Assessment of prey vulnerability through analysis of wolf movements and kill sites

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 273-284

  Bergman, Eric J ^a,c   Garrott, Robert A ^a   Creel, Scott ^a   Borkowski, John J ^a   Jaffe, Rosemary ^a   Watson, F G R ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation function; Bison; Bison bison; Canis lupus; Cervus elaphus; Elk; Movement patterns; Predator prey; Vulnerability; Wolves; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

CANID; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUFFALO; DEER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SEASON; TIME; UNITED STATES; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BISON; DEER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WOLVES; WYOMING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

BISON; BISON BISON; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645106971     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1532     Document Type: Article

References (64)

1. Abrams, P. A., and H. Matsuda. 2004. Consequences of behavioral dynamics for the population dynamics of predator-prey systems with switching. Population Ecology 46:13-25.
2. Bailey, T. N. 1993. The African leopard: ecology and behavior of a solitary felid. Columbia University Press, New York, New York, USA.
3. Bell,W. J. 1991. Searching behavior: the behavioural ecology of finding resources. Chapman and Hall, New York, New York, USA.
4. Bergman, E. J. 2003. Assessment of prey vulnerability through analysis of wolf movements and kill sites. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA.
5. Biro, P. A., J. R. Post, and E. A. Parkinson. 2003. Population consequences of a predator-induced habitat shift by trout in whole-lake experiments. Ecology 84:691-700.
6. Bjornlie, D. D., and R. A. Garrott. 2001. Effects of road grooming on bison in Yellowstone National Park. Journal of Wildlife Management 65:560-572.
7. Boinski, S., A. Treves, and C. A. Chapman. 2000. A critical evaluation of the influence of predators on primates: effects on group travel. Pages 73-72 in S. Boinski and P. A. Graber, editors. On the move: how and why animals travel in groups. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
8. Brown, J. S., J. W. Laundre, and M. Gurung. 1999. The ecology of fear: optimal foraging, game theory, and trophic interactions. Journal of Mammalogy 80:385-399.
9. Burnham, K. P., and D. R. Anderson. 1998. Model selection and inference: a practical information-theoretic approach. Springer-Verlag, New York, New York, USA.
10. Cain, M. L. 1989. The analysis of angular data in ecological field studies. Ecology 70:1540-1543.
11. Charvov, E. L., G. H. Orians, and K. Hyatt. 1976. Ecological implications of resource depression. American Naturalist 110:247-259.
12. Ciucci, P., L. Boitani, F. Fancisci, and G. Andreoli. 1997. Home range, activity and movements of a wolf pack in central Italy. Journal of Zoology 243:803-819.
13. Corsi, F., E. Duprè, and L. Boitani. 1999. A large-scale model of wolf distribution in Italy for conservation planning. Conservation Biology 13:150-159.
14. Craighead, J. J., F. C. Craighead,Jr., R. L. Ruff, and B. W. O'Gara. 1973. Home ranges and activity patterns of non-migratory elk of the Madison drainage herd as determined by biotelemetry. Wildlife Monographs 33:1-50.
15. Daly, M., M. Wilson, P. R. Behrends, and L. F. Jacobs. 1990. Characteristics of kangaroo rats, Dipodomys merriami, associated with differential predation risk. Animal Behaviour 40:380-389.
16. Despain, D. G. 1990. Yellowstone vegetation: consequences of environment and history in a natural setting. Roberts Rhinehart, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
17. Eberhardt, L. L., R. A. Garrott, P. J. White, and P. J. Gogan. 1998. Alternative approaches to aerial censusing of elk. Journal of Wildlife Management 60:1046-1052.
18. Ferrari, M. J., and R. A. Garrott. 2002. Bison and elk: brucellosis seroprevalence on a shared winter range. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:1246-1254.
