Assessing microhabitat, landscape features and intraguild relationships in the occupancy of the enigmatic and threatened Andean tiger cat (Leopardus tigrinus …

JC Cepeda-Duque, G Andrade-Ponce… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Mesocarnivores play a key role in ecosystem dynamics through the regulation of prey
populations and are sensitive to environmental changes; thus, they are often considered …

Western spotted skunk spatial ecology in the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest

MI Tosa, DB Lesmeister, T Levi - Ecosphere, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A major threat to small mammalian carnivore populations is human‐induced land use
change, but conservation and management are inhibited by limited knowledge about their …

Functional responses in American marten habitat selection indicate cumulative effects of progressive habitat change

TF Woollard, DJ Harrison, EM Simons‐Legaard… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Shifts in habitat selection may serve as behavioral indicators of changing habitat quality and
can provide an insight into the effects of chronic disturbance on wildlife populations before …

Woody debris structures on large clearcut openings: Oases for small mustelids and prey species?

TP Sullivan, DS Sullivan - Forest Ecology and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Restoration structures such as post-harvest woody debris piles on large clearcut openings
may provide habitat for many mammal species. Mustelids such as the American marten …

Fire severity mediates marten and fisher occurrence: Impacts of the Dixie Fire on a carnivore community

CJ Collier - 2024 - digitalcommons.humboldt.edu
The consumption of an astounding one million acres resulted from California's largest single
fire to date, the 2021 Dixie Fire. The social and economic losses associated with the fire …

Spatiotemporal overlap of sympatric mesocarnivores in central British Columbia, Canada

L Wheelhouse - 2024 - arcabc.ca
Many wildlife species use similar resources, leading to the potential for overlapping niches.
These overlaps can create negative interspecific interactions, including different forms of …

Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) Survival, Home Range Size, and Rest Site Use in Southwest Oregon

LN Somers - 2023 - ir.library.oregonstate.edu
The ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) is a small, nocturnal, meso-carnivore that occupies mid-
elevation forests in the southwest portion of Oregon. Ringtail are fully protected within …

Sympatric carnivores and vegetation structure influence the distribution and abundance of Humboldt martens in Northern California

EL Anderson - 2023 - digitalcommons.humboldt.edu
Abstract The Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis) is a species facing
conservation concern in Oregon and California. Historical populations were subjected to …