Islands harbour a spectacular diversity and unique species composition. This uniqueness is
mainly a result of endemic species that have evolved in situ in the absence of mammal …

The activity level is a fundamental metric of animal behavior, related to the avoidance of
predators, food acquisition, and thermoregulation. Animals need to weigh their activity …

Effective wildlife management often relies on estimates of animal density, and cue counting
is a viable estimation strategy. A key component of density estimation from dung, a form of …

Widespread generalist predators may affect declining keystone prey populations. However,
this phenomenon is not well understood. In this paper, we assessed whether the abundance …

Roads have many effects on the mammal populations of their surroundings. Prey species
are thought to establish dense populations in road verges due to a predation release effect …

Abstract The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a key prey species in
Mediterranean ecosystems. However, it is also considered a pest on many oceanic islands …

How foraging behaviour of predators is influenced by prey abundance is often not clear.
Predators may behave as generalist or specialist depending on the relationship between the …

Feces of wildlife species are commonly used indicators for species' presence or relative
abundance. These might however be biased due to inconspicuousness, due to rapid decay …

Olfactory signalling is widespread among mammal inter-and intra-specific communication
systems. Social mammals use latrines (faecal accumulations) as a communication system …

Cost-effective indices to estimate relative abundances of species are crucial for their
management and conservation. As an example, population indices are needed to monitor …