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Selected Works of Bruce A. Schulte

WKU Associate Vice President for Strategy, Performance and Accountability; University Distinguished Professor Biology at WKU

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A Spanner in the Works: Human–Elephant Conflict Complicates the ...

Frontiers in Environmental Science (2017)

Mwangi Githiru, Urbanus Mutwiwa, Simon Kasaine and Bruce A. Schulte

The two major conservation issues for drylands of Africa are habitat loss ordegradation and habitat fragmentation, largely fromagriculture, charcoal production, ...

Patch-Occupancy Survey of Elephant (Loxodonta Africana) Surrounding Livingstone, Zambia

KOEDOE - African Protected Area Conservation and Science (2017)

David A. Youldon, Jackie Abell, Joanne S. Briffitt, Bruce A. Schulte, et al.

Wild elephants represent the biggest human–wildlife conflict issue in Livingstone, Zambia. However, little is known about their movements. This survey ...

Wire Netting Reduces African Elephant (Loxodonta Africana) Impact to Selected ...

KOEDOE - African Protected Area Conservation and Science (2016)

Kelly Derham, Michelle D. Henley and Bruce A. Schulte

African elephants (Loxodonta africana) are ecosystem engineers in that they substantially alterthe environment through their unique foraging and feeding habits. ...

Habituation to Auditory Stimuli by Captive African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana ...

Animal Behavior and Cognition (2015)

Sarah Goodyear and Bruce A. Schulte

Habituation is a major concern for the development of effective, long-term human-wildlife conflict mitigation and zoo enrichment programs. Elephants are ...

Assessing Perceived And Documented Crop Damage In A Tanzanian Village ...

Pachyderm (2014)

Rebekah R. Hoffmeier-Karimi and Bruce A. Schulte

In sub-Saharan Africa human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is a growing conservation issue and human-elephant conflict (HEC) is of special concern. Crop ...

Impacts of Environmental Pressures on the Reproductive Physiology of Subpopulations ...

Conservation Physiology (2014)

Elizabeth W. Freeman, Jordana M. Meyer, Jed Bird, John Adendorff, et al.

Black rhinoceros are an icon for international conservation, yet little is known about their physiology due to their secretive nature. ...

Ovarian Cycle Activity Varies with Respect to Age and Social ...

Conservation Physiology (2013)

Elizabeth Freeman, Jordana M. Meyer, Sarah B. Putman, Bruce A. Schulte, et al.

Free-ranging African elephants live in a fission–fusion society, at the centre of which is the matriarch. Matriarchs are generally older ...

The Impact of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) on Herpetofauna Species ...

African Journal of Ecology (2011)

Nabil A. Nasseri, Lance D. McBrayer and Bruce A. Schulte

In Africa, no other nonhuman animal fulfils the role of ecosystem engineers to the extent of the elephant. However, little ...

The Impact of Tree Modification by African Elephant (Loxodonta africana ...

Joint Meetings of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation and Africa Section of the Society for Conservation Biology (2011)

Nabil A. Nasseri, Lance D. McBrayer and Bruce A. Schulte

This talk was given during the Joint Meetings of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation and Africa Section of ...

Using a Simplified Field Progestagen Method to Assess Ovarian Activity ...

Biological Conservation (2011)

Elizabeth W. Freeman, Jordana M. Meyer, Sarah Putman, Bruce A. Schulte, et al.

Non-invasive endocrine monitoring is an important conservation tool frequently used to support the management of wildlife species. Investigating ovarian activity ...

Elephants - A Conservation Overview

Journal of Threatened Taxa (2010)

Heidi S. Riddle, Bruce A. Schulte, Ajay A. Desai and Laura van der Meer

Loss of habitat is one of the most significant problems facing elephants worldwide,leading to clashes over resources between wildlife and ...

A Simplified Method for Monitoring Progestagens in African Elephants under ...

Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2010)

Bruce A. Schulte, Elizabeth W. Freeman, F. Nicole Abbondanza, Jordana M. Meyer, et al.

Summary 1. Hormone analyses are frequently used to support management of wildlife; however, current techniques are not very field-friendly. In ...

The Impact of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) on Herpetofaunaspecies Diversity ...

Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting (ASB) (2009)

Nabil A. Nasseri, Lance D. McBrayer, T. Goodwin and Bruce A. Schulte

This talk was given during the Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting.

Prospecting for Mammalian Chemical Signals via Solventless Extraction Techniques: An ...

ChemoSense (2009)

Thomas E. Goodwin and Bruce A. Schulte

Investigation of a Fresh African Elephant Carcass by Conspecifics

Pachyderm (2009)

Christen E. Merte, Katie F. Gough and Bruce A. Schulte

Intrasexual Chemical Communication and Social Responses of Captive Female African ...

Animal Behavior (2008)

Jordana M. Meyer, Thomas E. Goodwin and Bruce A. Schulte

In matrilineal societies, competition between females can occur within and between social units. Dominance hierarchies reduce costly conflicts when reliable ...

Dispersal pattern and effective population size of the beaver

Canadian Journal of Zoology (2000)

Lixing Sun, Dietland Muller-Schwarze and Bruce A. Schulte

The dispersal pattern of the beaver (Castor canadensis) was studied by intensive livetrapping, tagging, and observation in Allegany State Park ...

Red maple (Acer rubrum) inhibits feeding by beaver (Castor canadensis)

Journal of Chemical Ecology (1994)

D. Mueller-Schwarze, Bruce A. Schulte, Lixing Sun, Annette Mueller-Schwarze, et al.

Contribution to Book

Asian Elephant Reflections: Chirality Counts

Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (2016)

L.E.L. Bets' Rasmussen, David R. Greenwood, Thomas E. Goodwin and Bruce A. Schulte

Enantiomers are stereoisomeric molecules, nonsuperimposable mirror images of each other yet otherwise identical. Such small, volatile, chiral compounds are frequently ...

Contribution to Book

Learning and Applications of Chemical Signals in Vertebrates for Human ...

Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (2016)

Bruce A. Schulte

Human–wildlife conflict (HWC) is a pervasive, global conservation issue that occurs whenever interactions between people and wildlife result in a ...

Contribution to Book

The Role of Bacteria in Chemical Signals of Elephant Musth ...

Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (2016)

Thomas E. Goodwin, Innocent H. Harelimana, Laura J. MacDonald, Bruce A. Schulte, et al.

The chemical analysis of urine tells much about the physiological status of mammals, and often reveals compounds that function as ...

Examination of enrichment using space and food for African elephants ...

Animal Welfare (2018)

Charlotte E Hacker, Lance J Miller and Bruce A. Schulte

Concern for elephant welfare in zoological facilities has prompted a number of exhibit and management modifications, including those involving enrichment. ...

An investigation of Mitigation Techniques Utilized to Alleviate Human Elephant ...

Lynn Von Hagen and Bruce A. Schulte

Goal:Goal #1: To deploy a variety of mitigation measures around farmer fields in Sasenyi to deter crop raiding and measure ...

Schulte Behavior Lab

Bruce A. Schulte

Research Focus: Communication and social behavior of herbivorous mammals, such as elephants, manatees, beavers and horsesOur research group examines the ...