Protection status, human disturbance, snow cover and trapping drive density of a declining wolverine population in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Barrueto M., Forshner A., Whittington J., Clevenger A. P., Musiani M.
• Other Authors: Clevenger A.P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: GULO-GULO RESOURCE-SELECTION HABITAT-SELECTION BRITISH-COLUMBIA; CONSERVATION; AREAS; EXTINCTION; OCCUPANCY; PREDATION; MOVEMENT; British Columbia; Canada; Gulo gulo
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11585/901484; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21499-4

Protected areas are important in species conservation, but high rates of human-caused mortality outside their borders and increasing popularity for recreation can negatively affect wildlife populations. We quantified wolverine (Gulo gulo) population trends from 2011 to 2020 in > 14,000 km2 protec...