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Metabarcoding of fecal DNA shows dietary diversification in wolves substitutes for ungulates in an island archipelago
November 29, 2021
Although ungulates are the main prey of wolves (Canis lupus) throughout their range, substantial dietary diversity may allow wolves to persist even when ungulates are declining or rare. Alexander Archipelago wolves (Canis lupus ligoni) inhabit distinct mainland and island biogeographic … read more
Posted in Biology | Tagged Alexander Archipelago, Canis lupus, dietary niche breadth, Enhydra lutris, foraging ecology, non-invasive sampling, predator–prey ecology, scat
Understanding drivers of human tolerance to gray wolves and brown bears as a strategy to improve landholder – carnivore coexistence
November 29, 2021
Despite recent recovery of large carnivores throughout Europe such as the brown bear (Ursus arctos) and the gray wolf (Canis lupus), some of their populations are still threatened and their viability depends on human tolerance to share mixed landscapes. We … read more
Posted in Human Dimensions
Are Gray Wolves Endangered in the Northern Rocky Mountains? A Role for Social Science in Listing Determinations
November 29, 2021
Conservation scientists increasingly recognize the need to incorporate the social sciences into policy decisions. In practice, however, considerable challenges to integrating the social and natural sciences remain. In this article, we review the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) 2009 … read more
Posted in Human Dimensions | Tagged conservation policy, Endangered Species Act, listing determination, social sciences, wolves
Factors Limiting Deer Abundance in the Upper Peninsula
August 29, 2021
In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, there are numerous factors that may act singularly or in combination to influence deer abundance. For instance, if food availability was greatly reduced, especially during critical times, or habitat that is essential for survival … read more
Posted in Predator/Prey Relationships | Tagged Deer, Upper Peninsula
Indigenizing the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation
August 29, 2021
Although a diversity of approaches to wildlife management persists in Canada and the United States of America, the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation (NAM) is a prevailing model for state, provincial, and federal agencies. The success of the NAM … read more
Posted in Native American | Tagged caribou, coexistence, I-NAM, Indigenous knowledge systems, pathways forward, Two-Eyed Seeing, Western science
Evaluating carnivore harvest as a tool for increasing elk calf survival and recruitment
August 29, 2021
Elk (Cervus canadensis) are an iconic species throughout the western United States and play a large role across ecological (Kauffman et al. 2010), social (Haggerty and Travis 2006) and economic (US Department of the Interior et al. 2014) landscapes. However, … read more
Posted in Predator/Prey Relationships | Tagged carnivore, Cervus canadensis, elk


