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Results for "Probability Distributions on a Circle"

Author: Neilson, Eric W Subject: Refugia

  • Wolf-Moose Spatial Dynamics in Alberta’s Athabasca Oil Sands Region

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    Fall 2017

    Neilson, Eric W

    The degree to which predator and prey distributions overlap in space influences the probability of encounters between predator and prey, kills of prey, and consequently, how each species’ abundance varies in time and in space. Predator and prey attempt to increase or decrease overlap respectively

    for moose was available due to human disturbance. Further, I found that a higher proportion of moose were killed as the distance to oil sands mines decreased. I also found that wolves selected to move on linear features associated with oil extraction and such selection facilitated faster movement

    through movement and habitat selection, processes that are sensitive to habitat heterogeneity. If predator and prey respond differently to novel habitat heterogeneity such as a zone of influence in and around human disturbance, it may provide prey with a refuge or facilitate predator hunting efficiency

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