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| Anderson, C.; Alldredge, M.W.; Bergman, E.; Ivan, J.; Johnson, H.; Logan, K.; Knudsen, K.; Michaels, M. | |
| Wildlife Research Report | |
| 2015 Full Book | |
This Wildlife Research Report represents summaries (<5 pages each or including short subsections) of wildlife research projects conducted by the Mammals Research Section of Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) from July 2014 through June 2015. These research efforts represent long term projects (4-10 years) in various stages of completion addressing applied questions to benefit the management of various mammal species in Colorado. I addition to the research summaries presented in this document, more technical and detailed versions of most projects (Annual Federal Aid Reports) and related scientific publications that have thus far been completed can be accessed on the COW website at http://cpw.state.c.us/learn/Pages,ResearchMammalsPubs.aspx or from the project principal investigators listed at the beginning of each summary. Current mammal research projects address various aspects of wildlife management and ecology to enhance understanding and management of wildlife responses to various habitat alterations, human-wildlife interactions, and investigating improving approaches to wildlife management. The Mammal Conservation Section addresses mammal and breeding bird responses to the recent bark beetle outbreak influencing about 3.7. million acres of spruce and pine forests in Colorado and preliminary results of lynx monitoring in the San Juan Mountain Range of southwest Colorado. The ungulate Conservation section includes 3 projects addressing mitigation approaches to benefit mule deer exposed to energy development activities, an assessment of potential factors influencing mule deer recruitment the past 40 years, and an evaluation of moose demographic parameters that will inform future management of this recently established ungulate species in Colorado. The Predatory Mammal Conservation section addresses improved understanding and management approaches to address black bear and mountain lion-human interactions, evaluation of sport harvest for mountain lion management, and assessment of non-invasive sampling methods to estimate abundance, diet composition, and age class distribution of carnivore populations. The Support Services section describes the CPW library services to provide internal access of CPW publications and online support for wildlife and fisheries related publications. We have benefited from the numerous collaborations that support these projects and the opportunity to work with and train wildlife technicians and graduate students that will enhance wildlife management and ecology in the future. |
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