Predators affect prey by killing them directly (lethal effects) and by inducing costly
antipredator behaviours in living prey (risk effects). Risk effects can strongly influence prey …

Rapid landscape alteration associated with human activity is currently challenging the
evolved dynamical stability of many predator–prey systems by forcing species to …

Controlling infectious diseases at the wildlife/livestock interface is often difficult because the
ecological processes driving transmission between wildlife reservoirs and sympatric …

In the past decade, a large volume of peer‐reviewed papers has examined the potential
impacts of oil and gas resource extraction in the Canadian oil sands (OS). A large proportion …

Habitat change is a major driver of species distribution and persistence, but there have been
few recorded extinction events for terrestrial mammals across Canada. Currently, we are …

Population increases of primary prey can negatively impact alternate prey populations via
demographic and behavioural responses of a shared predator through apparent …

We used remote video cameras to assess seasonal diet composition of woodland caribou
(Rangifer tarandus tarandus (L., 1758)) at three areas across the boreal forest of Ontario …

Aim Habitat selection is a behavioural mechanism by which animals attempt to maximize
their inclusive fitness while balancing competing demands, such as finding food and rearing …

One of the most challenging tasks in wildlife conservation and management is to clarify how
spatial variation in land cover due to anthropogenic disturbance influences wildlife …

Prey may trade off resource acquisition with mortality risk by using various habitat selection
strategies. Empirical assessments have shown that the functional and numerical responses …