Predation risk and the functional response of elk–aspen herbivory

By C. White, M. Feller, S. Bayley. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology

1. W. Ripple
2. R. Beschta
3. M. Boyce
4. Mark Hebblewhite
5. Evelyn H. Merrill
6. D. Fortin
7. Jacqui Frair
8. J. Forester

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. W. Ripple
2. M. Boyce
3. R. Beschta
4. Mark Hebblewhite
5. Evelyn H. Merrill
6. D. Fortin
7. Jacqui Frair
8. H. Beyer

Citations in the corpus

• Patterns and consequences of ungulate herbivory on aspen in western North America (2013, background): “Intense, chronic browsing can degrade aspen community structure and diversity and simplify food webs (Leopold, 1943; White et al., 2003; Hebblewhite et al., 2005; Eisenberg, 2012), thereby reducing aspen ecosystem resilience, or capacity to recover quickly from perturbation or disturbance (Holling, ”
• Wolves and the Ecology of Fear: Can Predation Risk Structure Ecosystems? (2004, background): “For example, fire typically stimulates prolific aspen suckering and the growth of dense aspen thickets, reducing visibility and browsing rates and increasing predation risk, and thus promoting even more aspen growth and less visibility (Ripple and Larsen 2000, White et al. 2003).”
• Trophic cascades in Yellowstone: The first 15 years after wolf reintroduction (2012, background): “Researchers have also documented how elk, while under the risk of predation, skirt the edges of aspen thickets, avoiding their interiors (White et al., 2003).”
• Forest dynamics and ungulate herbivory: from leaf to landscape (2003, background): “Danell et al., 2003; Kramer et al., 2003; Kuiters and Slim, 2003; Rooney and Waller, 2003; Sage et al., 2002a,b; White et al., 2003 ).”
• Restoring Yellowstone’s aspen with wolves (2007, background): “The sharply decreasing elk browsing rate, and increasing height in riparian areas after about 2003 could reflect the steep Type 2 elk-aspen functional response described by White et al. (2003) where once aspen ‘‘thickets’’ develop, browsing rates decline even more rapidly due to localized aspen pa”
• WOLVES INFLUENCE ELK MOVEMENTS: BEHAVIOR SHAPES A TROPHIC CASCADE IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (2005, background): “Wolff, J. O., and T. Van Horn.”
• Moose browsing and forage availability: a scale-dependent relationship? (2007, background): “In addition to the variables we included, several other factors have been proposed to affect the foraging patterns of large herbivores, such as cover, predators, hunters, and snow conditions (Peterson and Allen 1974; Edwards 1983; White et al. 2003; Whittaker and Lindzey 2004).”
• Linking wolves to willows via risk-sensitive foraging by ungulates in the northern Yellowstone ecosystem (2006, background): “…risk in carnivore/ungulate systems concludes that changes in patterns of herbivory might be affected by terrain conditions such as topographic position, landforms, view available to ungulates, or escape terrain (Lingle, 2002; White et al., 2003; Ripple and Beschta, 2004b; Fortin et al., 2005).”
• Understanding Ungulate Herbivory–Episodic Disturbance Effects on Vegetation Dynamics: Knowledge Gaps and Management Needs (2006, background): “Finally, of the 26 studies that examined effects of multiple densities of 1 ungulate species, only 4 (15%; DeGraaf et al. 1991, deCalesta 1994, Singer et al. 1994, White et al. 2003) evaluated the interactions with episodic disturbance.”
• HUMAN ACTIVITY MEDIATES A TROPHIC CASCADE CAUSED BY WOLVES (2005, methodology): “Because of a lack of full treatment combinations in individual aspen stands, some stands had several treatment plots sampled within each (White et al. 2003).”
• The Landscape of Fear: Ecological Implications of Being Afraid~!2009-09-09~!2009-11-16~!2010-02-02~! (2010, unknown): “White et al. (2003) also noted that distribution patterns of aspen (Populus tremuloides) could be explained by predation-driven foraging patterns of elk.”
• Scales of movement by elk (Cervus elaphus) in response to heterogeneity in forage resources and predation risk (2005, unknown): “First, do non-migratory elk exhibit distinct scales of movement? Second, are the scales of different movement behaviours related to landscape patterns within individual elk home ranges? Third, is the occurrence of path segments belonging to different movement behaviours related to local environmenta”
• Factors influencing female home range sizes in elk (Cervus elaphus) in North American landscapes (2005, background): “In Alberta, open areas, aspen stands and coniferous forests were considered highly, moderately and less-used habitats respectively (Jones and Hudson 2002; White et al. 2003).”