Roads have numerous negative impacts for mammals, but may also serve as attractants due
to altered vegetation or provisioning of resources. We reviewed the use of roads and their …

Human–wildlife conflicts have intensified by many folds and at different levels in recent
years. The same is true in the case of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH), the roof of the world …

Nearly one-third of the land area on our planet is classified as arid or desert. Therefore, an
understanding of the dynamics of such arid ecosystems is essential to managing those …

The production and use of plastics have increased exponentially in the past decades,
leading to a corresponding increment in plastics waste generation. Globally, a significant …

Synanthropic behavior, ie, the behavior of wild animals that benefit from a shared ecology
with humans, has existed long before the sedentarization of Homo sapiens during the …

With urban encroachment on wild landscapes accelerating globally, there is an urgent need
to understand how wildlife is adapting to anthropogenic change. We compared the …

Zooarchaeological and palaeontological assemblages, especially those located in karst
cavities, are usually the product of the activity of several taphonomic biological agents. This …

Roaming domestic cats (Felis catus) are recognised as a threat to wildlife globally. Yet
management of pet cats in urbanised areas is not regularly mandated, and management of …

Nowadays, opportunistic small predators, such as foxes (Vulpes vulpes and Vulpes
lagopus), are well known to be very adaptable to human modified ecosystems. However, the …

Predators compete for resources aggressively, forming trophic hierarchies that shape the
structure of an ecosystem. Competitive interactions between species are modified in the …