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EcosphereIn forest management settings, disturbance resets forests to earlier successional stages, typically improving forage conditions for mule deer. Examining how forest disturbance influences mule deer behavior is important for guiding forest and wildlife ...
Teagan A. Hayes +4 more
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California Fish and Wildlife JournalMinerals are important nutrients and are essential components of the diets of animals. Nutritional requirements or minimum concentrations of minerals for nutritional health are largely unknown for the majority of large, free-ranging herbivores.
Vernon C. Bleich, Kelley M. Stewart
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Association mapping of genetic risk factors for chronic wasting disease in wild deer
Evolutionary Applications, 2013 Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal transmissible spongiform encephalopathy affecting North American cervids. We assessed the feasibility of association mapping CWD genetic risk factors in wild white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and mule ...
Tomomi Matsumoto +4 more
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The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 90, Issue 5, July 2026.Management of bison in Yellowstone National Park under the available strategies that maintained ≥3,500 individuals (1:1 sex ratio), removed <40% of the population at a time and prioritized relatives for removal were predicted to maintain genetic variation at levels consistent with long‐term conservation (>95% of existing variation).
Shawna J. Zimmerman +2 more
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Density‐dependent habitat selection in plains bison
The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 90, Issue 5, July 2026.Using GPS collar data, we tested whether habitat selection of plains bison in Grasslands National Park, Canada, was density dependent. Bison selected for areas of high vegetation productivity far from human activity when population density was low and increased use of lower productivity habitat closer to disturbance as density increased.
Michelle L. Sawatzky +3 more
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Individual Identification of Prey in Carnivore Scats
Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 26, Issue 5, July 2026.ABSTRACT Noninvasive genetic sampling is widely used in ecology and conservation to identify predators and their diets but recovering individual‐level information from consumed prey remains largely unexplored. We evaluated whether individual prey can be reliably genotyped from carnivore scats and assessed limitations associated with degraded and mixed ...
Charlotte E. Eriksson +4 more
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California Agriculture, 1949 Bucks of the California mule deer and the black-tailed deer usually are in prime condition—with the antlers hard—in August and early September. On the basis of palatability and vitamin content the meat of the mule deer from Santa Barbara and Ventura ...
B Cook, A Morgan
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Veterinary Ophthalmology, Volume 29, Issue 4, July 2026.ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the effects of season (summer vs. winter) and sex on tear production (Schirmer tear test; STT‐I) and intraocular pressure (IOP) in Honamlı and Saanen goats raised under similar environmental conditions. Materials and Methods A total of 120 clinically healthy goats (Honamlı and Saanen; 30 females and 30 males per breed ...
Eser Çakmakçi +2 more
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The Seasonal Diet Selection and Nutritional Niche of Mule Deer in a Chihuahuan Semi-Desert
WildRuminant herbivores interact dynamically with their food resources, especially in deserts, where plant availability fluctuates sharply across seasons. We evaluated how seasonal food availability and the nutritional traits of preferred plants shape the ...
John F. Aristizabal +4 more
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Mammal Community Responses to Increasing Puma Activity in a Suburban Preserve
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2026.Using nine years of camera‐trap data from a suburban preserve, we found preliminary, convergent evidence that increasing puma activity coincided with changes in black‐tailed deer, bobcat and coyote activity. Evidence for changes in brush rabbit and grey fox activity, as well as woody plant density, is more tentative and warrants further study, but ...
Chinmay Sonawane +7 more
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