Luther Scott Mills
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Works (111)
Updated: April 5th, 2024 07:53
2020 journal article
Cross-species transmission and evolutionary dynamics of canine distemper virus during a spillover in African lions of Serengeti National Park
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 29(22), 4308–4321.
author keywords: African lion; canine distemper virus; carnivore conservation; evolutionary epidemiology; pathogen spillover; Serengeti
MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Wild; Bayes Theorem; Distemper / epidemiology; Distemper Virus, Canine / genetics; Lions; Parks, Recreational
TL;DR:
The results are consistent with the hypothesis that virus evolution played a role in CDV emergence in noncanid hosts following spillover during the outbreak, and suggest that host barriers to clinical infection can limit outcomes of CDV spillover in novel host species.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: June 1, 2020
2020 journal article
Identifying Candidate Genetic Markers of CDV Cross-Species Pathogenicity in African Lions
PATHOGENS, 9(11).
author keywords: canine distemper virus; African lion; cross-species pathogenicity; multi-host pathogen; evolutionary genetics; viral genomics; spillover
TL;DR:
Results suggest convergent evolution at these sites may have a functional role in clinical distemper outbreaks in African lions and uncover potential novel barriers to pathogenicity in this species.
(via Semantic Scholar)
www.mdpi.com (publisher PDF)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: December 21, 2020
2020 journal article
Snow-mediated plasticity does not prevent camouflage mismatch
OECOLOGIA, 194(3), 301–310.
author keywords: Adaptive rescue; Phenotypic plasticity; Behavioral plasticity; Climate change; Molt phenology
MeSH headings : Animals; Climate Change; Hares; Molting; Seasons; Snow
TL;DR:
It is found that hares did not show behavioral plasticity to minimize coat color mismatch via background matching; instead they preferred colder, snow free areas regardless of their coat color, and phenotypic plasticity in molt phenology was not observed.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 10, 2020
2019 journal article
A camouflage conundrum: unexpected differences in winter coat color between sympatric species
ECOSPHERE, 10(3).
author keywords: camouflage; coat color change; Lepus americanus; Mustela frenata; Mustela nivalis; phenology; West Virginia
TL;DR:
It is hypothesized what forces drive the interspecific differences between snowshoe hare and weasel winter coloration, highlighting areas of focus for future seasonal coat color.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: April 29, 2019
2019 journal article
Effects on white‐tailed deer following eastern coyote colonization
The Journal of Wildlife Management, 83(4), 916–924.
author keywords: eastern coyote; novel predator; population growth rate; predator-prey dynamics; spatial compensation
TL;DR:
The hypothesis that coyotes, as a novel predator, would affect deer population dynamics across large spatial scales, and the strongest effects would occur after a time lag following initial coyote colonization, is tested.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: April 20, 2020
2019 journal article
Noninvasive measures of physiological stress are confounded by exposure
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9.
MeSH headings : Animals; Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; Environmental Exposure; Feces / chemistry; Female; Glucocorticoids / metabolism; Hares / physiology; Male; Metabolome; Models, Biological; Stress, Physiological
TL;DR:
The effect of fecal pellet age on FGM concentrations varied across treatments with warm-dry and cool-wet conditions resulting in more variable FGM concentration relative to control samples, and researchers are encouraged to develop a temporally consistent sampling protocol to ensure all samples are exposed to similar environmental conditions.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 6, 2020
2019 journal article
White‐tailed deer and coyote colonization: a response to Kilgo et al. (2019)
The Journal of Wildlife Management, 83(8), 1641–1643.
TL;DR:
The finding that coyotes have not had large‐scale effects on white‐tailed deer population growth in eastern North America is reaffirmed and the finding that predator‐prey dynamic is variable over space or time is elaborated on.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: October 28, 2019
2018 journal article
Adaptive introgression underlies polymorphic seasonal camouflage in snowshoe hares
SCIENCE, 360(6395), 1355-+.
MeSH headings : Agouti Signaling Protein / genetics; Animals; Biological Mimicry / genetics; Biological Mimicry / physiology; Gene Expression Regulation; Genetic Variation; Hares / genetics; Hares / physiology; Molting / genetics; Molting / physiology; Seasons; Skin Pigmentation / genetics; Skin Pigmentation / physiology
TL;DR:
It is shown that cis-regulatory variation controlling seasonal expression of the Agouti gene underlies this adaptive winter camouflage polymorphism, and shows that introgression of genetic variants that underlie key ecological traits can seed past and ongoing adaptation to rapidly changing environments.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2018 journal article
Short-term response of snowshoe hares to western larch restoration and seasonal needle drop
RESTORATION ECOLOGY, 26(1), 156–164.
author keywords: habitat; Larix occidentalis; Lepus americanus; movement; restoration treatment; SECR
TL;DR:
It is suggested that a larch restoration treatment designed to accelerate the development of old-growth attributes can be implemented so as to have no measurable short-term detrimental effects on hares.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2018 journal article
Winter color polymorphisms identify global hot spots for evolutionary rescue from climate change
SCIENCE, 359(6379), 1033–1036.
