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Demographic Side Effects of Selective Hunting in Ungulates and Carnivores by MILNER, JOS M, NILSEN, ERLEND B, ANDREASSEN, HARRY P

“…Selective harvesting regimes are often implemented because age and sex classes contribute differently to population dynamics and hunters show preferences…”
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Behavioural responses to thermal conditions affect seasonal mass change in a heat-sensitive northern ungulate by van Beest, Floris M, Milner, Jos M

“…Empirical tests that link temperature-mediated changes in behaviour (activity and resource selection) to individual fitness or condition are currently lacking…”
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What determines variation in home range size across spatiotemporal scales in a large browsing herbivore? by van Beest, Floris M., Rivrud, Inger M., Loe, Leif E., Milner, Jos M., Mysterud, Atle

“…1. Most studies of intraspecific variation in home range size have investigated only a single or a few factors and often at one specific scale. However,…”
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Temporal and Spatial Development of Red Deer Harvesting in Europe: Biological and Cultural Factors by Milner, Jos M., Bonenfant, Christophe, Mysterud, Atle, Gaillard, Jean-Michel, Csányi, Sándor, Nils Chr. Stenseth

“…1. Deer numbers have increased dramatically throughout Europe and North America over the last century, but empirical analyses of variation in harvesting and…”
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Moose-tree interactions: rebrowsing is common across tree species by Mathisen, Karen Marie, Milner, Jos M, Skarpe, Christina

“…Plant strategies to resist herbivory include tolerance and avoidance. Tolerance strategies, such as rapid regrowth which increases the palatability of new…”
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Experimental icing affects growth, mortality, and flowering in a high Arctic dwarf shrub by Milner, Jos M., Varpe, Øystein, Wal, René, Hansen, Brage Bremset

“…Effects of climate change are predicted to be greatest at high latitudes, with more pronounced warming in winter than summer. Extreme mid‐winter warm spells…”
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Endoparasites in a Norwegian moose (Alces alces) population - Faunal diversity, abundance and body condition by Davidson, Rebecca K, Ličina, Tina, Gorini, Lucrezia, Milner, Jos M

“…Many health surveillance programs for wild cervids do not include routine parasite screening despite evidence that gastrointestinal parasites can affect…”
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Temperature-mediated habitat use and selection by a heat-sensitive northern ungulate by van Beest, Floris M., Van Moorter, Bram, Milner, Jos M.

“…The behavioural response of animals to unfavourable climatic conditions has received increased attention recently. While many studies have examined the…”
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To feed or not to feed? Evidence of the intended and unintended effects of feeding wild ungulates by Milner, Jos M., Van Beest, Floris M., Schmidt, Karoline T., Brook, Ryan K., Storaas, Torstein

“…Ungulate populations are important natural resources, associated with both costs and benefits. Conflicts have arisen between stakeholders who benefit from high…”
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Forage quantity, quality and depletion as scale-dependent mechanisms driving habitat selection of a large browsing herbivore by van Beest, Floris M, Mysterud, Atle, Loe, Leif E, Milner, Jos M

“…1. Mechanisms that affect the spatial distribution of animals are typically scale-dependent and may involve forage distribution. Forage quality and quantity…”
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Encounter frequencies between GPS-collared wolves (Canis lupus) and moose (Alces alces) in a Scandinavian wolf territory by Eriksen, Ane, Wabakken, Petter, Zimmermann, Barbara, Andreassen, Harry P., Arnemo, Jon M., Gundersen, Hege, Milner, Jos M., Liberg, Olof, Linnell, John, Pedersen, Hans C., Sand, Håkan, Solberg, Erling J., Storaas, Torstein

“…Over 6,000 GPS fixes from two wolves ( Canis lupus ) and 30,000 GPS fixes from five moose ( Alces alces ) in a wolf territory in southern Scandinavia were used…”
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Retrospective growth analysis of the dwarf shrub Cassiope tetragona allows local estimation of vascular plant productivity in high arctic Svalbard by Milner, Jos M., Stien, Audun, van der Wal, René

