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As an int'l grad student stuck in lockdown for the holidays I'm still very much in work mode. But I had fun going back thru new papers from this year that are in my library.
Here are 10 of my favorite in no particular order, biased towards predators, beavers, & boreal/arctic.
Here are 10 of my favorite in no particular order, biased towards predators, beavers, & boreal/arctic.
An insightful & creative paper about energetic costs for apex predators, and how human activity affects predator escape responses, energy expenditures.
Hunters versus hunted: New perspectives on the energetic costs of survival at the top of the food chain https://bit.ly/2WG1djL
Hunters versus hunted: New perspectives on the energetic costs of survival at the top of the food chain https://bit.ly/2WG1djL
Keystone predators (sea otters, here) can mitigate the effects of climate change by maintaining ecosystem integrity.
"Keystone predators govern the pathway and pace of climate impacts in a subarctic marine ecosystem" https://bit.ly/3pkyz41
"Keystone predators govern the pathway and pace of climate impacts in a subarctic marine ecosystem" https://bit.ly/3pkyz41
Beavers-altered riparian corridors can provide essential aquatic refuge during wildfires and play a role in riparian vegetation resilience
Smokey the Beaver: beaver‐dammed riparian corridors stay green during wildfire throughout the western United States https://bit.ly/2KOkkpa
Smokey the Beaver: beaver‐dammed riparian corridors stay green during wildfire throughout the western United States https://bit.ly/2KOkkpa
A long-term study on human-large carnivore coexistence. High mortality in early life stages, later behavioral adjustments to avoid humans, & importance of demographic rescue for pop'ns with high human presence
The ecology of human–carnivore coexistence https://bit.ly/2Kv850Y
The ecology of human–carnivore coexistence https://bit.ly/2Kv850Y
This paper wins for my favorite title! Evaluates whether carcasses/mass mortality events establish a landscape of fear for rodents via the presence of scavengers.
Fear the reaper: ungulate carcasses may generate an ephemeral landscape of fear for rodents https://bit.ly/3rwbiOH
Fear the reaper: ungulate carcasses may generate an ephemeral landscape of fear for rodents https://bit.ly/3rwbiOH
A meta-analysis on intraguild predation and suppression in large carnivores: carrion provisioning may enhance suppression rather than benefit mesocarnivores
Enemies with benefits: integrating positive and negative interactions among terrestrial carnivores https://bit.ly/3hauZqo
Enemies with benefits: integrating positive and negative interactions among terrestrial carnivores https://bit.ly/3hauZqo
I had been looking for a good how-to guide for bootstrapping in R -- and now there is one! A great introductory guide on resampling methods
Resampling-based methods for biologists https://bit.ly/3rr6ARW
Resampling-based methods for biologists https://bit.ly/3rr6ARW
There's been much debate about what role climate change & human subsidies had on red fox expansion into tundra. This study demonstrates human subsidies facilitated red fox expansion in N. America https://bit.ly/34DM5rD
That the Arctic is rapidly changing under climate change is well-established. But this integrative study suggests that the change into a new Arctic w/different precip/temperature regimes.
Extremes become routine in an emerging new Arctic https://go.nature.com/3rosF3F
Extremes become routine in an emerging new Arctic https://go.nature.com/3rosF3F
Snowshoe hares are keystone prey in boreal forests. Long-term study indicates that climate change could disrupt cyclic predator-hare dynamics by altering mortality risk.
Climate change increases predation risk for a keystone species of the boreal forest https://go.nature.com/38xFWhI
Climate change increases predation risk for a keystone species of the boreal forest https://go.nature.com/38xFWhI
I have no doubt that I missed many other excellent papers. Hit me up with your favorite(s) from this past year too!
