OOS 20
Ungulate Population Dynamics in Multi-Prey, Multi-Predator Systems

Wednesday, August 13, 2014: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
202, Sacramento Convention Center
Organizer:
Heiko U. Wittmer, Victoria University of Wellington
Moderator:
Heiko U. Wittmer, Victoria University of Wellington
Much of our current theoretical understanding of predator-prey interactions is based on studies and mathematical models developed for single-prey, single-predator systems. However, ungulates, like most other species, are commonly part of complex multi-species communities. Predicting outcomes of species interactions in such systems is difficult but necessary to implement meaningful conservation and management strategies. In this session we attempt to summarize current knowledge of ungulate population dynamics in multi-species systems focusing on 3 different scenarios: A) one ungulate prey species, multiple predators; B) multiple ungulate prey species, one predator; and C) multiple ungulate prey species, multiple predators. Summaries of case studies as well as advances in modelling predator-prey interactions in multi-species systems will be used to develop a conceptual framework for understanding impacts of predators in complex ecological systems.
8:00 AM
OOS 20-1
 Toward a more robust link between theory and data in large mammal predator-prey ecology
Dennis Murray, Trent University; Robert Serrouya, University of Alberta; Guillaume G. Bastille-Rousseau, Trent University; Kevin K. Chan, Trent University; Catarina C. Ferreira, Trent University
8:20 AM
OOS 20-2
 Dynamics of black-tailed deer in a single ungulate prey, multiple predator system in northern California
Lucile Marescot, University of California, Davis; Tavis D. Forrester, University of California, Davis; Maximilian L. Allen, Victoria University of Wellington; David S. Casady, California Department of Fish and Wildlife; Heiko U. Wittmer, Victoria University of Wellington
8:40 AM Cancelled
OOS 20-3
 Effects of recovering large carnivores on elk are context dependent in multiple-predator-prey systems
Mark Hebblewhite, University of Montana; Kelly Proffitt, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks; Daniel Eacker, University of Montana; Brent Cascaddan, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks; Ben Jimenez, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks
9:00 AM
OOS 20-4
 Spatial game between gray wolves, caribou, and moose in the boreal forest
Daniel Fortin, Université Laval; Pietro-Luciano Buono, University of Ontario Institute of Technology; NIcolas Courbin, Université Laval; Marie-Claude Labbé, Université Laval; Mathieu Basille, Université Laval; Christian Dussault, Ministere des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune; James D. Forester, University of Minnesota
9:20 AM
OOS 20-5
 Using predator-prey theory to predict outcomes of a broad-scale test of apparent competition
Robert Serrouya, University of Alberta; Meike Wittmann, Stanford University; Bruce N. McLellan, British Columbia Ministry of Forests; Heiko U. Wittmer, Victoria University of Wellington; Stan Boutin, University of Alberta
9:40 AM
OOS 20-
 Break
9:50 AM
OOS 20-6
 How demographic, temporal and spatial heterogeneities contribute to the coexistence of large mammalian herbivores with large carnivores in African savanna ecosystems
Norman Owen-Smith, University of Witwatersrand
10:10 AM
OOS 20-7
 Recruitment and population dynamics in elk following the return of the wolf to a multi-predator multiple-prey system
David Christianson, University of Arizona; Scott Creel, Montana State University
10:30 AM
OOS 20-8
 Seasonal and spatial heterogeneity in food intake by Serengeti lions
John M. Fryxell, University of Guelph; Anna Mosser, University of Minnesota; Ali Swanson, University of Minnesota; Craig Packer, University of Minnesota; Anthony R. E. Sinclair, University of British Columbia
10:50 AM
OOS 20-9
 Escape from the predator pit: 30 years of high wolf and moose densities following wolf control in Alaska
Laura R. Prugh, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Rodney D. Boertje, Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Donald D. Young, Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Mark E. McNay, Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Craig L. Gardner, Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Kalin A. Kellie, Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Mark A. Keech, Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Patrick Valkenburg, Alaska Department of Fish and Game; C. Tom Seaton, Alaska Department of Fish and Game; John F. Benson, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
11:10 AM
OOS 20-10
 Fear, forage and fawns: Reproductive status determines response of adult female deer to bear and wolf predation risks in Southeast Alaska
Sophie L. Gilbert, University of Alaska Fairbanks; David K. Person, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Mark Boyce, University of Alberta; Kris J. Hundertmark, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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