Publications

bovine tuberculosis in elk (cervus elaphus manitobensis) near riding mountain national park, manitoba, from 1992 to 2002.		2003	14601681
learning from outbreaks of bovine tuberculosis near riding mountain national park: applications to a foreign animal disease outbreak.	riding mountain national park, manitoba, is home to a population of free-roaming elk (cervus elaphus manitobensis) that have been found to be infected with mycobacterium bovis, the agent of bovine tuberculosis (tb). the disease has also been found in a number of cattle herds near the park and, as a result, manitoba has been assigned a split status for bovine tb. a number of government agencies, with input from representatives from the wildlife and agricultural sectors, have responded by devising ...	2004	14992251
intranasal administration of xylazine to reduce stress in elk captured by net gun.	forty free-ranging elk (cervus elaphus manitobensis) were captured by net gun in riding mountain national park (manitoba, canada) during february 2002 and were administered either saline (control) or xylazine by the intranasal route, to evaluate the efficacy and benefit of intranasal xylazine to reduce stress. elk that received xylazine had higher relaxation scores than control elk, and the onset of sedation occurred quickly, often <1 min. serum concentrations of cortisol, creatine kinase, and g ...	2004	15465726
feasibility of using coyotes (canis latrans) as sentinels for bovine mycobacteriosis (mycobacterium bovis) infection in wild cervids in and around riding mountain national park, manitoba, canada.	elk (cervus elaphus manitobensis) and white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) in the riding mountain national park (rmnp) region of southwestern manitoba have been identified as a likely wildlife reservoir of mycobacterium bovis, the causative agent of bovine mycobacteriosis in livestock. the feasibility of using coyotes (canis latrans) collected from trappers as a sentinel species was investigated. retropharyngeal, mesenteric, and colonic lymph nodes and tonsils collected at necropsy from 82 ...	2007	17699081
temporal variation in site fidelity: scale-dependent effects of forage abundance and predation risk in a non-migratory large herbivore.	large herbivores are typically confronted by considerable spatial and temporal variation in forage abundance and predation risk. although animals can employ a range of behaviours to balance these limiting factors, scale-dependent movement patterns are expected to be an effective strategy to reduce predation risk and optimise foraging opportunities. we tested this prediction by quantifying site fidelity of global positioning system-collared, non-migratory female elk (cervus canadensis manitobensi ...	2013	23552985
density-dependent habitat selection and partitioning between two sympatric ungulates.	theory on density-dependent habitat selection predicts that as population density of a species increases, use of higher quality (primary) habitat by individuals declines while use of lower quality (secondary) habitat rises. habitat partitioning is often considered the primary mechanism for coexistence between similar species, but how this process evolves with changes in population density remains to be empirically tested for free-ranging ungulates. we used resource-selection functions to quantif ...	2014	24913777