Wildlife, habitat and the city

Invasive Plants and Wildlife Habitat Invasive Plants and Wildlife Habitat Non-Native Plants and Wildlife in the Intermountain West

Non-native plant invasions can change communities and ecosystems by altering the structure and composition of native vegetation. Changes in native plant communities caused by non-native plants can influence native wildlife species in diverse ways, but the outcomes and underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, we review and synthesize current information for the Intermountain West of th...

The Wildlife Habitat Response Model : A Tool for Estimating Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Responses to Fuel Treatments

This paper describes the Wildlife Habitat Response Model (WHRM), a web-based computer tool for evaluating potential effects of fuel reduction projects on terrestrial wildlife habitats in dry coniferous forests of the western United States. WHRM uses species-habitat associations to predict how fuel treatments may affect species habitat suitability. Users input the amount of change in forest floo...

Invasive Plants and Wildlife Habitat Invasive Plants and Wildlife Habitat Effects of Plant Invasions on Wildlife in Desert Grasslands

Like all grasslands across North America, the distribution of desert grasslands has been reduced markedly, and remnants have been altered extensively by humans. In Arizona, NewMexico, Texas, USA, and in Mexico, desert grasslands have been invaded by dozens of non-native plants, especially perennial grasses that evolved in arid systems with similar climate and disturbance regimes. In desert gras...

Vermont Wildlife Linkage Habitat Analysis

Evaluation of Gazella subgutturosa Habitat and Presentation of its Utility Model at Mouteh Wildlife Refuge

Introduction: effective management and protection of wildlife populations depends on human understanding of the relationship between wildlife populations and habitats. The destruction and fragmentation of habitats reduces the living area of local communities, limits them to small habitats, and isolates wildlife populations, leading to increased intra-reproductions, reduced genetic diversity, an...