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Creek Beds and Cape Hares: Spatial and Seasonal Determinants of Caracal Movement and Diet in a Hyperarid Desert Ecosystem [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Native mesopredators face challenges adapting to landscapes modified by human activities, particularly in arid regions, where resources are naturally limited and ecological dynamics are sensitive to disturbance.
Adi Barocas, Yaron Weisbein, Eli Geffen
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Assessing Ecological Connectivity for Loxodonta africana Across Transfrontier Conservation Areas in Southern Mozambique [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Biodiversity loss driven by habitat degradation and fragmentation poses a critical threat to global ecosystems and demands conservation strategies that go beyond isolated protected areas. We assessed the functional connectivity of African bush elephants (
Francesca Romana Trezza, Sabrina Muscolino, Cornelio Ntumi, Paolo Ramoni Perazzi, Alessio Farcomeni, Zaira Valgi Macheve, João Almeida, Bob Mandinyenya, Miguel Gonçalves, Maria Pinto D'Ambanguine, Fabio Attorre, Almeida Guissamulo, Ana Gledis daConceição, Hugo Mabilana, Gianluca Pio Zaffarano, Luca Malatesta   +15 more
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Seasonal Habitat Selection by American White Pelicans

Diversity, 2022
Resource utilization strategies of avian migrants are a major concern for conservation and management. Understanding seasonal habitat selection by migratory birds helps us explain the ongoing continental declines of migratory bird populations.
Frederick L. Cunningham, Guiming Wang, D. Tommy King   +2 more
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Comparing Methods of Defining Priority Areas for Greater Sage-Grouse

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Wildlife managers delineate priority areas for species to define critical habitat and to prioritize management efforts. Each method used to identify priority areas involves data that can be unavailable or expensive to obtain. Therefore, it is of interest
Lindsey Parsons, Lindsey Parsons, Jonathan Jenks, Travis Runia, Andrew Gregory   +4 more
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Identifying Potential Conservation Corridors Along the Mongolia-Russia Border Using Resource Selection Functions: A Case Study on Argali Sheep [PDF]

Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2013
The disruption of animal movements is known to affect wildlife populations, particularly large bodied, free-ranging mammals that require large geographic ranges to survive.
Buyanaa Chimeddorj, Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar, Yondon Onon, Ochirjav Munkhtogtokh, Richard P. Reading   +4 more
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Long‐term changes in habitat selection and prey spectrum in a reintroduced Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) population in Switzerland

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
When wild‐caught Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) from the Slovak Carpathian Mountains were reintroduced to Central Switzerland in the early 1970s and spread through the north‐western Swiss Alps (NWA), they faced a largely unfamiliar landscape with strongly ...
Daniela Nagl, Urs Breitenmoser, Klaus Hackländer, Andreas Ryser, Fridolin Zimmermann, Sven Signer, Heinrich Haller, Christine Breitenmoser‐Würsten, Kristina Vogt   +8 more
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Habitat Selection and Specialisation of Herring Gulls During the Non-breeding Season

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Understanding both the distribution and habitat use of populations through the annual cycle is vital to understanding how vulnerable species are to environmental change.
Nina J. O’Hanlon, Nina J. O’Hanlon, Nina J. O’Hanlon, Chris B. Thaxter, Niall H. K. Burton, Dave Grant, Nigel A. Clark, Gary D. Clewley, Greg J. Conway, Lee J. Barber, Rona A. R. McGill, Ruedi G. Nager   +11 more
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Habitat selection of an endangered primate, the samango monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis schwarzi): Integrating scales to prioritize habitat for wildlife management

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Aim As habitat loss continues to accelerate with global human population growth, identifying landscape characteristics that influence species occurrence is a key conservation priority in order to prevent global biodiversity loss.
Edwin J. Parker, Nicola F. Koyama, Russell A. Hill   +2 more
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Experts and elephants: local ecological knowledge predicts landscape use for a species involved in human-wildlife conflict

Ecology and Society, 2020
Local ecological knowledge (LEK) has been increasingly invoked in biodiversity monitoring and conservation efforts. Although methods involving LEK have become more widespread in ecology, it remains an undervalued source of information in understanding ...
Erin K. Buchholtz, Lee A. Fitzgerald, Anna Songhurst, Graham P. McCulloch, Amanda L. Stronza   +4 more
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Territorial landscapes: incorporating density-dependence into wolf habitat selection studies [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2019
Habitat selection is a process that spans space, time and individual life histories. Ecological analyses of animal distributions and preferences are most accurate when they account for inherent dynamics of the habitat selection process.
Shawn T. O'Neil, Dean E. Beyer, Joseph K. Bump   +2 more
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