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Wildlife temporal behaviors in response to human activity changes during and following COVID‐19 park closures

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
With urbanization reducing the amount of available wildlife habitat, and outdoor recreation increasing the human activity within wildlife habitats, it is important to understand the effects of human activity on animal behavior. This study examined how the reduction in human presence in urban parks in Gainesville, Florida, affected the temporal ...
Maya Fives, Matthew Hallett
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic omnivory shapes the functional role of large carnivores under global change. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Albrecht J, Bocherens H, Hobson KA, Drucker DG, Sergiel A, Swenson JE, Zedrosser A, Marciszak A, Iregren E, Drenzel L, Kyselý R, Lipecki G, Makowiecki D, Wagner J, Zwijacz-Kozica T, Fritz SA, Revilla E, Selva N.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Urbanisation and human activities influence the co‐occurrence of red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris and meso‐carnivores in Berlin, Germany

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urban expansion is a major driver of habitat fragmentation, shrinking wildlife habitat, and restricting wildlife movements and activity patterns. In this novel environment, species must adapt to the new composition of wildlife communities. For example, red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris are commonly found in urban environments, while their potential ...
Josefa Vergara Stuardo, Sinah Drenske, Julie Louvrier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community-based approach to detect and predict conflicts with large carnivores in human-dominated landscape. [PDF]

Ambio
Fedyń I, Pasiniewicz M, Zabiega K, Fedyń H, Ciach M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The rise and fall of large marsupial carnivores

, 2014
Australia currently has few large mammalian carnivores, and the largest and most widespread of these are recently arrived placental species. However, the carnivorous marsupials of Australia have a glorious past. Specialised carnivory evolved in four
Christopher Johnson (14740339)
core  

Ungulate substrate use in fauna passages

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Fauna passages are increasingly constructed at major roads and railways to mitigate the negative effects of infrastructure and traffic on wildlife. The function of such passages depends on design, including the construction materials, soil, and vegetation.
Milla Niemi, Jan Olof Helldin
wiley   +1 more source

Large Carnivores Persisting in a Human-Dominated Landscape: Suitable Habitat and Connectivity for Asiatic Black Bears in China. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Cheng J, Zheng W, Guo X, Wang Y, Zhou Y, Zhao S, Song X, Xu A.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Local Attitudes and Perceptions towards Large Carnivores in a Human-dominated Landscape of Northern Tanzania

, 2017
We conducted 300 semi-structured interviews with local people adjacent to Tarangire National Park, northern Tanzania, to determine their attitudes and perceptions toward large carnivores.
Durant, SM
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Quantification of steroid hormones in free‐ranging Apennine wolf Canis lupus italicus hair samples collected post‐mortem

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
After decades of dramatic reductions in their populations, Italian wolves have begun recolonizing parts of their historic range. This growth in populations can lead to potential conflicts with human activities, which remain the main cause of wolf mortality.
Ilaria Troisio, Carmela Musto, Nicola Acquisti Casi, Nadia Govoni, Giuseppe Merialdi, Domenico Ventrella, Alberto Elmi, Mauro Delogu, Maria Laura Bacci   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Protected Areas in Conserving Large Carnivores in Europe

, 2016
This study demonstrates how classical gap analysis fails to assess the conservation status of large carnivores in protected area ...
Santini L, Boitani L, Maiorano L, Rondinini C   +3 more
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