Predator-prey dynamics of cougar and mule deer in Colorado
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Preliminary Demographic Information
Principal investigators: Brian Dreher, SE Senior Terrestrial Biologist
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Evaluating Effects of Sport-hunting on a Mountain Lion Population
Research Technician
Principal investigator: Ken Logan, Mammal Researcher, Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Project overview: see CPW website
Project overview: see CPW website
- Monitoring of radio-collared cougars (ground telemetry & aerial surveys)
- Conduct weekly aerial (fixed-wing aircraft)-survival checks
- Establish and monitor bait sites for capture operations
- Capture, mark and monitor cougar cubs
- Implement and monitor non-invasive sample sites; camera traps, hair snare, belisle trap
- Assist in necropsies and tissue collection
- Conduct hunter surveys and harvest checks
Survival and Recruitment of a translocated Bighorn Sheep Population
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Waterfowl Demographic and Polar Bear Research
Research Technician
Principal investigator: David Iles, Utah State University, Logan UT
Wapusk National Park, Hudson Bay Canada
Findings
Iles, D. T., Salguero‐Gómez, R., Adler, P. B., & Koons, D. N. (2016). Linking transient dynamics and life history to biological invasion success. Journal of Ecology, 104(2), 399-408. Iles, D. T., Rockwell, R. F., & Koons, D. N. (2019). Shifting vital rate correlations alter predicted population responses to increasingly variable environments. The American Naturalist, 193(3), E57-E64. |
Cougars, coyotes and mule deer in Monroe Mountains, Utah
Lead Technician Monroe Predator Project
Principal investigator: Peter Mahoney, PhD, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA (June –August 2014)
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Findings
Mahoney, P. J. (2017). Spatial ecology of coyotes and cougars: understanding the influence of multiple prey on the spatial interactions of two predators. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5658/
Mahoney, P. J. (2017). Spatial ecology of coyotes and cougars: understanding the influence of multiple prey on the spatial interactions of two predators. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5658/
2013 Botswana Lion Census
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Bison Demography and Habitat Use
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Findings:
Ranglack, D. H., Durham, S., & du Toit, J. T. (2015). EDITOR'S CHOICE: Competition on the range: science vs. perception in a bison–cattle conflict in the western USA. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52(2), 467-474.
Ranglack, D. H., & Du Toit, J. T. (2015). Habitat selection by free-ranging bison in a mixed grazing system on public land. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 68(4), 349-353.
Ranglack, D. H., & Du Toit, J. T. (2016). Bison with benefits: towards integrating wildlife and ranching sectors on a public rangeland in the western USA. Oryx, 50(3), 549-554.
Ranglack, D. H., & Du Toit, J. T. (2015). Wild bison as ecological indicators of the effectiveness of management practices to increase forage quality on open rangeland. Ecological Indicators, 56, 145-151.
Ranglack, D. H., Durham, S., & du Toit, J. T. (2015). EDITOR'S CHOICE: Competition on the range: science vs. perception in a bison–cattle conflict in the western USA. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52(2), 467-474.
Ranglack, D. H., & Du Toit, J. T. (2015). Habitat selection by free-ranging bison in a mixed grazing system on public land. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 68(4), 349-353.
Ranglack, D. H., & Du Toit, J. T. (2016). Bison with benefits: towards integrating wildlife and ranching sectors on a public rangeland in the western USA. Oryx, 50(3), 549-554.
Ranglack, D. H., & Du Toit, J. T. (2015). Wild bison as ecological indicators of the effectiveness of management practices to increase forage quality on open rangeland. Ecological Indicators, 56, 145-151.
North American River Otter Citizen Science Study
Research Associate and Project Coordinator
Principal investigator: Dr. Jeff Black, Humboldt State University
Project website: https://wildlife.humboldt.edu/people/jeff-black/research/otter
Otter Art Page: https://otterart.humboldt.edu
Project website: https://wildlife.humboldt.edu/people/jeff-black/research/otter
Otter Art Page: https://otterart.humboldt.edu
- Collate citizen science reports into central database
- Investigate demographic patterns that can reliably be derived from citizen science reports. Conduct formal analysis and synthesize findings for publication.
- Manage collaborations with citizen scientist
- Educate and inform public through engagement in local presentations
- Represent project at citizen science workshops
- Black, J. M., Wampole, E., & Mayer, J. E. (2016). Fifteen years of river otter monitoring by citizen-science volunteers in Northern California: Litter size. Northwestern Naturalist, 97(3), 226-236. https://doi.org/10.1898/NWN16-02.1
Human-Elephant Conflict and
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