Designing effective habitat and protected area networks, which sustain species-rich
communities is a critical conservation challenge. Recent decades have witnessed the …

Context Habitat loss and fragmentation are main drivers of biodiversity loss and are
occurring at an accelerating rate globally. Carnivores are often subject to persecution and …

Iran lies at the southernmost range limit of brown bears globally. Therefore, understanding
the habitat associations and patterns of population connectivity for brown bears in Iran is …

Conservation of large carnivores requires preservation of extensive core habitats and
linkages among them. The goal of this study was to identify core habitats and corridors by …

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

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 …

Distribution range shift is inevitable for many species as climate change continues to shape
and alter their habitat. Predicting where these shifts occur can help us know what to …

Identifying spatial gaps in conservation networks requires information on species-
environment relationships, and prioritization of habitats and corridors. We combined multi …

Central Iran supports a diversity of carnivores, most of which are threatened by habitat loss
and fragmentation. Carnivore conservation requires the identification and preservation of …

A rapid and extensive range expansion of the golden jackal has recently been documented
in continental Europe, raising new policy and legal questions and creating an urgent need to …