Cities may represent one of the most challenging environments for carnivorous mammals.
For example, cities have a dearth of vegetation and other natural resources, coupled with …

The impacts of agricultural land use are far-reaching and extend to areas outside
production. This paper provides an overview of the ecological status of agricultural systems …

Forest edges influence more than half of the world's forests and contribute to worldwide
declines in biodiversity and ecosystem functions. However, predicting these declines is …

Although it is widely accepted that future climatic change—if unabated—is likely to have
major impacts on biodiversity,, few studies have attempted to quantify the number of species …

The vast scope of conservation problems has forced biologists and managers to rely on"
surrogate" species to serve as shortcuts to guide their decision making. These species …

Corridor Ecology presents guidelines that combine conservation science and practical
experience for maintaining, enhancing, and creating connectivity between natural areas with …

Carnivore guilds play a vital role in ecological communities by cascading trophic effects,
energy and nutrient transfer, and stabilizing or destabilizing food webs. Consequently, the …

For addressing potential food shortages, a fundamental tradeoff exists between investing
more resources to increasing productivity of existing crops, as opposed to increasing crop …

Landscape pattern indicators or 'metrics' provide simple measures of landscape structure
that can be easily calculated with readily available data and software. Unfortunately, the …

The status of many carnivore populations is of growing concern to scientists and
conservationists, making the need for data pertaining to carnivore distribution, abundance …