Evaluating the use of drones equipped with thermal sensors as an effective method for estimating wildlife

JT Beaver, RW Baldwin, M Messinger… - Wildlife Society …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Drones equipped with thermal sensors have shown ability to overcome some of the
limitations often associated with traditional human‐occupied aerial surveys (eg, low …

Impacts of white-tailed deer on regional patterns of forest tree recruitment

L Bradshaw, DM Waller - Forest Ecology and Management, 2016 - Elsevier
Local, short-to medium-term studies make clear that white-tailed deer can greatly suppress
tree growth and survival in palatable tree species. To assess how deer have broadly …

Bayesian species distribution models integrate presence‐only and presence–absence data to predict deer distribution and relative abundance

V Morera‐Pujol, PS Mostert, KJ Murphy, T Burkitt… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Using geospatial data of wildlife presence to predict a species distribution across a
geographic area is among the most common tools in management and conservation. The …

First stewards: ecological outcomes of forest and wildlife stewardship by indigenous peoples of Wisconsin, USA

DM Waller, NJ Reo - Ecology and Society, 2018 - digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu
Indigenous peoples manage forestlands and wildlife differently than public and private
forestland managers. To evaluate ecological outcomes from these differences, we compared …

Effects of artificial light at night on the foraging behavior of an endangered nocturnal mammal

DM Shier, AK Bird, TB Wang - Environmental pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Modification of nighttime light levels by artificial illumination (artificial light at night; ALAN) is
a rapidly increasing form of human disturbance that affects natural environments worldwide …

Spotlight surveys for white‐tailed deer: monitoring panacea or exercise in futility?

BA Collier, SS Ditchkoff, CR Ruth Jr… - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Many monitoring programs for white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) on both private
and public lands across the United States have long relied on the use of road‐based …

Managing white-tailed deer: midwest north America

KC VerCauteren, SE Hygnstrom - Biology and management of …, 2011 - taylorfrancis.com
It easily can be said that the white-tailed deer is the most important species of wildlife in the
midwestern United States. Approximately 10 million white-tailed deer inhabit the Midwest …

Weather conditions affecting white‐tailed deer harvest in Iowa

JR Elliott, TM Harms - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Weather conditions, such as temperature and precipitation, likely influence white‐tailed deer
(Odocoileus virginianus) activity and hunter participation, both of which are major factors …

Comparison of indirect and direct methods of distance sampling for estimating density of white‐tailed deer

CW Anderson, CK Nielsen, CM Hester… - Wildlife Society …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Although wildlife biologists need reliable estimates of white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus
virginianus) density to facilitate management, few studies have examined distance sampling …

Snapshot Wisconsin: networking community scientists and remote sensing to improve ecological monitoring and management

PA Townsend, JDJ Clare, N Liu… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biological data collection is entering a new era. Community science, satellite remote
sensing (SRS), and local forms of remote sensing (eg, camera traps and acoustic …