The association between continual, year-round hunting and bellowing rate of bison bulls during the rut

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Ronald J. Sarno, Melissa M. Grigione, Alessandra Higa, Eddie Childers, Trudy Ecoffey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017
• Subjects: Management; Bellows; Sensitization; Demography; Vocalizations; Hunting; Medicine; R; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Bison bison bison; Plains Bison
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3153; https://doaj.org/article/a71fcfba7b0f46869696f9cdd68d6b44

The impact of hunting (selective harvest, trophy hunting) on the demography of mammals is well documented. However, despite continual year-round hunting of bison in some populations, little is known about how the behavior of survivors may be altered. Therefore, in this initial study, we used focal-a...