Nearby night lighting, rather than sky glow, is associated with habitat selection by a top predator in human-dominated landscapes

R Barrientos, W Vickers, T Longcore… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is increasing in extent and intensity across the globe. It has
been shown to interfere with animal sensory systems, orientation and distribution, with the …

Survival and cause-specific mortality of European wildcat (Felis silvestris) across Europe

ML Bastianelli, J Premier, M Herrmann, S Anile… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Humans have transformed most landscapes across the globe, forcing other species to adapt
in order to persist in increasingly anthropogenic landscapes. Wide-ranging solitary species …

Dynamics, persistence, and genetic management of the endangered Florida panther population

M Van De Kerk, DP Onorato, JA Hostetler… - Wildlife …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abundant evidence supports the benefits accrued to the Florida panther (Puma concolor
coryi) population via the genetic introgression project implemented in South Florida, USA, in …

Extinction vortex dynamics of top predators isolated by urbanization

JF Benson, PJ Mahoney, TW Vickers… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Extinction risk is elevated in small, isolated populations due to demographic and genetic
interactions. Therefore, it is critical to model these processes realistically in population …

Artificial canopy bridges improve connectivity in fragmented landscapes: the case of Javan slow lorises in an agroforest environment

H Birot, M Campera, MA Imron… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Canopy bridges are increasingly used to reduce fragmentation in tropical habitats yet
monitoring of their impact on the behavior of primates remains limited. The Javan slow loris …

[HTML][HTML] Are pumas subordinate carnivores, and does it matter?

LM Elbroch, A Kusler - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
Background Interspecific competition affects species fitness, community assemblages and
structure, and the geographic distributions of species. Established dominance hierarchies …

Genetic source–sink dynamics among naturally structured and anthropogenically fragmented puma populations

KD Gustafson, RB Gagne, TW Vickers, SPD Riley… - Conservation …, 2019 - Springer
Fragmentation of wildlife populations is increasing on a global scale and understanding
current population genetic structure, genetic diversity, and genetic connectivity is key to …

Habitat fragmentation reduces survival and drives source–sink dynamics for a large carnivore

AC Nisi, JF Benson, R King… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rigorous understanding of how environmental conditions impact population dynamics is
essential for species conservation, especially in mixed‐use landscapes where source–sink …

[HTML][HTML] Looking beyond protected areas: Identifying conservation compatible landscapes in agro-forest mosaics in north-eastern India

A Kshettry, S Vaidyanathan, R Sukumar… - Global ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Small-sized protected areas face increasing pressures from developmental activities and
are often rendered inadequate and isolated to conserve wide-ranging species. However, in …

[HTML][HTML] Individual and population level resource selection patterns of mountain lions preying on mule deer along an urban-wildland gradient

JF Benson, JA Sikich, SPD Riley - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Understanding population and individual-level behavioral responses of large carnivores to
human disturbance is important for conserving top predators in fragmented landscapes …