Searching for spots: a comprehensive survey for the Arabian leopard Panthera pardus nimr in Saudi Arabia

CE Dunford, JPB Faure, MD Ross, JA Spalton… - Oryx, 2024 - cambridge.org
The Arabian leopard Panthera pardus nimr is categorized as Critically Endangered, with<
200 individuals estimated to remain in the wild. Historically the species ranged over an …

Anthropogenic resistance: accounting for human behavior in wildlife connectivity planning

A Ghoddousi, EK Buchholtz, AM Dietsch… - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Maintaining or restoring connectivity among wildlife populations is a primary strategy to
overcome the negative impacts of habitat fragmentation. Yet, current connectivity planning …

Identifying human–brown bear conflict hotspots for prioritizing critical habitat and corridor conservation in southwestern Iran

R Khosravi, HY Wan, MR Sadeghi… - Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple studies have used species distribution models to identify human–wildlife conflict
drivers. An important application of these models is spatial conflict resolution by accounting …

Combining multiscale niche modeling, landscape connectivity, and gap analysis to prioritize habitats for conservation of striped hyaena (Hyaena hyaena)

S Rezaei, A Mohammadi, S Malakoutikhah, R Khosravi - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Identifying spatial gaps in conservation networks requires information on species-
environment relationships, and prioritization of habitats and corridors. We combined multi …

Leopard density and the ecological and anthropogenic factors influencing density in a mixed-use landscape in the Western Cape, South Africa

K Hinde, A Wilkinson, S Tokota, R Amin, MJ O'Riain… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Large carnivores face numerous threats, including habitat loss and fragmentation, direct
killing, and prey depletion, leading to significant global range and population declines …

Identifying human-caused mortality hotspots to inform human-wildlife conflict mitigation

D Nayeri, A Mohammadi, L Hysen, D Hipólito… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Humans are responsible for over a quarter of all wildlife mortality events across the globe.
The pressure this puts on wildlife populations contributes to the decline of many at-risk …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution, behavior and diet of the Asiatic black bear in human modified landscapes

H Fahimi, M Soofi, N Ahmadi, AT Qashqaei… - Basic and Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
The broad negative effects of land-use conversion for agriculture on wildlife species are well
known, but few studies have evaluated how different land-use types impact spatiotemporal …

Links in a sink: Interplay between habitat structure, ecological constraints and interactions with humans can influence connectivity conservation for tigers in forest …

M Puri, A Srivathsa, KK Karanth, I Patel… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global land-use changes and rapid infrastructure development necessitate identification
and conservation of wildlife corridors. Connectivity through corridors is shaped by species' …

Megafauna diversity and functional declines in Europe from the Last Interglacial to the present

M Davoli, S Monsarrat, RØ Pedersen… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Reconstructing megafauna diversity in the past before anthropogenic impacts is crucial
for develo** targeted restoration strategies. We estimated the diversity and functional …

Analysis of landscape connectivity among the habitats of Asian elephants in Keonjhar Forest Division, India

BR Tripathy, X Liu, M Songer, B Zahoor… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Land development has impacted natural landforms extensively, causing a decline in
resources and negative consequences to elephant populations, habitats, and gene flow …