Tag: habitat selection

February 15, 2022

JWM: For Montana mule deer, is migration worth the effort?

Northwestern Montana is a legendary area for mule deer. Hunters go there to seek out unusually large trophy bucks, which prowl through a more densely forested landscape than mule deer...

June 30, 2021

The July issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management

The Journal of Wildlife Management is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published eight times annually, it is one of the world’s leading scientific journals covering wildlife science, management...

January 18, 2019

JWM: Torngat caribou herd on the decline

Reports from hunters and Inuit groups in northern Quebec-Labrador suggested the Torngat caribou (Rangifer tarandus) herd was declining, but researchers didn’t know to what extent and why. For a study...

May 18, 2017

JWM study: Wisconsin wild turkeys adapt to mixed landscape

Since managers reintroduced wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) to Wisconsin in the mid-1970s, farming has expanded and intensified on the landscape. Despite habitat degradation, a new study suggests, these birds have...