Philip Manlick, PhD
Research Wildlife Biologist
philip.manlick@usda.gov
Treesearch Publications
- Philip Manlick, Ariel Demarest, Max Maddox, Alexa Valladolid. 2026. Fear of humans disrupts trophic interactions that underpin animal-mediated ecosystem functions
- Philip Manlick, Michael Howe, Jennifer Wen, Jeff Barnard, Kellen Nelson. 2025. Thinning restores ungulate foraging habitat in historically logged forests
- Mauriel Rodriguez Curras, Philip Manlick, Jonathan N. Pauli. 2025. Carnivore community reassembly provides a test of Eltonian niche conservatism
- Kanji M. Tomita, Philip Manlick, Kobayashi Makoto, Saori Fujii, Fujio Hyodo, Tadashi Miyashita, Tomonori Tsunoda. 2025. The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities
- Oliver N. Shipley, Anna J. Dabrowski, Gabriel J. Bowen, Brian Hayden, Jonathan N. Pauli, Christopher Jordan, Lesleigh Anderson, Adriana Bailey, Clement P. Bataille, Carla Cicero, Hilary G. Close, Craig Cook, Joseph A. Cook, Ankur R. Desai, Jaivime Evaristo, Tim R. Filley, Christine A. M. France, Andrew L. Jackson, Sora Lee Kim, Sebastian Kopf, Julie Loisel, Philip Manlick, Jamie M. McFarlin, Bailey C. McMeans, Tamsin C. O’Connell, Suzanne E. Pilaar Birch, Annie L. Putman, Brice X. Semmens, Chris Stantis, Craig A. Stricker, Paul Szejner, Tara L. E. Trammell, Mark D. Uhen, Samantha Weintraub-Leff, Matthew J. Wooller, John W. Williams, Christopher T. Yarnes, Hannah B. Vander Zanden, Seth D. Newsome. 2024. Design, development, and implementation of IsoBank: A centralized repository for isotopic data
- Philip Manlick, Nolan L. Perryman, Amanda M. Koltz, Joseph A. Cook, Seth D. Newsome. 2024. Climate warming restructures food webs and carbon flow in high-latitude ecosystems
- Alexi C. Besser, Philip Manlick, Christina M. Blevins, Cristina D. Takacs‐Vesbach, Seth D. Newsome. 2023. Variation in gut microbial contribution of essential amino acids to host protein metabolism in a wild small mammal community
- Philip Manlick, Joseph A. Cook, Seth D. Newsome. 2023. The coupling of green and brown food webs regulates trophic position in a montane mammal guild
Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications
- Manlick, P.J.; Newsome, S.D. 2022. Stable isotope fingerprinting traces essential amino acid assimilation and multi-channel feeding in a vertebrate consumer. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13903
- Pauli, J.N.; Manlick, P.J.; Tucker, J.M.; Smith, G.B. Jensen, P.G.; Fisher, J.T. 2022. Competition and niche overlap in sympatric martens (Martes spp.) and fishers (Pekania pennanti): A range-wide synthesis. Mammal Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12284
- Manlick, P.J.; Maldonado, K.; Newsome, S.D. 2021. Competition shapes individual foraging and survival in a desert rodent ensemble. Journal of Animal Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13583
- Manlick, P.J. ; Newsome, S.D. 2021. Adaptive foraging in the Anthropocene: can individual specialization compensate for biotic homogenization? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2380
- Manlick, P.J.; Pauli, J.N. 2020. Human disturbance increases trophic niche overlap in terrestrial carnivore communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2012774117
- Manlick, P.J.; Windels, S.K.; Woodford, J.E.; Pauli, J.N. 2020. Can landscape heterogeneity promote carnivore coexistence in human-dominated landscapes? Landscape Ecology 35: 2013–2027.
- Manlick, P.J.; Petersen, S.M.; Moriarty, K.M.; Pauli, J.N. 2019. Stable isotopes reveal limited Eltonian niche conservatism across carnivore populations. Functional Ecology. 33: 335-345.
- Manlick, P.J.; Romanski, M.C.; Pauli, J.N. 2018. Dynamic colonization history in a rediscovered Isle Royale carnivore. Scientific Reports. 8: 12711.
- Manlick, P.J.; Woodford, J.E.; Zuckerberg, B. Pauli, J.N. 2017. Niche compression intensifies competition between reintroduced American martens (Martes americana) and fishers (Pekania pennanti). Journal of Mammalogy. 98: 690-702.
- Manlick, P.J.; Woodford, J.E.; Gilbert, J.H.; Eklund, D. Pauli, J.N. 2016. Augmentation provides nominal genetic and demographic rescue for an endangered carnivore. Conservation Letters. 10: 178-185.
- Pauli, J.N.; Moss, W.E.; Manlick, P.J.; Fountain, E.D.; Kirby, R.; Sultaire, S.M.; Perrig, P.L.; Mendoza, J.E.; Pokallus, J.W.; Heaton, T.H. 2015. Examining the uncertain origin and management role of martens on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Conservation Biology. 29: 1257–1267.
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D., Wildlife Ecology, 2019
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.S., Wildlife Ecology, 2015
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, B.S., Ecology, Evolution, and Behavioral Sciences, 2009
Last updated June 16, 2026