Theses and Dissertations
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Items in this Collection
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2005
Wolf (Canis lupus) movements are either beyond or within the territory boundary. Rare dispersal movements beyond the territory boundary occur to colonize new territories. Within their territories wolves raise pups and hunt. I analyze data from GPS collars on wolves and develop mathematical models...
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Fall 2017
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...
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Wolverine (Gulo gulo luscus) movement, habitat selection, and foraging in a landscape with resource extraction
DownloadFall 2017
Industrial infrastructure and activities can fragment boreal landscapes and alter the ecology of wildlife species. Wolverines (Gulo gulo luscus) are a species considered especially sensitive to resource extraction because wolverines are wide-ranging, low-density, and have low-reproductive rates....