic food resources foster the coexistence of distinct life-history strategies: year-round sedentary and migratory brown bears. Journal of Zoology 300: 142-150.