Ecological corridors are one of the best, and possibly only viable, management tools to
maintain biodiversity at large scales and to allow species, and ecological processes, to track …

Camera-traps are a widely applied to monitor wildlife populations. For individually marked
species, capture–recapture models provide robust population estimates, but for unmarked …

The status of many carnivore populations is of growing concern to scientists and
conservationists, making the need for data pertaining to carnivore distribution, abundance …

Field naturalists have observed the activities of weasels for centuries. Their descriptions
were often accurate but sometimes misinterpreted the animals' behaviors and underlying …

Although the Andes have long been occupied by people, habitat loss, fragmentation through
deforestation, and other human activities such as introduction of invasive species have …

The mechanisms through which forest fragmentation threatens the survival of mammal
populations remain poorly known, yet knowledge of this process would greatly aid …

We determined the patterns of distribution and abundance of medium to large-sized
mammals on an agricultural landscape in south-eastern Brazil. Here, we discuss some …

Studies of basal metabolic rate (BMR), the minimum metabolic rate of postabsorptive,
inactive endotherms while in their rest phase and thermal neutral zone, have contributed …

Subterranean rodents are characterized by limited individual mobility and patchy distribution
of local populations, all of which have been related to the great evolutionary diversification of …

Since the 1940s, eastern spotted skunks (Spilogale putorius) have declined dramatically
throughout the Midwest. One hypothesis for the decline is the loss of suitable habitat …