Wildlife biologists are on the right track: A mammalogist's view of specimen collection by Ricardo Moratelli

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New Online Resource on the 3Rs Principles of Animal Research for Wildlife Biologists, Ecologists, and Conservation Managers by Miriam A. Zemanova

“…However, in contrast to toxicological or pharmacological research on laboratory animal models, up to now no 3Rs databases or online resources designed specifically for wildlife biologists, ecologists, and conservation managers have been available. …”
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Novel Paramyxovirus Associated with Severe Acute Febrile Disease, South Sudan and Uganda, 2012 by César G. Albariño, Michael Foltzer, Jonathan S. Towner, Lory A. Rowe, Shelley Campbell, Carlos M. Jaramillo, Brian H. Bird, DeeAnn M. Reeder, Megan E. Vodzak, Paul Rota, Maureen G. Metcalfe, Christina F. Spiropoulou, Barbara Knust, Joel P. Vincent, Michael A. Frace, Stuart T. Nichol, Pierre E. Rollin, Ute Ströher

“…In 2012, a female wildlife biologist experienced fever, malaise, headache, generalized myalgia and arthralgia, neck stiffness, and a sore throat shortly after returning to the United States from a 6-week field expedition to South Sudan and Uganda. …”
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Additional distribution records of the rare Nepal Comma Polygonia c-album agnicula (Moore, 1872) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from Rara National Park, Nepal by Sanej Prasad Suwal, Biraj Shrestha, Binita Pandey, Bibek Shrestha, Prithivi Lal Nepali, Kaashi Chandra Rokaya, Bimal Raj Shrestha

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Locally Procured Wild Game Culinary Trends in the US: A Study of the Ruffed Grouse as Entrée and Accompanying Nutritional Analysis by Keith G. Tidball, Moira M. Tidball, Paul D. Curtis

“…To address this gap, the Cornell research team collaborated with USDA scientists to address shortcomings in nutrition information for several wild game and fish species, in this case Ruffed Grouse. A wildlife biologist with the Ruffed Grouse Society collected bird samples according to USDA-determined collection protocols to obtain edible meat portions. …”
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Simulating the Response of Estuarine Salinity to Natural and Anthropogenic Controls by Vladimir A. Paramygin, Y. Peter Sheng, Justin R. Davis, Karen Herrington

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Elephants in the village: Causes and consequences of property damage in Asia and Africa by Eva M. Gross, Bibhuti P. Lahkar, Naresh Subedi, Vincent R. Nyirenda, Eva Klebelsberg, Oliver Jakoby

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Human–wildlife interactions by C. Rosell, F. Llimona

“…In this respect, in the plenary session, Steve Redpath mentioned the importance of the wildlife biologist’s attitude when interpreting and drawing conclusions from recorded data and stressed the importance of conducting clear, relevant, and transparent science for participants involved in the management decision process, which often involves a high number of stakeholders. …”
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Numbers of Human Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses in the United States Due to Wildlife by Michael R. Conover

“…In doing so, wildlife biologists will also be protecting the future of wildlife.…”
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Rapidly Expanding Range of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses by Jeffrey S. Hall, Robert J. Dusek, Erica Spackman

“…The movement of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) virus across Eurasia and into North America and the virus’ propensity to reassort with co-circulating low pathogenicity viruses raise concerns among poultry producers, wildlife biologists, aviculturists, and public health personnel worldwide. …”
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Crucial but Neglected: Limited Availability of Animal Welfare Courses in Education of Wildlife Researchers by Miriam A. Zemanova

“…Consequently, the aim of this study was, for the very first time, to map the prevalence of animal welfare courses in the university education of ecologists, wildlife biologists, and conservation managers in Europe, Canada, the USA, Australia, and New Zealand. …”
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The Mountain Caribou in Managed Forests Program: Integrating forestry and habitat management in British Columbia by Susan K. Stevenson, Kenneth N. Child, Glen S. Watts, Eliot L. Terry

“…The strategy development component involves wildlife biologists and foresters in developing and implementing solutions to logging-caribou conflicts.…”
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What makes a major change of wildlife management policy possible? Institutional analysis of Polish wolf governance. by Krzysztof Niedziałkowski, Renata Putkowska-Smoter

“…Based on the analysis of data from desk research and semi-structured interviews, we propose a model of institutional change and argue that in the 1990s, environmental activists and wildlife biologists successfully used a political window of opportunity connected with socio-economic transformation after 1989 and managed to induce the government to move the species from the domain of hunting to the domain of nature conservation. …”
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Review of Satellite Remote Sensing and Unoccupied Aircraft Systems for Counting Wildlife on Land by Marie R. G. Attard, Richard A. Phillips, Ellen Bowler, Penny J. Clarke, Hannah Cubaynes, David W. Johnston, Peter T. Fretwell

“…This review provides an introduction for wildlife biologists and managers relatively new to the field on how to implement remote-sensing techniques (satellite and unoccupied aircraft systems) for counting large vertebrates on land, including marine predators that return to land to breed, haul out or roost, to encourage wider application of these technological solutions. …”
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Assessment of coarse woody debris following selective logging in Caspian forests: implications for conservation and management by F.K. Behjou, O.G. Mollabashi

“…Information on the amount, distribution, and characteristics of coarse woody debris (CWD) in forest ecosystems is highly demanded by wildlife biologists, fire specialists and ecologists. Owing to its important role in wildlife habitats, fuel loading, forest productivity, and carbon sequestration, coarse woody debris is an indicator of forest health. …”
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Fine-Scale Differentiation in Diet and Metabolomics of Small Mammals Across a Sharp Ecological Transition by Marjorie D. Matocq, Kaitlin M. Ochsenrider, Kaitlin M. Ochsenrider, Christopher S. Jeffrey, Danny P. Nielsen, Lora A. Richards

“…Our approach allows detailed characterization of diet and metabolic processing of food plants, which can provide evolutionary ecologists and wildlife biologists much needed insight into the nutritional and physiological ecology of the systems they study and manage.…”
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The wired wilderness : electronic surveillance and environmental values in wildlife biology by Benson, Etienne Samuel

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Updating the AIHTS trapping standards to improve animal welfare and capture efficiency and selectivity by Proulx, G, Cattet, M, Serfass, TL, Baker, SE

“…Concerns about the ability of standards and test procedures to ensure animal welfare, and about the implementation of standards, have also been voiced by wildlife biologists, managers, and conservation groups. …”

Updating the AIHTS Trapping Standards to Improve Animal Welfare and Capture Efficiency and Selectivity by Gilbert Proulx, Marc Cattet, Thomas L. Serfass, Sandra E. Baker

“…Concerns about the ability of standards and test procedures to ensure animal welfare, and about the implementation of standards, have also been voiced by wildlife biologists, managers, and conservation groups. …”
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Silviculture for Deer and Timber: A Multiple-Use Policy Analysis Reveals Important Implementation Barriers by Karin Bothwell, Mindy S. Crandall, Amber M. Roth

“…Interviews with foresters and wildlife biologists established the management parameters, and simulated management scenarios compared forest management outcomes with respect to both financial and wildlife habitat provision goals. …”
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