19. Franklin, A. B., D. R. Anderson, R. J. Gutiérrez, and K. P. Burnham. 2000. Climate, habitat quality, and fitness in northern spotted owl populations, in northwestern California. Ecological Monographs 70:539-590.
20. Fritts, S. H., E. E. Bangs, J. A. Fontaine, W. G. Brewster, and J. F. Gore. 1995. Restoring wolves to the northern Rocky Mountains of the United States. Pages107-125 in L. N. Carbyn, S. H. Fritts, and D. R. Seip, editors. Ecology and conservation of wolves in a changing world. Canadian Circumpolar Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
21. Garrott, R. A., L. L. Eberhardt, P. J. White, and J. Rotella. 2003. Climate-induced variation in vital rates of an unharvested large-herbivore population. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81:33-45.
22. Glenz, C., A. Massolo, D. Kuonen, and R. Schlaepfer. 2001. A wolf habitat suitability prediction study in Valais (Switzerland). Landscape and Urban Planning 55:55-65.
23. Greenwood, P. J., and I. R. Swingland. 1983. Animal movement: approaches, adaptations, and constraints. Pages 1-6 in I. R. Swingland and P. J. Greenwood, editors. The ecology of animal movement. Oxford University Press, New York, New York, USA.
24. Gude, J. A., R. A. Garrott, J. J. Borkowski, and F. King. Prey risk allocation in a grazing ecosystem. Ecological Applications, in press.
25. Hastings, A. 1977. Spatial heterogeneity and the stability of predator-prey systems. Theoretical Population Biology 12:37-48.
26. Hebblewhite, M., and D. Pletscher. 2002. Effects of elk group size on predation by wolves. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80:800-809.
27. Hess, S. 2002. Aerial survey methodology for bison population estimation in Yellowstone National Park. Dissertation. Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA.
28. Hooge, P. N., and B. Eichenlaub. 1997. Animal movement extension to Arcview. Version 1.1. Alaska Biological Science Center, USGS, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
29. Huggard, D. J. 1993. Prey selectivity of wolves in Banff National Park. I. Prey species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71:130-139.
30. Jaffe, R. 2001. Winter wolf predation in an elk-bison system in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA.
31. Jedrzejewski, W., K. Schmidt, J. Theuerkauf, B. Jedrzejewska, and H. Okarma. 2001. Daily movements and territory use by radio-collared wolves (Canis lupus) in Bialowieza Primeval Forest in Poland. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79:1993-2004.
32. Kareiva, P. M., and N. Shigesada. 1983. Analyzing insect movement as a correlated random-walk. Oecologia 56:234-238.
33. Keeling, M. J., H. B. Wilson, and S. W. Pacala. 2000. Reinterpreting space, time lags, and functional responses in ecological models. Science 290:1758-1761.
34. Kunkel, K., and D. H. Pletscher. 2001. Winter hunting patterns of wolves in and near Glacier National Park, Montana. Journal of Wildlife Management 65:520-530.
35. Lead, S. 2002. Add points evenly along a line. ESRI GIS and Mapping Software, Redlands, California, USA.
36. Lima, S. L. 2002. Putting predators back into behavioral predator-prey interactions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17:70-75.
37. Manly, B. F., L. McDonald, D. L. Thomas, T. L. McDonald, and W. P. Erickson. 2002. Resource selections by animals: statistical design and analysis for field studies. Springer-Verlag, New York, New York, USA.
38. Massolo, A., and A. Meriggi. 1998. Factors affecting habitat occupancy by wolves in northern Apennines (northern Italy): a model of habitat suitability. Ecography 21:97-107.
39. McCauley, E., W. G. Wilson, and A. M. De Roos. 1993. Dynamics of age-structured and spatially structured predator-prey interactions: individual-based models and population-level formulations. American Naturalist 142:412-442.
40. Meagher, M. 1993. Winter recreation-induced changes in bison numbers and distribution in Yellowstone National Park. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
