Restoration of bighorn sheep: History, successes, and remaining conservation issues

JC Whiting, VC Bleich, RT Bowyer… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mammals are imperiled worldwide, primarily from habitat loss or modification, and exhibit
downward trends in their populations and distributions. Likewise, large-bodied herbivores …

Average kinship within bighorn sheep populations is associated with connectivity, augmentation, and bottlenecks

E Flesch, T Graves, J Thomson, K Proffitt… - Ecosphere, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the influence of population attributes on genetic diversity is important to
advancement of biological conservation. Because bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) …

Genomic affinity following restoration of a locally extirpated species: a case study of desert bighorn sheep in Texas

EA Wright, JD Manthey, MR Buchalski… - Conservation …, 2024 - Springer
Prior to its extirpation in the 1960s, Ovis canadensis texianus (a subspecies of desert
bighorn sheep, DBS) occupied 16 mountain ranges in the Trans-Pecos Region of Texas …

Genetic diversity and selection signatures in sheep breeds

JL Rodrigues, LG Braga, RN Watanabe… - Journal of Applied …, 2025 - Springer
Natural and artificial selection in domesticated animals can cause specific changes in
genomic regions known as selection signatures. Our study used the integrated haplotype …

Bison and bighorns: Assessing the potential impacts of reintroducing a large herbivore to a mountainous landscape

PJ Whyte, DC Henderson, K Heuer… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The reintroduction of wildlife can have significant ecological impacts by altering the flow of
energy in food webs. Recently, plains bison were reintroduced to part of Banff National Park …

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J Lamanna, E Schreiter, EG Govorunova… - Recent Advances in …, 2023 - books.google.com
Methods: We utilized for the first time a combination of somatostatin (SST) and neurokinin 1
receptor (NK1R) double immunocytochemistry with cytochrome oxidase histochemistry, to …

Intra-Breed Genetic Diversity and Genetic Bottleneck Tests in a Karacabey Merino Sheep Breeding Farm Using Microsatellite Markers

A Kabasakal - KAFKAS ÜNİVERSİTESİ VETERİNER FAKÜLTESİ …, 2023 - vetdergikafkas.org
In the present study, it was aimed to reveal the genetic diversity and bottleneck status of
Karacabey Merino sheep with the help of 14 microsatellite markers recommended by the …

[PDF][PDF] Recommended Citation: Idaho Department of Fish and Game. 2022. Idaho Bighorn Sheep Management

N Walrath, DVMW Veterinarian, K Andrews - 2022 - idfg.idaho.gov
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) was established to
preserve, protect, perpetuate, and manage fish and wildlife in the state. Statewide species …

[PDF][PDF] Statewide Wildlife Research

M Hurley, S Roberts - 2018 - collaboration.idfg.idaho.gov
Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) adheres to all applicable state and federal laws
and regulations related to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age …