Effects of human disturbance on terrestrial apex predators

A Ordiz, M Aronsson, J Persson, OG Støen… - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
The effects of human disturbance spread over virtually all ecosystems and ecological
communities on Earth. In this review, we focus on the effects of human disturbance on …

Methods for monitoring large terrestrial animals in the wild

A Prosekov, A Kuznetsov, A Rada, S Ivanova - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Reliable information about wildlife is absolutely important for making informed management
decisions. The issues with the effectiveness of the control and monitoring of both large and …

Human disturbance is the most limiting factor driving habitat selection of a large carnivore throughout Continental Europe

L Ripari, J Premier, E Belotti, H Bluhm… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Habitat selection is a multi-scale process driven by trade-offs between benefits, such as
resource abundance, and disadvantages, such as the avoidance of risk. The latter includes …

[HTML][HTML] Quiet islands in a world of fear: Wolves seek core zones of protected areas to escape human disturbance

AF Smith, S Ciuti, D Shamovich, V Fenchuk… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Anthropocene continuously escalates the challenges and threats faced by large
carnivores in human-dominated landscapes. Given their unique conservation and …

Of wolves and bears: Seasonal drivers of interference and exploitation competition between apex predators

A Tallian, A Ordiz, MC Metz… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Competition between apex predators can alter the strength of top‐down forcing, yet we know
little about the behavioral mechanisms that drive competition in multipredator ecosystems …

Individual variation in predatory behavior, scavenging and seasonal prey availability as potential drivers of coexistence between wolves and bears

A Ordiz, C Milleret, A Uzal, B Zimmermann… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Several large carnivore populations are recovering former ranges, and it is important to
understand interspecific interactions between overlap** species. In Scandinavia, recent …

[HTML][HTML] Brown bear behaviour in human-modified landscapes: The case of the endangered Cantabrian population, NW Spain

A Zarzo-Arias, M del Mar Delgado, A Ordiz… - Global Ecology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Large carnivores are recolonizing parts of their historical range in Europe, a heavily
modified human landscape. This calls for an improvement of our knowledge on how large …

Hunter-gatherer Ireland: making connections in an island world

G Warren - 2022 - torrossa.com
The adze resulted from the bringing together of different materials and it enabled the
creation of further assemblages. This remarkable object appears to have been made for a …

No place like home? A test of the natal habitat-biased dispersal hypothesis in Scandinavian wolves

A Sanz-Pérez, A Ordiz, H Sand… - Royal Society …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Natal dispersal is an important mechanism for the viability of populations. The influence of
local conditions or experience gained in the natal habitat could improve fitness if dispersing …

Are several small wildlife crossing structures better than a single large? Arguments from the perspective of large wildlife conservation

JO Helldin - Nature Conservation, 2022 - pub.epsilon.slu.se
Crossing structures for large wildlife are increasingly being constructed at major roads and
railways in many countries and current guidelines for wildlife mitigation at linear …