Experimental moose reduction lowers wolf density and stops decline of endangered caribou

R Serrouya, BN McLellan, H van Oort, G Mowat… - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
The expansion of moose into southern British Columbia caused the decline and extirpation
of woodland caribou due to their shared predators, a process commonly referred to as …

Using predator-prey theory to predict outcomes of broadscale experiments to reduce apparent competition

R Serrouya, MJ Wittmann, BN McLellan… - The American …, 2015 - journals.uchicago.edu
Apparent competition is an important process influencing many ecological communities. We
used predator-prey theory to predict outcomes of ecosystem experiments aimed at mitigating …

Demographic responses of nearly extirpated endangered mountain caribou to recovery actions in Central British Columbia

RS McNay, CT Lamb, L Giguere… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recovering endangered species is a difficult and often controversial task that challenges
status quo land uses. Southern Mountain caribou are a threatened ecotype of caribou that …

Restoring historical moose densities results in fewer wolves killed for woodland caribou conservation

ML McLellan, AT Ford, D Hervieux… - The Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) are declining across much of their
distribution in Canada in response to habitat alteration, leading to unsustainable predation …

Evaluation of maternal penning to improve calf survival in the Chisana caribou herd

LG Adams, R Farnell, MP Oakley, TS Jung… - Wildlife …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Predation is a major limiting factor for most small sedentary caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
populations, particularly those that are threatened or endangered across the southern extent …

Considering sampling approaches when determining carnivore diets: the importance of where, how, and when scats are collected

R Steenweg, MP Gillingham, KL Parker, DC Heard - Mammal Research, 2015 - Springer
Understanding the diets of carnivores is often required to inform their management, to
conserve their prey, or to minimize depredation of domestic animals. Scat analysis is one of …

Seeking sanctuary: the neonatal calving period among central mountain woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)

BR Nobert, S Milligan, GB Stenhouse… - Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou (Gmelin, 1788)) populations have declined
throughout their range. With the goal of better understanding habitat selection and fidelity …

[HTML][HTML] Combining stable isotope ratios with elemental concentrations to improve the estimation of terrestrial carnivore diets

G Mowat, DC Heard, PJ Curtis - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Stable isotopes of animal tissue have been used to estimate diet for many consumer species
and places, but the ability to assign contributions to all food items is limited by the number of …

Testing predator–prey theory using broad‐scale manipulations and independent validation

R Serrouya, BN McLellan, S Boutin - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A robust test of ecological theory is to gauge the predictive accuracy of general relationships
parameterized from multiple systems but applied to a new area. To address this goal, we …

Resource separation by mountain ungulates on a landscape modified by fire

KL Sittler, KL Parker… - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Fire restructures plant communities and can be an important modifier of ecosystems.
Increases in forage quantity and quality in burned areas attract large ungulates, and may …