Search Results - "Millspaugh, J."

Personality and Spirituality as Predictors of Mental Health and Salivary Alpha-Amylase Activity in Breast Cancer Survivors by Hulett, Jennifer M, Johnstone, Brick, Millspaugh, Rami J, Millspaugh, Joshua J

“…To determine the relative predictive validity of personality and spirituality for mental health and salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) in breast cancer (BC)…”
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Use of fecal glucocorticoid metabolite measures in conservation biology research: considerations for application and interpretation by Millspaugh, Joshua J., Washburn, Brian E.

“…Fecal glucocorticoid metabolite analyses are increasingly being used by a variety of scientists (e.g., conservation biologists, animal scientists) to examine…”
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The many faces of fear: a synthesis of the methodological variation in characterizing predation risk by Moll, Remington J., Redilla, Kyle M., Mudumba, Tutilo, Muneza, Arthur B., Gray, Steven M., Abade, Leandro, Hayward, Matt W., Millspaugh, Joshua J., Montgomery, Robert A.

“…1. Predators affect prey by killing them directly (lethal effects) and by inducing costly antipredator behaviours in living prey (risk effects). Risk effects…”
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Mammal communities are larger and more diverse in moderately developed areas by Parsons, Arielle Waldstein, Forrester, Tavis, Baker-Whatton, Megan C, McShea, William J, Rota, Christopher T, Schuttler, Stephanie G, Millspaugh, Joshua J, Kays, Roland

“…Developed areas are thought to have low species diversity, low animal abundance, few native predators, and thus low resilience and ecological function. Working…”
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Bandwidth Selection for Fixed-Kernel Analysis of Animal Utilization Distributions by GITZEN, ROBERT A, MILLSPAUGH, JOSHUA J, KERNOHAN, BRIAN J

“…In studies of animal space use, researchers often use kernel-based techniques for estimating the size of an animal's home range and its utilization…”
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Physiological stress and refuge behavior by African elephants by Jachowski, David S, Slotow, Rob, Millspaugh, Joshua J

“…Physiological stress responses allow individuals to adapt to changes in their status or surroundings, but chronic exposure to stressors could have detrimental…”
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Good virtual fences make good neighbors: opportunities for conservation by Jachowski, D. S., Slotow, R., Millspaugh, J. J.

“…Fences can both enhance and detract from the conservation of wildlife, and many detrimental impacts are associated with creating physical barriers. By…”
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A taste of space: Remote animal observations and discrete‐choice models provide new insights into foraging and density dynamics for a large subarctic herbivore by Ehlers, L., Palm, E., Herriges, J., Bentzen, T., Suitor, M., Joly, K., Millspaugh, J., Donnelly, P., Gross, J., Wells, J., Larue, B., Hebblewhite, M.

“…Competition for resources and space can drive forage selection of large herbivores from the bite through the landscape scale. Animal behaviour and foraging…”
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Analysis of Resource Selection Using Utilization Distributions by MILLSPAUGH, JOSHUA J, NIELSON, RYAN M, McDONALD, LYMAN, MARZLUFF, JOHN M, GITZEN, ROBERT A, RITTENHOUSE, CHADWICK D, HUBBARD, MICHAEL W, SHERIFF, STEVEN L

“…Often resource selection functions (RSFs) are developed by comparing resource attributes of used sites to unused or available ones. We present alternative…”
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Effects of Sample Size on Kernel Home Range Estimates by Seaman, D. Erran, Millspaugh, Joshua J., Kernohan, Brian J., Brundige, Gary C., Raedeke, Kenneth J., Gitzen, Robert A.

“…Kernel methods for estimating home range are being used increasingly in wildlife research, but the effect of sample size on their accuracy is not known. We…”
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Fence types influence pronghorn movement responses by DeVoe, Jesse D., Proffitt, Kelly M., Millspaugh, Joshua J.

“…Impediments that constrain animal movements across spatiotemporally heterogeneous landscapes can result in reduced or complete loss of access to critical…”
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Spatial patterns of reproduction suggest marginal habitat limits continued range expansion of black bears at a forest‐desert ecotone by Sultaire, Sean M., Montgomery, Robert A., Jackson, Patrick J., Millspaugh, Joshua J.

“…Investigating spatial patterns of animal occupancy and reproduction in peripheral populations can provide insight into factors that form species range…”
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Wildfire extends the shelf life of elk nutritional resources regardless of fire severity by Snobl, Lauren A., Proffitt, Kelly M., Millspaugh, Joshua J.

“…Large‐scale, high‐severity wildfires are increasingly frequent across the western United States. Fire severity affects the amount of vegetation removed and…”
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Echoes of 1937: Recovering America's Wildlife Act would bring wildlife conservation funding full circle by Vaughan Branch, J., Karlen, Jonathan, Organ, John, Bishop, Chad, Mitchell, Michael, Regan, Ronald, Millspaugh, Joshua J.

“…Wildlife populations face significant threats, including habitat loss and climate change. However, the United States has faced major biodiversity crises in the…”
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The effect of urbanization on spatiotemporal interactions between gray foxes and coyotes by Parsons, Arielle W., Kellner, Kenneth F., Rota, Christopher T., Schuttler, Stephanie G., Millspaugh, Joshua J., Kays, Roland W.

“…Interactions between species can influence their distribution and fitness, with potential cascading ecosystem effects. Human disturbance can affect these…”
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Spatial acclimation of elk during population restoration to the Missouri Ozarks, USA by Pero, E. M., Palm, E. C., Chitwood, M. C., Hildreth, A. M., Keller, B. J., Sumners, J. A., Hansen, L. P., Isabelle, J. L., Millspaugh, J. J.

“…Wildlife translocations are an important conservation tool but can be challenging for the animals. For translocations to be successful, animals must adjust to…”
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A new ‘view’ of ecology and conservation through animal-borne video systems by Moll, Remington J., Millspaugh, Joshua J., Beringer, Jeff, Sartwell, Joel, He, Zhihai

“…Over the past three decades, technological advances for monitoring wild animals have expanded the ability of ecologists to study animal behavior and space use…”
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Genetic analyses of the parasitic nematode, Parelaphostrongylus tenuis, in Missouri and Kentucky reveal unexpected levels of diversity and population differentiation by Eggert, L. S., Berkman, L. K., Budd, K., Keller, B. J., Hildreth, A. M., Millspaugh, J. J.

“…Wildlife translocations, which involve the introduction of naive hosts into new environments with novel pathogens, invariably pose an increased risk of…”
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Black bear density and habitat use variation at the Sierra Nevada‐Great Basin Desert transition by Sultaire, Sean M., Kawai‐Harada, Yuki, Kimmel, Ashley, Greeson, Emily M., Jackson, Patrick J., Contag, Christopher H., Lackey, Carl W., Beckmann, Jon P., Millspaugh, Joshua J., Montgomery, Robert A.

“…In the first 2 decades of the twenty‐first century, American black bear (Ursus americanus) populations rebounded with range expansions into areas where the…”
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Landscape-Scale Habitat Characteristics and Neonatal White-Tailed Deer Survival by WRIGHT, CHLOE A., McROBERTS, JON T., WISKIRCHEN, KEVYN H., KELLER, BARBARA J., MILLSPAUGH, JOSHUA J.

“…Landscape-level habitat characteristics affect neonatal white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) survival. Little is known, however, about how changes in…”
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