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Immigration does not offset harvest mortality in groups of a cooperatively breeding carnivore
July 6, 2020
The effects of harvest on cooperatively breeding species are often more complex than simply subtracting the number of animals that died from the group count. Changes in demographic rates, particularly dispersal, could offset some effects of harvest mortality in groups … read more
Posted in Hunting Wolves | Tagged Canis lupus, compensatory immigration, cooperative breeder, dispersal, gray wolf, social structure
Trophy Hunting Debate
January 29, 2020
The document linked below is three documents in one: a publication, a rebuttal, and a response.
Posted in Hunting Wolves | Tagged debate, hunting, trophy
North American Model of Wildlife Conservation: Empowerment and Exclusivity Hinder Advances in Wildlife Conservation
July 3, 2019
We argue that the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation (NAM) as currently promoted is an overly narrow construct, used both to explain how North American wildlife conservation developed historically, and as a prescriptive framework for applying a hunting-focused form … read more
Posted in Hunting Wolves | Tagged american, conservation, empowerment, exclusivity, model, north, wildlife
Differentiating Between Regulation and Hunting as Conservation Interventions
July 3, 2019
Protecting biodiversity requires that we correctly identify major threats and effective interventions to abate them (Salafsky & Margoluis 2003; Sutherland et al. 2004). If the scientific community wants the world to heed our warnings of ecosystem collapse (Ripple et al. … read more
Posted in Hunting Wolves | Tagged between, conservation, differentiating, hunting, interventions, regulation
Hallmarks of Science Missing from North American Wildlife Management
July 3, 2019
Resource management agencies commonly defend controversial policy by claiming adherence to science-based approaches. For example, proponents and practitioners of the “North American Model of Wildlife Conservation,” which guides hunting policy across much of the United States and Canada, assert that … read more
Posted in Hunting Wolves | Tagged american, hallmarks, management, missing, north, science, wildlife
Impacts of Breeder Loss on Social Structure, Reproduction, and Population Growth in a Social Canid
July 3, 2019
The importance of individuals to the dynamics of populations may depend on reproductive status, especially for species with complex social structure. Loss of reproductive individuals in socially complex species could disproportionately affect population dynamics by destabilizing social structure and reducing … read more
Posted in Hunting Wolves | Tagged breeder, growth, impacts, population, reproduction, social, structure
