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Bayesian Modeling of Prion Disease Dynamics in Mule Deer Using Population Monitoring and Capture-Recapture Data. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Epidemics of chronic wasting disease (CWD) of North American Cervidae have potential to harm ecosystems and economies. We studied a migratory population of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) affected by CWD for at least three decades using a Bayesian ...
Chris Geremia, Michael W Miller, Jennifer A Hoeting, Michael F Antolin, N Thompson Hobbs   +4 more
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Experimental SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Elk and Mule Deer

Emerging Infectious Diseases
To assess the susceptibility of elk (Cervus canadensis) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) to SARS-CoV-2, we performed experimental infections in both species. Elk did not shed infectious virus but mounted low-level serologic responses.
Stephanie M. Porter, Airn E. Hartwig, Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Jeffrey M. Marano, J. Jeffrey Root, Angela M. Bosco-Lauth   +5 more
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Both temporal and spatial aspects of predator management influence survival of a temperate ungulate through early life

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Recent meta-analyses indicate that predator removal experiments result in marginal increases in prey abundance at best. However, most predator removal studies take place for less than the target prey’s generation time and lack a targeted spatial approach.
Brock R. McMillan, Jacob T. Hall, Jacob T. Hall, Eric D. Freeman, Eric D. Freeman, Kent R. Hersey, Randy T. Larsen   +6 more
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Endemic chronic wasting disease causes mule deer population decline in Wyoming.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal transmissible spongiform encephalopathy affecting white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni), and moose (Alces alces shirasi) in North ...
Melia T DeVivo, David R Edmunds, Matthew J Kauffman, Brant A Schumaker, Justin Binfet, Terry J Kreeger, Bryan J Richards, Hermann M Schätzl, Todd E Cornish   +8 more
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Migrating mule deer compensate en route for phenological mismatches

Nature Communications, 2023
Billions of animals migrate to track seasonal pulses in resources. Optimally timing migration is a key strategy, yet the ability of animals to compensate for phenological mismatches en route is largely unknown.
Anna C. Ortega, Ellen O. Aikens, Jerod A. Merkle, Kevin L. Monteith, Matthew J. Kauffman   +4 more
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From conception to recruitment: Nutritional condition of the dam dictates the likelihood of success in a temperate ungulate

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Maternal effects are the influence of maternal phenotype and the maternally-provided environment on the phenotype (i.e., expression of traits) of offspring. Frequently, maternal effects are manifest both before and after parturition.
Sydney Lamb, Sydney Lamb, Brock R. McMillan, Madelon van de Kerk, Madelon van de Kerk, Paul B. Frandsen, Kent R. Hersey, Randy T. Larsen   +7 more
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Context‐dependent effects on spatial variation in deer‐vehicle collisions

Ecosphere, 2015
Identifying factors that contribute to the risk of wildlife‐vehicle collisions (WVCs) has been a key focus of wildlife managers, transportation safety planners and road ecologists for over three decades.
Anthony P. Clevenger, Mirjam Barrueto, Kari E. Gunson, Fiona M. Caryl, Adam T. Ford   +4 more
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Outcomes associated with translocation of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus): Influence of age, release timing, and year on survival

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Translocation of large mammals has become common practice for wildlife managers charged with conservation of animals and their genetic integrity on increasingly modified landscapes.
David C. Smedley, Brock R. McMillan, Kent R. Hersey, Justin M. Shannon, Randy T. Larsen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing a macroecology for human‐altered ecosystems

Ecography, EarlyView.
Although anthropogenically‐induced ecological disruptions are fundamentally important in defining ecosystem properties, they are largely overlooked by macroecological theory. Anthropogenic disruptions and their effects are generally not comparable to one another, nor to disturbances that are part of natural disturbance regimes.
Erica A. Newman, Mark Q. Wilber, Alexandre Génin, Oriana E. Chafe, Henry F. Houskeeper, Steven Lee, Eric L. Berlow, John Harte   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding contingency in wolf‐mediated livestock predation across a mosaic of land uses: An agent‐based modelling approach

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The return of grey wolves to multi‐use landscapes in North America and Europe raises concerns over accompanying risks of livestock predation. While local‐level risk factors have received attention, it is difficult to explore the role that landscape‐scale variables, such as landscape connectivity, play in driving livestock losses.
Vivian F. Hawkinson, Oswald J. Schmitz, Kristy M. Ferraro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source