• Quiet islands in a world of fear: Wolves seek core zones of protected areas to escape human disturbance 

      Smith, Adam F.; Ciuti, Simone; Shamovich, Dmitry; Fenchuk, Viktar; Zimmermann, Barbara; Heurich, Marco Dietmar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Anthropocene continuously escalates the challenges and threats faced by large carnivores in human-dominated landscapes. Given their unique conservation and management requirements, detailed insights into their behaviour ...
    • Scavenging patterns of an inbred wolf population in a landscape with a pulse of human-provided carrion 

      Wikenros, Camilla; Di Bernardi, Cecilia; Zimmermann, Barbara; Åkesson, Mikael; Demski, Maike; Flagstad, Øystein; Mattisson, Jenny; Tallian, Aimee Grace; Wabakken, Petter; Sand, Håkan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Scavenging is an important part of food acquisition for many carnivore species that switch between scavenging and predation. In landscapes with anthropogenic impact, humans provide food that scavenging species can utilize. ...
    • Sesongkonflikter mellom mennesker og ulv i områder med snø og trekkelg: Ulv i Slettåsreviret, 2009-2018: Utredning om ulv og bosetting del 5 

      Wabakken, Petter; Zimmermann, Barbara; Eriksen, Ane; Maartmann, Erling; Nordli, Kristoffer; Carricondo-Sanchez, David; Sand, Håkan; Wikenros, Camilla (Skriftserien;12/2018, Research report, 2019)
      Mennesker bosatt innenfor ulverevir kan observere ulv, ulvespor eller sportegn i sitt nærmiljø, og det er ikke uvanlig at det blir debatt omkring ulvenes nærhet til bosetting og hvorvidt atferden som observeres er normal ...
    • Slettåsulvenes atferd i forhold til menneskelig bosetting gjennom et helt år: Utredning om ulv og bosetting del 6 

      Zimmermann, Barbara; Wabakken, Petter; Eriksen, Ane; Maartmann, Erling; Carricondo-Sanchez, David; Versluijs, Erik; Sand, Håkan; Wikenros, Camilla (Skriftserien;13/2018, Research report, 2019)
      Etter at Slettåsulvene i 2009 etablerte revir i et område som har vært tomt for ynglende ulv i trolig over hundre år, har det vært en vedvarende konflikt om ulvers atferd i forhold til bosetting. Slettåsulvene ble av lokalt ...
    • Spatial and temporal cohesion of parents and offspring in a social large carnivore 

      Nordli, Kristoffer; Wabakken, Petter; Eriksen, Ane; Sand, Håkan; Wikenros, Camilla; Maartmann, Erling; Zimmermann, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Social organization in animals is a fundamental factor driving population dynamics and individual spatial distribution. Affiliation among kin is common in social groups, but kinship is no safeguard against intraspecific ...
    • Spredningsulvers bevegelser i forhold til menneskelig infrastruktur: Utredning om ulv og bosetting del 3 

      Eriksen, Ane; Zimmermann, Barbara; Wabakken, Petter; Carricondo-Sanchez, David; Sand, Håkan; Wikenros, Camilla (Skriftserien;10/2018, Research report, 2019)
      I denne rapporten presenterer vi den første telemetristudien av skandinaviske ungulvers habitatbruk under utvandring. Ulvers vandringsruter følger ofte landskapskorridorer som dalfører og veier, og i spredningsfasen vil ...
    • A Standardized Method for Experimental Human Approach Trials on Wild Wolves 

      Eriksen, Ane; Versluijs, Erik; Fuchs, Boris; Zimmermann, Barbara; Wabakken, Petter; Ordiz, Andres; Sunde, Peter; Wikenros, Camilla; Sand, Håkan; Gillich, Benjamin; Michler, Frank; Nordli, Kristoffer; Sanchez, David Carricondo; Gorini, Lucrezia; Rieger, Siegfried (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      As wolves recolonize areas of Europe ranging from moderate to high anthropogenic impact, fear of wolves is a recurring source of conflict. Shared tools for evaluating wolf responses to humans, and comparing such responses ...
    • Tildelt, sett og felt elg i forhold til ulveforekomst i Norge og Sverige. Utredning om ulv og elg del 1 

