Abstract Grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) foster biodiversity, store carbon,
maintain productivity and support pastoral livelihoods. These systems are being altered by …

Forest restoration is currently a primary objective in environmental management policies at a
global scale, to the extent that impressive initiatives and commitments have been launched …

China's rapid urbanization has resulted in the proliferation of glass buildings, as has been
the case elsewhere in the world. Bird collisions with glass buildings are now an important …

Simple Summary Consideration of animal welfare in food choices has become an influential
contemporary theme. Traditional animal welfare views about food have been largely …

Effective long-term management is needed to address the impacts of invasive alien species
(IAS) that cannot be eradicated. We describe the fundamental characteristics of long-term …

Simple Summary Conflict between humans and Asian elephants is a major conservation
issue. Here we discuss common tools used to manage human-elephant conflict (HEC) in …

Diet and body mass are inextricably linked in vertebrates: while herbivores and carnivores
have converged on much larger sizes, invertivores and omnivores are, on average, much …

Human-wildlife conflict poses a significant risk to wide-ranging carnivore populations
worldwide. Management techniques that promote localized, spatial separation and reduce …

Removal or loss of top-predators has been predicted to cause cascading negative effects for
ecosystems, including mesopredator release. However, reliable evidence for these …

Ongoing habitat loss and species extinctions require managers to implement and quantify
the effectiveness of conservation actions for protecting biodiversity. Fencing, when done …