Sage-grouse and indirect interactions: Potential implications of coyote control on sage-grouse populations

Coyotes (Canis latrans) are lethally controlled throughout the range of Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and it has been suggested that such control may benefit sage-grouse. However, the perceived benefits of control are based on the direct effects of coyotes on sage-grouse and largely ignore potential indirect interactions. Here, we summarize some of the evidence for direct effects in a simplified food web including coyotes and sage-grouse. There is very little evidence to suggest that coyotes have much of a direct negative effect on sage-grouse, but there is considerable evidence supporting direct interactions that would lead to positive indirect effects between coyotes and sage-grouse. The three...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Journal Citation; Tags: Canis latrans, Centrocercus urophasianus, Condo, apparent competition, exploitative competition, All tags... indirect effects, mesopredator release, predator control, Fewer tags

Massachusetts Wildlife Monitoring Project (2022 - 2024)

This volume's release consists of 143321 media files captured by autonomous wildlife monitoring devices under the project, Massachusetts Wildlife Monitoring Project. The attached files listed below include several CSV files that provide information about the data release. The file, "media.csv" provides the metadata about the media, such as filename and date/time of capture. The actual media files are housed within folders under the volume's "child items" as compressed files. A critical CSV file is "dictionary.csv", which describes each CSV file, including field names, data types, descriptions, and the relationship of each field to fields in other CSV files. Some of the media files may have been "tagged" or "annotated"...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aix sponsa, Alces americanus americanus, Bonasa umbellus, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo platypterus, All tags... Camera Trap, Canachites canadensis, Canis latrans, Cathartes aura, Catharus guttatus, Conservation, Cyanocitta cristata, Didelphis virginiana, Dryocopus pileatus, Dumetella carolinensis, Ecology, Erethizon dorsatus, Felis catus, Forest, Lepus americanus, Leuconotopicus villosus, Lynx rufus, Management, Massachusetts, Meleagris gallopavo, Mephitis mephitis, Mustela erminea, Mustela frenata, Odocoileus virginianus, Pekania pennanti, Poecile atricapillus, Procyon lotor, Sciurus carolinensis, Strix varia, Sylvilagus floridanus, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Turdus migratorius, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Ursus americanus, Vulpes vulpes, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, animal tracking, biota, ecosystem monitoring, environment, field inventory and monitoring, time series datasets, vertebrates, wildlife, wildlife biology, Fewer tags

Coyotes and recolonizing wolves: social rank mediates risk-conditional behaviour at ungulate carcasses

Wolf, Canis lupus, recolonization of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem provides a rare opportunity to identify behaviours facilitating coexistence between sympatric canids. We investigated interactions between coyotes, Canis latrans, and recolonizing wolves at ungulate carcasses in Montana's Madison Range. We used a field-experimental study design consisting of a two-level carcass treatment (wolf presence, wolf absence) to assess factors influencing coyote risk assessment, carrion consumption and aggressive encounters with wolves. Socially dominant coyotes (alphas and betas) responded to wolf presence by increasing the proportion of time spent vigilant while scavenging. Vigilance behaviour was more pronounced when...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Journal Citation; Tags: Animal Behaviour, Canis latrans, Canis lupus, agonism, resource partitioning, All tags... scavenging, social dominance, Fewer tags

SiMPL Wildlife Magnet Project Data Release Volume 1 (2019 - 2023)

