Large carnivores face numerous threats, including habitat loss and fragmentation, direct
killing, and prey depletion, leading to significant global range and population declines …

Better conservation planning requires updated information about leopard distribution to
prioritize and allocate limited resources available. The long-term persistence of leopards …

Camera trapping can detect and monitor rare species in landscapes spanning thousands of
square kilometres but placement of cameras in areas where the animals most likely occur …

Protected areas are important for wildlife conservation but they are also used by many local
communities for livelihood activities. This often leads to conflicts and erodes the tolerance of …

Globally, the increasing human population has resulted in land use conversions and caused
habitat loss to large carnivores leading to their presence in human-dominated landscapes …

Abstract In Namibia, leopards (Panthera pardus) are widely distributed, used commercially
as trophy animals and are often persecuted for perceived or real predation on livestock and …

Context Human presence and land-use activities influence habitat use and activity of
species. It is crucial to study the ecological and anthropogenic determinants that drive these …

Large‐scale anthropogenic developments in the metropolitan areas of Nepal and the rural
to urban influx of people have exacerbated human–wildlife conflicts across human‐altered …

Mammalian carnivores are key to our understanding of ecosystem dynamics, but most of
them are threatened with extinction all over the world. Conservating large carnivores is often …

Conservation of large carnivores such as leopards requires large and interconnected
habitats. Despite the wide geographic range of the leopard globally, only 17% of their …