Eric Vander Wal

This study investigates how caribou use memory of past social and foraging locations to shape their movement and habitat selection across different temporal scales.

The paper investigates how social relationships influence habitat selection in elk, finding that social familiarity significantly increases the likelihood of selecting risky habitats.

This study shows that social factors influence stress responses to human disturbance in African elephants, with rank and social connections affecting glucocorticoid levels depending on environmental conditions.

The paper investigates wolf foraging behavior in two systems with different prey availability, finding that wolves in less abundant systems increase niche breadth, territory size, and time spent at kills, supporting optimal foraging theory.

This study shows caribou shift forage selection between seasons, potentially transporting nitrogen across landscapes and mitigating winter scarcity.

The paper shows density increases network connectedness in wild animal populations, but effects saturate, with stronger spatial than social impacts.

The paper uses hormonal data to test assumptions about prey risk perception, finding that elk show consistent stress levels in high-reward habitats despite increased human activity.

The paper reviews 604 foraging behavior studies to compare direct and remote methods, finding five categories with different spatial and temporal extents and highlighting the value of combining approaches.

This paper develops a method to estimate the Realised Viewshed Size for camera traps by accounting for environmental and technical factors, finding that RVS values are smaller than previously reported.

The paper examines how season and social context influence woodland caribou movement and habitat selection in response to roads and burned areas.