Many ecologists have lamented the demise of natural history and have attributed this
decline to a misguided view that natural history is outdated and unscientific. Although there …

Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) and wolves (Canis lupus) are two apex predators with strong and
cascading effects on ecosystem structure and function. After decades of recovery from near …

Apex predators play keystone roles in ecosystems through top-down control, but the effects
of apex omnivores on ecosystems could be more varied because changes in the resource …

DNA metabarcoding has become a powerful technique for identifying the species present in
a bulk environmental sample. The application of DNA metabarcoding to wildlife diet analysis …

Metabarcoding of environmental DNA (eDNA) is now widely used to build diversity profiles
from DNA that has been shed by species into the environment. There is substantial interest …

Conservation strategies are hindered by a lack of accurate maps of important habitat for
many wildlife species, but especially for species inhabiting managed forest landscapes …

The historic extirpation and subsequent recovery of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) have
profoundly changed coastal social-ecological systems across the northeastern Pacific …

There are increasing concerns about the declining population trends of small mammalian
carnivores around the world. Their conservation and management are often challenging due …

Although wolves are wide‐ranging generalist carnivores throughout their life cycle, during
the pup‐rearing season wolf activity is focused on natal den sites where pup survival …

Helminth infections are cryptic and can be difficult to study in wildlife species. Helminth
research in wildlife hosts has historically required invasive animal handling and necropsy …