Caribou encounters with wolves increase near roads and trails: a time‐to‐event approach

• Published in: Journal of Applied Ecology
• Main Authors: Whittington, Jesse, Hebblewhite, Mark, DeCesare, Nicholas J., Neufeld, Lalenia, Bradley, Mark, Wilmshurst, John, Musiani, Marco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2011
• Subjects: Canada; Caribou Range; Canis lupus; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02043.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2664.2011.02043.x; https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02043.x

Summary 1. Caribou and reindeer Rangifer tarandus are declining across North America and Scandinavia in part from wolf Canis lupus ‐mediated apparent competition with more abundant ungulate prey species. While caribou generally persist in areas with low wolf density, wolf packs that overlap caribou...