Elizabeth W. Lehrer

Lincoln Park Zoo — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

20h-index1.4kcitations37works5.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(21), Urban Green Space and Health(10), Land Use and Ecosystem Services(9), Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation(9), Species Distribution and Climate Change(7)

Publications37 total

The Windy City rookery: Movement and activity patterns of Black-crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) in a human-dominated landscape
2025Open Access
Local and long-distance colonization influence the distribution of a species in a fragmented landscape
Stacks.·2025
When the wild things are: Defining mammalian diel activity and plasticity
Science Advances·2025· 17 citedOpen Access
Leveraging Open‐Source Geographic Databases to Enhance the Representation of Landscape Heterogeneity in Ecological Models
Ecology and Evolution·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Author Correction: Urbanization, climate and species traits shape mammal communities from local to continental scales
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Gentrification drives patterns of alpha and beta diversity in cities
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Optimizing community science contributions in ecology: A case study on Zooniverse's ‘Chicago wildlife watch’
Biological Conservation·2024· 5 cited
Urbanization, climate and species traits shape mammal communities from local to continental scales
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2023· 51 citedOpen Access
Carnivore coexistence in Chicago: niche partitioning of coyotes and red foxes
Urban Ecosystems·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Public perception of urban wildlife during a COVID-19 stay-at-home quarantine order in Chicago
Urban Ecosystems·2022· 15 citedOpen Access
One Health for All: Advancing Human and Ecosystem Health in Cities by Integrating an Environmental Justice Lens
Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics·2022· 43 cited
Integrated species distribution models reveal spatiotemporal patterns of human–wildlife conflict
Ecological Applications·2022· 27 cited
Mammals adjust diel activity across gradients of urbanization
eLife·2022· 68 citedOpen Access
Author response: Mammals adjust diel activity across gradients of urbanization
2022· 2 citedOpen Access
Barriers to building wildlife‐inclusive cities: Insights from the deliberations of urban ecologists, urban planners and landscape designers
People and Nature·2021· 33 citedOpen Access
Mammals adjust diel activity across gradients of urbanization
2021· 7 citedOpen Access
Wealth and urbanization shape medium and large terrestrial mammal communities
Global Change Biology·2021· 83 cited
A multi‐state occupancy model to non‐invasively monitor visible signs of wildlife health with camera traps that accounts for image quality
Journal of Animal Ecology·2021· 25 citedOpen Access
Why Do Animals Live in Cities?
Frontiers for Young Minds·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
Urban bat occupancy is highly influenced by noise and the location of water: Considerations for nature-based urban planning
Landscape and Urban Planning·2021· 34 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Seth B. Magle(32), Mason Fidino(28), Maureen H. Murray(15), Travis Gallo(14), Heather A. Sander(10), Julia L. Angstmann(9), Theodore Stankowich(9), Adam A. Ahlers(8), Travis J. Ryan(8), Carmen M. Salsbury(8), Christopher J. Schell(8), Kelly Simon(8), Cria A. M. Kay(8), Jacque Williamson(7), David Drake(6), Amanda J. Zellmer(6), Jesse S. Lewis(6), Colleen Cassady St. Clair(6), Brandon MacDougall(5), Solny A. Adalsteinsson(5)