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Philip D. McLoughlin

Philip D. McLoughlin

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
6040
World Ranking
5879
National Ranking
374

Overview

Philip D. McLoughlin is affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Their research spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Ecology, Genetics, and Molecular Biology as key subfields.

The primary themes of their work include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Philip D. McLoughlin include:

  • "A repeatable and quantitative DNA metabarcoding assay to characterize mixed strongyle infections in horses," 2020, International Journal for Parasitology
  • "Science to inform policy: Linking population dynamics to habitat for a threatened species in Canada," 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "Trophic consequences of terrestrial eutrophication for a threatened ungulate," 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Bacterial dispersal and drift drive microbiome diversity patterns within a population of feral hindgut fermenters," 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • "Resource exploitation efficiency collapses the home range of an apex predator," 2022, Ecology

The venues where Philip D. McLoughlin frequently publishes include:

  • Journal of Wildlife Management
  • Animals
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Ecology
  • Ecosphere

Frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • Jocelyn Poissant
  • Daniel Fortin
  • Stefan Gavriliuc
  • Ruth Greuel
  • Sarah A. Medill

Best Publications

  • Considering ecological dynamics in resource selection functions

    Philip D. McLoughlin;Douglas W. Morris;Daniel Fortin;Eric Vander Wal

  • A hierarchical pattern of limiting factors helps explain variation in home range size

    Philip D. Mcloughlin;Steven H. Ferguson

  • CLIMATE CHANGE AND RINGED SEAL (PHOCA HISPIDA) RECRUITMENT IN WESTERN HUDSON BAY

    Steven H. Ferguson;Ian Stirling;Philip McLoughlin

  • Intraspecific Variation in Home Range Overlap with Habitat Quality: A Comparison among Brown Bear Populations

    Philip D. Mcloughlin;Steven H. Ferguson;François Messier

  • Declines in populations of woodland caribou

    Philip D. Mcloughlin;Elston Dzus;B. O. B. Wynes;Stan Boutin

  • Lifetime reproductive success and density- dependent, multi-variable resource selection

    Philip D McLoughlin;Mark S Boyce;Tim Coulson;Tim Clutton-Brock

  • Determining Sustainable Levels of Cumulative Effects for Boreal Caribou

    Troy Sorensen;Philip D. Mcloughlin;Dave Hervieux;Elston Dzus

  • Lifetime reproductive success and composition of the home range in a large herbivore.

    P. D. McLoughlin;J.-M. Gaillard;M. S. Boyce;C. Bonenfant

  • Relating predation mortality to broad-scale habitat selection

    Philip D. McLOUGHLIN;Jesse S. Dunford;Stan Boutin

  • Hierarchical habitat selection by barren-ground grizzly bears in the central Canadian Arctic

    Philip D. McLoughlin;Ray L. Case;Robert J. Gau;Dean H. Cluff

  • Overcoming radiotelemetry bias in habitat- selection studies

    W. James Rettie;Philip D. McLoughlin

  • Effect of energy availability, seasonality, and geographic range on brown bear life history

    Steven H. Ferguson;Philip D. McLoughlin

  • Maternal and individual effects in selection of bed sites and their consequences for fawn survival at different spatial scales

    Bram Van Moorter;Bram Van Moorter;Jean-Michel Gaillard;Philip D. McLoughlin;Daniel Delorme

  • Increasing density leads to generalization in both coarse-grained habitat selection and fine-grained resource selection in a large mammal.

    Floris M. van Beest;Antonio Uzal;Eric Vander Wal;Michel P. Laforge

  • Examining forest resilience to changing fire frequency in a fire-prone region of boreal forest.

    Sarah J. Hart;Sarah J. Hart;Jonathan Henkelman;Philip D. McLoughlin;Scott E. Nielsen

  • Demography and Viability of a Hunted Population of Polar Bears

    Mitchell K. Taylor;Jeff Laake;Philip D. McLoughlin;Erik W. Born

  • Feeding Patterns of Barren-ground Grizzly Bears in the Central Canadian Arctic

    Robert J. Gau;Ray Case;David F. Penner;Philip D. McLoughlin

  • HIERARCHICAL HABITAT SELECTION BY TUNDRA WOLVES

    Philip D. McLoughlin;Lyle R. Walton;H. Dean Cluff;Paul C. Paquet

  • Negative covariance between parasite load and body condition in a population of feral horses

    Lucie Debeffe;Philip D. McLoughlin;Sarah A. Medill;Kathrine M. Stewart

  • Effect of spatial differences in habitat on home ranges of grizzly bears

    Philip D. Mcloughlin;H. Dean Cluff;Robert J. Gau;Robert J. Mulders

  • Science to inform policy: linking population dynamics to habitat for a threatened species in Canada

    Cheryl A. Johnson;Glenn D. Sutherland;Erin Neave;Mathieu Leblond

Frequent Co-Authors

François Messier
François Messier University of Saskatchewan
Jill F. Johnstone
Jill F. Johnstone University of Saskatchewan
Daniel Fortin
Daniel Fortin Université Laval
Stan Boutin
Stan Boutin University of Alberta
Steven H. Ferguson
Steven H. Ferguson Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Alastair J. Wilson
Alastair J. Wilson University of Exeter
John M. Fryxell
John M. Fryxell University of Guelph
Stephen Demarais
Stephen Demarais Mississippi State University
John S. Gilleard
John S. Gilleard University of Calgary
Emily J. Jenkins
Emily J. Jenkins University of Saskatchewan

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