W. J. Severud

Eat or Be Eaten: Implications of potential exploitative competition between wolves and humans across predator- savvy and -naive deer populations

The study examines how wolf presence affects deer behavior in areas with and without wolves, finding that deer in wolf-present areas show reduced activity and increased vigilance in dense vegetation, while naive deer in wolf-absent areas do not respond similarly.

Statistical Population Reconstruction of Moose (Alces alces) in Northeastern Minnesota using Integrated Population Models

This paper uses integrated population models to reconstruct moose population trends in Minnesota, finding a sharp decline from 2009 to 2013 followed by stability, with adult survival being the main driver of population change.