MeSH headings : Animals; Biodiversity; Biological Mimicry; Climate Change; Molting; Pigmentation; Seasons; Vertebrates
TL;DR:
Environmentally driven clinal gradients in winter coat color are identified, including polymorphic zones where winter brown and white morphs co-occur, which indicate hot spots for evolutionary rescue in a changing climate.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
The transcriptional landscape of seasonal coat colour moult in the snowshoe hare
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 26(16), 4173–4185.
author keywords: climate change; gene expression; Lepus americanus; RNA sequencing; seasonal coat colour change
MeSH headings : Adaptation, Physiological; Animal Fur; Animals; Color; Hares / genetics; Molting / genetics; Phenotype; Pigmentation / genetics; Seasons; Sequence Analysis, RNA
TL;DR:
The results reveal that pelage colour is a useful biomarker for seasonal change but that there is a consistent lag between the main gene expression waves and change in visible coat colour.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Evaluating the benefit of captive breeding and reintroductions to endangered Sonoran pronghorn
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 196, 133–146.
author keywords: Antilocapra americana sonoriensis; Arizona; Population viability analysis; Stochastic; Time series; Uncertainty analysis
TL;DR:
It is found that rates of change in the Sonoran pronghorn population were closely tied to the amount of precipitation in the area but that viability was greatly enhanced by conservation actions including the maintenance of a captive population, as well as the establishment of two additional populations outside the current range.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
High fitness costs of climate change-induced camouflage mismatch
ECOLOGY LETTERS, 19(3), 299–307.
author keywords: Camouflage; climate change; evolutionary adaptation; evolutionary rescue; fitness; molt phenology; natural selection; phenological mismatch; snow cover; snowshoe hare
MeSH headings : Animals; Climate Change; Food Chain; Hares / physiology; Longevity; Molting; Phenotype; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Seasons; Selection, Genetic; Snow
TL;DR:
It is concluded that evolutionary rescue will be critical for hares and other colour molting species to keep up with climate change and natural selection acting on wide individual variation in molt phenology might enable evolutionary adaptation to camouflage mismatch.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2015 journal article
Examining Temporal Sample Scale and Model Choice with Spatial Capture-Recapture Models in the Common Leopard Panthera pardus
PLOS ONE, 10(11).
MeSH headings : Animals; Bayes Theorem; Ecosystem; Female; Male; Models, Biological; Panthera / physiology; Population Density
TL;DR:
Strong evidence for sex-specific movement distributions in leopards is found, suggesting that sexual patterns of space-use influence density, and a novel application of Bayes factors is developed to select models where multiple ecological factors are integrated into density estimation.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2014 journal article
Conservation implications of the evolutionary history and genetic diversity hotspots of the snowshoe hare
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 23(12), 2929–2942.
author keywords: climate change; core-periphery; evolutionarily significant units; landscape genetics; Lepus americanus; phylogeography
MeSH headings : Animals; Conservation of Natural Resources; DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics; Dental Alloys; Evolution, Molecular; Genetic Variation; Genetics, Population; Hares / genetics; Microsatellite Repeats; Molecular Sequence Data
TL;DR:
Genetic diversity was highest at mid‐latitudes of the species' range, and genetic uniqueness was greatest in southern populations, consistent with substructuring inferred from both mtDNA and microsatellite analyses at finer levels of analysis.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2014 journal article
The hidden history of the snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus: extensive mitochondrial DNA introgression inferred from multilocus genetic variation
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 23(18), 4617–4630.
author keywords: coalescent; cryptic divergence; hares and jackrabbits; lagomorphs; reticulate evolution; species tree
MeSH headings : Animals; Cell Nucleus / genetics; DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics; Evolution, Molecular; Gene Flow; Genetic Speciation; Genetics, Population; Hares / classification; Hares / genetics; Hybridization, Genetic; Models, Genetic; Molecular Sequence Data; North America; Northwestern United States; Phylogeny; Sequence Analysis, DNA
TL;DR:
This work reconstructed the speciation history of the three most widespread hares in North America by analysing sequence variation at eight nuclear markers and one mitochondrial DNA locus and revealed historical mtDNA introgression from L. californicus into the Pacific Northwest populations of L. americanus.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 journal article
Camouflage mismatch in seasonal coat color due to decreased snow duration
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 110(18), 7360–7365.
author keywords: phenotypic plasticity; snow downscaling; rhythm; phenological mismatch; threshold trait
MeSH headings : Adaptation, Physiological; Animals; Hares / physiology; Models, Biological; Montana; Seasons; Skin Pigmentation / physiology; Snow
TL;DR:
The reduced snow duration will increase the number of days that white hares will be mismatched on a snowless background by four- to eightfold by the end of the century, a novel and visually compelling climate change-induced stressor likely applies to >9 widely distributed mammals with seasonal coat color.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 journal article
Combined Effects of Energy Development and Disease on Greater Sage-Grouse
PLOS ONE, 8(8).
MeSH headings : Animal Feed; Animals; Artemisia / growth & development; Bird Diseases / epidemiology; Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data; Endangered Species; Extinction, Biological; Fossil Fuels / adverse effects; Galliformes; Industry; Male; Population Density; West Nile Fever / epidemiology; West Nile Fever / veterinary; West Nile virus / isolation & purification; Wyoming
TL;DR:
Conservation measures should maintain sagebrush landscapes large and intact enough so that leks are not chronically reduced in size due to energy development, and therefore vulnerable to becoming inactive due to additional stressors.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 book
Conservation of wildlife populations : demography, genetics, and management (2nd Ed.)
Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 journal article
Disproportionate predation on endemic marmots by invasive coyotes
JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, 94(3), 702–713.
author keywords: bobcat; Canis latrans; decline; diet; food habits; Lynx rufus; Marmota olympus; Olympic marmot; Olympic National Park; scat analysis
TL;DR:
It is concluded that predation by coyotes on marmots is widespread and substantial across the marmot's species range, and therefore likely driving observed marmot declines and extinctions.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 journal article
Human-caused mortality influences spatial population dynamics: Pumas in landscapes with varying mortality risks
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 159, 230–239.
author keywords: Dispersal; Population contribution; Puma concolor; Source-sink; Spatially structured populations
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 journal article
Royal Manas National Park, Bhutan: a hot spot for wild felids
ORYX, 47(2), 207–210.
author keywords: Bhutan; biodiversity; camera trap; eastern Himalayas; felid diversity; hotspot; Manas; tiger
TL;DR:
To examine whether Bhutan is a biodiversity hot spot for a key taxonomic group, camera trapping was conducted in the lower foothills of Bhutan, in Royal Manas National Park from November 2010 to February 2011, confirming Bhutan as a biodiversityHot spot for this group.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 chapter
Wildlife population dynamics
In Wildlife management: Contemporary principles and practices. Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2012 journal article
A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Common Management Actions on the Nest Success of North American Birds
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 26(4), 657–666.
author keywords: conservation planning; grazing; Molothrus; predator control; prescribed fire; restoration; control de depredadores; fuego prescrito; Molothrus; pastoreo; planificacion de la conservacion; restauracion
MeSH headings : Agriculture; Animals; Birds / parasitology; Birds / physiology; Conservation of Natural Resources / methods; Environment; Feeding Behavior; Fires; Food Chain; Reproduction
TL;DR:
Comparison studies of bird management in Canada and the United States to evaluate the relative efficacy of 4 common management interventions and to determine variables associated with their success highlighted the importance of comparative studies on management effects in developing efficient and effective conservation strategies.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2012 journal article
Managing multiple vital rates to maximize greater sage-grouse population growth
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 76(2), 336–347.
author keywords: Centrocercus urophasianus; demography; greater sage-grouse; life-stage simulation analysis; nest success; population growth; process variance; sagebrush; sensitivity; survival
TL;DR:
Sensitivity analyses suggest that, in contrast to most other North American galliforms, female survival is as important for population growth as chick survival and more important than nest success.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2012 chapter
Noninvasive Sampling for carnivores
In L. Boitani & R. Powell (Eds.), Carnivore ecology and conservation: a handbook of techniques.
Ed(s): L. Boitani & R. Powell
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2012 book
Wildlife research techniques in rugged mountainous Asian landscape
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
Influence of stand and landscape features on snowshoe hare abundance in fragmented forests
JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, 92(3), 561–567.
author keywords: fecal pellets; forest fragmentation; landscape; Lepus americanus; relative abundance; snowshoe hare; Washington
TL;DR:
It is suggested that forest managers will have positive impacts on hare densities by managing both focal stands and the surrounding stands for the higher densities of large shrubs and saplings and medium trees that hares select.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
Translating Effects of Inbreeding Depression on Component Vital Rates to Overall Population Growth in Endangered Bighorn Sheep
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 25(6), 1240–1249.
author keywords: endangered species; fecundity; Ovis canadensis sierrae; population growth; recovery; Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep; crecimiento poblacional; especies en peligro; fecundidad; Ovis canadensis sierrae; recuperacion
MeSH headings : Animals; Conservation of Natural Resources; Endangered Species; Female; Fertility; Genetic Variation; Heterozygote; Inbreeding; Male; Microsatellite Repeats; Models, Genetic; Nevada; Population Density; Population Dynamics; Sexual Behavior, Animal; Sheep / genetics; Sheep / physiology
TL;DR:
Results suggest that inbreeding depression has reduced adult female fecundity in Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, and the importance of quantifying inbreeding costs relative to population dynamics to effectively manage endangered populations is highlighted.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Combining ground count, telemetry, and mark-resight data to infer population dynamics in an endangered species
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY, 47(5), 1083–1093.
author keywords: Bayesian state-space models; demographic parameter estimation; fecundity; ground count; mark-resight; Ovis canadensis sierrae; Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep; survival; telemetry
TL;DR:
Demographic rates indicated that recovery efforts should focus on increasing adult and yearling survival in the smallest bighorn sheep population, and in evaluating covariates it was found that vital rates in all populations were positively associated with summer precipitation, but that winter severity only had a negative effect on the smallest herd.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Foraging patterns of cavity-nesting birds in fire-suppressed and prescribe-burned ponderosa pine forests in Montana
Open Environmental Sciences, 41, 41–52.
