Changes in native plant community cover and composition are generally gradual and affected by multiple environmental factors. De...
Using management data regularly collected by state and federal agencies, we indexed recruitment rates of bighorn sheep and mount...
Mexican spotted owls (Strix occidentalis lucida) occupy canyon habitats that have received less attention than owls in forested ...
- Volume 18, No. 1-4, Issue , 2012
- Part of Biological Sciences - Terrestrial
- Authored by Christensen, Sonja, Hebblewhite, Mark, Thompson, Mike, Jimenez, Benjamin S., Proffitt, Kelly M., Jourdonnais, Craig
- Abstract • Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society (TWS) - Presentation Abstract
Understanding the contribution of recruitment rates to overall growth rate in ungulate populations is a fundamental challenge in...
- Volume 18, No. 1-4, Issue , 2012
- Part of Biological Sciences - Terrestrial
- Authored by Dunkley, Shana L., Rotella, Jay J., Garrott, Robert A., Higgs, Megan D., Watson, Fred G. R., White, Patrick J.
- Abstract • Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society (TWS) - Poster Abstract
Vulnerability of prey to predators is heavily influenced by their respective physical and behavioral characteristics; however th...
Prospecting is a behavior observed in many species when breeding territories are limited. This behavior has been observed in Com...
- Volume 18, No. 1-4, Issue , 2012
- Part of Biological Sciences - Terrestrial
- Authored by Ebinger, Mike, Cross, Paul C., Scurlock, Brandon, Rogerson, Jared, Henningsen, John, Maichak, Eric, Damm, Dalinda
- Abstract • Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society (TWS) - Presentation Abstract
There is an increasing awareness of the importance of juvenile survival in ungulate population dynamics, and the accurate predic...
Historically, eastern Montana was one of the largest sheep producing regions of the west. Although sheep production has decrease...
- Volume 18, No. 1-4, Issue , 2012
- Part of Biological Sciences - Terrestrial
- Authored by Shafer, Timothy L., Garrott, Robert A., Roberts, David W., Irvine, Kathryn M.
- Abstract • Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society (TWS) - Presentation Abstract
The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park created a unique “natural
experiment” to study trophic interaction...
- Volume 18, No. 1-4, Issue , 2012
- Part of Biological Sciences - Terrestrial
- Authored by Beever, Erik A., Dobrowski, Solomon, Hall, Embere, Loosen, Annie
- Abstract • Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society (TWS) - Presentation Abstract
Montane ecosystems have been suggested by both paleontological and contemporary research to often be systems of relatively rapid...