PUBLICATIONS

Please see our Publications on Google Scholar and listed below (* Denotes graduate students, last position indicates senior author/PI of paper)

PEER REVIEWED BOOKS

  1. Dunning, K., Alva, A.*, Bailey, S.*, Morris, D.*, Wally, K.*, Williamson, R. (2023) Democratic Management of an Ecosystem Under Threat: The People’s Reefs. Conservation Stories from Florida and the Caribbean. London: Anthem Press. http://bitly.ws/GfHf

  2. Dunning, K. (2018) Communities of Coral: An Ecological and Institutional Analysis of Southeast Asian Coral Reefs. London: Anthem Press. https://amzn.to/2onQ0mP.

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  3. Dunning, K. (2025). The bear in the (court)room: who decides on removing grizzly bears from the endangered species list? Billings Gazette. PDF.

  4. Peterson, C. (2025). Cancel the Grizzly Bear. Vox. PDF.

  5. Udasin, Sharon. (2025). Researchers point finger at politics for thwarting endangered species protections process. The Hill. PDF.

    PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

  6. Dunning, K. (2025). In the Shadow of the Lion King: The rise of community-based conservation in Africa’s last absolute monarchy. Western Confluences. Edited by Birch Malotky. https://westernconfluence.org/in-the-shadow-of-the-lion-king/ PDF.

  7. Mollett, S.*, Wheeler, I.*, Asay, B.*, Holbrook, J., Furland, T.*, Manire, H.*, Paez, A.*, Scearce, S.*, Spoonhunter,T., Stoellinger, T., Willoughby, J.R., & Dunning, K. H. (2025). Delisting the Grizzly bear from the Endangered Species Act: shifting politics and political discourse in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 6, 1508158. PDF

  8. Willoughby, J. R., Lamka, G. F., Dunning, K. H., Narine, L., Belsare, A., & Sundaram, M. (2025). Using AI enhanced agent-based models to support management of wild populations. Landscape Ecology, 40(7), 129. PDF

  9. Henry, H.*, Wheeler, I., Luchauer, G.*, Asay, B.*, Bowles, N.*, Castruccio, F., Cole, D., Furland, T.,* Krumhardt, K., Romashkov, L., Scearce, S.*, Mainre, H.*, Mollett, S.*, Moulton, M., Willoughby, J., & Dunning, K. H. (2025). Adaptive governance during an unprecedented marine heatwave: case study from the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 1-17. PDF.

  10. Sciandra, O.*, Anderson, W. M., Zohdy, S., Dunning, K. H. (2025). Impacts of Mycobacterium leprae-Infection on Wild Populations of the Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Species Complex: A Systematic Review. Diversity. PDF.

  11. Olivas, T.*, Henry, H.*, Gumbleton, S., Beckham, N., Steury, T., Willoughby, J. R., Dunning, K. H. (2025). Assessing marine wildlife interactions with the charter boat fishing industry on Alabama’s Gulf Coast, USA. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. PDF.

  12. Sower, J. R.*, Anderson, C. J., Grice, R., & Dunning, K. H. (2025). Developing a Community of Practice for Greater Stakeholder Engagement: A Case Study of the Alabama and Mississippi Oyster Industry. Society & Natural Resources, 1-14. PDF.

  13. Drew, J., Sakai, S., Caginitoba, A., Warr, L., Espinoza, J., Dunning, K.H. (2025) Stakeholder perceptions of mangrove ecosystem services across scales of conservation focus. Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14405. PDF.

  14. Moorman, T. G.*, Morris, D.*, Scyphers, S. B., Williamson, R. D., & Dunning, K. H. (2025). Recreational angler and stakeholder perceptions of policy changes to recreational fishery management: the case of red snapper devolution in the Gulf of Mexico. Ecology and Society, 30(1). PDF.

  15. Alva, A.*, Brown, E.*, Evans, A.*, Morris, D.*, Dunning, K. (2025). Dark Sky Parks: public policy that turns off the lights. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2275535 PDF.

  16. Henry, H.*, Olivas, T.,* Gumbleton, S., Beckham, N., Steury, T. D., Willoughby, J. R., & Dunning, K. (2025). Willingness of Recreational Anglers to Modify Hook and Bait Choices for Sea Turtle Conservation in Mobile Bay, Alabama, Gulf of Mexico. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 32(2), e12766. PDF.

  17. Morris D.*, Cherian D., Castruccio F., Davidson C., Kleypas J., Krumhardt K., Moulton M., Williamson RD, Zohdy S., Dunning K. (2024) How changes projected by climate models can inform climate adaptation and marine sanctuary management: A collaborative prototype methodology. Journal of Environmental Management. 368:121953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121953. PDF.

  18. Alva, A.*, Williamson, R., & Pannoi, K.*, Dunning, K. (2024). What compels bipartisan lawmakers to support coral reef legislation in the US Congress. Marine Policy, 163, 106094. PDF.

  19. Von Hagen*, L., Schulte, B. A., Steury, T. D., Dunning, K., Githiru, M., Zohdy, S., & Lepczyk, C. A. (2024). Lack of crucial information exacerbates barriers to mitigating human–elephant conflicts in rural Kenya. Oryx, 1-9. PDF

  20. Johnson, G.*, Anderson, C., Dunning, K., & Williamson, R. (2024). National ocean policy in the United States: using framing theory to highlight policy priorities between presidential administrations. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1370004. PDF.