TL;DR:
Fuel reduction/forest restoration treatments in dry ponderosa pine forests may be compatible with providing foraging substrates for cavity-nesting species often present in post-fire habitats.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Population-specific vital rate contributions influence management of an endangered ungulate
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 20(6), 1753–1765.
author keywords: endangered species; management; Ovis canadensis sierrae; population models; recovery; Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep; ungulate; vital rates
MeSH headings : Animals; California; Conservation of Natural Resources; Female; Longevity; Male; Models, Biological; Population Dynamics; Reproduction; Sheep, Bighorn / physiology; Time Factors
TL;DR:
This study suggests that vital rate inferences from large, increasing, or healthy populations may not be applicable to those that are small, declining, or endangered, and finds wide spatial and temporal variation in bighorn sheep vital rates, causing rates to vary in their importance to different populations.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 book
Procedures for implementing small mammal inventories in Bhutan
Bhutan: Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and the Environment.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Ranking Mahalanobis Distance Models for Predictions of Occupancy From Presence-Only Data
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 74(5), 1112–1121.
author keywords: habitat model; Mahalanobis distance; Marmota olympus; Olympic marmot; Olympic National Park; presenceonly data
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 article
Restoration of genetic connectivity among Northern Rockies wolf populations
Hebblewhite, M., Musiani, M., & Mills, L. S. (2010, October). MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, Vol. 19, pp. 4383–4385.
author keywords: conservation genetics; dispersal; Endangered Species Act; gene flow; Northwestern United States; wolf re-introduction
MeSH headings : Animals; Endangered Species; Gene Flow; Genetics, Population / methods; Idaho; Montana; Wolves / genetics; Wyoming
TL;DR:
Using an impressive sampling design and novel analytic methods, vonHoldt et al. (2010) show substantial levels of gene flow between three identified subpopulations of wolves within the Northern Rockies, clarifying previous analyses and convincingly showing genetic recovery.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 journal article
A better way to estimate population trends
OIKOS, 118(12), 1940–1946.
TL;DR:
The performance of the EGSS model even with half of the counts in the time series missing implies that trend estimates may be improved by diverting effort away from annual monitoring and towards increasing time series length or improving precision of the abundance estimates for years that data are collected.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 journal article
DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF SNOWSHOE HARES IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, 90(4), 870–878.
author keywords: fire; habitat; Lepus americanus; lodgepole pine; snowshoe hare; Yellowstone National Park
TL;DR:
It is indicated that snowshoe hares in Yellowstone are rare, patchily distributed, and apparently acyclic, important findings both for understanding hare dynamics and for implications for the Yellowstone food web that includes the federally Threatened Canada lynx.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 journal article
MARMOTS ON THE MOVE? DISPERSAL IN A DECLINING MONTANE MAMMAL
JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, 90(3), 686–695.
author keywords: dispersal; Kaplan-Meier; Marmota olympus; metapopulation; Olympic marmot; radiotelemetry; translocations
TL;DR:
If the observed dispersal patterns are representative of range-wide patterns and if Olympic marmot densities remain low, successful dispersal may be too infrequent to sustain reliable recolonization of vacant habitats or even genetic or demographic rescue of isolated marmot groups.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 journal article
Sinks without borders: snowshoe hare dynamics in a complex landscape
OIKOS, 118(10), 1487–1498.
TL;DR:
The results support a conceptual model for snowshoe hares in the southern range in which sink habitats (open areas) prevent the buildup of high hare densities and develop a novel approach to quantify demographic sources and sinks for animals making routine movements through complex fragmented landscapes.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 review
Crossing disciplines for endangered Species (review of Scott, J. Michael, Dale D. Goble, and Frank W. Davis, editors. 2006. The Endangered Species Act at thirty. Conserving Biodiversity in Human-dominated Landscape)
[Review of ]. Ecology, 89, 592–593.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
Designing fecal pellet surveys for snowshoe hares
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 256(11), 1918–1926.
author keywords: Abundance index; Fecal pellet plots; Lepus americanus; Monte Carlo simulations; Negative binomial; Snowshoe hare; Survey design
TL;DR:
Examining how the precision, bias, and efficiency of four commonly used plot types vary with plot type, pellet density, and sample size found that researchers explicitly address the power of their survey design to detect different pellet densities is recommended.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
Inferences about ungulate population dynamics derived from age ratios
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 72(5), 1143–1151.
author keywords: age ratios; Cervus elaphus; elk; indices; life-stage simulation analysis; monitoring; population growth rate; recruitment; sensitivity analysis; survival; ungulate
TL;DR:
Age ratios are not useful for detecting gradual declines in survival of young or making inferences about fecundity or adult survival in ungulates populations, therefore, age ratios coupled with independent estimates of population growth or population size are necessary to monitor ungulate population demography and dynamics closely through time.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
Optimising methods for monitoring programs: Olympic marmots as a case study
WILDLIFE RESEARCH, 35(8), 788–797.
author keywords: Marmota olympus; occupancy; Olympic National Park; presence-absence
TL;DR:
A large-scale, long-term monitoring program for Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) throughout its range across a logistically challenging mountainous park is presented, designed to reflect extinction–recolonisation dynamics using presence–absence data.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
The case of the missing marmots: Are metapopulation dynamics or range-wide declines responsible?
