Vol. 27 (2021)

Montana Chapter of The Wildlife Society [Individual Abstracts]

• A Multi-Model Approach to Estimating Wolf Abundance in Montana

  Sarah Sells, Michael Mitchell, Kevin Podruzny, Josh Nowak, Justin Gude, Robert Inman

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• Acoustic Monitoring of Bat Species to Support Multi-Scale Monitoring and Conservation

  Dan Bachen, Alexis McEwan, Kristina Smucker, Tammy Fletcher

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• Anthropogenic Effects on Grouse Detection and Abundance Based Upon Road and Trail Characteristics in Western Montana

  Olivia Jakabosky, Claire Gower, Elizabeth Leipold, Lance McNew

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• Assessing the Presence and Impacts of White-nose Syndrome on Montana’s Bat Populations through Disease Surveillance and Long-term Acoustic Monitoring

  Kristina Smucker, Emily Almberg, Kathi Irvine, Lauri Hanauska-Brown, Dan Bachen

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• Assessment of Conservation Status of Montana’s Wildlife and Implications for Inventory and Monitoring

  Dan Bachen

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• Attitudes of Montanans Regarding Grizzly Bears and Their Management

  Cecily Costello, Holly Nesbitt, Alexander Metcalf, Elizabeth Metcalf, Lori Roberts, Justin Gude, Michael Lewis

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• Bull Elk Survival, Vulnerability, and Antler Size in a Transboundary Elk Population

  Hans Martin, Evelyn Merrill, Mark Hebblewhite

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• Bumble Bee Selectivity of Native and Non-Native Flowers in Northwest Montana

  Rustin Bielski

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• Comparing Fence Modeling and Mapping Approaches to Support Wildlife Management and Research in Southwest Montana

  Simon Buzzard, Andrew Jakes, Amy Pearson, Len Broberg

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• Enhancing Reasoning and Judgment to Improve Research, Management and Implementation

  Christian Smith, Daniel Decker, William Siemer, Shawn Riley, Ann Forstchen, Michael Schiavone, Patrick Lederle, Emily Pomeranz, Meghan Baumer

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• Evaluation of Herbicide Treatments in a Large Oligotrophic Lake to Reduce Aquatic Invasive Species

  Ian McRyhew

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• Evaluation of Iridium-transmitted GPS Telemetry Data for Use in Assessments of Wildlife Space Use

  Charlotte Milling, Shane McKenzie, Stanley Gehrt

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• First Off-host Survey for Winter Ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) in the Western United States

  Troy Koser, Paul Cross, Raina Plowright, Aly Courtemanch, Ben Wise

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• IMBCR Improves Assessment Accuracy of Habitat Treatment Effects on Songbird Communities through Capacity to Address Imperfect Detection

  Hannah Specht, Joshua J. Millspaugh, Justin Gude, Lauri Hanauska-Brown, Allison Begley, Kristina Smucker

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• Invasive Annual Grass Management Successes - A Wildlife, Pollinator, and Wildfire Perspective

  Derek Sebastian, Steve Saunders

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• Long-term Assessment of the Change in Attitudes Towards and Knowledge of Black-Footed Ferrets and Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs in Montana

  Keifer Titus, David Jachowski

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• Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' Strategy for the Conservation of Wildlife Movement and Migration

  Lauri Hanauska-Brown, Justin Gude, Renee Lemon, Brian Wakeling, Kristina Smucker, Peggy O'Neill-McLeod

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• Montana’s Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions Program (IMBCR) - Monitoring for Management and Conservation

  Christian Meny, Jay Carlisle, Matthew McLaren

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• Montana’s Non-bat Cave Life - Incidental Observations and Informal Studies by the Bigfork High School Cave Club

  Hans Bodenhamer, Jayda Anderson, Jessop Lochlan

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• Mountain Goat Declines in Glacier National Park Associated with Early Summer Precipitation and Temperature

  Tabitha Graves, Jami Belt, William Janousek, Michael Yarnall

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• Natural and Anthropogenic Landscape Features Influence Greater Sage- Grouse Seasonal Habitat Selection in Carbon County, Montana

  Erin Gelling, Aaron Pratt, Jeffrey Beck

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• Part I - Tracking Small Wildlife Migration Collaboratively Across the West

  William Blake, Kate Stone

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• Part II - Tracking Small Wildlife Migration Collaboratively Across the West

  Kate Stone, William Blake

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• Sage-Grouse Seasons, Home Ranges and Habitats, What are They and How Many are There?

  Trapper Haynam, Lance McNew, Michael Borgreen, John Carlson

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• Sampling for Rocky Mountain Tailed Frogs in Overwhich Creek Post Rotenone Treatment

  Torrey Ritter, Lauri Hanauska-Brown, Bryce Maxell

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• Sex-based Differences in Disease Transmission May Affect Management Efficacy of Chronic Wasting Disease

  Will Rogers, Paul Cross, Ellen Brandelll

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• Suitable Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera) Nesting/Basking Habitat Availability in Dammed and Undammed River Systems

  Larissa Saarel

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• The Emerging Conflict of Common Ravens Roosting on Transmission Line Towers

  Marco Restani, James Lueck

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• Tipping the Scales for Conservation: Leveraging USDA Farm Bill Funding to Conserve Grassland Habitat and Build Working Partnerships

  Tayler Scherr

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• Wild Ruminants Variably Possess a Rumen Microbial Metabolism that Degrades the Toxic Alkaloid Methyllycaconitine

  Savannah Grace

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• Wildagg - An R Package to Simplify Wildlife Aggregation Analyses

  William Janousek, Tabitha Graves

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