Despite the importance of intra-species variants of viruses for causing disease and/or
disrupting ecosystem functioning, there is no universally applicable standard to define these …

Wildlife monitoring is key for the effective management of natural resources. Hunting-based
data (eg, hunting bag statistics) is an important source of information to overcome the …

A wide variety of baits is used in camera trap studies, but few have been validated to obtain
optimal and comparable results. The present study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of …

Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) poses a significant threat to rabbits, causing
substantial economic losses in rabbit farming. The virus also endangers wild populations of …

The conservation of animal populations often requires the estimation of population size. Low
density and secretive behaviour usually determine scarce data sources and hampers …

Long-term studies of community composition and relative abundance are key tools in wildlife
management and biodiversity conservation. However, few studies of this kind are available …

Salvage logging treatments, a type of logging to economic returns after natural disturbance,
are often applied in the aftermath of wildfires. Specialist or dependent species of open …

Understanding predator-prey interactions is important to determine the inter-relationships
between species. Optimal foraging theory states that predators balance out energy …

For Serbian hunting grounds, the European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) is the most
interesting type of small hunting game animal. However, the number of hares has decreased …

Myxoma virus (MYXV) and rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) are important drivers of
the population decline of the European rabbit, an endangered keystone species. Both …