Artificial refuges are human‐made structures that aim to create safe places for animals to
breed, hibernate, or take shelter in lieu of natural refuges. Artificial refuges are used across …

The biodiversity crisis is exacerbated by a growing human population modifying nearly three‐
quarters of the Earth's land surface area for anthropogenic uses. Habitat loss and …

Accurate information on reproductive ecology is necessary to develop conservation actions
for at-risk wildlife species. Our objective was to describe female reproductive parameters …

Tree cavities are an important ecological component of forests, used by animals for roosting,
foraging, hunting, nesting, hiding, and hibernating. However, there has been a taxonomic …

Tree cavities are important microhabitats that many mammal species use as a secure place
for resting and raising young. Cavities buffer ambient weather and moderate temperatures …

Holarctic martens (genus Martes) are small carnivores that are considered functionally
solitary, with both resource scarcity and martens' inability to store energetic reserves posited …

Examining the transferability of habitat selection models is vital when they are used to
forecast predictions in new times or places, but this issue is too often neglected. Nest boxes …

Abstract The Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis) has declined from over 95%
of its historic range in California, with only two populations remaining. In response to the …

Climate disruption is anticipated to impact global biodiversity in the twenty-first century, in
part by altering the frequency and intensity of natural disturbances. Wildland fires are climate …

Several species of martens (Martes spp.) are reported to use buildings as resting or den
sites. However, such behaviour has not been attributed to American Marten (Martes …