Tallgrass prairie is among the most threatened ecosystems but is often fragmented and
surrounded by human‐modified landscapes. Small mammals are integral components of …

Assessing the body condition of wild animals is necessary to monitor the health of the
population and is critical to defining a framework for conservation actions. Body condition …

Landscape conversion of natural environments into agriculture and pasture are driving a
marked biodiversity decline in the tropics. Consequences of fragmentation might depend …

Habitat loss and fragmentation drive the worldwide depletion of biodiversity. Although it is
known that anthropogenic disturbances severely affect host and ecosystem integrity, effects …

Conservation biology relies on understanding how animals are affected by human-induced
changes in their environment. We explored the influence of habitat types, seasons, and …

Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) are a social, polygamous bird species whose
populations have rapidly expanded their geographic range across North America over the …

Landscape modifications often undermine habitat suitability for species' persistence, with
initial effects observed through the physiological responses of individuals and populations …

Simple Summary Based on a sample of nearly 30,000 individuals representing 18 small
mammal species trapped in Lithuania between 1980 and 2023, we conducted the first multi …

The relationship between the body condition of different small mammal species and the
habitat they occupy is poorly analyzed. We analyzed the body condition index, BCI, of 18 …

Tropical forest marsupials exhibit large interannual variation in population sizes, with direct
negative density dependence capturing the essential features of their dynamics. However …