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An objective approach to select surrogate species for connectivity conservation
Connected landscapes can increase the effectiveness of protected areas by facilitating individual movement and gene flow between populations, thereby increasing the persistence of species even in fragmented habitats. Connectivity planning is often…
Detection of prions from spiked and free-ranging carnivore feces
Abstract: Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a highly contagious, fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by infectious prions (PrPCWD) affecting wild and captive cervids. Although experimental feeding studies have demonstrated prions in feces of crows…
Geostatistical capture–recapture models
Abstract: Methods for population estimation and inference have evolved over the past decade to allow for the incorporation of spatial information when using capture–recapture study designs. Traditional approaches to specifying spatial…
Warm places, warm years, and warm seasons increase parasitizing of moose by winter ticks
Abstract:Observed links between parasites, such as ticks, and climate change havearoused concern for human health, wildlife population dynamics, and broaderecosystem effects. The one-host life history of the winter tick (Dermacentoralbipictus) links…
A multi‐property assessment of intensity of use provides a functional understanding of animal movement
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The intensity of use of a location is one of the most studied properties of animal movement, yet movement analyses generally focus on the overall use of a location without much consideration of how patterns in intensity of use emerge.…
Home range size and resource use by swift foxes in northeastern Montana
Swift foxes (Vulpes velox) are endemic to the Great Plains of North America, but were extirpated from the northern portion of their range by the mid-1900s. Despite several reintroductions to the Northern Great Plains, there remains a ~350 km range…
Life on the edge: habitat fragmentation limits expansion of a restored carnivore
The successful recovery of imperiled species is dependent on knowledge of how demographic drivers mediate population growth and expansion. One of the largest species restoration projects has been the reintroduction of swift foxes Vulpes velox to…
Differential impacts of spruce beetle outbreaks on snowshoe hares and red squirrels in the southern Rocky Mountains
Spruce beetles (Dendroctonus rufipennis) have impacted millions of acres of Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) – subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) forest in North America over the past decade, resulting in the most extensive outbreak in recorded…
Influence of camera model and alignment on the performance of paired camera stations
The probability of obtaining images of target species may vary across camera models or relative position of cameras at survey locations. Alignment of cameras within paired camera stations (hereafter, stations) could affect species detection due to…
Host relatedness and landscape connectivity shape pathogen spread in the puma, a large secretive carnivore
Urban expansion can fundamentally alter wildlife movement and gene flow, but how urbanization alters pathogen spread is poorly understood. Here, we combine high resolution host and viral genomic data with landscape variables to examine the context of…