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 141(5), 1293–1309.
author keywords: Marmota olympus; metapopulation dynamics; Olympic marmot; Olympic National Park; non-equilibrium dynamics
TL;DR:
The spatial pattern of the extinctions is inconsistent with observed metapopulation dynamics in other marmot species and, together with very low observed dispersal rates, indicates that population is not at equilibrium.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2007 chapter
Chapter 14: North America
In C. B. Field, M. B. L. D. Mortsch, P. K. D. L. Forbes, S. W. R. J. A. Patz, & M. J. Scott (Eds.), Climate change 2007 - impacts, adaptation and vulnerability working group ii contribution to the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. New York : Cambridge University Press.
Ed(s): C. Field, M. L. D. Mortsch, P. D. L. Forbes, S. J. A. Patz & M. Scott
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2007 book
Conservation of wildlife populations : demography, genetics, and management (1st Ed.)
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2007 journal article
Effects of tourists on behavior and demography of olympic marmots
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 21(4), 1070–1081.
author keywords: habituation; human disturbance; Marmota olympus; national parks; Olympic marmot; tourism effects
MeSH headings : Animal Welfare; Animals; Behavior, Animal / physiology; Conservation of Natural Resources; Demography; Female; Male; Marmota / physiology; Recreation; Reproduction
TL;DR:
The supposition that marmots can adjust their behavior to avoid negative demographic consequences when confronted with heavy tourism has been based on potentially ambiguous behavioral data, and the results support this hypothesis and demonstrate the importance of considering demographic data when evaluating the impacts of recreation on animal populations.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2007 journal article
Female olympic marmots (Marinota olympus) reproduce in consecutive years
AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST, 158(1), 221–225.
TL;DR:
Olympic marmots (Marmota olympus) are reported to skip at least one year between reproductive efforts, and high spring food availability resulting from climate change may allow females to wean consecutive litters regularly.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2007 journal article
Precommercial thinning reduces snowshoe hare abundance in the short tenn
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 71(2), 559–564.
author keywords: Canada lynx; experiment; forest management; Lepus americanus; Lynx canadensis; lynx foraging habitat; Montana; precommercial thinning; snowshoe hare
TL;DR:
It is suggested that managing forest landscapes for high snowshoe hare abundance will require adoption of silvicultural techniques like PCT-R for stands that will be thinned, in addition to conservation of structurally valuable early and late-successional forest stands.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2006 journal article
Genetic implications of reduced survival of male red deer Cervus elaphus under harvest
WILDLIFE BIOLOGY, 12(4), 427–441.
author keywords: Cervus elaphus; effective population size; elk; fitness; harvest; quantitative genetics
TL;DR:
Analysis of harvest-mediated adaptive evolution in cervids using simple, multivariate evolutionary models indicates that harvest, if sufficiently high to reduce the breeding ratio of males to females to below about 15:100, can reduce effective population size to a level that threatens adaptive potential.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 chapter
Ecology and management of small populations
In Techniques for wildlife investigations and management (6th ed.) (pp. 691–713). Bethesda, Md. : Wildlife Society.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Gene flow after inbreeding leads to higher survival in deer mice
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 123(4), 413–420.
author keywords: inbreeding depression; migration; purging; deer mouse; conservation biology
TL;DR:
It is shown that the introduction of migrants can reduce inbreeding depression, as theory predicts, and limited evidence for purging of deleterious recessive alleles that can cause in breeding depression is shown.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Habitat selection of endangered and endemic large flying-foxes in Subic Bay, Philippines
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 126(1), 93–102.
author keywords: habitat selection; threatened species conservation; Philippines; Pteropus vampyrus; Acerodon juhatus; fruit bat
TL;DR:
Habitat selection information streamlines management’s efforts to protect and conserve these popular but threatened animals and recommends that management focus flying-fox conservation efforts on undisturbed forest and riparian areas.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Mortality by moonlight: predation risk and the snowshoe hare
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, 16(5), 938–944.
author keywords: moonlight; moon phase; movement; predation rate; predation risk; prey behavior
TL;DR:
Snowshoe hares' nightly movement distances decreased during high-risk full-moon periods in the snowy season but did not change according to moon phase in the snow-free season, consistent with the predation risk allocation hypothesis.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Pellet count indices compared to mark-recapture estimates for evaluating snowshoe hare density
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 69(3), 1053–1062.
author keywords: abundance index; density estimation; effective grid size; Lepus americanus; mark-recapture; Montana; pellet counts; population size; snowshoe hare
TL;DR:
It is recommended that widespread pellet sampling be used to identify areas with very low hare densities; subsequent surveys using mark–recapture methodology can then focus on higher density areas where density inferences are more reliable.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Snowshoe hares in Yellowstone
Yellowstone Science, 13, 3–6.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2004 journal article
Edge effects and isolation: Red-backed voles revisited
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 18(6), 1658–1664.
author keywords: abundance; density; edge effects; habitat fragmentation; metareplication; relative density; survival
TL;DR:
The results suggest that reliable appraisal of edge effects may be difficult for many species on small fragments because the data necessary to apply population estimators require great efforts to obtain and the use of indices leads to a confounding of detection probabilities with demographic change.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2004 journal article
Recent record of a cougar (Puma concolor) in Louisiana, with notes on diet, based on analysis of fecal materials
SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 3(4), 653–658.
