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Missing lynx and trophic cascades in food webs: A reply to Ripple et al.

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2012
Ripple et al. (2011) proposed a hypothesis that the recovery of gray wolves (Canis lupus) may positively affect the viability of threatened Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) populations in the contiguous United States through indirect species interactions ...
John R. Squires, Nicholas J. DeCesare, Mark Hebblewhite, Joel Berger   +3 more
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Conventional niche overlap measurements are not effective for assessing interspecific competition

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Interspecific competition is notoriously difficult to detect and quantify, especially in species that are wide-ranging or otherwise difficult to track in the wild.
Dennis L. Murray, Jenilee Gobin, Arthur Scully, Daniel H. Thornton   +3 more
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The influence of snowmobile trails on coyote movements during winter in high-elevation landscapes. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Competition between sympatric carnivores has long been of interest to ecologists. Increased understanding of these interactions can be useful for conservation planning.
Eric M Gese, Jennifer L B Dowd, Lise M Aubry   +2 more
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CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS–ASSOCIATED ENCEPHALITIS IN FREE-LIVING LYNX (LYNX CANADENSIS) AND BOBCATS (LYNX RUFUS) OF EASTERN CANADA [PDF]

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2009
Between 1993 and 1999, encephalitis caused by morbillivirus was diagnosed by immunohistochemistry and histology in six lynx (Lynx canadensis) and one bobcat (Lynx rufus) in the eastern Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Five of the six cases in lynx occurred within an 11-mo period in 1996-97.
Daoust, PY, McBurney, SR, Godson, DL, van de Bildt, Marco, Osterhaus, Ab   +4 more
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Vertebrate scavenging dynamics differ between carnivore and herbivore carcasses in the northern boreal forest

Ecosphere, 2021
Vertebrate scavenging can impact food web dynamics, but our understanding of this process stems predominantly from monitoring herbivore carrion and extrapolating results across carcass types.
Michael J. L. Peers, Sean M. Konkolics, Yasmine N. Majchrzak, Allyson K. Menzies, Emily K. Studd, Rudy Boonstra, Stan Boutin, Clayton T. Lamb   +7 more
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Signatures of selection in mammalian clock genes with coding trinucleotide repeats: Implications for studying the genomics of high‐pace adaptation

Ecology and Evolution, 2017
Climate change is predicted to affect the reproductive ecology of wildlife; however, we have yet to understand if and how species can adapt to the rapid pace of change.
Melanie B. Prentice, Jeff Bowman, Jillian L. Lalor, Michelle M. McKay, Lindsay A. Thomson, Cristen M. Watt, Andrew G. McAdam, Dennis L. Murray, Paul J. Wilson   +8 more
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Serologic Survey for Viral and Bacterial Infections in Western Populations of Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) [PDF]

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2002
A serologic survey for exposure to pathogens in Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) in western North America was conducted. Samples from 215 lynx from six study areas were tested for antibodies to feline parvovirus (FPV), feline coronavirus, canine distemper virus, feline calicivirus, feline herpesvirus, Yersinia pestis, and Francisella tularensis.
Roman, Biek, Randall L, Zarnke, Colin, Gillin, Margaret, Wild, John R, Squires, Mary, Poss   +5 more
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Better Representation Is Needed in U.S. Endangered Species Act Implementation

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2021
In the United States, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service uses the concepts of resilience, redundancy, and representation—often known as the “3Rs”—to guide implementation of the Endangered Species Act, which requires the U.S.
Jacob Malcom, Jacob Malcom, Andrew Carter, Andrew Carter   +3 more
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Advances in causal discovery methods for ecological time series

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent advances in data collection technologies (e.g. automated sensor networks, satellite remote sensing, and high‐throughput sequencing) have greatly expanded the availability of ecological time series, enabling new opportunities for causal analyses in dynamic ecosystems.
Kenta Suzuki, Masato Yamamichi, Yutaka Osada, Masayuki Ushio, Kohei Nakajima, Hiroshi Masuya, Shohei Shimizu   +6 more
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Niche partitioning of bobcat and Canada lynx near their distribution contact zone

FACETS
Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) are keystone predators. However, contact with congenerics, like the bobcat (Lynx rufus), could alter lynx trophic ecology and destabilize boreal food webs.
Bobby J. Nakamoto, G. Forbes, C. Bursey, J. Cormier, A. O'Sullivan, B. Hayden   +5 more
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