This blog post is provided by Taylor Ganz and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper ‘Interactive effects of wildfires, season, and predator activity shape mule deer movements‘, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, they investigate how changes in food availability and predator vulnerability, due to wildfires, impact mule deer. Across the American West, wildfires are becoming more frequent, larger, … Continue reading To understand how mule deer use fire-impacted areas, consider the season and account for their predators