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Nicholas Wright @nickwright98.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Humans have removed apex carnivores from much of the world. But, increasingly, they’re coming back. In this book chapter in Apex Predators in the Anthropocene, we explore the downstream ecological and social consequences of carnivore loss and recovery. books.google.co.mz/books?hl=en&...

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Jenny Green @jennygreen1121.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

My 1st first-author paper is out now in Journal of Wildlife Management! 🎉 Using GPS collar data, we investigated how black bears 🐻respond to recreation and development in #YosemiteNationalPark 🧗‍♀️🥾🏕️🏠 Huge thanks to my #UBC and #NPS co-authors! wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Using GPS collar data from black bears in Yosemite National Park, we examined how bear spatiotemporal activity in relation to human development shifted during the COVID-19 park closure in 2020. In th...

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Eamonn Wooster @predator-smarts.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Does human disturbance disrupt predator-prey temporal niche partitioning? Today in @natcomms.nature.com we show that while there is no overall effect, the larger species of the dyad "loses" the temporal response race to humans. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Kaitlyn Gaynor @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Have you ever cited or come across a mention of the 'human shield hypothesis' and wondered: what is the evidence for this hypothesis, and what is the quality of that evidence? Wonder no more! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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The Human Shield Hypothesis: Does Predator Avoidance of Humans Create Refuges for Prey?

The human shield hypothesis posits that predators avoid areas of human disturbance due to perceived risk from humans, and prey therefore seeks refuge in these areas of perceived safety. Our systemati....

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