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The ecology of human–carnivore coexistence by Lamb, Clayton T., Ford, Adam T., McLellan, Bruce N., Proctor, Michael F., Mowat, Garth, Ciarniello, Lana, Nielsen, Scott E., Boutin, Stan

“…With a shrinking supply of wilderness and growing recognition that top predators can have a profound influence on ecosystems, the persistence of large…”
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Forbidden fruit: human settlement and abundant fruit create an ecological trap for an apex omnivore by Lamb, Clayton T., Mowat, Garth, McLellan, Bruce N., Nielsen, Scott E., Boutin, Stan

“…1. Habitat choice is an evolutionary product of animals experiencing increased fitness when preferentially occupying high-quality habitat. However, an…”
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Extraction of Forest Road Information from CubeSat Imagery Using Convolutional Neural Networks by Winiwarter, Lukas, Coops, Nicholas C., Bastyr, Alex, Roussel, Jean-Romain, Zhao, Daisy Q. R., Lamb, Clayton T., Ford, Adam T.

“…Forest roads provide access to remote wooded areas, serving as key transportation routes and contributing to human impact on the local environment. However,…”
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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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The ecological significance of secondary seed dispersal by carnivores by Hämäläinen, Anni, Broadley, Kate, Droghini, Amanda, Haines, Jessica A., Lamb, Clayton T., Boutin, Stan, Gilbert, Sophie

“…Animals play an important role in the seed dispersal of many plants. It is increasingly recognized, however, that the actions of a single disperser rarely…”
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Tweet success? Scientific communication correlates with increased citations in Ecology and Conservation by Lamb, Clayton T, Gilbert, Sophie L, Ford, Adam T

“…Science communication is seen as critical for the disciplines of ecology and conservation, where research products are often used to shape policy and decision…”
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Density-dependent signaling: An alternative hypothesis on the function of chemical signaling in a non-territorial solitary carnivore by Lamb, Clayton T, Mowat, Garth, Gilbert, Sophie L, McLellan, Bruce N, Nielsen, Scott E, Boutin, Stan

“…Brown bears are known to use rubbing behavior as a means of chemical communication, but the function of this signaling is unclear. One hypothesis that has…”
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Migration, movements, and survival in a partially migratory elk (Cervus canadensis) population by Poole, Kim G., Lamb, Clayton T., Medcalf, Sam, Amos, Lanny

“…Migration provides an adaptive strategy to improve fitness by allowing individuals to exploit gradients of resources and changes in predation risk. In recent…”
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Unsecured attractants, collisions, and high mortality strain coexistence between grizzly bears and people in the Elk Valley , southeast British Columbia by Lamb, Clayton T., Smit, Laura, Mowat, Garth, McLellan, Bruce, Proctor, Michael

“…Abstract Historical persecution of grizzly bears in North America reduced the species range by 55%. Today, dedicated recovery efforts and shifting societal…”
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There’s a storm a‐coming: Ecological resilience and resistance to extreme weather events by Neilson, Eric W., Lamb, Clayton T., Konkolics, Sean M., Peers, Michael J. L., Majchrzak, Yasmine N., Doran‐Myers, Darcy, Garland, Laura, Martinig, April Robin, Boutin, Stan

“…Extreme weather events (EWEs) are expected to increase in stochasticity, frequency, and intensity due to climate change. Documented effects of EWEs, such as…”
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Modelling Lichen Abundance for Woodland Caribou in a Fire-Driven Boreal Landscape by Joseph A. Silva, Scott E. Nielsen, Clayton T. Lamb, Christine Hague, Stan Boutin

“…Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) are reliant on Cladonia spp. ground lichens as a major component of their diet and lichen abundance could be an…”
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Vertebrate scavenging dynamics differ between carnivore and herbivore carcasses in the northern boreal forest by Peers, Michael J. L., Konkolics, Sean M., Majchrzak, Yasmine N., Menzies, Allyson K., Studd, Emily K., Boonstra, Rudy, Boutin, Stan, Lamb, Clayton T.

“…Vertebrate scavenging can impact food web dynamics, but our understanding of this process stems predominantly from monitoring herbivore carrion and…”
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Estimating unrecorded human-caused mortalities of grizzly bears in the Flathead Valley, British Columbia, Canada by McLellan, Bruce N, Mowat, Garth, Lamb, Clayton T

“…Managing the number of grizzly bear ( ) mortalities to a sustainable level is fundamental to bear conservation. All known grizzly bear deaths are recorded by…”
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Effects of bear endozoochory on germination and dispersal of huckleberry in the Canadian Rocky Mountains by Kuijt, Aza Fynley, Burton, Cole, Lamb, Clayton T

“…Berries are a staple of bear diets during late summer and fall in the southern Rocky Mountains, enabling bears to build up fat reserves and prepare to enter…”
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Demographic responses of nearly extirpated endangered mountain caribou to recovery actions in Central British Columbia by McNay, R. Scott, Lamb, Clayton T., Giguere, Line, Williams, Sara H., Martin, Hans, Sutherland, Glenn D., Hebblewhite, Mark

“…Recovering endangered species is a difficult and often controversial task that challenges status quo land uses. Southern Mountain caribou are a threatened…”
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Indigenous‐led conservation: Pathways to recovery for the nearly extirpated Klinse‐Za mountain caribou by Lamb, Clayton T., Willson, Roland, Richter, Carmen, Owens‐Beek, Naomi, Napoleon, Julian, Muir, Bruce, McNay, R. Scott, Lavis, Estelle, Hebblewhite, Mark, Giguere, Line, Dokkie, Tamara, Boutin, Stan, Ford, Adam T.

“…Indigenous Peoples around the northern hemisphere have long relied on caribou for subsistence and for ceremonial and community purposes. Unfortunately, despite…”
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Genetic tagging in the Anthropocene: scaling ecology from alleles to ecosystems by Lamb, Clayton T., Ford, Adam T., Proctor, Michael F., Royle, J. Andrew, Mowat, Garth, Boutin, Stan

“…The Anthropocene is an era of marked human impact on the world. Quantifying these impacts has become central to understanding the dynamics of coupled…”
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Effects of habitat quality and access management on the density of a recovering grizzly bear population by Lamb, Clayton T., Mowat, Garth, Reid, Aaron, Smit, Laura, Proctor, Michael, McLellan, Bruce N., Nielsen, Scott E., Boutin, Stan

“…1. Human activities have dramatic effects on the distribution and abundance of wildlife. Increased road densities and human presence in wilderness areas have…”
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Invest long term in Canada's wilderness by Lamb, Clayton T, Festa-Bianchet, Marco, Boyce, Mark S

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In search of evidence-based management targets: A synthesis of the effects of linear features on woodland caribou by Dickie, Melanie, Love, Nicola, Steenweg, Robin, Lamb, Clayton T., Polfus, Jean, Ford, Adam T.

“…•Developed a framework to identify ecological indicators to support management goals.•Found little evidence mechanistically linking linear features to caribou…”
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