Small mammalian carnivores (Carnivora< 16 kg) carry out important roles in ecosystems,
such as influencing ecosystem structure and providing numerous ecosystem services …

Large terrestrial carnivores are an ecologically important, charismatic and highly
endangered group of species. Here, we assess the importance of prey depletion as a driver …

Background The largest terrestrial species in the order Carnivora are wide-ranging and rare
because of their positions at the top of food webs. They are some of the world's most …

Large Carnivores and the Conservation of Biodiversity brings together more than thirty
leading scientists and conservation practitioners to consider a key question in environmental …

Animals that must hunt and kill for at least part of their living are inherently interesting to
many people and the role that carnivores play in biological communities attract interest from …

Recent assessments of the conservation status of mam-mals present an alarming picture of
ongoing declines, emphasizing the urgent need for informed conservation actions. Global …

Cities may represent one of the most challenging environments for carnivorous mammals.
For example, cities have a dearth of vegetation and other natural resources, coupled with …

Anthropogenic declines have been reported in all of Australasia's eight larger marsupial
carnivores (genera Dosyurus, Sarcophilus, and Thylacinus), One species is now extinct (T …

Species that respond to ecosystem change in a timely, measurable, and interpretable way
can be used as sentinels of global change. Contrary to a pervasive view, we suggest that …

Figure 1| Conceptual model of large carnivore population trajectories. The history of large
carnivores shows massive decline due to persecution and deliberate eradication policies …