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CURRENT POSITION(S)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Forest and Wildlife Ecology | University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2020
M.A. Conservation Biology | Columbia University, 2015. Thesis: Pathogen diversity, feeding behavior, and spillover risk in the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) in Guatemala.
B.A. Integrative Biology | University of California-Berkeley, 2012
B.A. English | University of California-Berkeley, 2012
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Zulla*, C. J., H. A. Kramer*, G. M. Jones*, J. Keane, K. Roberts, B. Dotters, S. C. Sawyer, S. Whitmore*, W. Berigan*, K. Kelly*, A. Wray*, R. J. Gutiérrez*, and M. Z Peery. 2023. Forest heterogeneity outweighs movement costs by enhancing hunting success and reproductive output in California spotted owls. Landscape Ecology. 38:2655-2673.
Kryshak*, N.F. and Fountain*, E.D., D.F. Hofstadter*, B.P. Dotters, K.N. Roberts, C.M. Wood*, K.G. Kelly*, I.F. Papraniku*, P.J. Kulzer*, A.K. Wray*, H.A. Kramer*, J.P. Dumbacher, J.J. Keane, P.A. Shaklee, R.J. Gutiérrez*, and M.Z. Peery (2022). DNA metabarcoding reveals the threat of rapidly expanding barred owl populations to native wildlife in western North America. Biological Conservation, 273, p.109678. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109678
Wray*, A.K., C. Gratton, M.A. Jusino, J.J. Wang, J.M. Kochanski, J. Palmer, M.T. Banik, D.L. Lindner, and M.Z. Peery(2022a). Disease-related population declines in bats demonstrate non-exchangeability in generalist predators. Ecology and Evolution doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8978
Wray*, A.K and M.Z. Peery (2022b). Comparing little brown and big brown bat isotopic niches over the past century in an agriculturally dominated landscape. Journal of Mammalogy doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac018
Zulla*, C., H.A. Kramer*, G.M. Jones*, J. Keane, K. Roberts, B. Dotters, S.C. Sawyer, S. Whitmore*, W. Berigan*, K. Kelly*, A. Wray*, R.J. Gutierrez*, and M.Z. Peery (2022). Large trees and forest heterogeneity facilitate prey capture by California spotted owls. Ornithological Applications doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duac024
Wray*, A.K., M.Z. Peery, M.A. Jusino, J.M. Kochanski, M.T. Banik, J.M. Palmer, D.L. Lindner, and C. Gratton (2021). Predator preferences shape the diets of arthropodivorous bats more than quantitative local prey abundance. Molecular Ecology 30, no. 3 (2021): 855-873. doi: 10.1111/mec.15769
Wray*, A.K., M.Z. Peery, M.A. Jusino, J.M. Kochanski, M.T. Banik, J.M. Palmer, D.L. Lindner, and C. Gratton (2020). Predator preferences shape the diets of arthropodivorous bats more than quantitative local prey abundance. Molecular Ecology. doi.org/10.1111/mec.15769
Jusino, M.A., M.T. Banik, J.M. Palmer, A.K. Wray*, L. Xiao, E. Pelton, J.R. Barber, A.Y. Kawahara, C. Gratton, M.Z. Peery, and D.L. Lindner (2019). An improved method for utilizing high‐throughput amplicon sequencing to determine the diets of insectivorous animals. Molecular Ecology Resources 19(1): 176-190. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12951
Wray*, A.K., M.A. Jusino, M.T. Banik, J. Palmer, H. Kaarakka, J. P. White, D.L. Lindner, C. Gratton, and M.Z. Peery(2018). Incidence and taxonomic richness of mosquitoes in diets of little brown and big brown bats. Journal of Mammalogy 99: 668-674.