A key goal of conservation is to protect biodiversity by supporting the long-term persistence
of viable, natural populations of wild species. Conservation practice has long been guided …

The ecology of fear concerns the population-, community-, and ecosystem-level
consequences of the behavioral interactions between predators and prey, ie, the aggregate …

Research in ecology and wildlife biology remains crucial for increasing our knowledge and
improving species management and conservation in the midst of the current biodiversity …

Biodiversity conservation strategies may prioritise certain values of nature over others.
Whilst there will likely always be a need for compromise in conservation planning, the …

Recent advances in technology and quantitative methods have led to the emergence of a
new field of study that stands to link insights of researchers from two closely related, but …

Male Asian elephants are known to adopt a high-risk high-gain foraging strategy by
venturing into agricultural areas and feeding on nutritious crops in order to improve their …

In group-living species, social stability is an important trait associated with the evolution of
complex behaviours such as cooperation. While the drivers of stability in small groups are …

Thailand has fewer than 10,000 elephants left. More of them are living in captivity to serve
the tourist industry under grim conditions than are living free in what is left of their wild …

Experimental laboratory evidence suggests that animals with disrupted social systems
express weakened relationship strengths and have more exclusive social associations, and …

Human communities teem with a variety of social norms. In order to change unjust and
harmful social norms, it is crucial to identify the psychological processes that give rise to …