      Wikenros, Camilla; Zimmermann, Barbara; Sand, Håkan; Månsson, Johan; Maartmann, Erling; Eriksen, Ane; Wabakken, Petter (Skriftserien;22/2019, Research report, 2019)
      Predasjon fra store rovdyr og jakt er de to viktigste faktorene som styrer dynamikken i mange hjorteviltpopulasjoner verden over. Gjenetableringen av ulv på den skandinaviske halvøya har møtt hard motstand fra mange hold, ...
    • Ulvevalpers flokksamhold og områdebruk i Skandinavia: Utredning om ulv og bosetting del 2 

      Nordli, Kristoffer; Zimmermann, Barbara; Wabakken, Petter; Eriksen, Ane; Carricondo-Sanchez, David; Maartmann, Erling; Sand, Håkan; Wikenros, Camilla (Skriftserien;9/2018, Research report, 2019)
      Den grunnleggende enheten i en ulveflokk, også kalt familiegruppe, består av det revirmarkerende paret med en lederhann og en ledertispe samt deres avkom fra siste yngling og/eller tidligere valpekull. Flokkens gruppeatferd ...
    • Vinterfôring av elg i Stor-Elvdal: Elgaktivitet og beiteskader i relasjon til fôringsstasjoner 

      Gundersen, Hege; Andreassen, Harry Peter (Rapport;15/1999, Research report, 1999)
      Norsk: Vinterfôring av elg er et forholdsvis nytt tiltak. I denne rapporten presenterer vi resultatene fra et studie av elgaktivitet og beiteskader som ble registrert rundt 44 fôringsstasjoner i Stor- Elvdal, vinteren ...
    • Wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in Scandinavia 

      Ordiz Fernandez, Andres Avelino; Uzal, Antonio; Milleret, Cyril Pierre; Sanz-Perez, Ana; Zimmermann, Barbara; Wikenros, Camilla; Wabakken, Petter; Kindberg, Jonas; Swenson, Jon; Sand, Håkan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Habitat selection of animals depends on factors such as food availability, landscape features, and intraand interspecific interactions. Individuals can show several behavioral responses to reduce competition for habitat, ...
    • Wolf monitoring in Scandinavia: evaluating counts of packs and reproduction events 

      Åkesson, Mikael; Svensson, Linn; Flagstad, Øystein; Wabakken, Petter; Frank, Jens (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Large carnivores are elusive and use large areas, which causes monitoring to be challenging and costly. Moreover, management to reduce conflicts and simultaneously ensure long‐term population viability require precise ...
    • Wolf Responses to Experimental Human Approaches Using High-Resolution Positioning Data 

      Versluijs, Erik; Eriksen, Ane; Fuchs, Boris; Wikenros, Camilla; Sand, Håkan; Wabakken, Petter; Zimmermann, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Humans pose a major mortality risk to wolves. Hence, similar to how prey respond to predators, wolves can be expected to show anti-predator responses to humans. When exposed to a threat, animals may show a fight, flight, ...
    • Wolf space use in a seasonally changing environment 

      Leroy, Ruben Jo M. (Master thesis, 2021)
      In this study, we investigate the space use of a recolonizing predator in Scandinavia in relation to the density of its main prey and other environmental variables. Animal space use is influenced by intrinsic factors, ...
    • Wolf-human interaction: a method and pilot study for experimental human approaches on wild, GPScollared wolves 

      Versluijs, Erik (Master thesis, 2020)
      Wolves are recolonising human-dominated landscapes, which increases conflicts as people express fear based on the perception that wolves are dangerous and unpredictable. Increasing knowledge about behavioural responses of ...
    • Wolves, people, and brown bears influence the expansion of the recolonizing wolf population in Scandinavia 

      Ordiz, Andres; Milleret, Cyril; Kindberg, Jonas; Månsson, Johan; Wabakken, Petter; Swenson, Jon E.; Sand, Håkan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Interspecific competition can influence the distribution and abundance of species and the structure of ecological communities and entire ecosystems. Interactions between apex predators can have cascading effects through ...