Add to ORKGAbstract: We report the development and application of a method using domestic dogs (Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758) to systematically locate wildlife scat over large remote areas. Detection dogs are chosen for their strong object orientation, high play drive, and willingness to strive for a reward. Dogs were trained to detect grizzly bear (Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758) and black bear (Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780) scats over a 5200-km2 area of the Yellowhead Ecosystem, Alberta, Canada. DNA from scat provided the species and (for grizzly bears only) sex and individual iden-tities of the animal at each location. Concentrations of fecal cortisol and progesterone metabolites from these same grizzly bear scats provided indices of physiological...
Accurate data on presence/absence and spatial distribution for fauna species is key to their conserv...
Nature conservation often faces the problem that many species are difficult to monitor. This is espe...
Over the last century, dogs have been increasingly used to detect rare and elusive species or traces...
Many carnivores require large ranges to meet their ecological and energetic needs; however, anthropo...
Wildlife managers conduct population inventories to monitor species, particularly those at-risk. Alt...
Studying diet is fundamental to animal ecology and scat analysis, a widespread approach, is consider...
<div><p>Studying diet is fundamental to animal ecology and scat analysis, a widespread approach, is ...
Scat-detection dogs have been used to locate feces of rare and elusive species across tropical biome...
Sound wildlife conservation decisions require sound information, and scientists increasingly rely on...
<div><p>Collection of scat samples is common in wildlife research, particularly for genetic capture-...
Collection of scat samples is common in wildlife research, particularly for genetic capture-mark-rec...
Collection of scat samples is common in wildlife research, particularly for genetic capturemark- rec...
Marking activity is common among ursids but little information has been quantified about this behavi...
The difficulty of collecting occurrence and population dynamics data in mammalian populations of low...
Studying diet is fundamental to animal ecology and scat analysis, a widespread approach, is consider...
Accurate data on presence/absence and spatial distribution for fauna species is key to their conserv...
Nature conservation often faces the problem that many species are difficult to monitor. This is espe...
Over the last century, dogs have been increasingly used to detect rare and elusive species or traces...
Many carnivores require large ranges to meet their ecological and energetic needs; however, anthropo...
Wildlife managers conduct population inventories to monitor species, particularly those at-risk. Alt...
Studying diet is fundamental to animal ecology and scat analysis, a widespread approach, is consider...
<div><p>Studying diet is fundamental to animal ecology and scat analysis, a widespread approach, is ...
Scat-detection dogs have been used to locate feces of rare and elusive species across tropical biome...
Sound wildlife conservation decisions require sound information, and scientists increasingly rely on...
<div><p>Collection of scat samples is common in wildlife research, particularly for genetic capture-...
Collection of scat samples is common in wildlife research, particularly for genetic capture-mark-rec...
Collection of scat samples is common in wildlife research, particularly for genetic capturemark- rec...
Marking activity is common among ursids but little information has been quantified about this behavi...
The difficulty of collecting occurrence and population dynamics data in mammalian populations of low...
Studying diet is fundamental to animal ecology and scat analysis, a widespread approach, is consider...
Accurate data on presence/absence and spatial distribution for fauna species is key to their conserv...
Nature conservation often faces the problem that many species are difficult to monitor. This is espe...
Over the last century, dogs have been increasingly used to detect rare and elusive species or traces...