Research Interests

• The ecology of human induced habitat changes with particular interest in thresholds of population persistence
• Habitat selection of ungulates and sexual segregation
• Behavioural plasticity and its relevance for human induced habitat changes
• Social behaviour including mate choice and reproductive effort and its effects on growth of small populations
• Mating systems with particular emphasis on monogamy in mammals

 

Selected publications

• Stewart, A. and P.E. Komers. 2012. Testing the ideal free distribution hypothesis: Moose response to changes in habitat amount. ISRN Ecology 2012: 8pp.
• Stewart, A., P.E. Komers, and D.J. Bender. 2010. Assessing landscape relationships for habitat generalists. Ecoscience 17(1): 25-36.
• Gavin, S.D. and P.E. Komers. 2006. Do pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) perceive roads as a predation risk? Can. J. Zool. 84:1775-1780.
• Komers, P. E. and G.P. Curman. 2000. The effect of demographic characteristics on the success of ungulate re-introductions. Biological Conservation 93: 187-193.
• Komers, P. E., B. Birgersson and K. Ekvall. 1999. Timing of estrus in Fallow Deer is adjusted to the age of available mates. American Naturalist 153: 431-436.
• Komers, P. E. and P.N.M. Brotherton. 1997. Female space use is the best predictor of monogamy in mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, Series B. 264: 1261-1270.
• Komers, P. E. 1997. Behavioral plasticity in variable environments. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75: 161-169.
• Komers, P. E., C. Pélabon and D. Stenström. 1997. Age at first reproduction in male Fallow Deer: age- vs. dominance-specific behaviors. Behavioral Ecology 8: 456-462.
• Komers, P. E. and P.N.M. Brotherton. 1997. Dung pellets used to identify the distribution and density of Dik-Dik. African Journal of Ecology 35: 124-132.
• Komers, P. E. 1996. Obligate monogamy without paternal care in Kirk's Dik-Dik. Animal Behaviour 51: 131-140.
• Komers, P. E., F. Messier and C.C. Gates. 1994. Plasticity of reproductive behavior in Wood Bison bulls: when subadults are given a chance. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 6: 313-330.
• Komers, P. E., F. Messier and C.C. Gates. 1993. Group structure in Wood Bison: nutritional and reproductive determinants. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71: 1367-1371.
• Komers, P. E. and E.J. Komers. 1992. Juvenile male Magpies dominate adults irrespective of size differences. Canadian Journal of Zoology 70: 815-819.