Predation risk can modify the foraging behaviour of frugivorous carnivores: Implications of rewilding apex predators for plant–animal mutualisms

T Burgos, JM Fedriani, G Escribano‐Ávila… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Apex predators play key roles in food webs and their recovery can trigger trophic cascades
in some ecosystems. Intra‐guild competition can reduce the abundances of smaller …

Occupancy data improves parameter precision in spatial capture–recapture models

J Jiménez, F Díaz‐Ruiz, P Monterroso… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Population size is one of the basic demographic parameters for species management and
conservation. Among different estimation methods, spatially explicit capture–recapture …

Inferring Population Genetic Structure in Widely and Continuously Distributed Carnivores: The Stone Marten (Martes foina) as a Case Study

M Vergara, MP Basto, MJ Madeira, BJ Gomez-Moliner… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The stone marten is a widely distributed mustelid in the Palaearctic region that exhibits
variable habitat preferences in different parts of its range. The species is a Holocene …

From fire to recovery: temporal-shift of predator–prey interactions among mammals in Mediterranean ecosystems

O Tomassini, A Massolo - Mammalian Biology, 2024 - Springer
Fires are becoming increasingly frequent, intense, severe and prolonged worldwide, and
such situation is worsening. As a result, extreme fire conditions will increase, with …

Niche partitioning at the edge of the range: a multidimensional analysis with sympatric martens

P Monterroso, P Rebelo, PC Alves… - Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The structure of mesopredators' communities is complex and results from a multidimensional
web of interactions such as top-down and bottom-up regulation or intraguild interactions …

Mice and habitat complexity attract carnivorans to recently burnt forests

R Puig-Gironès, P Pons - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Faunal responses to wildfire depend on the fire effects on direct mortality, habitat structure,
and resource availability for animals. Despite the importance of large predators in terrestrial …

Apex predators can structure ecosystems through trophic cascades: Linking the frugivorous behaviour and seed dispersal patterns of mesocarnivores

T Burgos, G Escribano‐Ávila, JM Fedriani… - Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Current global change scenarios demand knowledge on how anthropogenic impacts affect
ecosystem functioning through changes in food web structure. Frugivorous mesocarnivores …

Integrating space and time in predator-prey studies: The case of wildcats and rabbits in SE Spain

P Martín-Díaz, JM Gil-Sánchez… - Mammalian …, 2018 - Springer
How species use space and time is central in ecology and evolution as well as for the
conservation and management of vulnerable species. Unfortunately, this information is …

Comparing the summer diet of stone martens (Martes foina) in urban and natural habitats in Central Bulgaria

M Hisano, EG Raichev, S Peeva… - Ethology Ecology & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Understanding whether and how carnivores can adapt to urbanised environments is
becoming increasingly important, as human populations grow and undeveloped landscape …

Habitat, connectivity, and roadkill of Korea's apex predator, the yellow-throated marten

W Kang, T Choi, GW Kim, D Woo - Wildlife Research, 2023 - CSIRO Publishing
Context The yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula), an endangered species in South
Korea, is an important apex predator of that country's temperate forest ecosystem. Human …