#White-tailed deer and the science of yellow snownew research from wildlife ecologists at Michigan Technological University indicates that white-tailed deer may be making the soil in their preferred winter homes unfit to grow the very trees that protect them there.
Grant Harris chief of biological sciences (Southwest region) U s. Fish and Wildlife Service; and Jessica Schnell recently graduated now at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology Germany.
A broader perspective Røskaft is co-coordinator of a partnership between the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute
and wildlife species and benefit sustainable rangeland use at the same time. Researchers suggested that one of the most effective restoration approaches would be to minimize the cumulative impact of grazing by better managing the timing frequency of grazing
and associated wildlife that had evolved with little herbivore pressure. Cheatgrass displaces native grasses and wildlife can increase fire frequency
and ultimately cause an irreversible loss of these native shrub-steppe communities. This also has grazing implications:
But in California's Salinas Valley some more vigorous interventions are cutting into the last corners of wildlife habitat and potentially threatening water quality without evidence of food safety benefits.
These policies create tensions between wildlife preservation and food safety where none need exist say scientists for The Nature Conservancy writing in the Ecological Society of America's journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
Farming practices for food safety that target wildlife are damaging valuable ecological systems despite low risk from these animals said lead author Sasha Gennet.
These buyers insist that swathes of bare ground wider than a football field is long separate the leafy greens from rivers wetlands and other wildlife habitat.
It also creates costs for wildlife. Although scant evidence exists of risk of food-borne disease spread by wildlife the risk of rejection of produce by major buyers is too much for most growers to bear say Gennet
and her co-authors. They measured changes in wetlands and riverside habitat in the Salinas Valley between 2005 and 2009 finding 13.3 percent converted to bare ground crops or otherwise diminished.
Widespread introduction of fencing blocked wildlife corridors. Low barriers even kept out the frogs. Unlike the LGMA standards individual corporate requirements for farm produce are generally not transparent to the public.
and environmental advocates to make farm edges slim sanctuaries for wildlife as well as buffers between agricultural fields and waterways.
and cutting off wildlife corridors is a significant loss. The Salinas River and its tributaries are an important rest stop on the Pacific Flyway a major migration route for neotropical songbirds and home to raptors and shorebirds.
--so to the extent that riverside wildlife habitat could be a benefit all around a coordinated approach to agricultural management
As a community we need to approach food health wildlife health and water health in the Salinas Valley as parts of an integrated system.
Additionally new research from the zoo's Urban Wildlife Institute reveals how the presence of the invasive shrub in forest preserves and natural areas correlates to increased prevalence of carnivores.
The relationship between invasive plants and wildlife is complex. This is the first study of its kind to investigate the association between buckthorn
and habitat use by mammal species explained Director of the Urban Wildlife Institute Seth Magle Ph d. We know based on prior research that birds which build nests in buckthorn are more susceptible to predation.
Our study found that the presence of buckthorn alters wildlife distribution and attracts some carnivore species. We now know that there are significantly more coyotes raccoons
or threatened species the U s. Environmental protection agency National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) should use a common scientific approach says a new report from the National Research
The study was sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration U s. Environmental protection agency U s. Fish and Wildlife Service and U s. Department of agriculture.
when fruits (its main food) are no longer on the menu according to the Wildlife Conservation Society
As far as we know these are the first images of fish consumption by white-lipped peccaries said Dr. Alexine Keuroghlian of the Wildlife Conservation Society and an expert on peccaries.
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and their wildlife has been documented well in temperate zones such as North america and Europe. Yet a new study in an important tropical zone--the fast-changing southern Amazon a region marked by widespread replacement of native forest by cattle ranches
#Roe deer more likely to be run over at nightfall on a Sunday in Apriltraffic accidents involving wildlife are on the rise in Europe.
and may result in mortal victims damage to vehicles and the loss of wildlife. Specifically in Galicia the time distribution of the accidents varies according to the month the day of the week and even the time of day.