  21. Johnson, G.*, Anderson, C., Williamson, R., & Dunning, K. (2024). Stakeholder perceptions of coastal environmental stressors in the Florida panhandle. Ocean & Coastal Management, 250, 107008. PDF.

  22. Wally, K.*, Williamson, R., Dunning, K. (2024) Coral reefs and climate change: Examining two institutional approaches to managing a novel marine ecosystem. Marine Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106107 PDF.

  23. Moorman, T.*, Ditchkoff, S. S., Dunning, K., Mnguni, P., Morris, D.*, & Ward, C.* (2024). Participatory study of policy process for wildlife conservation and ecotourism in Eswatini: A multiple streams analysis. Environmental Science & Policy, 151, 103637. PDF.

  24. Stoakley, T.*, Cummings, C. *, Dunning, K., Gulsby, W., Williamson, R. D., & Ditchkoff, S. S. (2023). Regional differences in deer hunter attitudes and opinions regarding quality deer management (QDM). Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2023.2299863 PDF.

  25. Bailey, S, Morris, D., Dunning, K. (2023) Biodiversity conservation, advocacy coalitions, and science-focused disputes: the case of Caymanian coral reef conservation and the proposed port expansion project. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1204139/full.

  26. Von Hagen, L.*, Schulte, B. A., Dunning, K., Steury, T. D., Githiru, M., Zohdy, S., Lepczyk, C. A. (2023). Farmer Attitudes On Climate Change, Farming Practices, and Livelihood Threats, and the Impact to Conservation in the Kasigau Wildlife Corridor, Kenya. Human Ecology, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-023-00426-9.

  27. Johnson G*, Wally K*, Willoughby JR, Williamson R, Corvey K*, Becker M*, Moorman T*, and Dunning K (2022) Application of the Policy Regime Framework to understand COVID-19 policy response in the Southeast U.S.: How RAPID research can provide lessons learned after a public health crisis. Front. Sociol. 7:959553. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2022.959553. PDF.

  28. Bailey, S.*, Dunning, K., Morris, D.*, Williamson, R. (2022) How narratives shape policy: Lessons learned from port projects adjacent to coral reefs in Florida and the Cayman Islands. Marine Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105233. PDF.

  29. Elliot, J.*, Dunning, K., Gulsby, W., Ditchkoff, S.(2022) Training and Experience Increase Classification Accuracy in White-tailed Deer Camera Surveys. Wildlife Research. https://www.publish.csiro.au/WR/WR22022.

  30. Wang, L.*, Li, F., Meng, K., Dunning, K. (2022) Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Adult Subjective Well Being: The Role of Hope and Sense of Control. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.879132.

  31. Dunning, K. (2022) Biodiversity Conservation Policy in Megadiverse Countries: Comparing Policy Systems for 2020 Targets to Inform Management in the Coming Decades. Journal of Environmental Management. PDF

  32. Lepczyk, C., Dunning, K., Williamson, R. (2022) Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Write Back Letters. Title: Response to Crowley et al. 2020. PDF

  33. Dunning, K. (2021) Unlikely Environmental Policy-making During a Polarized Congress: A Multiple Streams Analysis of “America’s Most Successful Conservation Program.” Politics and Policy, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.12448. PDF.

  34. Nagy, R. et al. (including Dunning, K.) (2022) Harnessing the NEON data revolution to advance open environmental science with a diverse and data-capable community. Ecosphere. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3833.

  35. Johnson, G.*, Alva, A.*, Dunning, K. (2022) Vulnerable Communities in Coastal Governance. In Routledge Handbook of Marine Governance and Global Environmental Change. Editor: Paul Harris. PDF.

  36. Dunning, K. H. (2021). How are managers responding to local and global ecological stressors? the case of Indonesian co-managed coral reefs in the Anthropocene. Marine Policy, 131, 104560. PDF.

  37. Larsen et al. including Dunning, K. "The future of wildlife conservation funding: What options do US college students support?." Conservation Science and Practice 3.10 (2021): e505. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.505 PDF.

  38. Dunning, K. (2021) Adaptive Governance: The Proposed Port Expansion in the Cayman Islands and its Impacts to Coral Reefs. Marine Policy, 124, 104248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104248. PDF.

  39. Dunning, K. (2021) Adaptive Governance of Recreational Ecosystem Services Following a Major Hurricane. Ecosystem Services, 50, 101324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101324. PDF.

  40. Dunning, K. (2020) Building Resilience to Natural Hazards Through Coastal Governance: A Case Study of Hurricane Harvey Recovery in Gulf of Mexico Communities. Ecological Economics, 176, 106759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106759. PDF.

  41. Tunnell, J. W., Dunning, K., Scheef, L. P., & Swanson, K. M. (2020) Measuring Plastic Pellet (Nurdle) Abundance on Shorelines Throughout the Gulf of Mexico Using Citizen Scientists: Establishing a Platform for Policy-relevant Research. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 151, 110794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110794

  42. Dunning, K. (2016) Missing the trees for the forest? Bottom-up Policy Implementation and Adaptive Management in the US Natural Resource Bureaucracy. Environmental Policy and Planning. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2016.1197105

  43. Dunning, K. (2015) Ecosystem Services and Community Based Coral Reef Management Institutions in Post Blast Fishing Indonesia. Ecosystem Services. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.11.010. PDF