Publications
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Turnley, M. T., W. S. Fairbanks, R. C. Lonsinger, M. J. Cherry, M. M. Dart, R. W. DeYoung, D. P. Hahn, L. J. Heffelfinger, C. M. J. Rickels, E. P. Tanner, H. G. Wang, and M. C. Chitwood. In Press. Harmless tags or hazardous ads? Investigating the potential for ear tags to increase predation on neonatal ungulates. Canadian Journal of Zoology.
Ellis, C. C., M. J. Cherry, S. S. Gray, R. W. DeYoung, D. G. Hewitt, and L. J. Heffelfinger. 2025. Early-life movement ecology of a cervid: Implications for chronic wasting disease management. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 6(2):e70046.
Heffelfinger, L. J., D. G. Hewitt, J. P. Vasquez, T. E. Fulbright, R. W. DeYoung, L. A. Harveson, W. C. Conway, and S. S. Gray. 2025. Cropland restricts occurrence and alters spatial ecology near the mule deer geographical range limit. Movement Ecology 13(1):1-17.
Dart, M. M., M. T. Turnley, C. M. J. Rickels, E. P. Tanner, M. C. Chitwood, R. W. DeYoung, W. S. Fairbanks, D. P. Hahn, L. J. Heffelfinger, R. C. Lonsinger, H. G. Wang, M. J. Cherry. 2025. Predator-induced injury of a neonatal pronghorn cues abandonment of current reproductive investment. Ecology 106:e70111.
Reeves, A. M., S. S. Gray, J. C. Campbell, L. A. Harveson, C. D. Hilton, L. J. Heffelfinger, C. M. Springer, D. G. Hewitt, W. C. Conway, and R. O. Dittmar II. 2024. Hematology and Biochemical Reference Intervals and Seroprevalence of Hemorrhagic Disease for Free-Ranging Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in West Texas. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 55(4):1019-1031.
Heffelfinger, L. J. (2024), Book Review: Sexual Segregation in Ungulates: Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation. R. Terry Bowyer. 2022. John Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Heffelfinger, L. J., and J. R. Heffelfinger. 2023. Physical Characteristics. In K. R. Krausman and J. R. Heffelfinger (Eds.), Ecology and Management of Black-tailed Deer and Mule Deer in North America. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
Lindbloom, A., P. Bauman, A. Foster, L. Fox, S. Gray, L. J. Heffelfinger, L. Meduna, and S. Stevens. 2023. Great Plains Ecoregion. In K. R. Krausman and J. R. Heffelfinger (Eds.), Ecology and Management of Black-tailed Deer and Mule Deer in North America. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
Heffelfinger, L. J., D. G. Hewitt, R. W. DeYoung, T. E. Fulbright, L. A. Harveson, W. C. Conway, S. S. Gray. 2023. Shifting Agriculture and a Depleting Aquifer: Implications of Row-Crop Farming on Mule Deer Population Performance. Animal Production Science 63:1633-1647.
Blackburn, A., L. J. Heffelfinger, A. M. Veals, M. E. Tewes, and J. H. Young Jr. 2021. Cats, Cars, and Crossings: The Consequences of Road Networks Towards the Conservation of an Endangered Felid. Global Ecology and Conservation 27, p.e01582.
Heffelfinger, L. J., K. M. Stewart, K. T. Shoemaker, N. W. Darby, and V. C. Bleich. 2020. Balancing Current and Future Reproductive Investment: Variation in Resource Selection During Stages of Reproduction in a Long-Lived Herbivore. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:163.
Heffelfinger, L. J., K. M. Stewart, A. P. Bush, J. S. Sedinger, and V. C. Bleich. 2018. Timing of Precipitation in an Arid Environment: Effects on Population Performance of a Large Herbivore. Ecology and Evolution 8:3354-3366.
Shoemaker, K. T., L. J. Heffelfinger, N. J. Jackson, M. E. Blum, T. Wasley and K. M. Stewart. 2018. A Machine-learning Approach for Extending Classical Wildlife Resource Selection Analyses. Ecology and Evolution 8:3556-3569.
Ellis, C. C., M. J. Cherry, S. S. Gray, R. W. DeYoung, D. G. Hewitt, and L. J. Heffelfinger. 2025. Early-life movement ecology of a cervid: Implications for chronic wasting disease management. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 6(2):e70046.
Heffelfinger, L. J., D. G. Hewitt, J. P. Vasquez, T. E. Fulbright, R. W. DeYoung, L. A. Harveson, W. C. Conway, and S. S. Gray. 2025. Cropland restricts occurrence and alters spatial ecology near the mule deer geographical range limit. Movement Ecology 13(1):1-17.
Dart, M. M., M. T. Turnley, C. M. J. Rickels, E. P. Tanner, M. C. Chitwood, R. W. DeYoung, W. S. Fairbanks, D. P. Hahn, L. J. Heffelfinger, R. C. Lonsinger, H. G. Wang, M. J. Cherry. 2025. Predator-induced injury of a neonatal pronghorn cues abandonment of current reproductive investment. Ecology 106:e70111.
Reeves, A. M., S. S. Gray, J. C. Campbell, L. A. Harveson, C. D. Hilton, L. J. Heffelfinger, C. M. Springer, D. G. Hewitt, W. C. Conway, and R. O. Dittmar II. 2024. Hematology and Biochemical Reference Intervals and Seroprevalence of Hemorrhagic Disease for Free-Ranging Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in West Texas. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 55(4):1019-1031.
