Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape

AC Burton, C Beirne, KM Gaynor, C Sun… - Nature ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Wildlife must adapt to human presence to survive in the Anthropocene, so it is critical to
understand species responses to humans in different contexts. We used camera trapping as …

Maximum temperatures determine the habitat affiliations of North American mammals

M Tourani, R Sollmann, R Kays… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Addressing the ongoing biodiversity crisis requires identifying the winners and losers of
global change. Species are often categorized based on how they respond to habitat loss; for …

Mitigating human–wildlife conflict and monitoring endangered tigers using a real-time camera-based alert system

JS Dertien, H Negi, E Dinerstein, R Krishnamurthy… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The recovery of wild tigers in India and Nepal is a remarkable conservation achievement,
but it sets the stage for increased human–wildlife conflict where parks are limited in size and …

Large‐scale mammal monitoring: The potential of a citizen science camera‐trapping project in the United Kingdom

PY Hsing, RA Hill, GC Smith, S Bradley… - Ecological Solutions …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In light of global biodiversity loss, there is an increasing need for large‐scale wildlife
monitoring. This is difficult for mammals, since they can be elusive and nocturnal. In the …

[HTML][HTML] Habitat productivity and anthropogenic development drive rangewide variation in striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) abundance

ML Allen, AM Green, RJ Moll - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-charismatic species are often understudied, despite having unique ecological roles that
are important to understand and value for ecosystem integrity, function, and health. Striped …

Climate, food and humans predict communities of mammals in the United States

R Kays, MH Snider, G Hess, MV Cove… - Diversity and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The assembly of species into communities and ecoregions is the result of interacting
factors that affect plant and animal distribution and abundance at biogeographic scales …

Biological invasions disrupt activity patterns of native wildlife: An example from wild pigs

AM Dykstra, C Baruzzi, K VerCauteren, B Strickland… - Food Webs, 2023 - Elsevier
Activity patterns are an important behavioral trait linked to animal interactions within food
webs. Biological invasions can have impacts on the behavior of native species through …

The structure of terrestrial mammal communities along an elevation gradient in the tropics.

WJ McShea, O Cosby, AJ Boyce… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The correlates of mammal species richness and community associations along elevation
gradients have resulted in conflicting results within tropical systems. We surveyed the …

Worldwide Soundscapes: a synthesis of passive acoustic monitoring across realms

KFA Darras, R Rountree, S Van Wilgenburg, AF Cord… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Aim: The urgency for remote, reliable, and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting
human pressures on ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic …

Towards an automated protocol for wildlife density estimation using camera‐traps

A Zampetti, D Mirante, P Palencia… - Methods in Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Camera‐traps are valuable tools for estimating wildlife population density, and recently
developed models enable density estimation without the need for individual recognition …