This is the main conclusion of a study published in the'European Journal of Wildlife Research'by a team of researchers from the AF4 group from the School of Forest Engineering at the University of Vigo.
and Wildlife have captured 37 lions to date. Twenty-12 females and eight males-were followed closely between 2008 and 2011.
The collars developed in part by an interdisciplinary team at UCSC including wildlife biologists and engineers transmit location data every four hours.
The study by researchers from Cambridge the Wildlife Conservation Society and CONAF the Chilean national forestry commission is released today in the journal Oryx published by conservation charity Fauna and Flora International.
Recent increases by local farmers in the practice of releasing cattle indiscriminately into national parkland for retrieval later in the year has damaged the habitats of endemic wildlife such as the Huemul
Joan B. Rose1 Phd Michigan State university Department of Fisheries and Wildlife 480 Wilson Road Natural resources Bldg Rm 13 East Lansing MI 48824
http://www. wildlife. state. nh. us/marine/;/Massachusetts: http://www. mass. gov/dfwele/dmf/)when they find C. peregrina.
We don't have much time say Wildlife Conservation Society conservationists Fiona Maisels Phd and Samantha Strindberg Phd the lead authors.
#Black bears on the rebound in Nevadaa new study from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) has pieced together the last 150 years of history for one of the state's most interesting denizens:
Expansion of an Extirpated Bear Population appears in the current online edition of the Journal of Wildlife Management.
Co-authors include Carl W. Lackey of the Nevada Department of Wildlife Jon P. Beckmann of the Wildlife Conservation Society and James Sedinger of the University of Nevada Reno.
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The U s. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to hold another public comment period this spring before voting on the issue Sept. 30.
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. He has been involved in LPC research since 2007; prior to that Dave Haukos a former Texas Tech professor now at Kansas State had been conducting studies at Texas Tech since the 1980s.
However if landowners and producers--farmers and ranchers--have entered previously one of many cooperatives established by state and federal wildlife conservation agreements
and Wildlife they can continue whatever practices are already in place and are protected from some of these restrictions.
#Genomes of peregrine and saker falcons throw lights on evolution of a predatory lifestylein a collaborative study published online in Nature Genetics researchers from Cardiff University BGI International Wildlife Consultants Ltd
The results show that the human-wolf relationship is dynamic as well as highlighting the necessity of understanding the broader socio-economical context within which human-wildlife conflicts are embedded
The author team led by Dr. Roberge from the Department of Wildlife Fish and Environmental Studies at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) calls for studies addressing cost-effectiveness of different retention and agroforestry systems in relation to biodiversity conservation argues for a stronger
The research has been led by Dr Charlotte Packman from UEA's school of Environmental sciences in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society Cambodia Program and Birdlife International.
and destroying a very important habitat for threatened wildlife. This high-speed conversion and land-grabbing has intensified pressure on already threatened species
White Nose Syndrome is arguably the most devastating wildlife disease we've faced said Michael T. Rains Director of the Forest Service's Northern Research Station.
#Marshall Plan for African wildlife? African lions and villagers would benefit from fences to protect them from each other according to a new study by University of Minnesota researcher Craig Packer published online by Ecology Letters on March 5.
but Packer said it offers the best hope for saving iconic African wildlife an undertaking that will require sweeping measures rather than piecemeal efforts.
and other threatened wildlife species. Most African governments don't have the resources to protect people
and wildlife from each other but without a massive increase in conservation funding nearly half of unfenced lion populations could decline to near extinction over the next 20-40 years.
Several of Africa's most famous wildlife areas involve large-scale migrations of wildebeest and zebra that could never be enclosed within a fenced reserve so the lions'last stand should be thought out carefully in terms of those places that can safely be fenced
Because the findings from the Ecology Letters paper present such an enormous challenge for African governments and conservationists the best hope may be to advocate for a Marshall Plan for African wildlife conservation Packer said.
because current understanding of how wildlife responds to fire is based almost entirely on studies of a limited number of species most of them birds Frick said.
The results published today in the Journal of Wildlife Management show for the first time that present management efforts are not enough to stop populations spreading out of control.
