New Methods

Publications/reports

Quamme, D.L. In prep.  Development of a multi-metric index of biotic integrity for wetland invertebrates.  Prep. for the Slocan Valley Wetland Assessment and Mapping Project (SWAMP) including the Slocan River Streamkeepers, Passmore, BC, Slocan Solutions Society and Slocan Lake Stewardship Society, New Denver, BC.

Boulanger J, Stenhouse GB. 2014. The Impact of Roads on the Demography of Grizzly Bears in Alberta. PLoS ONE 9(12): e115535.doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0115535.

Boulanger, J., M. Cattet, S. E. Nielsen, G. Stenhouse & J. Cranston. 2013.  Use of multi-state models to explore relationships between changes in body condition, habitat and survival of grizzly bears Ursus arctos horribilis.  Wildl. Biol. 19: 274-288.

Boulanger, J., A. Gunn, J. Adamczewski, and B. Croft. 2011. A data-driven demographic model to explore the decline of the Bathurst caribou herd. Journal of Wildlife Management, In press.

Boulanger, J., K. C. Kendall, J. B. Stetz, D. A. Roon, L. P. Waits, and D. Paetkau. 2008a. Multiple data sources improve DNA-based mark-recapture population estimates of grizzly bears. Ecological Applications 18:577-589.

Boulanger, J., G. C. White, M. Proctor, G. Stenhouse, G. MacHutchon, and S. Himmer. 2008b. Use of occupancy models to estimate the influence of past live captures on detection probabilities of grizzly bears using DNA hair snagging methods. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:589-595.

Gervasi, V., P. Ciucci, J. Boulanger, M. Posillico, C. Sulli, S. Focardi, E. Randi, and L. Boitani. 2008. A preliminary estimate of Apennine brown bear population size based on hair-snag sampling and multiple data source mark-recapture Huggins models. Ursus 19:105-121.

Cattet, M., J. Boulanger, G. Stenhouse, R. A. Powell, and M. J. Reynolds-Hogland. 2008c. An evaluation of long-term capture effects in ursids: Implications for wildlife welfare and research. Journal of Mammalogy 89:973-990.

Boulanger, J., M. Procter, S. Himmer, G. Stenhouse, D. Paetkau and J. Cranston.  2006.  An empirical test of DNA mark-recapture strategies for grizzly bears.  Ursus 17 (2) 149-158.

Boulanger, J., S. Himmer, and C. Swan. 2004a. Monitoring of grizzly bear population trend and demography using DNA mark-recapture methods in the Owikeno Lake area of British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82:1267-1277.

Boulanger, J., G. Stenhouse, and R. Munro. 2004b. Sources of heterogeneity bias when DNA mark-recapture sampling methods are applied to grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) populations. Journal of Mammalogy 85:618-624.

Boulanger, J., J. Woods, B. N. McLellan, M. F. Proctor, and C. Strobeck. 2004c. Sampling design and capture probability bias in DNA based mark-recapture estimates of grizzly bear populations. Journal of Wildlife Management 68:457-469.

Boulanger, J., G. C. White, B. N. McLellan, J. G. Woods, M. F. Proctor, and S. Himmer. 2002. A meta-analysis of grizzly bear DNA mark-recapture projects in British Columbia. Ursus 13:137-152.

Boulanger, J., and B. McLellan. 2001. Closure violation in DNA-based mark-recapture estimation of grizzly bear populations. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79:642-651.

Boulanger, J. G., and C. J. Krebs. 1994. Comparison of capture-recapture population estimators using snowshoe hare populations. Canadian Journal of Zoology 72:1800-1807.