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Significant Recent Publications

Bears

Belant, J.L., B. Griffith, Y. Zhang, E.H. Follmann, and L.G. Adams. 2010. Population-level resource selection by sympatric brown and American black bears in Alaska. Polar Biology 33:31-40.

Caribou

Adams, L. G., B. W. Dale, and G. H. Roffler. 2005. Extraordinary movements of the Denali Caribou Herd following the perfect storm. Rangifer Special Issue 16:19-25.

Adams, L. G. 2005. Effects of maternal characteristics and climatic variation on birth masses of Alaskan caribou. Journal of Mammalogy 86:506-513.

Adams, L. G. 2003. Marrow fat deposition and skeletal growth in caribou calves. Journal of Wildlife Management. 67(1):20-24.

Adams, L. G., and B. W. Dale. 1998. Reproductive performance of female Alaskan caribou. Journal of Wildlife Management 62:1184-1195.

Adams, L. G., and B. W. Dale. 1998. Timing and synchrony of parturition in Alaskan caribou. Journal of Mammalogy 79:287-294.

Adams, L. G., F. J. Singer, and B. W. Dale. 1995. Caribou calf mortality in Denali National Park, Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 59:584-594.

Dale, B. W., L. G. Adams, W. B. Collins, K. Joly, P. Valkenburg, and R. Toby. 2008. Stochastic and compensatory effects limit persistence of variation in body mass of young caribou. Journal of Mammalogy 89:1130-35.

Davis, J. L., L. G. Adams, P. Valkenburg, and D. J. Reed. 1991. The relationship between caribou body weight and age and cohort specific reproduction. Pages 115-142 in Butler, C.E., and S.P. Mahoney, eds. Proceedings of the Fourth North American Caribou Workshop, Newfoundland and Labrador Wildlife Division. St. Johns's, Newfoundland. 529pp.

Joly, K., B. W. Dale, W. B. Collins, and L. G. Adams. 2003. Winter habitat use by female caribou in relation to wildland fires in interior Alaska. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81:1192-1201.

Joly, K., L. G. Adams, B. W. Dale, and W. B. Collins. 2002. Evaluating the impacts of wildland fires on caribou in interior Alaska. Pages 63-67 in Myers, C.E., and J.R. Hough (eds.). Arctic research of the United States, volume 16. Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia.

Roffler, G., Adams, L.G., Talbot, S., Sage, K. Evaluating the genetic relationships of the Mentasta and Nelchina caribou herds in Southcentral Alaska. 11th North American Caribou Conference. Jasper, Alberta, Canada. April 23-27, 2006, presentation.

Rupp, S., M. Olson, L.G. Adams, B.W. Dale, K. Joly, J. Henkelman, W.B. Collins, and A.M. Starfield. 2006. Simulating the influences of a changing fire regime on caribou winter habitat. Ecological Applications. 16:1730-1743.

Moose

Boertje, R.D., K.A. Kellie, C.T. Seaton, M.A. Keech, D.D. Young, L.G. Adams, and A.R. Aderman. 2007. Ranking Alaska moose nutrition: signals to begin liberal anterless harvests. Journal of Wildlife Management. 71:1494-1506.

Sheep

Kleckner,C., M. S. Udevitz, L. G. Adams, and B. S. Shults. 2002. Demography of Dall's sheep in northwestern Alaska. Pages 68-73 in Myers, C.E., and J.R. Hough (eds.). Arctic research of the United States, volume 16. Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia.

Roffler, Gretchen. 2009. Baseline Studies of Dall's Sheep Populations: Genetic Diversity and Parasites

Roffler, G.H., Adams, L.G., Luikart, G., Sage, G., Schwanke, R., Schwartz, M.K., Talbot, S., Pilgrim, K. Development of a technique to extract DNA from Dall's sheep feces: Preliminary results. North American Wild Sheep and Goat Council 16th Biennial Symposium, Midway, Utah, April 27 - May 1, 2008, poster presentation.

Udevitz, M. S., B. Shults, L. G. Adams, and C. Kleckner. 2006. Evaluation of aerial survey methods for Dall sheep. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 34:732-740

Wolves

Adams, L.G., S.D. Farley, C.A. Stricker, D.J. Demma, G.H. Roffler, D.C. Miller, and R.O. Rye. 2010. Are inland wolf-ungulate systems influenced by marine subsidies of Pacific salmon? Ecological Applications 20:251-262.

Adams, L. G., R. O. Stephenson, B. W. Dale, R. T. Ahgook, and D. J. Demma. 2008. Population dynamics and harvest characteristics of wolves in the central Brooks Range, Alaska. Wildlife Monographs 170:1-25.

Burch, J. W., L. G. Adams, E. H. Follmann, and E.A. Rexstad. Evaluation of wolf density estimation from radiotelemetry data. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33(4):1225-1235.

Constable, P., K. Hinchcliff, N. Demma, M. Callahan, B. Dale, K. Fox, L. G. Adams, R. Wack, and L. Kramer. 1998. Electrocardiographic consequences of a peripatetic lifestyle in gray wolves (Canis lupus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 120:557-563.

