Located at the crossroad of the Palearctic, Saharo-Arabian, and Oriental zoogeographic
realms, and with its great environmental diversity, Iran harbors a high complexity and …

In coexisting carnivorans (Carnivora) relying on the same food resources, the dominant
species imposes a cost on the inferior competitor by limiting its foraging ability. Tigers …

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 …

Conservation outside conservation areas (CAs) is more challenging due to increased
exposure to human‐induced disturbances. Therefore, it is important to identify and …

Conserving large carnivores that live in close proximity to people depends on a variety of
socio‐economic, political and biological factors. These include local tolerance toward …

Conservation conflict over livestock depredation is one of the key drivers of large
mammalian carnivore declines worldwide. Mitigating this conflict requires strategies …

Large carnivores, despite being sensitive to specific habitat conditions, are able to distribute
in a wide range of natural habitats. Such pattern of distribution raises the question of …

Many large mammalian carnivores are facing population declines due to illegal killing (eg
shooting) and habitat modification (eg livestock farming). Illegal killing occurs cryptically and …

Abstract The Coyote (Canis latrans) is one of the most studied species in North America with
at least 445 papers on its diet alone. While this research has yielded excellent reviews of …