TWS Journals Investigating the decline of a caribou population in central British Columbia, we found that 1) recent wildfires were a stronger draw for primary ungulate prey than cutblocks, 2) most predators were ...

#newpaper led by @wildco.bsky.social MSc Katie Tjaden-McClement: “Mixed evidence for disturbance-mediated apparent competition for declining caribou in western British Columbia, Canada” wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (thread: 1/7)

Fun day with a great crew ear-tagging these cute as heck cougar kittens. Slowly starting to better understand cougar population dynamics in our study system, located in the central interior of British Columbia. 🇨🇦 #pumaconcolor #wildliferesearch #cougarecology

Continuing recovery of wolves in Europe

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NEW PAPER: looking into the erosion of southern mountain caribou migrations. Over 35 years, migration distances shrank 15-25%, and elevational migrations are collapsing. Habitat loss, not weather, likely the main culprit. A major conservation challenge ahead.
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Researchers find caribou migration patterns are shrinking - UBC Okanagan News Caribou migration patterns have shifted in duration, distance, and elevation over 35 years, new study shows.

UBCO press release here: news.ok.ubc.ca/2025/03/05/r...

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Global prioritization schemes vary in their impact on the placement of protected areas In response to global declines in biodiversity, many global conservation prioritization schemes were developed to guide effective protected area establishment. Protected area coverage has grown dramat...

1st post, 1st paper of 2025! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti.... Led by MSc Katie Tjaden-McClement with Angela Brennan & Robin Naidoo, we asked whether conservation prioritizations affected placement of new parks. Yes for Last of the Wild but no for Biodiversity Hotspots.

Winter diet of five sympatric ungulates in west-central Alberta, Canada—inference from DNA metabarcoding of fecal pellets Diet is one of the determinants of ungulate ecology. However, there have been few studies of the diet of sympatric ungulates in western Canada. We used DNA metabarcoding of fecal samples to evaluate t...

New paper!! Led by Suzanne Stevenson 🧪

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Successfully recollared an important project cougar, female F3 aka “Cluster”. Hopefully two more years of great data to come! #puma #wildlife #wildlifebiologist