Many democratic governments recognize a duty to conserve environmental resources,
including wild animals, as a public trust for current and future citizens. These public trust …

The growing complexity and global nature of wildlife poaching threaten the survival of many
species worldwide and are outpacing conservation efforts. Here, we reviewed proximal and …

Poaching is a widespread and well-appreciated problem for the conservation of many
threatened species. Because poaching is illegal, there is strong incentive for poachers to …

Protected areas are important in species conservation, but high rates of human-caused
mortality outside their borders and increasing popularity for recreation can negatively affect …

We evaluated hypotheses concerning the distributions of large mammals in a 60 000 km2
study area that encompassed the contact zone between Ontario's roadless north and the …

The effects of human disturbance spread over virtually all ecosystems and ecological
communities on Earth. In this review, we focus on the effects of human disturbance on …

Wolverines are demographically vulnerable and susceptible to impacts from climate change.
Their distribution is correlated with persistent spring snow cover, but food-based …

Protected areas (PAs) are essential to prevent further biodiversity loss yet their effectiveness
varies largely with governance and external threats. Although methodological advances …

The bush-meat poaching crisis is a significant threat to biodiversity in tropical forest and
savannah biomes, however its impacts on wild animal populations are often difficult to …

Wildlife may adapt activity patterns to daily and seasonal variations in environmental factors
and human activity. At the daily scale, diurnal or nocturnal activity can be a response to …