Burmese pythons in Florida: A synthesis of biology, impacts, and management tools

JC Guzy, BG Falk, BJ Smith, JD Willson, RN Reed… - 2023 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) are native to southeastern Asia, however, there
is an established invasive population inhabiting much of southern Florida throughout the …

Modelling the distribution and intraguild associations of an understudied mesocarnivore across the contiguous United States

ML Allen, AM Green, RJ Moll - Diversity and Distributions, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Understanding the range‐wide distribution and abundance of species is critical for their
conservation and management. Grey foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) are an …

Landscape-scale population trends in the occurrence and abundance of wildlife populations using long term camera-trapping data

JP Twining, D Kramer, KA Perkins, AK Fuller - Biological Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate estimation and monitoring of wildlife population trends is foundational to evidence-
based conservation. Here, we use hierarchical modelling to estimate population trends for …

Asymmetrical intraguild interactions with coyotes, red foxes, and domestic dogs may contribute to competitive exclusion of declining gray foxes

DJ Morin, DB Lesmeister, CK Nielsen… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Species coexistence is governed by availability of resources and intraguild interactions
including strategies to reduce ecological overlap. Gray foxes are dietary generalist …

Long-term data reveal equivocal evidence for intraguild suppression among sympatric canids

JM Bauder, ML Allen, AA Ahlers, TJ Benson… - Biodiversity and …, 2022 - Springer
Interspecific interactions among predators can shape ecological communities across trophic
levels, including among predator guilds. The strength and directions of these interactions …

[HTML][HTML] Anthropogenic features are the most important drivers of striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) space use in a human-dominated Midwestern landscape

NJ Proudman, ML Allen - Acta Oecologica, 2024 - Elsevier
Striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) are widespread generalist mesocarnivores that occur in a
variety of habitats and are often associated with anthropogenic environments. They are also …

Effects of multiple aspects of anthropogenic landscape change on mesopredator relative abundance

RL Emmet, KW Stodola, TJ Benson, ML Allen - Wildlife Research, 2023 - CSIRO Publishing
Context. Anthropogenic landscape changes have substantial effects on biodiversity and
animal populations worldwide. However, anthropogenic landscape change can take a …

Raccoon abundance indexing and removal: implications for Blanding's turtle nest success

AU Rutter, JP Vanek, GA Glowacki, CK Golba… - Wildlife …, 2023 - CSIRO Publishing
Context: Elevated mesopredator populations can pose a threat to species of conservation
concern. Aims: We sought to evaluate the effectiveness of raccoon removal on their …

[HTML][HTML] PVA-based assessment of resiliency, redundancy, and representation in an imperiled freshwater turtle

RB King - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Conservation decisions benefit from projections about the future condition of a species as
generated using population viability analysis (PVA) or other analytical techniques. For listing …

County records and noteworthy detections of gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in southeast Kansas

DJ Benson, J De La Peña, AD George… - Transactions of the …, 2024 - BioOne
The gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) is a mesocarnivore with a broad geographic range
in North America, yet its distribution and habitat associations in Kansas have been poorly …