Life‐history characteristics of mule deer: effects of nutrition in a variable environment

KL Monteith, VC Bleich, TR Stephenson… - Wildlife …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Vital rates of large herbivores normally respond to increased resource limitation by following
a progressive sequence of effects on life‐history characteristics from survival of young, age …

Animal migration amid shifting patterns of phenology and predation: lessons from a Yellowstone elk herd

AD Middleton, MJ Kauffman, DE McWhirter, JG Cook… - Ecology, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Migration is a striking behavioral strategy by which many animals enhance resource
acquisition while reducing predation risk. Historically, the demographic benefits of such …

Demographic balancing of migrant and resident elk in a partially migratory population through forage–predation tradeoffs

M Hebblewhite, EH Merrill - Oikos, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Partial migration is widespread in ungulates, yet few studies have assessed demographic
mechanisms for how these alternative strategies are maintained in populations. Over the …

Estimating ungulate recruitment and growth rates using age ratios

NJ DeCesare, M Hebblewhite… - The Journal of …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Trends in population growth can be monitored with data for key vital rates without
knowledge of abundance. Although adult female survival has the highest elasticity for …

Increases in residential and energy development are associated with reductions in recruitment for a large ungulate

HE Johnson, JR Sushinsky, A Holland… - Global Change …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Land‐use change due to anthropogenic development is pervasive across the globe and
commonly associated with negative consequences for biodiversity. While land‐use change …

Assessing the importance of demographic parameters for population dynamics using Bayesian integrated population modeling

DR Eacker, PM Lukacs, KM Proffitt… - Ecological …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
To successfully respond to changing habitat, climate or harvest, managers need to identify
the most effective strategies to reverse population trends of declining species and/or …

Factors influencing elk recruitment across ecotypes in the Western United States

PM Lukacs, MS Mitchell, M Hebblewhite… - The Journal of …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ungulates are key components in ecosystems and economically important for sport and
subsistence harvest. Yet the relative importance of the effects of weather conditions, forage …

Large herbivores in a partially migratory population search for the ideal free home

HW Martin, M Hebblewhite, EH Merrill - Ecology, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Migration is a tactic used across taxa to access resources in temporally heterogenous
landscapes. Populations that migrate can attain higher abundances because such …

Tarangire revisited: Consequences of declining connectivity in a tropical ungulate population

TA Morrison, WA Link, WD Newmark, CAH Foley… - Biological …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The hyper-abundance of migratory wildlife in many ecosystems depends on maintaining
access to seasonally available resources. In Eastern and Southern Africa, land-use change …

A data‐driven demographic model to explore the decline of the Bathurst caribou herd

J Boulanger, A Gunn, J Adamczewski… - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Bathurst herd of barren‐ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) in the
Canadian central arctic declined from an estimated 203,800 to 16,400 breeding females …