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Evelyn Merrill
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Latest papers
Predicting disease spread from host movement data: Chronic wasting disease in North America as a case study.
The Journal of animal ecology · 2026 · senior author
Artificial Attractants: Implications for Disease Management in Deer.
Ecology and evolution · 2025 · senior author
Neonatal antipredator tactics shape female movement patterns in large herbivores.
Nature ecology & evolution · 2025
Latest funding
- $1,472,160
A comprehensive approach to halt chronic wasting disease transmission
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $372,000
Partial migration of elk in a heterogeneous landscape
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
- $150,000
Biotelemetry System: Infrastructure for assessing disease transmission in wildlife
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
11 publications.
Predicting disease spread from host movement data: Chronic wasting disease in North America as a case study.
Cross PC, Lowrey B, Kauffman M, Merrill E
Artificial Attractants: Implications for Disease Management in Deer.
Gritter K, Pybus M, Lewis MA, Merrill E
Neonatal antipredator tactics shape female movement patterns in large herbivores.
Atmeh K, Bonenfant C, Gaillard JM, Garel M, Hewison AJM, Marchand P, Morellet N, Anderwald P, Buuveibaatar B, Beck JL, Becker MS, van Beest FM, Berg J, Bergvall UA, Boone RB, Boyce MS, Chamaillé-Jammes S, Chaval Y, Buyanaa C, Christianson D, Ciuti S, Côté SD, Diefenbach DR, Droge E, du Toit JT, Dwinnell S, Fennessy J, Filli F, Fortin D, Hart EE, Hayes M, Hebblewhite M, Heim M, Herfindal I, Heurich M, von Hoermann C, Huggler K, Jackson C, Jakes AF, Jones PF, Kaczensky P, Kauffman M, Kjellander P, LaSharr T, Loe LE, May R, McLoughlin P, Meisingset EL, Merrill E, Monteith KL, Mueller T, Mysterud A, Nandintsetseg D, Olson K, Payne J, Pearson S, Pedersen ÅØ, Ranglack D, Reinking AK, Rempfler T, Rice CG, Røskaft E, Sæther BE, Saïd S, Santacreu H, Schmidt NM, Smit D, Stabach JA, St-Laurent MH, Taillon J, Walter WD, White K, Péron G, Loison A
Spatio-temporal changes in chronic wasting disease risk in wild deer during 14 years of surveillance in Alberta, Canada.
Smolko P, Seidel D, Pybus M, Hubbs A, Ball M, Merrill E
Within-population diversity of bacterial microbiomes in winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus).
Sperling J, MacDonald Z, Normandeau J, Merrill E, Sperling F, Magor K
Functional response of wolves to human development across boreal North America.
Muhly TB, Johnson CA, Hebblewhite M, Neilson EW, Fortin D, Fryxell JM, Latham ADM, Latham MC, McLoughlin PD, Merrill E, Paquet PC, Patterson BR, Schmiegelow F, Scurrah F, Musiani M
Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements.
