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The Swedish Arctic Fox Project: 40 years of research in ecology and conservation

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
The 4 central research themes in The Swedish Arctic Fox Project and key deliverables for practical conservation achieved over 4 decades. Abstract The scientific community widely recognizes the value of long‐term studies, especially those with individual‐level resolution; however, maintaining a consecutive data series is associated with multiple ...
Anders Angerbjörn, Julie Bommerlund, Christopher A. Cockerill, Love Dalén, Bodil Elmhagen, Rasmus Erlandsson, Malin Hasselgren, Peter Hellström, Malin Larm, Karin Norén, Magnus Tannerfeldt, Johan Wallén   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inadvertent identity activation may influence measurement of wildlife‐related attitudes

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
Interest group members in a 2023 Montana mail survey reported lower mean tolerance for wolves when the recruitment letter addressed them by their group identity (2.94, SE = 0.11) than when it did not (3.37, SE = 0.22). Survey content was identical and only the salutation differed. Tolerance was measured on a 5‐point scale (1 = very intolerant, 5 = very
Alexander L. Metcalf, Elizabeth Covelli Metcalf, Anna L. Baize, Brianna P. Lipp, Justin A. Gude, Michael S. Lewis   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent wolf hunting and trapping in the Great Lakes region of the United States

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
We analyzed wolf hunting and trapping seasons in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan (2012–2014, 2021) to assess harvest patterns, method effectiveness, and links to livestock depredations. Harvest outcomes were driven by regulations and methods, did not appear to cause long‐term population declines, and showed no consistent relationships with reduced ...
Merijn van den Bosch, Dean E. Beyer Jr., John D. Erb, John Hart, David M. MacFarland, Tyler R. Petroelje, Jennifer L. Price Tack, Brian J. Roell, David Ruid, Dan Stark, Jerrold L. Belant   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zooarchaeology of Houses and Middens: Investigating Patterns of Assemblage Composition at Early Inuit Sites Across the North American Arctic

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines faunal assemblages from paired semisubterranean houses and middens at 10 Early Inuit sites spanning the North American Arctic (ca. 1200–1500 ce) to evaluate whether local resource bases or other factors primarily structure zooarchaeological variability.
Lauren E. Y. Norman, T. Max Friesen, Sean P. A. Desjardins   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Management coverage and spatial gaps for carnivore habitat across Mexico

Conservation Science and Practice
Area‐based conservation is central to global wildlife protection. In Mexico, a mosaic of land management types beyond traditional protected areas (PAs), including voluntary conservation areas (VCAs), wildlife management units (UMAs), and Indigenous ...
Germar González, Nyeema C. Harris
doaj   +1 more source

Let's Talk About Bone Cylinders. Taphonomy of Carnivores and Humans

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACTBone cylinders are a distinctive structure predominantly produced by durophagous carnivoran species during the consumption of long bones, in which the diaphyseal canal remains intact while both epiphyses are removed or consumed. This study evaluates the significance of this morphology, traditionally attributed to extant and extinct hyena ...
Darío Herranz‐Rodrigo
wiley   +1 more source

Coverage‐based rarefaction fails to quantify relative species richness

Oikos, EarlyView.
Coverage‐based rarefaction (CBR) is a high‐profile tool for assessing biodiversity that provides relative species richness estimates by leveraging the Good‐Turing index u to interpolate. In contrast to alternatives such as the Shannon and Simpson indices, CBR's main appeal is providing values in units of species. CBR is tested against a series of other
John Alroy
wiley   +1 more source

An overwinter protocol for detecting wolverines and other carnivores at camera traps paired with automated scent dispensers

Ecology and Evolution
Camera traps deployed with olfactory attractants are used to survey rare and elusive carnivores. Study areas with deep snowpack and rugged terrain present challenges and risks to field personnel, who traditionally must revisit camera stations regularly ...
Robert A. Long, Paula MacKay, Joel D. Sauder, Mike Sinclair, Keith B. Aubry, Catherine M. Raley   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Managing conflict between large carnivores and livestock

, 2017
Large carnivores are persecuted globally because they threaten human industries and livelihoods. How this conflict is managed has consequences for the conservation of large carnivores and biodiversity more broadly.
Ritchie, EG, Macdonald, David W., Mathew S. Crowther, Macdonald, DW, David W. Macdonald, Crowther, MS, Dickman, CR, Ripple, WJ, William J. Ripple, Chris R. Dickman, Thomas M. Newsome, Euan G. Ritchie, Newsome, TM, Lily M. van Eeden, Van Eeden, LM   +14 more
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Belief and the beast: Religion and attitudes towards tigers in Central India

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Human perceptions of wildlife are critical to shaping conservation outcomes, particularly in landscapes where people coexist with large carnivores. Religion, a deeply rooted sociocultural force, remains underexplored in the context of human–wildlife conflict.
Sathvika Krishnan, Poonam Dhanwatey, Harshwardhan Dhanwatey, Andrew Gosler, Claudio Sillero‐Zubiri   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source