Camera-based occupancy monitoring at large scales: Power to detect trends in grizzly bears across the Canadian Rockies

R Steenweg, J Whittington, M Hebblewhite… - Biological …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Monitoring carnivores is critical for conservation, yet challenging because they are rare and
elusive. Few methods exist for monitoring wide-ranging species over large spatial and …

Management decision making for fisher populations informed by occupancy modeling

AK Fuller, DW Linden, JA Royle - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Harvest data are often used by wildlife managers when setting harvest regulations for
species because the data are regularly collected and do not require implementation of …

Determining occurrence dynamics when false positives occur: estimating the range dynamics of wolves from public survey data

DAW Miller, JD Nichols, JA Gude, LN Rich… - PLoS one, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
Large-scale presence-absence monitoring programs have great promise for many
conservation applications. Their value can be limited by potential incorrect inferences owing …

Map** and explaining wolf recolonization in France using dynamic occupancy models and opportunistic data

J Louvrier, C Duchamp, V Lauret, E Marboutin… - …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
While large carnivores are recovering in Europe, assessing their distributions can help to
predict and mitigate conflicts with human activities. Because they are highly mobile, elusive …

Feral wild boar distribution and perceptions of risk on the central Canadian prairies

RK Brook, FM van Beest - Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Feral wild boar (Sus scrofa) are rapidly expanding their distribution and abundance globally
and causing considerable socio‐economic impacts. Prior to this study, the spatial …

Evaluating cost-effective methods for rapid and repeatable national scale detection and map** of invasive species spread

RA Aschim, RK Brook - Scientific reports, 2019‏ - nature.com
Invasive species can spread rapidly at local and national scales, creating significant
environmental and economic impacts. A central problem in mitigation efforts is identifying …

Monitoring gray wolf populations using multiple survey methods

DE Ausband, LN Rich, EM Glenn… - The Journal of …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
The behavioral patterns and large territories of large carnivores make them challenging to
monitor. Occupancy modeling provides a framework for monitoring population dynamics and …

Wolf monitoring in Scandinavia: evaluating counts of packs and reproduction events

M Åkesson, L Svensson, Ø Flagstad… - The Journal of …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Large carnivores are elusive and use large areas, which causes monitoring to be
challenging and costly. Moreover, management to reduce conflicts and simultaneously …

Scaling occupancy estimates up to abundance for wolves

GE Stauffer, NM Roberts… - The Journal of …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Management of wildlife populations often requires reliable estimates of population size or
distribution. Estimating abundance can be logistically difficult, and occupancy models have …

Counting cats for conservation: seasonal estimates of leopard density and drivers of distribution in the Serengeti

ML Allen, S Wang, LO Olson, Q Li, M Krofel - Biodiversity and …, 2020‏ - Springer
Large carnivore conservation is important for ecosystem integrity and understanding drivers
of their abundance is essential to guide conservation efforts. Leopard (Panthera pardus) …