Tucker MA, Böhning-Gaese K, Fagan WF, Fryxell JM, Van Moorter B, Alberts SC, Ali AH, Allen AM, Attias N, Avgar T, Bartlam-Brooks H, Bayarbaatar B, Belant JL, Bertassoni A, Beyer D, Bidner L, van Beest FM, Blake S, Blaum N, Bracis C, Brown D, de Bruyn PJN, Cagnacci F, Calabrese JM, Camilo-Alves C, Chamaillé-Jammes S, Chiaradia A, Davidson SC, Dennis T, DeStefano S, Diefenbach D, Douglas-Hamilton I, Fennessy J, Fichtel C, Fiedler W, Fischer C, Fischhoff I, Fleming CH, Ford AT, Fritz SA, Gehr B, Goheen JR, Gurarie E, Hebblewhite M, Heurich M, Hewison AJM, Hof C, Hurme E, Isbell LA, Janssen R, Jeltsch F, Kaczensky P, Kane A, Kappeler PM, Kauffman M, Kays R, Kimuyu D, Koch F, Kranstauber B, LaPoint S, Leimgruber P, Linnell JDC, López-López P, Markham AC, Mattisson J, Medici EP, Mellone U, Merrill E, de Miranda Mourão G, Morato RG, Morellet N, Morrison TA, Díaz-Muñoz SL, Mysterud A, Nandintsetseg D, Nathan R, Niamir A, Odden J, O'Hara RB, Oliveira-Santos LGR, Olson KA, Patterson BD, Cunha de Paula R, Pedrotti L, Reineking B, Rimmler M, Rogers TL, Rolandsen CM, Rosenberry CS, Rubenstein DI, Safi K, Saïd S, Sapir N, Sawyer H, Schmidt NM, Selva N, Sergiel A, Shiilegdamba E, Silva JP, Singh N, Solberg EJ, Spiegel O, Strand O, Sundaresan S, Ullmann W, Voigt U, Wall J, Wattles D, Wikelski M, Wilmers CC, Wilson JW, Wittemyer G, Zięba F, Zwijacz-Kozica T, Mueller T
Chronic Wasting Disease: Transmission Mechanisms and the Possibility of Harvest Management.
Potapov A, Merrill E, Pybus M, Lewis MA
Empirical Estimation of R0 for Unknown Transmission Functions: The Case of Chronic Wasting Disease in Alberta.
Potapov A, Merrill E, Pybus M, Lewis MA
Wildlife disease elimination and density dependence.
Potapov A, Merrill E, Lewis MA
A comprehensive approach to halt chronic wasting disease transmission
Principal investigators: Gilch, Sabine S
Keywords: caribou conservation; chronic wasting disease (cwd); cwd genetic resistance; indigenous knowledge; infectious disease; prion disease; prion protein genetics; prion-soil interaction; wildlife vaccine
Partial migration of elk in a heterogeneous landscape
Principal investigators: Merrill, Evelyn
Biotelemetry System: Infrastructure for assessing disease transmission in wildlife
Principal investigators: Merrill, Evelyn
NSERC CREATE for Enhancing Canada's Prosperity through Innovative Environmental Assessment, Monitoring and Management
Principal investigators: Humphries, Murray
Ecological processes in heterogeneous landscapes: predation and diseases
Principal investigators: Merrill, Evelyn
Linking species to ecosystems: predation-mediated nutrient flows
Principal investigators: Merrill, Evelyn
Range finder and GPS for animal movement behaviour
Principal investigators: StClair, ColleenCassady
Field truck for research
Principal investigators: Hannon, Susan
Spatial structure of wolf predation on elk
Principal investigators: Boyce, Mark
Precision ranching
Principal investigators: Hudson, Robert
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Martin-Hugues St-Laurent and Daniel Fortin: 4 shared papers
- Daniel Fortin and Evelyn Merrill: 2 shared papers
- Felix Sperling and Evelyn Merrill: 1 shared paper
- Felix Sperling and Katharine Magor: 1 shared paper
- Martin-Hugues St-Laurent and Philip McLoughlin: 1 shared paper
- Martin-Hugues St-Laurent and Evelyn Merrill: 1 shared paper
- Daniel Fortin and Philip McLoughlin: 1 shared paper
- Daniel Fortin and Marco Musiani: 1 shared paper
- Philip McLoughlin and Evelyn Merrill: 1 shared paper
- Evelyn Merrill and Katharine Magor: 1 shared paper
- Evelyn Merrill and Marco Musiani: 1 shared paper
- Biological Sciences
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Biologie
- Biologie, chimie et géographie
- Biology
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Daniel Fortin
Biologie
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Katharine Magor
Biological Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Marco Musiani
Biological Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Felix Sperling
Biological Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
Biologie, chimie et géographie
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Philip McLoughlin
Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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