Aaron J. Wirsing

University of Washington — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

45h-index11.8kcitations148works4.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(85), Fish Ecology and Management Studies(28), Ichthyology and Marine Biology(28), Marine and fisheries research(24), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies(23)

Publications144 total

Apex predators exploit advantageous snow conditions across hunting modes
Journal of Animal Ecology·2025Open Access
Foraging tactics and success rates of brown bears preying on sockeye salmon in small streams
Journal of Mammalogy·2025· 1 cited
Navigating the risks and rewards of scavenging in multipredator, human‐impacted landscapes
Ecology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
The Talion law “tooth for a tooth”: self-defense as a motivation for shark bites on human aggressors
Frontiers in Conservation Science·2025Open Access
Metabarcoding reveals striking dietary variation in a reintroduced mesocarnivore
Journal of Mammalogy·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Residential development reduces black bear (<i>Ursus americanus</i>) opportunity to scavenge cougar (<i>Puma concolor</i>) killed prey
Ecology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Dynamic fine‐tuning of anti‐predator behaviour in snowshoe hares illustrates the context dependence of risk effects
Journal of Animal Ecology·2024Open Access
Predator–prey space use and landscape features influence movement behaviors in a large‐mammal community
Ecology·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Increase of coastal shark bite frequency linked to the COVID-19 lockdown reveals a territoriality-dominance behaviour toward humans
Behaviour·2024· 3 cited
A shifting ecological baseline after wolf extirpation
BioScience·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
White‐tailed deer population dynamics in a multipredator landscape shaped by humans
Ecological Applications·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Elk Balance Threats from Humans, Cougars, and Wolves by Shifting Habitat use Between Day and Night
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America·2024Open Access
Cougars, wolves, and humans drive a dynamic landscape of fear for elk
Ecology·2024· 20 cited
Scavenging with invasive species
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society·2023· 20 citedOpen Access
Fear of large carnivores amplifies human-caused mortality for mesopredators
Science·2023· 51 cited
Human effects on brown bear diel activity may facilitate subadults foraging on Pacific salmon
Global Ecology and Conservation·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Wildlife Research turns 50
Wildlife Research·2023Open Access
Ungulate spatiotemporal responses to contrasting predation risk from wolves and snow leopards
Journal of Animal Ecology·2022· 11 cited
Are we telling the same story? Comparing inferences made from camera trap and telemetry data for wildlife monitoring
Ecological Applications·2022· 37 cited
Interactive effects of wildfires, season and predator activity shape mule deer movements
Journal of Animal Ecology·2022· 29 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Michael R. Heithaus(22), William J. Ripple(13), Lawrence M. Dill(11), Thomas M. Newsome(9), Dennis L. Murray(8), Euan G. Ritchie(6), Mike Letnic(6), Chris R. Dickman(6), Justin A. Dellinger(5), Carolyn R. Shores(5), Michael Nelson(4), Arian D. Wallach(4), Alejandro Frid(4), Derek A. Burkholder(4), Jordan A. Thomson(4), Todd D. Steury(4), James A. Estes(3), Robert L. Beschta(3), Oswald J. Schmitz(3), Christopher Wolf(3)