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Katherine C.B. Weiss
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
Bio
Dr. Katherine (Kate) Weiss is an urban wildlife ecologist and conservation scientist. She studies urbanization’s impact on mammal communities, species interactions, and human-wildlife coexistence. Her past work has used trait-based approaches to understand how mammals respond or are flexible to urban environments, and how this influences human-wildlife conflict and management. She has also conducted work to support conservation decision-making and recovery planning of threatened and endangered wildlife species.
Education
PhD, Environmental Life Sciences, Arizona State University
BS, Environmental Science and Policy: Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of Maryland, College Park
Research Interests/Areas of Focus:
Urban evolutionary ecology and human-wildlife coexistence: Integrating social-ecological, theoretical, and trait-based approaches to advance human-wildlife coexistence in cities
Urban wildlife ecology: Occupancy modelling; dietary and scat analyses; camera trapping
Wildlife management: Co-creation and team science; adaptive management
Ecophysiology: Nutritional physiology, OneHealth
Endangered species policy and conservation: Decision-support; recovery planning
Selected Publications
Warner, B.H., K.C.B. Weiss, and M. Allen. 2024. Color aberration in malachite kingfishers: Insights from community science observations in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. Ecology and Evolution 14(7): e11717.
Kays, R., M.H. Snider, G. Hess, . . . K.C.B. Weiss, et al. 2024. Climate, food and humans predict communities of mammals in the United Sates. Diversity and Distributions e13900.
Burton, C.A., C. Beirne, K. Gaynor, . . . K.C.B. Weiss, et al. 2024. Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape. Nature Ecology & Evolution 8: 924-935.
Hess, S.C., K.C.B. Weiss, J.M. Custer, J.S. Lewis, S. Kraberger, and A. Varsani. 2024. Identification of small circular DNA viruses in coyote fecal samples from Arizona (USA). Archives of Virology 169:12.
Weiss, K.C.B., A. Green, D. Herrera, T. Hubbard, C. Rega-Brodsky, and M. Allen. 2023. Effect of species-level trait variation on urban exploitation in mammals. Ecology 104(7): e4055.
Rega-Brodsky, C.C., K.C.B. Weiss, A.M. Green, F. Iannarilli, J. Tleimat, et al. 2023. Mammalian functional trait responses to anthropogenic and environmental factors across the contiguous USA. Urban Ecosystems 26: 309-322
Iacona, G.D, S. Avery-Gomm, R.F. Maloney, . . . K.C.B. Weiss, et al. 2022. Hurdles to developing quantitative decision support for Endangered Species Act resource allocation. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3: 1002804.
Davenport, R.N., M. Weaver, K.C.B. Weiss, E.G. Strauss. 2022. Spatiotemporal relationships of coyotes and free-ranging domestic cats as indicators of conflict in Culver City, California. Peer J 10: e14169.
Kays, R., M. Cove, J. Díaz, . . . K.C.B. Weiss, et al. 2022. SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ecology: e3775.
Weiss, K.C.B., G. Iacona, A. Tuñas Corzón, O. Davis, K. Kemppinen, K. Surrey, and L.R. Gerber. 2021. Aligning conservation actions with objectives in endangered species recovery planning. Conservation Science and Practice 3(8): e473.
Cove, M., R. Kays, H. Bontrager, . . . K.C.B. Weiss, et al. 2021. Snapshot USA 2019: the first coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology 102(6): e03353.
Gallagher, R., D.S. Falster, B.S. Maitner, . . . K.C.B. Weiss, et al. 2020. Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life. Nature Ecology and Evolution 4: 294-303.
Weiss, K.C.B., and C.A. Ray. 2019. Unifying functional trait approaches to understand the assemblage of ecological communities: Synthesizing taxonomic divides. Ecography 42: 2012-2020.
Gerber, L.R., M.C. Runge, R.F. Maloney, . . . K.C.B. Weiss, et al. 2018. Endangered species recovery: A resource allocation problem. Science 362(6412): 284-286.
Filoso, S., M. Ometto Bezerra, K.C.B. Weiss, and M.A. Palmer. 2017. Impacts of forest restoration on water yield: A systematic review. PLoS ONE 12(8): e0183210.
