Protected areas are the most important tool to safeguard large mammals from
overexploitation, but their effectiveness is insufficiently studied in temperate ecosystems …

The fossil record of the cave lion, Panthera spelaea, suggests a gradual decrease in body
size, the process peaking just before the extinction of the species at the end of the Late …

Context With accelerating global declines in biodiversity, establishment and expansion of
conservation areas (CAs) have increasingly been advocated in recent decades. Gap …

Habitat fragmentation has major negative impacts on wildlife populations, and the
connectivity could reduce these negative impacts. This study was conducted to assess …

Summary 1 Top predators are seen as keystone species of ecosystems. Knowledge of their
habitat requirements is important for their conservation and the stability of the wildlife …

Context Many large carnivores depend on habitat patches outside protected areas, as well
as safe corridors between them. However, corridor assessments typically ignore potential …

Land use changes in suitable areas, habitat loss, and fragmentation are likely to be the most
important consequences of climate change for wildlife populations. Yet, little is known about …

Species distribution models (SDMs) are the primary tools currently available for assessing
vulnerability to climatic change. Most past projections of the effects of climate change on …

The conservation of top predators' habitats such as the leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of
the most effective ways to conserve biodiversity because of wide home range and habitat …

Ranging across montane areas of west Asia, the endangered Persian leopard Panthera
pardus saxicolor is a flagship species for biodiversity conservation in the Caucasus Eco …