NSF Graduate Intern | East Bay Regional Parks District (2020)
Ph.D. Student | Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder (2016–2021)
Associate Research Specialist | Dept. Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2015 - 2016)
M.S. Student | Dept. Forest & Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2013–2015)
Mammals Research Technician | Colorado Parks & Wildlife (2012–2013)
Laboratory Manager | Dept. Forest & Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2011–2012)
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
McDevitt-Galles T, WE Moss, DM Calhoun, CJ Briggs, and PTJ Johnson. 2022. How extreme weather events, introduced species, and disease interact to affect threatened amphibian populations. Freshwater Science. 41(4).
Li D, S Record, ER Sokol, ME Bitters, MY Chen, YA Chung, MR Helmus, R Jaimes, L Jansen, MA Jarzyna, MG Just, JM LaMontagne, BA Melbourne, W Moss, KEA Norman, SM Parker, N Robinson, B Seyednasrollah, C Smith, S Spaulding, TD Surasinghe, SK Thomsen, and PL Zarnetske. 2022. Standardized NEON organismal data for biodiversity research. Ecosphere. 13(7):e4141.
Moss WE, LR Harper, MA Davis, CS Goldberg, MM Smith, and PTJ Johnson. 2022. Navigating the trade-offs between environmental DNA and conventional field surveys for improved amphibian monitoring. Ecosphere. 13(2):e3941.
Hobart BK, WE Moss, T McDevitt-Galles, TE Stewart Merrill, and PTJ Johnson. 2022. It's a worm-eat-worm world: Consumption of parasite free-living stages protects hosts and benefits predators. Journal of Animal Ecology. 91(1):35-45.
Rangwala I, W Moss, J Wolken, R Rondeau, K Newlon, J Guinotte, and WR Travis. 2021. Uncertainty, complexity, and constraints: How do we robustly assess biological responses under a rapidly changing climate? Climate. 9(12):177.
Moss WE, T McDevitt-Galles, E Muths, S Bobzien, J Purificato, and PTJ Johnson. 2021. Resilience of native amphibian communities following catastrophic drought: evidence from a decade of regional-scale monitoring. Biological Conservation. 263:109352.
Johnson PTJ, DM Calhoun, WE Moss, T McDevitt-Galles, TB Riepe, JM Hallas, TL Parchman, CR Feldman, TJ Achatz, VV Tkach, J Cropanzano, J Bowerman, and J Koprivnikar. 2021. The cost of travel: how dispersal ability limits local adaptation in host-parasite interactions. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34:512–524.
Moss WE, T McDevitt-Galles, DM Calhoun, and PTJ Johnson. 2020. Tracking the assembly of nested parasite communities: using β-diversity to understand variation in parasite richness and composition over time and scale. Journal of Animal Ecology. 89:1532–1542.
McDevitt-Galles T, WE Moss, DM Calhoun, and PTJ Johnson. 2020. Phenological synchrony drives disease dynamics in host-parasite systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 287: 20192597.
Moss WE, MW Alldredge, K Logan, and JN Pauli. 2016. Urban expansion precipitates niche expansion for an opportunistic apex predator (Puma concolor). Scientific Reports. 6: 39639.
Moss WE, MW Alldredge, and JN Pauli. 2016. Quantifying risk and resource use for a large carnivore in an expanding urban-wildland interface. Journal of Applied Ecology. 53:371–378.
Pauli, JN, WE Moss, PJ Manlick, ED Fountain, R Kirby, SM Sultaire, PL Perrig, JE Mendoza, JW Pokallus, TH Heaton. 2015. Examining the uncertain origin and management role of martens on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Conservation Biology. 29: 1257–67.
Carlson, J, JH Gilbert, J Pokallus, PJ Manlick, WE Moss, and JN Pauli. 2014. Potential role of prey in the recovery of American martens to Wisconsin. Journal of Wildlife Management. 78: 1499–1504.
Lee CE, WE Moss, N Olson, FC Chau, DA Skelly, and K Johnson. 2013. Feasting in Freshwater: Impacts of food concentration on freshwater tolerance and the evolution of food x salinity response during saline to freshwater invasions. Evolutionary Applications. 6: 673–689
Moss WE, MZ Peery, GA Gutiérrez, C Vaughan, G Herrera, and JN Pauli. 2012. Isolation and characterization of 18 microsatellites for the brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus. Conservation Genetics Resources 4:1037–1039.
Moss WE, JN Pauli, GA Gutiérrez, A Young, C Vaughan, G Herrera, and MZ Peery. 2011. Development and characterization of 16 microsatellites for Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni. Conservation Genetics Resources 3:625–627.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS
Moss WE, SD Crausbay, J Littell, D Magness, M Halabisky, and C Kuhn. 2022. Modeling and mapping the determinants of a recent beetle outbreak in south-central Alaska. Final Report: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Woolner E, RC Nagy, WE Moss, I de Silva, M Berger, N Read, and J Balch. 2022. Practitioner Survey Report. North Central Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change Network.
Nagy RC, E Woolner, I de Silva, JK Balch, MC Berger, W Moss, N Read, BA Bradley, E Fusco, TL Morelli, and EM Beaury. 2022. Double trouble: understanding risks from invasive species and climate change. North Central Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change Network.
McDevitt-Galles T, PTJ Johnson, WE Moss, and C Briggs. 2021. How extreme weather events, introduced species, and disease interact to affect California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) and California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) populations. Final Report: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species Conservation and Recovery Grant.
Lim T, WE Moss, J Purificato, and B Tuden. 2021. Indicator species: California red-legged frog. In East Bay Ecological Health Assessment. East Bay Stewardship Network.
Lim T, WE Moss, J Purificato, and B Tuden. 2021. Indicator species: California tiger salamander. In East Bay Ecological Health Assessment. East Bay Stewardship Network.
Moss WE and PT Johnson. 2020. Conserving and restoring aquatic ecosystems in California’s Coast Range: Data synthesis, quantitative analysis, and targets for restoration. Final Report: California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Moss WE, MW Alldredge, and JN Pauli. 2014. Effect of human activity on cougar diet and age structure: non- invasive approaches. Annual Wildlife Research Report: Colorado Parks & Wildlife.
AWARDS & GRANTS
2020: INTERN Grant, National Science Foundation ($30,000)
2020: Graduate Summer Research Grant, University of Colorado Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology ($2000)
2019: Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Colorado Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology ($250)
2019: Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Colorado Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology ($20,000)
2019: Beverly Sears Graduate Research Grant, University of Colorado Graduate School ($2000)
2018: Graduate Summer Research Grant, University of Colorado Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology ($1800)
2018: Travel Grant, United Government of Graduate Students. University of Colorado ($300)
2017: Course Improvement Grant, University of Colorado Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
2017: Graduate Summer Research Grant, University of Colorado Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology ($2390)
2017: Graduate Research Grant, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History ($1000)