[HTML][HTML] Saving large carnivores, but losing the apex predator?

A Ordiz, R Bischof, JE Swenson - Biological Conservation, 2013 - Elsevier
Large terrestrial carnivores, eg wolves or bears, often play a key ecological role from their
position at the apex of trophic systems. Changes to their populations reverberate through …

The role of human-related risk in breeding site selection by wolves

V Sazatornil, A Rodríguez, M Klaczek, M Ahmadi… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Large carnivores can be found in different scenarios of cohabitation with humans.
Behavioral adaptations to minimize risk from humans are expected to be exacerbated where …

Landscape of fear in Europe: wolves affect spatial patterns of ungulate browsing in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland

DPJ Kuijper, C De Kleine, M Churski, P Van Hooft… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Large carnivores can either directly influence ungulate populations or indirectly affect their
behaviour. Knowledge from European systems, in contrast to North American systems, on …

Predators or prey? Spatio-temporal discrimination of human-derived risk by brown bears

A Ordiz, OG Støen, M Delibes, JE Swenson - Oecologia, 2011 - Springer
Prey usually adjust anti-predator behavior to subtle variations in perceived risk. However, it
is not clear whether adult large carnivores that are virtually free of natural predation adjust …

Spatial responses of wolves to roads and trails in mountain valleys

J Whittington, CC St. Clair, G Mercer - Ecological applications, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing levels of human activity in mountainous areas have high potential to inhibit
animal movement across and among valleys. We examined how wolves respond to roads …

Behavioral responses of wolves to roads: scale-dependent ambivalence

B Zimmermann, L Nelson, P Wabakken… - Behavioral …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Throughout their recent recovery in several industrialized countries, large carnivores have
had to cope with a changed landscape dominated by human infrastructure. Population …

Lasting behavioural responses of brown bears to experimental encounters with humans

A Ordiz, OG Støen, S Sæbø, V Sahlén… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Some large carnivore populations are increasing in Europe and North America, and
minimizing interactions between people and carnivores is a major management task …

Spatiotemporal segregation of wolves from humans in the Białowieża Forest (Poland)

J Theuerkauf, W Jȩdrzejewski, K Schmidt… - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2003 - JSTOR
Knowledge about the impact of human activity on the behavior of wolves (Canis lupus) is
important to predict habitats suitable for wolf recolonization and for planning management …

Brown bear circadian behavior reveals human environmental encroachment

A Ordiz, J Kindberg, S Sæbø, JE Swenson… - Biological …, 2014 - Elsevier
Large carnivores adjust their daily movement patterns in response to environmental factors
and/or human disturbance, and often respond differently across their distribution range …

Context dependence of risk effects: wolves and tree logs create patches of fear in an old-growth forest

DPJ Kuijper, JW Bubnicki, M Churski, B Mols… - Behavioral …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Large mammalian carnivores create areas perceived as having high and low risk by their
ungulate prey. Human activities can indirectly shape this landscape of fear by altering …