Pitt, William

Fellowship Advisor

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Research And Grants

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• Conducting horizon scans and risk analyses to identify foreign wildlife species that are potential carriers of zoonotic pathogens and parasites...  awarded by United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Publications

selected publications

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  • Steel, Argon, Jacob, J., Klasner, Ina, Howe, Kathleen, Jacquier, Steven H., Pitt, William C., Hollingsworth, Robert, and Jarvi, Susan I. 2021. "In vitro comparison of treatments and commercially available solutions on mortality of Angiostrongylus cantonensis third-stage larvae." Parasitology, 212–220. 148, (2), New York: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182020001730. 2021
  • Klug, Page E., Adams, Amy A. Yackel, Siers, Shane R., Brindock, Kevin M., Mosher, Stephen M., Mazurek, M. J., Pitt, William C., and Reed, Robert N. 2021. "Locally abundant, endangered Mariana swiftlets impact the abundance, behavior, and body condition of an invasive predator." Oecologia https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-04876-0 2021
  • Barney, Sarah K., Leopold, Devin R., Francisco, Kainana, Flaspohler, David J., Fukami, Tadashi, Giardina, Christian P., Gruner, Daniel S., Knowlton, Jessie L., Pitt, William C., and Wilson Rankin, Erin E. 2021. "Successful management of invasive rats across a fragmented landscape." Environmental Conservation 48 (3):200-207. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892921000205 2021
  • Siers, Shane R., Shiels, Aaron B., Volker, Steven F., Rex, Kristen, and Pitt, William C. 2020. "Brodifacoum residues in fish three years after an island-wide rat eradication attempt in the tropical Pacific." Management of Biological Invasions 11 (1):105-121. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2020.11.1.08 2020
  • Pukazhenthi, Budhan, Songsasen, Nucharin, Brown, Janine, Comizzoli, Pierre, Crosier, Adrienne, Hagedorn, Mary, Gratwicke, Brian, Pitt, William, and Monfort, Steven. 2020. "David E. Wildt-An Inspiring Leader in the Conservation of Wild Species." Journal of Heredity 111 (4):414-416. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaa013 2020
  • Sugihara, Robert T., Pitt, William C., Berentsen, Are R., and Payne, Cynthia G. 2018. "Evaluation of the palatability and toxicity of candidate baits and toxicants for mongooses (Herpestes auropunctatus)." European Journal of Wildlife Research 64 (1):2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-017-1163-9 2018
  • Wilson Rankin, Erin E., Knowlton, Jessie L., Gruner, Daniel S., Flaspohler, David J., Giardina, Christian P., Leopold, Devin R., Buckardt, Anna, Pitt, William C., and Fukami, Tadashi. 2018. "Vertical foraging shifts in Hawaiian forest birds in response to invasive rat removal." PloS One 13 (9):https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202869 2018
  • Smith, Joshua B., Turner, Kelsey L., Beasley, James C., DeVault, Travis L., Pitt, William C., and Rhodes, Olin E. 2016. "Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) population density and carcass locations following exposure to acetaminophen." Ecotoxicology 25 (8):1556-1562. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-016-1711-1 2016
  • Abernethy, Erin F., Turner, Kelsey L., Beasley, James C., DeVault, Travis L., Pitt, William C., and Rhodes, Olin E. 2016. "Carcasses of invasive species are predominantly utilized by invasive scavengers in an island ecosystem." Ecosphere 7 (10):https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1496 2016
  • Kimball, Bruce A., Stelting, Scott A., McAuliffe, Thomas W., Stahl, Randal S., Garcia, Rafael A., and Pitt, William C. 2016. "Development of artificial bait for brown treesnake suppression." Biological Invasions 18 (2):359-369. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-015-1031-z 2016
  • Keitt, B., Griffiths, R., Boudjelas, S., Broome, K., Cranwell, S., Millett, J., Pitt, William C., and Samaniego-Herrera, A. 2015. "Best practice guidelines for rat eradication on tropical islands." Biological Conservation 185:17-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.10.014 2015
  • Jarvi, Susan I., Pitt, William C., Farias, Margaret E., Shiels, Laura, Severino, Michael G., Howe, Kathleen M., Jacquier, Steven H., Shiels, Aaron B., Amano, Karis K., Luiz, Blaine C., Maher, Daisy E., Allison, Maureen L., Holtquist, Zachariah C., and Scheibelhut, Neil T. 2015. "Detection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Blood and Peripheral Tissues of Wild Hawaiian Rats (Rattus rattus) by a Quantitative PCR (qPCR) Assay." PloS One 10 (4):1-8. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123064 2015
  • Ferreira, Rodrigo B., Beard, Karen H., Choi, Ryan T., and Pitt, William C. 2015. "Diet of the Nonnative Greenhouse Frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris) in Maui, Hawaii." Journal of Herpetology 49 (4):586-593. https://doi.org/10.1670/14-103 2015
  • Pitt, William C., Sugihara, Robert T., and Berentsen, Are R. 2015. "Effect of travel distance, home range, and bait on the management of small Indian mongooses, Herpestes auropunctatus." Biological Invasions 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-014-0831-x 2015
  • Pott, Madeleine, Wegmann, Alexander S., Griffiths, Richard, Samaniego-Herrera, Araceli, Cuthbert, Richard J., Brooke, M., Pitt, William C., Berentsen, Are R., Holmes, Nick D., Howald, Gregg, Ramos-Rendón, Karina, and Russell, James C. 2015. "Improving the odds: Assessing bait availability before rodent eradications to aid in selecting bait application rates." Biological Conservation 185:27-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.09.049 2015
  • Pitt, William C., Berentsen, Are R., Shiels, Aaron B., Volker, Steven F., Eisemann, John D., Wegmann, Alex, and Howald, Gregg. 2015. "Non-target species mortality and the measurement of brodifacoum rodenticide residues after a rat (Rattus rattus) eradication on Palmyra Atoll, tropical Pacific." Biological Conservation 185:36-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.01.008 2015

• book

  • Pitt, William C. 2018. Ecology and Management of Terrestrial Vertebrate Invasive Species in the United States. Taylor & Francis. 2018

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• National Zoological Park  Academic Department