Range-wide phylogeography of the golden jackals (Canis aureus) reveals multiple sources of recent spatial expansion and admixture with dogs at the expansion front

M Stefanović, W Bogdanowicz, R Adavoudi… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
The current rapid climate change and human-induced alteration of landscapes and animal
communities have led to range expansions in numerous species, raising concerns about …

[HTML][HTML] Dispersal history of the golden jackal (Canis aureus moreoticus Geoffroy, 1835) in Europe and possible causes of its recent population explosion

N Spassov, I Acosta-Pankov - Biodiversity data journal, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Data on the historical distribution of the golden jackal in Europe and its primary
habitats are scarce. There are many new data on the population explosion and the rapid …

From the Balkan towards Western Europe: Range expansion of the golden jackal (Canis aureus)—A climatic niche modeling approach

S Cunze, S Klimpel - Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, a rapid range expansion of the golden jackal (Canis aureus) towards
Northern and Western Europe has been observed. The golden jackal is a medium‐sized …

Dietary flexibility promotes range expansion: The case of golden jackals in Eurasia

J Lanszki, MW Hayward, N Ranc… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Ongoing global changes can lead to the expansion of species' geographical range.
Exploring the drivers of the successful ongoing expansion of the golden jackal across …

Identifying connectivity for two sympatric carnivores in human-dominated landscapes in central Iran

S Rezaei, A Mohammadi, R Bencini, T Rooney… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Central Iran supports a diversity of carnivores, most of which are threatened by habitat loss
and fragmentation. Carnivore conservation requires the identification and preservation of …

Movement, space-use and resource preferences of European golden jackals in human-dominated landscapes: insights from a telemetry study

S Fenton, PR Moorcroft, D Ćirović, J Lanszki… - Mammalian …, 2021 - Springer
During the last half-century, the distribution of golden jackals (Canis aureus) has rapidly
increased throughout Europe. Today, golden jackals are thriving in human-dominated …

From invaders to residents: The golden jackal (Canis aureus) expansion in Hungary since the mid-1990s

H Bijl, G Schally, M Márton, M Heltai, S Csányi - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The golden jackal has rapidly expanded across Europe in recent decades and was one of
the first to reappear in Hungary. Using hunting bag data from the National Game …

Golden jackal expansion in northernmost Europe: records in Finland

I Kojola, H Henttonen, S Heikkinen, N Ranc - Mammalian Biology, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Eurasian golden jackal (Canis aureus) has been rapidly expanding its
distribution range in Europe. Whether jackals will be able to adapt to new environmental …

First assessment of habitat suitability and connectivity for the golden jackal in north-eastern Italy

E Torretta, O Dondina, C Delfoco, L Riboldi, V Orioli… - Mammalian …, 2020 - Springer
Compared with the rapid expansion across Europe, the golden jackal colonization of Italy is
still limited and slow. No study focused on the habitat selection or landscape connectivity for …

[HTML][HTML] Northernmost record of reproduction of the expanding golden jackal population

R Kowalczyk, M Wudarczyk, JM Wójcik, H Okarma - Mammalian Biology, 2020 - Springer
Golden jackal (Canis aureus) is expanding north in Europe. So far, its reproduction has
rarely been reported in the expansion area. In this paper, we describe the first cases of …