The context dependence of non‐consumptive predator effects

AJ Wirsing, MR Heithaus, JS Brown, BP Kotler… - Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐consumptive predator effects (NCEs) are now widely recognised for their capacity to
shape ecosystem structure and function. Yet, forecasting the propagation of these predator …

Moving beyond landscape resistance: considerations for the future of connectivity modelling and conservation science

S Unnithan Kumar, J Turnbull, O Hartman Davies… - Landscape …, 2022 - Springer
Landscape connectivity, the extent to which a landscape facilitates the flow of ecological
processes such as organism movement, has emerged as a central focus of landscape …

Large carnivore expansion in Europe is associated with human population density and land cover changes

M Cimatti, N Ranc, A Benítez‐López… - Diversity and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The recent recovery of large carnivores in Europe has been explained as resulting from
a decrease in human persecution driven by widespread rural land abandonment, paralleled …

[CARTE][B] Rewilding european landscapes

HM Pereira, LM Navarro - 2015 - library.oapen.org
During the last century humans have dramatically accelerated alterations and loss of
biodiversity worldwide. Changes to our planet's ecosystems by Humans go back tens of …

Spatial and temporal structure of a mesocarnivore guild in midwestern North America

DB Lesmeister, CK Nielsen, EM Schauber… - Wildlife …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Carnivore guilds play a vital role in ecological communities by cascading trophic effects,
energy and nutrient transfer, and stabilizing or destabilizing food webs. Consequently, the …

[HTML][HTML] Feral cats are better killers in open habitats, revealed by animal-borne video

H McGregor, S Legge, ME Jones, CN Johnson - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
One of the key gaps in understanding the impacts of predation by small mammalian
predators on prey is how habitat structure affects the hunting success of small predators …

Nowhere to hide: effects of linear features on predator–prey dynamics in a large mammal system

CA DeMars, S Boutin - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid landscape alteration associated with human activity is currently challenging the
evolved dynamical stability of many predator–prey systems by forcing species to …

Home ranges, habitat and body mass: simple correlates of home range size in ungulates

EG Ofstad, I Herfindal, EJ Solberg… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The spatial scale of animal space use, eg measured as individual home range size, is a key
trait with important implications for ecological and evolutionary processes as well as …

A 'dynamic'landscape of fear: prey responses to spatiotemporal variations in predation risk across the lunar cycle

MS Palmer, J Fieberg, A Swanson, M Kosmala… - Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ambiguous empirical support for 'landscapes of fear'in natural systems may stem from failure
to consider dynamic temporal changes in predation risk. The lunar cycle dramatically alters …

Map** attack hotspots to mitigate human–carnivore conflict: approaches and applications of spatial predation risk modeling

JRB Miller - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2015 - Springer
A major challenge in carnivore conservation worldwide is identifying priority human–
carnivore conflict sites where mitigation efforts would be most effective. Spatial predation risk …