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Marginalising Time in Habitat Selection and Species Distribution Models Improves Inference Open

Joseph M. Eisaguirre, Layne G. Adams, Bridget L. Borg, Heather E. Johnson · 2025

Aim Recent methodological advances for studying how animals move and use space with telemetry data have focused on fine‐scale, more mechanistic inference. However, in many cases, researchers and managers remain interested in larger scale q…

Genetic Connectivity in a Cooperatively Breeding Carnivore Between Two Protected Areas Open

Ariana L. Cerreta, Jennifer R. Adams, Bridget L. Borg, Mathew S. Sorum, Lisette P. Waits , et al. · 2025

Wildlife populations are increasingly threatened by human activities. Most studies, however, are often short in duration or do not encompass the large spatial extent necessary to measure the potential effects of human activities on populat…

Intrinsic and environmental drivers of pairwise cohesion in wild Canis social groups Open

John F. Benson, David A. Keiter, Peter J. Mahoney, Benjamin L. Allen, Lee Allen , et al. · 2024

Animals within social groups respond to costs and benefits of sociality by adjusting the proportion of time they spend in close proximity to other individuals in the group (cohesion). Variation in cohesion between individuals, in turn, sha…

Landscape heterogeneity buffers the impact of an extreme weather event on wildlife Open

Laura R. Prugh, Jessica D. Lundquist, Benjamin K. Sullender, Calum X. Cunningham, Jack Dechow , et al. · 2024

Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, with poorly known consequences for wildlife. In December 2021, an atmospheric river brought record-shattering amounts of rain and snow to interior Alaska, creating conditions expected to c…

Suspected True Hermaphroditism in a Free-Ranging Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) in Interior Alaska, USA Open

Bridget L. Borg, Kaija J Klauder, Kimberlee B. Beckmen · 2024

Hermaphroditism or intersexuality occurs endogenously in most mammal species. We document the behavior and physical and anatomic appearance of a suspected true hermaphroditic free-ranging wild gray wolf (Canis lupus) in Denali National Par…

Editorial: New century wolf conservation and conflict management Open

Stotra Chakrabarti, Camilla Wikenros, Bridget L. Borg, Yadvendradev V. Jhala, Joseph K. Bump · 2023

EDITORIAL article Front. Ecol. Evol., 14 April 2023Sec. Conservation and Restoration Ecology Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1174661

Human‐caused mortality triggers pack instability in gray wolves Open

Kira A. Cassidy, Bridget L. Borg, Kaija J Klauder, Mathew S. Sorum, Rebecca Thomas‐Kuzilik , et al. · 2023

Transboundary movement of wildlife results in some of the most complicated and unresolved wildlife management issues across the globe. Depending on the location and managing agency, gray wolf ( Canis lupus ) management in the US ranges fro…

It Takes A Pack To Raise A Pup Open

Mathew S. Sorum, Jordan Pruszenski, Bridget L. Borg · 2022

Wolves are important to keep ecosystems healthy. For wolf populations to thrive, pups need to survive into adulthood. Wolf pups can be harmed, even killed, by wolves from outside their pack. To protect the pups, some wolves in the pack mus…

The Role of Weather and Long-Term Prey Dynamics as Drivers of Wolf Population Dynamics in a Multi-Prey System Open

Bridget L. Borg, David Schirokauer · 2022

As climate change accelerates in northern latitudes, there is an increasing need to understand the role of climate in influencing predator-prey systems. We investigated wolf population dynamics and numerical response in Denali National Par…

Environmental correlates of activity and energetics in a wide-ranging social carnivore Open

Caleb M. Bryce, Carolyn E. Dunford, Anthony M. Pagano, Yiwei Wang, Bridget L. Borg , et al. · 2022

Background Environmental conditions can influence animal movements, determining when and how much animals move. Yet few studies have quantified how abiotic environmental factors (e.g., ambient temperature, snow depth, precipitation) may af…

Dataset and JAGS script Open

Bridget L. Borg, Joshua H. Schmidt · 2022

Dataset and Rscript for The role of weather and long-term prey dynamics as drivers of wolf population dynamics in a multi-prey system

Author Correction: Patterns and processes of pathogen exposure in gray wolves across North America Open

