Posts Tagged: Endangered Species Act
Anthropogenic sources dominate gray wolf mortality but leading cause varies with management regime
March 30, 2026
Despite changes in legislation and public attitudes towards large predators, human-caused mortality continues to impact survival and conservation of carnivore species. Understanding the drivers and timing of mortality is critical for informing evidence-based management and policy decisions aimed at improving … read more
Posted in Biology, Resources | Tagged Canis lupus, carnivore, cause-specific mortality, Endangered Species Act, Legal harvest, poaching, survival
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
Developing Metapopulation Connectivity Criteria from Genetic and Habitat Data to Recover the Endangered Mexican Wolf
July 6, 2020
Restoring connectivity between fragmented populations is an important tool for alleviating genetic threats to endangered species. Yet recovery plans typically lack quantitative criteria for ensuring such population connectivity. We demonstrate how models that integrate habitat, genetic, and demographic data can … read more
Posted in Genetics | Tagged Canis lupus baileyi, circuit theory, conservation planning, Endangered Species Act, least-cost distance, metapopulations, population viability
