Analyzing DNA from coyote scat Researchers screened 455 coyote scats in northern Virginia for DNA. From their abstract: Coyotes (Canis latrans) have benefitted from anthropogenic changes to North American ecosystems and have experienced a dramatic range expansion since the early 19th century. The region east of the Mississippi River has been colonized via 2 routes [...]
Categories: Environment,Science
Tagged: Canis latrans, Christine A. Bozarth, Cody W. Edwards, colonize, DNA, Frank Hailer, gray wolf, Great Lakes wolf, interbreeding, Jesús E. Maldonado, Journal of Mammology, Larry L. Rockwood, Mid-Atlantic, red wolf, scat, Virginia, wolves
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- 26 October 2011 – 08:27
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Ecological dominoes? A team of wildlife researchers would like to test two hypotheses regarding the cause of reduced American populations of Canadian lynx by reintroducing gray wolves (Canis lupus) to affected landscapes. In their view, it is mechanistically plausible that the extermination of wolves in the United States allowed coyotes to compete successfully for Lynx [...]
Categories: Environment
Tagged: Aaron J. Wirsing, canadensis, Canadian, Canis, cascade, concealment, dominoes, ecology, herbivore, herbivory, lupus, lynx, populations, restore, Robert L. Beschta, Steven W. Buskirk, William J. Ripple, wolves
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- 28 September 2011 – 12:01
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The elk preference is interesting The abstract reported that: Our research investigated the relationship between wolf and elk distribution and human activity using fine-scale Global Positioning System (GPS) wildlife telemetry locations and hourly human activity measures on trails and roads in Banff, Kootenay, and Yoho National Parks, Canada. In areas < 50 m from trails [...]
Categories: Environment
Tagged: Canadian Rockies, Cliff A. White, elk, hike, hikers, Human activity, James Kimo Rogala, Jenny Coleshill, Jesse Whittington, large mammals, Marco Musiani, Mark Hebblewhite, national parks, predation, refuge, resources management, trails, wolves
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- 23 September 2011 – 14:34
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- By BrainiYak