Modelling potential dispersal corridors for cougars in midwestern North America using least-cost path methods

MA LaRue, CK Nielsen - Ecological modelling, 2008 - Elsevier
Since 1990, cougar (Puma concolor) presence in midwestern North America has been
increasing, with> 130 confirmed cougar occurrences (ie, tracks, photos, carcasses) being …

Livestock protection dogs in the 21st century: is an ancient tool relevant to modern conservation challenges?

TM Gehring, KC VerCauteren, JM Landry - BioScience, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Europe and North America share a similar history in the extirpation and subsequent
recovery of large carnivore and ungulate species. Both continents face challenges and …

Habitat suitability model for Polish wolves based on long‐term national census

W Jędrzejewski, B Jędrzejewska… - Animal …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The central‐European population of wolves Canis lupus has its western border of
contiguous range in eastern Poland. Protected since 1998, Polish wolves began to expand …

Utility of livestock-protection dogs for deterring wildlife from cattle farms

TM Gehring, KC VerCauteren, ML Provost… - Wildlife …, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
Context. Livestock producers worldwide are negatively affected by livestock losses because
of predators and wildlife-transmitted diseases. In the western Great Lakes Region of the …

Cougars are recolonizing the midwest: analysis of cougar confirmations during 1990–2008

MA LaRue, CK Nielsen, M Dowling… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Although cougars (Puma concolor) were extirpated from much of midwestern North America
around 1900, hard evidence of cougar presence has increased and populations have …

Cross-sectoral externalities related to natural resources and ecosystem services

M Bellanger, R Fonner, DS Holland, GD Libecap… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Standard approaches to environmental and natural resource use externalities generally
focus on single-sector resources and user groups. Remedies include Pigouvian-style …

Distribution model transferability for a wide-ranging species, the Gray Wolf

MG Gantchoff, DE Beyer Jr, JD Erb, DM MacFarland… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Using existing data can be a reliable and cost-effective way to predict species distributions,
and particularly useful for recovering or expanding species. We developed a current gray …

The wolf and the city: insights on wolves' conservation in the anthropocene

M Zanni, R Brogi, E Merli, M Apollonio - Animal Conservation, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
After a long period of human persecution that led it to extinction in most of its distribution
range, the wolf is undergoing a fast recovery. Despite being described as an elusive species …

Sedentary but not dispersing wolves Canis lupus recolonizing western Poland (2001–2016) conform to the predictions of a habitat suitability model

S Nowak, RW Mysłajek, M Szewczyk… - Diversity and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To compare predictions of the habitat suitability model (HSM) for wolves Canis lupus in
Poland with actual wolf distribution in western Poland after 15 years of recolonization …

Change in occupied wolf habitat in the northern Great Lakes region

DJ Mladenoff, MK Clayton, SD Pratt, TA Sickley… - Recovery of gray wolves …, 2009 - Springer
The concept of wolf habitat and relative suitability has changed significantly over the past
several decades. In large part, this occurred because of insights gained during expansion of …