Ellen E. Brandell, Paul C. Cross, Meggan E. Craft, Douglas W. Smith, Edward J. Dubovi , et al. · 2021

Determinants of Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) Sightings in Denali National Park Open

Bridget L. Borg, Stephen M. Arthur, Jeffrey A. Falke, Laura R. Prugh · 2021

Wildlife viewing within protected areas is an increasingly popular recreational activity. Management agencies are often tasked with providing these opportunities, yet quantitative analyses of factors influencing wildlife sightings are lack…

Patterns and processes of pathogen exposure in gray wolves across North America Open

Ellen E. Brandell, Paul C. Cross, Meggan E. Craft, Douglas W. Smith, Edward J. Dubovi , et al. · 2021

Gifts of an enemy: scavenging dynamics in the presence of wolves (Canis lupus) Open

Kaija J Klauder, Bridget L. Borg, Kelly J. Sivy, Laura R. Prugh · 2021

Carrion represents an important resource for carnivores. Examining competition for carrion in a risk–reward framework allows for a better understanding of how predator guilds compete for and benefit from carrion. We used trail camera data …

ABoVE: Wolf Denning Phenology and Reproductive Success, Alaska and Canada, 2000-2017 Open

Peter J. Mahoney, Kyle Joly, Bridget L. Borg, Mathew S. Sorum, Tony Rinaldi , et al. · 2021

This dataset provides annual gray wolf (Canis lupus) denning spatial information and timing, associated climatic and phenologic metrics, and reproductive success (i.e., pup survival) in wolf populations across areas of western Canada and A…

Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic Open

Sarah C. Davidson, Gil Bohrer, Eliezer Gurarie, Scott LaPoint, Peter J. Mahoney , et al. · 2020

Ecological “big data” Human activities are rapidly altering the natural world. Nowhere is this more evident, perhaps, than in the Arctic, yet this region remains one of the most remote and difficult to study. Researchers have increasingly …

Denning phenology and reproductive success of wolves in response to climate signals Open

Peter J. Mahoney, Kyle Joly, Bridget L. Borg, Mathew S. Sorum, Todd A Rinaldi , et al. · 2020

Arctic and boreal ecosystems are experiencing rapid changes in temperature and precipitation regimes. Subsequent shifts in seasonality can lead to a mismatch between the timing of resource availability and species’ life-history events, kno…

Author Correction: Longest terrestrial migrations and movements around the world Open

Kyle Joly, Eliezer Gurarie, Mathew S. Sorum, Petra Kaczensky, Matthew D. Cameron , et al. · 2020

Longest terrestrial migrations and movements around the world Open

Kyle Joly, Eliezer Gurarie, Mathew S. Sorum, Petra Kaczensky, Matthew D. Cameron , et al. · 2019

Long-distance terrestrial migrations are imperiled globally. We determined both round-trip migration distances (straight-line measurements between migratory end points) and total annual movement (sum of the distances between successive rel…

Delayed spring onset drives declines in abundance and recruitment in a mountain ungulate Open

Kumi L. Rattenbury, Joshua H. Schmidt, David K. Swanson, Bridget L. Borg, Buck A. Mangipane , et al. · 2018

Changes in climate are driving widespread landscape changes in northern ecosystems, altering the size and distribution of wildlife populations over multi‐decadal time scales. Extreme weather events are also expected to become more common o…

The role of human-related risk in breeding site selection by wolves Open

Víctor Sazatornil, Alejandro Rodrı́guez, Michael Klaczek, Mohsen Ahmadi, Francisco Álvares , et al. · 2016

Implications of Harvest on the Boundaries of Protected Areas for Large Carnivore Viewing Opportunities Open

Bridget L. Borg, Stephen M. Arthur, Nicholas A Bromen, Kira A. Cassidy, R. Kevin McIntyre , et al. · 2016

The desire to see free ranging large carnivores in their natural habitat is a driver of tourism in protected areas around the globe. However, large carnivores are wide-ranging and subject to human-caused mortality outside protected area bo…

Effects of harvest on wolf social structure, population dynamics, and viewing opportunities in national parks Open

Bridget L. Borg · 2015

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