PUBLICATIONS
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2025
33. Helferich, J. N., R. B. King, L. J. Faust, S. J. Baker, M. J. Dreslik, S. LaGrange, K. Otterbein, J. A. Moore, D. Wynn, T. A. Bell, R. L. Bailey, G. Johnson, M. Kleitch, K. Cedar, R. A. Paloski, J. D. Choquette, J. M. Adamski, and E. T. Hileman. 2025. Projected climate change effects on individual growth rates and size in a threatened pitviper. Climate Change Ecology 9:100091. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecochg.2024.100091
2024
32. Evans, T. S., E. T. Hileman, M. R. Boudreau, B. K. Strickland, and R. B. Iglay. 2024. Can hair snares provide a reliable method for estimating abundance of an exotic ungulate? Biological Invasions 26:3017–3029. doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03363-w
31. Foley, Charles A.H.*, E. T. Hileman*, A. W. Parsons, L. S. Foley, A. L. Lobora, L. J. Faust. 2024. Disease and population density act together to naturally regulate African savanna elephants. Biological Conservation 296:110670. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110670 *co-lead authorship
30. Beard, A. N., D. J. Brown, E. T. Hileman, M. T. Jones, R. A. Moen, A. F. Badje, J. Staggs, M. M. Cochrane, and C. M. Lituma. 2024. Influence of temporary emigration on wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) detectability, with implications for abundance estimation. Plos One 19:e0302170. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302170
2023
29. Tetzlaff, S. J. M. A. Davis, G. W. Schuett, E. T. Hileman, J. H. Sperry, W. S. Brown. 2023. Maladapted in the Anthropocene: communal hyperfidelity in snakes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 21:266–268. doi.org/10.1002/fee.2656
28. Thacker, A. J., E. T. Hileman, P. Keenlance, E. McCluskey, A. Swinehart, J. Kovach, J. A. Moore. 2023. Modeling occupancy and detection probabilities to update the status of threatened eastern massasauga rattlesnake populations in Michigan, USA. Global Ecology and Conservation 43:e02422. doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02422
2022
27. Hileman, E. T. and D. R. Bradke. 2022. Butler’s gartersnake species account in J. Kapfer and D. Brown, editors. Amphibians and Reptiles of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, USA.
26. Hileman, E. T., R. Powell, and M. E. Gifford. 2022. Senescence and differential size-based survival in Puerto Rican Giant Groundlizards, Philodiscelis exsul (Squamata: Teiidae), on Guana Island, British Virgin Islands. Herpetologica 78:184–191. PDF
25. King, R. S., R. W. Hay, B. C. Harrison, E. T. Hileman, and C. S. Berg. 2022. Eastern massasauga species account in J. Kapfer and D. Brown, editors. Amphibians and Reptiles of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, USA.
2021
24. Yackel Adams, A. A., P. D. Barnhart, G. H. Rodda, E. T. Hileman, M. G. Nafus, and R. N. Reed. 2021. Can we prove that an invasive species is absent? Evaluating whether Brown Treesnakes are established on the island of Saipan using surveillance and expert opinion. Management of Biological Invasions 12:901–926. PDF
23. Xiong, P. X., F.T. Erickson, and E. T. Hileman. 2021. Natural history: Rhinella marina (Cane toad). Predation. Herpetological Review 52:621–622. PDF
22. Goetz, S. M.* E. T. Hileman*, M. G. Nafus, A. A. Yackel Adams, A. Bryant, R. N. Reed, and S. R. Siers. 2021. Brown treesnake mortality after aerial application of toxic baits. Journal of Wildlife Management 85:1507–1514 *co-lead authorship PDF
21. Henderson, R. W., E. T. Hileman, R. A. Sajdak, R. Powell, B. C. Harrison, and D. R. Bradke. 2021. Effects of body size, diet, and transience on the demography of the arboreal boid snake Corallus grenadensis on Carriacou (Grenada Grenadines, West Indies). Population Ecology 63:177–188. PDF
20. Hileman, E. T., D. R. Bradke, M. G. Nafus, A. A. Yackel Adams, and R. N. Reed. 2021. Surface material and snout-vent length predict vertical scaling ability in brown treesnakes: an evaluation of multispecies barriers for invasive species control on Guam. Management of Biological Invasions 12:457–475. PDF
2020
19. Kabat, K. L. D. V. Young, P. X. Xiong, N. Van Ee, D. R. Bradke, E. T. Hileman, S. W. Gotte, D. G. Mulcahy, and M. G. Nafus. 2020. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus cf. platyurus (Asian Flat-Tailed House Gecko). Herpetological Review 51:540–541. PDF
18. Hileman, E. T., B. A. Eichelberger, J. Liske-Clark, P. D. Barnhart, R. N. Reed, A. A. Yackel Adams, and M. G. Nafus. 2020. Landscape dominance of introduced herpetofauna on an oceanic island. Global Ecology and Conservation 22:e00984.
doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e00984
17. Siers, S. R., J. D. Eisemann, W. C. Pitt, L. Clark, R. J. Gosnell, A. F. Collins, S. M. Goetz, E. T. Hileman, M. G. Nafus, A. A. Yackel Adams, M. C. Messaros, and W. G. N. Coon. 2020. Automated aerial baiting for invasive brown treesnake control: system overview and program status. in Proceedings of the 29th Vertebrate Pest Conference. 2-5 March 2020, Santa Barbara, California, USA. PDF
16. Van Ee, N. B., P. X. Xiong, D. V. Young, K. L. Kabat, D. R. Bradke, E. T. Hileman, S. W. Gotte, D. G. Mulcahy, and M. G. Nafus. 2020. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus tenkatei (=H. murrayi = H. cf. brookii) (Spotted House Gecko). Herpetological Review 51:540–541. PDF
2018
15. Bradke, D. R., R. L. Bailey, J. F. Bartman, H. Campa III, E. T. Hileman, C. Krueger, N. Kudla, Y. M. Lee, A. J. Thacker, and J. A. Moore. 2018. Sensitivity analysis using site-specific demographic parameters to guide research and management of threatened eastern massasaugas. Copeia 106:600–610. PDF
14. Bradke, D. R., E. T. Hileman, J. F. Bartman, L. J. Faust, R. B. King, N. Kudla, and J. A. Moore. 2018. Implications of small population size in a threatened pitviper. Journal of Herpetology 52:387–397. PDF
13. Cramer, K. L. and E. T. Hileman. 2018. Survival, movement, and abundance of a synanthropic population of the brown recluse spider, Loxosceles reclusa (Araneae: Sicariidae). Journal of Arachnology 46:420–427. PDF
12. Hileman, E. T. R. B. King, and L. J. Faust. 2018. Eastern massasauga demography and extinction risk under prescribed-fire scenarios. Journal of Wildlife Management 82:977–990. PDF
11. Hileman, E. T., M. C. Allender, D. R. Bradke, L. J. Faust, J. A. Moore, M. J. Ravesi, and S. J. Tetzlaff. 2018. Estimation of Ophidiomyces prevalence to evaluate snake fungal disease risk. Journal of Wildlife Management 82:173–181. PDF
2017
10. Hileman, E. T., R. B. King, J. M. Adamski, T. G. Anton, R. L. Bailey, S. J. Baker, N. D. Bieser, T. A. Bell, Jr., K. M. Bissell, D. R. Bradke, H. Campa, III, G. S. Casper, K. Cedar, M. D. Cross, B. A. DeGregorio, M. J. Dreslik, L. J. Faust, D. S. Harvey, R. W. Hay, B. C. Jellen, B. D. Johnson, G. Johnson, B. D. Kiel, B. A. Kingsbury, M. J. Kowalski, Y. M. Lee, A. M. Lentini, J. C. Marshall, D. Mauger, J. A. Moore, R. A. Paloski, C. A. Phillips, P. D. Pratt, T. Preney, K. A. Prior, A. Promaine, M. Redmer, H. K. Reinert, J. D. Rouse, K. T. Shoemaker, S. Sutton, T. J. VanDeWalle, P. J. Weatherhead, D. Wynn, and A. Yagi. 2017. Climatic and geographic predictors of life history variation in eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus): a range-wide synthesis. Plos One 12:e0172011. PDF
9. Hileman, E. T., R. Powell, G. Perry, K. Mougey, R. Thomas, and R. W. Henderson. 2017. Demography of the Puerto Rican racer, Borikenophis portoricensis (Squamata: Dipsadidae), on Guana Island, British Virgin Islands. Journal of Herpetology 51:454–460. PDF
8. Hileman, E. T., J. Vechiet, and R. B. King. 2017. Natural history: Sistrurus catenatus (eastern massasauga). Dicephalism. Herpetological Review 48:585–586. PDF
7. Polaski, R. A., E. T. Hileman, G. C, Mayer, G. W. Schuurman, and J. M. Kapfer. 2017. Geographic distribution: Thamnophis radix (plains gartersnake). Herpetological Review 48:591–592. PDF
6. Slater, O. M., L. J. Faust, E. T. Hileman, and S. R. Lavin. 2017. Plasma vitamin, mineral and biochemistry concentrations in free-ranging, adult eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) during spring egress. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 27:29‒35. PDF
2016
5. Allender, M. C., E. T. Hileman, J. Moore, and S. Tetzlaff. 2016. Detection of Ophidiomyces, the causative agent of snake fungal disease, in the eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) in Michigan, USA, 2014. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 52:694‒698. PDF
4. Stedman, A. L., C. P. Jaeger, E. T. Hileman, B. C. Jellen, C. A. Phillips, B. J. Swanson, and R. B. King. 2016. Multiple paternity in three wild populations of eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 11:160‒167. PDF
2015
3. Allender, M. C., R. E. Junge, S. Baker-Wylie, E. T. Hileman, L. J. Faust, and C. Cray. 2015. Plasma electrophoretic profiles in the eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) and influences of age, sex, year, location, and snake fungal disease. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 46:767‒773. PDF
2. Hileman, E. T., D. R. Bradke, D. M. Delaney, and R. B. King. 2015. Protection by association: implications of scent trailing in neonate eastern massasaugas (Sistrurus catenatus). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 10:654‒660. PDF
1. Hileman, E. T., J. M. Kapfer, T. C. Muehlfeld, and J. H. Giovanni. 2015. Recouping lost information when mark-recapture data are pooled: a case study of milksnakes (Lampropeltis triangulum) in the upper midwestern United States. Journal of Herpetology 49:428‒436. PDF
