J. W. Turner

Movement-integrated habitat selection reveals wolves balance ease of travel with human avoidance in a risk-reward trade-off

This study examines how habitat influences wolves' movement and selection of linear features, revealing that habitat type affects their avoidance or use of human-made structures.

Hunger drives switching and searching response in a social predator

This study examines how hunger affects wolf hunting behavior, finding that hungrier wolves move further into the park and shift their response to elk.

Effective conservation decisions require models designed for purpose: a case study for boreal caribou in Ontario's Ring of Fire

The paper evaluates existing models for predicting mining impacts on boreal caribou in Ontario's Ring of Fire and finds they are ill-suited for regional planning due to lack of specificity and variability across caribou ranges.

At a snail's pace: the influence of habitat disturbance on terrestrial snail movement using experimentally manipulated mesocosms

This study examines how habitat disturbance affects snail movement using mesocosms, finding snails alter behavior in response to perceived risks.

Death comes for us all: an interplay of habitat selection, movement, and social behavior relate to cause specific mortality among grey wolves

This study examines how habitat selection, movement, and social behavior relate to cause-specific mortality in grey wolves, finding behavioral changes before death linked to human or disease causes.

Effects of the social environment on movement-integrated habitat selection

This study examines how social environment influences movement-integrated habitat selection in a gregarious ungulate, showing that social behavior and space use are interrelated through movement-dependent habitat selection.

Toxoplasma gondii infections are associated with boldness towards lions in wild hyena hosts

A study finds that T. gondii infected hyena cubs approach lions more closely and have higher lion mortality rates, suggesting behavioral manipulation by the parasite.

Associations of early social experience with offspring DNA methylation and later life stress phenotype

The paper examines how early social experiences in spotted hyenas affect DNA methylation and stress phenotype later in life, finding associations between social connectedness and DNA methylation biomarkers near inflammation-related genes.