Alaska Biological Research (United States)

Highlights from an early base camp in Beringia 13,800 years ago: Shég’ Xdaltth’í’ and the Late Pleistocene peopling of Alaska

Human dispersal across the Bering Land Bridge (BLB) was a key event in the peopling of the Americas, but Beringia’s archaeological record remains poorly understood. In response, the Shég’ Xdaltth’í’ site in interior Alaska has been the focus of a multi-disciplinary study since 20...

Distributive equity and wellbeing implications of catch shares: Bayesian influence diagram of the US IFQ scallop fishery

Catch shares have been shown to have many benefits, including eliminating the race to fish, increasing profitability, and supporting stock sustainability. However, without express measures to prevent inequities, catch shares may result in socially undesirable outcomes. Currently,...

Needle in a Forest: Searching for Thresholds to Maximize Coexistence Between People and Wildlife in a Remote Wilderness Park

Managers of protected areas are charged with providing public access and enjoyment while minimizing wildlife disturbance, a difficult feat given that wild animals often respond to humans as predators. Evaluating the effects of people on wildlife is critical to inform management a...

A collaborative e-library for stressor-response functions to improve the science underlying salmonid management

Stressor-response functions quantify relationships linking environmental stressors to biological responses, underpinning salmonid life-cycle models, restoration planning, regulatory policy, and cumulative effects assessments. Despite their importance, these stressor-response func...