Brian D. Taras

TL;DR: In this article, a method of estimating snow bulk density is presented and then used to convert snow depth to snow water equivalent (SWE), which is grounded in the fact that depth varies over a range that is many times greater than that of bulk density, and estimates derived from measured depths and modeled densities generally fall close to measured values of SWE.

TL;DR: Moose survival, physical condition, and abundance in a 3-predator system in western Interior Alaska, USA, during 2001–2007 can be used by wildlife managers and policymakers to better understand the outcomes of predator treatments in Alaska.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured air and snow-ground interface temperatures at 33 stations spanning the 180 km-long Kuparuk basin in arctic Alaska, and found that 87% of the variation in the average interface temperature could be predicted from air temperature.

TL;DR: Calf:cow ratios did not vary by region, date, or by the number of cows in a group, however, higher ratios were observed in the morning and evening than during the day, indicating haul out behavior of cows varies by reproductive status.

TL;DR: This study presents the first evidence for a long-term (~50 yr) change in CIBW feeding ecology, and uses strontium isotope composition of GLGs with rivers that flow into Cook Inlet to determine that declining δ13C values may be explained by 2 scenarios: (1) C IBW foraged in the same location while the environmental isotopic baseline changed, or (2) CibW foraging in a different location with a different baseline.