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UID:https://www.ab.mpg.de/events/42916/345436
DTSTART:20260120T093000Z
DTEND:20260120T103000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Top predators play important roles in ecological communities an
 d yet their populations are declining globally in response to a variety of
  human-caused stressors. Large carnivores persist in some contemporary lan
 dscapes dominated by humans\, presenting challenges and opportunities for 
 conservation and ecological understanding. My colleagues and I have been s
 tudying spatial ecology\, population dynamics\, and predator-prey interact
 ions of mountain lions and wolves in North America to advance basic ecolog
 y and inform conservation efforts for over 20 years. In California\, USA\,
  we have studied mountain lions across the statewide metapopulation in a l
 arge collaborative effort that has allowed us to investigate aspects of po
 pulation ecology typically only studied within single populations. In Onta
 rio\, Canada\, we are studying federally threatened eastern wolves persist
 ing in a small\, fragmented population within a unique three-species hybri
 d zone with gray wolves and coyotes. In both systems\, we have combined GP
 S telemetry\, genetic analysis\, and quantitative modeling to evaluate fac
 tors limiting large carnivores in landscapes shared with humans. Our work 
 has resulted in changes to management policy and on-the-ground conservatio
 n action\, and has also contributed new insight into the behavior and dyna
 mics of small populations threatened by human-caused mortality\, fractured
  landscape connectivity\, and interactions between genetic and demographic
  processes.\nVortragende(r): John F. Benson
LAST-MODIFIED:20260107T075125Z
LOCATION:Bückle St. 5a\, 78467 Konstanz\, Raum: Seminar room MPI-AB Bückl
 estrasse + Online
ORGANIZER;CN=Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior:mailto:lrosales@ab.mpg
 .de
SUMMARY:Institute Seminar by John F. Benson: Behavior and Population Dynami
 cs of Top Predators
URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.ab.mpg.de/events/42916/345436
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