Predator–prey co‐occurrence in harvest blocks: Implications for caribou and forestry

TL McKay, LA Finnegan - Conservation Science and Practice, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Forest harvesting alters habitat, impacts wildlife, and disrupts ecosystem function. Across the
boreal forest of Canada, forest harvesting affects ungulate prey species and their predators …

Integration of aerial surveys and resource selection analysis indicates human land use supports boreal deer expansion

HW Fuller, S Frey, JT Fisher - Ecological Applications, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Landscape change is a driver of global biodiversity loss. In the western Nearctic, petroleum
exploration and extraction is a major contributor to landscape change, with concomitant …

Human density modulates spatial associations among tropical forest terrestrial mammal species

D Gorczynski, C Hsieh, J Ahumada… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The spatial aggregation of species pairs often increases with the ecological similarity of the
species involved. However, the way in which environmental conditions and anthropogenic …

How landscape traits affect boreal mammal responses to anthropogenic disturbance

AF Barnas, A Ladle, JM Burgar, AC Burton… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding mammalian responses to anthropogenic disturbance is challenging, as
ecological processes and the patterns arising therefrom notoriously change across spatial …

Disturbance‐mediated changes to boreal mammal spatial networks in industrializing landscapes

G Curveira‐Santos, S Marion… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Compound effects of anthropogenic disturbances on wildlife emerge through a complex
network of direct responses and species interactions. Land‐use changes driven by energy …

[HTML][HTML] Grey wolves (Canis lupus) shift selection of anthropogenic landscape features following predator control in the Nearctic boreal forest

K Baillie-David, JP Volpe, AC Burton, JT Fisher - Biological Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
Conserving endangered species sometimes involves killing their predators. In the case of
Nearctic wolves (Canis lupus), rarely are lethal control measures examined for ancillary …

Ungulate co-occurrence in a landscape of antagonisms

NC Harris, A Bhandari, B Doamba - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Protected areas largely now exist as coupled natural-human ecosystems where human
activities are increasingly forcing wildlife to adjust behaviors. For many ungulate species that …

Native prey, not landscape change or novel prey, drive cougar (Puma concolor) distribution at a boreal forest range edge

MV Gaston, AF Barnas, RM Smith… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many large carnivores, despite widespread habitat alteration, are rebounding in parts of
their former ranges after decades of persecution and exploitation. Cougars (Puma concolor) …

Industrial development alters wolf spatial distribution mediated by prey availability

H Boczulak, NP Boucher, A Ladle… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing resource extraction and human activity are reshaping species' spatial
distributions in human‐altered landscape and consequently shaping the dynamics of …

Lethal wolf control elicits change in moose habitat selection in unexpected ways

CA Ethier, AF Barnas, NP Boucher… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Moose (Alces alces) and woodland caribou (Ranger tarandus caribou) are the 2 large prey
species for wolves (Canis lupus) in the Nearctic boreal forest in North America. Caribou …