Welcome to the Wildlife Coexistence Lab at UBC!
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We are a group of researchers in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Our research is focused on human-wildlife coexistence across multiple species and scales, with a particular emphasis on large-bodied terrestrial mammals. The lab is led by Dr. Cole Burton, Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest Resources Management, and Canada Research Chair in Terrestrial Mammal Conservation. |
Effects of scent lure on camera trap detections: New paper
May 28, 2020
Check out WildCo’s new addition – “Effects of scent lure on camera trap detections vary across mammalian predator and prey species” published in PlosOne this week. It shows that using of scent lure can attract predators to your cameras, but its effects are highly species-specific. The lead author, Dacyn Holinda, was an undergraduate in the […]
WildCam guest blog: Mitch Fennell
May 28, 2020
Our very own Mitch Fennell has written a blog post on multispecies monitoring in the beautiful Cathedral Provincial Park, looking to further address this question: How does non-consumptive recreation impact medium and large bodied mammal species in Cathedral Provincial Park? Take a look here.
Lockdown Wildco!
April 15, 2020
The WildCo team is currently working from home, but we still meet remotely to collaborate and learn more about each other’s projects and ideas! Hopefully, while we are lockdown, the wild animals are running riot on our trail cameras… only time will tell!
| Check out the WildCo Lab’s and Cole’s personal Twitter feeds and our Instagram for more information. |