Mechanisms of disease‐induced extinction

F De Castro, B Bolker - Ecology letters, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Parasites are important determinants of ecological dynamics. Despite the widespread
perception that parasites (in the broad sense, including microbial pathogens) threaten …

Trophic cascades in a multicausal world: Isle Royale and Yellowstone

RO Peterson, JA Vucetich, JM Bump… - Annual Review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Questions of whether trophic cascades occur in Isle Royale National Park (IRNP) or
Yellowstone National Park's northern range (NR) cannot lead to simple, precise, or definitive …

Genomic signatures of extensive inbreeding in Isle Royale wolves, a population on the threshold of extinction

JA Robinson, J Räikkönen, LM Vucetich… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
The observation that small isolated populations often suffer reduced fitness from inbreeding
depression has guided conservation theory and practice for decades. However …

Recovery of a marine keystone predator transforms terrestrial predator–prey dynamics

GH Roffler, CE Eriksson, JM Allen, T Levi - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - pnas.org
Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) and wolves (Canis lupus) are two apex predators with strong and
cascading effects on ecosystem structure and function. After decades of recovery from near …

[BOG][B] Wildlife ecology, conservation, and management

JM Fryxell, ARE Sinclair, G Caughley - 2014 - books.google.com
To understand modern principles of sustainable management and the conservation of
wildlife species requires intimate knowledge about demography, animal behavior, and …

The rise of novelty in ecosystems

VC Radeloff, JW Williams, BL Bateman… - Ecological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid and ongoing change creates novelty in ecosystems everywhere, both when
comparing contemporary systems to their historical baselines, and predicted future systems …

[BOG][B] Canids: foxes, wolves, jackals, and dogs: status survey and conservation action plan

C Sillero-Zubiri, M Hoffmann, DW Macdonald - 2004 - researchgate.net
Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs Page 1 Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and
Dogs Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan Status Survey and Conservation Action …

Yellowstone after wolves

DW Smith, RO Peterson, DB Houston - BioScience, 2003 - academic.oup.com
With gray wolves restored to Yellowstone National Park, this ecosystem once again supports
the full native array of large ungulates and their attendant large carnivores. We consider the …

Genetic rescue guidelines with examples from Mexican wolves and Florida panthers

PW Hedrick, R Fredrickson - Conservation genetics, 2010 - Springer
In populations or species with low fitness (high genetic load), a new management strategy
called genetic rescue has been advocated to help avoid extinction. In this strategy, unrelated …

Ecosystem consequences of wolf behavioural response to climate

E Post, RO Peterson, NC Stenseth, BE McLaren - Nature, 1999 - nature.com
Because apex predators exert considerable influence on the structure and function of top-
down ecosystems,,, their responses to climate may shape responses at lower trophic levels …