With increasing anthropogenic impact and landscape change, terrestrial carnivore
populations are becoming more fragmented. Thus, it is crucial to genetically monitor wild …

The South Coast Ecoregion encompasses 3.4 million hectares or roughly 8% of California.
Lying west of the Sonoran and Mohave deserts and south of the Santa Ynez and Transverse …

Conservation planners use several methods to select conservation target areas. These
include the use of umbrella species for large area requirements, site-specific locations of …

Felid species have intrinsic ecological traits that make them particularly susceptible to the
threats of habitat loss and fragmentation. We collate current knowledge of the effects of …

Achieving long‐term persistence of species in urbanized landscapes requires characterizing
population genetic structure to understand and manage the effects of anthropogenic …

Solitary felids are commonly associated with structurally complex habitats, where their
foraging success is attributed to stealth and remaining undetected by competitive …

Yellowstone Cougars examines the effect of wolf restoration on the cougar population in
Yellowstone National Park—one of the largest national parks in the American West. No …

Aim Habitat loss and fragmentation can influence the genetic structure of biological
populations. Large terrestrial predators can often avoid genetic subdivision due to …

When a previously common predator disappears owing to local extinction, the strong source
of natural selection on prey to visually recognize that predator becomes relaxed. At present …

Coastal marine atmospheric fog has recently been implicated as a potential source of ocean-
derived monomethylmercury (MMHg) to coastal terrestrial ecosystems through the process …