TL;DR:
A sighting, supported by DNA evidence from a scat, of a cougar in southeastern Louisiana is reported, indicating that the individual was successfully foraging on locally occurring prey.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2004 chapter
Snowshoe hares in a dynamic managed landscape
In M. A. B. Editors H. R. Akcakaya, C. W. O. Kindvall, J. H. P. Sjogren-Gulve, & M. A. McCarthy (Eds.), Species conservation and management : case studies. New York : Oxford University Press.
Ed(s): M. Editors H. R. Akcakaya, C. O. Kindvall, J. P. Sjogren-Gulve & M. McCarthy
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2003 journal article
Estimating pregnancy rates and litter size in snowshoe hares using ultrasound
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 31(4), 1066–1072.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2003 journal article
Identification of mustelids using mitochondrial DNA and non-invasive sampling
CONSERVATION GENETICS, 4(2), 241–243.
author keywords: fisher; Gulo gulo; hair snares; Martes; mitochondrial DNA; mtDNA; mustelids; non-invasive sampling; wolverine
TL;DR:
Non-invasives sampling of hairs left on hair snares can substan-tially increase the detection of elusive and secretive species and help make basic conservation decisions on listing, delisting, or threat status.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2003 journal article
Landscape location affects genetic variation of Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 12(7), 1807–1816.
author keywords: biogeography; landscape ecology; landscape genetics; Lynx canadensis; microsatellite; population genetics
MeSH headings : Alleles; Animals; Carnivora / genetics; Demography; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Genetic Variation; Genetics, Population; Geography; Heterozygote; Microsatellite Repeats / genetics; North America
TL;DR:
It is shown that peripheral populations of lynx have fewer mean numbers of alleles per population and lower expected heterozygosity, which is surprising, given the lynx's capacity to move long distances, but can be explained by the fact that periphery populations often have smaller population sizes, limited opportunities for genetic exchange and may be disproportionately affected by ebbs and flows of species’ geographical range.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2003 chapter
Measuring and interpreting changes in connectivity for mammals in coniferous forests
In R. G. A. Cynthia J. Zabel (Ed.), Mammal community dynamics : management and conservation in the coniferous forests of western North America.
Ed(s): R. Cynthia J. Zabel
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2003 journal article
Of mice and men and trillium: Cascading effects of forest fragmentation
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 13(5), 1193–1203.
author keywords: demography; edge effects; habitat fragmentation; direct and indirect effects; landscape ecology; Pacific Northwest, USA; Peromyscus maniculatus; plant-animal interactions; population dynamics; trillium recruitment, southwest Oregon, USA
TL;DR:
Forest fragmentation has favored mouse populations, resulting in increased seed predation that may decrease recruitment rates and increase local extinction risks for trillium, which led to mouse densities 3-4 times higher at forest-fragment sites than at unfragmented sites.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2003 journal article
Potential causes of population declines in forest fragments in an Amazonian frog
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 111(2), 205–214.
author keywords: forest fragmentation; Colostethus stepheni; Amazonian Brazil; population decline; survival probability; clutch size; population simulations
TL;DR:
Investigation of potential causes of declines in forest fragments for an Amazonian forest frog at an experimental fragmentation study site in central Amazonian Brazil finds that a reduction in clutch size is sufficient to cause the observed magnitude of population declines in fragments.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2002 journal article
DNA reveals high dispersal synchronizing the population dynamics of Canada lynx
NATURE, 415(6871), 520–522.
MeSH headings : Animals; Canada; Carnivora / genetics; DNA; Homing Behavior; Microsatellite Repeats; Population Dynamics
TL;DR:
High gene flow is shown despite separation by distances greater than 3,100 km, supporting the dispersal hypothesis, and it is suggested that management actions in the contiguous United States should focus on maintaining connectivity with the core of the lynx's geographic range.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2002 journal article
Effects of plot size and shape on pellet density estimates for snowshoe hares
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 30(3), 751–755.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2002 review
Emerging issues in population viability analysis
[Review of ]. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 16(1), 7–19.
TL;DR:
It is concluded that PVA is a powerful tool in conservation biology for comparing alternative research plans and relative extinction risks among species, but caution is suggested in its use.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2002 personal communication
False samples are not the same as blind controls - Informal efforts to "test" a laboratory corrupt the data stream, where integrity is crucial.
Mills, L. S. (2002, January 31).
MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Wild; Carnivora / genetics; Conservation of Natural Resources; Forestry / methods; Forestry / standards; Genetic Techniques; Hair / chemistry; Laboratories / standards; United States
TL;DR:
Informal efforts to “test” a laboratory corrupt the data stream, where integrity is crucial.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2002 review
Genetics, Demography, and Viability of Fragmented Populations
[Review of ]. Quarterly Review of Biology, 77, 222–223.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2002 journal article
Insights into recently fragmented vole populations from combined genetic and demographic data
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 11(4), 699–709.
author keywords: genetic variation; habitat fragmentation; population dynamics
MeSH headings : Animals; Arvicolinae / genetics; Arvicolinae / physiology; California; DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics; Ecosystem; Genetic Variation; Microsatellite Repeats; Population Dynamics; Trees
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2002 review
Sensitivity analyses of the life cycle of midcontinent mallards
[Review of ]. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 66(3), 883–900.
author keywords: Anas platyrhynchos; demographics; elasticity; mallard; midcontinent population; population dynamics; population growth; Prairie Pothole Region; process variation; sensitivity; variance decomposition; vital rates
TL;DR:
The authors' analyses suggested that predation processes on the breeding grounds were the primary proximate factors limiting population growth.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2002 chapter
Sensitivity analysis to evaluate the consequences of conservation actions
In S. R. Beissinger & D. R. McCullough (Eds.), Population viability analysis. Chicago : University of Chicago Press.
Ed(s): S. Beissinger & D. McCullough
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2002 journal article
Terrestrial and stream amphibians across clearcut-forest interfaces in the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon
Northwest Science, 76(2), 129–140.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2002 journal article
What is missing in amphibian decline research: Insights from ecological sensitivity analysis
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 16(3), 728–734.
TL;DR:
Ecological sensitivity analysis should be more widely applied to the issue of amphibian declines in order to identify the most plausible mechanisms of decline and prioritize which life‐history stages should be the focus of research and management efforts.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2001 journal article
Elasticity analysis for conservation decision making: Reply to Ehrlen et al.
Conservation Biology, 15(1), 281–283.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2000 conference paper
Do highways fragment small mammal populations?
Proceedings of the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2000 journal article
Estimating animal abundance using noninvasive DNA sampling: Promise and pitfalls
Ecological Applications, 10(1), 283–294.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2000 journal article
Identifying lynx and other North American felids based on mtDNA analysis
Conservation Genetics, 1, 285–288.
TL;DR:
A protocol to distinguish among all four felid species of northern North America (lynx, bobcat [Lynx rufus], cougar [Felis concolor], and domestic cat [ Felis catus]) using mtDNA is developed and validated.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2000 journal article
Life stage simulation analysis: Estimating vital-rate effects on population growth for conservation
ECOLOGY, 81(3), 628–641.
author keywords: demography; Gopherus agassizii (desert tortoise); elasticity; finite rate of increase; life-stage simulation analysis and importance; matrix population models; population growth; sensitivity; species conservation; Tympanuchus cupido (Greater Prairie Chicken); variance and covariance; vital rates
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1999 chapter
Buffer zones: Benefits and dangers of compatible stewardship
In M. E. Soule & J. Terborgh (Eds.), Continental conservation : scientific foundations of regional reserve networks (pp. 191–198). Washington, D.C. : Island Press.
Ed(s): . M. E. Soule & J. Terborgh
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1999 chapter
Connectivity: Maintaining flows in fragmented landscapes
In M. E. Soule? & J. Terborgh (Eds.), Continental conservation : scientific foundations of regional reserve networks. Washington, D.C. : Island Press.
Ed(s): M. Soule? & J. Terborgh
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1999 journal article
Ecological consequences of forest fragmentation in the Klamath region
Natural Areas Journal, 19(4), 368–378.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1999 journal article
Reliability of conservation actions based on elasticity analysis of matrix models
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 13(4), 815–829.
TL;DR:
Elasticity measures will continue to be useful tools for applied ecologists, but they should be interpreted with considerable care, and studies using analytical elasticity analysis explicitly consider the range of variation possible for different rates.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1999 chapter
The role of genetics in understanding forest fragmentation
In L. A. L. James A. Rochelle & J. Wisniewski (Eds.), Forest fragmentation : wildlife and management implications. Leiden : Brill.
Ed(s): L. James A. Rochelle & J. Wisniewski
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1999 conference paper
What do demographic sensitivity analyses tell us about controlling Brown-headed Cowbirds?
Research and management of the brown-headed cowbird in western landscapes, (18), 121–134.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1998 journal article
No need to Isolate Genetics
Science, 282, 1658–1659.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1998 article
Population genetics - No need to isolate genetics
Soule, M. E., & Mills, L. S. (1998, November 27). SCIENCE, Vol. 282, pp. 1658–1659.
TL;DR:
Results from this study indicate that inbreeding depression does in fact exacerbate the likelihood of extinction.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1997 review
Book review: Population management for survival and recovery: analytical methods and strategies in small population conservation
[Review of ]. Journal of Wildlife Management, 61, 251–252.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1997 journal article
Sensitivity analysis to guide population recovery: Prairie-chickens as an example
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 61(2), 302–312.
author keywords: brood survival; elasticity; greater prairie-chicken; life stage; matrix population model; nest success; population recovery; rate of increase; sensitivity analysis; Tympanuchus cupido
TL;DR:
This work modeled these conditions to test the hypothesis that nest success and brood survival exert the greatest effect on population growth of greater prairie-chickens and demonstrated the utility of sensitivity analysis, but additional results point to its limitations.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1996 review
Challenges in the quest for keystones
[Review of ]. BIOSCIENCE, 46(8), 609–620.
