Habitat loss and fragmentation are major threats to global biodiversity. Felids, among the many taxa experiencing population declines and range contraction around the world, are …
Context Habitat loss and fragmentation are main drivers of biodiversity loss and are occurring at an accelerating rate globally. Carnivores are often subject to persecution and …
ME de Oliveira, BH Saranholi, R Dirzo… - Mammal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Typically, males of polygamous mammals are responsible for population connectivity and gene flow via dispersal, whereas females, showing stronger philopatry, strengthen local …
L Boitani, JDC Linnell - Rewilding European Landscapes, 2015 - library.oapen.org
The last century has seen a dramatic reversal in the status of large carnivores in Europe. A suite of co-occurring factors has permitted a large-scale recovery of most populations. We …
Feral cats are normally territorial in Australia's tropical savannahs and hunt intensively with home-ranges only two to three kilometres across. Here we report that they also undertake …
The activity patterns of most terrestrial animals are regarded as being primarily influenced by light, although other factors, such as sexual cycle and climatic conditions, can modify the …
V Athreya, R Navya, GA Punjabi… - Tropical …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Tigers (Panthera tigris) are wide-ranging species, and a permeable landscape matrix outside Protected Areas (PAs) is extremely important for their dispersal. A tigress which had …
K Sharma, R Bayrakcismith, L Tumursukh… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Population monitoring programmes and estimation of vital rates are key to understanding the mechanisms of population growth, decline or stability, and are important for effective …
Context Adjustments in habitat use by large carnivores can be a key factor facilitating their coexistence with people in shared landscapes. Landscape composition might be a key …