This volume's release consists of 281258 media files captured by autonomous wildlife monitoring devices under the project, SiMPL Wildlife Magnet Project. The attached files listed below include several CSV files that provide information about the data release. The file, "media.csv" provides the metadata about the media, such as filename and date/time of capture. The actual media files are housed within folders under the volume's "child items" as compressed files. A critical CSV file is "dictionary.csv", which describes each CSV file, including field names, data types, descriptions, and the relationship of each field to fields other CSV files. Some of the media files may have been "tagged" or "annotated" by either...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aegolius acadicus, Alces americanus americanus, Canis latrans, Canis lupus, Catharus guttatus, All tags... Corvus brachyrhynchos, Cyanocitta cristata, Dryocopus pileatus, Ecology, Lepus americanus, Leuconotopicus villosus, Lynx rufus, Martes americana, Mustela frenata, Mustela vison, New England, Odocoileus virginianus, Ondatra zibethicus, Pekania pennanti, Perisoreus canadensis, Picoides arcticus, Poecile atricapillus, Procyon lotor, Sciurus carolinensis, Setophaga coronata, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Turdus migratorius, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Ursus americanus, Vulpes vulpes, Wildlife Biology, animal tracking, biota, boreal forest, ecological forestry, ecosystem monitoring, environment, field inventory and monitoring, forest management, remote sensing, small mammals, temperate forest, time series datasets, vertebrates, wildlife, wildlife biology, wildlife monitoring, Fewer tags

USDA White Mountain National Forest Volume 1 (2014 - 2024)

This volume's release consists of 325099 media files captured by autonomous wildlife monitoring devices under the project, USDA White Mountain National Forest. The attached files listed below include several CSV files that provide information about the data release. The file, "media.csv" provides the metadata about the media, such as filename and date/time of capture. The actual media files are housed within folders under the volume's "child items" as compressed files. A critical CSV file is "dictionary.csv", which describes each CSV file, including field names, data types, descriptions, and the relationship of each field to fields in other CSV files. Some of the media files may have been "tagged" or "annotated"...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alces americanus americanus, Bonasa umbellus, Camera Trap, Canis latrans, Canis lupus, All tags... Castor canadensis, Cathartes aura, Colaptes auratus, Conservation, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Cyanocitta cristata, Dryocopus pileatus, Ecology, Erethizon dorsatus, Forest, Lepus americanus, Lynx canadensis, Lynx rufus, Maine, Management, Martes americana, Meleagris gallopavo, Mephitis mephitis, Mustela frenata, Mustela vison, New Hampshire, Odocoileus virginianus, Ondatra zibethicus, Pekania pennanti, Poecile atricapillus, Procyon lotor, Sciurus carolinensis, Sylvilagus floridanus, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Turdus migratorius, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Ursus americanus, Vulpes vulpes, White Mountain National Forest, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, animal tracking, biota, ecosystem monitoring, environment, field inventory and monitoring, time series datasets, vertebrates, wildlife, wildlife biology, Fewer tags

SiMPL Wildlife Magnet Project

SiMPL Wildlife Magnet Project is a project within the AMMonitor community, which features projects that monitor wildlife and ecosystems with remotely deployed monitoring devices. Devices that capture media typically include trail cameras (photos, video) and/or autonomous recording units (audio). As with all AMMonitor projects, SiMPL Wildlife Magnet Project utilizes an AMMonitor SQLite database to track wildlife monitoring data in a standardized format, permitting cross-project collaboration. The monitoring data are released to the public in "volumes". Releases include the raw media files and their metadata, including the date, time, and location of media capture. Additional attachments at the volume level include...

Tags: Aegolius acadicus, Alces alces, Canis latrans, Canis lupus, Catharus guttatus, All tags... Corvus brachyrhynchos, Cyanocitta cristata, Dryocopus pileatus, Homo sapiens, Lepus americanus, Leuconotopicus villosus, Lynx rufus, Martes americana, Mustela frenata, Mustela vison, Odocoileus virginianus, Ondatra zibethicus, Pekania pennanti, Perisoreus canadensis, Picoides arcticus, Poecile atricapillus, Procyon lotor, Sciurus carolinensis, Setophaga coronata, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Turdus migratorius, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Ursus americanus, Vulpes vulpes, Fewer tags

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Moose Project - Volume 2 (2021 - 2024)

This volume's release consists of 320104 media files captured by autonomous wildlife monitoring devices under the project, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The attached files listed below include several CSV files that provide information about the data release. The file, "media.csv" provides the metadata about the media, such as filename and date/time of capture. The actual media files are housed within folders under the volume's "child items" as compressed files. A critical CSV file is "dictionary.csv", which describes each CSV file, including field names, data types, descriptions, and the relationship of each field to fields in other CSV files. Some of the media files may have been "tagged"...

