Collapse of the world's largest herbivores

WJ Ripple, TM Newsome, C Wolf, R Dirzo… - Science …, 2015 - science.org
Large wild herbivores are crucial to ecosystems and human societies. We highlight the 74
largest terrestrial herbivore species on Earth (body mass≥ 100 kg), the threats they face …

Monitoring for conservation

JD Nichols, BK Williams - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2006 - cell.com
Human-mediated environmental changes have resulted in appropriate concern for the
conservation of ecological systems and have led to the development of many ecological …

[LIBRO][B] Occupancy estimation and modeling: inferring patterns and dynamics of species occurrence

DI MacKenzie, JD Nichols, JA Royle, KH Pollock… - 2017 - books.google.com
Occupancy Estimation and Modeling: Inferring Patterns and Dynamics of Species
Occurrence, Second Edition, provides a synthesis of model-based approaches for analyzing …

[LIBRO][B] Trophic cascades: predators, prey, and the changing dynamics of nature

J Terborgh, JA Estes - 2013 - books.google.com
Trophic cascades—the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators—are an essential
aspect of ecosystem function and well-being. Trophic cascades are often drastically …

Big cats in our backyards: persistence of large carnivores in a human dominated landscape in India

V Athreya, M Odden, JDC Linnell, J Krishnaswamy… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Protected areas are extremely important for the long term viability of biodiversity in a densely
populated country like India where land is a scarce resource. However, protected areas …

A critique of density estimation from camera‐trap data

RJ Foster, BJ Harmsen - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Densities of elusive terrestrial mammals are commonly estimated from camera‐trap data.
Typically, this is a 2‐step process involving 1) fitting conventional closed population capture …

Spatio-temporal interactions facilitate large carnivore sympatry across a resource gradient

KU Karanth, A Srivathsa, D Vasudev… - … of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Species within a guild vary their use of time, space and resources, thereby enabling
sympatry. As intra-guild competition intensifies, such behavioural adaptations may become …

The impact of hunting on the mammalian fauna of tropical Asian forests

RT Corlett - Biotropica, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
People have hunted mammals in tropical Asian forests for at least 40,000 yr. This period has
seen one confirmed global extinction (the giant pangolin, Manis palaeojavanica) and range …

[LIBRO][B] The biology and conservation of wild felids

DW Macdonald, AJ Loveridge - 2010 - books.google.com
The editors utilize their 50 years of combined experience in professional engagement with
the behaviour and ecology of wild felids to draw together a unique network of the world's …

[LIBRO][B] Noninvasive survey methods for carnivores

RA Long, P MacKay, J Ray, W Zielinski - 2012 - books.google.com
The status of many carnivore populations is of growing concern to scientists and
conservationists, making the need for data pertaining to carnivore distribution, abundance …