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Last updated on June 18, 2026

2025

Best, I.N.

The effects of landscape conditions on caribou survival and recruitment.

Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, SK1 Range Planning Meeting, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

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Best, I.N.

Leveraging spatially explicit data to inform habitat-fitness relationships: A case study on boreal caribou.

Agricultural and Environmental Geomatics (RRM 398), University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada

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Best, I.N.

A perspective of research in Taiwan: behavioral ecology and function of small mammals.

Wildlife Ecology (WildEcol) Series, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada

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Best, I.N., Neufeld, B., & McLoughlin, P.

Impacts of natural and anthropogenic disturbance on survivorship and recruitment of caribou in the boreal shield.

Saskatchewan Chapter of the Wildlife Society Expo, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

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2024

Best, I.N., Brown, L., Elkin, C., Finnegan, L., Johnson, C.J., & McClelland, C.J.R.

Wildlife conservation, fire, and forestry: improving our understanding of the impacts of timber harvest and wildfire on habitat of caribou.

North American Congress of Conservation Biology (NACCB 2024), Vancouver, BC, Canada

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2023

Best, I.N.

A perspective of research in Taiwan: behavioral ecology and function of small mammals.

NRESi Colloquium Series, University of Northern British Columbia, BC, Canada

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Best, I.N., Brown, L., Elkin, C., Finnegan, L., Johnson, C.J., & McClelland, C.J.R.

Caribou, fire, and forestry: Understanding the differential effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbance for long-term habitat supply.

2023 North American Caribou Workshop & Arctic Ungulate Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

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2022

Best, I.N., Shaner, P.J.L., Pei, K.J.C., & Kuo, C.C.

Farmers’ knowledge, attitudes, and control practices of rodents in an agricultural area of Taiwan.

The 7th International Conference on Rodent Biology and Management (ICRBM7). Tanzania/Online

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Best, I.N., Shaner, P.J.L., Lo, H.Y., Pei, K.J.C., & Kuo, C.C.

Bigger doesn’t mean bolder: behavioral variation of four wild rodent species to novelty and predation risk following a fast-slow continuum.

Taiwan Congress of Animal Behavior and Ecology, Online

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2018

Best, I.N., Pei, K.J.C., & Kuo, C.C.

The impact of leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) presence on mammal communities and zoonotic disease systems in Taiwan.

Ecology, Genomics, and Biodiversity, Taipei, Taiwan

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Best, I.N., Pei, K.J.C., & Kuo, C.C.

The impact of leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) presence on mammal communities and zoonotic disease systems in Taiwan.

Congress of Animal Behavior and Ecology, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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2016

Best, I.N., Pei, & K.J.C.

Factors influencing attitudes towards the conservation of leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) in Taiwan.

Conservation Asia, Singapore

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Last updated on June 18, 2026

2026

Best, I.N., Neufeld, B.T., Superbie, C., & McLoughlin, P.D.

Thresholds of risk: Application of habitat-fitness relationships for a large herbivore across a disturbance gradient.

In review

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Best, I.N., Liu, Z., Shaner, P.J.L., Pei, K.J.C., & Kuo, C.C.

Pest control practices of farmers in Taiwan and implications for the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis).

In prep

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Best, I.N.*, Brown, L., Finnegan, L., Johnson, C.J., McClelland, C.J.R., & Elkin, C.

Post-disturbance projections of indicators of caribou habitat following timber harvest and wildfire.

Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, In press

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Tomchuk, P.A.*, Neufeld, B.T., Best, I.N., Superbie, C., Regan, C., & McLoughlin, P.D.

Comparative habitat selection of black bears, wolves, and boreal caribou in an area of low anthropogenic disturbance.

Global Ecology and Conservation, 65, e04040

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2025

Best, I.N.*, Brown, L., Elkin, C., Finnegan, L., McClelland, C.J.R., & Johnson, C.J.

Wildlife, fire, and forestry: understanding the spatial and temporal relationships between caribou habitat and disturbance.

Global Ecology and Conservation, 61, e03636

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2024

Best, I.N.*, Brown, L., Elkin, C., Finnegan, L., McClelland, C.J.R, & Johnson, C.J.

Cut vs. fire: a comparative study of the temporal effects of timber harvest and wildfire on ecological indicators of the boreal forest.

Landscape Ecology, 39, 81

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2023

Best, I.N., Shaner, P.J.L., Pei, K.J.C., & Kuo, C.C.*

Of mice and cats: interspecific variation in prey responses to direct and indirect predator cues.

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 77(3), 1–15

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2022

Best, I.N.*, Shaner, P.J.L., Pei, K.J.C., & Kuo, C.C.*

Farmers’ knowledge, attitudes, and control practices of rodents in an agricultural area of Taiwan

Agronomy, 12(5), 1169

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2020

Best, I.N., Shaner, P.J.L., Lo, H.Y., Pei, K.J.C., & Kuo, C.C.*

Bigger doesn’t mean bolder: behavioral variation of four wild rodent species to novelty and predation risk following a fast-slow continuum.

Frontiers in Zoology, 17(1), 1–15

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Best, I.N.*, & Pei, K.J.C.*

Factors influencing local attitudes towards the conservation of leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) in rural Taiwan.

Oryx, 54(6), 866–872

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