“…Question: Vascular plant productivity of arctic tundra has often been viewed as varying little between years and thus being largely insensitive to the high…”
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Long-term effects of supplementary feeding of moose on browsing impact at a landscape scale by Mathisen, Karen Marie, Milner, Jos M., van Beest, Floris M., Skarpe, Christina

“…•We model effects of diversionary feeding of moose on landscape scale browsing.•Leader stem browsing on Scots pine was independent of distance to feeding…”
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Seasonal release from competition explains partial migration in European moose by van Moorter, Bram, Singh, Navinder J., Rolandsen, Christer M., Solberg, Erling J., Dettki, Holger, Pusenius, Jyrki, Månsson, Johan, Sand, Håkan, Milner, Jos M., Roer, Ole, Tallian, Aimee, Neumann, Wiebke, Ericsson, Göran, Mysterud, Atle

“…Partial migration, whereby a proportion of a population migrates between distinct seasonal ranges, is common throughout the animal kingdom. However, studies…”
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Challenges and science-based implications for modern management and conservation of European ungulate populations by Apollonio, Marco, Belkin, Vladimir V., Borkowski, Jakub, Borodin, Oleg I., Borowik, Tomasz, Cagnacci, Francesca, Danilkin, Aleksey A., Danilov, Peter I., Faybich, Andrey, Ferretti, Francesco, Gaillard, Jean Michel, Hayward, Matt, Heshtaut, Pavel, Heurich, Marco, Hurynovich, Aliaxandr, Kashtalyan, Alexander, Kerley, Graham I. H., Kjellander, Petter, Kowalczyk, Rafał, Kozorez, Alexander, Matveytchuk, Sergey, Milner, Jos M., Mysterud, Atle, Ozoliņš, Jānis, Panchenko, Danila V., Peters, Wibke, Podgórski, Tomasz, Pokorny, Boštjan, Rolandsen, Christer Moe, Ruusila, Vesa, Schmidt, Krzysztof, Sipko, Taras P., Veeroja, Rauno, Velihurau, Pavel, Yanuta, Gregoriy

“…Wildlife management systems face growing challenges to cope with increasingly complex interactions between wildlife populations, the environment and human…”
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Reproductive success and failure: the role of winter body mass in reproductive allocation in Norwegian moose by Milner, Jos M., van Beest, Floris M., Solberg, Erling J., Storaas, Torstein

“…A life history strategy that favours somatic growth over reproduction is well known for long-lived iteroparous species, especially in unpredictable…”
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Activity patterns of predator and prey: a simultaneous study of GPS-collared wolves and moose by Eriksen, Ane, Wabakken, Petter, Zimmermann, Barbara, Andreassen, Harry P., Arnemo, Jon M., Gundersen, Hege, Liberg, Olof, Linnell, John, Milner, Jos M., Pedersen, Hans C., Sand, Håkan, Solberg, Erling J., Storaas, Torstein

“…We studied the simultaneous activity patterns of a breeding wolf, Canis lupus, pair and five adult moose, Alces alces, cows from April to November 2004 in a…”
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Comparative Space Use and Habitat Selection of Moose Around Feeding Stations by van Beest, Floris M, Loe, Leif Egil, Mysterud, Atle, Milner, Jos M

“…The practice of feeding cervids in winter, either as a supplement to enhance nutritional status or to divert animals away from roads, railways, or vulnerable…”
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Long-term browsing impact around diversionary feeding stations for moose in Southern Norway by van Beest, Floris M., Gundersen, Hege, Mathisen, Karen Marie, Milner, Jos M., Skarpe, Christina

“…Diversionary winter feeding of browsing ungulates is an increasingly common management practice although evidence for its efficacy to reduce excessive browsing…”
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GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES OF MOOSE (ALCES ALCES) IN RELATION TO SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING by Milner, Jos M., Wedul, Sari J., Laaksonen, Sauli, Oksanen, Antti

“…Winter supplementary feeding of wildlife is controversial because it may promote parasite and disease transmission by host aggregation. We investigated the…”
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