Categories: Data; Tags: Accipiter gentilis, Aegolius acadicus, Alces alces, Alces americanus americanus, Bonasa umbellus, All tags... Bubo virginianus, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo platypterus, Camera Trap, Canachites canadensis, Canis latrans, Canis lupus, Catharus guttatus, Colaptes auratus, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Cyanocitta cristata, Dryocopus pileatus, Ecology, Game Species, Junco hyemalis, Lepus americanus, Leuconotopicus villosus, Lontra canadensis, Lynx canadensis, Lynx rufus, Maine, Marmota monax, Martes americana, Meleagris gallopavo, Moose, Mustela erminea, Mustela frenata, Mustela vison, Odocoileus virginianus, Pekania pennanti, Perisoreus canadensis, Procyon lotor, Sciurus carolinensis, Sylvilagus floridanus, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Turdus migratorius, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Ursus americanus, Vulpes vulpes, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Monitoring, animal tracking, biota, ecosystem monitoring, environment, field inventory and monitoring, time series datasets, vertebrates, wildlife, wildlife biology, Fewer tags

New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Volume 1 (2014 - 2024)

This volume's release consists of 463615 media files captured by autonomous wildlife monitoring devices under the project, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. The attached files listed below include several CSV files that provide information about the data release. The file, "media.csv" provides the metadata about the media, such as filename and date/time of capture. The actual media files are housed within folders under the volume's "child items" as compressed files. A critical CSV file is "dictionary.csv", which describes each CSV file, including field names, data types, descriptions, and the relationship of each field to fields in other CSV files. Some of the media files may have been "tagged" or "annotated"...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aegolius acadicus, Alces americanus americanus, Bonasa umbellus, Camera Trap, Canachites canadensis, All tags... Canis latrans, Canis lupus, Castor canadensis, Cathartes aura, Colaptes auratus, Conservation, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Cyanocitta cristata, Didelphis virginiana, Erethizon dorsatus, Felis catus, Forest, Lontra canadensis, Lynx canadensis, Lynx rufus, Management, Martes americana, Meleagris gallopavo, Mephitis mephitis, Mustela frenata, Mustela vison, New Hampshire, Odocoileus virginianus, Pekania pennanti, Procyon lotor, Sciurus carolinensis, Scolopax minor, Strix varia, Sylvilagus floridanus, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Turdus migratorius, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Ursus americanus, Vulpes vulpes, Wildlife, animal tracking, biota, ecosystem monitoring, environment, field inventory and monitoring, time series datasets, vertebrates, wildlife, wildlife biology, Fewer tags

Dartmouth College Woodlands Wildlife Monitoring Project

Dartmouth College Woodlands Wildlife Monitoring Project is a project within the AMMonitor community, which features projects that monitor wildlife and ecosystems with remotely deployed monitoring devices. Devices that capture media typically include trail cameras (photos, video) and/or autonomous recording units (audio). As with all AMMonitor projects, Dartmouth College Woodlands Wildlife Monitoring Project utilizes an AMMonitor SQLite database to track wildlife monitoring data in a standardized format, permitting cross-project collaboration. The monitoring data are released to the public in "volumes". Releases include the raw media files and their metadata, including the date, time, and location of media capture....

Tags: Alces alces, Bonasa umbellus, Canis latrans, Canis lupus, Erethizon dorsatus, All tags... Homo sapiens, Lepus americanus, Lynx canadensis, Lynx rufus, Martes americana, Mustela frenata, Odocoileus virginianus, Pekania pennanti, Poecile atricapillus, Procyon lotor, Sciurus carolinensis, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Turdus migratorius, Ursus americanus, Vulpes vulpes, Fewer tags

Dartmouth College Woodlands Wildlife Monitoring Project Volume 1 (2014 - 2024)

