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Day, C.C., Landguth, E.L., Sawaya, M.A. et al. Genetic connectivity of wolverines in western North America. Sci Rep 14, 28248 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-77956-9
R.A. Long, P. MacKay, J.D. Sauder, M. Sinclair, K.B. Aubry, and C.M. Raley. 2024. An overwinter protocol for detecting wolverines and other carnivores at camera traps paired with automated scent dispensers. Ecology and Evolution, May 2. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11290
H. Shamon et. al. SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A third coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. 2024. Ecology, May 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4318
A.C. Burton, C. Beirne, K.M. Gaynor, et al. 2024. Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape. Nature Ecology and Evolution, March 18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02363-2
J.T. Fisher et al. 2022. Wolverines (Gulo gulo) in a changing landscape and warming climate: A decadal synthesis of global conservation ecology research. Global Ecology and Conservation, vol. 34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02019
T.W. Franklin, K.S. McKelvey, J.D. Golding, et al. 2019. Using environmental DNA methods to improve winter surveys for rare carnivores: DNA from snow and improved noninvasive techniques. Biological Conservation 229:50–58.
R.A. Long and P. MacKay. 2012. Noninvasive methods for surveying martens, fishers, and sables. In: Biology and Conservation of Martens, Sables, and Fishers: A new synthesis. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
R.A. Long, T.M. Donovan, P. MacKay, J.S. Buzas, and W.J. Zielinski. 2010. Predicting carnivore occurrence with noninvasive survey data and occupancy modeling. Landscape Ecology 26:327–340.
P. MacKay and R. Long. 2009. Noninvasive carnivore research. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare, M. Bekoff (ed.). Westport, CT: Greenwood.
R.A. Long, P. MacKay, J.C. Ray, and W.J. Zielinski (eds.). 2008. Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores. Washington, DC: Island Press.
P. MacKay, D. Smith, M. Parker, and R.A. Long. 2008. Scat detection dogs. In: Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores, R.A. Long et al. (eds.). Washington, DC: Island Press.
P. MacKay, W.J. Zielinski, R.A. Long, and J.C. Ray. 2008. Noninvasive research and carnivore conservation. In: Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores, R.A. Long et al. (eds.). Washington, DC: Island Press.
R.A. Long, T.M. Donovan, P. MacKay, J.S. Buzas and W.J. Zielinski. 2007. Comparing detection dogs, cameras, and hair snares for detecting carnivores. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:2018–2025.
R.A. Long, T.M. Donovan, P. MacKay, W.J. Zielinski and J.S. Buzas. 2007. Effectiveness of scat detection dogs for detecting forest carnivores. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:2007–2017.