Constable, P., K. Hinchcliff, N. Demma, M. Callahan, B. Dale, K. Fox, L. G. Adams, R. Wack, and L. Kramer. 1998. Serum biochemistry of captive and free-ranging gray wolves (Canis lupus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 29:435-440.

Dale, B. W., L. G. Adams, and R. T. Bowyer. 1995. Winter wolf predation in a multiple ungulate prey system, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska. Pages 223-230 in L.N. Carbyn, S.H. Fritts, and D.R. Seip, eds. Ecology and conservation of wolves in a changing world: Proceedings of the second North American symposium on wolves. Canadian Circumpolar Institute Occasional Paper 35, University of Alberta, Edmonton. 642pp.

Mech, L. D., L. G. Adams, T. J. Meier, J. W. Burch, and B. W. Dale. 1998. The wolves of Denali. University of Minnesota Press. 238pp.

Mech, L. D., T. J. Meier, J. W. Burch, and L. G. Adams. 1995. Patterns of prey selection by wolves in Denali National Park, Alaska. Pages 231-244 in L.N. Carbyn, S.H. Fritts, and D.R. Seip, eds. Ecology and conservation of wolves in a changing world: Proceedings of the second North American symposium on wolves. Canadian Circumpolar Institute Occasional Paper 35, University of Alberta, Edmonton. 642pp.

Meier, T., J. Burch, and L. G. Adams. 2006. Tracking the movements of Denali's wolves. Alaska Park Science 5 (1):30-35.

Meier, T. J., J. W. Burch, L. D. Mech, and L. G. Adams. 1995. Pack structure and genetic relatedness among wolf packs in a naturally regulated population. Pages 293-302 in L.N. Carbyn, S.H. Fritts, and D.R. Seip, eds. Ecology and conservation of wolves in a changing world: Proceedings of the second North American symposium on wolves. Canadian Circumpolar Institute Occasional Paper 35, University of Alberta, Edmonton. 642pp.

Smith, D., T. J. Meier, E. Geffen, L. D. Mech, J. W. Burch, L. G. Adams, and R. K. Wayne. 1997. Is incest common in wolf packs? Behavioral Ecology 8:384-391.

Zarnke, R. L., J. Evermann, J. M. Ver Hoef, M. E. McNay, R. D. Boertje, C. L. Gardner, L. G. Adams, B. W. Dale, and J. Burch. 2001. Serologic survey for canine coronavirus in wolves from interior Alaska, 1994-1999. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37(4):740-745.

Other

Adams, L. G., T. Meier, P. Owens, and G. H. Roffler. 2006. Interrelationships of Denali's large mammal community. Alaska Park Science 5(1):36-40.

Adams, L. G., B. W. Dale, and L. D. Mech. 1995. Wolf predation on caribou calves in Denali National Park, Alaska. Pages 245-260 in L.N. Carbyn, S.H. Fritts, and D.R. Seip, eds. Ecology and conservation of wolves in a changing world: Proceedings of the second North American symposium on wolves. Canadian Circumpolar Institute Occasional Paper 35, University of Alberta, Edmonton. 642pp.

Adams, L. G., and L. D. Mech. 1995. Population trends of wolves and caribou in Denali National Park, Alaska. Pages 347-348 in E.T. LaRoe, G.S. Farris, C.E. Puckett, P.D. Doran, and M.J. Mac, eds. Our living resources: A report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals and ecosystems. U.S. Department of Interior, National Biological Service, Washington, DC. 530pp.

Belant, J.L., K. Kielland, E.H. Follmann, and L.G. Adams. 2006. Interspecific resource partitioning in sympatric Ursids. Ecological Applications 16(6):2333-2343.

Ben-David, M., E. Shochat, and L. G. Adams. 2001. The utility of stable isotope analysis in studying foraging ecology of herbivores: Examples from moose and caribou. Alces. 37(2):421-434.

Dale, B. W., L. G. Adams, and R. T. Bowyer. 1994. Functional response of wolves preying on barren-ground caribou in a multiple-prey system. Journal of Animal Ecology 63:644-652.

Haufler, J. B., L. G. Adams, J. A. Bailey, R. G. Brocke, M. J. Conroy, G. Joslin, and K. G. Smith. 1996. Wildlife management in North American wilderness. Wildlife Society Technical Review 96-1. 23pp.

McIntyre, C. L., D. C. Douglas, and L. G. Adams. 2009. Movements of juvenile gyrfalcons from western and interior Alaska following departure from their natal areas. Journal of Raptor Research 43:99-109.

McIntyre, C. L., and L. G. Adams. 1999. Reproductive characteristics of migratory golden eagles in Denali National Park, Alaska. Condor 101:1115-1123.

Mech, L. D., and L. G. Adams. 1999. Killing of a muskox, Ovibos moschatus, by two wolves, Canis lupus, and subsequent caching. Canadian Field-Naturalist 113(4):673-675.

Merrill, S. B., L. G. Adams, M. E. Nelson, and L. D. Mech. 1998. Testing releasable GPS radiocollars on wolves and white-tailed deer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26(4):830-835.