Increasing conservation translocation success by building social functionality in released populations

SZ Goldenberg, MA Owen, JL Brown… - Global Ecology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The importance of animal behavior to successful wildlife translocations has been
acknowledged in recent decades, and it has been increasingly considered and more …

Arctic fox dispersal from Svalbard to Canada: one female's long run across sea ice

E Fuglei, A Tarroux - Polar Research, 2019 - polarresearch.net
We report the first satellite tracking of natal dispersal by an Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)
between continents and High-Arctic ecosystems. A young female left Spitsbergen (Svalbard …

Derivation of predator functional responses using a mechanistic approach in a natural system

A Beardsell, D Gravel, D Berteaux… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The functional response is at the core of any predator-prey interactions as it establishes the
link between trophic levels. The use of inaccurate functional response can profoundly affect …

Predator-mediated interactions through changes in predator home range size can lead to local prey exclusion

A Beardsell, D Berteaux… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The strength of indirect biotic interactions is difficult to quantify in the wild and can alter
community composition. To investigate whether the presence of a prey species affects the …

Long-term satellite tracking reveals patterns of long-distance dispersal in juvenile and adult Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus)

R Gravel, S Lai, D Berteaux - Royal Society Open …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Long-distance dispersal plays a key role in species distribution and persistence. However,
its movement metrics and ecological implications may differ whether it is undertaken by …

Movement tactics of a mobile predator in a meta‐ecosystem with fluctuating resources: the arctic fox in the High Arctic

S Lai, J Bêty, D Berteaux - Oikos, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Animal movement is a fundamental process shaping ecosystems at multiple levels, from the
fate of individuals to global patterns of biodiversity. The spatio‐temporal dynamic of food …

Red foxes at their northern edge: competition with the Arctic fox and winter movements

S Lai, C Warret Rodrigues, D Gallant… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Rapid range expansion of boreal forest predators onto the tundra may disrupt local
ecological processes, notably through competition with ecologically similar species. Red …

Pulsed food resources affect reproduction but not adult apparent survival in arctic foxes

C Chevallier, G Gauthier, S Lai, D Berteaux - Oecologia, 2020 - Springer
As top or mesopredators, carnivores play a key role in food webs. Their survival and
reproduction are usually thought to be influenced by prey availability. However …

Feast to famine: Sympatric predators respond differently to seasonal prey scarcity on the low Arctic tundra

C Warret Rodrigues, JD Roth - Ecology and Evolution, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Resource fluctuation is a major driver of animal movement, influencing strategic choices
such as residency vs nomadism, or social dynamics. The Arctic tundra is characterized by …

Rabies and the Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus): A Review

EH Smith, Y Van de Weyer… - Journal of Wildlife …, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) is the primary infection reservoir of Arctic rabies,
the dynamics of which are poorly understood and subject to significant spatiotemporal …