Demographic effects of road mortality on mammalian populations: a systematic review

LJ Moore, SO Petrovan, AJ Bates, HL Hicks… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In light of rapidly expanding road networks worldwide, there is increasing global awareness
of the growing amount of mammalian roadkill. However, the ways in which road mortality …

The contribution of predators and scavengers to human well-being

CJ O'Bryan, AR Braczkowski, HL Beyer… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Predators and scavengers are frequently persecuted for their negative effects on property,
livestock and human life. Research has shown that these species play important regulatory …

The ecology of human-caused mortality for a protected large carnivore

JF Benson, KD Dougherty, P Beier… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Mitigating human-caused mortality for large carnivores is a pressing global challenge for
wildlife conservation. However, mortality is almost exclusively studied at local (within …

Puma genomes from North and South America provide insights into the genomic consequences of inbreeding

NF Saremi, MA Supple, A Byrne, JA Cahill… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Pumas are the most widely distributed felid in the Western Hemisphere. Increasingly,
however, human persecution and habitat loss are isolating puma populations. To explore …

[PDF][PDF] Anthropogenic resistance: accounting for human behavior in wildlife connectivity planning

A Ghoddousi, EK Buchholtz, AM Dietsch… - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Maintaining or restoring connectivity among wildlife populations is a primary strategy to
overcome the negative impacts of habitat fragmentation. Yet, current connectivity planning …

Pumas Puma concolor as ecological brokers: a review of their biotic relationships

LR LaBarge, MJ Evans, JRB Miller… - Mammal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The puma Puma concolor is the fourth largest wild felid and the most widespread native
terrestrial mammal of the Americas. We synthesised published literature documenting the …

Multi-level, multi-scale resource selection functions and resistance surfaces for conservation planning: Pumas as a case study

KA Zeller, TW Vickers, HB Ernest, WM Boyce - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The importance of examining multiple hierarchical levels when modeling resource use for
wildlife has been acknowledged for decades. Multi-level resource selection functions have …

Toward best management practices for ecological corridors

A Gregory, E Spence, P Beier, E Garding - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ecological corridors are one of the best, and possibly only viable, management tools to
maintain biodiversity at large scales and to allow species, and ecological processes, to track …

Using step and path selection functions for estimating resistance to movement: pumas as a case study

KA Zeller, K McGarigal, SA Cushman, P Beier… - Landscape …, 2016 - Springer
Context GPS telemetry collars and their ability to acquire accurate and consistently frequent
locations have increased the use of step selection functions (SSFs) and path selection …

Interactions between demography, genetics, and landscape connectivity increase extinction probability for a small population of large carnivores in a major …

JF Benson, PJ Mahoney, JA Sikich… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The extinction vortex is a theoretical model describing the process by which extinction risk is
elevated in small, isolated populations owing to interactions between environmental …