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Overview

Mark Hebblewhite is affiliated with the University of Montana in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics that include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Indigenous Studies and Ecology, and Ecology and Biodiversity Studies.

Frequent publication venues for their research include Ecology and Evolution, Ecological Applications, Environmental Research Letters, Ecosphere, and Conservation Science and Practice.

Mark Hebblewhite has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, notably Evelyn H. Merrill, Kyle Joly, Jesse Whittington, Adam T. Ford, and Hans Martin.

Among recent papers associated with their work are:

  • Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns (2023) published in Science
  • Disturbance type and species life history predict mammal responses to humans (2021) published in Global Change Biology
  • Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations (2021) published in Science
  • Habitat loss accelerates for the endangered woodland caribou in western Canada (2021) published in Conservation Science and Practice
  • Wave-like Patterns of Plant Phenology Determine Ungulate Movement Tactics (2020) published in Current Biology

Best Publications

  • Status and ecological effects of the world's largest carnivores.

    William J. Ripple;James A. Estes;Robert L. Beschta;Christopher C. Wilmers

  • Climate Change and Infectious Diseases: From Evidence to a Predictive Framework

    Sonia Altizer;Richard S. Ostfeld;Pieter T. J. Johnson;Susan Kutz

  • Moving in the Anthropocene : global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

    Marlee A. Tucker;Katrin Böhning-Gaese;William F. Fagan;John M. Fryxell

  • Application of random effects to the study of resource selection by animals

    Cameron S. Gillies;Mark Hebblewhite;Scott E. Nielsen;Meg A. Krawchuk

  • Distinguishing technology from biology: a critical review of the use of GPS telemetry data in ecology

    Mark Hebblewhite;Daniel T. Haydon

  • Ecological Consequences of Sea-Ice Decline

    Eric Post;Uma S. Bhatt;Cecilia M. Bitz;Jedediah F. Brodie

  • Human Activity Mediates a Trophic Cascade Caused by Wolves

    Mark Hebblewhite;Clifford A. White;Clifford A. White;Clifford G. Nietvelt;John A. McKenzie;John A. McKenzie

  • A MULTI-SCALE TEST OF THE FORAGE MATURATION HYPOTHESIS IN A PARTIALLY MIGRATORY UNGULATE POPULATION

    Mark Hebblewhite;Evelyn Merrill;Greg McDermid

  • Resolving issues of imprecise and habitat-biased locations in ecological analyses using GPS telemetry data.

    Jacqueline L. Frair;John R Fieberg;Mark Hebblewhite;Francesca Cagnacci

  • Modelling wildlife–human relationships for social species with mixed‐effects resource selection models

    Mark Hebblewhite;Evelyn Merrill

  • The interpretation of habitat preference metrics under use–availability designs

    Hawthorne L. Beyer;Daniel T. Haydon;Juan M. Morales;Jacqueline L. Frair

  • Scaling-up camera traps: monitoring the planet's biodiversity with networks of remote sensors

    Robin Steenweg;Mark Hebblewhite;Roland Kays;Jorge Ahumada

  • Habitat–performance relationships: finding the right metric at a given spatial scale

    Jean-Michel Gaillard;Mark Hebblewhite;Anne Loison;Mark Fuller

  • Spatial decomposition of predation risk using resource selection functions: an example in a wolf /elk predator /prey system

    M. Hebblewhite;E. H. Merrill;T. L. McDonald

  • Trade-offs between predation risk and forage differ between migrant strategies in a migratory ungulate

    Mark Hebblewhite;Mark Hebblewhite;Evelyn H. Merrill

  • Correlation and studies of habitat selection: problem, red herring or opportunity?

    John R Fieberg;Jason Matthiopoulos;Mark Hebblewhite;Mark S. Boyce

  • Caribou encounters with wolves increase near roads and trails: a time‐to‐event approach

    Jesse Whittington;Mark Hebblewhite;Nicholas J. DeCesare;Lalenia Neufeld

  • Multiscale wolf predation risk for elk: does migration reduce risk?

    Mark Hebblewhite;Mark Hebblewhite;Evelyn H. Merrill

  • Endangered, apparently: the role of apparent competition in endangered species conservation

    N. J. DeCesare;M. Hebblewhite;H. S. Robinson;M. Musiani

  • Transcending scale dependence in identifying habitat with resource selection functions

    Nicholas J. DeCesare;Mark Hebblewhite;Fiona Schmiegelow;David Hervieux

  • Effects of elk group size on predation by wolves

    Mark Hebblewhite;Daniel H Pletscher

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Musiani
Marco Musiani University of Bologna
Evelyn H. Merrill
Evelyn H. Merrill University of Alberta
Hugh S. Robinson
Hugh S. Robinson University of Montana
Eliezer Gurarie
Eliezer Gurarie SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Francesca Cagnacci
Francesca Cagnacci Fondazione Edmund Mach
Marco Heurich
Marco Heurich University of Freiburg
Dale G. Miquelle
Dale G. Miquelle Wildlife Conservation Society
John R. Squires
John R. Squires US Forest Service
Matthew J. Kauffman
Matthew J. Kauffman University of Wyoming
Stefano Mariani
Stefano Mariani Liverpool John Moores University

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