This volume's release consists of 46576 media files captured by autonomous wildlife monitoring devices under the project, Dartmouth College Woodlands Wildlife Monitoring Project. The attached files listed below include several CSV files that provide information about the data release. The file, "media.csv" provides the metadata about the media, such as filename and date/time of capture. The actual media files are housed within folders under the volume's "child items" as compressed files. A critical CSV file is "dictionary.csv", which describes each CSV file, including field names, data types, descriptions, and the relationship of each field to fields in other CSV files. Some of the media files may have been "tagged"...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alces americanus americanus, Bonasa umbellus, Canis latrans, Canis lupus, Coos County, All tags... Ecology, Erethizon dorsatus, Lepus americanus, Lynx canadensis, Lynx rufus, Martes americana, Mustela frenata, New Hampshire, Odocoileus virginianus, Pekania pennanti, Poecile atricapillus, Procyon lotor, Sciurus carolinensis, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Turdus migratorius, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Ursus americanus, Vulpes vulpes, Wildlife Biology, animal tracking, biota, ecological forestry, ecosystem monitoring, environment, field inventory and monitoring, forest management, remote sensing, small mammals, temperate forest, time series datasets, vertebrates, wildlife, wildlife biology, wildlife monitoring, Fewer tags

Massachusetts Wildlife Monitoring Project

Massachusetts Wildlife Monitoring Project is a project within the AMMonitor community, which features projects that monitor wildlife and ecosystems with remotely deployed monitoring devices. Devices that capture media typically include trail cameras (photos, video) and/or autonomous recording units (audio). As with all AMMonitor projects, Massachusetts Wildlife Monitoring Project utilizes an AMMonitor SQLite database to track wildlife monitoring data in a standardized format, permitting cross-project collaboration. The monitoring data are released to the public in "volumes". Releases include the raw media files and their metadata, including the date, time, and location of media capture. Additional attachments at...

Tags: Aix sponsa, Alces alces, Bonasa umbellus, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo platypterus, All tags... Canis latrans, Cathartes aura, Catharus guttatus, Cyanocitta cristata, Didelphis virginiana, Dryocopus pileatus, Dumetella carolinensis, Erethizon dorsatus, Falcipennis canadensis, Felis catus, Homo sapiens, Lepus americanus, Leuconotopicus villosus, Lynx rufus, Meleagris gallopavo, Mephitis mephitis, Mustela erminea, Mustela frenata, Odocoileus virginianus, Pekania pennanti, Poecile atricapillus, Procyon lotor, Sciurus carolinensis, Strix varia, Sylvilagus floridanus, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Turdus migratorius, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Ursus americanus, Vulpes vulpes, Fewer tags

Silvio O Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Monitoring Project (2014 - 2024)

This volume's release consists of 90364 media files captured by autonomous wildlife monitoring devices under the project, Silvio O Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Monitoring Project. The attached files listed below include several CSV files that provide information about the data release. The file, "media.csv" provides the metadata about the media, such as filename and date/time of capture. The actual media files are housed within folders under the volume's "child items" as compressed files. A critical CSV file is "dictionary.csv", which describes each CSV file, including field names, data types, descriptions, and the relationship of each field to fields in other CSV files. Some of the media files...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alces americanus americanus, Bonasa umbellus, Buteo jamaicensis, Canachites canadensis, Canis latrans, All tags... Canis lupus, Castor canadensis, Connecticut River, Coos County, Cyanocitta cristata, Dryocopus pileatus, Ecology, Erethizon dorsatus, Essex County, Lepus americanus, Leuconotopicus villosus, Lynx canadensis, Lynx rufus, Marmota monax, Martes americana, Meleagris gallopavo, Mephitis mephitis, New Hampshire, Odocoileus virginianus, Pekania pennanti, Poecile atricapillus, Procyon lotor, Refuge, Sciurus carolinensis, Silvio O Conte Refuge, Sylvilagus floridanus, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Turdus migratorius, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Ursus americanus, Vermont, Vulpes vulpes, Wildlife Biology, animal tracking, biota, ecosystem monitoring, environment, field inventory and monitoring, time series datasets, vertebrates, wildlife, wildlife biology, Fewer tags