Energy stores and migration are important adaptations for animals in seasonal
environments, but their roles may vary relative to an animal's endogenous and exogenous …

Animals are inherently tied to nutritional resources of the landscape. Added cost of coping
with environmental stressors, like disease, can exacerbate nutritional limitations …

Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) across North America commonly experience population-
limiting epizootics of respiratory disease. Although many cases of bighorn sheep pneumonia …

The spatial distribution of animals has consequences for nutrition, predator–prey dynamics,
spread of diseases, and population dynamics in general. Animals must establish a home …

Accretion of body fat by animals is an important physiological adaptation that may underpin
seasonal behaviours, especially where it modulates risk associated with a particular …

Reproductive phenology is a critical element of how animals persist in their environment and
affects survival of young, especially in seasonal environments. We investigated the …

Though far less obvious than direct effects (clinical disease or mortality), the indirect
influences of pathogens are difficult to estimate but may hold fitness consequences. Here …

The nutrition of wild animals affects their ability to survive, reproduce, and ultimately persist
in unpredictable environments. Nutrition interacts with the life history of animals across …

Global climate change, characterized by long term changes in temperature and precipitation
patterns, can present an energetic challenge to terrestrial species. Seasonal hibernators are …

Since the 1800s, anthropogenic activities resulting in habitat loss and fragmentation have
subjected bighorn sheep (BHS) to population decline. Repeated spillover of pathogens …