Mapping connectivity and conflict risk to identify safe corridors for the Persian leopard

A Ghoddousi, B Bleyhl, C Sichau, D Ashayeri… - Landscape …, 2020 - Springer
Context Many large carnivores depend on habitat patches outside protected areas, as well
as safe corridors between them. However, corridor assessments typically ignore potential …

Predicting potential distributions of large carnivores in Kenya: An occupancy study to guide conservation

F Broekhuis, S Ngene, AM Gopalaswamy… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Species‐specific conservation strategies are frequently formulated based on species
distribution maps, which are challenging to produce, especially at large spatial scales. Our …

Local habitat type influences bumble bee pathogen loads and bee species distributions

EM Gratton, DJ McNeil Jr, CM Grozinger… - Environmental …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombus Latreille) perform important
ecological services in both managed and natural ecosystems. Anthropogenically induced …

Contrasting responses of large carnivores to land use management across an Asian montane landscape in Iran

A Mohammadi, C Lunnon, RJ Moll, CKW Tan… - Biodiversity and …, 2021 - Springer
Land-use change has led to substantial range contractions for many species. Such
contractions are particularly acute for wide-ranging large carnivores in Asia's high altitude …

Links in a sink: Interplay between habitat structure, ecological constraints and interactions with humans can influence connectivity conservation for tigers in forest …

M Puri, A Srivathsa, KK Karanth, I Patel… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global land-use changes and rapid infrastructure development necessitate identification
and conservation of wildlife corridors. Connectivity through corridors is shaped by species' …

Multi-scale path-level analysis of jaguar habitat use in the Pantanal ecosystem

GC Alvarenga, L Chiaverini, SA Cushman… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Jaguars (Panthera onca), like other apex predators, are highly susceptible to habitat loss
and fragmentation given their low demographic potential and large habitat area …

Comparing interview methods with camera trap data to inform occupancy models of hunted mammals in forest habitats

S Brittain, MJ Rowcliffe, F Kentatchime… - … Science and Practice, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Few studies explicitly assess the robustness and practicality of occupancy analysis informed
by local inhabitants, compared to estimates from conventional monitoring methods within …

Evaluating the use of local ecological knowledge (LEK) in determining habitat preference and occurrence of multiple large carnivores

EK Madsen, NB Elliot, EE Mjingo, EH Masenga… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding habitat preferences and distribution of threatened species is a cornerstone of
conservation, however many of the techniques available can be resource intensive. One …

Effectiveness of Panama as an intercontinental land bridge for large mammals

NFV Meyer, R Moreno, C Sutherland… - Conservation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat fragmentation is a primary driver of wildlife loss, and establishment of biological
corridors is a common strategy to mitigate this problem. A flagship example is the …

Agricultural lands offer seasonal habitats to tigers in a human‐dominated and fragmented landscape in India

R Warrier, BR Noon, L Bailey - Ecosphere, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Conserving wide‐ranging large carnivores in human‐dominated landscapes is contingent
on acknowledging the conservation value of human‐modified lands. This is particularly true …