Native deer are an important part of our wildlife that add beauty and excitement to the countryside but left unchecked they threaten our woodland biodiversity.
the rapid trend towards extinction--potentially within the next decade--of the forest elephant says Dr. Samantha Strindberg of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) one of the lead authors of the study.
The study which examines the largest ever amount of Central African elephant survey data comes as 178 countries gather in Bangkok to discuss wildlife trade issues including poaching and ivory smuggling.
and the roads that do exist must have effective wildlife protection plans if forest elephants are to survive.
It is also vital to improve control of import and sales of wildlife goods by the recipient and transit countries of illegal ivory especially in Asia.
with the Wildlife Conservation Society World Wide Fund for Nature Programme de Conservation et Utilisation Rationale des Ecosystemes Forestiers en Afrique Centrale (ECOFAC
Zoo African Wildlife Foundation University of Liege and University of Stirling. Funding was provided by Nancy Abraham the African Wildlife Foundation Beneficia Foundation Busch Gardens CITES-MIKE Columbus Zoo Conservation International Daniel K. Thorne Foundation Diane
Fossey Gorilla Foundation International Espã ces Phares (European union) Ecosystã mes Forestiers d'Afrique Centrale ECOFAC) Fauna and Flora International Frankfurt Zoological
Operation Loango Prince Bernhard Wildlife Fund RAPAC The Arcus Foundation The Aspinall Foundation The Born Free Foundation The Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics at The University of Amsterdam
the Jane Goodall Institute The Liz claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation The Lucie Burgers Foundation The Wasmoeth Wildlife Foundation and Karl Ammann Total Gabon UNESCO United states Agency for
International Development (USAID CARPE) USFWS Great ape Conservation Fund USFWS African elephant Conservation Fund Wildlife Conservation Society World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society
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In South africa game meat biltong (air dried strips) is big business with over 10000 wildlife farms
and mangrove swamps as current--and possibly future--wildlife refuges Katarzyna Nowak a former postdoctoral researcher of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton compiled a list of 60 primates
In 2008 the Wildlife Conservation Society reported that the inaccessible Lake T l swamp forest in the Republic of the Congo was home to 125000 lowland gorillas--more than were thought to exist in the wild.
with only 1700 elephants now remaining according to wildlife surveys by WCS and DRC officials. WCS scientists warn that
Additional results from recent surveys show that other wildlife in the reserve fared much better including the highly important eastern chimpanzee population (approximately 6000 individuals) okapi and duikers (small forest antelopes) with almost no change in their estimated
WCS in partnership with the DRC government's wildlife department (Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature--ICCN) is committed to ensure the viability of the Reserve for the wildlife and people of DRC the fifth
and commitment to protect wildlife under the most difficult circumstances. We remain stalwart in our partnership with them
Funding for the three censuses came from the United states Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) the Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) a US Agency for International Development (USAID) initiative for biodiversity
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#Exurban residences impact bird communities up to 200 meters away, study findsaccording to a study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) impacts to bird communities from a single rural exurban
Michale Glennon and Heidi Kretser of the Wildlife Conservation Society. Rural exurban development is residential development existing outside of cities
and composition increased human wildlife conflicts new predator-prey dynamics and decreased biotic integrity (a measure of how pristine a wildlife community is).
Adirondackers take great pride in their surroundings and try not to unduly disturb the natural setting in
and other wildlife react to particular kinds of human activities and find ways to minimize the negative impacts for wildlife in exurban areas.
The study found that species sensitive to human impacts include the black-throated blue warbler black-throated green warbler hairy woodpecker hermit thrush ovenbird scarlet tanager and the winter wren.
WCS Livelihoods and Conservation Coordinator Heidi Kretser said Some wildlife species are sensitive to exurban development
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terrestrial wildlife; air quality; and social economic and cultural components--all of which make up socioecological systems.
#Southwest regional warming likely cause of pinyon pine cone declinecreeping climate change in the Southwest appears to be having a negative effect on pinyon pine reproduction a finding with implications for wildlife species sharing the same woodland ecosystems says a University
Some scientists believe masting events evolved to produce a big surplus of nut-carrying cones--far too many for wildlife species to consume in a season--making it more likely the nuts eventually will sprout into pinyon pine seedlings she said.