TL;DR:
This list of scientists and lecturers from the United States and Canada who have contributed to the scientific literature over the past 25 years has been compiled.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1996 personal communication
Cheetah extinction: Genetics or extrinsic factors?
Mills, L. S. (1996, April).
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1996 journal article
Factors leading to different viability predictions for a grizzly bear data set
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 10(3), 863–873.
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1996 chapter
Fragmentation of a natural area: Dynamics of isolation for small mammals on forest remnants
In National parks and protected areas : their role in environmental protection (pp. 199–219). Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell Science.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1996 journal article
Study and management of an isolated, rare population: The Fresno kangaroo rat
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 24(4), 602–606.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1996 journal article
The one-migrant-per-generation rule in conservation and management
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 10(6), 1509–1518.
TL;DR:
It is suggested that a minimum of I and a maximum of 10 migrants per generation would be an appro- priate general rule of thumb for genetic purposes, bearing in mind that fctctors other than genetics influence the ideal level of connectivity.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1995 journal article
EDGE EFFECTS AND ISOLATION - RED-BACKED VOLES ON FOREST REMNANTS
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 9(2), 395–402.
TL;DR:
Examination of spatial distribution of California red-backed voles found that the biomass of coarse woody debris did not explain the vole distribution because both number and volume of logs increased from the interior to the edge of remnants, but the distribution of the voles' primary food item, hypogeous sporocarps of mycorrhizal fungi, did correspond to thevole edge effect.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1995 chapter
Keystone species
In Encyclopedia of environmental biology (pp. 381–387). San Diego : Academic Press.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1995 article
SOCIOECONOMICS AND THE RECOVERY OF ENDANGERED SPECIES - BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT IN A POLITICAL WORLD
SCOTT, J. M., TEAR, T. H., & MILLS, L. S. (1995, February). CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, Vol. 9, pp. 214–216.
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1995 article
THE KEYSTONE COPS MEET IN HILO
POWER, M. E., & MILLS, L. S. (1995, May). TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, Vol. 10, pp. 182–184.
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1995 journal article
Woodland caribou: A conservation dilemma
Endangered Species Update, 12(10/11).
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1994 journal article
A USEFUL ROLE FOR THEORY IN CONSERVATION
ECOLOGY, 75(3), 615–626.
TL;DR:
The paucity of data available for most endangered species, communities, and ecosystems often forces biologists and policy makers to make management decisions without any quantitative information.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1994 review
Book review: Principles of conservation biology
[Review of ]. Northwest Science, 68, 303–304.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1994 journal article
DEMOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES OF INBREEDING IN REMNANT POPULATIONS
AMERICAN NATURALIST, 144(3), 412–431.
TL;DR:
Counter to the current fashion, which downplays the importance of inbreeding in stochastic environments, it is concluded that, while inbreeding depression is not necessarily the primary cause of extinction, it can be critical.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1994 journal article
Hypogeous sporocarps in forest remnants and clearcuts in Southwest Oregon
Northwest Science, 68(4), 259–265.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1994 journal article
USE OF LOGS WITHIN HOME RANGES OF CALIFORNIA RED-BACKED VOLES ON A REMNANT OF FOREST
JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, 75(1), 97–101.
author keywords: CLETHRIONOMYS-CALIFORNICUS; VOLE; HOME RANGE; DECAYED LOGS; REMNANT OF FOREST; COARSE AND WOODY DEBRIS; RADIOTELEMETRY; FOREST REMNANT
TL;DR:
Of the collective locations of voles, 98% coincided with downed logs even though logs covered only 7% of the areas of estimated home ranges, suggesting that decayed logs are a critical component of suitable habitat for voles.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1993 journal article
CHARACTERISTICS OF OLD-GROWTH FORESTS ASSOCIATED WITH NORTHERN SPOTTED OWLS IN OLYMPIC-NATIONAL-PARK
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 57(2), 315–321.
TL;DR:
Characteristics of forests at owl response and non-response sites across Olympic National Park are compared to identify the specific features which best predict daytime presence of northern spotted owls in relatively pristine forest.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1993 journal article
THE KEYSTONE-SPECIES CONCEPT IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
BIOSCIENCE, 43(4), 219–224.
TL;DR:
The term keystone species has enjoyed an enduring popularity in the ecological literature since its introduction by Robert T. Paine in 1969 and it is implicit that these species are exceptional, relative to the rest of the community, in their importance.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1992 chapter
Conservation genetics and conservation biology: a troubled marriage
In K. H. O. T. Sandlund & A. H. D. Brown (Eds.), Conservation of biodiversity for sustainable development (pp. 55–69). Oslo, Norway : Scandinavian University Press.
Ed(s): K. O. T. Sandlund & . A. H. D. Brown
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1991 journal article
COYOTE SPACE USE IN RELATION TO PREY ABUNDANCE
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE ZOOLOGIE, 69(6), 1516–1521.
TL;DR:
This work proposes mortality rates of coyotes as an important factor mediating adjustments in space use to food abundance, and suggests two mechanisms by which mortality might interact with food abundance.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
1989 journal article
OBSERVER PERFORMANCE IN KNOWN AND BLIND RADIO-TELEMETRY ACCURACY TESTS
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 53(2), 340–342.
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
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