Author Archives: Nathan Lyle
Eat or be eaten: Implications of potential exploitative competition between wolves and humans across predator-savvy and predator-naive deer populations
December 23, 2023
Recolonization of predators to their former ranges is becoming increasingly prevalent. Such recolonization places predators among their prey once again; the latter having lived without predation (from such predators) for a considerable time. This renewed coexistence creates opportunities to explore … read more
Posted in Deer, Predator/Prey Relationships, Resources | Tagged behavioral manipulation, Human–wildlife conflict, olfactory cues, optimal foraging, predator recolonization, predator reintroduction, predator–prey interactions
Logging, linear features, and human infrastructure shape the spatial dynamics of wolf predation on an ungulate neonate
November 29, 2023
Humans are increasingly recognized as important players in predator–prey dynamics by modifying landscapes. This trend has been well-documented for large mammal communities in North American boreal forests: logging creates early seral forests that benefit ungulates such as white-tailed deer (Odocoileus … read more
Posted in Predator/Prey Relationships, Resources | Tagged anthropogenic disturbance, boreal forest, Canis lupus, ecological trap, habitat fragmentation, human shield hypothesis, movement, Odocoileus virginianus, off-highway vehicles, olfaction, predator–prey dynamics, white-tailed deer
Demographic history shapes North American gray wolf genomic diversity and informs species’ conservation
November 29, 2023
Effective population size estimates are critical information needed for evolutionary predictions and conservation decisions. This is particularly true for species with social factors that restrict access to breeding or experience repeated fluctuations in population size across generations. Further, if isolated, … read more
Wolves alter the trajectory of forests by shaping the central place foraging behaviour of an ecosystem engineer
November 29, 2023
Predators can directly and indirectly alter the foraging behaviour of prey through direct predation and the risk of predation, and in doing so, initiate indirect effects that influence myriad species and ecological processes. We describe how wolves indirectly alter the … read more
Posted in Beaver, Predator/Prey Relationships, Resources | Tagged alter, central place, forests, shaping, trajectory, wolves
Wolf Status in Michigan October 2023
October 27, 2023
Wolves have been part of the Great Lakes fauna since the melting of the last glacier and as such are native to the land area known as Michigan. Stebler (1951) indicated that pioneer documents and museum specimens show wolves were … read more
Posted in Great Lakes Wolves, News, Regional Wolves
Developing a cost-effective technique to estimate wolf abundance in Michigan
October 27, 2023
Posted in Great Lakes Wolves, News, Regional Wolves
