Search Results - "Wilmers, Christopher C."

Fear of humans as apex predators has landscape‐scale impacts from mountain lions to mice by Suraci, Justin P., Clinchy, Michael, Zanette, Liana Y., Wilmers, Christopher C., Grether, Greg

“…Apex predators such as large carnivores can have cascading, landscape‐scale impacts across wildlife communities, which could result largely from the fear they…”
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Deer, predators, and the emergence of Lyme disease by Levi, Taal, Kilpatrick, A. Marm, Mangel, Marc, Wilmers, Christopher C

“…Lyme disease is the most prevalent vector-borne disease in North America, and both the annual incidence and geographic range are increasing. The emergence of…”
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The golden age of bio-logging: how animal-borne sensors are advancing the frontiers of ecology by Wilmers, Christopher C, Nickel, Barry, Bryce, Caleb M, Smith, Justine A, Wheat, Rachel E, Yovovich, Veronica

“…Great leaps forward in scientific understanding are often spurred by innovations in technology. The explosion of miniature sensors that are driving the boom in…”
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Animals and the zoogeochemistry of the carbon cycle by Schmitz, Oswald J, Wilmers, Christopher C, Leroux, Shawn J, Doughty, Christopher E, Atwood, Trisha B, Galetti, Mauro, Davies, Andrew B, Goetz, Scott J

“…Predicting and managing the global carbon cycle requires scientific understanding of ecosystem processes that control carbon uptake and storage. It is…”
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Status and Ecological Effects of the World's Largest Carnivores by Ripple, William J., Estes, James A., Beschta, Robert L., Wilmers, Christopher C., Ritchie, Euan G., Hebblewhite, Mark, Berger, Joel, Elmhagen, Bodil, Letnic, Mike, Nelson, Michael P., Schmitz, Oswald J., Smith, Douglas W., Wallach, Arian D., Wirsing, Aaron J.

“…Large carnivores face serious threats and are experiencing massive declines in their populations and geographic ranges around the world. We highlight how these…”
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Human activity reduces niche partitioning among three widespread mesocarnivores by Smith, Justine A., Thomas, Austen C., Levi, Taal, Wang, Yiwei, Wilmers, Christopher C.

“…Anthropogenic disturbances can constrain the realized niche space of wildlife by inducing avoidance behaviors and altering community dynamics. Human activity…”
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Fear of the human ‘super predator’ reduces feeding time in large carnivores by Smith, Justine A., Suraci, Justin P., Clinchy, Michael, Crawford, Ayana, Roberts, Devin, Zanette, Liana Y., Wilmers, Christopher C.

“…Large carnivores' fear of the human ‘super predator’ has the potential to alter their feeding behaviour and result in human-induced trophic cascades. However,…”
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Wolves-coyotes-foxes: a cascade among carnivores by Levi, Taal, Wilmers, Christopher C

“…Due to the widespread eradication of large canids and felids, top predators in many terrestrial ecosystems are now medium-sized carnivores such as coyotes…”
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Residential development alters behavior, movement, and energetics in an apex predator, the puma by Wang, Yiwei, Smith, Justine A, Wilmers, Christopher C

“…Human development strongly influences large carnivore survival and persistence globally. Behavior changes are often the first measureable responses to human…”
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Instantaneous energetics of puma kills reveal advantage of felid sneak attacks by Williams, Terrie M., Wolfe, Lisa, Davis, Tracy, Kendall, Traci, Richter, Beau, Wang, Yiwei, Bryce, Caleb, Elkaim, Gabriel Hugh, Wilmers, Christopher C.

“…Pumas (Puma concolor) live in diverse, often rugged, complex habitats. The energy they expend for hunting must account for this complexity but is difficult to…”
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The Comparative Effects of Large Carnivores on the Acquisition of Carrion by Scavengers by Allen, Maximilian L., Elbroch, L. Mark, Wilmers, Christopher C., Wittmer, Heiko U.

“…Pumas (Puma concolor) and black bears (Ursus americanus) are large carnivores that may influence scavenger population dynamics. We used motion-triggered video…”
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Human Predators Outpace Other Agents of Trait Change in the Wild by Darimont, Chris T., Carlson, Stephanie M., Kinnison, Michael T., Paquet, Paul C., Reimchen, Thomas E., Wilmers, Christopher C., Daily, Gretchen C.

“…The observable traits of wild populations are continually shaped and reshaped by the environment and numerous agents of natural selection, including predators…”
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Scale dependent behavioral responses to human development by a large predator, the puma by Wilmers, Christopher C, Wang, Yiwei, Nickel, Barry, Houghtaling, Paul, Shakeri, Yasaman, Allen, Maximilian L, Kermish-Wells, Joe, Yovovich, Veronica, Williams, Terrie

“…The spatial scale at which organisms respond to human activity can affect both ecological function and conservation planning. Yet little is known regarding the…”
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LoCoH: nonparameteric kernel methods for constructing home ranges and utilization distributions by Getz, Wayne M, Fortmann-Roe, Scott, Cross, Paul C, Lyons, Andrew J, Ryan, Sadie J, Wilmers, Christopher C

“…Parametric kernel methods currently dominate the literature regarding the construction of animal home ranges (HRs) and utilization distributions (UDs). These…”
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Do trophic cascades affect the storage and flux of atmospheric carbon? An analysis of sea otters and kelp forests by Wilmers, Christopher C, Estes, James A, Edwards, Matthew, Laidre, Kristin L, Konar, Brenda

“…We combine data collected from the past 40 years to estimate the indirect effects of sea otters ( Enhydra lutris ) on ecosystem carbon (C) production and…”
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Trophic facilitation or limitation? Comparative effects of pumas and black bears on the scavenger community by Allen, Maximilian L, Elbroch, L Mark, Wilmers, Christopher C, Wittmer, Heiko U

“…Scavenging is a widespread behaviour and an important process influencing food webs and ecological communities. Large carnivores facilitate the movement of…”
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Warming, plant phenology and the spatial dimension of trophic mismatch for large herbivores by Post, Eric, Pedersen, Christian, Wilmers, Christopher C, Forchhammer, Mads C

“…) in Greenland, however, contradict evidence from large-scale analyses. At spatial scales relevant to the foraging horizon of individual herbivores, spatial…”
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Using grizzly bears to assess harvest-ecosystem tradeoffs in salmon fisheries by Levi, Taal, Darimont, Chris T, Macduffee, Misty, Mangel, Marc, Paquet, Paul, Wilmers, Christopher C

“…Implementation of ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) requires a clear conceptual and quantitative framework for assessing how different harvest…”
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The Role of Scent Marking in Mate Selection by Female Pumas (Puma concolor) by Allen, Maximilian L, Wittmer, Heiko U, Houghtaling, Paul, Smith, Justine, Elbroch, L Mark, Wilmers, Christopher C

“…Mate selection influences individual fitness, is often based on complex cues and behaviours, and can be difficult to study in solitary species including…”
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Environmental DNA from Residual Saliva for Efficient Noninvasive Genetic Monitoring of Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) by Wheat, Rachel E, Allen, Jennifer M, Miller, Sophie D L, Wilmers, Christopher C, Levi, Taal

“…Noninvasive genetic sampling is an important tool in wildlife ecology and management, typically relying on hair snaring or scat sampling techniques, but hair…”
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