Matthew C. Metz

Yellowstone Ecological Research Center — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

14h-index1.2kcitations39works2.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(34), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies(14), Rangeland and Wildlife Management(11), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies(9), Ecology and biodiversity studies(8)

Publications39 total

Diets, dominance hierarchies, and kleptoparasitism drive asymmetrical interactions between wolves and cougars
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2026Open Access
Expression and mechanisms of behavioral plasticity in large mammals
Ecosphere·2025Open Access
Prey size mediates interference competition and predation dynamics in a large carnivore community
Communications Biology·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Of wolves and bears: Seasonal drivers of interference and exploitation competition between apex predators
Ecological Monographs·2021· 27 cited
Negative frequency-dependent prey selection by wolves and its implications on predator–prey dynamics
Animal Behaviour·2021· 22 cited
Issue Information
Ecosphere·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Accounting for imperfect detection in observational studies: modeling wolf sightability in Yellowstone National Park
Ecosphere·2020· 5 citedOpen Access
How climate impacts the composition of wolf‐killed elk in northern Yellowstone National Park
Journal of Animal Ecology·2020· 33 citedOpen Access
State Vehicle Electrification Mandates and Federal Preemption
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law·2020Open Access
Do prey select for vacant hunting domains to minimize a multi‐predator threat?
Ecology Letters·2019· 87 cited
Data from: Do prey select for vacant hunting domains to minimize a multi-predator threat?
2019Open Access
Weak spatiotemporal response of prey to predation risk in a freely interacting system
Journal of Animal Ecology·2019· 71 citedOpen Access
Population responses of common ravens to reintroduced gray wolves
Ecology and Evolution·2018· 14 citedOpen Access
Predation shapes the evolutionary traits of cervid weapons
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2018· 25 cited
Diel predator activity drives a dynamic landscape of fear
Ecological Monographs·2018· 293 citedOpen Access
Factors affecting gray wolf (<i>Canis lupus</i>) encounter rate with elk (<i>Cervus elaphus</i>) in Yellowstone National Park
Canadian Journal of Zoology·2018· 9 cited
Data from: Diel predator activity drives a dynamic landscape of fear
DRYAD·2018Open Access
Diel predator activity drives a dynamic landscape of fear
2017· 7 citedOpen Access
Weak spatiotemporal response of prey to predation risk in a freely interacting system
2017Open Access
Predator foraging response to a resurgent dangerous prey
Functional Ecology·2017· 77 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Daniel R. Stahler(37), Douglas W. Smith(36), Daniel R. MacNulty(18), Michel T. Kohl(9), Aimee Tallian(7), Andrés Ordiz(6), Camilla Wikenros(6), Jonas Kindberg(6), Petter Wabakken(6), Jon E. Swenson(6), Håkan Sand(6), Cyril Milleret(5), Chris Geremia(5), Matthew J. Kauffman(4), P. J. White(4), Emily S. Almberg(4), Kira A. Cassidy(4), Mark Hebblewhite(4), James D. Forester(3), Nathan Varley(3)