Wildlife biologists say pinyon-juniper woodlands are popular with scores of bird and mammal species ranging from black-chinned hummingbirds to black bears.
#11,000 elephants slaughtered in national park once home to Africa s largest forest elephant populationthe Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced February 6 that a national park once home to Africa's largest forest elephant
) The survey was funded by ANPN the CITES MIKE (Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants) Program and the United states Fish and Wildlife Service.
Speaking in a cabinet meeting the president urgently called for a strong coordinated and decisive response to this national emergency from all of the security and wildlife management services.
Richard Ruggiero Chief of the Branch of the Near east South Asia and Africa Division of International Conservation U s. Fish & Wildlife Service said:
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#Worlds oldest-known wild bird hatches another chicka Laysan albatross known as Wisdom--believed to be at least 62 years old--has hatched a chick on Midway Atoll National Wildlife
and Wildlife Service biologist Pete Leary who said the chick appears healthy. Wisdom was banded first in 1956
and Wildlife Service superintendent for the Papahä naumokuä kea Marine National monument (Monument) which includes Midway Atoll NWR.
Bruce Peterjohn chief of the North american Bird Banding Program at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research center in Laurel MD said Wisdom has raised likely at least 30 to 35 chicks during her breeding life though the number
and was carried out at the University of Sheffield and Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Germany.
and species commented Robin Abell the Senior Freshwater Conservation Biologist at World Wildlife Fund. The Madeira river basin for example is threatened by oil exploration deforestation
Individuals moved through up to five countries over a period of 200 days emphasising the need for conservation collaboration among countries to protect this species. In South africa the vultures avoided the national parks that have been established to conserve wildlife.
As human population growth in Madagascar drives people and their livestock into previously uninhabited areas wildlife-human disease transmission becomes increasingly likely.
Together with WCS studies on jaguars the results underscore the importance of this protected area complex for the conservation of Latin america's most charismatic terrestrial wildlife species. The Madidi-Tambopata landscape is estimated to hold a population of at least 14500 lowland
These results underline the fundamental importance of protected areas for the conservation of larger species of wildlife threatened by hunting and habitat loss.
and wildlife including lowland tapirs including road construction logging unsustainable natural resource use and agricultural expansion. Julie Kunen WCS Director of Latin america and Caribbean Programs said:
Their dedication is clearly paying off with well-managed protected areas and more wildlife. WCS's conservation research in the Madidi-Tambopata Landscape has been made possible by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation The John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation the blue moon fund USAID
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They are autumnal fruits highly valued by wildlife because of its large size its abundance and its high calorie lipid and carbohydrate.
Wildlife conservationists are well aware of the potential conflicts that exist between the endangered species they seek to protect and the human populations
if the human dimensions and social context of human-wildlife conflict situations are understood well and appropriately managed.
and identifying actions to address the wildlife-related risk perceptions which can influence killing behavior.
Environmental groups also say that willow plantations are also attractive to a variety of wildlife making a positive impact on local biodiversity.
which climate change has accelerated explains Stan Temple a co-author of the study and an emeritus UW-Madison professor of wildlife ecology.
A second data set of flowering times for 23 species in southern Wisconsin was compiled by Leopold a renowned wildlife ecologist at the University of Wisconsin and author of A Sand County Almanac.
which many species depend time is running out for conservationists aiming to save wildlife such as tigers and leopards.
The other authors are Thomas Wood in the Department of Environmental science and Policy at George Mason University and H. S. Panwar former director of Project Tiger India and Wildlife Institute
Nearly 1, 000 wild yaks in remote Tibetan Plateaua team of American and Chinese conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and University of Montana recently counted nearly 1000 wild yaks from a remote
and regional projects in order to develop a sound basis for wildlife and environmental conservation in this region.
While polar bears represent a sad disclaimer for a warming Arctic the recent count of almost 1000 wild yaks offers hope for the persistence of free-roaming large animals at the virtual limits of high-altitude wildlife.
and to unravel more about human-wildlife conflict in this fragile and little-known part of the world.
