COLORADO PARKS & WILDLIFE

Select Publications

• Bastille-Rousseau, G., S. A. Crews, E. B. Donovan, M. E. Egan, N. T. Gorman, J. B. Pitman, A. M. Weber, E. M. Audia, M. R. Larreur, H. Manninen, S. Blake, M. W. Eihholz, E. Bergman, and N. D. Rayl. 2024. A multi‐property assessment of intensity of use provides a functional understanding of animal movement. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 15:345-357. doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14274
• DeCesare, N. J., R. B. Harris, M. P. Atwood, E. J. Bergman, A. B. Courtemanch, P. C. Cross, G. L. Fralick, K. R. Hersey, M. A. Hurley, and T. M. Koser. 2024. Warm places, warm years, and warm seasons increase parasitizing of moose by winter ticks​. Ecosphere 15:e4799.
  
• Bergman, E. J., F. P. Hayes, and K. Aagaard. 2020. Estimation of moose parturition dates in Colorado: incorporating imperfect detections. Alces 56:127-135.  https://www.alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/277
  
• Bergman, E. J., F. P. Hayes, P. M. Lukacs, and C. J. Bishop. 2020. Moose calf detection probabilities: quantification and evaluation of a ground-based survey technique. Wildlife Biology 2020(2). https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.00599
  
• DeCesare, N. J., B. V. Weckworth, K. L. Pilgrim, A. B. Walker, E. J. Bergman, K. E. Colson, R. Corrigan, R. B. Harris, M. Hebblewhite, B. R. Jesmer, J. R. Newby, J. R. Smith, R. B. Tether, T. P. Thomas, and M. K. Schwartz. 2019. Phylogeography of moose in western North America. Journal of Mammalogy 101:10–23.  https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz163
  
• Bishop, C. J., M. W. Alldredge, D. P. Walsh, E. J. Bergman, C. R. Anderson Jr, D. Kilpatrick, J. Bakel, and C. Febvre. 2019. A noninvasive automated device for remotely collaring and weighing mule deer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 43:717–725. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1034
  
• Bergman, E. J., C. R. Anderson Jr., C. J. Bishop, A. A. Holland, and J. M. Northrup. 2017. Variation in ungulate body fat: individual versus temporal effects. The Journal of Wildlife Management 82:130–137. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21334
  
• Nadeau, M. S., N. J. DeCesare, D. G. Brimeyer, E. J. Bergman, R. B. Harris, K. R. Hersey, K. K. Huebner, P. E. Matthews, and T. P. Thomas. 2017. Status and trends of moose populations and hunting opportunity in the western United States. Alces 53:99-112. https://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/182
• Johnson, H. E., J. R. Sushinsky, A. A. Holland, E. J. Bergman, T. Balzer, J. Garner, and S. E. Reed. 2016. Increases in residential and energy development are associated with reductions in recruitment for a large ungulate. Global Change Biology 23:578–591. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13385
  
• Bergman, E. J., P. F. Doherty, G. C. White, and A. A. Holland. 2015. Density dependence in mule deer: a review of evidence. Wildlife Biology 21:18-29. https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.00012
  
• Bergman, E. J., P. F. Doherty, G. C. White, and D. J. Freddy. 2014. Habitat and herbivore density: response of mule deer to habitat management. Journal of Wildlife Management 79:60-68. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.801
  
• Bergman, E. J., P. F. Doherty, C. J. Bishop, L. L. Wolfe, and B. A. Banulis. 2014. Herbivore body condition response in altered environments: mule deer and habitat management. PLoS One 9(9):e106374. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106374
  
• Bergman, E. J., C. J. Bishop, D. J. Freddy, G. C. White and P. F. Doherty. 2014. Habitat management influences overwinter survival of mule deer fawn in Colorado. Journal of Wildlife Management 78:448–455. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.683
  
• Bishop, C. J., C. R. Anderson, D. P. Walsh, E. J. Bergman, P. Kuechle, and J. Roth. 2011. Effectiveness of a redesigned vaginal implant transmitter in mule deer. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:1797-1806. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.229
• Bergman, E. J., B. E. Watkins, C. J. Bishop, P. M. Lukacs, and M. Lloyd. 2011. Biological and socio-economic effects of statewide limitation of deer licenses in Colorado. The Journal of Wildlife Management 75:1443-1452. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.168 
• Becker, M. S., R. A. Garrott, P. J. White, C. N. Gower, E. J. Bergman and R. Jaffe. 2008. Wolf prey selection in an elk-bison system: choice or circumstance? Pages 339-369 in Garrott, R.A., P.J. White and F.G.R. Watson, editors. The ecology of large mammals in central Yellowstone: sixteen years of integrated field studies. Academic Press, New York, New York, USA. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1936-7961(08)00216-9
• Becker, M. S., R. A. Garrott, P. J. White, R. Jaffe, J. J. Borkowski, C. N. Gower, and E. J. Bergman. 2008. Wolf kill rates: predictably variable? Pages 305-337 in Garrott, R.A., P.J. White and F.G.R. Watson, editors. The ecology of large mammals in central Yellowstone: sixteen years of integrated field studies. Academic Press, New York, New York, USA. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1936-7961(08)00217-0
• Watkins, B. E., C. J. Bishop, E. J. Bergman, B. Hale, B. F. Wakeling, A. Bronson, L. H. Carpenter, and D. W. Lutz. 2007. Habitat guidelines for mule deer: Colorado plateau shrubland and forest ecoregion. Mule Deer Working Group, Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
• Bergman, E. J., R. A. Garrott, S. Creel, J. J. Borkowski, R. Jaffe, and E. G. R. Watson. 2006. Assessment of prey vulnerability through analysis of wolf movements and kill sites. Ecological Applications 16:273-284. https://doi.org/10.1890/04-1532

Education

• Ph.D., Wildlife Biology — Colorado State University, 2013
• M.S., Fish and Wildlife Management — Montana State University, 2003
• B.S., Biology — St. Olaf College, 1999

Current or Recent Positions

Mammals Researcher — Colorado Parks and Wildlife, 2003-Present