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Petter Wabakken is affiliated with Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences in Norway. Their research primarily falls within Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Ecology. The scientist's work extensively covers the subfields of Ecology, Genetics, Small Animals, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling.

Their main topics of study include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Petter Wabakken has contributed to several academic publications, frequently appearing in these venues:

  • Biological Conservation
  • Wildlife Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Ecology
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Wolves at the door? Factors influencing the individual behavior of wolves in relation to anthropogenic features, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • Poaching-related disappearance rate of wolves in Sweden was positively related to population size and negatively to legal culling, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • Wolf habitat selection when sympatric or allopatric with brown bears in Scandinavia, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Network structure of vertebrate scavenger assemblages at the global scale: drivers and ecosystem functioning implications, 2020, Ecography
  • Functional traits driving species role in the structure of terrestrial vertebrate scavenger networks, 2021, Ecology

Collaboration is notable in Wabakken's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Barbara Zimmermann
  • Camilla Wikenros
  • Håkan Sand
  • Ane Eriksen
  • Mikael Åkesson

Best Publications

  • Recovery of large carnivores in Europe’s modern human-dominated landscapes

    Guillaume Chapron;Petra Kaczensky;John D. C. Linnell;Manuela von Arx

  • Rescue of a Severely Bottlenecked Wolf (Canis Lupus) Population by a Single Immigrant

    Carles Vilà;Anna-Karin Sundqvist;Øystein Flagstad;Jennifer Seddon

  • The recovery, distribution, and population dynamics of wolves on the Scandinavian peninsula, 1978-1998

    Petter Wabakken;Håkan Sand;Olof Liberg;Anders Bjärvall

  • Shoot, shovel and shut up: cryptic poaching slows restoration of a large carnivore in Europe

    Olof Liberg;Guillaume Chapron;Petter Wabakken;Hans Christian Pedersen

  • Severe inbreeding depression in a wild wolf (Canis lupus) population

    Olof Liberg;Henrik Andrén;Hans-Christian Pedersen;Håkan Sand

  • Infanticide caused by hunting of male bears

    Jon E. Swenson;Finn Sandegren;Arne Söderberg;Anders Bjärvall

  • Using GPS technology and GIS cluster analyses to estimate kill rates in wolf-ungulate ecosystems

    Håkan Sand;Barbara Zimmermann;Petter Wabakken;Henrik Andrèn

  • Genomic consequences of intensive inbreeding in an isolated wolf population

    Marty Kardos;Marty Kardos;Mikael Åkesson;Toby Fountain;Øystein Flagstad

  • The near extinction and recovery of brown bears in Scandinavia in relation to the bear management policies of Norway and Sweden

    Jon E. Swenson;Petter Wabakken;Finn Sandegren;Anders Bjärvall

  • Summer kill rates and predation pattern in a wolf-moose system: can we rely on winter estimates?

    Håkan Sand;Petter Wabakken;Barbara Zimmermann;Örjan Johansson

  • Brown bear attacks on humans: a worldwide perspective

    G. Bombieri;J. Naves;V. Penteriani;N. Selva

  • Human behaviour can trigger large carnivore attacks in developed countries

    Vincenzo Penteriani;Maria del Mar Delgado;Maria del Mar Delgado;Francesco Pinchera;Javier Naves

  • Size, trend, distribution and conservation of the brown bear Ursus arctos population in Sweden

    Jon E. Swenson;Finn Sandegren;Anders Bjärvall;Arne Söderberg

  • The Effects of Breeder Loss on Wolves

    Scott M. Brainerd;Henrik Andrén;Edward E. Bangs;Elizabeth H. Bradley

  • Biomedical Protocols for Free-ranging Brown Bears, Gray Wolves, Wolverines and Lynx Editors

    Jon M. Arnemo;Alina Evans;Åsa Fahlman;Per Ahlqvist

  • Behavioral responses of wolves to roads: scale-dependent ambivalence

    Barbara Zimmermann;Lindsey Nelson;Petter Wabakken;Håkan Sand

  • Genetic rescue in a severely inbred wolf population.

    Mikael Åkesson;Olof Liberg;Håkan Sand;Petter Wabakken

  • Selection for heterozygosity gives hope to a wild population of inbred wolves.

    Staffan Bensch;Henrik Andrén;Bengt Hansson;Hans Chr. Pedersen

  • Habitat differentiation within the large-carnivore community of Norway's multiple-use landscapes

    Roel May;Jiska Van Dijk;Petter Wabakken;Jon E. Swenson

  • Predator-dependent functional response in wolves: from food limitation to surplus killing

    Barbara Zimmermann;Håkan Sand;Petter Wabakken;Olof Liberg

  • Effects of hunting group size, snow depth and age on the success of wolves hunting moose

    Håkan Sand;Camilla Wikenros;Petter Wabakken;Olof Liberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Håkan Sand
Håkan Sand Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Olof Liberg
Olof Liberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ilpo Kojola
Ilpo Kojola Natural Resources Institute Finland
Andrés Ordiz
Andrés Ordiz Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Jon E. Swenson
Jon E. Swenson Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Jonas Kindberg
Jonas Kindberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Harry P. Andreassen
Harry P. Andreassen Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
John D. C. Linnell
John D. C. Linnell Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Henrik Andrén
Henrik Andrén Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Guillaume Chapron
Guillaume Chapron Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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