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By examining the role played by the occurrence of diverse tree species for six different ecosystem services (tree growth carbon storage berry production food for wildlife occurrence of dead wood
For example high tree growth appears to be negatively related to the production of both berries and food for wildlife and to the occurrence of dead wood.
On the other hand food for wildlife was associated positively with both berry production and biological diversity in ground vegetation.
Willow thickets also use tremendous amounts of water leaving less available for wildlife and people.
and availability conserve wildlife and continue enjoying recreational activities in the river Fauth said. The study may also aid other countries fighting the Carolina willow including Australia
and in turn endanger the bay wildlife that relies on it. Picking up where Boyer and Zedler left off SDSU biologist Jeremy Long is currently further exploring the dimensions of this relationship.
That's important information for ecologists and wildlife officials who manage the marsh as well as for future efforts to build humanmade salt marshes.
Very easily says Alex Greenwood from the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research.
Plant diversity is good for wildlife diversity says Blank. Our study suggests diverse bioenergy crop fields could benefit birds more so than less diverse fields.
and raised by their parents at the U s. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research center in Laurel Maryland were released on the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service's Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin.
The USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research center also raises chicks for release into a newly established nonmigratory flock in the wetlands of Southwest Louisiana.
or threatened bird species to the area said Doug Staller Necedah National Wildlife Refuge manager.
and ways of scrutinizing wildlife and their habitat can be found in unlikely places. They compare the Wolong Nature Reserve in southwestern China home to about 150 wild endangered giant pandas and the Chitwan National park in Nepal
People and wildlife are coupled tightly human and natural systems said Jianguo Jack Liu Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability at MSU.
Wildlife researchers and conservation practitioners in Nepal can keep a framework of coupled human and natural systems built for use in China in their back pocket as a useful starting point.
For people interested in wildlife research and conservation there's an increasing awareness of the need to go beyond biology and ecology to incorporate insights from various other disciplines like social psychology and economics.
not only directly affect wildlife but also affect people because that in turn can have a significant effect on the wildlife.
and applying wildlife conservation policy. Much of things one learns on one site trickles to other sites Carter said.
#Diversified farming practices might preserve evolutionary diversity of wildlifeas humans transform the planet to meet our needs all sorts of wildlife continue to be pushed aside including many species that play key roles in Earth's life-support systems.
The researchers have developed an extraordinarily detailed data set to show human impacts on phylogenetic diversity a measure of the evolutionary history embodied in wildlife--in this case birds.
and whenever possible to make agricultural systems as wildlife friendly as possible. Even relatively modest increases in vegetation on farms can support diverse lineages of birds.
which people and threatened wildlife are adapted poorly. The study also assessed the potential for less commonly implemented strategies including gene therapies to treat human disease the breeding of climate change proof crop varieties such as flood tolerant rice
In Indias human dominated landscapes, top prey for leopards is dogsa new study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society reveals that in India's human dominated agricultural landscapes where leopards prowl at night
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since 1968--a direct result of the establishment of 160 national coastal wildlife refuges and nearly 600000 acres of national seashore in 10 states. â#ecause the'state of the birds'mirrors
the state of their habitats our national wildlife refuges national parks national seashores and other public lands are critical safe havens for many of these species--especially in the face of climate change--one of the biggest
The U s. Fish and Wildlife Service National park service Bureau of Land Management and other Interior agencies practice science-based landscape-scale conservation of these lands and their wildlife in partnership with scientists
and other wildlife as well as promoting more outdoor recreation opportunities and boosting related sectors of the economy.
of which are listed as federally endangered by the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service. The report's authors have deemed Hawaii the bird extinction capital of the world--no place has had more extinctions since human settlement.
Addressing the conservation needs of these birds will result in healthier more productive land and water for other wildlife as well as for people.
European forests are vital reservoirs for wildlife for biodiversity and for our own enjoyment and well-being says Khabarov We need to find ways to protect them.
while resulting in less erosion better soil and water quality and more wildlife. During the dry summer of 2012 he pointed out the grass farm didn't show drought.
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