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The efficacy of translocation as a tool to augment populations of Gambel's quail by Acevedo, Cherie J., Koprowski, John L., Cavalcant, Callie, Harding, Larisa, Heffelfinger, James R.

“…Translocation is a management strategy that can be used to augment and reestablish populations or increase a species' range by establishing new populations…”
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Habitat selection of Gould’s wild turkeys in southeastern Arizona by Ulrey, Erin E., Wightman, Patrick H., Bakner, Nicholas W., Buckley, Byron R., Fyffe, Nathan, Oleson, Brittany, Smallwood, Alex, Heffelfinger, James R., Chamberlain, Michael J., Collier, Bret A.

“…In semi-arid environments, resources necessary for survival may be unevenly distributed across the landscape. Gould’s wild turkeys ( Meleagris gallopavo…”
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Species-wide phylogeography of North American mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus): cryptic glacial refugia and postglacial recolonization by Latch, Emily K, Heffelfinger, James R, Fike, Jennifer A, Rhodes, Olin E. Jr

“…Quaternary climatic oscillations greatly influenced the present-day population genetic structure of animals and plants. For species with high dispersal and…”
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Hunting and mountain sheep: Do current harvest practices affect horn growth? by LaSharr, Tayler N., Long, Ryan A., Heffelfinger, James R., Bleich, Vernon C., Krausman, Paul R., Bowyer, R. Terry, Shannon, Justin M., Klaver, Robert W., Brewer, Clay E., Cox, Mike, Holland, A. Andrew, Hubbs, Anne, Lehman, Chadwick P., Muir, Jonathan D., Sterling, Bruce, Monteith, Kevin L.

“…The influence of human harvest on evolution of secondary sexual characteristics has implications for sustainable management of wildlife populations. The…”
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Loss of Migratory Traditions Makes the Endangered Patagonian Huemul Deer a Year-Round Refugee in Its Summer Habitat by Flueck, Werner, Smith-Flueck, Jo, Escobar, Miguel, Zuliani, Melina, Fuchs, Beat, Geist, Valerius, Heffelfinger, James, Black-Decima, Patricia, Gizejewski, Zygmunt, Vidal, Fernando, Barrio, Javier, Molinuevo, Silvina, Monjeau, Adrian, Hoby, Stefan, Jiménez, Jaime

“…The huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) is endangered, with 1500 deer split into >100 subpopulations along 2000 km of the Andes. Currently occupied areas are…”
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Hybrid swarm between divergent lineages of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) by LATCH, EMILY K., KIEREPKA, ELIZABETH M., HEFFELFINGER, JAMES R., RHODES JR, OLIN E.

“…Studies of hybrid zones have revealed an array of evolutionary outcomes, yet the underlying structure is typically characterized as one of three types: a…”
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Review of Historical and Zooarchaeological Data to Trace Past Biogeographic Distribution of Endangered Huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) to Enhance Conservation Strategies by Flueck, Werner T., Smith-Flueck, Jo Anne M., Escobar, Miguel E., Zuliani, Melina E., Fuchs, Beat, Heffelfinger, James R., Black-Decima, Patricia, Gizejewski, Zygmunt, Vidal, Fernando, Barrio, Javier, Molinuevo, Silvina M., Monjeau, Adrian J., Hoby, Stefan, Jiménez, Jaime E.

“…Conservation strategies for huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus), listed as an endangered cervid by IUCN, have not helped to reverse its declining population trends…”
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Inefficiency of Evolutionarily Relevant Selection in Ungulate Trophy Hunting by HEFFELFINGER, JAMES R.

“…Differentially harvesting individual animals with specific traits has led some to argue that such selection can cause evolutionary change that may be…”
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Genetic assessment of a bighorn sheep population expansion in the Silver Bell Mountains, Arizona by Erwin, John A, Vargas, Karla, Blais, Brian R, Bennett, Kendell, Muldoon, Julia, Findysz, Sarah, Christie, Courtney, Heffelfinger, James R, Culver, Melanie

“…The isolated population of desert bighorn sheep in the Silver Bell Mountains of southern Arizona underwent an unprecedented expansion in merely four years. We…”
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Obstacles to Evolutionary Consequences of Ungulate Trophy Hunting: Reply to Kardos et al by HEFFELFINGER, JAMES R.

