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DeStefano, S

• DeStefano, S., Faison, E. K., Compton, J. E., Wattles, D. 2010. Forest Exclosures: an Experimental Approach to Understanding Browsing by Moose and Deer. Massachusetts Wildlife 2: 14-23.
• Faison, E. K., DeStefano, S., Foster, D. R., Barker Plotkin, A. 2016. Functional response of ungulate browsers in disturbed eastern hemlock forests. Forest Ecology and Management 362: 177-183.
• Faison, E. K., DeStefano, S., Foster, D. R., Motzkin, G., Rapp, J. M. 2016. Ungulate browsers promote herbaceous layer diversity in logged temperate forests. Ecology and Evolution 6: 4591–4602.
• Faison, E. K., DeStefano, S., Foster, D. R., Rapp, J. M., Compton, J. A. 2016. Multiple Browsers Structure Tree Recruitment in Logged Temperate Forests. PloS ONE 11: e0166783.
• Faison, E. K., DeStefano, S., Koenen, K. 2025. Resilience and alternative successional trajectories in temperate forests exposed to two large herbivores. Forest Ecology and Management 586: 122729.
• Faison, E. K., Foster, D. R., DeStefano, S. 2016. Long-term deer exclusion has complex effects on a suburban forest understory. Rhodora 118: 382-402.
• McDonald, J. E., DeStefano, S., Gaughan, C., Mayer, M., Wyteck, W. A., Christensen, S., Fuller, T. K. 2011. Survival and harvest-related mortality of white-tailed deer in Massachusetts. Wildlife Society Bulletin 35: 209-2019.
• Wattles, D. W., Zeller, K. A., DeStefano, S. 2018. Range expansion in unfavorable environments through behavioral responses to microclimatic conditions: Moose (Alces americanus) as the model. Mammalian Biology 93: 189-197.
• Wattles, D. W., Zeller, K. A., DeStefano, S. 2018. Response of moose to a high‐density road network. Journal of Wildlife Management 82: 929-939.
• Wattles, D., DeStefano, S. 2013. Moose habitat in Massachusetts: assessing use at the southern edge of the range. Alces 49: 133-147.
• Wattles, D., DeStefano, S. 2013. Space use and movements of moose in Massachusetts: implications for conservation of large mammals in a fragmented environment. Alces 49: 65-81.
• Zeller, K. A., Wattles, D. W., DeStefano, S. 2018. Incorporating Road Crossing Data into Vehicle Collision Risk Models for Moose (Alces americanus) in Massachusetts, USA. Environmental Management 62: 518-528.