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Damon B. Lesmeister, PhD

Damon B. Lesmeister, PhD
Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist
Pacific Northwest Research Station
0000-0003-1102-0122

Treesearch Publications

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

  • Lesmeister, D. B., C. K. Nielsen, E. M. Schauber, and E. C. Hellgren. 2015. Spatial and temporal structure of a mesocarnivore guild in Midwestern North America. Wildlife Monographs 191: 1–61. doi: 10.1002/wmon.1015
  • Lesmeister, D. B., S. M. Blomquist, E. V. Lonsdorf, D. Wood, P. J. Williams, B. Pendley, K. E. Mangan, and B. A. Walker. 2014. Forest invasive adaptive management on national wildlife refuge lands in the central hardwood region. In: Groninger, J. W., E. J. Holzmueller, C. K. Nielsen, and D. C. Dey, eds. Proceedings of the 19th Central Hardwood Forest Conference, 2014 March 10-12, Carbondale, IL. General Technical Report NRS-P-142. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: pp. 22–35.
  • Lesmeister, D. B., R. S. Crowhurst, M. E. Gompper, and J. J. Millspaugh. 2013. Landscape ecology of eastern spotted skunks in habitats restored for red-cockaded woodpeckers. Restoration Ecology 21(2):267–275.
  • Feldhamer, G. A., D. B. Lesmeister, J. C. Devine, and D. I. Stetson. 2012. Golden mice (Ochrotomys nuttalli) and white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus): co-occurrence and the abundant-center hypothesis. Journal of Mammalogy 93(4):1042–1050.
  • Lesmeister, D. B., and C. K. Nielsen. 2011. Protocol for large-scale monitoring of riparian mammals. Wildlife Biology in Practice 7(2):55–70.
  • Lesmeister, D. B., J. J. Millspaugh, M. E. Gompper, and T. W. Mong. 2010. Eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) survival and cause-specific mortality in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas. American Midland Naturalist 164(1):52–60.
  • Lesmeister, D. B., M. E. Gompper, and J. J. Millspaugh. 2009. Habitat selection and home range dynamics of eastern spotted skunks in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas. Journal of Wildlife Management 73(1):18–25.
  • Lesmeister, D. B., M. E. Gompper, and J. J. Millspaugh. 2008. Summer resting and den site selection by eastern spotted skunks (Spilogale putorius) in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas. Journal of Mammalogy 89(6):1512–1520.
  • Lesmeister, D.B., J. J. Millspaugh, Susan E. Wade, and M. E. Gompper. 2008. A survey of parasites identified in the feces of eastern spotted skunks (Spilogale putorius) in western Arkansas. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44(4):1041–1044.
  • Hackett, H. M., D. B. Lesmeister, J. Desanty-Combes, W. G. Montague, J. J. Millspaugh, and M. E. Gompper. 2007. Detection rates of eastern spotted skunks (Spilogale putorius) in Missouri and Arkansas using live-capture and non-invasive techniques. American Midland Naturalist 158(1):123–131.
  • Keller, H. W., P. G. Davidson, C. H. Haufler, and D. B. Lesmeister. 2003. Polypodium appalachianum: an unusual tree canopy epiphyte in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. American Fern Journal 93(1):36–41.
  • Gompper, M. E., D. B. Lesmeister, J. C. Ray, J. R. Malcolm, and R. W. Kays. 2016. Habitat preference or intraguild interactions: What structures a carnivore community? PLoS ONE 11:e0146055. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146055
  • Southern Illinois University, Ph.D., Wildlife Ecology, 2013
  • University of Missouri, M.S., Wildlife Ecology, 2007
  • University of Central Missouri, B.S., Biology, 2004
Last updated March 10, 2026
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