Cities may represent one of the most challenging environments for carnivorous mammals.
For example, cities have a dearth of vegetation and other natural resources, coupled with …

Aim Predators often have important roles in structuring ecosystems via their effects on each
other and on prey populations. However, these effects may be altered in the presence of …

Carnivore guilds play a vital role in ecological communities by cascading trophic effects,
energy and nutrient transfer, and stabilizing or destabilizing food webs. Consequently, the …

An understanding of how top mammalian carnivores respond to urbanization is important for
conservation and management of human–wildlife conflicts. Coyotes (Canis latrans) have …

With increasing urbanization, some animals are adapting to human-dominated systems,
offering unique opportunities to study individual adaptation to novel environments. One …

We analyzed databases spanning 50 years, which included retrospective alveolar
echinococcosis (AE) case-finding studies and databases of the 3 major centers for treatment …

Free-roaming cats are a common element of urban landscapes worldwide, often causing
controversy regarding their impacts on ecological systems and public health. We monitored …

Multi-scale studies ostensibly allow us to form generalizations regarding the importance of
scale in understanding ecosystem function, and in the application of the same ecological …

Human development impacts the landscape by altering the size and shape of natural habitat
patches, replacing natural vegetation with other types such as lawns and row crops, or …

Coyotes (Canis latrans) have expanded their range across much of North America and are
now established in many metropolitan areas. Their presence in urban areas has often …