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Clarifying Historical Range to Aid Recovery of the Mexican Wolf by HEFFELFINGER, JAMES R., NOWAK, RONALD M., PAETKAU, DAVID

“…We assessed historical, morphological, and genetic information on the range of the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) to plan the recovery of this endangered…”
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Roosting ecology of Gould's wild turkeys in southeastern Arizona by Bakner, Nicholas W., Fyffe, Nathan, Oleson, Brittany, Smallwood, Alex, Heffelfinger, James R., Chamberlain, Michael J., Collier, Bret A.

“…Availability of suitable roosting sites influences distribution of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) across the landscape. In semi‐arid environments, roosts…”
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Phylogeography of Cedros and Tiburón Island Mule Deer in North America’s Desert Southwest by Alminas, Ona S V, Heffelfinger, James R, Statham, Mark J, Latch, Emily K

“…Abstract Though mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) persist in robust populations throughout most of their North American distribution, habitat loss, unregulated…”
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An evaluation of potential inbreeding depression in wild Mexican wolves by Clement, Matthew J., Oakleaf, John K., Heffelfinger, James R., Gardner, Colby, deVos, Jim, Rubin, Esther S., Greenleaf, Allison R., Dilgard, Bailey, Gipson, Philip S.

“…Estimates of the influence of inbreeding on the fitness of wild animals can guide genetic conservation in rare species. Conservation genetics is important in…”
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role of hunting in North American wildlife conservation by Heffelfinger, James R, Geist, Valerius, Wishart, William

“…Regulated hunting is the foundation of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. This conservation paradigm arose out of a movement, lead by prominent…”
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Revisiting Revising Mexican Wolf Historical Range: A Reply to Hendricks et al by HEFFELFINGER, JAMES R., NOWAK, RONALD M., PAETKAU, DAVID

“…Hendricks et al. () questioned our clarification of Mexican wolf historical range and our criticism of their expansion proposals far to the north and west. A…”
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A Call for More Nuanced Dialogues About Trophy Hunting by MITCHELL, CARL D., BLEICH, VERNON C., BOWYER, R. TERRY, HEFFELFINGER, JAMES R., STEWART, KELLEY M., WHITE, PAULA A.

“…Reported effects of trophy harvest often are controversial. The subject is nuanced and many studies lack details necessary to place their results in context…”
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Mountain Sheep Management Must Use Representative Data: A Reply to Festa-Bianchet (2019) by BOYCE, MARK S., COULSON, TIM, HEFFELFINGER, JAMES R., KRAUSMAN, PAUL R.

“…We respond to Festa‐Bianchet (2019) and caution against using interpretations from the unique Ram Mountain history to justify management of mountain sheep…”
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Rangewide habitat suitability analysis for the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) to identify recovery areas in its historical distribution by Martínez-Meyer, Enrique, González-Bernal, Alejandro, Velasco, Julián A., Swetnam, Tyson L., González-Saucedo, Zaira Y., Servín, Jorge, López-González, Carlos A., Oakleaf, John K., Liley, Stewart, Heffelfinger, James R.

“…Aim To develop an updated distribution model and habitat suitability analysis for the Mexican wolf, to inform the recovery efforts in Mexico and the United…”
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Range‐wide analysis of genetic structure in a widespread, highly mobile species (Odocoileus hemionus) reveals the importance of historical biogeography by Latch, Emily K, Reding, Dawn M, Heffelfinger, James R, Alcalá‐Galván, Carlos H, Rhodes, Olin E., Jr

“…Highly mobile species that thrive in a wide range of habitats are expected to show little genetic differentiation across their range. A limited but growing…”
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