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Evaluating Aspen Responses to Changes in Elk Abundance, Distribution and Behavior Following Wolf Reestablishment in West-Central Yellowstone National Park

The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park created a unique “natural experiment” to study trophic interaction...

Evaluating Bottom-Up and Top-Down Effects on Elk Survival and Recruitment: A Case Study in the Bitterroot Valley

Understanding the contribution of recruitment rates to overall growth rate in ungulate populations is a fundamental challenge in...

Good Animals in Bad Places: Evaluating Landscape Attributes Associated with Elk Vulnerability to Wolf Predation

Vulnerability of prey to predators is heavily influenced by their respective physical and behavioral characteristics; however th...

Importance Of Recruitment To Accurately Predict The Impacts Of Human-Caused Mortality On Wolf Populations

Reliable analyses can help wildlife managers make good decisions, which are particularly critical for controversial decisions su...

Adaptive Wolf Management: The Regulated Public Harvest Component

Montana’s wolf (Canis lupus) conservation and management plan is based on adaptive management principles and includes regulate...

Combining Hunter Surveys and Territorial Dynamics to Monitor Wolf Pack Abundance and Distribution in Montana

Carnivores are difficult to monitor on large spatial scales. We developed a patch occupancy model (POM) using hunter surveys to ...

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