High‐density populations of large ungulates are now widespread. However, the perception
of overabundance only appears when it produces a problem for humans, such as a loss of …

Across Europe, wild boar numbers increased in the 1960s–1970s but stabilised in the
1980s; recent evidence suggests that the numbers and impact of wild boar has grown …

The cumulative impact of human activities has driven many species into severe declines
across the globe. However, the recent focus on conservation optimism has begun to …

Throughout recent years, ungulates have experienced significant increases in numbers and
geographic range sizes in Europe, becoming locally overabundant populations in some …

Hybridization, defined as breeding between two distinct taxonomic units, can have an
important effect on the evolutionary patterns in cross-breeding taxa. Although interspecific …

Large carnivores are frequently presented as saviours of biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning through their creation of trophic cascades, an idea largely based on studies …

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of sex and age of individuals, season, and
human pressure (both human presence and habitat structure) on spatiotemporal behavior of …

Abstract Suid herpesvirus 1 (SuHV1, syn. Aujeszky's disease virus [ADV] or pseudorabies
virus [PrV]), which belongs to the family Herpesviridae, subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae, genus …

Adaptive management (AM) is widely promoted to improve management of natural
resources, yet its implementation is challenging. We show that obstacles to the …

There is a growing theoretical basis for the role of predation risk as a driver of trophic
interactions, conceptualized as the 'ecology of fear'. However, current ungulate management …