Expansion of oil palm plantations has led to extensive wildlife habitat conversion in
Southeast Asia [1]. This expansion is driven by a global demand for palm oil for products …

Enzymeimmunoassays (EIAs) allow researchers to monitor stress hormone output via
measurement of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGCMs) in many vertebrates. They can be …

Background Infectious diseases pose one of the greatest threats to endangered species,
and a risk of gastrointestinal parasite transmission from humans to wildlife has always been …

Pathogen exchange between humans and primates has been facilitated by anthropogenic
disturbances, such as changing land use patterns, habitat destruction, and poaching, which …

This situation analysis was undertaken to inform responses to several resolutions made at
the 5th World Conservation Congress in 2012 about the plight of large vertebrates in West …

Infectious diseases have caused die-offs in both free-ranging gorillas and chimpanzees.
Understanding pathogen diversity and disease ecology is therefore critical for conserving …

Occurrence models that account for imperfect detection of species are increasingly used for
estimating geographical range, for determining species-landscape relations and to prioritize …

Could new oral vaccine technologies protect endangered wildlife against a rising tide of
infectious disease? We used captive chimpanzees to test oral delivery of a rabies virus …

The tropical forests of the Congo Basin constitute biodiversity refuges that still hold large
numbers of species, including endemic and endangered vertebrates. Along with several key …

As a result of extensive data collection efforts over the last 20–30 years, there is quite a good
understanding of the large‐scale geographic distribution and range limits of African great …