The importance of examining multiple hierarchical levels when modeling resource use for
wildlife has been acknowledged for decades. Multi-level resource selection functions have …

The impact of landscape changes on the quality and connectivity of habitats for multiple
wildlife species is of global conservation concern. In the southwestern United States, pumas …

Wide-ranging large carnivores pose myriad challenges for conservation, especially in highly
fragmented landscapes. Over a 13-year period, we combined monitoring of radio collared …

Multi‐scale resource selection modeling is used to identify factors that limit species
distributions across scales of space and time. This multi‐scale nature of habitat suitability …

In southern California, wildfire and urbanization influence landscape condition and features.
We explored the synergistic effects of these disturbances on puma (Puma concolor) …

Context Developed landscapes are increasingly important movement habitat for many large
carnivore populations, despite fragmentation and heightened anthropogenic risks. The …

Estimates of population size have been essential for ecological theory and wildlife
management, but they depend on spatial scales of observation. Reported aspects of study …

Background Conserving animal populations in places where human activity is increasing is
an ongoing challenge in many parts of the world. We investigated how human activity …

This study sought to identify critical areas for puma (Puma concolor) movement across the
state of Arizona in the American Southwest and to identify those most likely to be impacted …

Optimal foraging theory predicts that an animal should optimize its time spent in food
patches based on resource levels and, if preyed on by another species, predation risk. In …