WOLVES INFLUENCE ELK MOVEMENTS: BEHAVIOR SHAPES A TROPHIC CASCADE IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

By D. Fortin, H. Beyer, M. Boyce, Douglas W. Smith, Thierry Duchesne, Julie S. Mao. 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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How key habitat features influence large terrestrial carnivore movements: waterholes and African lions in a semi-arid savanna of north-western Zimbabwe (2010, background): “…with diverse abiotic and biotic factors and may be influenced by habitat characteristics (e.g. Bélisle et al. 2001), resource abundance and distribution (Fauchald 1999), predation risk (e.g. Fortin et al. 2005; Frair et al. 2005), and other complex behavioural processes (e.g. Roshier et al. 2008).”
Large carnivore impacts are context-dependent (2017, background): “If large herbivores are predat d more successfully and forage less in high risk areas (Crosmary et al. 2012; Fortin et al. 2005; Ripple and Beschta 2004), one might expect woody plant regeneration and vegetation succession (Berger 1999; Berger et al. 2001a; Hebblewhite et al. 2005).”
Interactions between cougars (Puma concolor) and gray wolves (Canis lupus) in Banff National Park, Alberta (2007, background): “The weaker negative relationship between cougars and elk in corridor and crossing structure models is probably due to predator avoidance behaviour on the part of elk (Creel et al., 2005; Fortin et al., 2005).”
Relationships between direct predation and risk effects. (2008, background): “To isolate risk effects in a simple way, consider a scenario in which predation pressure increases but offtake does not increase, because prey respond with an increase in antipredator behavior (vigilance [11], aggregation [33] or redistribution [6, 16 ]).”
Diel predator activity drives a dynamic landscape of fear (2017, positive): “Following previous studies, we used a fixed bandwidth of 3 km (Fortin et al. 2005).”
Movement patterns, habitat selection, and corridor use of a typical woodland-dweller species, the European pine marten (Martes martes), in fragmented landscape (2008, methodology): “Second, analyses were carried out on the segments linking two successive locations in the course of a path to examine distances travelled within the six habitats (cf. the step selection function; Fortin et al. 2005).”
Responding to spatial and temporal variations in predation risk: space use of a game species in a changing landscape of fear (2009, background): “Attack success or accessibility to predators can vary in different habitats (Cowlishaw 1997), but predators' activity can also be intrinsically structured in space (e.g. Fortin et al. 2005) and in time (Sih et al. 2000).”
Habitat use and movements of plains zebra (Equus burchelli) in response to predation danger from lions (2007, background): “Prey species’ responses to predation threat shape many ecological processes: population distribution (Lima and Dill 1990; Heithaus and Dill 2006), resource exploitation by prey (Fortin et al. 2005), and vital rates (Bleich 1999).”
Scales of movement by elk (Cervus elaphus) in response to heterogeneity in forage resources and predation risk (2005, neutral): “Little research has focused on specific landscape features other than cover or terrain that might facilitate such prolonged or directed movement by elk (Skovlin et al. 2002; Fortin et al. 2005).”