41. Merrill, S. B., and L. D. Mech. 2000. Details of extensive movements by Minnesota wolves (Canis lupus). American Midland Naturalist 144:428-433.
42. Messer, M. A. 2003. Examining large herbivore distribution mechanisms using fine-scale snowpack data. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA.
43. Mitchell, W. A., and S. L. Lima. 2002. Predator-prey shell games: large-scale movement and its implications for decision-making by prey. Oikos 249:249-259.
44. Mladenoff, D. J., T. A. Sickley, R. G. Haight, and A. P. Wydeven. 1995. A regional landscape analysis and prediction of favorable gray wolf habitat in the northern great lakes region. Conservation Biology 9:279-294.
45. Mladenoff, D. J., T. A. Sickley, and A. P. Wydeven. 1999. Predicting gray wolf landscape recolonization: logistic regression models vs. new field data. Ecological Applications 9:37-44.
46. Nelson, E. H., C. E. Matthews, and J. A. Rosenheim. 2004. Predators reduce prey population growth by inducing changes in prey behavior. Ecology 85:1853-1858.
47. Neu, C. W., C. R. Byers, and J. M. Peek. 1974. A technique for analysis of utilization-availability data. Journal of Wildlife Management 38:541-545.
48. Oksanen, T., L. Oksanen, and M. Norberg. 1992. Habitat use of small mustelids in north Fennoscandian tundra: a test of the hypothesis of patchy exploitation ecosystems. Ecography 15:237-244.
49. SAS Institute. 2000. SAS/STAT user's guide. Version 8. SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina, USA.
50. Schaller, G. B. 1972. The Serengeti lion: a study of predator-prey relations. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
51. Schmidt, K. A., and R. S. Ostfeld. 2003. Mice in space: space use predicts the interaction between mice and songbirds. Ecology 84:3276-3283.
52. Schmitz, O. J. 1998. Direct and indirect effects of predation risk in old-field interaction webs. American Naturalist 151:327-342.
53. Sih, A., and T. M. McCarthy. 2002. Prey responses to pulses of risk and safety: testing the risk allocation hypothesis. Animal Behaviour 63:437-443.
54. Singer, F. J. 1991. The ungulate prey base for wolves in Yellowstone National Park. Pages 323-348 in R. B. Keiter and M. S. Boyce, editors. The greater Yellowstone ecosystem: redefining America's wilderness heritage. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
55. Smith, D. W. 1998. Yellowstone wolf project: annual report. 1997. National Park Service, Yellowstone Center for Resources, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
56. Snyder, J. E., and J. A. Bissonette. 1987. Marten use of clear-cuttings and residual forest stands in western Newfoundland. Canadian Journal of Zoology 65:169-174.
57. Sweeney, J. M., and J. R. Sweeney. 1984. Snow depths influencing winter movements of elk. Journal of Mammalogy 65:524-526.
58. Taylor, R. J. 1984. Predation. Chapman and Hall, New York, New York, USA.
59. Telfer, E. S., and J. P. Kelsall. 1984. Adaptations of some large North American mammals for survival in snow. Ecology 65:1828-1834.
60. Thorne, E. T., M. Meagher, and R. Hillman. 1991. Brucellosis in free-ranging bison: three perspectives. Pages 275-287 in R. B. Keiter and M. S. Boyce, editors. The greater Yellowstone ecosystem: redefining America's wilderness heritage. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
61. Turchin, P. 1998. Quantitative analysis of movement: measuring and modeling population redistribution in animals and plants. Sinauer, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA.
62. White, G. C., and R. A. Garrott. 1990. Analysis of wildlife radio-tracking data. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
63. Withey, J. C., T. D. Bloxton, and J. M. Marzluff. 2001. Effects of tagging and location error in wildlife radiotelemetry studies. Pages 45-69 in J. J. Millspaugh and J. M. Marzluff, editors. Radio tracking and animal populations. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
64. Wolter, K. M. 1984. An investigation of some estimators of variance for systematic sampling. Journal of the American Statistical Association 79:781-790.