Ungulate populations are important natural resources, associated with both costs and
benefits. Conflicts have arisen between stakeholders who benefit from high ungulate …

Fire is being prescribed and used increasingly to promote ecosystem restoration (eg, oak
woodlands and savannas) and to manage wildlife habitat in the Central Hardwoods and …

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 …

Each spring, migratory herbivores around the world track or 'surf'green waves of newly
emergent vegetation to distant summer or wet‐season ranges. This foraging tactic may help …

Ecological theory predicts that the diffuse risk cues generated by wide‐ranging, active
predators should induce prey behavioural responses but not major, population‐or …

Migratory animals are predicted to enhance lifetime fitness by obtaining higher quality
forage and/or reducing predation risk compared to non‐migratory conspecifics. Despite …

Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) can live in extremely harsh environments and subsist on
submaintenance diets for much of the year. Under these conditions, energy stored as body …

Elk (Cervus elaphus) in the western United States are an economically and socially valuable
wildlife species. They have featured species status for federal land management planning; …

Energy stores and migration are important adaptations for animals in seasonal
environments, but their roles may vary relative to an animal's endogenous and exogenous …

Understanding how habitat and nutritional condition affect ungulate populations is
necessary for informing management, particularly in areas experiencing carnivore recovery …