Overabundant wild ungulate populations in Europe: management with consideration of socio‐ecological consequences

AM Valente, P Acevedo, AM Figueiredo… - Mammal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Throughout recent years, ungulates have experienced significant increases in numbers and
geographic range sizes in Europe, becoming locally overabundant populations in some …

The importance of considering genetic diversity in shark and ray conservation policies

RR Domingues, AWS Hilsdorf, OBF Gadig - Conservation genetics, 2018 - Springer
Many populations of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) are experiencing severe declines
due to the high demand for shark fins in Asia, the activities of unregulated fisheries, and …

Large carnivore expansion in Europe is associated with human population density and land cover changes

M Cimatti, N Ranc, A Benítez‐López… - Diversity and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The recent recovery of large carnivores in Europe has been explained as resulting from
a decrease in human persecution driven by widespread rural land abandonment, paralleled …

From high masked to high realized genetic load in inbred Scandinavian wolves

L Smeds, H Ellegren - Molecular Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
When new mutations arise at functional sites they are more likely to impair than improve
fitness. If not removed by purifying selection, such deleterious mutations will generate a …

Attitudes towards returning wolves (Canis lupus) in Germany: Exposure, information sources and trust matter

U Arbieu, M Mehring, N Bunnefeld, P Kaczensky… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding how exposure and information affect public attitudes towards returning large
carnivores in Europe is critical for human-carnivore coexistence, especially for developing …

Deer, wolves, and people: costs, benefits and challenges of living together

JL Martin, S Chamaillé‐Jammes… - Biological Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Human‐driven species annihilations loom as a major crisis. However the recovery of deer
and wolf populations in many parts of the northern hemisphere has resulted in conflicts and …

Europe‐wide biogeographical patterns in the diet of an ecologically and epidemiologically important mesopredator, the red fox Vulpes vulpes: a quantitative review

E Soe, J Davison, K Süld, H Valdmann… - Mammal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how the diet of an ecologically important mesopredator varies throughout a
large region can provide an insight into the trophic responses of generalist carnivores to …

Genomic patterns in the widespread Eurasian lynx shaped by Late Quaternary climatic fluctuations and anthropogenic impacts

M Lucena‐Perez, E Marmesat… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Disentangling the contribution of long‐term evolutionary processes and recent
anthropogenic impacts to current genetic patterns of wildlife species is key to assessing …

[HTML][HTML] Residual spatial autocorrelation in macroecological and biogeographical modeling: a review

G Gaspard, D Kim, Y Chun - Journal of Ecology and Environment, 2019 - Springer
Macroecologists and biogeographers continue to predict the distribution of species across
space based on the relationship between biotic processes and environmental variables …

Molecular phylogeny based on six nuclear genes suggests that Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato genotypes G6/G7 and G8/G10 can be regarded as two distinct …

T Laurimäe, L Kinkar, E Moks, T Romig, RA Omer… - Parasitology, 2018 - cambridge.org
Tapeworms of the species complex of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato (sl) are the
cause of a severe zoonotic disease–cystic echinococcosis, which is listed among the most …