The jaguar is the top predator of the Atlantic Forest (AF), which is a highly threatened
biodiversity hotspot that occurs in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. By combining data sets …

Competition theory and niche theory suggest that two morphologically similar species may
coexist by reducing the overlap of at least one dimension of their ecological niche. The …

International conservation efforts have ignored the role and importance of historic
disturbance regimes, both natural and anthropogenic, in creating and maintaining …

The need for a solid knowledge base to inform conservation activity is now universally
recognised. We critically scrutinised the scientific knowledge of large felids in India located …

Aim Jaguars and pumas, being similar in size and behaviour, are the largest felids of the
Neotropics. However, pumas appear to be more resistant to human impacts. Our objective …

Aim Understanding how habitat loss and overhunting impact large carnivores is important
for broad‐scale conservation planning. We aimed to assess how these threats interacted to …

Sporadic sightings of the endangered Amur tiger Panthera tigris altaica along the China-
Russia border during the late 1990s sparked efforts to expand this subspecies distribution …

Habitat loss imperils species both locally and globally, so protection of intact habitat is
critical for slowing the rate of biodiversity decline. Globally, more than 150,000 protected …

Occupying only 7% of their historical range and confined to forested habitats interspersed in
a matrix of human dominated landscapes, tigers (Panthera tigris) typify the problems faced …

Small felids influence ecosystem dynamics through prey and plant population changes.
Although most of these species are threatened, they are accorded one of the lowest …