Quinn E. Fletcher, Stan Boutin, Jeffrey E. Lane, Jalene M. LaMontagne et al.
Mast seeding involves the episodic and synchronous production of large seed crops by perennial plants. The predator satiation hypothesis proposes that mast seeding maximizes seed escape because seed predators consume a decreasing proportion of available seeds with increasing seed production. However...
Clayton T. Lamb, Sara H. Williams, Stan Boutin, M W Bridger et al.
Habitat loss is affecting many species, including the southern mountain caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) population in western North America. Over the last half century, this threatened caribou population's range and abundance have dramatically contracted. An integrated population model was used ...
Douglas Peddicord, Ann B. Waldo, Marc Boutin, Tina Grande et al.
Current laws, practices, and concerns about privacy inhibit access to health data for research. Barriers include inconsistent Institutional Review Board policies and complicated and costly procedures to obtain the consent of patients for release of their information. To realize the promise of compar...
Boyan Tracz, Jalene M. LaMontagne, Erin M. Bayne, Stan Boutin
Petroleum-sector development in northern Alberta, Canada has been implicated as one factor influencing the decline of boreal woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou). Previous research showed that caribou are farther from petroleum-sector disturbances within their home range than expected. As pe...