Efficient and effective monitoring methods are required to assess population status and
gauge efficacy of conservation actions for threatened species. Here we review the spectrum …

Species ranges are changing in response to human-related disturbances and often
management and conservation decisions must be based on incomplete information. In this …

Reliability of population size and density estimates is one of the most contentious issues
when evaluating the conservation status of species. Non-invasive DNA monitoring …

Apennine brown bears are a very small, isolated population of central Italy, consisting of
about 50 individuals and under a severe risk of extinction. We performed a population …

The assessment of animal body condition has important practical and management
implications for endangered wildlife populations. The nutritional condition of a population …

Although knowledge of reproductive parameters is critical to project the probability of
persistence of small and endangered populations, no such data are available for the relict …

Reduction in population size, with its predicted effects on population fitness, is the most
alarming anthropogenic impact on endangered species. By introducing compatible …

This guidance reviews the methods for estimating relative abundance and density in nine
large European wild carnivore species, somerepresenting relevant health concerns …

Brown bears Ursus arctos were historically persecuted and almost eradicated from southern
Europe in the twentieth century as a result of hunting and direct persecution. The effects of …

An analytical review of scientific publications containing materials or discussion of the
concept of sexually selective infanticide (SSI) in brown bear populations (Ursus arctos) is …