Causes, consequences, and conservation of ungulate migration

MJ Kauffman, EO Aikens, S Esmaeili… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Our understanding of ungulate migration is advancing rapidly due to innovations in modern
animal tracking. Herein, we review and synthesize nearly seven decades of work on …

The contribution of wildlife hosts to the rise of ticks and tick-borne diseases in North America

JI Tsao, SA Hamer, S Han, JL Sidge… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Wildlife vertebrate hosts are integral to enzootic cycles of tick-borne pathogens, and in some
cases have played key roles in the recent rise of ticks and tick-borne diseases in North …

Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations

MJ Kauffman, F Cagnacci, S Chamaillé-Jammes… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Migration of ungulates (hooved mammals) is a fundamental ecological process that
promotes abundant herds, whose effects cascade up and down terrestrial food webs …

Migration Mapper: Identifying movement corridors and seasonal ranges for large mammal conservation

JA Merkle, J Gage, H Sawyer, B Lowrey… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Modern tracking technology has facilitated a novel understanding of terrestrial mammal
movement while revealing that movements are being truncated and lost. The first step …

Trade‐offs between utility‐scale solar development and ungulates on western rangelands

H Sawyer, NM Korfanta, MJ Kauffman… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Utility‐scale solar energy (USSE) has become an efficient and cost‐effective form of
renewable energy, with an expanding footprint into rangelands that provide important …

Governing ecological connectivity in cross-scale dependent systems

ATH Keeley, AK Fremier, PAL Goertler, PR Huber… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Ecosystem management and governance of cross-scale dependent systems require
integrating knowledge about ecological connectivity in its multiple forms and scales …

Prioritizing science efforts to inform decision making on public lands

SK Carter, TS Haby, JK Meineke… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Public land management agencies in the US are committed to using science‐informed
decision making, but there has been little research on the types and topics of science that …

Conserving habitat for migratory ungulates: How wide is a migration corridor?

JA Merkle, B Lowrey, CF Wallace… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Conserving migratory ungulates relies on the analysis of GPS collar data and associated
maps of migration corridors to inform management and policy actions. Current methods for …

Loss of migratory traditions makes the endangered Patagonian huemul deer a year-round refugee in its summer habitat

WT Flueck, JAM Smith-Flueck, ME Escobar, M Zuliani… - Conservation, 2022 - mdpi.com
The huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) is endangered, with 1500 deer split into> 100
subpopulations along 2000 km of the Andes. Currently occupied areas are claimed …

A statistical framework for modelling migration corridors

TA Nuñez, MA Hurley, TA Graves… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Management of animal populations requires spatially explicit knowledge of movement
corridors, such as those used during seasonal migrations. Global Positioning System (GPS) …