• Predicting moose behaviors from tri-axial accelerometer data using a supervised classification algorithm 

      Kirchner, Theresa Margret; Devineau, Olivier; Chimienti, Marianna; Thompson, Daniel P.; Crouse, John; Evans, Alina; Zimmermann, Barbara; Eriksen, Ane (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Monitoring the behavior of wild animals in situ can improve our understanding of how their behavior is related to their habitat and affected by disturbances and changes in their environment. Moose (Alces alces) ...
    • 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 ...
    • Refrigeration or anti-theft? Food-caching behavior of Wolverines (Gulo gulo) in Scandinavia 

      van der Veen, Bert; Mattisson, Jenny; Zimmermann, Barbara; Odden, John; Persson, Jens (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Food-caching animals can gain nutritional advantages by buffering seasonality in food availability, especially during times of scarcity. The wolverine (Gulo gulo) is a facultative predator that occupies environments of low ...
    • The return of large carnivores: Using hunter observation data to understand the role of predators on ungulate populations 

      Tallian, Aimee Grace; Ordiz Fernandez, Andres Avelino; Zimmermann, Barbara; Sand, Håkan; Wikenros, Camilla; Wabakken, Petter; Bergqvist, Göran; Kindberg, Jonas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Large carnivores play a key ecological role in nature, yet quantifying the effects of predation at large spatiotemporal scales remains challenging. Wolves and brown bears have recovered in Sweden, where they share the same ...
    • Rewilding by Wolf Recolonisation, Consequences for Ungulate Populations and Game Hunting 

      Rodríguez-Recio, Mariano; Wikenros, Camilla; Zimmermann, Barbara; Sand, Håkan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The ongoing recolonizations of human-transformed environments in Europe by large carnivores like the wolf Canis lupus means that conservation conflicts could re-surface, among other reasons, due to predation on ungulate ...
    • Roads, forestry, and wolves interact to drive moose browsing behavior in Scandinavia 

      Loosen, Anne Elizabeth; Devineau, Olivier; Zimmermann, Barbara; Cromsigt, Joris P. G. M.; Pfeffer, Sabine; Skarpe, Christina; Mathisen, Karen Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      As wild ungulate densities increase across Europe and North America, plant–herbivore interactions are increasingly important from ecological and economic perspectives. These interactions are particularly significant where ...
    • 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. ...
    • Small rodent monitoring at Birkebeiner road, Norway 

      Neby, Magne; Andreassen, Harry Peter; Milleret, Cyril Pierre; Pedersen, Simen; Tamayo, Ana-Maria; Sanchez, David Carricondo; Versluijs, Erik; Zimmermann, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background. Northern small mammal populations are renowned for their multi-annual population cycles. Population cycles are multi-faceted and have extensive impacts on the rest of the ecosystem. In 2011, we started a ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Testing the influence of habitat experienced during the natal phase on habitat selection later in life in Scandinavian wolves 

      Milleret, Cyril; Ordiz, Andres; Sanz Perez, Ana; Uzal, Antonio; Sanchez, David Carricondo; Eriksen, Ane; Sand, Håkan; Wabakken, Petter; Wikenros, Camilla; Åkesson, Mikael; Zimmermann, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
    • The alternative prey hypothesis revisited: Still valid for willow ptarmigan population dynamics 

      Breisjøberget, Jo Inge; Odden, Morten; Wegge, Per; Zimmermann, Barbara; Andreassen, Harry Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
    • Ungulate-adapted forestry shows promise for alleviating pine browsing damage 

      Loosen, Anne Elizabeth; Devineau, Olivier; Skarpe, Christina; Zimmermann, Barbara; Cromsigt, Joris; Mathisen, Karen Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      High densities of ungulates can increase human-wildlife conflicts. Where forestry is an important economy, intensive browsing can lead to browsing damage, resulting in volume losses, poor stand regeneration, and reduced ...
    • Weight gain of free-ranging beef cattle grazing in the boreal forest of south-eastern Norway 

      Tofastrud, Morten; Hessle, Anna; Rekdal, Yngve; Zimmermann, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Young forest stands and clearcuts in the boreal forest created by modern forestry practices along with meadows of abandoned summer farms may contribute as feeding areas for beef cattle. The patchy distribution and varying ...
    • 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 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, ...
    • Wolves at the door? Factors influencing the individual behavior of wolves in relation to anthropogenic features 

      Sanchez, David Carricondo; Zimmermann, Barbara; Wabakken, Petter; Eriksen, Ane; Milleret, Cyril Pierre; Ordiz, Andres; Sanz-Pérez, Ana; Wikenros, Camilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The recovery of large carnivores in human-dominated landscapes comes with challenges. In general, large carnivores avoid humans and their activities, and human avoidance favors coexistence, but individual variation in large ...