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sensitive hare: sublethal effects of predator stress on reproduction in snowshoe hares by Sheriff, Michael J., Krebs, Charles J., Boonstra, Rudy

“…1. Prey responses to high predation risk can be morphological or behavioural and ultimately come at the cost of survival, growth, body condition, or…”
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Newly discovered landscape traps produce regime shifts in wet forests by Lindenmayer, David B, Hobbs, Richard J, Likens, Gene E, Krebs, Charles J, Banks, Samuel C

“…We describe the "landscape trap" concept, whereby entire landscapes are shifted into, and then maintained (trapped) in, a highly compromised structural and…”
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Some historical thoughts on the functional responses of predators to prey density by Krebs, Charles J.

“…The introduction of the functional response into population ecology in 1949 by Maurice Solomon was focused on explaining population regulation by…”
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Long‐term monitoring of cycles in Clethrionomys rutilus in the Yukon boreal forest by KREBS, Charles J., KENNEY, Alice J., GILBERT, B. Scott, BOONSTRA, Rudy

“…Baseline studies of small rodent populations in undisturbed ecosystems are rare. We report here 50 years of monitoring and experimentation in Yukon of a…”
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Surviving winter: Food, but not habitat structure, prevents crashes in cyclic vole populations by Johnsen, Kaja, Boonstra, Rudy, Boutin, Stan, Devineau, Olivier, Krebs, Charles J., Andreassen, Harry P.

“…Vole population cycles are a major force driving boreal ecosystem dynamics in northwestern Eurasia. However, our understanding of the impact of winter on these…”
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Prey availability and ambient temperature influence carrion persistence in the boreal forest by Peers, Michael J. L., Konkolics, Sean M., Lamb, Clayton T., Majchrzak, Yasmine N., Menzies, Allyson K., Studd, Emily K., Boonstra, Rudy, Kenney, Alice J., Krebs, Charles J., Martinig, April Robin, McCulloch, Baily, Silva, Joseph, Garland, Laura, Boutin, Stan, Prugh, Laura

“…Scavenging by vertebrates can have important impacts on food web stability and persistence, and can alter the distribution of nutrients throughout the…”
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Population limitation of the northern red-backed vole in the boreal forests of northern Canada by BOONSTRA, RUDY, KREBS, CHARLES J

“…1. Across the vast boreal forests of North America, no population cycles in Clethrionomys species occur. In Eurasia, by contrast, some Clethrionomys…”
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Population variation alters aggression-associated oxytocin and vasopressin expressions in brains of Brandt’s voles in field conditions by Huang, Shuli, Li, Guoliang, Pan, Yongliang, Liu, Jing, Zhao, Jidong, Zhang, Xin, Lu, Wei, Wan, Xinrong, Krebs, Charles J, Wang, Zuoxin, Han, Wenxuan, Zhang, Zhibin

“…Abstract Density-dependent change in aggressive behavior contributes to the population regulation of many small rodents, but the underlying neurological…”
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The functional response of a hoarding seed predator to mast seeding by Fletcher, Quinn E, Boutin, Stan, Lane, Jeffrey E, LaMontagne, Jalene M, McAdam, Andrew G, Krebs, Charles J, Humphries, Murray M

“…Mast seeding involves the episodic and synchronous production of large seed crops by perennial plants. The predator satiation hypothesis proposes that mast…”
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Lemming population fluctuations around the Arctic by Krebs, Charles J

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Impact of high predation risk on genome-wide hippocampal gene expression in snowshoe hares by Lavergne, Sophia G, McGowan, Patrick O, Krebs, Charles J, Boonstra, Rudy

“…The population dynamics of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) are fundamental to the ecosystem dynamics of Canada’s boreal forest. During the 8- to 11-year…”
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Of lemmings and snowshoe hares: the ecology of northern Canada by Krebs, Charles J.

“…Two population oscillations dominate terrestrial community dynamics in northern Canada. In the boreal forest, the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) fluctuates…”
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Demography of snowshoe hare population cycles by Oli, Madan K., Krebs, Charles J., Kenney, Alice J., Boonstra, Rudy, Boutin, Stan, Hines, James E.

“…Cyclic fluctuations in abundance exhibited by some mammalian populations in northern habitats (“population cycles”) are key processes in the functioning of…”
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Two complementary paradigms for analysing population dynamics by Krebs, Charles J., Krebs, Charles J.

“…works sometimes but not always and is remarkably useless in solving management problems or in providing an understanding of why populations change in size. The…”
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Lemming winter habitat choice: a snow-fencing experiment by Reid, Donald G, Bilodeau, Frédéric, Krebs, Charles J, Gauthier, Gilles, Kenney, Alice J, Gilbert, B. Scott, Leung, Maria C.-Y, Duchesne, David, Hofer, Elizabeth

“…The insulative value of early and deep winter snow is thought to enhance winter reproduction and survival by arctic lemmings (Lemmus and Dicrostonyx spp). This…”
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Prescriptive and empirical principles of applied ecology by Hone, Jim, Drake, V. Alistair, Krebs, Charles J

“…Applied ecology is the science of managing ecosystems for defined outcomes, such as conservation, sustainable harvest, and animal pest and weed control. Robust…”
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Predators, energetics and fitness drive neonatal reproductive failure in red squirrels by Studd, Emily K, Boutin, Stan, McAdam, Andrew G, Krebs, Charles J, Humphries, Murray M, Coulson, Tim

“…Neonatal reproductive failure should occur when energetic costs of parental investment outweigh fitness benefits. However, little is known about the drivers of…”
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Modeling the costs and benefits of seed scatterhoarding to plants by Xiao, Zhishu, Krebs, Charles J

“…Many plants interact with scatterhoarding animals as mutualists (seed dispersers) and antagonists (seed predators) simultaneously, but the net effects of…”
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Whither mammalian ecology? by Krebs, Charles J.

“…The critical agenda for mammalian ecologists over this century is to obtain a synthetic and predictive understanding of the factors that limit the distribution…”
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Causality and wildlife management by Hone, Jim, Krebs, Charles J.

“…Establishing cause and effect (i.e., causality) is a fundamental aim in science and important for wildlife management, as we need to know the cause of an event…”
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