Heffelfinger, L. J. (2024), Book Review: Sexual Segregation in Ungulates: Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation. R. Terry Bowyer. 2022. John Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Heffelfinger, L. J., and J. R. Heffelfinger. 2023. Physical Characteristics. In K. R. Krausman and J. R. Heffelfinger (Eds.), Ecology and Management of Black-tailed Deer and Mule Deer in North America. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
Lindbloom, A., P. Bauman, A. Foster, L. Fox, S. Gray, L. J. Heffelfinger, L. Meduna, and S. Stevens. 2023. Great Plains Ecoregion. In K. R. Krausman and J. R. Heffelfinger (Eds.), Ecology and Management of Black-tailed Deer and Mule Deer in North America. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
Heffelfinger, L. J., D. G. Hewitt, R. W. DeYoung, T. E. Fulbright, L. A. Harveson, W. C. Conway, S. S. Gray. 2023. Shifting Agriculture and a Depleting Aquifer: Implications of Row-Crop Farming on Mule Deer Population Performance. Animal Production Science 63:1633-1647.
Blackburn, A., L. J. Heffelfinger, A. M. Veals, M. E. Tewes, and J. H. Young Jr. 2021. Cats, Cars, and Crossings: The Consequences of Road Networks Towards the Conservation of an Endangered Felid. Global Ecology and Conservation 27, p.e01582.
Heffelfinger, L. J., K. M. Stewart, K. T. Shoemaker, N. W. Darby, and V. C. Bleich. 2020. Balancing Current and Future Reproductive Investment: Variation in Resource Selection During Stages of Reproduction in a Long-Lived Herbivore. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:163.
Heffelfinger, L. J., K. M. Stewart, A. P. Bush, J. S. Sedinger, and V. C. Bleich. 2018. Timing of Precipitation in an Arid Environment: Effects on Population Performance of a Large Herbivore. Ecology and Evolution 8:3354-3366.
Shoemaker, K. T., L. J. Heffelfinger, N. J. Jackson, M. E. Blum, T. Wasley and K. M. Stewart. 2018. A Machine-learning Approach for Extending Classical Wildlife Resource Selection Analyses. Ecology and Evolution 8:3556-3569.
Popular Articles
Hopper, M., B. Kleeberg, L. Heffelfinger, and M. Cherry. 2025. A picturesque beginning to large mammal research in the Texas Hill Country. Caesar Kleberg Tracks Magazine Spring 2025.
Heffelfinger, L. J. C. C. Ellis, and M. J. Cherry. 2024. Rut Behavior and Movement of Texas Panhandle Mule Deer. Texas Wildlife Magazine.
Heffelfinger, L. J. 2023. Exploring the Mystery of Mule Deer Rut Behavior. Wildlife Research Magazine of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute.
Heffelfinger, L. J., R. L. Reitz, D. G. Pfeffer, R. W. DeYoung, D. G. Hewitt, and D. B. Wester. 2022. Small Yet Still Productive: The Influence of Dietary Energy on Deer Size, Antlers, and
Reproduction. Caesar Kleberg Tracks Magazine.
Heffelfinger, L. J. 2022. Are Center Pivots Pivotal for Mule Deer in the Southern Great Plains? The Mule Deer Foundation Magazine.
Ellis, C. C., L. J. Heffelfinger, and M. J. Cherry. 2021. The Past, Present, and Future of Chronic Wasting Disease in Texas. Hunting, Trapping, and Conservation Working Group of The Wildlife Society Newsletter.
Ellis, C. C., L. J. Heffelfinger, and M. J. Cherry. 2021. The Past, Present, and Future of Chronic Wasting Disease in Texas. Wildlife Management Bulletin of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
Heffelfinger, L. J., D. G. Hewitt, S. S. Gray, W. C. Conway, T. E. Fulbright, R. W. DeYoung, and L. A. Harveson. 2019. Panhandle Mule Deer: How Agriculture Affects Movement, Size, and Population Health. Texas Wildlife Magazine.
Heffelfinger, L. J. C. C. Ellis, and M. J. Cherry. 2024. Rut Behavior and Movement of Texas Panhandle Mule Deer. Texas Wildlife Magazine.
Heffelfinger, L. J. 2023. Exploring the Mystery of Mule Deer Rut Behavior. Wildlife Research Magazine of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute.
Heffelfinger, L. J., R. L. Reitz, D. G. Pfeffer, R. W. DeYoung, D. G. Hewitt, and D. B. Wester. 2022. Small Yet Still Productive: The Influence of Dietary Energy on Deer Size, Antlers, and
Reproduction. Caesar Kleberg Tracks Magazine.
Heffelfinger, L. J. 2022. Are Center Pivots Pivotal for Mule Deer in the Southern Great Plains? The Mule Deer Foundation Magazine.
Ellis, C. C., L. J. Heffelfinger, and M. J. Cherry. 2021. The Past, Present, and Future of Chronic Wasting Disease in Texas. Hunting, Trapping, and Conservation Working Group of The Wildlife Society Newsletter.
Ellis, C. C., L. J. Heffelfinger, and M. J. Cherry. 2021. The Past, Present, and Future of Chronic Wasting Disease in Texas. Wildlife Management Bulletin of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
Heffelfinger, L. J., D. G. Hewitt, S. S. Gray, W. C. Conway, T. E. Fulbright, R. W. DeYoung, and L. A. Harveson. 2019. Panhandle Mule Deer: How Agriculture Affects Movement, Size, and Population Health. Texas Wildlife Magazine.
